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Tuesday, 15 January 2019

No 12524, Tuesday 15 Jan 2019, Arden


HAPPY PONGAL

ACROSS
9   Girl child placed first, gets cup (7) CHALICE {CH}{ALICE}
10 Strange bloke — is a character (7) OBELISK*
11 Make merry, include one in the list (7) ROISTER {RO{1}STER}
12 Snafu affected all pubs (5-2) BALLS-UP*
13 City's refusal to allow girl to enter show (9) BANGALORE {BA{N{GAL}O}RE}
15 Girl is in heaven, time for one to follow (5) HOURI {HOUR}{1}
16 Spirit of power — completely detailed hand book (7) PHANTOM {P}{HANd}{TOMe}
19 Removing your heart pain (7) OUSTING {yOUr}{STING}
20 Penguin leaves home, becomes free (5) UNPEG PENGUin*
21 Cooked with onions only, as in the final mix (9) LYONNAISE {ONLY+AS+IN+thE}*
25 Slated to stand scrutiny (7) BERATED {BE}{RATED}
26 Endowing could be late (7) OVERDUE {OVER}{DUE}
28 Objections to enter — Jesus! These Italians! (7) GENOESE {GE{NOES}E}
29 Warne gets wickets, England follow on — brave people (7) SHAWNEE {SHA{W}NE}{E}

DOWN
1   Sign to stop accounts withdrawal (6) SCARAB {BAR}{ACS}<=
2   Country at ten — breaking news (6) NATION {N}{AT}{10}{N}
3   Clue for success without name (4) HINT {HI{N}T}
4   Crazy to work under the dam (6) WEIRDO {WEIR}{DO}
5   Hat is grey half way down (8) SOMBRERO {SOMBRE}{ROut}
6   Carefully picked parts of Spain (4-6) WELL-CHOSEN Anno pending (Addendum - (spa){WELL}(in){CHOSEN} - See comments)
7   Long for our independent state (8) MISSOURI {MISS}{OUR}{I}
8   Not doing exercise (8) SKIPPING [DD]
14 Voice will reach the girl, in full... (10) ALTOGETHER {ALTO}{GET}{HER}
16 ...true, still it's a plant (8) PLUMBAGO {PLUMB}{AGO}
17 A contract to procure shredded paper is evident (8) APPARENT {A}{NT} over {PAPER}*
18 Doctors deal with AIMS to treat these (8) MALADIES {DEAL+AIMS}* Semi&lit
22 Musician sure turns boisterous (6) OBOIST BOISTerOus* [CA]
23 Immoral to exclude the church — it's an order (6) INDENT INDEceNT
24 Watch over block ring (6) EYELET {EYE}{LET}
27 Style is inherent in Telangana (4) ELAN [T]

GRID

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29 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath15 January 2019 at 08:41

    Holiday special at 7 AM tomorrow will be the 13x13 CW used at the IXL-18 finals

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 January 2019 at 09:28

    Happy Pongal!

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  3. Ramki Krishnan15 January 2019 at 09:37

    Carefully picked parts of Spain (4-6) WELL-CHOSEN
    Parts of Spain = SPA and IN
    SPA = Well, IN = chosen (i.e. elected)
    WELL-CHOSEN = Carefully picked
    Liked this clue a lot, also OUSTING, BERATED and OVERDUE. Thanks Arden

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  4. sriks715 January 2019 at 10:00

    Would a modified version also work?
    A contract to procure shredded is evident (8)

    A {PPA} RENT
    PPA Power purchase Agreement
    Rent-> shredded
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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 January 2019 at 14:27

      What is 'shredded' which is to be procured?

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 January 2019 at 18:05

      PPA for contract? Seems impossible to perceive.

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  5. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan15 January 2019 at 11:30

    Happy Pongal !

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  6. Rita Mathur15 January 2019 at 18:53

    Arden - 12A - the answer is vulgar British slang. Should it be used in our crosswords?

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    1. Vasant15 January 2019 at 22:57

      Rita mam neither the Chambers nor online dictionaries threw up the phrase as vulgar. Should it be used?
      If it hurts anyone's sensibility, no. But a setter is forced to write in some phrase or word due to crossing compulsion.
      I thought this was neither vulgar nor demeaning.

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  7. Mysteryblogger1215 January 2019 at 20:27

    Could you please explain 17ac - what is the clue for dropping last letters of . Hand + tome ?

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  8. Mysteryblogger1215 January 2019 at 20:30

    16d - the only word I didn't get. How do I get ago from still ?

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  9. Mysteryblogger1215 January 2019 at 20:32

    24d- how do you get let from block ?
    Please explain. Thx

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    1. Vasant15 January 2019 at 20:34

      See the link provided in the blog. In fact Col has given many links today! For links The word is underlined

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    2. Mysteryblogger1215 January 2019 at 20:46

      Thx. I didn't know abt the links till today. Now understood. 🙂

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  10. ranger15 January 2019 at 20:55

    Ms.Rita Mathur: I never realized that the word in question would hurt the sensibilities of the solvers. There are certain words which I use in everyday life, especially in some exasperating circumstances without thinking about their meaning. I consider the word in question to be one of those. However, to use them in a published work in a national daily may not be kosher and I accept that. Nor would I hide behind the excuse that such words do crop in some of the leading UK dailies. I offer my sincere apologies for the oversight.

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    1. Rita Mathur18 January 2019 at 11:08

      I understand totally. And apology accepted wholeheartedly. It didn't offend me in any way, but I did wonder about it. Yes such expressions have become a part of daily conversation and writing!

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  11. Unknown17 January 2019 at 13:37

    How is contract NT ? (17d)

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    1. Col_Gopinath19 January 2019 at 05:54

      NT stands for No Trump in the card game Bridge

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