Monday, 1 October 2018

No 12435, Monday 01 Oct 2018, xChequer


ACROSS
7   Approaches corners (6) ANGLES [DD]
8   Female friend, French lady, putting out notice for blood group (6) FAMILY {F}{AMI}{LadY}
10 Capital of partners held in foreign banks (3,5) NEW DELHI {EW} in {HELD+IN}*
11 Support group protecting long tormented country (6) ANGOLA {A{LONG*}A}
12 Friendly couple finally marry (5) MATEY {MATE}{m..rY}
14 Proverbially die but for this system access (7) DOORWAY [DD?] ( Addendum - {DO-OR-die}{WAY} - See comments)
15 Done for, the tense panic showing limit of endurance (3,2,4,6) END OF ONES TETHER*
18 Apparently incompetent celebrity (7) NOTABLE {Nomments)OT}{ABLE}
19 Receding level providing access for river sand (5) NERVE {EV{R}EN<=}
20 Impression left on person after introverted child gives order (6) DIKTAT {KID<=}{TAT}
21 Depository centre, potentially bonded (8) ENTREPOT [T]
23 Relaxation at home during Dark Ages (6) EASING {EAS{IN}G*}
24 Memory revealed on demand (6) RECALL {RE}{CALL}

DOWN
1   Pitcher — it means large jar? (8) SALESMAN {SA}{MEANS+L}*
2   Silver-crowned head frequently implies this? (4) AGED {AG}{hEaD} &lit
3   Marshal departs pocketing money in commission (6) DEPLOY Anno pending (Addendum - {D}{EmPLOY} - See comments)
4   Ram possibly in Muslim shrine? (8) MARABOUT {RAM}* [RA]
5   In high wager, bet one pound? That's rubbish (10) BILGEWATER {WAGER+BET+1+L}*
6   Action on the side through power and position (2-4) BY-PLAY {BY}{P}{LAY}
9   Shy deer, mild before going through rigmarole (6-2-3) RIDDLE-ME-REE {DEER+MILD}* over {ERE}
13 Bawled out to correct child-like king (4,2,4) TOOK TO TASK {TO}{OK}{TOT}{AS}{K}
16 Going round or cutting through? (8) ORBITING {OR}{BITING}
17 Spot on, admitted to knowing secret (4-4) EYES-ONLY E{YES}{ON}LY Anno pending (Addendum - {EYE}{S{ON}LY} - See comments)
18 Sounds of hooters accepted in India — but only when reversing? (6) NOISES {NO{I}SES}
19 Natural to soak up gossip (6) NATTER {NAT}{RET<=}
22 Style of Chinese lantern (4) ELAN [T]

GRID

Posted by at
Labels: ,

32 comments:

  1. sree_sree1 October 2018 at 08:33

    17d spot:eye, knowing (secret):sly admitted on

    ReplyDelete
  2. KARTHIK1 October 2018 at 08:35

    17D) spot=EYE; knowing secret=SLY; Anno: {EYE+S{ON}LY}; &lit

    ReplyDelete
  3. sree_sree1 October 2018 at 08:36

    3d departs:d, commission:employ, pockets:takes (out) money:m

    ReplyDelete
  4. KARTHIK1 October 2018 at 08:36

    3D) commission=EMPLOY; DE replacing EM to give DEPLOY

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. KARTHIK1 October 2018 at 08:38

      Sree is right

      Delete
    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 October 2018 at 08:44

      I didn't very much like the clue. I felt both marshal and commission mean the same thing, right?

      Delete
  5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 October 2018 at 08:42

    18dn It looked simple. Why the wp talks about reversing?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Deepak Gopinath1 October 2018 at 08:48

      The clue states hooters accepted in India whereas the answers has India in hooters that's why the reversal

      Delete
    2. Suresh1 October 2018 at 09:51

      The wordplay leads to India outside noses, while it is the other way around. That is why 'reversing'

      Delete
    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 October 2018 at 09:53

      Thanks Col and Suresh!

      Delete
    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 October 2018 at 09:57

      Horn sounds are accepted in India, while it is offensive outside India

      Delete
  6. KARTHIK1 October 2018 at 09:00

    19D) I took natural as TAN and came up with the anno {TAN<=}{RET<=}

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Deepak Gopinath1 October 2018 at 10:00

      Nat is an abvn for Natural. See the link in the main post

      Delete
  7. KARTHIK1 October 2018 at 09:04

    1D) a doubt; how do we get "SA" and what is the anind?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. A-VM1 October 2018 at 09:08

      It = SA (sex appeal)
      Jar as verb but I think it should have been jars?

      Delete
    2. KARTHIK1 October 2018 at 09:09

      Thanks, I missed it

      Delete
    3. Vasant1 October 2018 at 11:25

      Perhaps Jars but it sounds jarring:-)

      Delete
  8. A-VM1 October 2018 at 09:05

    Do or (-die) +way

    ReplyDelete
  9. Vasant1 October 2018 at 11:21

    Phew!Tough to solve and tougher to parse. Thanks all for the annos. Nice to see Ajeesh making one of his cameo appearances in one of his many avataars as Cryptic Academy.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Padmanabhan1 October 2018 at 13:20

    MB,
    Ajeesh had coordinated a Sunday Special under 'Cryptic Academy'- A combined effort. I also recalled only after Vasanth's comment.

    ReplyDelete
  11. C.G. BHARGAV1 October 2018 at 17:04

    The AGED in the FAMILY will RECALL.
    BILGEWATER of the NOTABLE written with some ELAN.
    She had the NERVE.
    Yes, I am referring to Neeta's NATTER.
    (STARDUST)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Vasant1 October 2018 at 17:31

      Those were the days!Reading Neeta's natter in SD.Thanks Sir for nostalgia.

      Delete
  12. Padmanabhan1 October 2018 at 22:31

    Bhargav seems to be a fund of info of different genres!

    ReplyDelete

deepakgita@gmail.com

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)