Monday 11 February 2019

No 12546, Monday 11 Feb 2019, Gridman


ACROSS
1   Stiff boor broken with cudgel cut at both ends (7) ROBOTIC {BOOR*}{sTICk}
5   Lampoon a towel holder in the limits of Pondy (6) PARODY {P{A}{ROD}ondY}
9   Wheat flour having a hint of raspberry fragrance (5) ATTAR {ATTA}{Ra...y}
10 Gee, Ana breaks sticker almost between Greece and Turkey (6,3) AEGEAN SEA {GEE+ANA}* {SEAl}
11 Six scare horribly with innards (7) VISCERA {VI}{SCARE}*
12 Rani romps around me with primarily thin clothing (7) RAIMENT {RAI{ME}N*}{Thin}
13 Not inclined to build (5) ERECT [DD]
14 It records steps of saint going round vault (9) PEDOMETER {PE{DOME}TER}
16 Squishy green food summons apes (5,4) MUSHY PEAS {APES}* [RA]
19 Holy man had us puzzled (5) SADHU*
21 Go back on serving Neera endlessly to half the guests (7) RENEGUE {NEER*}{GUEsts}
23 Hold over boy lain, fixed with sole supporter (7) HOBNAIL {H}{O}{B}{LAIN*}
24 Referring to officer commanding Charlie pushing young boy and blocking (9) OCCLUDING (-al+(oc)(c)){OC}{C}LUDING}
25 Fat honour's almost fixed (5) OBESE {OBE}{SEt}
26 State fellow alien's let out (6) FETTLE {F}{ET}{LET*}
27 Finally, no tip to essentially desk books for reference (7) ATLASES {AT LASt}{dESk}

DOWN
1   Raise opinion and reflect on aid to automobile driver (8,6) REARVIEW MIRROR {REAR}{VIEW} {MIRROR}
2   Bill, on the redound, catalogued limited stuff (7) BATISTE {TAB<=}{lISTEd}
3   Abuse fellows involved in wrong (7) TORMENT {TOR{MEN}T}
4   Place bar, even if dirty, stocking soft fruit (4,5) CRAB APPLE {PLACE+BAR}* over {P}
5   Gape oddly at royal's summoning device (5) PAGER {GAPE*}{R}
6   Indifferent mailer's approach to art (7) REALISM*
7   Drop of perfume French (7) DESCENT {DE}{SCENT}
8   These experts at creation can produce stream (6,8) MASTER BUILDERS {STREAM}* [RA]
15 Day is breaking over quiet old woman left with difficulty in swallowing (9) DYSPHAGIA {DAY+IS}* over {P}{HAG}
17 Cain's destroyed the French plant (7) SANICLE {CAINS}*{LE}
18 Dairy product you didn't finish — good Ruth’s sad (7) YOGHURT {YOu}{G}{RUTH*}
19 Warships get fuel from below earth layer (7) SUBSOIL {SUBS}{OIL}
20 Do these artists have a lot of pull? (7) DRAWERS [DD]
22 Suppress earl having idle disposition (5) ELIDE {E}{IDLE*}

GRID

10 comments:

  1. 11.30 and still no comment? That is surprising for a Gridman CW. Enjoyed doing a typical GM puzzle. Raiment appears after a long gap. We had 'Rear view mirror' recently?

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    1. 1D: It is same as 12 Across yesterday. Same clue by different setters. Only definition part is slightly different.

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  2. Dysphagia and Sanicle were the two new words. Very enjoyable puzzle

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  3. I had my doubts about 'renegue'. I had known it as 'renege' only. On checking, it has been given as alt. spelling.

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  4. Names of the 26 who submitted the solution for the Anniversary CW has been updated in yesterday's post

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  5. Thank you Col. Lot of work for you, but of course enjoyable for us.

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  6. It is not uncommon to see minimum comments on Gridman puzzles.
    When the serving is sumptuous and mouthful, how can I open my mouth?

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  7. In 2d batiste is stuff? Kindly explain.

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