Friday 21 June 2019

No 12658, Friday 21 Jun 2019, KrisKross


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ACROSS
1   This original font could be indispensable — you need it to type E-books! (5,3) SHIFT KEY {THIS+Font}*{KEY}
5   Allow player to enter estate (6) ASSENT {ASSE{N}T}
9   Horribly evil tyrant eventually had to hang (8) LEVITATE {EVIL*}{t...nT}{ATE}
10 Last and final wish? To quit smoking, finally (6) ENDURE {END}{URgE}
12 Vice-president perhaps? No sirvery repulsive creature (9) CENTIPEDE {vICE+PrEsiDENT}*
13 Artist endlessly tweaking instrument (5) SITAR ARTISt*
14 KrisKross hathe French loaf (4) IDLE {I'D}{LE}
16 Made a story — relax now and rest (3,4) LIE DOWN {LIED}{NOW*}
19 Greeting given by a Pole in New England (7) NAMASTE {N}{A}{MAST}{E}
21 Contrarian vote? (4) VETO* &lit
24 Extremist from Kabul trapped (5) ULTRA [T]
25 Fight to save short sorcerer (9) SCRIMMAGE {SCRIMp}{MAGE}
27 Spin bowler's last over to former English pacer (6) ROTATE {b...eR}{O}{TATE}
28 Horsmen about to saunter around (8) CENTAURS {C}{SAUNTER*}
29 Small eggs on rolls (6) SURGES {S}{URGES}
30 Losers back off, refuse to work, inviting trouble (8) FAILURES {REFUSe}* over {AIL}

DOWN
1   Relief from the sun? Run away to Coimbatore on vacation (6) SOLACE {SOLAr}{Co...rE}
2   Father's at home with pipe (6) INVENT {IN}{VENT}
3   All the Egyptian king's money lost in the end (5) TUTTI {TUT}{TIn}
4   Severe old man covered in ash, perhaps (7) EXTREME {EX}{TRE{M}E}
6   Growing oldseen wearing perfume (9) SENESCENT {SEEN*}{SCENT}
7   One's beginning to go through quite an intricate statement like x^n + y^n = z^n (8) EQUATION {One} in {QUITE+AN}*
8   Starting to travel to holy city, crossing part of New York (3,5) THE BRONX {Tr...l}{HEBRON}{X}
11 Gazelle runs, losing leg in fire (4) ZEAL  gAZelLE*
15 Take down note to treat ailments (9) DISMANTLE {D}{AILMENTS*}
17 Researches how paper could be sold (8) INQUIRES {IN QUIRES}
18 Heading off to control a mountain ape (8) IMITATOR {lIMIT}{A}{TOR}
20 Yesamateur baked a piece of cake (4) EASY {YES+A}*
21 Wild beaver eating root of green plant (7) VERBENA {BEAVER}* over {g..eN}
22 Animal in pain, mostly in shock (6) JAGUAR {J{AGUe}AR}
23 Kids like to wear casual shirts (6) TEASES {TE{AS}ES}
26 Where you may crash when driving (5) MOTEL [CD]

Reference List
Player = N, About = C, Small = S, Run = R, Old = EX, Man = M, Note = D,

GRID

35 comments:

  1. Superb Puzzle! Enjoyed solving this!Thanks KrisKross.

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  2. 21d verbena from beaver + n last of green

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  3. 7d equation from quite +an +on from one

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  4. 6 d Senescent -growing old.anag of seen sene+scent-perfume .
    19 Namaste- pole=Mast AMast in NE NamastE.Greeting.
    15 d Dismantle-Take down.D+ANAG of ailments Dismantle
    17 d inquires-researches.In Quires-set of papers.
    18 d Imitator.heading off to control-limit-l a mountain -tor -imit+ a+for.imitator-Ape.
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  5. 8D. Starting to travel to holy city, crossing PART OF NEW YORK. THE BRONX. {T} {HEBRON} {X}

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  6. 12a: centipede(repulsive creature) - {(v̷ice+pr̷es̷i̷dent)*}

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  7. 1D SOLACE SOLA(-r) +CE(Coimbatore on vacation)

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  8. 2D: TUTTI {TUT(=EGYPTIAN KING)}{TI(-N)} = ALL

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  9. !A: SHIFT KEY (anagram of THIS + F (for font), KEY= indispensable) (definition: you need it to type E: a capital letter)

    9A: LEVITATE (anagram of EVIL + tyranT eventually + ATE, consumed) definition: to hang

    25A: SCRIMMAGE (definition: fight), SCRIMp(save, short)+MAGE (sorcerer)

    3D: TUTTI (definition: all) (TUT=Egyptian king+TIn=money lost in the end)

    23D: TEASES (definition: kids) (TE(as)ES from like=AS, casual shirts=TEES)

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  10. Compensating for 3d
    30A: FAILURES {REFUS(-E)}* around {AIL(=TROUBLE)} = LOSERS

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  11. Krisskross has devised some very cute clues. SHIFT KEY,SCRIMMAGE, FAILURES, LEVITATE etc.

    MY NAMASTES to him. We can add this word to our Dictionaries and recommend inclusion in the OED, if not already there !

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  12. 4d EXTREME Ex (old) M(an) in TREE (Ash, as an example)
    29a SURGES S(mall) URGES (eggs on)
    22d JAGUAR Ague - e (in pain almost) JAR (shock)
    10a ENDURE (last) END (final) URGE (Wish) - g( smoking finally)

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  13. Yet to be
    Across 5,14,27
    Down 2,20
    1a anno.

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  14. 14A I D LE
    2D IN VENT
    20D EASY from YES A
    27A R O TATE

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  15. 5a ASSENT N (Bridge player) in ASSET (estate)

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  16. 5a: assent(allow) - {asse(n=player)t=estate}
    14a: idle(loaf) - (i’d + le)
    17d: inquires(dd) - researches//papers sold

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  17. Thank you Ramki. Enjoyed solving- with Zeal!

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