Tuesday, 29 January 2019

No 12525, Tuesday 29 Jan 2019, Scintillator


ACROSS
1   Favourite vehicle? Original Wilton (6) CARPET {CAR}{PET}
4   Try redirecting 1st, 5th, 10th bits out of a narration (8) DIEGETIC rEDIrECTInG*
9   Country game, played as is (6) RUSSIA {RU}{AS+IS}*
10 Worrying heart scare — bases eroded into inflammations (8) CATARRHS {HeART+SCARe}*
12 Primarily, the position of a lead climber? (5,3) ABOVE ALL [DD]
13 Flies off with this confused, rich woman, leaving man behind (6) CHOWRI {RICH+WOman}*
15 Bomb is undug, keep checking at regular intervals (4) NUKE {uNdUg+KeEp}
16 Block wild fornication in the absence of love (10) INFARCTION FoRNICATION*
19 They cover up speed bars broken around break of dawn (10) BEDSPREADS {SPEED+BARS}* over {Dawn}
20 Davenport yet gives up prematurely (4) SOFA {SO FAr}
23 Cool season (6) TEMPER [DD]
25 They can welcome us in afternoon to dorms, possibly (8) DOORMATS {A+TO+DORMS}* A/Afternoon? See comments
27 Mostly evade duty — off-time? (5,3) DUVET DAY {EVADe+DUTY}*
28 England quits about festering conflict (6) STRIFE FESTeRIng*
29 Son to take off loose outfit (8) SUNDRESS {S}{UNDRESS}
30 Cleaners needing right tools for plastering (6) TOWELS TrOWELS

DOWN
1   Blind dog's silly antic cut short (7) CURTAIN {CUR}{ANTIc}*
2   Remain affected starting out, took a fill again (9) RESTOCKED {REST}{rOCKED}
3   Banished old capital's retrograde without hospital (6) EXILED {EX}{DELhI<=}
5   Lead priest's led astray — unfounded dilemma (4) IMAM dIleMMA*
6   Not fashionable — harping about chips' designs (8) GRAPHICS {HARPinG<=}{ICS}
7   Get rid of some upholstery (5) THROW [DD]
8   Nervous cousin calls husband in for support (7) CUSHION {H} in {COUSIN}*
11 Broad coverage (7) BLANKET [E]
14 Beard rope with ends trimmed — that adds grace to the face! (7) EARDROP {bEARD+ROPe}
17 Cold Violet is a criminal (9) ISOLATIVE*
18 Top cluesmith, an unexpected winner? (8) UPSETTER {UP}{SETTER}
19 Happens to be ahead of trends (7) BETIDES {BE}{TIDES}
21 Demands of setters? (7) ANSWERS [CD]
22 Hollow one shifting sides in good game of chance (6) GROTTO {G}{(-l+r)ROTTO}
24 Expert followers imbibing the Bible (5) MAVEN {M{AV}EN}
26 Pollutes some water available here? (4) MARS [DD?]

GRID

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26 comments:

  1. sree_sree29 January 2019 at 08:33

    26d pollutes//some water is available here(on planet mars). D&CD!

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    1. Deepak Gopinath29 January 2019 at 09:00

      Water is available on earth as well

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao29 January 2019 at 09:07

      Probably the question mark at the end is intended for this planet. Water is plenty on earth, not some, right?

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao29 January 2019 at 08:38

    25AC A=afternoon/Chambers

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  3. Padmanabhan29 January 2019 at 08:47

    25A- +1

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  4. Padmanabhan29 January 2019 at 08:48

    Thank you KKR.

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  5. Padmanabhan29 January 2019 at 08:49

    6A- RU short for rugby?

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    1. sree_sree29 January 2019 at 08:50

      Rugby is short for rugby union (RU)

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    2. Padmanabhan29 January 2019 at 09:41

      Thank you Prasad. This has come up earlier too. My bad that I have forgotten it.

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    3. raju umamaheswar29 January 2019 at 20:43

      RU forr Raju Umamaheswar ?

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  6. C.G. BHARGAV29 January 2019 at 09:28

    The MAVEN psephologists will soon be working overtime. Every Indian waits with heart beating to know what will BETIDE. The ANSWERS no doubt lie with the voters.

    On D-DAY the CURTAINS will be drawn to usher in the new team.

    The new Prime Minister is not going to be from MARS or RUSSIA! He/She will be one whom we all know.

    ABOVE ALL one prays that there should be no STRIFE in the selection process after the results. May we get a stable government (sans horse trading!) and may the red CARPET welcome an able person!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao29 January 2019 at 09:53

      My advice is:
      Don't vote in a bad TEMPER and be an UPSETTER!

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  7. Padmanabhan29 January 2019 at 09:42

    We are all with you on this CGB. You are preparing well in advance.
    May every voter come out with his voice/ vote.

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  8. vdsprasad49@gmail.com29 January 2019 at 09:43

    Many interesting clues today, particularly 5D, 21D, 22D and 25A. Doormats brought smile. Thank you, Scintillator. Some new words too.

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  9. sree_sree29 January 2019 at 13:17

    27a could it be &lit or semi&lit. Duvet day is a "time off" or off-time for evading duty!

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  10. Vasant29 January 2019 at 15:50

    Did not get Diegetic(despite clear Cryptic instruction), nor Duvet Day, Chowri and Catarrhs. Despite that enjoyed this thoroughly. Thanks Scintillator.

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  11. raju umamaheswar29 January 2019 at 20:33

    Raju Umamaheswar? Back to base! Boy, am I glad ?Happy to join on a regular basis once all whining etc are restored after being left behind in safe custody.

    One benefit I derived is during this hibernation period, I could solve bumper number of ctrosswords including a marathon of 450 in book of crossword from Everyman.

    Keen to recover from bronchial congestion and wheeze acquired from the horribly cold weather of New Haven.

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  12. raju umamaheswar29 January 2019 at 20:36

    Read a Wifi,hifi etc are restored

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  13. Padmanabhan29 January 2019 at 20:39

    A high five from us to get it all sorted out soon and get going.

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  14. raju umamaheswar29 January 2019 at 20:40

    Jet lag of 18 hours of air travel including a day’s stop over in Bombay. Even hard liquor cannot cause this stupor of a zombie !

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    1. Vasant29 January 2019 at 22:11

      Sabze bada marz nahi kaam aaya?

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    2. Vasant29 January 2019 at 22:18

      Correction:Sabze badi dawa nahi kaam aayi

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  15. Kolluru Koteswara Rao29 January 2019 at 20:49

    Welcome back Raju!

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  16. Vasant29 January 2019 at 22:13

    Welcome back Raju. Great to hear from you once again. Enjoy and have a superb Year ahead.

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  17. raju umamaheswar30 January 2019 at 23:02

    Thanks KKR & Vasant. No Vasant, no go there because my son-in - law is a TTnd it is a project to get mired up upto the neck, head and foot and get some stuff from
    outside. So I stayed put and stuck to my addiction of solving crosswords that were my life- saver.

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