Wednesday 17 July 2019

No 12680, Wednesday 17 Jul 2019, Skulldugger


She has me in knots today :-)

ACROSS
5    Doing away with North American vagabond for murder (3,3) RUB OUT Anno pending (Addendum - RUnaBOUT - See comments)
6    In charge of the soul (6) INWARD {IN}{WARD}
9    Elector vetoing old high-flier (6) TERCEL ELECToR*
10 Terrible women throttling proportional representation advances (8) OGRESSES prOGRESSES
11 Foolish people initially rejected wicked spirits (4) IMPS wIMPS
12 Bar aims to strip off architectural element (10) IMPEDIMENT {aIMs}{PEDIMENT}
13 Your future lies in the stars with her (11) ASTROLOGIST [CD]
18 Keeners in Engineering hitting library at start of dawn on Saturday (5,5) EARLY BIRDS {E}{LIBRARY*}{Dawn}{S}
21 Oppose bill in the US (4) BUCK [DD]
22 Spooner's drunk winner to oversee digs in owner's absence (5-3) HOUSE-SIT {(-s+h)HOUSE}{(-h+s)SIT}
23 Canadian First Nation claims Trudeau's beginning to bypass reason (6) INTUIT {IN(-n+t)TUIT}
24 Sergeant Major finds all the soldiers obsequious (6) SMARMY {SM}{ARMY}
25 Criminally underpay retiring District Attorney in straitened circumstances (6) PENURY UNdERPaY*

DOWN
1    Digital computers! (8) ABACUSES [CD]
2    Central components in clue (cryptic) (6) NUCLEI*
3    Demeaning and dodgy, if daring (5,3) INFRA DIG*
4    Carriage is ample, in a manner of speaking (6) HANSOM (~handsome)
5    Moist, cold and ample, in a manner of speaking (6) RHEUMY (~roomy)
7    Spanish governess for Dutch girl from the South (6) DUENNA {DU}{ANNE<=}
8    Absolute certainty seen in Luke and John, for example (6,5) GOSPEL TRUTH [CD]
14 Motorbikes gutted, customised with cell synthesiser (8) RIBOSOME {MOtOR+BIkES}*
15 She throws a monkey wrench in the works (8) SABOTEUR [CD]
16 Police Sergeant overwhelmed, a mite upset by jargon (6) PATOIS {P{IOTA<=}S}
17 Sharp-sightedness you exhibited in a large town (6) ACUITY {A}{C{(~you)U}ITY}
19 Jack in India uncovered flash card with detailing (6) LASCAR {fLASh}{CARd}
20 Black eye for the Polish guy! (6) SHINER [DD]

Reference List
Old = O, Engineering = E, Saturday = S

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25 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 July 2019 at 08:37

    5A Vagaband=Runabout minus NA gives RUB OUT

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  2. sree_sree17 July 2019 at 08:37

    5a Vagabond:runabout.

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  3. sree_sree17 July 2019 at 08:40

    23a Inuit is Canadian first nation. Anno in(t)uit,IMU.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 July 2019 at 08:46

      +1, although Col's anno is also logical

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    2. Vasant17 July 2019 at 08:48

      I had it as Col.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath17 July 2019 at 08:59

      Innuit is a variant spelling of Inuit

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    4. Amita Baviskar17 July 2019 at 13:26

      IN(T)UIT is more direct, isn't it? That's how I solved it.

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  4. Vasant17 July 2019 at 08:50

    Opening comment by Col. :-)

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  5. Vasant17 July 2019 at 08:52

    19d:Jack or Jacks.
    Lascar is a group of sailors, isn't it?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 July 2019 at 08:54

      Lascar is an Oriental (orig Indian) sailor, as per Chambers.
      If you intended to mean Lashkar, yes you are right, it is a group! Ha ha!!

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  6. raju umamaheswar17 July 2019 at 10:44

    Some clues are cranium crackers ! Enjoyable though, coming from Skulldugger

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  7. Amita Baviskar17 July 2019 at 13:29

    I didn't solve RHEUMY and INWARD but felt pleased to have got the rest! A delicious puzzle.

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  8. vdsprasad49@gmail.com17 July 2019 at 13:46

    That was real rough, enjoyed it.

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  9. Rama Sandur17 July 2019 at 13:47

    What is the clue for "in a mamber of speaking" please explain to make it easier for me to find the solution

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  10. Rama Sandur17 July 2019 at 13:48

    In a manner of speaking
    Sorry for typing error

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  11. Padmanabhan17 July 2019 at 16:28

    A few red letters (while solving on line) led me to correct answers, though I still could not get annos for some clues. Blog to the rescue.
    I did not know the setter is a lady until I saw Col.'s byline- not that it makles any difference. Ref. on top to THC setters says- aka Kurien, which does not give a clue. One of rare instances where I have been solving without knowing the setter.

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    1. Col_Gopinath17 July 2019 at 17:02

      Paddy, the setter is not a lady. I was referring to 23A and 15D

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    2. Vasant17 July 2019 at 22:17

      Paddy's Literal assumption is quite.. ER.. literal

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  12. Padmanabhan17 July 2019 at 17:07

    My apologies.
    But why 23A?

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  13. sree_sree17 July 2019 at 21:41

    Oracle was enjoyable with few twists of lunacy oops lunar cycle!

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  14. AshokJayanti18 July 2019 at 08:10

    THC not seen in vizag edition on 17th and 18th

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