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Friday, 24 May 2019

No 12634, Friday 24 May 2019, Gridman


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ACROSS
1   Ancient sled rolls in secret (11) CLANDESTINE*
9   Nutshell not hard, easily broken — it's empty (4,3) NULL SET NUTShELL*
10 Trains fishy groups (7) SCHOOLS [DD]
11 You finally get man’s support for deep shade (5) UMBRA {yoU}{M}{BRA}
12 Finish of nicer diseased gland (9) ENDOCRINE {END}{O}{NICER*}
13 Small picture of main settlement (5) INSET [T]
15 Man is out of misadventure but foolishly in slavery (9) SERVITUDE mISaDVEnTURE*
18 Faceless activist is in general hospital making nonsensical talk (9) GIBBERISH {G}{lIBBER}{IS}{H}
21 Cry of accomplishment of that woman in empty theatre (5) THERE {Thea{HER}trE}
22 Tending to injured tamer in big top (9) TREATMENT {T{TAMER*}ENT}
24 Chief of upstarts in band is feeling sorry (5) RUING {R{Up...s}ING}
26 Mum puts a fellow in the shade (7) MAGENTA {M{A}{GENT}A}
27 Two friends are web-footed (7) PALMATE {PAL}{MATE}
28 Misgiving of overstrained, faltering daughter is removed (11) RESERVATION OVERSTRAINEd*

DOWN
1   Muddling argument against solderer's activity (9) CONFUSING {CON}{FUSING}
2   Baldie doesn't complete putting out a spontaneous remark (2-3) AD-LIB BALDIe*
3   Put down cloak and strip (9) DISMANTLE {DIS}{MANTLE}
4   Fix supports for pieces of furniture (7) SETTEES {SET}{TEES}
5   No stranger felt left out of friendliest grouping (7) INSIDER fRIeNDlIESt*
6   Just alien greeting Chennai leader (5) ETHIC {ET}{HI}{Ch...i}
7   Hundred and one leaving concern in loneliness (8) SOLITUDE SOLIciTUDE
8   Land mass is over half a mile (4) ISLE {IS}{miLE}
14 Beer mugs lying pell-mell in sink (8) SUBMERGE*
16 Among others, Hindi actress follows old college course (5,4) INTER ALIA {INTER}{ALIA}
17 Plant that always gets a go-ahead signal (9) EVERGREEN {EVER}{GREEN}
19 One beginning to chill with paces around cold summits (7) ICECAPS {1}{Ch..l}{PACES*}
20 Upshot turns out to be primarily rigorous for impetuous person (7) HOTSPUR {UPSHOT*}{Ri...s}
22 Press down collector's items with edges worn off (4) TAMP sTAMPs
23 Enthusiast up to bear every other radio part (5) TUNER {NUT<=}{bEaR}
25 Asian team captures artist's line, reportedly (5) IRAQI {1{RA}{Q}1}

Reference List
Hard = H, Support = BRA, General Hospital = GH, Daughter = D, Alien = ET, Greeting = HI, Hundred = C, Team = 11, Artist = RA

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39 comments:

  1. Jayalakshmi arumugam24 May 2019 at 07:52

    16dn inter alia
    inter (college course)
    alia (hindi actress)
    6dn ethic et (alien) hi (gretings)
    C (hennai)
    2dn ad lib (baldie-e)*
    9ac null set (nutshell-h)*
    28ac ruing (r(u)ing)

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  2. Suresh M S24 May 2019 at 08:40

    1A Clandestine = secret (Ancient + sled) anagram
    10 A Schools= Trains ( also group of fish)
    11A Umbra= deep shade( yoU finally + M man + BRA support)
    13 A Inset = small picture ( part of maIN SETtlement)
    18A Gibberish = nonsensical talk (Libber without face(L) and IS inside GH, is., general hospital)

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  3. raji narayan24 May 2019 at 08:46

    1a.Ancient sled is the ANAGRAM for meaning of secret __clandestine
    10a.trains meanigschools which also means a group offish
    12.finish meaning end of nicer (ANAGRAM) Landis endocrine

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  4. raji narayan24 May 2019 at 08:49

    15a.man isout of misadventure. Servitude meaning slavery
    27a.two friends pal and mate making palmatemwaning webbed

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  5. Sarto Miranda24 May 2019 at 09:24

    22dn TAMP [s]TAMP[s] meaning Press down - collector's items "stamps" with edges worn off
    14dn SUBMERGE - i.e. sink [Beer mugs]*
    8dn ISLE - land mass IS over LE (ie. half of letters in mile)
    1dn CONFUSING - muddling CON = against FUSING - solderer's activity
    5dn INSIDER - No Stranger; [friendliest - felt]*

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  6. Sujatha24 May 2019 at 09:33

    21a. that woman = her, empty theatre = t-----e. T(her)e = cry of accomplishment.
    22a. Big top = tent. Injured tamer in big top = t(reatm)ent = tending to.

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  7. Sujatha24 May 2019 at 09:36

    24a Chief of upstarts = u. Band = ring. R(u)ing = Feeling sorry.
    25a Mum = ma + a + gent (fellow), anagram magenta = shade.
    3d. Put down = dis, cloak = mantle. Dis+mantle = dismantle = strip.

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  8. Prasanna Rao24 May 2019 at 09:41

    4d....furniture-SETTEE OVER S ....SETTEES
    8D....ISLE....IS OVER miLE....ISLE
    13A....Small picture of main settlement ---->T INSET FROM maIN SETtlement
    27D....FRIEND = PAL ; web-footed....MATE .....PALMATE

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    1. Prasanna Rao24 May 2019 at 11:04

      Col.sir.....compensating my 5 the one... 28D.... Remove 'D" from overstrained to get Reservation.i.e misgiving = Reservation

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    2. Prasanna Rao24 May 2019 at 11:06

      please be read as 28A in place of 28D.....typo error..

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    3. Col_Gopinath24 May 2019 at 12:00

      Anno for 4D us not correct

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam24 May 2019 at 13:27

      4D SETTEES {SET}{TEES}
      Fix = Set. Supports = Tees.
      Tee is a small peg with a concave top for holding a golf ball for an initial drive.

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  9. Bhuvaneswari Younus24 May 2019 at 09:42

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  10. Ravi24 May 2019 at 09:51

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  11. D N M Rao24 May 2019 at 10:04

    Gridman made it easy going today!

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  12. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore24 May 2019 at 10:06

    25d: iraqi(asian) -{(ra=artist)+q(line)} in (ii = 11,team)

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  13. Priyadarshan24 May 2019 at 10:29

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  14. Priyadarshan24 May 2019 at 10:35

    23D: TUNER (def - radio part)
    Enthusiast up - NUT backwards; bear every other - bEaR

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  15. Balaji24 May 2019 at 11:00

    20D. Upshot turns out to be primarily Rigorous for IMPETUOUS PERSON. HOTSPUR. {upshot+r}*

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    1. Col_Gopinath24 May 2019 at 12:05

      R is not to be included in the anagram fodder

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  16. P. Venkatesan24 May 2019 at 11:04

    7d: SOLITUDE {SOLI(-CI)TUDE} = LONELINESS

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  17. Radhamani24 May 2019 at 11:14

    17d evergreen (plant)
    Always=ever
    Go ahead signal=green

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  18. Mukundala Balasubramanyam24 May 2019 at 11:16

    22A Tending to injured tamer in big top (9)

    22A : TREATMENT {T{REATM*}ENT}
    i.e anagram of 'tamer' in tent (big top)

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  19. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore24 May 2019 at 11:20

    19d: icecaps(cold summits) - {i=one)+(ch̷i̷l̷l̷)+(paces*)}
    20: hotspur(impetuous person) - {(upshot*)+(ri̷g̷o̷r̷o̷u̷s̷)}

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  20. Radhamani24 May 2019 at 11:20

    28a
    Reservation (misgiving)
    Anagramme of overstrained -d (daughter)

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  21. vdsprasad49@gmail.com24 May 2019 at 15:29

    Typo in 2D parsing "BALSIe" to be corrected

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  22. sree_sree24 May 2019 at 15:54

    12a (end )(o)(nicer*)

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  23. Padmanabhan24 May 2019 at 16:55

    Col.
    Typo in 2D- should be baldie in stead of balsie.
    3D- How is put down= sid?

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  24. Padmanabhan24 May 2019 at 16:56

    Sorry. Read Dis for Sid.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath24 May 2019 at 17:56

      From Free Dictionary
      dis or diss (dĭs)
      tr.v. dissed, diss·ing, diss·es Informal
      To show disrespect to, often by insult or criticism

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  25. Padmanabhan24 May 2019 at 18:10

    Thank you Col.

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