Tuesday 4 September 2018

No 12413, Tuesday 04 Sep 2018, Afterdark


ACROSS
1   Indian Institute has 2 names on record, it is established beyond doubt (11) INDUBITABLE {I}{N}{DUB}{I}{TABLE}
9   Relative has good money, mostly counterfeit in retrospective (7) GRANDMA {G}{RAND}{shAM<=}
10 One too slow in getting divorce (7) ISOLATE {1}{SO LATE}
11 Counters for sailor at the corner of marina, one behind Chintadripet entrance (5) ABACI {AB}{m...nA}{Ch...t}{1}
12 Director has problem to accept tip... (9) HITCHCOCK {HITCH}{COCK}
13 ...successful in dismissing hint, takes nothing (2-3) NO-HIT {HINT}* over {O}
15 Becoming thinner by excellent cooking? Hand out recipe (9) RAREFYING {RARE}{FrYING}
18 Investigation about help received on songs I composed (9) DIAGNOSIS {AID<=}{SONGS+I}*
21 Rossini is out of material to increase friction in his bow (5) ROSIN ROSsINi
22 Regardless of time, one leaves to stay in the country with company and shine (9) CORUSCATE {CO}{RUStiCATE}
24 When women take lead, 50% of team becomes devastated (5) WASTE {W}{AS}{TEam}
26 Power back-up at branch leads to increase in business activity (7) UPSWING {UPS}{WING}
27 The best learner sits at the edge, facing backwards to backseat (7) PILLION {NO1}{L}{LIP}<=
28 Catches Trump, say outside E Street in a difficult situation (7,4) HORNETS NEST {HOR{NETS}N}{E}{ST}

DOWN
1   Fundamental during revolt in Iran kidnapped head of government, died halfway (9) INGRAINED {IN{Go...t}IRAN*}{diED}
2   Push anaesthetist out of theatre (5) DRAMA {RAM} in {DA}
3   Perhaps, an assistant subdued by teacher playing a game... (9) BADMINTON BA{D{MINT}ON} Anno pending (Addendum - {B{ADMIN}T}{ON} - See cpmments)
4   ...has drink with beloved French instructor (7) TEACHER {TEA}{CHER}
5   One who is not-so-famous is sore (7) BLISTER {B-LISTER}
6   Engineer's proof of concept hilarious on origin of time (5) EPOCH Acrostic
7   Imitations are standard on, say Windows having overcome booting defects, that is (8) PARODIES {PAR}{O{De...s}{IE}S}
8   Small task, at the end goes for 7 days (4) WEEK {WEE}{tasK}
14 Somehow horse-trade or to get outside support? (8) HEADREST {HorSE+TRADE}*
16 Goodbyes were teary in Courtallam, say (9) FAREWELLS {FA{WERE*}LLS}
17 Government renting building to store high-class biscuit (6,3) GINGER NUT {G}{RENTING* over U}
19 Good to be in podium facing resistance and take one's breath away (7) STAGGER {STA{G}GE}{R}
20 Pilot nearly pleads to remove ads from tower (7) STEEPLE {STEEr}{PLEads}
22 This could be one... (4) CLUE Defintion by example
23 ...mishandled shipment , in which pen is misplaced by a skilled worker (5) SMITH SHIpMenT*
25 Sharp rise in shallot prices is killing economy, as per leaders (5) SPIKE Acrostic

GRID

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21 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao4 September 2018 at 08:53

    3DN: MY TAKE IS: BA[DM IN]TON
    Assistant, perhaps=staff= BATON
    Playing=IN
    Teacher=DM? don't remember to have ever seen this abbreviation!!!

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  2. KARTHIK4 September 2018 at 08:55

    3Dn: {B(ADMIN)T+ON}
    Assistant=admin; playing=on; is teacher = BT?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 September 2018 at 09:37

      Could be a teacher of Basic Training!?

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    2. KARTHIK4 September 2018 at 09:56

      Also not sure of the role of "perhaps"

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    3. Shrikanth4 September 2018 at 10:02

      That was my idea. BT used to be the B.Ed equivalent earlier. And, perhaps is there because Admin by itself is not a job title. It would be Admin Executive or Admin Manager etc

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    4. KARTHIK4 September 2018 at 10:02

      Perhaps could be "bet"; teacher = educator=E; subdued is deletion indicator; subdued by teacher = BT;
      {B(-e)(ADMIN)T+ON}

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    5. KARTHIK4 September 2018 at 10:06

      Thanks for the clarification Arden; our messages crossed and ignore my message

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    6. KARTHIK4 September 2018 at 10:07

      Errata; Afterdark

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    7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao4 September 2018 at 10:55

      Yes, I remember BT for teacher. It was used by a setter in TH

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    8. Kolluru Koteswara Rao4 September 2018 at 11:01

      By all means, ADMIN can only be interpreted as administration. It may be an adjective. I don't think it can be taken as synonym for assistant/staff/manager.

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    9. sree_sree4 September 2018 at 11:45

      whatsapp admin, network admin: admin has come to mean the administrator.

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    10. Ramki Krishnan4 September 2018 at 20:36

      Thanks for the explanation. Though I got the answer, couldn't parse it at all!

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  3. sree_sree4 September 2018 at 11:49

    9a, i took APE mostly ap<= leading to grandpa

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    1. Col_Gopinath4 September 2018 at 12:00

      What's wrong with GRANDMA?

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    2. Vasant4 September 2018 at 12:10

      Mostly, in most cases denotes deletion of single letter. On line version gives grandpa as the correct answer.

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    3. sree_sree4 September 2018 at 12:31

      My logic was same as vasant after getting g(rand).

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao4 September 2018 at 13:21

      +1
      Probably we all missed so far!

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  4. Sujatha4 September 2018 at 12:10

    In 1A, how do we get table?

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  5. Ramki Krishnan4 September 2018 at 20:38

    Thanks for the entertainment AD. RAREFYING and BLISTER were favs.

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    1. raju umamaheswar4 September 2018 at 21:08

      + I was enlightened more in cryptic crossies by AFTERDARK ! Nice and stimulating grid. Thanks, AD !

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