Friday 14 December 2018

No 12497, Friday 14 Dec 2018, Gridman

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ACROSS
1   Good relative allowed handy glove (8) GAUNTLET {G}{AUNT}{LET}
6   Item in ashtray brings objections back (4) STUB<=
9   By the street, kin collapsed — overdrunk (6) STINKO {ST}{KIN*}{O}
10 Come all to dance in compound (7) CALOMEL*
13 Bank on including limited summary learner left in the usual way (9) ROUTINELY {R{OUTlINe}ELY}
14 Staple that is exported out of Nigeria in distress (5) GRAIN NiGeRIA*
15 Firm added even set of rules (4) CODE {CO}{aDdEd}
16 Far from grand larceny — mice pretty well tortured (5,5) PETTY CRIME*
19 Advocate's legal contention — W? (5,2,3) POINT OF LAW {laW} Definition by example
21 Did impressions of a walker (4) APED {A}{PED}
24 Plant starts to unfurl lavishly in pot (5) TULIP Acrostic
25 Defeat friend in European country reportedly (9) CHECKMATE (~czech){CHECK}{MATE}
26 Noblewoman of the French game (7) DUCHESS {DU}{CHESS}
27 Most foolish wings desert fighting groups (6) ARMIES bARMIESt
28 Pretentious litigant loses head (4) ARTY pARTY
29 Special light — good one — that is an aid in painting work (5,3) SPRAY GUN {SP}{RAY} {G}{UN}

DOWN
2   On the subject of a French degree — surprise! (7) ASTOUND {AS TO}{UN}{D}
3   Papal representative, name unknown, tosses coin (6) NUNCIO {N}{U}{COIN}*
4   Flea from tea not bagged as yet (5-4) LOOSE LEAF {FLEA}* [RA]
5   Heap, by no means small, at far end of scullery, is crude (5) TACKY {sTACK}{s...rY}
7   They are beaten — boy's in dread almost (7) TIMPANI {TIM}{PANIc}
8   Prescribed food requiring careful weighing? Yes and no (8,4) BALANCED DIET [CD]
11 What you will support — a cleaned out chantry?... (6) LEGACY {LEG}{A}{Ch...rY}
12 Aide from eccentric project? (8,4) CRACKPOT IDEA {AIDE}* [RA]
17 Where business must be equitable (5,4) TRADE FAIR [CD]
18 By the way, plea altered to get basic stuff (6) STAPLE {ST}{PLEA}*
20 Held the will I cited as unauthorised (7) ILLICIT [T]
22 Top player behind time coming to Australia to level off (7) PLATEAU {Pl...r}{LATE}{AU}
23 Mischievous boy in heaven when wearing such a dress (6) SKIMPY {SK{IMP}Y}
25 Entails firm being on the streets (5) COSTS {CO}{STS}

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47 comments:

  1. Jayalakshmi arumugam14 December 2018 at 07:49

    1ac gauntlet G(ood)+aunt+let (allowed)
    6ac stub (buts)
    22dn plateau P(layer)late(behind time)+au (australia)
    26ac duchess du(of)+chess
    14ac grain (nigeria-ie)*

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  2. Balaji14 December 2018 at 08:06

    15A. Firm added even set of RULES. CODE. {CO}{aDdEd}
    16A. FAR FROM GRAND LARCENY -mice pretty well tortured. PETTY CRIME. {mice+pretty}*
    11D. What you will support -a cleaned out chantry? LEGACY. {leg}{a}{cHANTRy}
    20D. Held the will I cited as UNAUTHORIZED. ILLICIT. T.
    25D. ENTAILS firm being on the streets.COSTS. {co}{sets}

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  3. Vanchinathan14 December 2018 at 08:10

    Many enjoyable clues today.

    19 Ac. POINT OF LAW -- 'W' being the direction in "LAW"!
    28 Ac. ARTY -- (P) Arty (Party in legalese referring to litigant)
    17Dn. TRADE FAIR -- double meaning of FAIR

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    1. Deepak Gopinath14 December 2018 at 08:19

      You need to tweak your Annotation for 19A

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    2. Chaturvasi14 December 2018 at 08:43

      I think his anno is good enough. '[P}oint' also means 'direction' or 'compass point'. W is indicated in the Comment.

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    3. Vanchinathan14 December 2018 at 08:46

      I thought the straight meaning part of the answer is obvious (point of law = a legal contention), and only the twisted thing needed explanation. Or perhaps I am missing something.

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    4. Padmanabhan14 December 2018 at 09:01

      Point (direction) of LAW is W which is the def.

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    5. sree_sree14 December 2018 at 09:09

      Direction of law could be L.

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    6. Chaturvasi14 December 2018 at 09:30

      I don't understand the above Comment. Indeed, I find many of sree_sree's Comments much above my operated-upon head with four holes.

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    7. Deepak Gopinath14 December 2018 at 10:59

      I took it as Point/Tip which is W

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  4. Sujatha14 December 2018 at 08:17

    8a St (street) + ink (kin collapsed) + o (over). Stinko = drunk
    10a come+all, anagram, calomel = compound
    21a Did impressions of a walker = aped, DD
    24a acrostic, Tulip = plant
    25a mate (friend) + check (sounds like Czech, European country reportedly), checkmate = defeat

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  5. Brajesh14 December 2018 at 08:20

    14 ac grain nigeria - ie

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  6. Brajesh14 December 2018 at 08:23

    4d loose leaf flea =leaf ,not bagged- loose

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  7. Brajesh14 December 2018 at 08:25

    19a words of law DD

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  8. Brajesh14 December 2018 at 08:40

    23a skimpy mischievous boy- imp +sky(heaven)

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  9. Brajesh14 December 2018 at 08:42

    18d staple way-st +plea

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    1. Deepak Gopinath14 December 2018 at 11:01

      Please indicate annotations properly. It is {ST} plus anagram of PLEA

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  10. Uma Sundar14 December 2018 at 08:44

    3d nuncio
    Name - N
    Unknown - u & coin

    18d staple
    By the way - at & plea

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    1. Deepak Gopinath14 December 2018 at 11:03

      3D is {N}and anagram of COIN
      For 18D anno see my remarks above

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  11. Brajesh14 December 2018 at 08:47

    8d Balanced diet careful weighing-balanced food- diet

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  12. Uma Sundar14 December 2018 at 08:48

    2d astound
    As to + in + d

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  13. Brajesh14 December 2018 at 08:52

    18 dd B the way St + plea wrongly typed earlier

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  14. Uma Sundar14 December 2018 at 08:53

    27a armies
    Wings - arms

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  15. Padmanabhan14 December 2018 at 08:57

    wings is not the def.
    Pl. provide anno

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  16. raji narayan14 December 2018 at 09:05

    2d the a French is a un degree is std spit is astound meaning surprise

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  17. raji narayan14 December 2018 at 09:07

    13a bank on is rely limited summary is outline-usual way is routinely

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  18. raji narayan14 December 2018 at 09:09

    12d-eccentric is crackpot and project is idea it is crackpot idea

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  19. Remy14 December 2018 at 09:20

    7 d Timpani- tim- boy in dread-pain.Timpani-Drum played in orchestra.
    29ac Spray gun - special light-sp+ray Good one G+un

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  20. John George14 December 2018 at 09:50

    5d Heap Stack (-S)mall end of scullery Y TACKY CRUDE

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  21. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore14 December 2018 at 10:33

    7d: timpani - tim(boy)+panic̷(dread)
    27a: armies - b̷armiest̷(most foolish, wings deserted)

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  22. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore14 December 2018 at 10:53

    13a: routinely - {r(outl̷ine,learner left)ely}

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    1. Deepak Gopinath14 December 2018 at 11:08

      E from outline also to be deleted as the clue says 'limited summary'

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  23. Deepak Gopinath14 December 2018 at 11:09

    All done except the correct annotation for 12D

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  24. Padmanabhan14 December 2018 at 11:53

    RA- Eccentric project is 'crackpot idea'- (AIDE)* with Crackpot as anind.

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  25. Deepak Gopinath14 December 2018 at 12:02

    May I request all the newbies to check the comments given here specially with regards to annotations as I see that many of you are repeating the same mistakes and not indicating the same properly. Especially when containment and anagrams are to be indicated.

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  26. Vasant14 December 2018 at 23:39

    Posting late today... Very enjoyable puzzle.. 2 RAs and an innovative clue(point of law)... Gridman continues to reinevent himself..

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