Thursday, 17 October 2019

No 12757, Thursday 17 October 2019, Bruno

ACROSS
6 Perception of setter's generation (5) IMAGE [I'M + AGE]
7 Artificial intelligence starts to remove constraints on armed forces (3,5) AIR COVER [Artificial Intelligence + Remove + Constraints + OVER]
10 Corral fish quietly squeezing out head (7) PADDOCK [HADDOCK with P for H]
11 Being full of yeast — it's fermenting (7) SATIETY [YEAST IT]*
12 Back seat of auto's bouncing carrying nine — one got tossed out (7) TONNEAU [AUTO NiNE]*
13 Plant's natural to continent — needs no introduction (7) FREESIA [FREE + aSIA]
14 Empirical operator is represented by imaginary number (1,10) A POSTERIORI [OPERATOR IS]* + I
19 Receiver of tirade in company gets irate, finally (7) GRANTEE [RANT inside GE + iratE]
21 Chopper in California's heading to Oregon over inland snowy peaks (7) INCISOR [IN + California + ORegon outside Inland Snowy]
23 Set up one night stand (7) INSTALL [1 + Night? + STALL]
25 Yarn from great gallery (7) ACETATE [ACE + TATE]
26 Foot and dress regularly getting caught in part of flower (8) PEDESTAL [DrEsS inside PETAL]
27 Spread these — one to a bed? (5) SHEET [THESE]*

DOWN
1 Drainage set-up for plant (8) GARDENIA [DRAINAGE]*
2 Get rid of sleep — enjoy taking lady out (6) REMOVE [REM + lOVE] l=lady?
3 Have no desire... about to become lifeless (10) LACKLUSTRE [LACK LUST + RE]
4 Online assistant-turned-Goddess (4) IRIS [SIRI <=]
5 About to get tax-break (6) RECESS [RE + CESS]
6 Guess setter's place? Bottom of pile! (6) IMPUTE [I'M + PUT + pilE]
8 Mobile technology's development cycle is endlessly complex when being released (2,3,2) ON THE GO [TECHNOLOGY - cycle ]*
9 Bird is setter's? Dont think so... (5) MYNAH [MY + NAH]
13 Strong and pliant with ego under control (10) F?R?I?A?L? Can't explain this one FORMIDABLE See comments

15 Biscuit and fizzy coke at end of tea (7) OATCAKE [COKE AT teA]*
16 To a large extent, where saunas can be found, occupied by half-dead (2,6) IN SPADES [IN SPAS outside DEad]
17 Renouncing God, falls, gets up once more (5) AGAIN [NIAGAra<=]
18 Bust of Bolivar restored somewhat (6) ARREST [T]
20 Solution on hair — evenly spreads over all directions (6) ANSWER [hAiR outside North South West East]
22 Double credit-relief (6) CREASE [CRedit + EASE] double = fold = crease?
24 Wood machine releases energy (4) LATH [LATHe]
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  1. Satyen Nabar17 October 2019 at 08:35

    13D FORM(ID)ABLE

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    1. Bhavan17 October 2019 at 08:57

      I thought ego = I. Aren't id, ego and superego distinct from each other?

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    2. Satyen Nabar17 October 2019 at 09:04

      Yes you are right of course Bhavan. They are different from each other. Id precedes the ego.
      Formable= pliant and the setter has used Ego= Id. With 'under control' being the insertion ind I think.
      Cannot explain the parsing otherwise.

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    3. Padmanabhan17 October 2019 at 09:09

      Thank you Doc. Seems ok except for I/ ID.

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    4. sree_sree17 October 2019 at 09:17

      id is the "ego/self under control" by both ego and superego. with is the container, imu

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    5. Balaji17 October 2019 at 22:11

      Good point. I did mean EGO=ID...

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  2. Padmanabhan17 October 2019 at 08:57

    Would you pl. explain Doc.?
    All I can see is I for ego. Is 'Under control' able?

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  3. Padmanabhan17 October 2019 at 09:00

    Bowled over by Tonneau- Word,Clue and the picture!
    Thank you Bruno & Bhavan.
    2 B's seems to be a good combination!

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  4. Padmanabhan17 October 2019 at 09:05

    8D- Only 'CLY' to be removed from Technology.
    So, endlessly is cycle without both ends- YCL.
    We Have discussed 'endlessly' endlessly.

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  5. Padmanabhan17 October 2019 at 09:15

    22D- Had the same doubt.
    17D- Got the word, but did not get the 'Niagara' part.Nice one.

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  6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 October 2019 at 09:17

    Brilliant puzzle, I am floored at least on three clues!

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  7. Satyen Nabar17 October 2019 at 09:21

    2D Chambers (BRB) does not list L= Lady. However Chambers Crossword Dictionary does have L under the entry for 'Lady'.

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    1. sree_sree17 October 2019 at 09:41

      doc, a general doubt. if k or kt is OK for knight then L or LT should be Ok for lady?

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    2. Padmanabhan17 October 2019 at 09:44

      LT?

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    3. Satyen Nabar17 October 2019 at 09:58

      Hi the use of abbrevs, as you well know, comes from regular usage. In that context, kt is fine for knight. Kt was the old chess notation for knight before it was changed to N, and may still be used in some parts of the world.
      I am not entirely sure where L is used for Lady (in English royalty perhaps?). Certainly cannot be Lt, for sure.

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 October 2019 at 10:04

      L=Lady per Freedictionary

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    5. sree_sree17 October 2019 at 11:16

      KT comes from knight of thistle. And LT is Lady of thistle. But my doubt is cleared. Thnx doc.

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    6. Balaji17 October 2019 at 22:13

      Yes, have used L for Lady before, have seen this in freedic and also in other crossies.

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    7. Balaji18 October 2019 at 02:14

      Lt is usually for Lieutenant. Havent seen it for Lady.

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  8. Padmanabhan17 October 2019 at 09:42

    I now realise the value of my print edition and 'Pen on paper' solving.

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  9. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 October 2019 at 10:55

    22DN DOUBLE=FOLD=CREASE

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  10. raju umamaheswar17 October 2019 at 12:28

    Brun muska from Bruno.complete for satiety with milky tea in an Iranian restaurant during recess on a lacklustre day. Thanks , Bruno.

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  11. Vasant17 October 2019 at 12:58

    At the end of 1 hour, I had two pending 7A and 2d; then got busy in work and came back to the puzzle after a couple of hours and got both. Tough but gettable; loved the challenge. Thanks Bruno.

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    1. Prasanna Rao17 October 2019 at 13:25

      vasanth..2d is really a challenge one.....puzzle demands that "taking lady out".so "L" must be removed. Rid = Relieve ; lady - Eve...RE (li-) MO +EVE ....is it so.....

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    2. Vasant17 October 2019 at 13:39

      See blog for anno.

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    3. Balaji17 October 2019 at 22:14

      Thank you Vasant

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  12. Padmanabhan17 October 2019 at 13:42

    As per Bhavan it is Rem + OVE (Love-L)
    It takes Rem from sleep.
    On looking up, I found 'rem' as rapid eye movement/ twitching- not exactly sleep.

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    1. sree_sree17 October 2019 at 16:11

      That period of sleep is aka rem sleep

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 October 2019 at 16:37

      Dictionary recognizes REM Sleep as:
      Any of the phases of sleep accompanied by rapid eye movement
      So, this clearly means that REM is not sleep. REM does not by itself mean sleep.

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    3. Vasant17 October 2019 at 18:48

      Yes.. But REM=Sleep is frequently used in Crossword land..

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  13. Padmanabhan17 October 2019 at 13:43

    the twitching is during sleep.

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  14. Avtaar17 October 2019 at 15:46

    Tough challenge - dunked in 3 without anno - ONTHEGO, REMOVE and FORMIDABLE. Typical Bruno puzzle with some difficult to parse wordplay. But lots of good clues as well SATIETY, TONNEAU, INSTALL, PEDESTAL were particularly nice

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  15. Ramsundar Govindarajan17 October 2019 at 18:45

    Is posting the grid in violation of the copyright ?

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