Tuesday 17 December 2019

No 12808, Tuesday 17 Dec 2019, KrisKross


ACROSS
1   Preserve jam (6) PICKLE [DD}
4   Married criminal reaches jail with everyone evacuated (8) CONJUGAL {CON}{JUG}{AlL}
10 Left that old, boring, extremely tiresome game (6-3) TWENTY ONE {WENT}{YON} in {Ti...mE}
11 Jack escaped from work using influence (5) LOBBY Anno pending
12 War cries from rebellious Nazi base, mostly (7) BANZAIS {NAZI+BASe}*
13 Support provided by fine dog (7) MASTIFF {MAST}{IF}{F}
14 English ruler struggling to make supplies last (5) EKING {E}{KING}
15 The Don is temporarily protecting a pleasure-seeker (8) HEDONIST*
18 Paul came around offering an apology (3,5) MEA CULPA*
20 Study short, lively dance (5) CONGA {CON}{GAy}
23 Many English men put out (7) UMPTEEN {E+MEN+PUT}*
25 Working in public transport systems yields extra benefits (7) BONUSES {B{ON}USES}
26 Planet very close to earth, orbiting sun (5) VENUS {V}{E}{SUN<=}
27 At the banks of Danube, setter participated in match and had a fun time (4,5) MADE MERRY {ME}{Da...bE} in {MARRY}
28 Precipitation — a drop of rain — remains on head (8) RASHNESS {Rain}{ASH}{NESS}
29 Groom stole away to get married, essentially (6) OSTLER {STOLE*}{marRied}

DOWN
1   After work is over, proposes drinks (8) POTABLES {OP<=}{TABLES}
2   City is nice, and mostly hot — melting! (7) CHENNAI {NICE+ANd+H}*
3   Dull love-life’s starting to suffer? Charge it! (9) LETHARGIC {Lo...e}{CHARGE+IT}*
5   I won’t allow this location of funeral service? (4,2,4,4) OVER MY DEAD BODY [DD]
6   Shocks student in BITS (5) JOLTS {JO{L}TS}
7   Craze over containers for miscellaenous items (7) GUBBINS {BUG<=}{BINS}
8   Termination of a fly in motion (6) LAYOFF*
9   Famous people in institutions, about to apply control over North America (9,5) HOUSEHOLD NAMES {HO{USE}{HOLD}{NA}MES}
16 Familiar addresses to steal by illegal means (9) NICKNAMES {NICK}{MEANS*}
17 Pessimist wasted many years losing money (8) NAYSAYER {mANY+YEARS}*
19 Old pots containing many balloons (7) EXPANDS {EX}{PAN{D}S}
21 A breathtaking passage (7) NOSTRIL [CD]
22 Queen, say, makes a shrill sound (6) QUAVER {QU}{AVER}
24 A bit of smog possibly seen around German city (5) ESSEN {Smog} in {SEEN}*

Reference List
Fine = F, English = E, Very = V, Hot = H, Student = L, Money = M, Many = D, Queen = QU


27 comments:

  1. 15A is a telescopic clue and not anagram, Colonel. tHE DON IS Temporarily, with protecting as telescopic ind

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    1. Right now on the move to Tarn Tarn and Amritsar, will amend the blog later

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  2. 11A is wrong, my apologies.
    The intended clue was Newbie Jack escaped from work using influence
    L + (-J)OB + BY (using)
    Wordplay for L got missed out :(

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  3. Nice puzzle KrisKross. Missed BANZAIS, GUBBINS. Got TWENTY ONE from crossings but had to google it. I only know of a card game called 28

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  4. Thanks Ramki for the entertainment.
    Waiting in the lobby for looooong for sundries!!!

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  5. Very nice grid as usual from Ramki.

    Particularly Liked 10A, 13A, 26A (my COTD), 1D, 2D (is it that nice?, I wonder), 8D(another COTD) and 21D among others

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  6. Nice Puzzle! Liked Over My Dead Body, Mea Culpa, Nostril among many good clues. Thanks KrisKross.

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    1. +i
      I would like to add Rashness and naysayer also.
      Thank you Ramki.

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  7. 4a and 29a, tauba tauba!
    21d was really breathtaking.
    9d i had hous(hold)(nam)es. but i realise COL anno is the one.
    19d had n for many, but the filled in the answer without focussing on anno.
    nice morning jog, ramki. thanks

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  8. To think that I missed out on Chennai!! I always make the mistake of attaching 'mostly' to the next word (here it is hot) Nicely done anyway.

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  9. I was fooled for a long time with the capitalisation of BITS. Easily attached to it since my daughter studied there.

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  10. 10AC I remember we used to play twenty-one card game in our childhood days. We called it in our place [AP] by name 'NUX [or knucks or some other homophone sound].
    I googled for this name but didn't get. Can anyone share their experience with this game?
    Probably, Prasad can throw more light?
    Thanks in advance.

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    1. Those matters, "ramudu manchi baludu" (ram is a good boy). but heard the homophone nas/yas (dutch import). but in relation to variant of bridge/trump (unnis/bees/ikkis/unthees)

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  11. Got them all except the upper right hand corner! Fun clues. Thanks.

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  12. I dont know why , GUBBINS reminded me of a PGW character.
    Again, LAYOFF , I thought , a two word , with a hyphen or is it used here as a noun LAYOFF?
    QUAVER is shrill ? I thought it meant to quake? POTABLES can be plural too ?
    All in all, a crispy one from KrissKros .

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    1. M-W defines potable as a noun as well
      Definition of potable (Entry 2 of 2)
      : a liquid that is suitable for drinking
      especially : an alcoholic beverage

      2) I used layoff (single word) in the noun form. The verb form is "lay off" (ref M-W)

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    2. I used QUAVER as noun (a shrill sound)

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    3. I think only quiver is quake and not quaver. Am I right?

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    4. Followed CV's advice and referred to dic.
      Quiver has 2 meanings- shake/ quiver of arrows.

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  13. Are CONJUGAL and MARRIED proper synonyms?

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    1. Yes. Chambers has those two as synonyms

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    2. Could you please show me how it works in a sentence?

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    3. e.g. "... enjoyed a conjugal life..." and "...enjoyed a married life..." are synonymous usages.

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  14. Thank you everyone for the comments and feedback.

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