Saturday 25 January 2020

No 12841 , Saturday 25 Jan 2020, Afterdark

Apologies as I started late, so lots of holes for folks to fill up
ACROSS
1   Payroll IDs of employees finally got corrected a day post FY end (5,5,3) APRIL FOOLS DAY {A}{PAYROLL+ID+OF+employeeS*}
10 Endless road? Timeless record is fitting (9) ACCESSORY {ACCESs}{StORY}
11 Subject of story has good engagement, to begin with (5) LIEGE {LIE}{G}{Engagement}
12 Road network in city... (5) MILAN {MI}{LAN}
13 ...usually messes city layout to include parking lots (9) TYPICALLY {CITY+LAY+PL*} ?
14 Fight in bar to prevent refund of money at close (6) NEARBY {BAR*}in {YEN<=}
16 Murderer overwhelms boy in room (5) CABIN {CA{B}IN}
19 Coach tweets often on group of eight (5) OCTET {cOaCh TwEeTs}
20 To eliminate lad in adrenalin rush is more stupid (6) INANER {adRENAlIN*}
25 Confession through a direct message is, is retracted often heartlessly (9) ADMISSION {A}{DM}{IS}{SI<=}{OfteN}
26 Man drowned in liquor has watery discharge from eyes (5) RHEUM {R{HE}UM}
27 Roshanara iterated about holding crown (5) TIARA (T<=)
28 Uncovered ring; leading protest en masse, nationalists/fascists outmanoeuvred (4-5) OPEN-FACED {O}{Protest}{Enmasse}{Nationalists}{Fascists}{ACED}
29 A sober man’s morning begins energetically; totally a miracle, lifeless however (2,3,4,4) AT THE SAME TIME {A}{T T}{HE S}{AM}{Energetically} {Totally}[I}{MiraclE}

DOWN
2   Special exercise given to copper to catch perjurer (8) PECULIAR {PE}{CU}{LIAR}
3   A book, with extreme suspense written by new playwright (5) IBSEN {I}{B}{SuspensE}{N}
4   Exhibits on parade showing fast food, perhaps is hiding a line (6) FLOATS {F}{L}{OATS}
5   Say, Leander Paes is against alimony, with Pillai beginning to fight (8) OLYMPIAN {ALIMONY+Pillai*}
6   Choice in polls comes after collecting freebies ultimately (9) SELECTION {freebieS}{ELECTION}
7   Ancient lodge in ruins at the gateway to Athens (3-3) AGE-OLD {Athens}{LODGE*}
8   Cocktail experts in pub, at closing are mingling with men from the borders (6) BARMEN {puB}{ARE+MeN*}
9   Royals often go after billions, primarily extracting mineral (5) BERYL {B}{Extraxting}{RoYaLs}
15 Support cut symbolically? (9) BACKSLASH {BACK}{SLASH}
17 Perhaps, an NRI, on tours starts late, becomes anxious (8) DESIROUS {DESI}{tOURS*}
18 It’s not crime to mingle and have communication within office, perhaps (8) INTERCOM {NOT+CRIME*}
21 Thin? Getting married could cure (6) REMEDY {RE{M}EDY}
22 Cake for father given by middle-eastern tenant at the end of birthday (5) PATTY {PA}{easTern}{T}{birthdaY}
23 Mark served ultimatum to leave MIT (6) UMLAUT {ULtimATUM*}
24 Italian monk’s seminal work lacking substance (6) ANSELM {SEMiNAL*}
26 Creep flirts often. Fix (5) REFIT {cReEp FlIrTs}


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29 comments:

  1. RKE25 January 2020 at 08:31

    EQUIPMENT to scan baggage there has not been REPAIRED for ages.
    In the AGE OLD days, the ancient OLYMPIANS were TYPICALLY awarded an olive branch twisted in to a crown. This was considered more precious than a TIARA studded with gems like BERYL. St.ANSELM from MILAN or somewhere NEARBY, felt nothing could be INANER and introduced gold medals. AT THE SAME TIME, for those DESIROUS of some winding down after the game, AFTER DARK the BARMEN provided ADMISSION to a private CABIN that had a SELECTION of the finest wines, a sure REMEDY for those aching limbs.

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  2. Col_Gopinath25 January 2020 at 08:33

    10A - ACCESSORY (ACCES(-s)}{S(-t)ORY}

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  3. RKE25 January 2020 at 08:33

    Sorry a bit if yesterday's talepiece also here. Read from the second line

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  4. sree_sree25 January 2020 at 08:34

    24d anselm seminal*-i

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  5. Col_Gopinath25 January 2020 at 08:35

    29A AT THE SAME TIME {A}{TT}{HES}{AM}{E(-nergetically)}{T(-otally)}{1}{M(-iracl)E}

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  6. Col_Gopinath25 January 2020 at 08:36

    5D OLYMPIAN {ALIMONY}* over {P(-illai)}

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  7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao25 January 2020 at 08:37

    17DN DESI [-t]ROUS*

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  8. sree_sree25 January 2020 at 08:37

    8d bar m(e)n : coctail experts

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  9. Padmanabhan25 January 2020 at 08:38

    17D- Desirous- (Desi)(rous)
    Perhaps NRI- Desi
    Tours stars late- Tours-T=ROUS

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  10. sree_sree25 January 2020 at 08:39

    14a ye(bar*)n, nearby def:close

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  11. Kolluru Koteswara Rao25 January 2020 at 08:40

    14AC NE[ARB*]Y<

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  12. Padmanabhan25 January 2020 at 08:43

    14A- Nearby- At close
    Fight in bar- (BAR)*-ARB
    Money at close- Y
    NE from to prevent refund?

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  13. Col_Gopinath25 January 2020 at 08:43

    Fodder of 1A needs another A, So I took it as {PAYROLL+ID+OF+(-e...e)S+A}

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  14. Padmanabhan25 January 2020 at 08:44

    So money at close is NEY? How do we justify it?

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  15. Padmanabhan25 January 2020 at 08:44

    YEN?

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  16. Padmanabhan25 January 2020 at 08:51

    24d- ANSELM- (Seminal- I)*- Monk

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  17. Padmanabhan25 January 2020 at 08:52

    Doctor on target as usual.

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  18. RameshJ25 January 2020 at 08:57

    Thanks Col., Prasad, KKr and Paddy for helping out

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao25 January 2020 at 10:01

      Thanks also should go to RKE who cleverly included them in his talepiece

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  19. Padmanabhan25 January 2020 at 10:08

    +1

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  20. D N M Rao25 January 2020 at 11:00

    6Dn should it not be SELECTION?

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  21. Amita Baviskar25 January 2020 at 14:34

    Got them all, but the clues were more wordy than I would have liked. Still, an enjoyable puzzle.

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  22. Vasant25 January 2020 at 17:21

    Missed out on Anselm and Open faced

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  23. Vasant25 January 2020 at 17:37

    Coincidentally 23d is clued in Today's Times as,
    Mutual dealt exceptionally in the German mark (6)

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