Friday 29 March 2019

No 12586, Friday 29 Mar 2019, Skulldugger


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ACROSS
5   Visionary newspaperman to fly off the handle (3,3) SEE RED {SEER}{ED}
6   Westbound ballerina in a badly maintained jacket (6) BANIAN [T<=]
9   "Illegal delivery for bigwig" getting American by-lines (2,4) NO BALL {NOB}{A}{LL}
10 For instance, Hydra spymaster is moderately content (8) ASTERISM [T] Went on a wild goose chase thinking of the HYDRA organisation
11 Certainly the old expression of surprise (4) YEAH {YE}{AH}
12 Quarry worker around Utah that moves 1440 times a day (6,4) MINUTE HAND {MIN{UT}E HAND}
13 Misconduct charge undoing of emphatic men (11) IMPEACHMENT*
18 Schemed and defeated besieged Asian nation (10) MACHINATED {MA{CHINA}TED}
21 Sign for one more parcel from the East (4) OMEN [T<=]
22 Earl in channel, navy in distress (8) STRAITEN {STRAIT}{E}{N}
23 Frenzied woman decapitated headman brutally (6) MAENAD hEADMAN*
24 Imported drug leading to convulsion, claims second-in-command (6) EXOTIC {E}{XO}{TIC}
25 It helps score with Lisa's sister somewhat (6) ASSIST [T]

DOWN
1   Divine entities miraculously spare the lad (8) SERAPHIM {SPARE*}{HIM}
2   Fruitcakes, nuts found here! (6) BEDLAM [CD]
3   Handyman's detailed profile on emblem, say (8) FACTOTUM {FACe}{TOTUM}(~totem)
4   Old fashioned address upset Harris (6) SIRRAH<=
5   Excavate small wretched dwelling (6) SHOVEL {S}{HOVEL}
7   Slowly moving horse prevented from eating (6) NOSING [DD] (Addendum - NOShING - See comments)
8   Vandalising cons incarcerated in holding with wood panelling (11) WAINSCOTING {WAI{CONS*}TING}
14 Intellectual regularly designs drinking vessel (8) EINSTEIN {dEsIgNs}{STEIN}
15 Recently produced secretion unopened before fermentation (8) NEOTERIC sECRETION*
16 Penniless gossip's baby's toy (6) RATTLE pRATTLE
17 Meal break interrupted by subordinate (6) REPAST {RE{PA}ST}
19 Directly opposed to tail off (4-2) HEAD-ON {HEAD}{ON}
20 Noble facade filleted by Red (6) DAMASK DA{MASK} Anno pending. 

GRID


64 comments:

  1. 3d Handyman's detailed profile on emblem, say (8)
    Factotum is a handyman
    Profile is Face.Remove the last letter(detailed) to get Fac. add Totum, a homophone of Totem(emblem,say)
    10A For instance, Hydra spymaster is moderately content (8)
    Asterism a type of hydra
    Hidden(content) inside spymASTER IS Moderately
    8d Vandalising cons incarcerated in holding with wood panelling (11)
    Wainscoting a Wood panelling
    Anagram(vandalising) of cons inside(incarcerated in) Waiting(holding)

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    1. Srinidhi, well done on 10A, I was on a wild goose chase looking for the Hydra spymaster!!

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  2. 9ac no ball
    Nob (bigwig)
    A (american)
    Ll (lines)
    16dn rattle (prattle-p)
    25ac assist (T)
    6ac banian (reverse t)
    3dn factotum
    fac(e)+totum (totem)

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  3. Penniless gossip’s baby toy: rattle

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  4. It helps score with lisa’s sister: assist

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    1. No point in giving the solution without the annotation.

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  5. I think I must have come across the word 'wainscoting' for the first time in Erle Satnely Garden novels.

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  6. 13 a misconduct charge- Impeachment=ANAG of emphatic+men
    1 d Seraphim-Angelic being- Spare+him-lad.
    2 d Bedlam (fruitcakes and nuts-Mentally challenged,Bedlam-istitute for mentally ill.
    12a Minutehand,Quarry worker-minehand+UT
    14 d Einstein-Intellectual,ein+Stein-Beer mug.

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    1. As per your anno 1D is SPAREHIM and 12D is MINEHANDUT in 14D how did you get EIN?
      Please indicate annotations properly

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  7. Not proving proper annotations in Crosswords is like giving the answer to a maths question in an exam without giving out how the answer was derived, you will get no marks

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  8. 25a.....Assist --->T
    11.....yeah..[E]

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    1. Check 11 anno. Its not E!

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    2. Yeah! It's not that easy, Prasanna Rao. :-)

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    3. Respected Bala, got to know the severity of the clue .....expressing surprise we say "AHA"...I perceive it's Flee. hence Yeah can be pronounced as Aha....

      Sree-sree is it right.....

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    4. I think 'Ye' comes from 'the' (old).
      Ah is the expression of surprise.

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  9. 14d Einstein ein from designs regularly + stein a earthen beer mug

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  10. 4D Old fashioned address upset Harris
    SIRRAH (HARRIS)<=

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  11. 5A SEE RED-fly off the handle' SEER-visionary; ED-newspaperman

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  12. Compensating for 3dn
    18ac machinated
    China in mated (defeated)

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  13. 12 AC quarry-mine,worker-hand,ut- Utah.anagvof mine+hand+it= Minutehand.
    14d ein is from dEsIgNs.
    1 d seraphim - ANAG of spare-spear+him =lad

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  14. Replies
    1. It could be shown as {MIN{UT}E}{HAND}
      Quarry = Mine, Worker = Hand.

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  15. 15 Recently produced secretion unopened before fermentation
    NEOTERIC (Recently produced)
    (SECRETION - S )*
    (unopened, no first letter. fermented - anagram imdicator)

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  16. 16D RATTLE- PRATTLE (gossip) minus P penny

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  17. 21 Sign for o(NE MO)<=re parcel from the East
    OMEN

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  18. 23A. FRENZIED WOMAN decapitated headman brutally. MAENAD.{hEADMAN}*
    17D.MEAL break interrupted by subordinate. REPAST.{RE{PA}ST}

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  19. 19D. Directly opposed to tail off. HEAD ON.

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  20. 8D. EXCAVATE small wretched dwelling. SHOVEL. {S}{HOVEL}

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  21. 22a:straiten(distress) -{ strait=channel)+ea̷r̷l̷+ne̷a̷r̷l̷}

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  22. 22a:straiten(distress) - {(strait=channel)+(ea̷r̷l̷)+(na̷v̷y̷)}

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  23. 6a:banian(jacket) - {(bal̷l̷e̷r̷i̷n̷a̷)+(in<=)+an(a)}

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  24. 24D (E)(XO)(TIC) def: Imported. drug-e, convulsion-TIC, Secon-in-command - XO.

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  25. Noble facade filleted by Red
    Def: Red; Soln: DAMASK
    Anno: {DA + MASK}; MASK from facade

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    1. Where did you get that from Karthikeyan?

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    2. http://www.the-crossword-solver.com/word/good

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    3. What's the definition? Red?

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    4. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/damask

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    5. https://www.powerthesaurus.org/damask

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    6. Too far fetched Noble=Good=DA and what is the role of filleted?

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    7. my anno was diferent, but col would noble -> D.A. by way of high ranking be permitted? for future ref, pls

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    8. I've not understood your query What is Noble = D.A.?

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    9. District Attorney, the chief of law officer as high ranking aristocrat, noble.

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  26. 6A Westbound balleri(NA IN A B)<==adly maintained jacket
    BANIAN

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  27. Replies
    1. i had it as "slowly moving". noshing (eating)-h

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