Saturday 20 October 2018

No 12451, Saturday 20 Oct 2018, Neyartha

 Neyartha reminds us of our salad days 

Across

7. Rewrote DIG's manual for a cooked mixed salad (10) SALMAGUNDI {DIGS+MANUAL*}
9. Boil yoghurt partially covered with grease (4) OILY (T)
10. Antibiotic, not fully digested, after time's lost at the start (2,6) AB INITIO {ANTIOBIOtIc*}
11. Conversation returns to the auditor's note in front of an item subject to steeping (3,3) TEA BAG {~TE }{GAB<=}
12. Young man concealing the cut in a small British cottage (5) BOTHY {BO{THe}Y}

13. Knight leaves the Yank's building to dig after internal turmoil in a place of worship (9) SYNAGOGUE {YANkS*}{GO(-u)G(+U)E} Thanks Col. for the anno
14. Arrest the conservative trapped in a cloudburst with the Oriental (7) OCCLUDE {CLOUD*} around {C}+{E}
17. Environmental conditions making an apprentice get rid of the wife's jacket material (7) LEATHER {(-w+L)EATHER}
20. Holy cigar smoked in a state governed by a small exclusive class (9) OLIGARCHY {HOLY+CIGAR*}
22. Connected with Oscar to get entertained by a wind instrument from the east (5) ABOUT {TUBA<=} around {O}
25. Leaders of the European states considered under Donald's outreach get some African currency (6) ESCUDO (Acrostic)
26. Value embedded in a Christmas song on the merry-go-round (8) CAROUSEL {CARO{USE}L}
27. Cow generating consistent profit? (4) CASH (CD)
28. Freed from bacteria and made infertile (10) STERILISED (DD)

Down

1. Graduate upset by a follower getting immersed in an abridged book on a hollow reed (6) BAMBOO {B{MA<=}{B}OOk}
2. Flag a teenager for hiding a gemstone (5) AGATE (T)
3. Heavy load carried by a northbound tropical Asian bird from, say, start to finish (7) ANTONYM {MYNA<=} around {TON}
4. Strain in a process to box up a pastry (8) FILTRATE {FIL{TART<=}E}
5. Hot one is best handled immediately (6) POTATO (CD)
6. Confident request sent to the top could deliver delight (8) PLEASURE {PLEA}{SURE}
8. Crystalline alcohol prepared by dissolving thorium in lemon juice (7) MENTHOL {LEMON*} around {TH}
15. Acts to pull up son after a mine product's reported in the shredded cabbage (8) COLESLAW {~COAL}{S}{LAW<=} {~COAL}{(+S)LAW(-s)} See comments


16. Room used freely by a rodent (8) DORMOUSE {ROOM+USED*}
18. Absolution at sea after son leaves to get a Mediterranean dish (7) TABOULI {ABsoLUTIOn*}

19. Airplane pre-boarding requirement making one trade places with an Asian bird (7) CHICKEN {CH(-e+I)CK(-i+E)N}
21. Cowboy Oscar replaced by the Oriental lacking social polish (6) GAUCHE {GAUCH(-o+E)
23. Crooked nun excitedly welcoming the first woman ... (6) UNEVEN {NUN*} around {EVE}
24. ... getting benefit from a plant product (5) FRUIT (DD)

Reference List

 Time=T, Note=Te, Knight=K, Conservative=C, Oriental=E, Apprentice=L (Learner), Wife=W, Oscar=O
Graduate=MA, A follower=B, Thorium=Th, Son=S, One=I, Asian=E, The first woman=Eve

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous

Posted by at
Labels: , , , ,

30 comments:

  1. sree_sree20 October 2018 at 08:31

    13a to dig:gouge, internal turmoil: gogue

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. KARTHIK20 October 2018 at 08:33

      +1; however it has turned out to be an indirect anagram

      Delete
    2. Deepak Gopinath20 October 2018 at 08:59

      Not so. See the annotation in the main post

      Delete
    3. sree_sree20 October 2018 at 09:55

      KPS internal:gut/centre:U, turmoil:displaced.

      Delete
    4. KARTHIK20 October 2018 at 10:26

      Thanks Col & Sree

      Delete
    5. Vasant20 October 2018 at 11:22

      Prasad:Even Neyartha wouldnt have thought of this equation:-)

      Delete
  2. sree_sree20 October 2018 at 08:40

    15d there is no reversal. Only S gets to first place from last, IMU.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Vasant20 October 2018 at 09:26

    Did the puzzle in the wee hours of the morning. Had to google for the two salads in 7A & 18D.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Padmanabhan20 October 2018 at 11:09

    3D- Antonym= start to finish? Can't understand.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Vasant20 October 2018 at 11:23

      Start and finish are antonyms. Unique way of defining!

      Delete
    2. sree_sree20 October 2018 at 11:23

      Start is antonym of finish. Def by example.

      Delete
    3. Vasant20 October 2018 at 11:26

      Others would have clued this as :Say start and finish

      Delete
    4. sree_sree20 October 2018 at 11:30

      That would lead to Antonyms, right?

      Delete
    5. Padmanabhan20 October 2018 at 12:51

      Thank you Vasant & Prasad. Yes, a unique def.

      Delete
  5. cdrgani2920 October 2018 at 12:23

    3D- Why from, say? Say was enough is it not?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Padmanabhan20 October 2018 at 12:52

      Ramesh calls it a connector in his blog and it looks so- more for the surface reading.

      Delete
  6. Vasant20 October 2018 at 16:13

    IXL Round 3. Solutions are up.
    All correct. No typos:-)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 October 2018 at 16:16

      I told you I had one typo in 13AC..I had three Ps instead of two!

      Delete
    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 October 2018 at 17:41

      One error. 24A RACE TRACKS instead of MAKE TRACKS! :-(

      Delete
    3. Vasant20 October 2018 at 18:40

      MB it took me more than 10 minutes to fix Make tracks which means flee or run.The pun on impressively was obvious.

      Delete
    4. sree_sree20 October 2018 at 19:20

      5d had doubt o or a till the results. but alls well now.

      Delete
  7. Vasant20 October 2018 at 18:32

    Congratulations to Ramki!Awesome hat trick!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Padmanabhan20 October 2018 at 21:59

    Keep it up Ramki. All the very Best.
    24A was wrong for me and a couple of others too.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Padmanabhan20 October 2018 at 22:06

    Vasant,
    For all correct, score is low- so much of reduction based on time alone?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Vasant20 October 2018 at 22:11

      Yes. Which shows there are some serious super solvers out there

      Delete
    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao21 October 2018 at 08:03

      True, the line gets thinner between all-correct and with-one-mistake when the all-correct solver takes extra time to complete!

      Delete
  10. Ramki Krishnan21 October 2018 at 10:16

    Thanks everyone and congratulations to the fellow leaderboard toppers!

    ReplyDelete

deepakgita@gmail.com

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)