Saturday, 26 October 2019

No 12765, Saturday 26 Oct 2019, Arden

ACROSS


1   Moving out — taking off or in two minds? (11) VACILLATING {VAC{ILL}ATING}
7   Pan for denying right to do one's job (3) WOK {WOrK}
9 The French money was used in exchange once (5) LATIN {LA}{TIN}
10 List another prayer in Irish county (9) TIPPERARY {TIP}{PRAYER*}
11 Russians refuse to save Communist leader, a handsome lad once (9) NARCISSUS {RUSSIANS*} around {Communist}
12 Six footer on the cave (5) ANTRE {ANT}{RE}
13 Fashionable scene in a way could provoke (7) INCENSE {IN}{SCENE*|
15 Team in the movie will leave... (4) EXIT {E{XI}T}
18 ...so reject the monster (4) OGRE {ERGO<=}
20 Bird poster? (7) TWITTER TWEETER (DD) See comments
23 Loves to be in the back, walking (5) AFOOT {AF{OO}T}
24 Drops in to replace engine part (6,3) PISTON ROD {DROPS+IN+TO*}
26 "Go away man" — head off in a state of total bliss (9) BEATITUDE {BEAT IT dUDE}
27 Airlines in pair (5) TWAIN {TWA}{IN}
28 Not odd really in Cathedral town (3) ELY {rEaLlY}
29 Used all remedies in Ireland (7,4) EMERALD ISLE {ALL+REMEDIES*}

DOWN

1   Surprisingly clean, cutting through Spanish city (8) VALENCIA {V{CLEAN*}IA}
2   Falling water //  clouding vision (8) CATARACT (DD)
3   Miss Turner's island? (5) L?N?I LANAI {LANA}{I} See comments
4   Performer gets it raised — raised a bit (7) ARTISTE (T<=)
5   I am outdated, that's the dilemma (7) IMPASSE {I'M}{PASSE}
6   Endearing way to make a fruit juice (9) GRENADINE {ENDEARING*}
7   Ghost of a gunner accompanied outside (6) WRAITH {W{RA}ITH}
8   Crucial info without a well known economist (6) KEYNES {KEY}{NEwS}
14 It's different thing, being an amusement (9) NIGHTLIFE {THING*}{LIFE}
16 Shortly will begin shooting first shot of movie (4,4) STAR WARS {STARt}{WAR}{Shot}
17 Pressure underground, church shows discretion (8) PRUDENCE {P}{UNDER*}{CE}
19 Adopt and essentially checkmate (7) ESPOUSE {chEck}{SPOUSE}
20 Mosaic tile set up second time (7) TESSERA {SET<=}{S}{ERA}
21 Hook say, a dumb blonde (6) BARBIE {BARB}{IE}
22 Subject of the lad getting brown (6) BOTANY {BO{TAN}Y}
25 Chose one person to eventually develop on all fronts (5) OPTED (Acrostic)

Reference List


Right=R, The French=La, Money=Tin, Six footer=Ant, On=Re, Fashionable=In, Team=XI, Movie=ET, Loves=OO
Island=I, Gunner=RA, With=W, Pressure=P, Church=CE, Second=S, Time=Era, Say=I.E.

Colour/Font Scheme

DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded linksTheme word Anagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous



37 comments:

  1. 16d shooting = war or warring!

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  2. Tough today due to the presence of unknown places like in 10AC

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  3. 9A- What is exchange? (of words- talk?)

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  4. Ramesh in full form with the blog. Thank you. Clarified many doubts.

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  5. Hearty congratulations KKR! Presently you are in 6th position with 336 points in IXL. Please Do Keep It Up!

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    1. Thanks Ram and Paddy,
      Not sure how long I will be able to retain the slot. But I will try my best.
      Thanks again. Best of luck to you too.

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    2. Congrats KKR! Also many congrats to our cyclist who is 3rd in 4th round.

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    3. Thanks MB, Vasant and Prasad! Congrats to you too Prasad and Vasant!

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    4. KKR/vasant ji, just for ref, can you pls give your submission time of ixl.

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    5. Prasad,
      My submission time 50 minutes in the 4th round.

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    6. Thanks Vasant. The third round where there was a bereavement in the family delayed my submission and sent me down several places.

      I was surprised to be third since I took 32 minutes to complete

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  7. Before I discovered this blog, I found Arden's puzzles quite hard. Now I enjoy this level of toughness and can answer most clues. Thanks Colonel and everyone else who has helped me improve my skills. A very happy Diwali to you all.

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    1. Happy Diwali Amita! And to all.
      Today it is Choti Diwali in North India and Kali puja in East.

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    2. I am with Amita on the effects of our blog- all of us have felt the improvement in solving,understanding and analysing the clues.

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  8. Vasant, you along with our Suresh will also follow suit - I wish

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  9. Happy Deepavali to ye -all. Have a colourful but noise free Diwali and go slow on the sweets ,. God bless all of you

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