Friday, 13 July 2018

No 12368, Friday 13 Jul 2018, Vulcan


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ACROSS
1   Brave headline to run — it's shocking (4-7) LION-HEARTED {HEADLINE+TO+R}*
8   Talented American actor that needs no introduction (4) ABLE gABLE
9   Breaking the law, it's basically easier for the most affluent (10) WEALTHIEST {THE+LAW+ITS+Ea...r}*
10 Boxer eats leafy stuff for the most part, something to neutralise acid (6) ALKALI {AL{KALe}I}
11 Freezing cold and left to live outside in a vehicle (7) BICYCLE {B{ICY}{C}{L}E}
13 DEA agent is Southern American, young man (9) NARCISSUS {NARC}{IS}{S}{US}
15 City of Bhopal, magnificent (5) PALMA [T]
16 Prejudice over a country (5) SPAIN {SP{A}IN}
18 Alcoholic drink infused with Vapour, it produces odour (9) PERFUMERY {PER{FUME}RY}
22 For starters, love eating fresh jelly (7) GELATIN {Love+EATING}*
23 Trainee with all good habits (6) NOVICE {NO}{VICE}
26 Wrong measure in Italy for pasta (10) TORTELLINI {TORT}{ELL}{IN}{I}
27 Plumbing problem ending in bad burst (4) DRIP {baD}{RIP}
28 Columnist's first article has a saying about duck, very large bird (6,5) CANADA GOOSE {Co...t}{AN}{ADAG{O}{OS}E}

DOWN
1   Projection, large one on a flower (7) LOBELIA {LOBE}{L}{1}{A}
2   The end of game-changing over at the start (5) OMEGA {O}{GAME*}
3   Narrator, in the story's beginning, follows a predator (7) HAWKINS {HAWK}{IN}{St...y}
4   A container that's half open (4) AJAR {A}{JAR}
5   Small piece of food bird nibbled (6) TITBIT {TIT}{BIT}
6   A large number from the south covered miles to find this milk supplier (5,4) DAIRY FARM {DAIRY{FAR}M<=}
7   A poor neighbourhood outside the city finally gets protection (6) ASYLUM {A}{S{citY}LUM}
12 Somewhat gauge rightly with a tool (5) AUGER [T]
14 Something to do with the weather, caught cold and it’s critical (9) CLIMACTIC {CLIMA{C}TIC}
17 Disinfectant's of no help otherwise (6) PHENOL*
19 Enclosure for sport (7) FENCING [DD]
20 Relax in a park with a band (7) RECLINE {REC}{LINE} Rec/Park?
21 Act as substitute and provide information (4,2) FILL IN {DD]
24 See with old electronic medium (5) VIDEO {VIDE}{O}
25 Surface with gold reflected in diffused light (4) GILD [T<=]

GRID
Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 87

LION HEARTED Clement soon became the WEALTHIEST person in the locality. 

He was not the type to be found RECLINING in his office. He was on an expansion spree and improvements to existing facilities.

He bought a PERFUMERY and a DAIRY FARM which came up for sale. 

The Apollo school was converted into a VIDEO games parlour.

New FENCING and DRIP irrigation for his farm were the other things which were ordered for.

What happened next?

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44 comments:

  1. sree_sree13 July 2018 at 07:08

    Easy fare from vulcan on a pleasant cloudy, after rain, morning.

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  2. Suresh M S13 July 2018 at 07:47

    8A ABLE = talented (Gable - G)
    10A ALKALI = neutralize acid (boxer = ALI, KALE= leafy stuff minus E {AL(KALE-E)I)}
    13A NARCISSUS = young man {NARC+IS+S+US}[NARC=DEA+IS+(S)outh+US(American)
    15A PALMA {bhoPAL MAGnificient}
    2D OMEGA {game + Over start}

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  3. Uma Sundar13 July 2018 at 08:09

    4d ajar a(jar)
    22a. Gelatin
    Eating and L anagram

    21d fill in (CD)

    28a. Canada Goose
    (c (an) (Adag (o) (os) e)

    9a wealthiest
    The law it's & e (anagram)

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    1. KARTHIK13 July 2018 at 10:13

      IMO 21D doesn't look like a CD

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 July 2018 at 10:14

      21D : Fill in {DD}

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    3. sree_sree13 July 2018 at 10:15

      +1 KPS. its not

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    4. sree_sree13 July 2018 at 10:17

      DD?? not IMHO

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    5. KARTHIK13 July 2018 at 10:19

      21D) My anno is Double Definition; a) act as substitute, b) provide information

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    6. sree_sree13 July 2018 at 10:24

      KPS, take a relook.

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    7. KARTHIK13 July 2018 at 10:53

      Sree, is it D&CD

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    8. Kolluru Koteswara Rao13 July 2018 at 15:58

      Prasad, it seems you are seeing it in a different angle.
      Can you elaborate?

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    9. sree_sree13 July 2018 at 19:21

      Provide:fill
      In formation: in

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    10. Vasant13 July 2018 at 21:18

      Prasad the anno looks highly unlikely..where do you pull these things off?

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  4. Balaji13 July 2018 at 08:49

    16A. Prejudice over a COUNTRY. SPAIN. {sp{a}in}.
    23A. TRAINEE with all good habits. NOVICE. {no}{vice}.
    27A. PLUMBING PROBLEM ending in bad burst. DRIP. {baD}{rip}.
    14D. Something to do with the weather, caught cold and it's CRITICAL. CLIMACTIC. {clima{c}tic}.
    17D. DISINFECTANT's of no help otherwise. PHENOL. {nohelp}* anagind otherwise.

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    1. sree_sree13 July 2018 at 10:13

      23A reminded a 199 joke by my instructor at SAIL, Management Training Institute:
      why are Training Institute BAD.
      because they put No-Vice on De-Vice(Job)

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  5. KARTHIK13 July 2018 at 09:01

    11A) Defn: vehicle; Soln: BICYCLE; anno {B{ICY}{C}{L}E}; freezing=ICY; C from cold; L from left; live=BE; containment indicator=outside
    18A) Defn: odour; Soln: PERFUMERY; anno {PER{FUME}RY}; alcoholic drink=PERRY; vapour=FUME; containment indicator=infused
    26A) Defn: pasta; Soln: TORTELLINI; anno {TORT+ELL+IN+I}; wrong=TORT; measure=ELL (six hand breadths used in UK); I from Italy
    6D) Defn: milk supplier; Soln: DAIRY FARM; anno FAR in MYRIAD<=; large number = MYRIAD; reversal indicator=south; miles=FAR; containment indicator=covered
    20D) Defn: relax; Soln: RECLINE; anno {REC+LINE}; park=REC (recreation area); band=LINE

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    1. sree_sree13 July 2018 at 14:29

      Agree with col, park not a recreation area. its clued in as partner of park.

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  6. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore13 July 2018 at 09:16

    9a: wealthiest - {la(e)w<=}+(its+the*)
    12a: bicycle - {b(icy)+(co̷l̷d̷)+(le̷f̷t̷)e}
    1d: lobelia - {lobe+la̷r̷g̷e̷+i+a}
    3d: hawkins - (hawk)+(in)+(st̷o̷r̷y̷)
    7d: asylum - a{s(f̷i̷n̷a̷l̷l̷y)lum}

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  7. P. Venkatesan13 July 2018 at 09:17

    1a: lion-hearted {headline+to+r}* = brave
    3d: Hawkins {hawk(=predator)}{in}{s(-tory's)} = narrator (author)
    7d: asylum {a} {sl [(-cit)y]um(=poor neighbourhood)} = protection
    12d: auger {gAUGE Right}(T) = tool
    24d: video {vide(=see)}{o(=old)} = electronic medium

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  8. P. Venkatesan13 July 2018 at 09:22

    Replacement for 7d
    25d: glid {diffuseD LIGht} (T<-) = surface

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    1. P. Venkatesan13 July 2018 at 09:29

      Typo. Read gild.
      Definition: surface with gold

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  9. Brajesh13 July 2018 at 09:50

    5d
    Titbit tit is Bird bit is small

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  10. KARTHIK13 July 2018 at 09:53

    Just 5D and 19D left

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  11. Murali13 July 2018 at 10:06

    19 FENCING Enclosure for sport DD

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  12. Deepak Gopinath13 July 2018 at 11:52

    All done

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  13. Kolluru Koteswara Rao13 July 2018 at 15:57

    CGB Sir,

    Logo of LIC?

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  14. Padmanabhan13 July 2018 at 16:02

    CGB,
    LIC logo.

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  15. C.G. BHARGAV13 July 2018 at 16:09

    Yes.LIC.

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  16. C.G. BHARGAV13 July 2018 at 16:16

    Titbits was a famous UK tabloid and we used to get it in our house some 60 years (!!!) back. Thanks to power of internet you may type titbits in google and view the many images...

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  17. KARTHIK13 July 2018 at 16:47

    20D)PARK=RECREATION GROUND=REC
    https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/rec

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    1. sree_sree13 July 2018 at 19:02

      No doubt abt RG=REC. Park<>RG?

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    2. KARTHIK13 July 2018 at 21:28

      https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus/park

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  18. Kolluru Koteswara Rao13 July 2018 at 19:52

    Today's cryptic is very strange. All the solution words have an alphabet [J].

    Do we have any name for such setting?

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  19. C.G. BHARGAV13 July 2018 at 21:15

    A novelty and what one gathers from fifteensquared comments is that Picaroon has done this once before with another Alphabet..

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