Monday, 23 April 2018

No 12298, Monday 23 Apr 2018, Arden


Answer and anno for 20D left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM.

ACROSS
1   After naked confrontation, passed out — it was on top of the deck (3,2,6) ACE OF SPADES {fACE OFf} {PASSSED}*
7   Vegetable price reduced (3) COS COSt
9   Goat like reflection, try out (5) SATYR {AS<=}{TRY*}
Satyros Cdm Paris DeRidder509.jpg
By English: Epiktetos (signed) - User:Bibi Saint-Pol, own work, 2007-10-27, Public Domain, Link
10 Complaint — again rule broken (9) NEURALGIA*
11 Romanised version, do it any which way (9) RANDOMISE*
12 Search most of the day for the animal (5) PANDA {PAN}{DAy}
13 Shackles broken by Greek in rage (7) CHAGRIN {CHA{GR}IN}
15 Wrote a book, essentially about God (4) THOR {auTHORed}
18 Keep complaining about instrument (4) HARP [DD]
20 It's not even delivered, weird! (7) ODDBALL {ODD}{BALL}
23 Floor to support the branches (5) STUMP [DD]
24 Give a conservative collection (9) OFFERTORY {OFFER}{TORY}
26 Man and woman just got married, one is from Northern islands (9) HEBRIDEAN {HE}{BRIDE}{AN}
27 She finds drug in the city (5) NIECE {NI{E}CE}
28 Tool used reportedly for everything (3) AWL (~all)
29 Harry sent in on board for a game (5,6) TABLE TENNIS {TABLE} {SENT+IN}*

DOWN
1   A basis for vacating the land, not easily explained (8) ABSTRACT {A}{BasiS}{TRACT}
2   European school admitted one from English school (8) ESTONIAN {E{S}TONIAN}
3   Give up because of a game (5) FORGO {FOR}{GO}
4   Place to stay and money for a retiree (7) PENSION [DD]
5   Work with union leader, others get extremely sullen (7) DOUREST {DO}{Un..n}{REST}
6   Refuse to enter, disgraced and cleaned up (9) SHAMPOOED {SHAM{POO}ED}
7   Businessman is persuasive (6) COGENT {CO}{GENT}
8   Quiet morning, one is in touch with spirits (6) SHAMAN {SH}{AM}{AN}
14 Gather on the dot — put one on the job again (9) REAPPOINT {REAP}{POINT}
16 One put up stake on a leader once (8) NAPOLEON {AN<=}{POLE}{ON}
Portrait of Napoleon in his forties, in high-ranking white and dark blue military dress uniform. In the original image He stands amid rich 18th-century furniture laden with papers, and gazes at the viewer. His hair is Brutus style, cropped close but with a short fringe in front, and his right hand is tucked in his waistcoat.
By Jacques-Louis David - zQEbF0AA9NhCXQ at Google Cultural Institute , Public Domain, Link
17 Script writers find these in nursery schools (8) PLAYPENS {PLAY}{PENS}
19 Saw perhaps affirmative action (7) PROVERB {PRO}{VERB}
20 Forces Spain to invade before attack (7) O?F?N?E (Addendum - OFFENCE {O{FF}See comments)
21 Complaint about a way to cook ham (6) ASTHMA {A}{ST}{HAM*}
22 Horny creature repeatedly calling the bird (6) BULBUL (~bullbull)
Brown-eared Bulbul 1.jpg
CC BY-SA 2.0, Link
25 Resin used as part of the washing cycle (5) RINSE*

GRID

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28 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan23 April 2018 at 08:41

    Needed help. Shaman was new to me. Knew it as seance.
    Playpen,proverb,Hebridean were enjoyable.

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    1. sree_sree23 April 2018 at 08:47

      Offertory,hebridean,dourest,shaman:new words but got them from wp. Didn't need to lookup any. Gave up on STUMP (even though floor led me there). All in all a nice Monday morning exercise.

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  2. Padmanabhan23 April 2018 at 08:42

    Ace of spades to be added to the list.
    '

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  3. Padmanabhan23 April 2018 at 08:44

    'cos' is not cabbage, as we call it? Free dic. calls it lettuce.

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    1. sree_sree23 April 2018 at 09:01

      Botanically also cos/romaine is a lettuce. Cabbage is brassica. Mustard family!!!

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    2. Padmanabhan23 April 2018 at 09:05

      Thank you. I am rather weak in botany.

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    3. sree_sree23 April 2018 at 09:11

      me too. i just know because i tried to learn making sandwich/burger from a chef few decades back. had a good lecture when i asked him can we have cabbage as ingredient.

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    4. Padmanabhan23 April 2018 at 09:48

      :-)
      Certain things you learn the hard way.

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  4. KARTHIK23 April 2018 at 08:49

    Enjoyed today CW from ARDEN; plenty of nice clues.
    13A) should it not be SHACKLE instead of SHACKLES in the clue?

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    1. sree_sree23 April 2018 at 09:00

      Shackle is a single ring. More than one shackle (shackles), interconnected, is a chain.

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  5. Padmanabhan23 April 2018 at 09:07

    Col. Thank you for the links,particularly Satyr.

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  6. C.G. BHARGAV23 April 2018 at 09:21

    The bouncer and the dancer - Part 16

    It was well past twelve.

    A dozen or so persons led by the local Pastor arrived in the scene.

    The Pastor spoke: "Let us not have any ODDBALL event take place. May it remain ABSTRACT. Treat this young child as your own daughter or NIECE."

    To his CHAGRIN the mystic had to be a moot spectator.

    NAPOLEAN had said (now a PROVERB) : If you want to do a thing right, do it yourself.

    The Pastor playing an ACE OF SPADES proved this beyond doubt.

    Sunder Smith the pseudo-SHAMAN in his heart of hearts took OFFENCE to the Pastor's deed.

    What happened next?

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    1. Padmanabhan23 April 2018 at 09:50

      Eager beaver here.

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    2. sree_sree23 April 2018 at 16:09

      Hope all the parts are in single word document. It would be a tedeous task to copy paste after a century or so.

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    3. C.G. BHARGAV24 April 2018 at 07:46

      I have all the parts written in a notebook. Shall type them in one word document soon. Thanks.

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  7. Vasant23 April 2018 at 10:05

    Nice puzzle!Ideal for a Monday morning. Particularly liked the deletions in 1A(fACE OFf), 15A(auTHORed)& the reversals such as 9A(SA<+TYR*). Thanks Arden.

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 April 2018 at 10:05

    20Dn : Forces Spain to invade before attack (7) O?F?N?E ()

    OFFENCE {O(FF)(E)NCE}

    Forces = F F, Spain = Espana = E, Before = Once

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  9. Vasant23 April 2018 at 10:06

    Surprising 20D is not taken by not so regular commenters.

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    1. sree_sree23 April 2018 at 10:14

      credit to col for graduating all rookies.

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    2. Vasant23 April 2018 at 10:41

      +1.But there still will be many. Those who read the blog but hardly or never comment.

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    3. Unknown23 April 2018 at 11:41

      It took me almost 2 hour to solve 16 crossword..I guess I am missing some trick..What is DD by the way..

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    4. Vasant23 April 2018 at 13:20

      DD is Double Definition. See the left hand side tab for details of all clue types

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  10. Padmanabhan23 April 2018 at 10:30

    +1

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  11. raju umamaheswar23 April 2018 at 13:11

    Randomise from Romanised - do it any which way is a nice wordplay with anagram.

    SHAMPOOED -poo pooh ! what a shame ! cleaned up though !

    Scriptwriters = pens? all the same , this is a nice clue. Similarly.Delivered= ball?

    I liked PRO VERBS.

    A basis= abs ?

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    1. Vasant23 April 2018 at 13:22

      A=A
      Basis for vacating
      Basis is vacated to get BS(BasiS)

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    2. sree_sree23 April 2018 at 16:06

      For->as a result (of) vacating.

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  12. Padmanabhan23 April 2018 at 14:20

    It's not easily explained- as per Arden.

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  13. maradnusro23 April 2018 at 15:18

    Beautiful puzzle for a Monday Morning. Love you Arden.

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