Friday 19 July 2019

No 12682, Friday 19 Jul 2019, xChequer


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ACROSS
7    Excel's rule for mouse (6) SHINER {SHINE}{R}
8    Make fun, look a bit thick (6) UNFAIR {FUN*}{AIR}
10 Take note of winter wear stores offering discount (4,4) MARK DOWN {MARK}{DOWN} (Addendum - {MARK}{DO{W}{N} - See comments)
11 Counterfeit money buying time for radical (6) ETYMON {E{T}YMON*}
12 Pressure to reduce volume of boiling fat (5) LIPID LI(-v+p)PID
14 Technique of telling time with height displacement in mountain mapping (7) OROLOGY hOROLOGY
15 Mutton from sheep butchered for snap (4-2-3-6) SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT*
18 Gloss over lie in shady bar (7) SHEBEEN {SHE{BE}EN}
19 Virtue of some rituals (5) MERIT [T]
20 Denomination 2d (6) CHURCH [CD]
21 Shy if silent intrinsically (2,6) IN ITSELF*
23 Insensibility round places having gold (6) STUPOR {PUTS<=}{OR}
24 Bottle of fluid, one containing spirit (6) FLAGON {FL}{A{GO}N}

DOWN
1    Need duck slices especially for this boneless meat dish (8) ESCALLOP {ES{CALL}{0}P}
2    Base to stick incense in place of worship (4) KIRK {s..cK}{IRK}
3    Free ball pitched up goes to fence (6) DEVOID {O} in {DIVED<=}
4    Lobby, one arm to building (8) ANTEROOM*
5    A British boy born after a battle might describe me! (4,6) BABY BOOMER  {A+B+BOY+BORn}* over {ME} &lit  There's and extra N in the fodder See comments
6    Sanguine after changing sides, as a sitting duck would be? (6) BROODY B(-l+r)ROODY
9    Rain to hit coasts to save India melting away like this? (4,4,3) INTO THIN AIR {RAIN+TO+HIT}* over {IN}
13 Quietly usurped or otherwise, vain about wealth (5-5) PURSE-PROUD {P}{USURPED+OR}*
16 Head getting hot with ego surfacing in strip joint perhaps (8) FLESHPOT {TOP}{H}{SELF}<=
17 Gaining pounds in the middle can be irritating (8) NETTLING {NETT{L}ING}
18 Life force found in small stone or rock (6) SCHIST {S}{CHI}{ST}
19 The deep, cunning fellow not wanted as a rule (6) MAINLY {MAIN}{fLY}
22 Evidence of good in wrongdoing (4) SIGN {SI{G}N}

Reference List
Rule = R, Winter = W, Time = T, Pressure = P, Volume = V, Height = H, Gold = OR, One = AN, Duck = 0, India = IN, Quietly = P, Hot = H, Pounds = L, Small = S, Stone = ST, Fellow = F, Good = G

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36 comments:

  1. sree_sree19 July 2019 at 08:05

    Twists and turns but enjoyed.
    Yet to resolve 3d.
    Will wait for anno.

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  2. Remy19 July 2019 at 08:12

    15 AC spur of the moment-anag of mutton from sheep.
    13 d purse proud.Quietly-p+ANAG of usurped or.-Vain about wealth.
    4d anteroom-anag of
    one arm to.-lobby.
    17 d Nettling.Gaining-netting.Pounds-l.nett(l)Ing.Irritating.
    14 a orology-Study of mountains
    Horology-study of time.H-orology.

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  3. Brajesh19 July 2019 at 09:58

    19a merit soME RITuals

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  4. Rama Sandur19 July 2019 at 10:31

    1dn escallop

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  5. Sathya R19 July 2019 at 10:36

    7a Shiner Excel- Shine +(r)ule
    21a In itself (Anagram of ifsilent)
    4d Anteroom (Anagram of onearmto)
    9d Into Thin Air (Rain+to+hit +IN Anag)
    22d Sign - (Si(g)n)

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  6. Rama Sandur19 July 2019 at 10:48

    23ac stupor,places-puts,gold-or

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  7. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore19 July 2019 at 10:50

    6d: broody(sitting duck) - {b(-r)(+l)oody}, bloody=sanguine

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  8. Rama Sandur19 July 2019 at 10:51

    21ac anagram if silent--in itself

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  9. Vasant19 July 2019 at 11:02

    16d FLESHPOT Reversal of Self=ego H=hot TOP=head

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  10. P. Venkatesan19 July 2019 at 11:35

    18A: SHEBEEN {SHEEN(=GLOSS)} over {BE(=LIE)} = SHADY BAR

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  11. D N M Rao19 July 2019 at 11:41

    23D SIGN - Evidence- SI(G) N - Good in wrongdoing

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  12. Balaji19 July 2019 at 11:43

    11A. ETYMON. {money+t} *

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  13. D N M Rao19 July 2019 at 11:48

    5D BABY-BOOMER CD(?)

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  14. sree_sree19 July 2019 at 14:03

    18d S (CHI) ST

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  15. sree_sree19 July 2019 at 14:06

    Yet to be solved. Is it rains, rains everywhere!!!
    Across 8,12,20,24
    Down 1,2,3,5,19

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  16. Suresh19 July 2019 at 14:20

    12aPressure to reduce volume of boiling fat (5)
    LIPID (Livid for boiling -v +p)

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    1. Suresh19 July 2019 at 14:27

      Not sure how I became unknown.

      Suresh Dorbala

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    2. Suresh19 July 2019 at 14:28

      Tell me how to change it

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    3. sree_sree19 July 2019 at 16:39

      Its google+ thing. (Which anyway is discontinued).
      Pls go to settings on google+ profile
      select "Revert to Blogger Profile" and then
      click "Switch to a Limited Blogger Profile."
      Enter your desired display name in the text field and then
      click "Continue to Blogger"

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  17. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore19 July 2019 at 14:30

    20a: church(denomination) - (2d=kirk=church)
    24a: flagon(bottle) - {(flu̷i̷d̷)+(a)+(nog*=spirit)}

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  18. Satyen Nabar19 July 2019 at 15:30

    3D DEV{O}ID <--
    Free= defn
    Ball= O
    Pitched= Dived
    Up= down rev ind
    Goes to fence= container

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  19. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore19 July 2019 at 16:30

    19d: mainly - {(w⃥ily=cunning)+(man=fellow)*}
    2d: kirk(church)(CD)

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  20. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore19 July 2019 at 16:58

    19d: mainly(as a rule) - main(deep)+(s̷ly=cunning)

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  21. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 July 2019 at 17:14

    1D : ESCALLOP {ES(CALL+O)P}

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  22. Padmanabhan19 July 2019 at 18:31

    Good solve MB.

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  23. Amita Baviskar19 July 2019 at 18:34

    8A: UNFAIR (defn: a bit thick). (Anagram of FUN) + AIR=look

    10A: CASH DOWN (defn: discount).
    Note=CASH, winter wear=DOWN

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    1. Col_Gopinath19 July 2019 at 18:45

      10A is MARK DOWN

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    2. Amita Baviskar19 July 2019 at 19:49

      Thanks, Colonel. You're right,of course. I wasn't altogether sure but I thought I'd volunteer that guess.

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    3. Bhalchandra Pasupathy19 July 2019 at 21:59

      A small change to anno here: DOWN comes as DON(wear) outside W(winter). Taking a break from Western wide women with weight ...

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  24. Suresh19 July 2019 at 21:19

    5D A British boy born after a battle might describe me! (4,6) BABY BOOMER {A+B+BOY+BORn}* over {ME} &lit There's and extra N in the fodder

    No extra fodder. It is A+B+BOY+B (for born) Might is OR describing ME

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    1. Suresh19 July 2019 at 21:20

      xChequer normally would not have any extra words in his clues

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    2. Bhalchandra Pasupathy19 July 2019 at 21:55

      Thanks Suresh, I wish it could have worked like that, but unfortunately not. There should have been 'briefly' after 'born' which has gotten left out. Entirely my fault, my apologies

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