Thursday, 12 December 2019

No 12804, Thursday 12 Dec 2019, Skulldugger


ACROSS
5   Fawn over people person! (6) SLAVER [DD?] See comments
6   Mother ups and leaves with respect to relatives, as befits a daughter (6) FILIAL Anno pending (Addendum - FamILIAL - See comments)
9   Ridiculous big red tie (6) BRIDGE*
10 Apostate discovering religious text after chequered career (8) RECREANT {CAREER*}{NT}
11 Change banking domain extension here (4) COIN [CO.IN}
12 Gratuities vaguely appealing, ultimately pointless (10) LAGNIAPPES {APPEALING}*{p...eS}
13 Pretended truce I often broke (11) COUNTERFEIT*
18 Semi-fictions with altered reality in two quarters? (4-6) HALF-TRUTHS {HALF{TRUTH}S} Why 'altered'?
21 Radically refined research and development leads to good hallucinogen (4) DRUG {RD<=}{U}{G} U from? See comments
22 Go on and on about graduate work (8) BELABOUR {BE}{LABOUR}
23 Broadcast location that might be found in a school! (6) PLAICE (~place) Definition not clear See comments
24 Snack consumption interrupted by Italians (6) TITBIT T{IT}B{IT} Anno pending See comments
25 Kind, loving folks with a leg up on society protected knight (6) ANGELS {A}{N}{LEG<=}{S}

DOWN
1   Dance with enthusiasm in pursuit of admirer and pirouette (8) FANDANGO {FAN}{AND*}{GO}
2   Cottage pie stuffing put away before actual breakfast (6) CEREAL {Co...e+piE}{EREAL}
3   Hanky-panky with young woman curtailed by boss (8) MISCHIEF {MISs}CHIEF}
4   Gyrating undressed supplies rubbernecker’s delight (6) PILEUP sUPPLIEs*
5   Harangue kid about expression of hesitancy (6) SERMON {S{ER}{M}ON} M from? (Addendum - {S{ERM}ON} - See comments)
7   Surgeon’s instrument polished clean before start of transplant (6)  LANCET {CLEAN*}{Tr...t}
8   After gym, ran out incoherent (11) FRAGMENTARY*
14 DEA agent every so often touts disco drug (8) NARCOTIC {NARC}{tOuTs+dIsCo}
15 Crafts for people here (8) INDIAMEN [C&DD]
16 Old man seeming to relinquish absolute power (6) PARENT apPARENT
17 Idiots bartered diamonds for ordinary little bits (6) DUNCES (-o+d)DUNCES
19 Allegiance for loose leaf tea under discussion (6) FEALTY {LEAF*}{TY}(~tea)
20 Prone to drink tinnies on a regular basis (6) SUPINE {SUP}{tInNiEs}

Reference List
Religious text = NT, Good = G, Italian = IT, Society = S, Knight = N, Absolute = A, Power = P, Diamond = D, Ordinary = O


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35 comments:

  1. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 08:30

    6a familial -am<=

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  2. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 08:32

    24a as shown. italians seprated italian itlalian, imu.

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  3. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 08:33

    21a refined->posh->u

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  4. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 08:35

    5d erm is expression of hesitancy.
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/erm

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  5. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 08:36

    23a plaice is a fish!

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  6. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 08:41

    5a may be c&dd
    slaver:person who deals in slaves

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  7. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 08:44

    17d how do we decide whats def!

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  8. Padmanabhan12 December 2019 at 08:49

    24A- Consumption- TB
    Tuberculosis (TB) used to be called a consumpton disease in olden days since there was no cure.

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  9. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 08:51

    14d narco is short for narcotic agent! root issue!

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    1. RKE12 December 2019 at 09:03

      NARC is an American slang usage for an officer from Drug Enforcement Administration

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    2. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 09:04

      not all. its specific to narcotic officer under cover

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  10. RKE12 December 2019 at 08:51

    17 D I think the answer is OUNCES as defined by "little bits". In DUNCES delete D and barter it for O

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  11. RKE12 December 2019 at 08:54

    20 D PRONE does not lead to SUPINE as they are exact opposites. This clue has to have an antonym indicator

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    1. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 08:58

      they are contronym, favprites of setters. as "lying flat" they mean same. in relation to face (upward or downward) they become opposites.

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    2. Chaturvasi12 December 2019 at 12:39

      I agree with RKE. I don't quite agree with sree_sree. In other words, prone is not equal to supine. There must be some other def that might lead to PRONE before the solver sees that it doesn't fit with the wp and then finds SUPINE.

      Also, I think grammar requires "prone to drinking" not drink.

      Delete
  12. AshokJayanti12 December 2019 at 08:57

    Familial-am=filial

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  13. sree_sree12 December 2019 at 09:00

    18a deliberate misdirection! altered as restricted (-in) could be just containment indicator.

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  14. Chaturvasi12 December 2019 at 10:34

    RKE and other visitors here, why don't you introduce yourself with name, place of residence, profession, and any other detail that you may like to add?
    If it's Jaggu, a very infrequent commenter, I know who it is.
    But not with so many 'handles'.
    For increased camaraderie that Cdr spoke of yesterday, new commenters are advised to click on 'New members' above and post bio.

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    1. jaggu12 December 2019 at 15:07

      Thanks for remembering me.I do lurk around. I do the crossword in the evening,by which time most of the discussion is over.

      Delete
  15. Amita Baviskar12 December 2019 at 12:15

    Enjoyed this! Some good twisty clues today. Thank you, Skuldugger.

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  16. Prasanna Rao12 December 2019 at 13:05

    6a.....COULD NOT GET THE ANNO. Skuldugger or Col can reveal. However the puzzle which is too essential for the generation ....FILIAL

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    1. Prasanna Rao12 December 2019 at 13:29

      as mentioned by Paddy @ 8:49 TB could be proper anno. I perceive from Paddy that interrupted by (It)alians. i.e between T()B and after B() is it so!!

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    2. Padmanabhan12 December 2019 at 15:17

      T IT B IT

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    3. Padmanabhan12 December 2019 at 15:21

      6A- Prasad has given anno at 8.30
      w.r.to relatives- familial. - am gives filial.
      Mother gets up & leaves- Ma=< (gets up is the reversal indicator) which is generally commented on in Ac. clue

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    4. Prasanna Rao12 December 2019 at 16:00

      Thanks Paddy.good to know this. I learned that I have to go into deep.

      Delete
  17. Vasant12 December 2019 at 18:10

    Late evening solve for me. A big struggle too.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao12 December 2019 at 21:38

      Busy day for me too. Didn't have time to solve.
      Returned from hospital just now. My brother had to undergo surgery.
      But the grid seemed tough.

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  18. Col_Gopinath12 December 2019 at 18:12

    New members if interested in posting their biodata under the members link may send it to be by mail as only one of the admins can edit that page. Prassanna's details were added there by me few days ago.

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  19. Chaturvasi12 December 2019 at 19:33

    Not sure if 24a is ok.
    When AA is interrupted by BB, BB goes into AA. So we get ABBAe
    Snack consumption interrupted by Italians
    Here it seems IT IT don't go into TB. One IT interrupts, but the other follows TB.
    Is this comment nitpicking?
    Is there any other view?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao12 December 2019 at 21:40

      +1. Only one Italian was consumed by [!!] consumption.

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  20. Padmanabhan12 December 2019 at 22:13

    Yes. As per the clue it is
    T IT IT B

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