Thursday 11 October 2018

No 12444, Thursday 11 Oct 2018, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Woman took on and brought in learner, then spun rapidly (7) WHIRLED {W}{HIR{L}ED}
5   Ponder with a hard Islamic teacher (6) MULLAH {MULL}{A}{H}
9   Follow mother's strong belief (5) DOGMA {DOG}{MA}
10 Will a swish of it bring dawn? (5,4)  MAGIC WAND {DAWN}* [RA]
11 That is to say, accept cranky Times list (7) ITEMISE {I{TIMES*}E}
12 Gather prisoner is met by archdeacon at far end of nave (7) CONVENE {CON}{VEN}{navE}
13 Blasts energy out of visitors (5) GUSTS GUeSTS
14 Fine edge daily first takes — with this presentation aid? (9) FLIPCHART {F}{LIP}{CHAR}{T}
16 Yes, argued about the keenly sighted (5-4) ARGUS-EYED*
19 Socks — they are used for manual restriction (5) CUFFS [DD]
21 Part of Metro — uncelebrated beat (7) TROUNCE [T]
23 Metal you finally gave up for Chennai's head (7) CRANIUM (-u+c)CRANIUM
24 Tackle English joke linking old boys with model (9) EQUIPMENT {E}{QUIP}{MEN}{T}
25 Compare Left leader's note about former U.S. president (5) LIKEN {L}{IKE}{Note}
26 Musical group's small English text put out (6) SEXTET {S}{E}{TEXT*}
27 Leaves son to get out of courses (7) DESERTS DESsERTS

DOWN
1   They are held in celebration after a union is sealed (7,7) WEDDING PARTIES [CD]
2   Entrance of one party having company left behind (7) INGRESS {1}{coNGRESS}
3   Opening parts of long editorial articles done in new style (4-3) LEAD-INS Acrostic
4   Lad and myself dissected insect (9) DAMSELFLY*
5   Wise men begin claiming charm (5) MAGIC {MAGI}{Cl...g}
6   The French company almost fair and using few words (7) LACONIC {LA}{CO}{NICe}
7   American promenade sees boy and a dame exercising (7) ALAMEDA {AL}{A}{DAME*}
8   Men raved: test is about commercials (14) ADVERTISEMENTS*
15 Showed car model to Edward (9) INDICATED {INDICA}{TED}
17 See ugly bulge about small sphere (7) GLOBULE {G{LO}BULE*}
18 Beats students up in tropical beach (7) SUNSPOT {TOPS}{NUS}<=
19 Child and friends without a bit of elegant fabric (7) CHALLIS {CH}{ALLIeS}
20 Spark shown by movie engineer (7) FLICKER {FLICK}{ER}
22 Throw out Conservative in plane after extreme furore (5) EJECT {f...rE}{JE{C}T}

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16 comments:

  1. B N Acharya11 October 2018 at 09:14

    18D How does one get SUN from STUDENTS? will someone pl enlighten me

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 October 2018 at 09:19

      Did you see the link given by Col?

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    2. B N Acharya11 October 2018 at 09:26

      Nu is a student?

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    3. Vasant11 October 2018 at 09:42

      I didnt see Col's link but NUS I knew as National Union for Students.

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    4. Deepak Gopinath11 October 2018 at 09:44

      See the link over the word students in the main post

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    5. Vasant11 October 2018 at 09:52

      NUS often crops up in British crosswords. More in the Times and FT puzzles.

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    6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 October 2018 at 10:25

      Students take over today's Guardian cryptic too!
      Ray's students rejected support (7)

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    7. Vasant11 October 2018 at 10:45

      SUN<+BEAM

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  2. B N Acharya11 October 2018 at 09:49

    Thanks

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  3. Padmanabhan11 October 2018 at 09:52

    'Nus' was news to me.Got 'sunspot' but could not parse.

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  4. Padmanabhan11 October 2018 at 09:54

    Alameda & challis were also new, but could get them with wp & crossings.

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  5. cdrgani2911 October 2018 at 11:28

    Today's gave a mix of many nice, easy clues and a few tough ones. Enjoyed solving though!

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  6. A-VM11 October 2018 at 13:13

    23A) Chennai = C?
    3D) Again double duty for indicator?
    "First takes = T" OK I think but not sure about "Begin claiming = C"

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    1. Chaturvasi11 October 2018 at 13:43

      Valid questions. The clues could have been handled better. Escaped attention in multiple checks.

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    2. Padmanabhan11 October 2018 at 15:00

      On first reading I took C as Chennai's head. Only later I realised that Head is the def.

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