Thursday 15 November 2018

No 12472, Thursday 15 Nov 2018, Arden


ACROSS
1   Neat! A capital dish! (4,10) BEEF WELLINGTON {BEEF} {WELLINGTON}
10 Left tracking river bird (5) OUSEL {OUSE}{L}
11 Faces on some market players (9) OVERBEARS {OVER}{BEARS}
12 Backbone broken, got through years of intolerance (7) BIGOTRY {BI{GOT}R<=}{Y}
13 Model text exposed enough (7) EXAMPLE {tEXt}{AMPLE}
14 Belief in God keeps man on right side (5) DEISM {SIDE*}{M}
16 Law breaking, cheating, it's all coming out slowly (9) TRICKLING {TRICK{L}ING}
19 Designed for efficiency, so no rodents lack tail (9) ERGONOMIC {ERGO}{NO}{MICe}
20 Lob bomb in a corner to make it count, perhaps (5) NOBLE {LOB}* in {NE}
22 Space lift, nice to be in the middle of them all — so peaceful (7) PACIFIC {sPACe}{lIFt}{nICe}
25 Limited help in once set level (7) ECHELON {HELp} in {ONCE}*
27 Soldiers inland put back in position (9) REINSTATE {RE}{IN}{STATE}
28 Start with pygmy and a giant perhaps (5) PANDA {P}{AND}{A}
29 I add coriander into mix — it keeps things cool (3,11) AIR CONDITIONER {I+CORIANDER+INTO}*

DOWN
2   Duck soup is off, one's relaxed (4,5) EASY GOING {EASY} {GOING}
3   Extraordinary life, time to go under net (5) FILET {LIFE*}{T}
4   Comfortable inside, meets variety of flora and fauna in nature (9) ECOSYSTEM {E{COSY}STEM*}
5   Subject I took up in college, I like it (5) LIEGE [T<=]
6   Statesman makes banks earn (9) NEBRASKAN*
7   Current carrying transformer terminals on ship (5) TRAMP {Tr...eR}{AMP}
8   Teens go bananas over girls — to be kept aside (4,3) NEST EGG {TEENS*}{GG}
9   Stop to offer (6) FORBID {FOR}{BID}
15 Correct names if included to policy statement (9) MANIFESTO {NAMES+IF}*{TO}
17 Severe raise following change of sides — lying in fourth place... (9) INCLEMENT {INC(-r+l)LEMENT}
18 ...otherwise can I blame disparity? (9) IMBALANCE*
19 Shops catching cinematographic representation (7) EMPORIA cInEMatOgRAPhic* [CA]
21 It's essentially a tenner, bill is for nine (6) ENNEAD {tENNEr}{AD}
23 He broke the news all over the town (5) CRIER [CD]
24 Cold and frozen vegetable (5) CHARD {C}{HARD}
26 Animal in a river (5) HIPPO {HIP}{PO}

GRID

10 comments:

  1. Fantastic day for me.I don't know grammar of parsing clues but I can say from my view it is great solving today. Thanks ARDEN.

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  2. Enjoyed doing a typical Arden puzzle- mostly bringing a smile but at times a little deviant.
    Thank you for a nice time on a rainy morning here in Chennai.

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  3. 1AC took time. Otherwise, smooth flow.

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    1. Still searching how flesh of the animal used for food is same as animal. Am I missing something?

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    2. Beef definition includes:
      An ox or similar beast, esp. a fattened one or its carcass

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    3. Beef in Chambers has the following as one of the definitions

      a steer or cow, especially one fattened for butchering

      Moreover the etymology for Beef is 'from French boef ox.'

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  4. Found many clues quite tough!
    12A,2D and 5D couldn't get. Can anyone unravdel them for me?

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  5. 12A- Bone back is Rib =< BIR
    'Got' through- BI(GOT)R.
    Y from years.

    2D- refer to the link given by Col. in the main blog.
    5D is a reverse T as indicated. Def. is subject.

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