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Friday, 11 January 2019

No 12521, Friday 11 Jan 2019, Arden


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ACROSS
1   Divine refusal leads to hell (7) INFERNO {INFER}{NO}
5   Surprise! Cat's finally landed in a well (7) ASTOUND {A}{S{caT}OUND}
9   Soldier carrying a bag of bones (5) SACRA {SAC}{RA}
10 It reveals qualifications and reservations (4,5) FINE PRINT [CD]
11 Cryptic clue — visit a holy text (9) LEVITICUS*
12 Partners in crime like to accept a wager (5) ABETS {A{BET}S}
13 Stop 80% of the coalition (4) BLOC BLOCk
15 Gates opposing the odd nickel — they're big guns (8) ORDNANCE {OR}{AND<=}{NiCkEl}
18 Two boys given food, sent back for payment (8) DEFRAYAL {FED<=}{RAY}{AL} The wordplay leads to {RAY}{AL}{FED<=}
19 One carries Mike to the top (4) ACME {AC{M}E}
22 Nothing rejected, taking growing plant (5) LUPIN {NIL}<= over {UP}
24 Noel repaired Smith's car (9) CHRISTMAS*
26 Crook takes time off for work, and the noise gets louder (9) CRESCENDO CRESCEN(-t+do)DO
27 A grub gets even bitter (5) ACERB {ACE}{gRuB]
28 Horse has gone crazy, lock up (7) DUNGEON {DUN}{GONE*}
29 Crook will throw rest away (7) SHYSTER {SHY}{REST*}

DOWN
1   Slight gap makes it pulsating (6) INSULT pULSaTINg* [CA]
2   Force one, overrate the apparent worth (4,5) FACE VALUE {F}{ACE} {VALUE}
3   Ridicule like stemming the rot (5) ROAST {RO{AS}T}
4   Almost rundown, the plant is smelling (9) OLFACTORY {OLd}{FACTORY}
5   Girl's long time incognito (5) AGNES {AG{N}ES} Incognito=Without name
6   It's time Bopanna played a big shot (3,6) TOP BANANA {T}{BOPANNA*}{A}
7   Thing inside has flipped, free to marry (5) UNITE UN(TI<=)E
8   Don't like the basic idea of trial (6) DETEST {iDEa}{TEST}
14 Incurable case of lassitude, it's a long story (9) CHRONICLE {CHRONIC}{La...dE}
16 Annoyed, rising debts spaced out (9) DELIRIOUS {RILED<=}{IOUS}
17 Hand in cat food (9) CAMEMBERT {CA{MEMBER}T}
20 Peaceful location mostly, but side exposed (6) PLACID {PLACe}{sIDe}
21 Basically wish jobs card features on the weather map (6) ISOBAR {wISh}{jOBs}{cARd}
23 Swagger after keeping soldiers in custody... (5) PREEN {P{RE}EN}
24 ...on trampled by John Bull (5) CANON {CAN}{ON}
25 Unreliable for providing shelter (5) SHADY [DD]

GRID

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31 comments:

  1. Jayalakshmi arumugam11 January 2019 at 08:01

    5ac astound (ca)t in a+sound (well)
    12ac a bets a(bet)s
    19ac acme M(ike) in ace
    6 dn top banana T(ime)(bopanna)* a
    8dn detest i(de)a +test (trial)

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  2. Vanchinathan11 January 2019 at 08:31

    15 Ac. ORDNANCE ; OR, NAND are Gates as in electronic circuitry. n,c,e odd letters of nickel; (nannd is reverses, opposed)
    24 Ac. CHRISTMAS anagram of SMiths Car
    20 Dn PLACID: Place(e) + (s)ide(e)
    10Ac, NAME BOARD (double meaning) (Putting somebone's educational qualification in Name board is an Indian thing?. Or my answer is wrong. Many clues read real nice far from solving them. Going back.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath11 January 2019 at 08:34

      10A is incorrect

      15A the gates are OR and AND {OR}{AND<=}{N(-i)C(-k)E(-l)}

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    2. Vanchinathan11 January 2019 at 09:02

      AND gate. Yes, I was right for the wrong reasons. If not NME BOARD I've work to do. Thanks for your quick response

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  3. Remy11 January 2019 at 08:33

    24 AC Christmas -Noel=Christmas.
    29 AC shyster=crooked lawyer- throw- shy+rest anagram.
    25 d shady-unreliable shelter.

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  4. Balaji11 January 2019 at 09:06

    1A. Divine refusal leads to hell. INFERNO. {INFER}{NO}
    28A. Horse has gone crazy,LOCK UP. DUNGEON.{DUN}{GONE*}
    4D. Almost rundown, the plant is SMELLING. OLFACTORY. {OLd}{FACTORY}
    14D. Incurable case of lassitude,it's a LONG STORY. CHRONICLE. {CHRONIC}{LassitudE}
    23D. SWAGGER after keeping soldiers in custody. PREEN. {P{RE}EN}

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  5. Prasanna Rao11 January 2019 at 09:41

    24D....Noel......christmas ...anagram of smith's car

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  6. Unknown11 January 2019 at 10:14

    11 AC LEVITICUS holy text anagram of clue visit
    24 Dn CANON= bull as in papal bull from CAN=john+on
    16 Dn DELIRIOUS spaced out Annoyed=riled+debts=ious
    21 Dn ISOBAR from wISh jOBs cARd
    2 Dn F(orce)+ACE(one) VALUE (rate) = apparent worth.

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  7. Sarto Miranda11 January 2019 at 10:28

    13A BLOC = coalition; 80% of BLOCk (Stop)
    2D FACE VALUE =apparent worth {F} {ACE} {VALUE} i.e. force (F); one ACE over rate (VALUE)
    10A Fine Print [CD]

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  8. Dr. M. Murugan11 January 2019 at 10:32

    10a- Fine Print
    7d- Unite— (T)hing (I)nside flipped in Untie(free)
    16d - Delirious— rising debts- IOU’s

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  9. KARTHIK11 January 2019 at 11:01

    18A) Defn: payment; Soln: DEFRAYAL Anno: {FED<-}{RAY}{AL}; FED from given food; Reversal indicator: sent back

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    1. sree_sree11 January 2019 at 12:01

      does sent back mean reversal and placing in the front.

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    2. KARTHIK11 January 2019 at 13:24

      "sent back" is on double duty IMHO; 1) it is a reversal indicator and 2) the two boys RAY and AL are behind "DEF"

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  10. KARTHIK11 January 2019 at 11:03

    Pending
    Across: 9,22,26
    Down: 1,3,5,17

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  11. P. Venkatesan11 January 2019 at 11:05

    26a: CRESCENDO {CRESCEN(-T)(+DO)} = NOISE GETS LOUDER

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  12. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore11 January 2019 at 11:09

    9a: sacra(bones) - sac(bag)+(ra=soldier)
    17d: Camembert(cheese) - {ca(member=hand)t}

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  13. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore11 January 2019 at 11:18

    1a: insult(slight) - (p̷ulsa̷ting̷*)

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  14. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore11 January 2019 at 11:21

    3a: roast(ridicule) - ro(as=like)t

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  15. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore11 January 2019 at 11:30

    5a: agnes(girl’s name) - ag(n)es, (n in ages=long time)

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  16. sree_sree11 January 2019 at 11:35

    n from?

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    1. Bhavan11 January 2019 at 13:00

      N from ‘name’

      Incognito = hiding name, gives both the containment indicator and the letter.

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    2. Vasant11 January 2019 at 13:06

      Super clue and solve!

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    3. sree_sree11 January 2019 at 13:36

      it was used earlier by arden.

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  17. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore11 January 2019 at 12:18

    Na̷m̷e̷
    22a: lupin(plant) - lupino̷, (?), nothing (o) rejected

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  18. Vanchinathan11 January 2019 at 16:31

    1Ac. I have some objection. The word divine (as a verb) is used to guess something intuitively through some unexplained/unexplainable method. Whereas INFER is used always for arriving at a conclusion logically.

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    1. Vasant11 January 2019 at 17:32

      One meaning of infer is to guess, speculate, surmise
      One meaning of divine to guess or know by inspiration or intuition.
      Source:The Free Dictionary. Haven't referred Chambers.

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    2. Chaturvasi11 January 2019 at 18:24

      I think Vanchinathan, an academic that he is, has a point.
      'Inferring' is something more than mere guessing. It is 'deducing' -There is something before some other thing is inferred.
      "Divining' is discovering something by intuition or guessing.
      Having said that, I would say that such nice distinctions may not be kept in crossword clue definitions.
      After all good thesauruses do list 'infer' under synonyms for 'divine'.
      In theses and dissertations, why even in formal writing of lesser nature , we must certainly use the precise word by picking the synonym with exact shade of meaning.
      Over definitions in crossword clues let us do what the Varrier woman did.

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    3. sree_sree11 January 2019 at 18:27

      Means are different but both essentially mean come to a conclusion.

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    4. Vasant11 January 2019 at 18:45

      What the Varrier woman did. CV Sir :-) or to put appositely the emoji says it sll😉

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