Friday, 15 November 2019

No 12781, Friday 15 Nov 2019, xChequer


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ACROSS
7   Make hay now come what may (6) ANYHOW*
8   Honour the old days? Honoured! (6) OBEYED {OBE}{YE}{D}
10 Judge's sound common sense getting husband to show indication of attachment (8) HEREWITH (~hear)(HERE}{WIT}{H}
11 Smashing with a pop into reversing vehicle (6) SUPERB {SU{PER}B<=}
12 About amateur's outer limit to variety, collecting diamonds for set (5) READY {RE}{A}{D}{v...tY}}
14 Shelters beginning to give us free rum (7) REFUGES {Give+US+FREE}*
15 Not always free, a choice ultimately made to leave reluctantly (4,7,4) TEAR ONESELF AWAY {NOT+ALWAYS+FREE+A+c...cE}*
18 Unprepared individual getting married about to show craft in fighting (3,1,3) MEN O WAR {RAW}{ONE}{M}<=
19 America in free tailspin, finally reflecting rock bottom (5) NADIR {A} in {RID}{t...iN}<=
20 Combination of two alternating notes or lines in a set of three (6) TRILLO {TRI{LL}O}
21 Already decided because English lost (8) FOREGONE {FOR}{E}{GONE}
23 Play placing two chess pieces alongside in a row (6) TINKER {TI{N}{K}ER}
24 Quietly move from point to point (6) TIPTOE {TIP}{TO}{E}

DOWN
1   Took place of accountant discharged, attrition of old (4,4) CAME TRUE {CA}{MET}{RUE}
2   Black phosphorus leaving burning heap in cowshed (4) BYRE {B}{pYRE}
3   Centre to show flower in a religious manner (6) HOLILY {sHOw}{LILY}
4   Sailor's effective invective (8) ABUSEFUL {AB}{USEFUL}
5   Part of immune system's damaged, damn ugly, help's anyhow useless? (5,5) LYMPH GLAND {DAMN+uGLY+HelPs}*
6   Loves a party, others not having time (6) ADORES {A}{DO}{RESt}
9   Summary dealing with inadequate resistance in movement (5,6) SHORT SHRIFT {SHORT}{SH{R}IFT}
13 Hormone producing near denial (10) ADRENALINE*
16 Crew member at initiation, one being fresh? (8) NEWCOMER {CREW+Me...r+ONE}*
17 About amateur's outer limit to variety, collecting diamonds for set (8) ARRANGED {Am..eR}{RANGE}{D}  What's the role of 'About'?
18 Pays for the Reverend's benefits (6) MERITS Spoonerism
19 Elevating India in ranking, essentially fabulous country (6) NARNIA [T,=]
22 Put away after grand opening (4) GATE {Gr..d}{ATE}

Reference List
Honour = OBE, Days = D, Husband = H, About = RE, Amateur = A, Diamonds= D, Married = M, America = A, Line = L, English = E, Chess pieces = N,K, Point = E, Accountant = CA, Black = B, Sailor = AB, Party = DO, Resistance = R


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85 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath15 November 2019 at 07:01

    Plenty of indicators for Veterans to dig out and comment on after 11 AM

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  2. Deepak Gopinath15 November 2019 at 07:03

    I'm driving up to Masinagudi for a school batch get-together. Someone may please monitor the blog. I will update the main post on getting there after 4PM.

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  3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 November 2019 at 07:05

    12AC AND 17DN same clue.

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  4. Remy15 November 2019 at 07:45

    7 a Anyhow-anag of haynow.Come what may.
    4 d Abuseful.Ab+useful-effective.
    5 d lymph gland.Anag of damn ugly helps-use.
    2 d Byre-cowshed.Pyre-p+b.
    14 a Refuges-Shelter-anag of g+us free.

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  5. D N M Rao15 November 2019 at 07:52

    6Dn ADORES - ADoRes(-t)
    13Dn ADRENALINE*

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  6. Jacob Brahmakulam15 November 2019 at 08:03

    20A TRILLO; combination of two alternating notes; {TRI{LL}O}

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  7. Jacob Brahmakulam15 November 2019 at 08:14

    23A TINKER; pay; {TI{N}{K}ER}

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  8. Crimsonking15 November 2019 at 08:31

    3d Holily Centre HO (head office) Lily flower
    Def in a religious manner

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  9. Jacob Brahmakulam15 November 2019 at 08:33

    15A TEAR ONESELF AWAY; {NOT ALWAYS FREE A {Choice}}*

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  10. Crimsonking15 November 2019 at 08:33

    8a Obeyed OBE (honour) Ye (the old) D days
    Def: honoured

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  11. Jacob Brahmakulam15 November 2019 at 08:39

    9D short shrift; summary dealing; {SHORT} {SH{R}IFT}

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  12. Jacob Brahmakulam15 November 2019 at 08:45

    19A nadir; rock bottomr; RID A tailspiN <<

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  13. Aravind G15 November 2019 at 08:46

    11A Smashing with a pop into reversing vehicle - SUPERB
    {SU{PER}B<=}

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    1. Crimsonking15 November 2019 at 09:06

      What's the relationship between POP and PER?

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 November 2019 at 09:14

      A POP=each=per

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    3. sree_sree15 November 2019 at 09:16

      a = per, "pop into" indicator to insert, imu

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 November 2019 at 09:31

      This again shows how solvers view/interpret the clue

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    5. Bhalchandra Pasupathy15 November 2019 at 17:02

      @Prasad: interesting alternative. But a slight grammar problem then, it would need 'popping into' for it to work seamlessly. Setter's intent was a pop = per, as KKR has said

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  14. Jacob Brahmakulam15 November 2019 at 08:48

    17D arranged; set; {AmateuR}{RANGE}{D}

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  15. Jacob Brahmakulam15 November 2019 at 08:50

    21A foregone; already decided; {FOR}{E}{GONE}

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  16. Brajesh15 November 2019 at 08:59

    12a ready about-re d for diamond a from amateur and y from varierty

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  17. Crimsonking15 November 2019 at 09:09

    18A MEN O WAR
    DEF: craft in fighting, craft as in vessel
    << RAW (unprepared) ONE M(arried)

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  18. Anonymous15 November 2019 at 09:30

    21A: FOR(because)+E(English)+GONE(lost)=
    FOREGONE=Already decided

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  19. Crimsonking15 November 2019 at 09:42

    18D MERITS
    def: benefits
    Spoonerism REMITS (pays for)

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  20. D N M Rao15 November 2019 at 09:50

    16Dn NEWCOMER -Crew M(ember) one*

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  21. Ramesh K15 November 2019 at 09:58

    19D NARNIA ind (IA IN RAN) king

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  22. Ramesh K15 November 2019 at 10:05

    24A TIPTOE -- Point(TIP) TO point(E)

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  23. Ramesh K15 November 2019 at 10:08

    22D GATE --

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  24. D N M Rao15 November 2019 at 10:20

    22Dn GATE - G(rand)ate(putaway)=opening.

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  25. sree_sree15 November 2019 at 10:36

    yet to beb
    across:10
    down: 1

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  26. Satyen Nabar15 November 2019 at 11:01

    10A HEREWITH Hear~ + wit + h

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  27. sree_sree15 November 2019 at 11:13

    the 's before homophone indicator?

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  28. Prasanna Rao15 November 2019 at 11:40

    7A....hay + now ANAGRAM.......ANYHOW
    24A....point = TIP + to point (E)....TIPTOE

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  29. Unknown15 November 2019 at 12:25

    Hello everyone , This is Pavan. Iam a normal english-speaking student and also not good at vocabulary Please advise me in developing vocabulary as well as solving Hindu crossword

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  30. Unknown15 November 2019 at 12:26

    How should I begin??

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 November 2019 at 12:34

      Start seeing how the clues were answered/annotated {see the left-side of this page for types of clues}.
      First of all, have confidence that you can solve.

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    2. Unknown16 November 2019 at 10:28

      Thanks sir

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  31. KarurKrishna15 November 2019 at 12:33

    What is answer for 1Down? Probably it should start with Case ...

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  32. sree_sree15 November 2019 at 12:33

    anyone for closing honours! 1d

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  33. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 November 2019 at 12:45

    1DN CA[ME T]RUE def=took place
    Accountant=CA
    Discharged=MET
    Attrition of old=RUE

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    1. D N M Rao15 November 2019 at 14:40

      Balance of convenience may tilt to favour the setter, but I am not at home with overlapping letters in a two word solution.

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    2. Crimsonking15 November 2019 at 14:47

      Couldn't understand the relation between attrition of old and rue

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 November 2019 at 15:50

      Attrition means RUE but now it is archaic [old]

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    4. Crimsonking15 November 2019 at 16:47

      Thanks

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  34. Satyen Nabar15 November 2019 at 13:33

    There is a message from xChequer in the crossword.

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  35. Vasant15 November 2019 at 13:35

    The Nina leaves another void after Buzzer's departure.
    Thanks to XChequier for quality puzzles over the years.
    Hope you make a comeback soon!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 November 2019 at 14:20

      +1
      He has been a challenging setter and I like his grids very much.
      Bhala, we all wish you the very best.
      We look forward to your "I WILL BE BACK" like Arnold!

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    2. sree_sree15 November 2019 at 14:43

      should we read anything into 9d, 15a is understood.

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    3. Bhalchandra Pasupathy15 November 2019 at 17:13

      Thanks Vasant and KKR

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  36. Bhalchandra Pasupathy15 November 2019 at 17:12

    Thanks everybody. As would have been obvious from the end to end entry and related clue, plus the perimeter NINA, I'm calling it a day. Glad the puzzle came on a Friday with a lot of solver involvement. Thanks to all who've been doing my puzzles and of course to Rishi, for introducing me to THC, Deepak for the blog and the fellowship, and to Satyen and Sowmya for your kind personal messages.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 November 2019 at 17:59

      Thanks Bhala, we will miss your Crosswords, I am sure others will agree that your CWs kept all of us engrossed till the end

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 November 2019 at 17:59

      +1

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    3. sree_sree15 November 2019 at 18:06

      +2

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    4. Vasant15 November 2019 at 18:29

      +3

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    5. Bhalchandra Pasupathy15 November 2019 at 18:37

      Charitably put Deepak. btw, why is short shrift highlighted? I didn't intend that as part of any message

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    6. Bhavan16 November 2019 at 02:03

      Sad news. But thanks Bhala for years of high quality entertainment. Good luck.

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    7. Bhalchandra Pasupathy16 November 2019 at 08:47

      Thanks Bhavan. Have imbibed a lot from your puzzles. And thanks for selflessly parting with your copy of the hard to come by Ximenes...I try to follow his guidelines as far as possible and seldom stray into libertarian pastures

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  37. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 November 2019 at 18:05

    17DN About=A; amateur's outer limit=R; variety=range; diamonds=D

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  38. cdrgani2915 November 2019 at 18:17

    This is probably first time I solved your xword, and just when I have started enjoying it, you are calling it a day. Don't do that but pl. continue - dear xChequer!

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  39. Bhalchandra Pasupathy15 November 2019 at 18:35

    Thanks for your kind words. Maybe after a break, time will tell

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