Monday, 1 April 2019

No 12588, Monday 01 Apr 2019, Dr. X


ACROSS
1   Illegal salesman chasing pretty girl endlessly? Stop doing that! (3,2,3) CUT IT OUT {CUTIe}{TOUT}
5   Single, hot, enters party bringing back cravings (6) ITCHES {1}{SE{H}CT<=}
10 Stabbed! Left behind weapon (7) CUTLASS {CUT}{L}{ASS}
11 Inamorata sadly abandoned at European country (7) ROMANIA INAMORatA*
12 Republican involved in ridiculous plan (5) DRAFT {D{R}AFT}
13 Pest is tottering, about to fall in a drunken state (9) TIPSINESS {PEST+IN}* over {SIN}
14 Wearing more casual clothes leads to a severe reprimand (8-4) DRESSING-DOWN [DD]
18 Trick to entice a sprinter perhaps (4,1,4,3) PULL A FAST ONE {PULL}{A FAST ONE}
21 Struggle in Fashion Street for dining accessory (9) SERVIETTE {VIE} in {STREET}*
23 Irritate and run after female for a little smooch (5) CHAFE CHA(-s+f)FE
24 Associate lost earliest invented weapon for spearing fish (7) LEISTER EaRLIEST*
25 Unhappily moaned about a little beer belly (7) ABDOMEN {A{Beer}DOMEN*}
26 Character killing wife in fight about an Italian man (6) SIGNOR {SIGN}{ROw<=} 
27 Kiddy on vacation breaks small window in roof (8) SKYLIGHT {S{Ki..iY}LIGHT}

DOWN
1   Creepy-crawly bounder trapped by spies (6) CICADA {CI{CAD}A} I have them chirping away  in my ear nowadays :-(

2   Person of great importance embraces one Italian painter (6) TITIAN {TIT{1}AN}
3   Scoundrel involved in dreadful riot at restaurant (9) TRATTORIA {RAT} in {RIOT+AT}*
4   Poor plant placed under sun as it withered (14) UNSATISFACTORY {SUN+AS+IT}*{FACTORY}
6   Beats man in bad mood around lunchtime (5) TEMPI {P{M}ET<=}{1}
7   Sweetheart in short admits displeasure for freeloader (6-2) HANGER-ON {H{ANGER}ON}
8   Sickly boy in extremely stirring final performance (4,4) SWAN SONG {WAN}{SON} in {St...nG}
9   What lovers in cinema hall might do to search blindly? (5,2,3,4) GROPE IN THE DARK [DD]
15 Involving large-scale massacre by police in Italian city, capital of Liguria (9) GENOCIDAL {GENO{CID}A}{Li...a}
16 Advocates in office enthralled by alcoholic spirits (8) APOSTLES {A{POST}LES}
17 Dreadful gangster providing weapons (8) ALARMING {AL}{ARMING}
19 Mad gal posing in glossy for young men (3,3) LAD MAG*
20 One curdling milk is extremely naive, gets involved in rift (6) RENNET {REN{NaivE}T}
22 What emcee delivers in PowerPoint routinely (5) INTRO [T]

GRID

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20 comments:

  1. Ramki Krishnan1 April 2019 at 08:40

    Thanks for the entertainment Doc. 24A was the LOI for me (new word, but solvable through crossings). 25A raised a laugh :)

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  2. D.Chandrasekhar1 April 2019 at 09:17

    1A please explain chasing. Tout should come first ?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath1 April 2019 at 09:25

      Illegal salesman =TOUT
      chasing = Indicator for placement
      pretty girl endlessly? = CUTI(-e)
      Stop doing that! = CUT IT OUT = {TOUT} chasing {CUTI}

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    2. Satyen Nabar1 April 2019 at 10:56

      If you chase something, you are behind it. As Col Sir points out, it is a placement ind.

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    3. D.Chandrasekhar1 April 2019 at 11:41

      Placement indicator. That explains it. Thank you both .

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  3. Vasant1 April 2019 at 09:56

    Extremely enjoyable puzzle! Favourites were Grope in The Dark and Pull A Fast one.

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  4. Vasant1 April 2019 at 09:58

    20D In local lingo, it is called Jamavna:-)

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  5. Padmanabhan1 April 2019 at 10:21

    Enjoyable as ever bringing smiles with his surfaces. Thank you doc.

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  6. raju umamaheswar1 April 2019 at 11:22

    Doc. Back from your vacation ? Did you see my rejoinder tit for tat on Saturday ? Any comments .?

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    1. Satyen Nabar1 April 2019 at 11:28

      Yes I did. I completely agree with your point of view Raju, whilst respecting contrary opinions of course.

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  7. raju umamaheswar1 April 2019 at 11:48

    Doc. 17 d. ALarming. Dreadful -/gangster Al . Providing weapons. Arming. Simplicity in your clueing is marvelous. Al Capone remembered in many clues, before by compilers ,but not so dreadfully as this!

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  8. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 April 2019 at 12:29

    Good one Doc!
    Enjoyed it well.

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    1. Satyen Nabar1 April 2019 at 21:28

      Thanks KKR! Not as easy as the Saturday puzzle I think :)

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  9. Sujatha1 April 2019 at 13:43

    Didn't understand the announcement for 6D. Could someone help explain, please?

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    1. Vasant1 April 2019 at 14:06

      Pet is bad mood. It is to be reversed and M from man is to be inserted. Lunch time is taken as 1 in the afternoon.

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    2. Sujatha1 April 2019 at 15:29

      Thank you. Didn't know about pet before.

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