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Friday, 17 May 2019

No 12628, Friday 17 May 2019, Hypatia


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ACROSS
9   Saw what happens when husband, in hurry loses to wife? (5,5,5) HASTE MAKES WASTE (-h+w)WASTE
10 Time lost by lying about in old society's comfy couches (3,4) DAY BEDS {DAt{BY<=}ED}{S}
11 Blood withdrawn and injected in right hand for regeneration (7) REBIRTH {R}{TRIBE<=}{H}
12 A dad or mom drinks them extremely flat (9) APARTMENT {A}{PAR{TheM}ENT}
14 Heat, athough a slow process, eventually melts (5) THAWS Tail Acrostic
17 Spooner's drone identifies drink containers (7) TEABAGS (bee tags to tea bags)
19 Can idiot be fired after missing a delivery? (7) DICTION {CaN+IDIOT}*
21 Where you could see a queen winking with knight? (5) CHESS (Queen wins king in Chess)
23 Recall Hypatia's turning in sincere anagrams (9) REMINISCE {RE{I'M<=}NISCE*}
25 Shrink's asylum (7) RETREAT [DD]
27 A tiger might have these priests worried (7) STRIPES*
30 No news, I say is without being subject to change (5,2,4,4) FIXED IN ONES WAYS {NO+NEWS+I+SAY}* [RA]

DOWN
1   Drum hit oddly boosted sound (4) THUD {DrUm+HiT}<=
2   Cyber Investigator's spot? (4) ESPY {E SPY}
3   Opening initially from nearest mobile (8) FENESTRA {From}{NEAREST*}
4   Rest arrested behind Scottish girl (6) LASSIE {L{ASS}IE}
5   Released what was concealed (8) SECRETED [DD]
6   Cheap hinge was damaged to begin with (3-3) TWO-BIT {TO+Begin+WITh} [CA]
7   Tyrant seen among Russian leaders (4) TSAR Acrostic &lit
8   Web bulletin Guru became husband (4) MESH MES(-sage+h)H
12 Public IT tax filing took-up storage space (5) ATTIC [T<=]
13 Gag a person keeping mouth open (5) AGAPE [T]
15 Wrong note's taken by fool (5) AMISS {A{MI}SS}
16 Notice stock exchange's early closing (5) SENSE SENSEx
18 Service industry strangely revised this inspection (8) SCRUTINY {serviCe+INdUSTRY}* [CA]
20 Compare if air-conditioning is as per agreement (8) CONTRAST CONTR(-ac+as)AST
22 Rates careers (6) SPEEDS [DD]
24 Stonewall workers? (6) MASONS [CD]
25 Prevalent fast in Puja, for instance? (4) RIFE RI(f as t)FE
26 Abstainer, getting old is content (4) TEXT {T{EX}T}
28 Fruit peel's picked up (4) PEAR (~pare)
29 Band begins with songs among super hits (4) SASH Acrostic

Reference List
Society = S, Hand = H, Husband = H, Note = MI, Old = EX, Puja = RITE

GRID

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89 comments:

  1. Jayalakshmi arumugam17 May 2019 at 07:08

    13dn agape (T)
    29dn sash Songs Among Super Hits (acrostic)
    26 dn text t(ex)t
    23ac reminisce mi(im) in (sincere)*
    9ac haste makes waste
    say (saying) (-h +w)aste

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  2. Srinidhi17 May 2019 at 07:31

    30A No news, I say is without being subject to change (5,2,4,4)
    Fixed in One's Ways meaning without being subject to change)
    Reverse anagram with Fixed as anagram indicator
    Fixed in one's ways gives No news I say

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  3. Srinidhi17 May 2019 at 07:37

    4d Rest arrested behind Scottish girl (6)
    Lassie Scottish girl
    Ass(behind) inside Lie(rest)
    12A A dad or mom drinks them extremely flat (9)
    Apartment is Flat
    A is A
    then add TM(TheM- Them extremely) inside Parent(dad or mom)

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  4. sree_sree17 May 2019 at 08:06

    17a is it acceptable spoonerism?

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    1. Ramki Krishnan17 May 2019 at 08:44

      I think it works Prasad

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 May 2019 at 08:48

      Yes, it works

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    3. Suresh17 May 2019 at 10:03

      A spoonerism is based on the way it is pronounced and not how it is spelt. So it works

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    4. sree_sree17 May 2019 at 10:16

      Thanks suresh. I had come across B,c to c,b and BC, TV to tc,bV. B,TV to t,bV is new for me. But I have only limited exposure.

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    5. Padmanabhan17 May 2019 at 16:29

      :-)

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  5. Brajesh17 May 2019 at 08:32

    14A smelt from melts

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  6. Brajesh17 May 2019 at 08:35

    7d tsar from all first letters

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  7. Balaji17 May 2019 at 08:37

    11A. Blood withdrawn and injected in Right Hand for REGENERATION. REBIRTH. {R}{TRIBE<=}{H}
    25A. Shrink's asylum. RETREAT. DD.
    3D. OPENING initially From nearest mobile.FENESTRA. {F}{NEAREST}*
    5D. Released what was concealed. SECRETED. DD.
    20D. COMPARE if air-conditioning is as per agreement. CONTRAST. {contract}-ac +as

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  8. Brajesh17 May 2019 at 08:38

    1d thud from DrUm HiT from Dr all odd letters

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    1. Ramki Krishnan17 May 2019 at 08:43

      odd letters give DUHT - how do you get THUD? There is one more indicator!

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  9. Brajesh17 May 2019 at 08:41

    12d attic from publi C IT TAx

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  10. Murali17 May 2019 at 08:47

    27A STRIPES (PRIESTS)*
    24D MASONS (SIMPLE DEFINITION)
    19A DICTION (CAN IDIOT - A)*

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  11. Murali17 May 2019 at 08:57

    18A SCRUTINY (SERVICE INDUSTRY -{REVISED}) *

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  12. Vanchinathan17 May 2019 at 08:59

    20 Dn CONTRAST, replace 'ac' in COMTRACT by 'as'. Delightful clue!
    7Dn. TSAR acrostic. Tyrant seems to be doing double duty. I thought Tsar simply meant King ( a variation of Caeser in Russian like Kaiser in German) Does that mean tyrant?

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    1. sree_sree17 May 2019 at 09:38

      Chambers
      tsar, czar or tzar noun 1 historical the title of the former emperors of Russia. 2 a despot or tyrant.

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    2. Vanchinathan17 May 2019 at 09:47

      Thanks, sree_sree

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    3. Sowmya17 May 2019 at 12:24

      TSAR was intended as Acrostic &Lit.

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  13. Brajesh17 May 2019 at 09:02

    1d can't see one more indicator

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  14. Brajesh17 May 2019 at 09:03

    May be boosted up is from bottom to top?

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    1. Ramki Krishnan17 May 2019 at 09:07

      Yes Brajesh! Boosted (in a down clue) indicates reversal

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  15. Badri17 May 2019 at 09:08

    2d - espy, from cyber investigator e-spy?

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  16. Brajesh17 May 2019 at 09:13

    Thank you mr. Krishnan

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  17. Sridhar V17 May 2019 at 09:23

    Is there a root issue in 2D? Spy (even if investigator) and espy?

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    1. sree_sree17 May 2019 at 09:36

      Think so.

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    2. Suresh17 May 2019 at 10:00

      What issue?

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    3. Sridhar V17 May 2019 at 10:38

      Spy and espy have a common root.

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    4. sree_sree17 May 2019 at 10:42

      And there is no noun defining cyber investigator per se to treat as DD.

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    5. Suresh17 May 2019 at 11:18

      Spy is not in the clue. And E spy is a cryptic way of saying cyber investigator. So there is no root problem at all

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    6. Sridhar V17 May 2019 at 11:33

      Investigate,spy, and spot all have the same "sense" of "see" or "discover".

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    7. Suresh17 May 2019 at 12:03

      I do not see this as a problem at all.

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    8. Hypatia18 May 2019 at 00:18

      I see what you are saying Sridhar. The common root between Espy and Spy escaped my attention - Would've clued it differently if I had "spot"ted it then..

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  18. Vanchinathan17 May 2019 at 09:23

    21Ac. CHESS ( a game where we see queen and Knight, not sure about this winking thing)

    22Dn. SPEEDS DD

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    1. Suresh17 May 2019 at 10:05

      Winking is the most important word here. Look hard and you will realise what a beautiful clue it is.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2019 at 10:09

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    3. sree_sree17 May 2019 at 10:11

      +1 suresh, with either of the meanings. MB , we are supposed to wait till 11.

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2019 at 10:15

      Prasad at...My apologies.

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    5. Vanchinathan17 May 2019 at 11:11

      21Ac Anno. I guess 'winking' is to be treated as 'win king'. Normally one sees solution to be parsed this way. Is there an unwritten rule that a word in the clue not to be split this way?

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    6. Suresh17 May 2019 at 11:16

      You are right Vanchi. In chess the queen with the knight alone can checkmate.

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    7. Sowmya17 May 2019 at 12:26

      Well parsed Vanchi. Absolutely spot on Sureshji.

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  19. Deepak Gopinath17 May 2019 at 09:49

    Yet to be solved
    Across - 10, 14, 17, 21(Annotation)
    Down - 6, 8, 15, 16, 25, 28

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  20. Suresh17 May 2019 at 10:02

    Deepak. A few performance based promotions may be in order.

    Or maybe some of the solvers here can promote themselves.

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  21. Prasanna Rao17 May 2019 at 10:22

    29d...Songs Among Super Hits.....SASH [Acrostic]
    26d....old = ex ..T{EX}T = TEXT
    15D....Note = MI ; Fool = ASS...A{MI}SS ...AMISS

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  22. KarurKrishna17 May 2019 at 10:26

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath17 May 2019 at 14:09

      Please note. I am deleting your answers as no annotation is provided and you have also submitted mot=re than 5 answers

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  23. KarurKrishna17 May 2019 at 10:27

    Waiting for 10 Across solution

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  24. Deepak Gopinath17 May 2019 at 10:30

    Muralidharan, Srinidhi and Balaji are promoted from rookie to regular. Please wait till 11 on Friday's in future

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  25. KarurKrishna17 May 2019 at 10:34

    Could 10 AC be Day Beds?

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    1. Suresh17 May 2019 at 10:46

      Could be. Can you figure out the anno?

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  26. sree_sree17 May 2019 at 10:43

    Solutions only are not permitted here. Anno pls.

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  27. KarurKrishna17 May 2019 at 10:46

    Ok - Got it. Will give Anno along with answers from next time.

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  28. P. Venkatesan17 May 2019 at 11:01

    8D: MESH {MES(-SAGE)(+H)H} = WEB

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  29. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2019 at 11:07

    28D : PEAR {~PARE = PEEL}

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  30. KarurKrishna17 May 2019 at 11:12

    Old - Dated - Drop T as time is lost, arrange yb (by around) in Dated (after dropping T) and lastly S for siciety - Day Beds

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  31. KarurKrishna17 May 2019 at 11:12

    Am I on right track?

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  32. Sujatha17 May 2019 at 11:18

    13A gAG A PErson keeping mouth open = Agape. Telescope.
    15D Note = Mi, taken by Fool = ass, aMIss.

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  33. Vasant17 May 2019 at 11:41

    14A Thaws tail acrostic(heaT althougH A sloW procesS)

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    1. Hypatia17 May 2019 at 21:52

      Yes Vasant. Absolutely.

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    2. Vasant17 May 2019 at 22:59

      Brilliant puzzle, Hypatia!

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    3. Hypatia18 May 2019 at 00:15

      Thanks Vasant for your constant encouragement. Can see the impact of your motivation in young Srinidhi who is already a rising star (and promoted to regular solver - by Col. as well)

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  34. sree_sree17 May 2019 at 13:45

    25d puja:rite f as t ->rife. Def:,prevalent

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    1. Hypatia17 May 2019 at 21:51

      Well solved Prasad. I knew you would get this one:)

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  35. vdsprasad49@gmail.com17 May 2019 at 14:44

    Tough but enjoyable like yesterday's. Nice misdirection in 5D. My first answer was screened. 25A too was interesting and took time for me to get at the answer. Many thanks to Hypatia for the challenge.

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  36. vdsprasad49@gmail.com17 May 2019 at 16:37

    Are posts such as Jackson Walton's permitted here?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 May 2019 at 16:42

      They are hacker intruders. Col can only delete them on sighting.

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  37. Padmanabhan17 May 2019 at 16:38

    Thank you for the enjoyable time Hypatia, though I had to wait for the blog for a few parsings.

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    1. Hypatia17 May 2019 at 21:53

      Thanks Paddy. Which ones did you need to check? 25D perhaps?

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  38. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 May 2019 at 17:49

    Enjoyed solving the cw Hypatia 🙂

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  39. Mysteryblogger1217 May 2019 at 20:54

    In 25dn how do you get f to substitute for t? I put 'lent' as answer & could not parse the across clues.

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  40. Mysteryblogger1217 May 2019 at 20:55

    Because I thought lent is religious (puja) fast.

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    1. Hypatia17 May 2019 at 21:57

      The question mark at the end of the clue is an indication that something a bit unusual is going on. In this case there is ellison involved and fast has to be parsed as F as T - a substitute to Change T to F in RITE (Puja) to get RIFE (Prevalent). Since lent is already in Prevalent, it is highly unlikely to be the answer. Ofcourse, the surface hints at a fast like Ekadasi or Lent or any other religious observance.

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  41. Mysteryblogger1217 May 2019 at 22:29

    Oh! Thank u. I didn't understand fast. Thx.

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    1. Hypatia18 May 2019 at 00:19

      You're welcome. Do keep visiting the blog and uncover your mask for us soon - we'd love to know Whodunit at the end of the mystery:)

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  42. raju umamaheswar17 May 2019 at 23:21

    Did this very invigorating crosstie late night. Par excellence ! Good work for hipocamus , Hypatia.

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    1. Hypatia18 May 2019 at 00:20

      Thanks Rajuji. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks Colonel for this excellent blog and many people confided today that they had to stop by for an annotation or two. Till, next month, signing off...

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