Tuesday, 3 March 2020

No 12873, Tuesday 03 Mar 2020, Afterdark


ACROSS
9   Guts people have to follow a second class party (7) ABDOMEN {A}{B}{DO}{MEN}
10 Commercial goods kept outside; middlemen taking time using small gimmicks (7) GADGETS {G}{AD}{G}{mEn}{T}{S}
11 Aunts dance without hesitation on seasons (7) AUTUMNS {AUT{UM}NS*}
12 Start deal (4,3) LEAD OFF DEAL* [RA]
13 Creature is warm; hotter when exposed timelessly (9) EARTHWORM {WARM+HOTtER}*
15 Spin taking wickets in rough? Likely to start with (5) TWIRL Acrostic
16 A copper being on trial is most serious (7) ACUTEST {A}{CU}{TEST}
19 Note to general hospital; Tally often stringently (7) TIGHTLY {TI}{GH}{TaLlY}
20 Dance is strange, gets to a bad start; atrocious primarily (5) RUMBA {RUM}{Bad}{At...s}
21 Cattle survives today, by break of day will be taken by heartless cook (9) LIVESTOCK {LIVES}{TOday}{CooK}
25 Soup is broth boiled without some salt and clove (7) BORSCHT {BROTH+Salt+Cl...s}*
26 Partying? Take a drink first in vehicle, say (7) CHARIOT {RIOT}<=>{CHA}
28 White amongst coloured is culpable in a way to give up power (3,4) CUE BALL CULpABLE*
29 I am entering new casino in European city (7) NICOSIA {I} in {CASINO}*

DOWN
1   Man has dues. Get some capital (6) HARARE {A}{RAR} in {HE} (Addendum - {AR}{AR} in {HE} - See comments)
2   Boss in news having wrong diet? It’s shown first on recipe (6) EDITOR {DIET}*{On}{R}
3   Religious leader will reveal his heart on Monday morning (4) IMAM {hIs}{M}{AM}
4   Somehow no clues on money spent in world body (6) UNESCO {NO+ClUES}*
5   Perhaps a regulation to have silver? Over time to keep fifty ingots primarily (3,5) AGE LIMIT {AG}{E{L}{In...s}MIT<=}
6   Saw a sign held by worker inside school mentioning good points (10) ADVANTAGES {AD{V}{ANT}AGE{S}
7   Hefner starting to distribute editions barring one Playboy, say (8) HEDONIST {He...r}{EDiTIONS*}
8   Advantageously America caught Laden; top enemy confined fifty years (8) USEFULLY {US}{En..y}{FULL}{Y}  What's the role of fifty?
14 Order to hit detailed. Time to take bridge front to back and pound (10) HIERARCHAL {HIt}{ERA}{(-a)RCH(+a)A}{L}
16 Exercise a right with internal energy, only with pen and words finally (8) AEROBICS {A}{E}{R}{O}{BIC}{w..dS}
17 Breakfast food given to royal (Keto without egg) taken by high-income consumers (8) UPMARKET {UPMA}{R}{KETo}
18 I puked little spurious beer; Obvious (8) TELLTALE {LiTTLE*}{ALE}
22 6100 peacekeepers to catch an animal (6) VICUNA {VI}{C}{UN}{A}
23 Over time, internet operating system gets erratic primarily and becomes ineffective (6) OTIOSE {O}{T}{IOS}{Er...c}
24 Duffel with Reverend for part of mountaineering (3,3) KIT BAG Anno pending (Addendum - bit cag to kit bag- See comments)
27 Playful child is seen on a road (4) ARCH {A}{R}{CH}

Reference List
Second class = B, Party = DO, Good = G, Time = T, Small = S, Note = TI, General Hospital = GH, Power = P, Dues = RAR (Running Account Receipt), Recipe = R, Monday = M, Money = L(Pound), Fifty = L, Year = Y, Right = R, Energy = E, Royal = R, Hundred = C, Over = O, Child = CH, Road = R


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  1. RKE3 March 2020 at 08:31

    Ms. Angela VICUNA, a famous educator from NICOSIA was to take over as Director of the UNESCO field office located in an UPMARKET area of HARARE in the AUTUMN of 2019. A welcome ARCH had been put up and the LEAD OFF event in the programme was a RUMBA dance with African dancers TWIRLing to traditional tunes. An IMAM, the EDITOR of a local Arabic daily gave the welcome address. The educator, in her chief guest's address, spoke of the ADVANTAGES of bringing down the AGE LIMIT of children for school admission from the present 7 years to 5. She also proposed a scheme to distribute modern electronic GADGETS to the OTIOSE African schoolchildren to be employed by them USEFULLY in furthering their education, instead of just attending to LIVESTOCK.
    AFTER DARK, in the dinner that followed, she was served BORSCHT, the Zimbabwean version being made with EARTHWORM. This odd ingredient caused the ACUTEST stomach pain she had ever had. She clutched her ABDOMEN TIGHTLY and was taken by ambulance but the vehicle moved at a slow CHARIOT pace through the thick traffic. The emergency nurse in the ambulance gave her an injection from her KITBAG. That saved her life, and she not only lived to TELL the TALE, but was back to doing AEROBICS the next morning.

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  2. RKE3 March 2020 at 08:33

    RAR was new to me

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    1. Prasanna Rao3 March 2020 at 12:44

      we often used RA for Running account to check the bills and trace-ability. might be setter mentioned with ack...as receipt.

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  3. Padmanabhan3 March 2020 at 08:45

    +1 for RAR

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    1. sree_sree3 March 2020 at 08:50

      I took as AR/AR. Accounts receivable.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 March 2020 at 09:12

      +1 Prasad,
      There is no abbreviation as RAR

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    3. Suresh3 March 2020 at 09:24

      That is right

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    4. Col_Gopinath3 March 2020 at 10:27

      In MES (Military Engineering Services) we have the term RAR which is used for by contractors to submit their bills for work done.

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    5. Col_Gopinath3 March 2020 at 10:29

      However how does dues become ARAR? If Dues = Accounts Receivable it should be just AR

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    6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 March 2020 at 10:31

      Col,
      AR is due and dues is AR+AR
      Just as goods=G+G in 10AC

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    7. Col_Gopinath3 March 2020 at 11:19

      Dictionary says AR is Accounts Receivable not Account receivable

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    8. sree_sree3 March 2020 at 11:23

      Still its receivable (as collective), due.

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    9. Amita Baviskar3 March 2020 at 12:33

      Hmm. Not entirely persuaded by this.

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  4. sree_sree3 March 2020 at 08:52

    8d caught laden:ful (~full). Deliberate or may be to fit surface

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  5. sree_sree3 March 2020 at 08:53

    I always stay away from reverend given a choice.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 March 2020 at 09:14

      In this case, it may have been a mistake unless AD explains.
      I feel the def. is part of the mountaineering
      It may be a spoonerism of BIG CAT

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    2. Suresh3 March 2020 at 09:26

      It is spoonerism of big cag. Youcan look up cag in the dictionary

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 March 2020 at 09:28

      Where is the sound for T in this Sureshgaru?

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    4. Padmanabhan3 March 2020 at 09:46

      Maybe he meant bit cag.

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    5. sree_sree3 March 2020 at 09:51

      Gagbit to baggit to bag kit is spoonerism. Mountaineering is just ascending indicator to kit bag. My take.But I feel spoonerism has become abracadabra.

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    6. Shrikanth3 March 2020 at 10:18

      Sorry last word missing in the clue. It was part of mountaineering attire. Part of for Bit and Cag (cagoule) for mountaineering attire. Didn't really know it happened. Idea was to keep Duffel bag as a part of mountaineering attire.

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  6. Padmanabhan3 March 2020 at 08:56

    From earthworm to aerobics and the setter,the tale tells all! Hara hare!!

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  7. D N M Rao3 March 2020 at 09:54

    To get to seasons Aunts should dance with, but not without hesitation I believe, as Autumns without hesitation gives relative. Someone pl clarify.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 March 2020 at 10:33

      You can perhaps consider it as Composite Anagram [CA]?

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    2. sree_sree3 March 2020 at 11:25

      Without = outside (archaic but fav to setters). Aunt* outside hesitation (um)

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    3. Padmanabhan3 March 2020 at 11:32

      AD uses this frequently.

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    4. D N M Rao3 March 2020 at 12:32

      & is used mostly in conjunction with within, I think

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  8. AJ3 March 2020 at 10:07

    Got all but 17 dn. Upma never came to my mind though I take it often as breakfast food.

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  9. Sujatha3 March 2020 at 10:23

    10A, goods gives 2 Gs? And, what gives AD? Could someone please help explain? Thanks.

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  10. D N M Rao3 March 2020 at 10:32

    I remember a couple of weeks back we got an Abdomen with guts - "a bad sign"?

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    1. D N M Rao3 March 2020 at 10:41

      I may venture another clue: 'Sailor to work with people to have guts'.

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  11. C.G. BHARGAV3 March 2020 at 10:53

    Humour in uniform

    The EDITOR of a humour magazine with a TELLTALE KITBAG and a dress TIGHTLY worn over his ABDOMEN entered an UPMARKET AEROBICS centre...

    A young woman mistook him for an IMAM and asked him what will happen to him when he went up there.

    I will be in the company of RUMBA Oorvasi etc and a jolly good time.

    And me?

    In the company of monkeys...

    Why for me monkeys here and there?

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  12. Padmanabhan3 March 2020 at 11:31

    Good monkey trick by CGB.

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  13. Amita Baviskar3 March 2020 at 12:42

    I didn't get 1D and 14D. In 14D: HIERARCHICAL is an adjective. The clue has "Order" which can only be a noun or verb. Where is the indicator for adj.?

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  14. Prasanna Rao3 March 2020 at 12:55

    srikanth sir.....amazing puzzles. esp..6d,14d and 22d....Puzzle 1d...I have taken much time.glad to know new words. Tnx to col.sir. glad to know your MES exp.

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  15. raju umamaheswar3 March 2020 at 17:34

    What can I comment on this deletions & additions puzzle? NO COMMENTS .

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  16. Padmanabhan3 March 2020 at 17:44

    Expecting this comment!

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  17. R Nagendra Prasad3 March 2020 at 20:14

    My COD : 28A. AD at his BEST.

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  18. Pushpangathan3 March 2020 at 20:54

    Very difficult and cofusing

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