Friday, 2 November 2018

No 12462, Friday 02 Nov 2018, Dr. X,


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ACROSS
1   Prompt English groomsmen dancing in glee (3,4,6) JOG ONES MEMORY {JO{E+GROOMSMEN*}Y}
8   Consume delicious coffee extract (5) SCOFF [T]
9   Carrying a child say, around terminus (9) GESTATION {EG<=}{STATION}
11 Change plan and endlessly spurn daughter-in-law (10) RESCHEDULE {R{ESCHEw}{D}ULE}
12 European city doctor meets associate (4) RIGA {RIG}{A}
14 Photography pioneer, active at Mensa (7) EASTMAN*
16 Perfect husband’s ability to acquire Rolls Royce (2,5) MR RIGHT {M{RR}IGHT}
17 Bird in couple of fights (7) SPARROW {SPAR}{ROW}
19 Ninefold magnification finally achieved by designing new loupe (7) NONUPLE {m...oN}{N+LOUPE}*  Achieved is superfluous in my view
21 Prohibition upsetting voter wanting a little rum (4) VETO VOTEr*
22 What runner in relay race might do is risky (5-3-2) TOUCH-AND-GO [DD]
25 One who is given ecstasy, enthralled by frightfully nice trip (9) RECIPIENT {E} in {NICE+TRIP}*
26 Suspend reactionary journalist receiving flak (5) DRAPE {D{RAP}E<=}
27 Skill of team’s reserve players shown by power of pectoral muscles? (5,8) BENCH STRENGTH [DD?] Something to do with 'Bench press'? See comments

DOWN
2   Boston is sadly lacking new musicians (7) OBOISTS {BOSTOn+IS}*
3   Inaccurate batsman scores first run? (3,3,4) OFF THE MARK [DD]
4   Reason why batsman got out? Forced into a narrow space, lost wicket (5) EDGED wEDGED
5   Heavy total put up just around noon (9) MUSCLEMAN {SUM<=}{CLE{M}AN}  Noon=Meridiem=M
6   What guy without love might do? (4) MOAN {M{O}AN} &lit
7   Criticising group concealing trouble (7) RAILING {R{AIL}ING}
8   Computer program to evaluate bank customer (6,5) SCREEN SAVER {SCREEN} {SAVER}
10 Where flesh is likely to cause offence? (4,3,4) NEAR THE BONE [DD]
13 Case of torture? Press meets young lady (4,6) IRON MAIDEN {IRON} {MAIDEN}
15 Immigrants arrive rapidly at first entering from all directions (9) NEWCOMERS {N}{E}{W}{COME}{Ra...y}{S}
18 Report about cartel abducting one (7) ARTICLE {ART{1}CLE*}
20 Postcard perhaps not right! Make a digital audio file (7) PODCAST POSTCArD*
23 Supply model with ecstasy in vehicle (5) CATER {CA{T}{E}R}
24 Endlessly describe long story (4) EPIC dEPICt

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  1. Balaji2 November 2018 at 07:46

    3D.INACCURATE batsman scores first run. OFF THE MARK. DD.
    13D. Case of torture? Press meets young lady. IRON MAIDEN. {iron}{maiden}
    18D. Report about cartel abducting one. ARTICLE. {car{I}Tel}*
    23D. Supply model with ecstasy in vehicle. CATER. {CA{t}{e}r}
    24D. Endlessly describe long story. EPIC. -d{epic}-t

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  2. Suresh M S2 November 2018 at 08:18

    27A Bench Strength (CD?)
    25A Recipient (nice trip e anagram)
    17A Sparrow (spar+ row)
    14A Eastman (at Mensa anagram)
    8D. Screen saver( evaluate + bank customer)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath2 November 2018 at 09:01

      27A What's the role of 'shown by pectoral muscles'?

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    2. sree_sree2 November 2018 at 09:22

      27a surface reading is d&CD but the cryptic doesn't look CD, imu its charade.

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    3. Satyen Nabar2 November 2018 at 12:27

      Bench is short for Bench-press. As in he can bench 400 pounds. Power of pectoral muscles determines how much one can bench..hence Bench strength perhaps (with the ?). Skill of team's reserve players= direct defn.

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  3. Uma Sundar2 November 2018 at 08:19

    17a sparrow
    Spar & row - couple of fights

    25a recipient
    Nice, trip & e (ecstasy)

    19a. Nonuple
    N (new), Louie & n (magnification finally)

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  4. Uma Sundar2 November 2018 at 08:22

    15d newcomers
    Arrive - come
    All directions - news
    Rapidly at first - r

    8d screen saver
    Evaluate - screen
    Bank customer - saver

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  5. D.Chandrasekhar2 November 2018 at 08:26

    20D PODCAST = Digital Audio file {POSTCARD - R(ight)}*

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    1. Satyen Nabar2 November 2018 at 08:51

      Hi! Podcast can be both noun and verb. So here the defn is 'Make a digital audio file'

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    2. sree_sree2 November 2018 at 09:04

      Doc, isn't the operating word "make available".

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    3. Satyen Nabar2 November 2018 at 09:18

      Hi Prasad you are probably right. I went by Collins Dictionary. Which has... to create such files and make them available for downloading.


      https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/www.collinsdictionary.com/amp/english/podcast

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  6. Brajesh2 November 2018 at 08:36

    21a veto voter-r

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  7. Sundarram2 November 2018 at 08:37

    8A - scoff (embedded in - delicious coffee)

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  8. Brajesh2 November 2018 at 08:44

    2d oboists from Boston is -n
    Anagram of bostois

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  9. Sundarram2 November 2018 at 09:08

    4D- Edged - Forced into a narrow space = wedged - lost wicket = - w. Therefore wedged - w = edged. And that is the reason why batsman got out.

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  10. Sundarram2 November 2018 at 09:16

    11A - Reschedule - endlessly spurn = eschew - w = esche + d from daughter + law = rule. Thus Reschedule

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  11. Sundarram2 November 2018 at 09:32

    25A- Recipient - e from ecstacy. nice trip + e = recipient = one who is given

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  12. Sundarram2 November 2018 at 09:44

    26A - Drape - revolutionary journalist =de + flak = rap. Drape = suspend

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  13. Murali2 November 2018 at 09:51

    22A What runner in relay race might do = is risky= TOUCH AND GO (DD?)

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  14. Murali2 November 2018 at 09:57

    10D Where flesh is likely to cause offence? NEAR THE BONE

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    1. Deepak Gopinath2 November 2018 at 10:07

      You have not given the annotation

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    2. Murali2 November 2018 at 10:12

      Not sure of annotation but the idiom? means offence.

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    3. Murali2 November 2018 at 10:23

      Where flesh is=NEAR THE BONE= likely to cause offence

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  15. Sujatha2 November 2018 at 10:01

    6d, guy = man, love = o, m(o)an = what guy without love might do.

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  16. John George2 November 2018 at 10:07

    16AC M(RR) IGHT ability and RR

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  17. Unknown2 November 2018 at 10:08

    1A jog ones memory
    Anagram of E groomsmen inside joy

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  18. D.Chandrasekhar2 November 2018 at 10:08

    1A JOG ONES MEMORY = Prompt, glee is JOY, E from English { JOY + E + GROOMSMEN }*

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  19. Unknown2 November 2018 at 10:09

    9A Gestation
    Eg (say) reversed + Station (terminus)

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  20. Unknown2 November 2018 at 10:10

    16A Mr Right
    RR(Rolls Royce) inside Might (ability)

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  21. Unknown2 November 2018 at 10:12

    7D Railing
    Ail inside Ring

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  22. Unknown2 November 2018 at 10:13

    12A RIGA
    RI +GA
    Can't find RI equal to Dr.

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  23. Radhamani2 November 2018 at 10:14

    23 d cater
    Model =t
    Ecstasy=e
    Vehicle=car

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  24. John George2 November 2018 at 10:14

    13 ac Doctor RIG associate A RIGA

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  25. Remy2 November 2018 at 10:16

    16A-MR RIGHT ability- Might+RR-RollsRoyce

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  26. Unknown2 November 2018 at 10:17

    22 AC touch and go

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  27. D.Chandrasekhar2 November 2018 at 10:45

    12A RIGA = European city: RIG = Doctor +A from associate

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  28. Usha2 November 2018 at 10:49

    9Ac gestation (station=terminus)

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  29. Remy2 November 2018 at 11:06

    1Ac jog ones memory glee=joy E-english groomsmen+e+jog.Prompt

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  30. sree_sree2 November 2018 at 11:07

    5d MUSCLEMAN SUM<= just =clean,around noon=M

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  31. Uma Sundar2 November 2018 at 12:09

    17a sparrow
    Spar & row - couple of fights

    25a recipient
    Nice, trip & e (ecstasy)

    19a. Nonuple
    N (new), Louie & n (magnification finally)

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  32. KARTHIK2 November 2018 at 21:17

    Out of action for few days as I lost my mother recently.

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  33. raju umamaheswar2 November 2018 at 21:35

    Hi Doc ! It is such a pleasure , nay euphoria, nay nirvana, to do your creations. Despite the cursor fadfadaoing due to too many ads popping and disturbing the grid, I did this yesternight, even after a frustrating erasure of the entire grid nearly completed and I had to redo all over again just to get JOG ONE@S MEMORY. Can't the Hindu do something to improve their software and reduce the number of Ads ? nonuple x nonuple times thanks. Your clues are always unique and so refreshing ! Eternal triangle is formed when the Mr RIGHT doesn't turn out to be the one and hence turned out. What's the antonym for MR RIGHT ? Don't tell me it is MISS WRONG ! Why can't the men or women convert their spouses to Mr Right or Miss Right after the marriage ? Or is it Variety is the SPICE ( plural of SPOUSE ?)of life ? They don't realize '' ONCE BITTEN, always bitter ? or the Sweetest ?

    I read CV's comments and your response. Life also is like a cryptic
    Puzzle-- so many trials and errors !

    Col: How many newbies or old drones you have netted in this website since you started the Friday challenge? I see very many names unseen of. Welcome to all of them to this web of deceit called Cryptic puzzles.

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    1. Satyen Nabar3 November 2018 at 10:59

      Your pithy comments Raju, are nirvana for a setter :)

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  34. raju umamaheswar3 November 2018 at 02:50

    Dear Karthi, Sorry to hear about your mother's demise. May her soul remain in eternal peace. May God give you and your family the necessary strength and fortitude to bear this irreparable loss. God bless !

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  35. Ramani3 November 2018 at 03:49

    Karthikeyan - Sorry to hear the news - May her soul rest in peace.

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  36. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 November 2018 at 09:17

    Heartfelt condolences. May her soul rest in peace.

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