Friday, 7 December 2018

No 12491, Friday 07 Dec 2018, Afterdark


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ACROSS
1   Capturing a ruler at the end of fight (6) TAKING {f..hT}{A}{KING}
4   Only females put make up (6) OFFSET {O}{FF}{SET}
9   Bravo removes helmet, gets hurt in the afternoon, down under (4) ARVO bRAVO*
10 Perhaps gramophone's not new, time to replace picture (10) PHOTOGRAPH PHO(-n+t)TOGRAPH
11 Expedition is endless, a great distance to reach 4th position (6) SAFARI {iS}{A}{FAR}{posItion}
12 Call and talk nonsense, perhaps (8) BUZZWORD {BUZZ}{WORD}
13 Dead? No, was kept in ICU earlier to protect (9) INOCULATE {I{NO}CU}{LATE}
15 Unruly Republican sent out, Democrat coming in place is old-fashioned (5) DOWDY (-r+d)DOWDY
16 Greece excluded from Gulf War surprisingly! Shocking (5) AWFUL {gULF+WAr}*
18 Perfect twist, game over; first loss (9) MATCHLESS {MAT}{CH{Loss}ESS}
22 New Business Unit had billions invested in artificial intelligence as capital (3,5) ABU DHABI {BU+HAD}*{A{B}I}
23 Career in knots to begin with procuring a type of printer (3-3) INK-JET {IN}{Kn..s}{JET}
25 Perhaps the highest office in the world; how he suits, not quite in a way. Egoistic leader (5,5) WHITE HOUSE {HOW+HE+SUITs}*{Eg...c}
26 One's right, church has a vault (4) ARCH {A}{R}{CH}
27 Drink, but not in the plant (6) POTATO POTATiOn
28 Beauty treatment is ridiculous, lacking charisma essentially (6) FACIAL FArCIcAL How is the R deleted?

DOWN
1   Odd theory on precipitation on ground (7) TERRAIN {ThEoRy}{RAIN}
2   Currency found on the outskirts of Kanpur with no source, promptly returned (5) KRONA {Ka..uR}{ANOn<=}
3   Ordered platinum, mostly for wedding (7) NUPTIAL PLATINUm*
5   Dirty female on a fight wielding axes (6) FROWZY {F}{ROW}{ZY}
6   Unofficial selection method for post-war reconstruction based on lives lost primarily... (5,4) STRAW POLL {POST+WAR}*{Li..s}{Lost}
7   ... red tape menace reduced (7) TAPERED*
8   Fact about image circulated has no authentic source; it is PTSD (6,7) COMBAT FATIGUE {FACT+ABOUT+IMaGE}*
14 Company on the raise, director's against stranger primarily attempting to takeover (4,5) COUP D'ETAT {CO}{UP}{D}{ET}{At...g}{To}
17 Complex — posh building found in online marketplace (3,4) WEB SHOP {WEB} {POSH}*
19 In these days, that man's found essentially enthralled by illusion (7) CHIMERA {C{HIM}E}{e..hRAl..d}
20 Leading shop acquiring new client for a design plate, perhaps... (7) STENCIL {Shop}{CLIENT}*
21 ...keeping stock on time, gains reputation (6) CACHET {CACHE}{T}
24 People in Meghalaya with roots at Kerala have accounts settled ingeniously (5) KHASI Acrostic

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  1. Srinidhi7 December 2018 at 07:49

    8D Fact about image circulated has no authentic source; it is PTSD (6,7)
    Combat Fatigue
    Anagram (circulated) of Fact About Image; delete a(no authentic source)
    Google says PTSD is Post Traumatic Stress disorder
    10A Perhaps gramophone's not new, time to replace picture (10)
    Photograph
    Remove N (Not New) from Phonograph(gramophone) & replace with T
    9A Bravo removes helmet, gets hurt in the afternoon, down under (4)
    Arvo (afternoon in Australia)
    Anagram (gets hurt) of Bravo after removing first letter(remove helmet)

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  2. Balaji7 December 2018 at 07:53

    22A. New Business Unit had billions invested in artificial intelligence as CAPITAL. ABU DHABI. {A{BUHAD*}{B}I}
    28 A. BEAUTY TREATMENT is ridiculous, lacking charisma essentially. FACIAL. {FArCIcAL} anno doubtful. Charisma essentially is ri, but RC has to be removed.
    7D. ...red tape menace REDUCED. TAPERED. {red tape}*
    14D. Company on the raise, director's against stranger primarily attempting to TAKE OVER. COUP DETAT. {CO}{UP}{D}{ET}{A}{T}
    24D. People in Meghalaya with roots at Kerala Have Accounts Settled Indigenously. KHASI. acrostic.

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    1. Padmanabhan7 December 2018 at 08:54

      28A- Charisma essentially is RI (middle letters) which is removed.

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    2. sree_sree7 December 2018 at 09:00

      If Ridiculous:farCiCal then we have to remove RC to get FACIAL. But the clue intends RI which gives Faccal!!!

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    3. Shrikanth7 December 2018 at 09:11

      Yes it is a blooper. This happens despite going through editing, not just by me. I get called and discussed about the clues most of the times. But something eludes everyone but the solvers :)

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    4. KARTHIK7 December 2018 at 11:22

      Also I guess "CAREER" should be "CARRIER" (23A) in both print edition as well as online edition.

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  3. Brajesh7 December 2018 at 08:02

    23a ink jet carrier - jet in knots for ink

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  4. Brajesh7 December 2018 at 08:03

    16a awful gulf - g Aw from war

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  5. Brajesh7 December 2018 at 08:09

    25a white house anagram of how he suits and e from egoistic leader

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  6. Brajesh7 December 2018 at 08:12

    1d terrain idd theory -t e r precipitation is rain so ter+rain

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  7. Brajesh7 December 2018 at 08:14

    1a taking t from end of fight a ruler is a king t + a king

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  8. Remy7 December 2018 at 08:18

    1 AC taking-t end of fight,+a+king=ruler.
    1d terrain.odd theory-ter+rain=precipitation.
    17 d webshop.web-complex+shop-anag of posh.
    3d Nuptial-platimun-m /ostly.wedding.

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  9. Remy7 December 2018 at 08:24

    20d stencil-design plate.s+Anag of client.

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  10. Remy7 December 2018 at 08:35

    19d Chimera-illusion.CE these days,that man-him,essent essentially enthralled-ra.ce+him+Ra=chimera.

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  11. Remy7 December 2018 at 08:56

    13a Inoculate.No in ICU.+late-dead.anag of no+ICU+late.Protect

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  12. Prasanna Rao7 December 2018 at 09:28

    1D. Capturing a ruler at the end of fight...Ruler-King , Capture "T" , a ...Taking
    9A Bravo removes helmet...Remove "B" from Bravo...ARVO
    7D. ... red tape menace reduced ..Anagram of red tape.....Tapered

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  13. Jayalakshmi arumugam7 December 2018 at 10:08

    4ac offset O(nly)ff(females)set(put)
    6 dn straw poll (post-war+ll)*
    21dn catch the cache+T(ime)
    13ac inoculate ì(no)cu+late (dead)
    26ac arch a(one) r(ight) ch (church)

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  14. Jayalakshmi arumugam7 December 2018 at 10:33

    Compensating for 13ac
    18ac matchless mat(twist)+che(l)ess

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  15. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore7 December 2018 at 10:47

    11a: safari - (i̷s)+(a)+(far)+(p̷o̷s̷it̷i̷o̷n̷)

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  16. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore7 December 2018 at 10:58

    16a: awful(shocking) - (g̷ulf war̷*)
    17a: matchless(perfect) - mat(twist)+{(che(lo̷v̷e̷)ss=game)}

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  17. KARTHIK7 December 2018 at 11:01

    15AC) DEFN: old fashioned; Soln: DOWDY; Anno: (-R)(+D)OWDY;
    ROWDY from UNRULY; R from republican; D from democrat

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  18. P. Venkatesan7 December 2018 at 11:10

    12a: buzzword {buzz(=call)}{word(=talk)} = nonsense perhaps (words that make smart people sound stupid)

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  19. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore7 December 2018 at 11:35

    11a: safari - (i̷s)+(a)+(far)+(p̷o̷s̷it̷i̷o̷n̷), (i̷)s endless, far(great distance), to reach 4th (p̷o̷s̷it̷i̷o̷n̷).

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  20. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore7 December 2018 at 11:37

    Safari=expedition

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  21. Uma Sundar7 December 2018 at 11:59

    5d frowzy

    Female - f
    Fight - row
    Axes - zy

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  22. Uma Sundar7 December 2018 at 12:04

    27a potato

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  23. N Sridhar7 December 2018 at 12:59

    2D Krona-KR from outskirts of Kanpur NO reversed

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  24. N Sridhar7 December 2018 at 13:01

    24D-KHASI- from first alphabets of at Kerala have accounts settled ingeniously

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  25. N Sridhar7 December 2018 at 13:02

    25A-White House- Anagram of how he suits

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  26. N Sridhar7 December 2018 at 13:05

    17D-Web shop posh anagram(shop) web-complex

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  27. Unknown7 December 2018 at 15:45

    21d cachet store=cache + t (time)

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  28. sree_sree7 December 2018 at 18:35

    11a i took s comes from end-lesS

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  29. Vasant7 December 2018 at 20:52

    A busy hectic day for me. The puzzle was easy and enjoyable.. Thanks AD

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