Friday 27 December 2019

No 12827, Friday 27 Dec 2019, Hypatia


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 ACROSS
9   No actor got this kind of movie (8,7) ANIMATED CARTOON {NO+ACTOR}* [RA]
10 Actively lead revolutionary struggle before harsh treatment (3,4) RAW DEAL {LEAD}*<=>}{WAR<=}
11 By and large, UK, for one, is outside EU, at last (7) USUALLY {US ALLY} over {eU}
12 Spooner’s sped past packs of Arctic animals (4,5) BLUE FOXES (~flew boxes)
14 Gruff Arctic dog (5) HUSKY [DD]
17 Mark Twain’s plot changed show (7) SPLOTCH [T]
19 Exactly near main tourist location (4,3) DEAD SEA {DEAD}{SEA}
21 Supply, it can crawl without support (5) CATER CATERpillar
23 Place for visitors to check out? (9) RECEPTION [CD]
25 Curtail banter to ban fool? (7) HALFWIT {HALF}{WIT}
27 Walking outfit (7) LEGGING [DD]
30 Take out drawing tip near Joan Miro, perhaps (8,7)  ABSTRACT PAINTER {ABSTRACT){TIP+NEAR}*

DOWN
1   Just softly pushed out loud couple (4) PAIR (-f+p)PAIR
2   Fight with woman's outlook (4) VIEW {VIE}{W}
3   What one on trial should do — lose one’s temper? (4,1,3) HAVE A FIT [DD]
4   Feel sick, going through doctor’s prescription? It’s a natural reaction! (6) REFLEX {R{FEEL*}X}
5   Wretched queen blamed nurses (8) ACCURSED {ACCU{R}SED}
6   Bear hugging river duck (6) CROUCH {C{R}OUCH}
7   Shout in Hindi, started by parliamentarian (4) HOWL {Hi..i}{OWL}
8   Resent messenger delivering nothing (4) ENVY ENV0Y
12 Is A, B...C possibly this? (5) BASIC* &lit
13 Dull if not drunk (5) UNLIT [C&DD]
15 Charge that woman picked up for Japanese food (5) SUSHI (~sue she)
16 Long story about earth (5) YEARN {Y{E}ARN}
18 Plebiscite re-held suppressing rising dissidents (8) HERETICS [T<=]
20 Encourage boring 1 playing ordinary broken chord (8) ARPEGGIO {ARP{EGG}I*}{O}
22 Say artist picked up prize (6) REWARD<=
24 Chaplin didn’t finish playing dictator (6) CALIPH CHAPLIn*
25 Wife left cereal in microwave (4) HEAT wHEAT
26 Look before stone is misplaced (4) LOST {LO}{ST}
28 Hypatia? Not otherwise keen! (4) INTO {I}{NOT}*
29 Crow over clothing (4) GARB<=

Reference List
Softly = P, Loud = F, Woman = W, Queen = R, River = R, Earth = E,  Ordinary = O, Wife = W


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55 comments:

  1. D N M Rao27 December 2019 at 07:16

    2Dn VIEW - Vie+w
    10Ac RAW DEAL - War(<=) Deal
    14Ac HUSKY - Husky(gruff)
    16Dn YEARN - YE(arth)arn
    23Ac RECEPTION (DD)

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  2. Brajesh27 December 2019 at 07:25

    24d caliph from chapli

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    1. Sowmya27 December 2019 at 09:41

      Well solved. A couple of pointers for your reference - The way to indicate an anagram is by using a little asterisk “*” sign next to the letters being anagrammed - or Fodder. The way to indicate a deletion is to show the letter(s) being deleted within brackets and in small case.

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  3. Prasanna Rao27 December 2019 at 07:48

    16d...YEartARN.....yearn
    12d....BASIC.....from Is A B C
    23a....Reception

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    1. Deepak Gopinath27 December 2019 at 08:56

      Anno for 23A?

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    2. Prasanna Rao27 December 2019 at 13:58

      23a...Reception..MD...Multiple Definition. Checkout often seen in Hotel @ reception.

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  4. Viresh Ratnakar27 December 2019 at 07:57

    9a. ANIMATED CARTOON. RA of NO ACTOR. Fun clue!

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  5. RKE27 December 2019 at 08:20

    30a ABSTRACT PAINTER, take out = abstract, ~tipnear = painter, defn: Joan Miro
    7D HOWL H from Hindi and a group of owls is called parliament
    12a BLUE FOXES ( Spoonerism of FLEW BOXES indicated by sped past packs);defn arctic animals

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  6. RKE27 December 2019 at 08:23

    8D ENVy nothing O missing from ENVOY messenger, defn: resent
    17A SPLOTCH ( Telescopic) defn: mark

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  7. RKE27 December 2019 at 08:25

    Happy to have completed Hypatia in good time.

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    1. Sowmya27 December 2019 at 09:36

      Well done👏👏 Watch out though - this makes it sufficient to move you out of the “rookie” corner :):)

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    2. RKE27 December 2019 at 10:14

      How I wish that would happen daily madam! Ok may be I will still qualify as a newbie than as a rookie. Thanks for the tip on annotating symbols

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    3. Sowmya27 December 2019 at 23:21

      You’re welcome Doctor. Wish you a complete grid every day for 2020

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  8. Remy27 December 2019 at 09:06

    21 a Cater-Supply.Cater(pillar-)
    support.
    13 d Unlit-dull.un lit-Not drunk.
    5 d. Accursed.blamed-accused.queen-R.accuRsed.Wretched
    18 d Heretics. plebiSCITE RE HEld. Dissidents

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  9. Shyam27 December 2019 at 09:16

    9A ANIMATED CARTOON
    11A US(U)ALLY
    5D ACCU(R)SED
    6D C(R)OUCH
    18D HERETICS (in reverse)
    29D GARB- brag from right to left

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    1. Deepak Gopinath27 December 2019 at 09:26

      What's the Anno for 9A? Please mention your name as well, in the comment, in case your comment shows up as 'Unknown'

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  10. Brajesh27 December 2019 at 10:14

    22d reward prize - award-a(artist picked up) say- Re

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  11. Brajesh27 December 2019 at 10:17

    25d heat cereal wheat - w (put in microwave to heat

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  12. sivaram27 December 2019 at 10:22

    4dn REFLEX def natural reaction. feel anagram. RX is doctors prescription

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  13. sivaram27 December 2019 at 10:34

    27ac LEGGING. DD

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  14. Kolluru Koteswara Rao27 December 2019 at 12:06

    19AC DEAD SEA [def. tourist location]
    exactly=dead; main=sea

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  15. cdrgani2927 December 2019 at 12:08

    19A Dead sea(exactly is Dead and main is sea)

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  16. cdrgani2927 December 2019 at 12:11

    25A Halfwit(half is curtail and wit is banter)

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  17. armchairamus27 December 2019 at 12:16

    1d Fair - softly(P) pushed out, loud(F)
    3d Have a fit

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  18. cdrgani2927 December 2019 at 12:16

    3D have a fit( take a dress trial and the other meaning is losing temper)

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  19. cdrgani2927 December 2019 at 12:19

    26D Lost( lo is look and st for stone)

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  20. armchairamus27 December 2019 at 12:20

    19d Dead Sea - Exactly, Main=Sea.

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  21. cdrgani2927 December 2019 at 12:22

    28D into(iis setter and nto is not otherwise-anagram)

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  22. armchairamus27 December 2019 at 12:27

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  23. Vasant27 December 2019 at 13:36

    15d SUSHU ~(Sue She)

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  24. Padmanabhan27 December 2019 at 13:39

    4D- reflex- Natural reaction
    R(FEEL)*X, RX being doctor's prescription.
    Nice one.
    Happy to see so many good solves though on the tougher side.
    Thank you Hypatia.

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    1. Prasanna Rao27 December 2019 at 13:49

      outstanding anno...Gr8 paddy. yes. In doctor prescription (Rx) now a days concealed. Thanks to Hypatia such an excellent puzzles.

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    2. Sowmya27 December 2019 at 23:23

      Glad you enjoyed it and Plus +1 - Well
      Done solvers for getting so many correct.

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    3. Sowmya27 December 2019 at 23:27

      Thanks Prasanna Rao 🙏

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  25. Satyen Nabar27 December 2019 at 15:12

    20D ARP(EGG)I* + O

    Encourage= egg
    Boring= insertion ind
    1= Pair (1D answer is Pair)
    Playing= anag ind
    Ordinary= O
    Broken chord= defn

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  26. Padmanabhan27 December 2019 at 15:29

    Well deciphered Doc. I missed the 1D part and was waiting for anno,though I got the word.
    Couple of tricky ones today including capitalised Mark Twain.

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  27. Padmanabhan27 December 2019 at 15:31

    22D- Artist- Drawer <=. Picked up is the reversal indicator.
    Prize= Reward

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  28. Unknown27 December 2019 at 15:45

    22d REWARD AR from artist and DREW
    syn of picked up AR+DREW - prize

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  29. raju umamaheswar27 December 2019 at 18:58

    Hypatia in a frolicsome mood . HOWL is what our MPs are known for,accursed as the people who elected them.
    I liked the word UNLIT as one who is not drunk. Where do you classify this type of a clue ? Contranym ? Yes indeed, ABC IS basic. Letters danced in front of my eyes.I saw GRAB - BRAG in the Times cryptic today. Brag,grab garbled and garbled! CHAPLIN will turn in his grave if he were to become a Caliph.

    Symphony of dancing letters, thanks Sowmyaji.

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    1. Vasant27 December 2019 at 20:58

      Chaplin did become The Great Dictator😉

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao27 December 2019 at 22:49

      That's good one, Vasant!

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    3. Sowmya27 December 2019 at 23:26

      Thanks Rajuji for the prolific summary. Enjoyed reading it. Missed your comments in yesterday’s grid - hope you managed to complete it too.

      @Vasant - Yes Indeed - you zoned it perfectly on the implied reference in the surface story :)

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