Sunday 20 October 2019

The Sunday Crossword No 3070, Sunday 20 Oct 2019


ACROSS
1   He halted dig unexpectedly, being delirious (5-6) LIGHT-HEADED*
7   Supply embroidery with points? (3) SEW {S}{E}{W}
9   English pursuing common sense? Pointless (2,3) NO USE {NOUS}{E}
10 He delivers accounts including Norway – slapdash Eurocrat (9) RACONTEUR {RACO{N}TEUR*}
11 Speculate one will return with anger, seeing pet aversion (4,5) BETE NOIRE {BET}{ONE<=}{IRE}
12 If only Iceland would import some herring to begin with (1,4) I WISH Acrostic
13 Twists otter heartlessly to make a knot (7) WINDSOR {WINDS}{Ot.eR}
15 Exec, oddly stupid, 'Head of Tasking' (4) SUIT {StUpId}{Ta...g}
18 Most of maple chopped up for wood (4) PALM MAPLe*
20 Talented cooks taking time to get perfect consistency (2,5) AL DENTE TALENtED*
23 Twist its limb to subdue rook (5) WRING {W{R}ING}
24 Loser in nine-piece muffling note encountering enmity? Not half (9) NONENTITY {NONET}{enmITY}
26 Those with hourglass figures such as gets German mister in a ferment (3,6) EGG TIMERS {EG}{G}{MISTER*}
27 Splendid beer knocked back (5) REGAL<=
28 No time in prison for gentleman (3) SIR StIR
29 He'd head navy incompetently, being oppressive (5-6) HEAVY-HANDED*

DOWN
1   Good actors take these weapons (8) LONGBOWS {LONG BOWS}
2   'Not guilty!': fervently I denied sin (8) GLUTTONY {NOT+GUiLTY}*
3   Ornamental item Prince put out as promotional device (3-2) TIE-IN TIEpIN
4   From longer ago, more reminiscent of a certain nobleman? (7) EARLIEST [DD]  On edit by CV: EARLIER :: See Comments below
5   Devoid of energy, heartily sickened author (7) DICKENS SICKeNED*
6   Primarily, dressed and provided with something to make a bang? (9) DANDIFIED {Dr...d}{AND}{IF}{IED} Dressed on double duty
7   Startled, since Conservative presenting agreeable views (6) SCENIC {SINCE+C}*
8   Row about your quaint local VIP (6) WORTHY {ROW<=}{THY}
14 To get across good line is hard ('Hasta la vista, baby', say) (9) SPANGLISH {SPAN}{G}{L}{IS}{H}
16 Mad Enid hung around (8) UNHINGED*
17 Visibly ashamed to admit vehicle turned to scrap, perhaps (8) RECYCLED {RE{CYCLE}D}
19 He led resurgent Africa (at least at first)? (7) MANDELA {MAN}{LED*}{At} &lit
20 Campaigners wanting many set free (7) AMNESTY* &lit
21 Affected, vacuous tidings? (6) TWEETS [CD]
22 Meddle with tariff in Germany? Partially (6) FINGER [T]
25 Opera standard? Not quite (5) NORMA NORMAl

Reference List
Points = N,S,E,W, English = E, Norway = N, Time = T, Rook = R, German = G, Prince = P, Energy = E, Conservative = C, Good = G, Line = L, Hard = H

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20 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 October 2019 at 09:19

    17DN I think there is no anagram here. Resurgent is reversal indicator.

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    1. Chaturvasi20 October 2019 at 09:48

      It is 19d.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 October 2019 at 10:52

      Yes Sir, you are right. Apologies for the wrong number

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    3. sree_sree20 October 2019 at 12:10

      isnt the A coming from Africa? whats it doing there then!

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 October 2019 at 13:36

      Probably A is not equal to Africa in Chambers!

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    5. sree_sree20 October 2019 at 13:39

      I thght "at least at first" is a setters pun. Both ref to a in Africa.

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  2. Padmanabhan20 October 2019 at 09:27

    19D. KKR wants * to be changed to =<

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  3. Padmanabhan20 October 2019 at 09:28

    Col. continues to contribute in absentia. When s he expected back?

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  4. D N M Rao20 October 2019 at 09:28

    4Dn should be EARLIER (may be typo)

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 October 2019 at 11:00

      You are right Raogaru.
      But is it correct to classify this as DD?
      The intention seems to be EARL[+IER] coming from more. Further, IER can join only on adjectives [like costly, costlier/costliest]. Probably, it would have been apt if it was clued on EARLY to become EARLIER.
      Hope my point is understood.

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    2. D N M Rao20 October 2019 at 11:16

      Yes, you have a point.

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    3. Chaturvasi20 October 2019 at 11:31

      Reminiscent of a nobleman - like an earl - early
      More reminiscent of a nobleman - more like an earl - earlier
      (Courtesy: fifteensquared blog on the puzzle)
      I think we needn't sweat over this silly clue.

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 October 2019 at 12:20

      Thanks Vasi Sir!

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  5. Prasanna Rao20 October 2019 at 11:16

    Col.sir....interesting puzzles esp.7a and 21 d.......bit confused to get the clue of 14D.....SPAN...

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  6. Padmanabhan20 October 2019 at 11:25

    Getting across= Span

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  7. Padmanabhan20 October 2019 at 13:49

    Not happy. I feel I have a couple of errors.

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    1. Vasant20 October 2019 at 16:03

      I managed to submit.. Travelling and it took a long long time for me to get proper network travelling through rural Thailand.. But in the end I managed.. The puzzle was a lot easier with no fancy Wordplay.. Enjoyed doing this round of IXL

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    2. sree_sree20 October 2019 at 17:33

      Great spirit. It was fast solve but "block" at one and then another 10min to check and recheck

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