Wednesday, 4 December 2019

No 12797, Wednesday 04 Dec 2019, Neyartha


Poor network here so will not adding any links and pictures today and tomorrow.

ACROSS
1   Manage to get a part of the fist in front of the inept individual (11) KNUCKLEHEAD {HEAD}<=>{KNUCKLE}
9   Jedi, fierce, hiding an inspiring instructor (7) EDIFIER [T]
10 Recall upset More logging into a Malaysian website (6) MEMORY {M{MORE*}Y}
11 Disagree after the force removes Charlie in the blink of an eye (5) FLASH (-c+f)FLASH
12 Solid agreement (7) COMPACT [DD]
15 Leaders of the firm are shrewd, tactful, and swift (4) FAST Acrostic
16 Offend the Pole in the midst of the drunken strangers (10) TRANSGRESS {TRAN{S}GRESS*}
18 Renter behind the perjury by the superior military officer (10) LIEUTENANT {TENANT}<=>{LIE}{U}
20 Overheard the Scottish inventor’s incredulous shout (4) WHAT (~watt)
23 Individual in good standing? (7) UPRIGHT [C&DD]
24 Imperial decree making a queen leave with a surprised squeak (5) UKASE SqUEAK*
26 Confident that the dried-up copper has been locked up (6) SECURE {SE{CU}RE}
27 Finger-operated stopper returned after Gita comes in (7) DIGITAL {DI{GITA}L<=}
28 Tensely sail out to get deep down (11) ESSENTIALLY*

DOWN
2   Dissenting chorus on the radio with some animal sounds (6) NEIGHS (~nays)
3   Witty joker discarded hard beet (4) CARD ChARD
4   Spoofing a parliamentarian acting after eating egg and fish outside (10) LAMPOONING {L{A}{MP}{O{O}N}ING}
5   A browser’s launch target? (4,4) HOME PAGE [CD]
6   Softly removed peculiar contraption on the outer ear (7) AURICLE pECULIAR*
7   Oddly knew of the noisy fight after the female’s entry resulting in a disruption (9) KERFUFFLE {KnEw}{R{F}UFFLE}
8   Celebrity shortened a round thin wooden strip for some hospital signs (6) VITALS {VIp}{SLAT<=}
13 Circus hen played with the model to get the potato chips that one might prefer the most (10) CRUNCHIEST{CIRCUS+HEN}*{T}
14 Revolutionary trial (with identity undergoing turmoil at the end) on an unknown insect (6,3) TSETSE FLY {TEST<=}{SEL<=>F}{Y}
17 A dry diet developed after considering universal opinion (8) ATTITUDE {A}{TT}{IT{U}DE*}
19 Brisk state (7) EXPRESS [DD]
21 A shift from the right to the left is needed in the open fireplace for well-being (6) HEALTH HEA(-r+l)LTH
22 Club’s support from the south is behind the second helping for a cow (6) CUDGEL {LEG<=} after {CUD}
25 Part of the wide-angle lens coverage shows the light bulb in a presentation (4) IDEA [T]

Reference List
 Force = F, Charlie = C, Pole = S, Superior = U, Queen = Q, Hard = H, Softly = P, Female = F, Model = T, Unknown = Y, Dry = TT, Universal = U, Right = R, Left = L


10 comments:

  1. As usual Neyartha made me work hard- enjoyably though. I could not get a few annos like Tsetse fly,cudgel.

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  2. Knew auricle more as a chamber of the heart. On referring, I find it is called so because of the shape.

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  3. Spam. Someone to remove it. Col. is not available.

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  4. Col, you are in exotic locales. Love the nature.

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    1. +1.Had been to these places around two decades back-on my honeymoon!

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  5. Typical Neyartha fare. Cheated on Kerfuffle.

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    1. There was no two ways after getting ke and ruffle! The female could be accommodated at only one place for a meaningful word!

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    2. Nice logic to work out the answer.

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  6. Had come across kerfuffle before,but I had other problems.

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