Monday 16 September 2019

No 12731, Monday 16 Sep 2019, Arden


ACROSS
1   Fixed in pole, shifted to ancient city (14) CONSTANTINOPLE {CONSTANT}{IN}{POLE*} Remids me of the riddle we used to pose in school. "Constantinople is  very big word, if you can't spell it you are a very big fool"
10 Queen almost returned to the country (5) NIGER REGINa<=
11 Claims missile lost direction, but he is loaded (9) ARROGATES {ARROw}{GATES}
12 Root of English drinks originally (7) GINSENG {ENG} after {GINS}
13 Rent by day, admit it's a disappointment (7) LETDOWN {LET}{D}{OWN}
14 A dolt's back, all alone (5) ALOOF {A}{FOOL<=}
16 Return transport, remain making sandwich (9) SUBMARINE {BUS<=}{REMAIN*}
19 Transported door with key (9) ENTRANCED {ENTRANCE}{D}
20 Walk is allowed (5) LEGIT {LEG IT}
22 Come back with final words and broken toes (7) RIPOSTE {RIP}{TOES*}
25 Cutter's home is in semi-circle (7) INCISOR {IN}{CI{SO}Rcle} Is/So ? Seems to be an error in the clue (Addendum - {IN}{C{IS}ORdon} - See comments)
27 Random search goes through, but it's capital (9) BUCHAREST {BU{SEARCH*}T}
28 Correct, head out to slander (5) ALIGN mALIGN
29 Dame Fonteyn free to take to a period of penance (3,2,9) DAY OF ATONEMENT {DAME+FONTEYN}* over {TO} and {A}

DOWN
2   Red fort, taking along a Church gallery (5,4) ORGAN LOFT {FORT+ALONG}*
3   Let girl come in, OK? It will be swell! (5) SURGE {SUR{G}E}
4   A correct signal to take drug, first course will relieve pain (9) ANALGESIC {A}{NALG{E}SI*}{Co...e}
5   It's part of Alpine county, rolling hills (5) TYROL [T] Semi&lit
6   Strange thing, will come down at dusk (9) NIGHTFALL {THING}* [RA] (Addendum - {THING}*{FALL} - See comments)
7   Terrace becomes quiet at ten (5) PATIO {P}{AT}{10}
8   Soul of a city is church (7) ESSENCE {ESSEN}{CE}
9   Imagine one away breaking wartime code (6) ENIGMA iMAGINE* Semi&lit
15 Standard workers for hoisting the tricolour (9) FLAGSTAFF {FLAG}{STAFF}
17 Not good to make money on sport (9) BADMINTON {BAD}{MINT}{ON}
18 Middle finger is not used for eating (9) INGESTION {fINGEr}{{IS+NOT}*
19 Decked out, stole finally (7) ENROBED Anno pending (Addendum - {EN{ROBE}D} - See comments)
21 Train, train one to get capital (6) TIRANA {TRAIN*}{A}
23 Soft, distasteful and fussy (5) PICKY {P}{ICKY}
24 Put up before court (5) ERECT {ERE}{CT}
26 Atlantic has massive ridge in the middle (5) CHASM [T] &lit

Reference List
Day = D, Key = D, Girl = G, Drug = E, Quiet = Soft = P, Church = CE, One = A, Court = CT

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35 comments:

  1. sree_sree16 September 2019 at 08:31

    25a is in cor(don).

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  2. sree_sree16 September 2019 at 08:34

    19d stole/robe(liturgical vestment) in the end. En(robe)d.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 September 2019 at 08:36

      +1
      This type of wordplay comes from Arden alone!

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    2. Padmanabhan16 September 2019 at 08:44

      You mean 'finally' giving 'in the end'?- EN(....)D

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 September 2019 at 09:14

      Yes Paddy. We saw the same play earliervtoo

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  3. sree_sree16 September 2019 at 08:36

    9d def typo.

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    1. sree_sree16 September 2019 at 08:38

      Breaking is anagind. Wartime code is def, imu

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 September 2019 at 08:43

      Enigma is a machine used by Germans during WW II

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    3. Padmanabhan16 September 2019 at 08:45

      +1

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    4. sree_sree16 September 2019 at 08:58

      The collective of the device(s) and the encryption is ref as enigma code, as in the code by enigma machine.

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    5. Deepak Gopinath16 September 2019 at 10:22

      Corrected

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 September 2019 at 08:40

    6d RA?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao16 September 2019 at 08:45

      6D lacks the features of RA. In RA we don't get to see the anagrinds

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  5. Padmanabhan16 September 2019 at 08:42

    6D- I took 'will come down' as fall- (thing)*fall

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  6. Padmanabhan16 September 2019 at 08:46

    Enjoyable exercise. Thank you Arden.

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 September 2019 at 08:46

    Got stuck on annos 21a and 19d.
    Thanks Prasad for the clarification.

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 September 2019 at 08:51

    A gentle start to the week! Thanks Arden.

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  9. Vanchinathan16 September 2019 at 08:51

    I like the tone of 7Dn. It suggests a home where everyone goes to bed early making the terrace silent at 10pm.

    And 17 Dn is also a nice clue. Let us hope PV Sindhu does not read this!

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  10. Padmanabhan16 September 2019 at 08:54

    :-) for comment on 17D.

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    1. sree_sree16 September 2019 at 09:06

      I always thought it was batminton.

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    2. sree_sree16 September 2019 at 09:14

      And to think its ordained as house of herdsman!

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  11. raju umamaheswar16 September 2019 at 10:47

    Enjoyable fare from Arden on Monday morn.

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  12. B N Acharya16 September 2019 at 12:30

    2D what is the role of RED pl?

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  13. Amita Baviskar16 September 2019 at 13:16

    Enjoyable stay to the week. Thank you, Arden!

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  14. vdsprasad49@gmail.com16 September 2019 at 14:19

    20A. LEG is walk. Not clear to me how we get 'it'.

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    1. sree_sree16 September 2019 at 14:25

      https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/leg-it

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    2. vdsprasad49@gmail.com16 September 2019 at 14:46

      Oh, thank you, Sree Sree. Familiar use but I could not think of it in the context of a cw.

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