Friday 22 February 2019

No 12556, Friday 22 Feb 2019, Anon


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ACROSS
1   Celebrity to nearly offend in speech (11) DISTINCTION {DI{STINg}CTION}
9   Furious temper in border (7) ENRAGED {EN{RAGE}D}
10 New leader had better cypher (6) NOUGHT {N}{OUGHT}
11 Accurate demand (5) EXACT [DD]
12 Sleep up awkwardly on fig trees (7) PEEPULS*
15 Finishes goals (4) ENDS [DD]
16 Stubborn chief’s Chinese secret society captures rebel leader (10) HEADSTRONG {HEADS}{T{Re..l}ONG}
18 Woodworkers’ vehicle has writer, almost curt (10) CARPENTERS {CAR}{PEN}{TERSe}
20 Is at the French land mass (4) ISLE {IS}{LE}
23 Boy traps business grad at a dance (7) LAMBADA {LA{MBA}D}{A}
24 Stories lacking freshness from end to end (5) TALES (-s)TALE(+s)S
26 Stop fight with cart (6) BARROW {BAR}{ROW}
27 Leave, return, capture a gangster (7) ABANDON {A}{NAB<=}{DON} As per wordplay this is {NAB<=}{A}{DON}
28 Noisy gadget broken but dependable (6-5) STEADY-GOING*

DOWN
2   Gin cocktail, oddly obtuse, at metal bars? (6) INGOTS {GIN}*{ObTuSe}
3   South Indian tribe starts training only day after (4) TODA Acrostic
4   Astray drone nears illiterates (10) NONREADERS*
5   Shouts after third drink at darlings (8) TRUMPETS {afTer}{RUM}{PETS}
6   Shakespearean character to return greeting (7) OTHELLO {TO<=}{HELLO}
7   Respect for short clergyman of Church of England (9) REVERENCE {REVERENd}{CE}
8   Slip and trip (6) ERRAND {ERR}{AND}
13 Drank, beat journalist not at home (6,4) BELTED AWAY {BELT}{ED}{AWAY}
14 Vigorously rinse eggs coming out (9) EGRESSING*
17 Bear hair entangled in collection of dried plants (8) HERBARIA*
19 Adjust again, tear pad in a riot (7) READAPT*
21 Medieval helmet has salad, third dressing (6) SALADE {SALAD}{drEs...g}
22 Purify street with shower (6) STRAIN {ST}{RAIN}
25 Starts tasting almost cooked oil fried tortilla (4) TACO Acrostic
Bhargav's Talepiece

The STRAIN of the TRUMPETS could be heard clearly through the music system.

HEADSTRONG Paul had managed to get Rani to be his partner in the LAMBADA dance in the carnival. ENRAGED Rani wished to ABANDON the rehearsal.

However she did not like TALES being spun around her and Paul and this was the EXACT reason for her to carry on.

Paul was one who opined that the ENDS justify the means.

What happened next?

GRID

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43 comments:

  1. Srinidhi22 February 2019 at 08:03

    1A Celebrity to nearly offend in speech (11)
    Distinction meaning celebrity
    Sting(offend) without its last letter (nearly) could also be stink in Diction(speech)
    10A New leader had better cypher (6)
    Nought is cypher
    N( New Leader)
    Ought is had better( you ought to read-you had better read)
    16A Stubborn chief’s Chinese secret society captures rebel leader (10)
    Headstrong meaning stubborn
    Heads for chief's
    R(rebel leader) inside Tong( Chinese secret society)

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  2. Balaji22 February 2019 at 08:21

    23A. Boy traps business grad at a DANCE. LAMBADA. {LA{MBA}D}{A}
    27A. LEAVE, return, capture a gangster. ABANDON. {{NAB}{A}}<=}{DON}
    5D. SHOUTS after third drink at darlings. TRUMPETS. {Third}{RUM}{PETS}
    6D. SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTER to return greeting. OTHELLO. {TO<=}{HELLO}
    13D. DRANK, beat journalist not at home. BELTED AWAY. {BELT}{ED}{AWAY}

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    1. sree_sree22 February 2019 at 08:25

      5d needs revision.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath22 February 2019 at 08:38

      Anno of 5D

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    3. Padmanabhan22 February 2019 at 08:44

      i think he means T from Third, which should be correct.

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    4. sree_sree22 February 2019 at 08:49

      Not from third.

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    5. Balaji22 February 2019 at 08:51

      T from 'third'. Written as Third as font options like strike through are not getting copied

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    6. Balaji22 February 2019 at 08:52

      K. afTer. Third letter.Thanks

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  3. D.Chandrasekhar22 February 2019 at 08:22

    9A Furious temper in border ENRAGED = Furious {EN{RAGE}D} , RAGE = temper , END = border

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  4. D.Chandrasekhar22 February 2019 at 08:26

    11A Accurate demand EXACT ,Double Definition

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  5. D.Chandrasekhar22 February 2019 at 08:31


    2D Gin cocktail, oddly obtuse, at metal bars? {ING}*{OTS} from Odd letters of Obtuse , INGOTS are metal bars ( thicker variety)

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  6. D.Chandrasekhar22 February 2019 at 08:36

    7D Respect for short clergyman of Church of England REVERENCE = respect, {REVEREND - D} short of clergyman + {CE} Church of England

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  7. maradnusro22 February 2019 at 08:36

    I cannot believe my luck. Fourth consecutive day I have cracked the puzzle in good time. I am even more apprehensive of the coming week. Please excuse me. I feel a bit lazy to anno.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath22 February 2019 at 08:40

      Why do you call it luck? Can't you consider it as an improvement in your capability.

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    2. Chaturvasi22 February 2019 at 09:07

      Sundaram, We need to give annos only if we post our answers here.
      If you have solved a grid completely within a reasonable time and have derived some fun in your agreeable engagement with the puzzle, it is fine.
      After all, you cannot solve a clue a clue unless you have interpreted the wordplay correctly.
      True, some clues might be solved from def only, but I guess you did see later how the answer is derivable. That's also fine.
      Best wishes.

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  8. Remy22 February 2019 at 08:49

    7 d Reverence-clergyman-Reverend-d+CE
    8 d Errand slip=err+and.Errand-trip
    3 d Toda South Indian tribe T+o+d+a,TTraining Only Day After.
    15 a Carpenters Car+Pen+ters-e.
    26 a Barrow Stop= bar+row= fight.

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam22 February 2019 at 09:05

    16ac headstrong heads+t(r)ong
    4dn nonreaders (drone nears)*
    11ac exact (DD)
    22dn strain st+rain (shower)
    3dn toda(acrostic)

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  10. vdsprasad49@gmail.com22 February 2019 at 09:23

    An unusually quick solve for me, it has been so this week. Most of the answers came to mind even before I read the clues fully - 11, 15, 20 across are some of them.

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  11. Chaturvasi22 February 2019 at 09:37

    Are there two different types of crosswords even among cryptics?
    One straightforward and the other roundabout or challenging?
    Which of these you prefer?
    Or is there a third type of crossword in which some clues are easy and some that expect a little straining?
    I guess solvers will prefer one or the other of these.
    Where do you stand, dear reader?

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    1. sree_sree22 February 2019 at 09:52

      Easy and hard is relative to solvers skill and knowledge, IMU. I like cryptic, the zoology one. Things that make your brain rummage the storage area deeper than the OED. Like 5d/16a. 15a is very elegant construction, highlighting the skill of setter. But it doesn't excite me.

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    2. sree_sree22 February 2019 at 10:02

      Please read 18a instead of 15a.

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    3. Vasant22 February 2019 at 10:16

      Easy or tough depends on solver's skills. What was tough when I started solving has become easy now.
      A crossword can be easy and enjoyable like those of Sankalak and Gridman. It can be tough and challenging like those of XC and Skulldugger.If we want to improve as solvers we should do all.

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao22 February 2019 at 10:48

      I am with Prasad and Vasant

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    5. Padmanabhan22 February 2019 at 11:22

      I think setters also try to have all three types of clues,but there are exceptions of course.
      I agree with Vasanth about solvers' skill improving like many of us have experienced here.

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    6. vdsprasad49@gmail.com22 February 2019 at 11:33

      I would like a few easy clues to get going. A majority of them should challenge me and even make me rack my brains.

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  12. Anonymous22 February 2019 at 09:43

    18A: CAR+PEN+TERSE-E ( almost CURT= TERSE-E)= Carpenters
    20A: ISLE ...Is + LE ( French THE )
    28A : STEADY GOING.... Anagram of Noisy gadget ....anagram is broken
    6D: OTHELLO ... Return to= OT and greeting = HELLO
    22D : STRAIN ...( Stree= ST) + (shower = RAIN ). STRAIN meaning Filter or purify.

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  13. Anonymous22 February 2019 at 09:45

    28 A. Correction: Anagrind is broken.
    22D . Correction: Street = ST

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  14. John George22 February 2019 at 09:52

    14d Rinse eggs anagram Egressing - coming out
    17 d bear hair anagram HERBARIA - collection of dried plants
    28a Noisy gadgets anagram Stady going - dependable
    20a Is the French le ISLE - landmass

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  15. Anonymous22 February 2019 at 09:55

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  16. John George22 February 2019 at 09:55

    21d Salad and third dreEssing SALADE- Medieval helmet

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  17. Col_Gopinath22 February 2019 at 10:04

    Yet to be solved
    Across - 12, 15, 24
    Down - 19, 25

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  18. Deepak Gopinath22 February 2019 at 10:28

    Kalsri1952, your answer has been deleted as no annotations were provided

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  19. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore22 February 2019 at 10:51

    24a: tales(stories) - {(-s)tale(+s)}

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  20. Jayalakshmi arumugam22 February 2019 at 10:54

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    1. Col_Gopinath22 February 2019 at 11:12

      Jayalakshmi the limit is 5 answers per commenter

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    2. B Sankaranarayanan22 February 2019 at 11:31

      15A : ENDS DD

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    3. B Sankaranarayanan22 February 2019 at 11:34

      24A : TALES, lacking freshness = STALE change S end to end > TALES

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  21. Padmanabhan22 February 2019 at 11:24

    My COD today is 8D for is crispness- just 3 words and to the point.

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    1. Vasant22 February 2019 at 11:39

      Although the clue is crisp but 50% of the answer(and) appears in the clue.
      Also in 21D, almost the entire answer is available SALADe in the clue itself.

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  22. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore22 February 2019 at 11:31

    12a: peepuls - (sleep+up)*
    15a: ends(dd)
    19d: readapt - (tear+pad)*
    25d: - taco(acrostic)

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  23. B Sudhakar.22 February 2019 at 12:37

    24. stories = tales - stale (end to end) - lacking freshness
    19. anagram riot tear pad = adapter - adjust

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