Saturday 17 November 2018

No 12474, Saturday 17 Nov 2018, Arden


Across

9. Still it's hard on us to break in (7) HOWEVER {H}{O{WE}VER}
10. One enters a rambling castle, stretching far (7) ELASTIC {I} in {CASTLE*}
11. Feel nervous and tense — bad ball, ends in wide (7) TWIDDLE {T}{WID{baD}{balL}E}
12. Country road ran straight (7) ANDORRA {ROAD+RAN*}
13. Nightdress is short, not to lose heart regardless (9) NEGLIGENT {NEGLIGEe}{NoT}
15. Feeling bad the verdict ignored the law (5) RUING {RUlING}
16. Language to follow incognito (7) TAGALOG {TAG ALOnG} Incognito = Without name
19. Reject — refuse to allow what listener desired (7) YEARNED {Y{EAR}NED<=}
20. Remove the French car parked outside (5) CLEAR {C{LE}AR}
21. He cares about grabbing gold, you can bet on it (9) RACEHORSE {HE+CARES*} around {OR}
25. Do chemical analysis on bird, rodent and lastly algae (7) TITRATE {TIT}{RAT}{algaE}
26. A doctor breaks fast, becomes bright (7) LAMBENT {L{A}{MB}ENT}
28. Crab apple trees lose sap become full (7) REPLETE {apPLE+TREEs*}
29. Smoke puts leading man in bed (7) CHEROOT {C{HERO}OT}

Down

1. Restriction over basic accommodation in country (6) BHUTAN {B{HUT}AN}
2. Fussing over him makes fellow run for cover (6) AWNING {fAWNING}
3. Keen to promote the lead singer (4) AVID {DIVA<=}
4. Told to free moving parts on land (6) GREECE {~GREASE}
5. Stillroom for education to be incorporated in this (8) PEDANTRY {P{ED}ANTRY} &lit
6. Run after losing more hair cover — It doesn't make sense (10) BALDERDASH {BALDER}{DASH}
7. Straightens out, but not the house (4,4) STAR SIGN {STRAIGhteNS*}
8. Extremely sadistic to be teased and beaten up (8) SCRAGGED {SadistiC}{RAGGED}
14. What's supposed to happen, and what actually happened to one in government hospitals (3-7) ILL TREATED (CD)
16. It's understood — one who retains the Ashes will be withdrawn (8) TACITURN {TACIT}{URN}
17. The Orang-utan will eat fruit found outdoors (5,3) GREAT APE {GR{EAT} APE}
18. Collected paperback, need to allow reading (8) GARNERED {RAG<=}{NE{R}ED}
22. Material about coil rewinding (6) CALICO {CA}{COIL*}
23. Drink up, it's alright for a horny brute (6) REEBOK {BEER<=}
24. Property close to home, say (6) ESTATE {homE}{STATE}
27. Come face to face with setter's picture (4) MEET {ME}{ET}


Reference List

 On=Over, Us=We, One=I, Tense=T, Law=L, The French=Le, Gold=Or, Doctor=MB
Education=Ed, Reading=R, About-Ca, Setter=Me, Picture=ET

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

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38 comments:

  1. sree_sree17 November 2018 at 08:36

    14d technical doubt: I thought it is DD, one GK and one CD. Is it still CD

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 November 2018 at 08:48

      It can not be DD as both definitions do not mean the same answer. The first part is straight and second part is cryptic.

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    2. sree_sree17 November 2018 at 08:58

      That is the doubt. Two streams pointing to same word but not meaning the same.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath17 November 2018 at 09:47

      What's supposed to happen (in hospitals), = ILL TREATED and
      what actually happened to one in government hospitals = ILL-TREATED

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    4. sree_sree17 November 2018 at 10:10

      KKR as per dic

      "ill:

      1 not healthy, because of a medical condition or an injury. The usual American word is sick.

      2 [ONLY BEFORE NOUN] bad, or harmful"

      So I'll treated means both the things, I guess.

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 November 2018 at 11:47

      Actually, it is not always that one gets ill-treatment in government hospitals, especially when you carry ArogyaSree health cards.
      In fact, those patients are given royal treatment!

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    6. jaggu17 November 2018 at 17:00

      Having spent a career in government hospitals I can tell you the poorest of poor gets treated in government hospitals,and considering the load,the doctors do a decent job.

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  2. Padmanabhan17 November 2018 at 08:44

    I agree it can be taken as DD. What is expected/ what actually happened.
    Anyway,brought a smile on!

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  3. Padmanabhan17 November 2018 at 08:45

    A doubt about 3D- How to decide if it is Diva or Avid. Only with crossings?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 November 2018 at 08:49

      Lead singer is promoted. So, diva becomes avid.

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    2. sree_sree17 November 2018 at 08:59

      Keen to promote: avid to raise:diva, lead singer!!!

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    3. Padmanabhan17 November 2018 at 09:05

      Thank you KKR & Prasad. I had actually filled in 'Diva' and had to change when crossings did not fit. I tagged the promote to lead singer- it is in the middle and can go either way. So is the def- either end. Hence my doubt.

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    4. sree_sree17 November 2018 at 09:53

      I also did it after crossing.

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  4. Padmanabhan17 November 2018 at 09:06

    Will IXL be On tomorrow? No results yet of the previous round.

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    1. sree_sree17 November 2018 at 09:51

      Doesn't look good. The whole of serorg.cloudapp.net seems not resolving yet. Wondering what's happening to Bihar govt services on the site.

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  5. Vasant17 November 2018 at 10:41

    Excellent puzzle!

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  6. Prasanna Rao17 November 2018 at 11:54

    Experts.....I could not find the definition in 1D......Country means to denote IN or AN.. how t o take the clue

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    1. sree_sree17 November 2018 at 12:05

      definition is "country". restriction ban, basic accomodation:hut

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  7. Deepak Gopinath17 November 2018 at 13:51

    Message from Team IXL

    Apologies : Owing to circumstances still beyond our control, Round 7 puzzle of IXL will now be posted on next Sunday, i.e., 25th Nov. Inconvenience is regretted...Team IXL

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  8. Padmanabhan17 November 2018 at 14:12

    Col.
    Thank you for the info.
    How about a special tomorrow- if you have one available? For the second week running, we have nothing on Sunday.

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  9. Padmanabhan17 November 2018 at 14:14

    Just curious-
    On the left column under 'labels' I was looking for Doppleganger,but could not find!

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  10. cdrgani2917 November 2018 at 15:34

    Quite a few doubts today:-
    9A hard on we is HOWE alltright. But what is VER?
    16A TAGALOG is ok with incognito as N but what is the indication in the clue?
    19A refuse means reversing the word DENY is it?
    2D "Fussing over fellow running for cover" would be enough?
    Request some expert's explanation.

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  11. Col_Gopinath17 November 2018 at 17:26

    Special at 10:30 tomorrow by Avtaar

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  12. Padmanabhan17 November 2018 at 17:27

    9A- On= over,Us=We,Hard=H
    H[O (WE) VER] as shown in the blog.
    16A- Incognito is without name or without N. Tagalong- N
    19A- Refuse is return
    2D- You are partially right. Ramesh has indicated'him' as extraneous and makes as a connector (for surface reading) These are indicated by colour codes given at the bottom.
    BTW I am no expert,but given just by way of clarification- wise after reading the blog!

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  13. Ramani17 November 2018 at 18:31

    Today's Guardian Prize Crossword is a Jigsaw one. Many easy clues. The real fun is in filling the grid. Enjoyed it. A very rare thing for me - solving the prize crossie; that too on Saturday itself.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 November 2018 at 18:36

      Good show, Ram!

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    2. Vasant17 November 2018 at 19:02

      I saw it and cold solved a few..just didnt get the time to solve the whole puzzle..great show Ram

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  14. Ramani17 November 2018 at 19:40

    Vasant, you will crack it in a jiffy I know.

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    1. Ramani17 November 2018 at 19:41

      KKR too would have done it already.

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    2. Ramani17 November 2018 at 19:43

      Thanks MB and Vasant for your greetings.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 November 2018 at 21:37

      Indeed it is a great effort Ram!
      I wish you to send it to Guardian for prize. Who knows what is in store? Good luck.
      I am yet to see the puzzle. Busy through the day

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    4. Padmanabhan17 November 2018 at 22:09

      Good show Ram. Keep it up.

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  15. cdrgani2917 November 2018 at 20:41

    Thank you, Padmanabhan!

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