Thursday 16 August 2018

No 12397, Thursday 16 Aug 2018, Arden


ACROSS
1   Follow others — get white dhoti laundered (2,4,3,4) GO WITH THE TIDE*
10 Drug starts once patient is under medication (5) OPIUM Acrostic
11 Masthead, oddly near a temple complex (9) NAMEPLATE {NeAr}{A+TEMPLE}*
12 Girls on the beach, marking time perhaps (9) SANDGLASS {SAND}{G}{LASS}
13 About to change a set of principles (5) CREDO {C}{REDO}
14 Simple to cover cost, not only for the drug (7) ECSTASY {E{CoST}ASY}
16 Computerises play, score gains momentum (7) IMPETUS coMPUTErISes* [CA]
18 Sleep hard, that’s mostly chemical (7) NAPHTHA {NAP}{H}{THAt}
20 Teacher not a sucker (7) EDUCTOR EDUCaTOR
22 European city — one, one by one (5) TURIN {TUR{1}N} or 1 in TURN
24 He gets the set price that is on contract (9) RECIPIENT {PRICE*}{IE}{NT}
26 Done by President to win a trick (9) OVERTRUMP {OVER}{TRUMP}
27 A camera to capture a muse (5) ERATO [T]
28 Trained and is miles away from modern weaponry (6,7) GUIDED MISSILE {GUIDED} {IS+MILES}*

DOWN
2   Tries on ground and turns towards east (7) ORIENTS*
3   Acknowledgement by one who's moving in (9) IMMIGRANT {I'M}{MIGRANT} Semi&lit
4   Colour makes it hard for a woman to rise (5) HENNA {H}{ANNE<=}
5   High current use in part of Southern England (9) HAMPSHIRE {H}{AMPS}{HIRE}
6   Subject to choose shortly (5) TOPIC {TO}{PICk}
7   Jargon confined to English court (7) DIALECT {LAID<=}{E}{CT} Dial/Confined? Anno corrected, see comments
8   Broadcast contents on air, there's horror (13) CONSTERNATION*
9   Show Dickens writing is kept in place (13) DEMONSTRATION {DEMON}{ST{R}ATION} Demon/Dickens? See comments
15 Errand you run all 365 days (4-5) YEAR-ROUND*
17 Being fat, politician gets three points in addition (9) PLUMPNESS {PLU{MP}{N}{E}{S}S}
19 Upstart finds average place cramped (7) PARVENU {PAR}{VENUe}
21 One turns in the back, it's hard (7) TOENAIL {T{ONE*}AIL}
23 No boy is taken into account (5) NOTED {NO}{TED}
25 In the Pacific, a private island (5) CAPRI [T]

GRID
Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 101

ECSTACY sans OPIUM!

The TOPIC of the day in Shangri=la was about the arrival of an IMMIGRANT from the ORIENT wearing a green CAPRI.

Not a SANDGLASS figure but with some PLUMPNESS she was rumoured to be a NOTED belly dancer and the RECEPIENT of several awards.

And she was going to provide the much needed IMPETUS to the performances in Shangri-la!!

What happened next?

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27 comments:

  1. sree_sree16 August 2018 at 08:32

    7d laid up (in bed)

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  2. sree_sree16 August 2018 at 08:38

    9d https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/dickens

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2018 at 08:46

    Copy pasted the above!

    dickens (ˈdɪkɪnz)
    n
    informal a euphemistic word for devil: what the dickens?.
    [C16: from the name Dickens]

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    1. sree_sree16 August 2018 at 08:51

      Charles dickens invested in a bathroom shower biz. His model, all in one shower was nicknamed the devil.

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2018 at 08:49

    Surprisingly it was an easy outing today!
    Enjoyable grid. Thanks Arden.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 August 2018 at 09:10

      Yes.
      Easiest offering from Arden

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    2. Vasant16 August 2018 at 11:36

      +1.

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    3. Vasant16 August 2018 at 11:38

      It was a very fast solve and there were pauses only for confirming:
      1. Confined=Laid up
      2. In Turn= one by one
      3. Demon=Dickens

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  5. Ramani16 August 2018 at 09:05

    Happy birthday Bhargav!

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    1. sree_sree16 August 2018 at 09:15

      +2

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2018 at 09:31

      +3

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    3. Padmanabhan16 August 2018 at 16:56

      I am sure you are enjoying your Birthday over here in U.S. with your family.Have a gala time and many more Returns of the day.

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  6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 August 2018 at 09:13

    24AC Typo: PRICE* IE NT?

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  7. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2018 at 10:16

    Happy Birthday Bhargav

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  8. Vasant16 August 2018 at 11:36

    Many Happy Returns Of The Day Bhargav Sir.

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  9. Chaturvasi16 August 2018 at 11:49

    Happy birthday, thamma.

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  10. ranger16 August 2018 at 12:00

    Wish you many happy returns of the day Bhargav

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  11. maradnusro16 August 2018 at 15:38

    Thank you Arden. I enjoyed solving yours.Unusually Gridman was a bit tough this round for my ability.

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  12. C.G. BHARGAV16 August 2018 at 16:14

    Thank you all for your birthday wishes.

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  13. Padmanabhan16 August 2018 at 16:58

    Pleasantly surprised to have an easy run through an Arden CW (no less interesting)

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  14. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan16 August 2018 at 18:32

    Happy birthday CGB sir !

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  15. C.G. BHARGAV16 August 2018 at 19:42

    Thank you.

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  16. raju umamaheswar16 August 2018 at 21:10

    Many more snruter of the day CGBharghavji. May God bless you with good health and peace for all the days to come ! You are also a Leon like me- Mine was on 5th August.

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  17. C.G. BHARGAV17 August 2018 at 01:06

    Thank you.

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