Saturday 28 September 2019

No 12742, Saturday 28 Sep 2019, Anon


Across

1. Censure fiend on stage, partly in commotion (11) PANDEMONIUM {PAN}{DEMON}{podIUM}
9. Mark first Belgian needing no introduction to language (7) BLEMISH {Belgian}{fLEMISH}
10. Box to transport regular goon (6) CARTON {CART}{gOoN}
11. Alarm seductress (5) SIREN (DD)
12. Northern Ireland firm's vicar, not odd, at European capital (7) NICOSIA {NI}{CO'S}{vIcAr}
15. Swarm back for encounter (4) MEET {TEEM<=}
16. Fasten article on Turk's head, say, to get married (3,3,4) TIE THE KNOT {TIE}{THE}{KNOT} Where knot comes from is not clear See comments
18. Grab, finish cosmetic product (4,6) NAIL POLISH {NAIL}{POLISH}
20. At peak of Mecca, Conservative leaves confused (4) ACME {MEcCA*}
23. Jumps to start placing call aboard ship (7) SPRINGS {S{Placing}{RING}S}
24. Run away with returning Eastern European (5) ELOPE {E}{POLE}<=
26. Stick to firm at this place (6) COHERE {CO}{HERE}
27. Returning crowd has missing flower (7) BLOSSOM {MOB<=} around {LOSS}
28. In a riot, pierce nests with tenacity (11) PERSISTENCE {PIERCE+NESTS*}

Down

2. Immigrants, endlessly salient, cook (6) ALIENS {SALIENt*}
3. Leaders of departments, officially halt at Middle East city (4) DOHA Acrostic
4. Mocha stink obscured by raincoat (10) MACKINTOSH {MOCHA+STINK*}
5. Constricted flight, Oriental, in Nagaland borders (8) NARROWED {Nagalan{ARROW}{E}D}
6. Perfect patio damaged in United Nations (7) UTOPIAN {U{PATIO*}N}
7. Humiliation at a cellar (9) ABASEMENT {A}{BASEMENT}
8. Listens for first echo of vehicle (6) HEARSE {HEARS}{Echo}
13. Ornamentation of damaged regal files (10) FILLAGREES  {REGAL+FILES*}
14. Cook hates menu at American libraries (9) ATHENEUMS {HATES+MENU*}
17. Woodworkers make detailed replica aboard ship (8) SPLICERS {S{REPLICa*}S}
19. Enhance goblin herd, leaderless (7) IMPROVES {IMP}{dROVES}
21. Cheat head chef at home (6) CHOUSE {Chef}{HOUSE}
22. First off, brioche made for the brave (6) HEROIC {bRIOCHE*}
25. Skilled sailor at Himalayan city nearly (4) ABLE {AB}{LEh}

Reference List
Northern Ireland=NI, Firm=Co, Article=The, Conservative=C, Ship=SS, Eastern=E
Oriental=E, United Nations=UN, Sailor=AB

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22 comments:

  1. sree_sree28 September 2019 at 08:31

    16a "A Turk's head knot, more commonly known as a Sailor's knot, is a decorative knot with a variable number of interwoven strands, forming a closed loop"

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  2. Vasant28 September 2019 at 08:33

    16A Fasten=knot?
    Turk's head=T
    Say=ie
    Article=The
    Fasten=knot.

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  3. Padmanabhan28 September 2019 at 08:47

    As per Prasad,
    Fasten=Tie
    Aricle=The
    Turk's head=Knot
    AmI right?

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  4. Padmanabhan28 September 2019 at 08:49

    Though I filled it in with the help of crossings and the def. I had no clue how to parse it. Thank you.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 September 2019 at 09:47

      In my view, this is the only clue in the entire grid, which made the solvers pause a while.

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    2. Vasant28 September 2019 at 09:52

      +1

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 September 2019 at 09:56

      And let us hope such grids appear in IXL for all coming Sundays!!!

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    4. Padmanabhan28 September 2019 at 11:19

      +1+1+1.....

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  5. Padmanabhan28 September 2019 at 08:51

    5D- Flight= Arrow?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 September 2019 at 09:15

      From Free Dictionary...

      arrow
      noun
      1. dart, flight, reed (archaic), bolt, shaft (archaic), quarrel warriors armed with bows and arrows

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    2. sree_sree28 September 2019 at 09:48

      Intresting reading
      http://www.turkishculture.org/lifestyles/turkish-culture-portal/turkish-flight-arrows-554.htm

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    3. Vasant28 September 2019 at 09:51

      I remembered this poem read long ago, during my school days:

      I shot an arrow into the air,
      It fell to earth, I knew not where;
      For, so swiftly it flew, the sight
      Could not follow it in its flight.

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    4. Padmanabhan28 September 2019 at 11:14

      Thank you all. I am glad I asked.

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  6. C.G. BHARGAV28 September 2019 at 09:54

    A rich boy meets a SIREN.
    With PERSISTENCE love SPRINGS, BLOSSOMS and the two decide to ELOPE and TIE THE KNOT!
    HEROIC deed apart they soon look upon each other as ALIENS!!
    And then what happened?
    You very well know:
    P A N D E M O N I U M!!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 September 2019 at 09:59

      Sirens are always alarming and not worth "tie the knot" type. They may bring blemish too!!
      By the way, CGB Sir, why only rich boys meet sirens?

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    2. C.G. BHARGAV28 September 2019 at 10:03

      Maybe the other way round. Too much of Vitamin M.

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  7. raju umamaheswar28 September 2019 at 10:01

    CHOUSE. For cheating is a new word learnt.ATHENEUMS is a good alternative to libraries. FILLAGREES is again the same as FILIGREES. Thanks, Anon. Who is a ANON ? INCOGNITO shrouded in mystery .

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    1. Vasant28 September 2019 at 10:03

      He used to set as Ku Klux Klan earlier.

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    2. Padmanabhan28 September 2019 at 11:18

      I found it out the hard way after a long search- the name change got me.
      Yes, Chouse was new and the spelling of fili...too. Floundering there for a while and finally guessed with the help of crossings.

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  8. DSK29 September 2019 at 02:23

    Fillagrees and chouse eluded.. else were easy..

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  9. Unknown29 September 2019 at 11:57

    19 down would be "improve," not "improves"

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