Friday 26 October 2018

No 12456, Friday 26 Oct 2018, Anon


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ACROSS
1   Happiness of criminal at camp with valets at last (11) CONTENTMENT {CON}{TENT}{MEN}{aT}
9   Rum cocktail in labour agitation (7) TURMOIL {T{RUM*}OIL}
10 One who gives, needing no introduction, thin (6) LENDER sLENDER
11 Linger with odd peer’s beer (5) LAGER {LAG}{pEeR}
12 At last, punish short friend (7) FINALLY {FINe}{ALLY}
15 Aunt cooks fish (4) TUNA*
16 Editor to imitate lector (10) COPYREADER {COPY}{READER}
18 Interpreting illegible counter-sign without equipment initially (10) CONSTRUING {COUNTeRSIGN}*
20 Horse in dust storm (4) STUD*
23 Enamoured by first silk glove (7) SMITTEN {Silk}{MITTEN}
24 Police start to press for removal (5) PURGE {Po...e}{URGE}
26 Atrocious headgear for troublemaker (3,3) BAD HAT {BAD} {HAT}
27 Blackout maddened men in continent (7) AMNESIA {A{MEN*}SIA}
28 Lose right, protect like confused raja of Mexican city (11) GUADALAJARA {GUArD}{ALA}{RAJA*}

DOWN
2   Smells sullen in offices’ limits (6) ODOURS {Off{DOUR}iceS}
3   Republican escaping online offender’s strike (4) TOLL TrOLL
4   Avoiding unfailingly to remove adult doctor (10) NULLIFYING {UNFaILINGLY}*
5   Ordered husband, old fashioned (8) MANDATED {MAN}{DATED}
6   Irritated miss, started looking extremely dejected (7) NEEDLED {NEED}{Lo...g}{Ex...y}{De...dShould have been 'starts' not 'started'
7   Tampered with cheat list of sport (9) ATHLETICS*
8   Mythical creature to last unnecessarily long (6) DRAGON {DRAG ON}
13 Massive cenotaph for a labour leader (10) MONUMENTAL {MONUMENT}{A}{La...r}
14 Wife overwhelmed, left practice on horse path (9) BRIDLEWAY {BRID{L}E}{WAY}
17 Mended odd sets, irritated (8) STITCHED {SeTs}{ITCHED}
19 New trauma induced by demon (7) NAMTARU {N}{TRAUMA*}
21 Force husband into custody (6) THRUST {T{H}RUST}
22 Musical drama nearly overwhelms English batsman (6) OPENER {OP{EN}ERa}
25 Starts humming aloud during journey to Mecca (4) HADJ Acrostic Journey on double duty

GRID

34 comments:

  1. 9A Turmoil = agitation (rum + toil)
    11A Lager= beer (LAG + pEeR)
    15A tuna =fish(aunt anagram)
    27A Amnesia = blackout(men+ Asia)
    8D Dragon = mythical creature ( drag on = last unnecessarily long)

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    1. Suresh Annos are not correctly indicated

      9A is Anagram of RUM in TOIL - {T{RUM*}OIL} and not RUM+TOIL
      27A is Anagram of MEN in ASIA - {A{MEN*}SIA} and not MEN+ASIA

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    2. Thanks for the corrections.

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  2. 1ac contentment
    Con (criminal)tent (camp)men (valets) (a)time
    28ac guadalajara
    Gua(r)d ala (like) (raja)*
    2dn odours dour (sullen) in o(ffic)e

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    1. Jayalakshmi, you can post 2 more answers

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    2. in 1A the T comes from 'at last' (-a)T

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    3. Typo in Anno of 2D. It is {O{DOUR}(-ffice)S}

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  3. 23a smitten s from first of silk and glove is mitten

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  4. 10a. Lender
    Thin - (S)lender

    18a. Construing
    Count(e)rsign

    20a stud. Dust anagram

    26a. Bad hat
    Atrocious - bad
    Headgear - hat

    16a copyreader
    Imitate-copy
    Lecture - reader

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  5. 28a guadalajara protect is guard less r like all and raja
    Anagram if guadalaraja

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  6. 13ac monumental
    Monument(cenotaph)+a+l(abour)
    25 hadj Humming Aloud During Journey

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  7. 7 d athletics from anagram if cheat and list

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  8. 4D Unf(-a for adult)illingly, anagram = nullifying = avoiding

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  9. 5D, husband = man + old fashioned = dated, man+dated = ordeted

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    1. Ordered not ordeted. Sorry for the spello.

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  10. 13D, cenotaph = monument + A + L(eader), monumental = massive

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  11. 17D, odd SeTs, St + itched from irritated, stitched = mended

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  12. 21D, h from husband into trust from custody, tHrust = force.

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  13. 12 ac Fin (-e) friend Ally at last = finally
    16 ac imitate = cipc lector = reader editor = copyreader
    24 ac P(-olice) press urge purge= removal

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    1. I had asked last time also. May we know your real name.

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    2. John George. I don't know why my name is showing up like this .it is my business name. Didn't realise apologies

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    3. Of allepy backwater resorts!!!

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    4. Yes of Alleppy backwater. Do I know you Sree?

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    5. But Poothundu Estate is in Nelliampathy?

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  14. 19D N(ew)+trauma = NAMTARU
    22D musical drama nearly OPERA(-A)+ EN(glish )= OPENER
    14D wife ~BRIDE+L (from left)+ WAY~practice= BRIDLEWAY

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  15. 19D had to Google. Namtar (or Namtaru, or Namtara; meaning destiny or fate), was a chthonic minor deity in Mesopotamian mythology, god of death, and minister and messenger of An, Ereshkigal, and Nergal. Namtar was the son of Enlil and Ereshkigal; he was born before his father raped the goddess Ninlil.

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  16. 24A P(olice)+ to press~URGE =PURGE meaning removal

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  17. 3D - TOLL Online Offender = TROLL - R (Republican) = TOLL (Strike)
    6D -NEEDLED; Miss = NEED + LED (start of looking extremely dejected)

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