Monday 25 February 2019

No 12558, Monday 25 Feb 2019, Scintillator


Scintillator in election mode?

ACROSS
1   Put off using pluckiest tool for harvest (6) SICKLE pLuCKIESt*
4   Preference's eating cold desserts (4-4) CHOC-ICES {CHO{C}ICES}
9   Cayenne, a dozen boxes (6) ENNEAD [T]
10 Wrinkle on mouth's unseemly (8) UNSMOOTH*
12 The panel recruits a bigwig (8) ELEPHANT*
13 Is it a surety for Kaveri? (6) BANKER [C&DD]
15 The second person to declare a feast (4) YULE (~you'll)
16 Married girl aims to train newbie to put on a little weight (10) MILLIGRAMS {L} in {M+GIRL+AIMS}*
19 Partners rather well-fed. Boss? Not quite (10) BEDFELLOWS {WELL+FED+BOSs}*
20 Cut off = 'Pare' (4) REAP*
23 Big girl previously getting hot footwear (6) GALOSH  {GAL} before {OS}{H}
25 Accommodate a trapped brute (8) PREADAPT*
27 Gold to intermingle advanced robots (8) AUTOMATA {AU}{TO}{MAT}{A}
28 One taking a French female without gentlemen is secure (6) IMMUNE {1]{MM{UN}E} What's the role of gentlemen? (Addendum - {1}{MM}{UNE} - See comments)
29 Sitting duck, calm symbol (4,4) EASY MARK {EASY}{MARK}
30 Read about Montana, got into a reverie (6) DREAMT {READ*}{MT}

DOWN
1   Landscape said to be found on top of lines (7) SCENERY (~seen){SCENE}{RY}
2   Hidden scam reportedly shut (9) CONCEALED {CON}{CEALED}(~sealed)
3   Look at what's turning to hate (6) LOATHE {LO}{AT}{EH<=}
5   Provide a deal (4) HAND [DD]
6   See, by morning, a panel will be announced for political race (8) CAMPAIGN {C}{AM}{PAIGN}(~pane)
7   Face of grandfather, possibly (5) CLOCK [CD]
8   Free press hangs about man's circles (7) SPHERES {SP{HE}RES*}
11 Limited edition of scent — it lessens style (7) ENTITLE [T]
14 Buds and devotees God left reeling (7) FLOWERS FolLOWERS O/God?
17 A cute lab needing surgery (advanced) for hip parts (9) ACETABULA {A+CUTE+LAB}*{A}
18 Son tucking into pies served by mother? Worst! (8) PESSIMUM {PE{S}SI*}{MUM}
19 Celebrity is beaming all over (3-4) BIG-NAME*
21 Nerveless bones — what one may need (7) PATIENT ? [DD] See comments
22 Unskilled actor half-deserves censure (6) HAMMER {HAM}{MERits}
24 Lincoln walking out of absolute ruckus — a bloomer (5) LOTUS abSOLUTe*
26 Adept removing particles from tadka ingredient (4) STAR muSTARd Not sure of anno. Mud/Particles?
Bhargav's Talepiece

The college union election was nearing and the CLOCK ticking. Ajith was busy with his CAMPAIGN. He was known to favour the HAMMER and SICKLE party.

His father was a retired BANKER and a BIG NAME in the blade finance business. Ajith DREAMT of one day becoming a Finance Minister.

Vani could be seen with a lot of FLOWERS in her head and no wonder her symbol was a LOTUS. Paul lent her a helping HAND.

Rani took an ELEPHANT symbol and joined the fray.

What happened next?

GRID

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34 comments:

  1. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 08:34

    28a French female:une
    Gentlemen: M,M.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath25 February 2019 at 08:42

      French female is Mme

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    2. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 08:51

      Une is French feminine for "a"

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    3. Col_Gopinath25 February 2019 at 09:08

      In that case French female without gentlemen will become UNE outside MM

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    4. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 09:11

      Iune outside mm is how i read it.

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    5. Sujatha25 February 2019 at 09:15

      Une is the article in French to denote a female. French articles are un (articles with masculine gender, singular), une (with feminine gender, singular) and Des is for plural.
      Without gentlemen is mm.

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    6. Padmanabhan25 February 2019 at 09:45

      Need to learn so much of French!

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  2. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 08:35

    15a yule pronunciation seems just you.

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  3. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 08:37

    7d isn't it DD face//grandfather (clock)!

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  4. Chaturvasi25 February 2019 at 08:43

    Since in TN 'hand' and 'lotus' are together, maybe 'bedfellows' too is a theme word.

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  5. Padmanabhan25 February 2019 at 08:50

    3D- HE=< from?

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    1. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 08:52

      What=EH<=

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    2. Padmanabhan25 February 2019 at 09:04

      ??

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    3. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 09:07

      eh (Dictionary result for eh)

      exclamation
      used to represent a sound made in speech, especially one used to express inquiry, surprise...

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    4. Padmanabhan25 February 2019 at 09:43

      Thank you Prasad. Nowhere near getting it.

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    5. Vasant25 February 2019 at 11:51

      Talking about eh There was this famous clue
      Eh? (6) both the letters of Eh were to be printed in bold to get the answer b(eh)old. But somehow the printer's devil did not print eh in bold. The solvers were flabbergasted and much flak was got by the newspaper.

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  6. Padmanabhan25 February 2019 at 08:51

    CGB took a cue from the setter and got into the election mode too.

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  7. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 08:59

    14d freedictionary lists o for Odin.

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  8. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 09:02

    21d Dr.bones from startrek. Doctor needs a patient! Nerveless:not nervous:calm/patient

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    1. Vasant25 February 2019 at 12:01

      Bones is an informal name for orthopaedic doctor. So we can informally call Satyen Nabar Bones:-)
      SO this is C&DD
      Nerveless first def
      Bones-what one may need.. Second def(Cryptic)

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    2. Vasant25 February 2019 at 12:02

      Sorry Prassad now I saw ur elaboration above

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  9. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 09:05

    26d "mud particles" is a term in drilling (oil and gas)

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  10. Kolluru Koteswara Rao25 February 2019 at 09:10

    Wonder how you captured the theme Col!
    Whosoever may be contesting, my vote is for Scintillator!

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    1. Vasant25 February 2019 at 11:52

      +1 for capturing the theme and vote for Scintillator.

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  11. sree_sree25 February 2019 at 10:40

    16d what is the ananind?, pls. The whole of train newbie to put on!

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  12. Vasant25 February 2019 at 16:18

    Will 24A bloom or (1A+22D+26D)+12A+5D alongwith many others win?

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  13. Padmanabhan25 February 2019 at 16:42

    Even psephologists differ, where do cruciverbalists stand?!

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  14. raju umamaheswar25 February 2019 at 18:31

    At CROSSROADS !

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  15. raju umamaheswar25 February 2019 at 18:38

    Vasant. I had an orthopaedic doc friend in Nairobi with whom I used to joke about . Kitne Haddi tode and kitne jode aaj ??

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  16. raju umamaheswar25 February 2019 at 18:42

    My wife says that the street lights in CBE are systematicall being replaced by three- leaf shaped shades in green Colour 😂

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