Tuesday 14 May 2019

No 12625, Tuesday 14 May 2019, KrisKross


ACROSS
1   Brother carrying lounge jacket (6) BLAZER {B{LAZE}R}
4   Indian film star reportedly critical after onset of cancer (8) CHEROKEE {Ca...r}{HERO}{KEE}(~key)
10 Models love this fellow's professional (not amateur) camera shot (4,5) FACE CREAM {F}{ACE}{CaMERA*}
11 Wait near bank of Tungabadra basin (5) BIDET {BIDE}{Tu...a}
12 String of original pearls found in Alpine hut (7) CHAPLET {CHA{Pe...s}LET}
13 Nearest building is perhaps Japanese (7) EASTERN*
14 Some intricately crafted material (5) LYCRA [T]
15 Where you could keep medicines, mostly to reach hospital quickly (2,1,5) IN A FLASH {IN A FLASk}{H}
18 It soared high like a star (8) ASTEROID* Semi&lit
20 Wood remains without water, finally (5) COPSE COrPSE
23 A bit of ramen covered with boiling hot water for the French writer (7) THOREAU {HOT*}{Ra..n}{EAU}
25 Earth free from sulphur — good source of fuel (3,4) OIL WELL {sOIL}{WELL}
26 Release English setter in French court (5) EJECT {E}{JE}{CT}
27 Railway workers who shocked Englishwoman (9) SIGNALMEN ENGLIShwoMAN*
28 Having no time, daughter had little to eat (8) DATELESS {D}{ATE}{LESS}
29 Rule broken when crossing road somewhere in Ireland (6) ULSTER {UL{ST}ER*}

DOWN
1   Glasses provided by old head chemist in "New Labs" (8)  BIFOCALS {B{IF}{O}{Ch...t}ALS*}
2   Bill has rickety chair that's antique (7) ARCHAIC {A{CHAIR*}C}
3   Pardon old cryptic clue — easy to crack (9) EXCULPATE {EX}{CUL{PAT}E*}
5   Upset mother nags man over date vehemently (6,3,5) HAMMER AND TONGS {MOTHER+NAGS+MAN}* over {D}
6   Problem about coach (5) REBUS {RE}{BUS}
7   Orders openers to entertain India, scoring boundaries all over the place (7) KIDNEYS {KEYS} over {iNDIa}*
8   Having tea with gin cocktail (6) EATING {TEA+GIN}*
 Investors quit covering initial losses, becoming party entertainers (14) VENTRILOQUISTS {INVESTORS+QUIT}* over {Lo...s}
16 A cheap ring? (5,4) LOCAL CALL [CD]
17 Hitler or Rommel, say, permit abandoning a ship (8) BERLINER {BEaR}{LINER}
19 Eventually finishes last, taking the maximum time (7) SLOWEST {f...eS}{LOWEST}
21 Appropriate help to give up love for drugs (3-4) PRE-EMPT PR(-o+ee)EEMPT}
22 Audit notice about after-tax return (6) ATTEND {A{NETT<=}D}
24 Praise from many coming up (5) EXTOL {EX}{LOT<=}

Reference List
Brother = BR, Fellow = F, Water in French = EAU, I in French = JE, Road = Street = ST, Easy = PAT, Date = D, About = RE, Opener = KEY, Drug = E, Notice = AD, From = EX = Old

GRID

18 comments:

  1. Typo in answer to 9D to be corrected above, Col - VENTRILOQUISTS
    Thanks!

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  2. Super smooth puzzle! Loved the two long ones and the rest. Thanks KrisKross for the entertainment.

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    1. My practice is to check for pangram when I see Z in any answer. What is yours?

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  4. Why not W also ? KK has raised the ante and come out with a spear crossie!

    Ss very sad to hear about the demise of iconic singer Doris Day who gave us the immortal song Que sera sera ! How true of life ! I wonder who wrote the lyrics of this less than three minutes song that epitomizes the immutable and inexorable destiny of all mortals. She was my favourite . She had lived a very Chequers life of struggle and indomitable courage. Col: please post this song here , if you can. Rest In Peace, she lived a full life of 93 years .

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    1. Songwriters: Jay Livingston / Ray Evans

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    2. Into reading on the song.
      https://www.songfacts.com/facts/doris-day/que-sera-sera-whatever-will-be-will-be

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    3. Brief about her in today's Hindu at this link:
      https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/legendary-actress-and-singer-doris-day-dies-aged-97/article27117407.ece?homepage=true

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  5. Thoreau was an American, last I heard

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  6. So he's identified as a French writer?

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    1. EAU is "water" in french; "boiling" is anagram indicator for "hot" and a "bit of ramen" is "r". The definition is just "writer".

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    2. Right.
      Who is unknown?

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