Friday 1 February 2019

No 12538, Friday 01 Feb 2019, Afterdark


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ACROSS
1   Longing to greet elders in Trinidad & Tobago (6) THIRST {T{HI}{RS}T}
4   Exemption obtained after I have been in combat (6) WAIVER {WA{I'VE}R}
9   Perhaps oxygen pressure is needed to breathe (4) GASP {GAS}{P}
10 Is on dais after 45 minutes of a football match (6,4) SECOND HALF Definition by example
11 Without hesitation, dance together in slum (6) GHETTO TOGETHer*
12 App released by office as therapeutic remedy (8) OINTMENT appOINTMENT
13 Apathy makes girl's diet go wrong, eating unwantedly to begin with (9) LASSITUDE {LASS}{IT{Un...y}DE*}
15 Holding no Aadhaar in state borders? It’s malicious (5) SNIDE {N}{ID} in {StatE}
16 Gum taken from engineer at post office by unknown followers (5) EPOXY {E}{PO}{X}{Y}
18 Sent wandering, was in a fix yesterday, perhaps (4,5) PAST TENSE {PAST{SENT*}E}
22 Idiomatically end comes at wet toilet (8) WATERLOO {WATER}{LOO}
23 Unit is managed without fresh aid (6) RADIAN {RA{AID*}N}
25 Power, a popular detergent! Tide? Am misled by newspaper, maybe (5,5) PRINT MEDIA {P}{RIN}{TIDE+AM}*
26 Shaft in spindle gets loose in a corner (4) AXLE {XL} in {A}{E}
27 At the border, refugee gets a terrible itch to get new start and become native (6) ETHNIC {r...gE}{TH{New}IC*}
28 Cut down overweight to become a man (6) FELLOW {FELL}{O}{W}

DOWN
1   Truck overturns on acceleration, primarily heat on each tube, perhaps (7) TRACHEA {CART<=}{H}{EA} What's the role of 'on accelaration'?
2   Information sources of investigator not persuasive under threat (5) INPUT Acrostic
3   Keep an eye on new guesthouses stocking ghee (4,3) SUSS OUT gUeSThOUSeS*
5   Mortgaging without capital or cover (6) AWNING pAWNING
6   Power held by superheroes comes after opposing evildoer first, getting forceful basically (9) VEHEMENCE {V}{Ev...r}{HEMEN}{forCEful}
7   On line, directly in front, padded (7) RELINED {RE}{LINE}{Di...y}
8   Mafia don's code decrypted by a card, maybe (3,2,8) ACE OF DIAMONDS*
14 Organised next heist in golf club, antipenultimate perhaps (9) SIXTEENTH*
17 Public relations broadcast, client essentially made on grasslands (7) PRAIRIE {PR}{AIR}{clIEnt}
19 Caterer supplied at garden... (7) TERRACE*
20 ... in small room, round, wide and empty (7) SHALLOW {S}{HALL}{O}{W}
21 Old students are maudlin, losing heart, breaking down (6) ALUMNI MAUdLIN*
24 Speak slowly with child, extremely untutored student (5) DRAWL {c..lD}{RAW}{L}


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  1. Balaji1 February 2019 at 07:05

    1A. LONGING to greet elders in Trinidad & Tobago. THIRST. {T{HI}{RS}T}.
    4A. EXEMPTION obtained after I have been in combat. WAIVER. {WA{I’VE}R}.
    13A. APATHY makes girl’s diet go wrong, eating unwantedly to begin with. LASSITUDE. {LASS{DIET+Unwantedly}*
    5D. Mortgaging without capital or COVER. AWNING. {pAWNING}-p
    17D. Public relations broadcast, client essentially made on GRASSLANDS. PRAIRIE. {PR{AIR}{clIEnt}

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    1. Deepak Gopinath1 February 2019 at 07:31

      Anno for 13A is {LASS}{IT{U}DE*} It's U in Anagram of diet

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  2. D.Chandrasekhar1 February 2019 at 07:08

    28A Cut down overweight to become a man {FELL}{OW} , Cut down= FELL, OverWeight

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  3. D.Chandrasekhar1 February 2019 at 07:12

    25A Power, a popular detergent! Tide? Am misled by newspaper, maybe . PRINT MEDIA {P}{RIN}{TideAm*}

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  4. PRASAD RV1 February 2019 at 07:20

    16A EPOXY
    E+PO+XY
    14D SIXTEENTH
    (Nextheist)*

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  5. PRASAD RV1 February 2019 at 07:24

    8D ACE OF DIAMONDS
    (MAFIADONSCODE)*

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  6. PRASAD RV1 February 2019 at 07:45

    1D TRACHEA = TUBE
    (HEAT)*+RAC+A
    TRUCK OVERTURNED= CAR= RAC
    A= ACCELERATION

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    1. Deepak Gopinath1 February 2019 at 08:11

      Anno is incorrect

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    2. PRASAD RV1 February 2019 at 08:39

      CART OVERTUNED TO TRAC + PRIMARILY HEAT EACH = HE
      A = ACCELERATION

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    3. Padmanabhan1 February 2019 at 08:47

      I think it is still incorrect- primarily is not used that way.

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    4. sree_sree1 February 2019 at 08:50

      Yes. But reversal indicator is confusing.

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    5. Deepak Gopinath1 February 2019 at 10:17

      EA is Each

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  7. D.Chandrasekhar1 February 2019 at 07:53

    9A Perhaps oxygen pressure is needed to breathe GASP , Perhaps Oxygen = GAS , Pressure = P

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  8. PRASAD RV1 February 2019 at 07:54

    27A ETHNIC
    E+{(ITCH)*+N}*

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  9. D.Chandrasekhar1 February 2019 at 07:56

    21D Old students are maudlin, losing heart, breaking down ; ALUMNI (maudlin - d}*

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  10. D.Chandrasekhar1 February 2019 at 08:01

    24D Speak slowly with child, extremely untutored student DRAWL = Speak slowly; D from child, RAW = untutored, L = Learner= Student

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  11. PRASAD RV1 February 2019 at 08:47

    23A RADIAN = UNIT
    managed = RAN
    Fresh AID= DIA
    RA+DIA+N

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  12. Vanchinathan1 February 2019 at 08:51

    12 Ac. OINTMENT (Appointment - App) (But I am not sure OFFICE can be a synonym for Appointment)
    22 Ac. WATERLOO = idiomatically end/defeat; WATER + LOO
    2 Dn. INPUT (Acrostic)

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    1. sree_sree1 February 2019 at 08:57

      Appointment, as noun also means the job or office someone is given.

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  13. Brajesh1 February 2019 at 08:58

    2d input from sources of each word Investigator Not Persuasive Under Threat INPUT

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  14. Brajesh1 February 2019 at 09:00

    21d anagram of maudlin- d alumin

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  15. Brajesh1 February 2019 at 09:03

    21d sorry wrong spelling it is Alumni old students

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  16. Brajesh1 February 2019 at 09:13

    3d suss out anagram of guesthouses-ghee

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  17. Brajesh1 February 2019 at 09:14

    11a ghetto from together- er

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  18. Brajesh1 February 2019 at 09:15

    10a second half 45 minutes in a game is second half

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  19. Brajesh1 February 2019 at 09:22

    6d vehemence superheros - he men
    Ce from forceful and EV from evil doer

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  20. Jayalakshmi arumugam1 February 2019 at 10:42

    15ac snide s(n+id)e
    20 dn shallow
    S(mall)
    hall (room)
    O (round)
    W (ide)

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  21. Jayalakshmi arumugam1 February 2019 at 10:47

    19dn terrace (caterer)*

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  22. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore1 February 2019 at 10:54

    20d: shallow(empty) - {(sm̷a̷l̷l̷)+(hall=room)+(o=round)+(wi̷d̷e̷)}

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  23. Vasant1 February 2019 at 11:00

    10A Is is second half of dais.

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  24. P. Venkatesan1 February 2019 at 11:02

    18A: PAST TENSE {SENT+PASTE(=FIX)}* = YESTERDAY PERHAPS

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  25. Jayalakshmi arumugam1 February 2019 at 11:02

    7dn relined re+line+D(irectly)

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  26. Crimsonking1 February 2019 at 11:06

    13a Lassitude Lass (girl) + (diet +u(nwanted))*

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  27. Crimsonking1 February 2019 at 11:07

    15a. SNIDE N(o) ID (Aadhar) in S(tat)e

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  28. Jayalakshmi arumugam1 February 2019 at 11:14

    6dn vehemence
    Ve (ev opposing)
    Hemen(superheroes)
    Ce- for(ce)ful

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  29. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore1 February 2019 at 11:35

    1d: trachea((tube) - {(cart<=track)+(he̷a̷t̷)+(eac̷h̷)}
    10d: second half(dd)
    6d: vehemence - {ve(Helen)c+ev̷i̷l̷d̷o̷e̷r̷)}

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  30. Deepak Gopinath1 February 2019 at 11:41

    26A to be solved.
    Correct anno for 6D

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  31. Unknown1 February 2019 at 11:55

    26A AXLE a x( corner)le(loose)

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  32. Jacob Brahmakulam1 February 2019 at 12:15

    6D VEHEMENCE power; {EVildoer}<={HEMEN}{forCEful}

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  33. Jayalakshmi arumugam1 February 2019 at 12:28

    26ac axle
    A+xl(extra large)+e(corner)

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  34. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 February 2019 at 12:50

    6D : Power held by superheroes comes after opposing evildoer first, getting forceful basically (9) VEHEMENCE {V}{E}{HEMEN}{CE}

    Opposing = Versus = V, Evildoer = First letter E, CE middle letters of Forceful. Basically meaning essentially.

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  35. Padmanabhan1 February 2019 at 15:36

    Nicely complicated one MB.In fact I could not get a quite a few annos today ( though I could get the solutions). Awaiting Col.'s blog.

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  36. Padmanabhan1 February 2019 at 16:49

    Col.,
    Awaiting regular blog. Still a few annos not clear.

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  37. Padmanabhan1 February 2019 at 18:14

    26A,1D to name a few.
    1D- I took it as (Tr)A(each)* - (def.- tube,perhaps), but I can't fit in 'overturns'.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 February 2019 at 18:36

      Dr. Krishnamoorthy's post at 11:35 am for 1Dn anno is correct. There is a typo in the anno...Instead of Truck he typed Track! Cart overturned is Trac.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 February 2019 at 18:49

      Truck i.e. Cart overturned due to acceleration/speed.

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  38. Padmanabhan1 February 2019 at 19:03

    Thank you MB.

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  39. sree_sree1 February 2019 at 21:46

    26ac how is large not loose and whats the guarantee extra Large will be loose?. Loose is "at large". Just wondering.

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