Friday 15 February 2019

No 12550, Friday 15 Feb 2019, Arden


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ACROSS
1   Plenty of song and dance — not hard for these Bollywood stars (11) BACCHANALIA {BAChCHAN}{ALIA}
7   Low satellite loses direction... (3) MOO MOOn
9   ...space traveller caught me napping (5) COMET {ME} in the {COT}
10 Name great ground enveloped in smoke (9) CIGARETTE {CI{GREAT*}TE}
11 Finally the ethics at work — pleases the eye (9) AESTHETIC {thE+ETHICS+AT}*
12 One from the younger generation, close to home in French city (5) NIECE {NI{homE}CE}
13 Vatican's correct — yes, go through the opening (4,3) HOLY SEE {HOL{YES*}E}
15 Right to stop boy getting fat (4) LARD {LA{R}D}
18 Girl's European husband missing (4) IRIS IRISh
20 Intervene with press note (7) MEDIATE {MEDIA}{TE}
23 A small part about Arden, once in the beginning (5) CAMEO {CA}{ME}{Once}
24 Rile about basic structure, get angry (9) IRASCIBLE {IR{BASIC*}LE*}
26 Struck down as discerned, perhaps (9) RESCINDED*
27 Halter picking up pieces (5) STRAP<=
28 Post without selfie on top, that's it (3) END sEND
29 Undated register made out at home — it's a trick (11) LEGERDEMAIN {LEdGER}{MADE*}{IN}

DOWN
1   Second long complaint (8) BACKACHE {BACK}{ACHE}
2   Doctor is calm, one lost number of bodies, it's said (8) CAMISOLE {IS+CALM+OnE}* (bodies~bodice)
3   Hold devise (5) HATCH [DD]
4   Maybe polo match with formal wear (7) NECKTIE {NECK}{TIE}
5   I go all out for college admission, makes sense (7) LOGICAL {I+GO+ALL}* over {C}
6   Reading on road, as a recollection of D.H. Lawrence's work (6,3)  AARONS ROD {R+ON+ROAD+AS}*
7   Struck the top off a glove (6) MITTEN sMITTEN
8   Key to a playing side (6) OPENER [DD]
14 Astor's making money on clothes (9) SARTORIAL {ASTOR*}{RIAL}
16 It's possible for one who is learned to accept mistake, that's capital! (8) CANBERRA {CAN}{B{ERR}A}
17 Sellers, for example criticise him for his immaturity (5,3) PETER PAN {PETER}{PAN}
19 Do Spanish agree to hold back Germany? (7) SHINDIG {S{HIND}I}{G}
20 Wind makes the Queen and I trade places (7) MEANDER {ME}{AND}{ER}
21 Seldom threatens on the phone (6) SCARCE (~scares)
22 A man's old, kept in good humour (6) AMUSED {A}{M}{USED}
25 Group of people — they vote as they're told (5) CASTE (~cast)

Bhargav's Talepiece

CANBERRA - February 10

Paul sat smoking his favourite CIGARETTE. He was unmindful of his terrible BACKACHE.

He wanted to skip the SHINDIG of his friends and the BACCHANALIA that would inevitably follow.

Valentines day was approaching and he thought about the SARTORIAL preference of his Valentine.

He soon got an idea!

He practised his LEGERDEMAIN and AMUSED his Valentine by waving his AARON'S ROD and bringing out a PETER PAN CAMISOLE!!

The END (or is it?)

GRID

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55 comments:

  1. Srinidhi15 February 2019 at 07:29

    1A Plenty of song and dance — not hard for these Bollywood stars (11)
    Bacchanalia-plenty of song and dance
    Bollywood stars are Bachchan(Amitabh/Abhishek) and Alia(Bhat).Remove one H(not hard)from Bac(h)chan

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  2. Srinidhi15 February 2019 at 07:36

    10A Name great ground enveloped in smoke (9)
    Cigarette-smoke
    anagram(ground) of great inside(enveloped in) Cite (name)
    11A Finally the ethics at work — pleases the eye (9)
    Aesthetic pleases the eye
    Anagram(work) of E(finally thE)and ethics at

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  3. Unknown15 February 2019 at 08:14

    7A Low Satellite loses direction - Moo, moon without n
    7D Mitten - Smitten without s

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  4. D.Chandrasekhar15 February 2019 at 08:34

    20A Intervene with press note ; MEDIATE {MEDIA}(Press) + {TE} ( musical note)

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  5. PRASAD RV15 February 2019 at 08:35

    6D (on road as a)*
    Aaron's Rod
    29A
    LEGERDEMAIN
    Ledger-d+(made)*+in

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  6. KV15 February 2019 at 08:39

    2D doctor is calm lost number of bodies
    calamity

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  7. PRASAD RV15 February 2019 at 08:39

    24a
    Irascible
    (Rile+basic)*
    16d
    Canberra
    Can+B(err)A

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  8. Padmanabhan15 February 2019 at 08:40

    2D is incorrect.

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  9. D.Chandrasekhar15 February 2019 at 08:48

    15A Right to stop boy getting fat {LA{R}D} = Fat, boy = LAD , Right = R

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  10. PRASAD RV15 February 2019 at 08:53

    26a
    Rescinded
    (Discerned)*

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  11. D.Chandrasekhar15 February 2019 at 08:56

    28A Post without selfie on top, that's it {END} = that's it ; Post = SEND - S(elfie)

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  12. D.Chandrasekhar15 February 2019 at 09:03

    1D Second long complaint {BACK}{ACHE} = complaint ; BACK = Second, ACHE = long(ing) I suffer from this

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  13. Murali15 February 2019 at 09:04

    5D I go all out for college admission, "makes sense"=LOGICAL. C in (I GO ALL)*

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  14. Murali15 February 2019 at 09:09

    13 Vatican's correct — yes, go through the opening
    HOLY SEE
    OPENING = HOLE
    (HOL(YES) E)

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  15. Murali15 February 2019 at 09:16

    20 (Wind) makes the (Queen and I) (trade places)
    ANS =MEANDER
    QUEEN = ER
    AND
    I = ME

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  16. Bhuvaneswari Younus15 February 2019 at 09:18

    16 D Canberra it's possible = can mistake = err

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 February 2019 at 09:26

      What about BA? See the anno by Prasad at 8:39 above

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    2. PRASAD RV15 February 2019 at 11:15

      BA= one who is learned= graduate

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  17. Brajesh15 February 2019 at 09:22

    9a comet cot +me

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  18. Chaturvasi15 February 2019 at 09:24

    Srinidhi Iyer knows how to post all answers in one Comment and does too. If today she has posted the answer to 1ac separately and quickly, it must be because she, with stars in her own eyes, saw the star value in it.

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  19. Brajesh15 February 2019 at 09:35

    9a comet me in cot - napping

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  20. John George15 February 2019 at 09:36

    18 ac Irish - h IRIS
    25 dn CASTE - Group of people Sounds like vote

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  21. Brajesh15 February 2019 at 09:37

    8d opener -key playing side starts with openers

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  22. Brajesh15 February 2019 at 09:45

    2d camisole anagram of is calm and o from one

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  23. Deepak Gopinath15 February 2019 at 09:51

    To be solved

    Across - 12, 23, 27
    Down - 2, 3, 4, 14, 17, 19, 21, 22

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  24. Balaji15 February 2019 at 10:16

    23 A. A SMALL PART about Arden, once in the beginning. CAMEO. {CA}{ME}{O}
    14 D. Astor’s making money on CLOTHES. SARTORIAL. {ASTOR*}{RIAL}
    17 D. Sellers, for example criticise him for his immaturity. PETER PAN. {PETER sellers}{PAN}
    21 D. SELDOM threatens on the phone. SCARCE. ~scares
    22 D. A man’s old, kept in good humour. AMUSED. {A}{M}{USED}

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  25. Bhuvaneswari Younus15 February 2019 at 10:23

    20 A mediate press = media team from note

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    1. Padmanabhan15 February 2019 at 11:16

      Anno not clear. Media from? It is not from note.

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    2. Col_Gopinath15 February 2019 at 12:41

      Press=MEDIA and Note=TE

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    3. Padmanabhan15 February 2019 at 13:10

      Col., I got it alright. My comment was about earlier one from Bhuvaneswari. Probably I did not make it clear.

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  26. Jacob Brahmakulam15 February 2019 at 10:38

    27A halter STRAP {PARTS} <

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  27. Jacob Brahmakulam15 February 2019 at 10:40

    3D HATCH (DD)

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  28. Jacob Brahmakulam15 February 2019 at 10:47

    4D formal wear; NECKTIE {NECK}{TIE} polo neck

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  29. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore15 February 2019 at 10:52

    1d:backache(complaint) - {(back=second)+(ache=long)}

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  30. sree_sree15 February 2019 at 11:03

    thanks for closing honours
    12a Ni(e)ce. nice is french city. e from hom(e).

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  31. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore15 February 2019 at 11:05

    2d:camisole(bodice~bodies) - {ca(is)+(on̷e)lm*}

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  32. Dr. M. Murugan15 February 2019 at 11:09

    4d. Neck (polo) Tie (Match) - Necktie
    8d Opener - Key to playing side
    12a. Niece - e from End (close) of home— Nice - french city

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  33. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore15 February 2019 at 11:19

    19d: shindig(party=do) - {s(hind=back)+(i)+(g)}

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  34. Padmanabhan15 February 2019 at 11:20

    I think only 19D is pending.

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  35. Padmanabhan15 February 2019 at 11:33

    Did not see Dr.K's post while posting mine.

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  36. Vasant15 February 2019 at 15:12

    After Gompu and Co's adventures, tale piece turns to adventures of Paul. Hope for a 100+ episodes.

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