Thursday 2 August 2018

No 12385, Thursday 02 Aug 2018, Vulcan


ACROSS
1   Study its negative effects (11) INVESTIGATE*
8   Weak post (4) PALE [DD]
9 Could be a fruit biscuit, something you may find in a kitchen! (10) NUTCRACKER {NUT}{CRACKER}
10 Line to get movie pass (6) TICKET {TICK}{ET}
11 I, for one — woman holding a record (7) HALOGEN {H{A}{LOG}EN}
13 Free pie served up during dinner for starters, dish primarily made unhealthy (4-5) DEEP-FRIED {Di...r}{FREE+PIE}*{Dish}
15 Apartment's location outside university (5) SUITE {S{U}ITE}
16 Each artist displaying a diagram (5) CHART [T]
18 Just badly ego is hurt (9) RIGHTEOUS*
22 Certain foolish person baited, left dead (7) ASSURED {ASS}{lURED}
23 Grown-up female's crime (6) BIGAMY {BIG}{AMY}
26 Agreement with a community (10) SETTLEMENT [DD]
27 First of vacation breaks, through with examination (4) VIVA {VI{Va...n}A}
28 Liberal legend in the making (11) ENLIGHTENED*

DOWN
1   Fancy a drink with Vulcan about after 1? (7) IMAGINE {1}{M{A}{GIN}E}
2   Very new dress, head out in style (1,4) V NECK {V}{N}{dECK}
3   Legislator, Spaniard, arrested one time (7) SENATOR {SEN{A}{T}OR}
4   Current total, essentially a very small amount (4) IOTA {I}{tOTAl}
5   A way to get billions in and out of the country (6) ABROAD {A}{B}{ROAD}
6   Clone developed with certain compound (9) ENCLOSURE {CLONE}*{SURE}
7   Bond with a group of people during church night eventually (6) CEMENT {CE}{MEN}{n..hT}
12 To become established in closet installations (3,2) SET IN [T]
14 Turn it with elegance firstly, troupe to make it (9) PIROUETTE {IT+El...e+TROUPE}*
17 Rush hour when it's 10 (6) HASTEN {H}{AS}{TEN}
19 Basically happy, rather at home (7) HABITAT {Ha..y}{A}{BIT}{AT}
20 Indifferent firm (7) UNMOVED [DD]
21 Congee at first and at the end, proper breakfast food (6) CEREAL {Co...e}{thE}{REAL}
24 Specific information about injection (5) GIVEN {G{IV}EN}
25 Piece from Weber, German composer (4) BERG [T]

GRID

18 comments:

  1. Nice one from Vulcan! Thanks.

    Col, any specific reason for coming online early??

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    1. It appears that I set the publication time wrongly as 6:30 AM

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    2. When did you solve the puzzle?5.00 to 5.30?

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    3. I solved it by around 6:45, but while scheduling the blog I had incorrectly set the time as 6:30, so as soon as I hit the publish button on completion it got published showing the time as 6:30

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  2. 26a is "with" part of def? If not, is the clue stillbe dd.

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  3. I didn't understand 11A. Got everything else. Could someone please help explain?

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    1. I is Iodine which is a Halogen

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    2. IMHO
      "I for one" the definition indicates the crossword compiler "VULCAN";
      Vulcan is God of fire;
      Halogen is a source of heat;

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    3. Not correct Kartikeyan.
      I stands for Iodine, which is a Halogen

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    4. Group VIIA, we learnt in chemistry. Chlorine, Iodine, Bromine, Astatine are all halogens.Our factory produces Chlorine obtained by electrolysis of brine(salt solution in water)

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  4. 5D,6D clues very cleverly worded! Liked them.

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  5. Smooth sailing today. ABROAD was my favourite. Thanks Vulcan!

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  6. 8 across: Very STRONG ENTRY ! = opposed to WEAK POST ! 11 across@ DEEP FRIED - a crytic meessage for all Vada or NEiyappam lovers !

    23 across will lead to 26 across-- again a message to all philanderers?

    Enjoyed Vulvan's advisory crossie !

    A very refreshing morning after a night's de-jet-lagginf deep slumber of 10 hours !

    A bright scintillating sun shining across the Quinnipiac river in our back-yard with a few kayaks bobbing about and waterbirds hovering aloft ! Peace be to all !

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  7. Welcome to U.S. Raju. I note that you are in Connecticut and that it makes 3 of us over here.

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    1. that's right. I'm here for six months , thanks to Uncle Sam. Maybe a Meet sometime during our stay here ? Let's be in touch. What's not made possible can be achieved here ?

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