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Thursday, 29 October 2020

No 13079, Thursday 29 Oct 2020, Arden

Solution to 4D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS
6   Toll for the man in church (5) CHIME {C{HIM}E}
7   Run, some are crushed like a bunch of grapes (8) RACEMOSE {RACE}{SOME*}
10 Puzzles females wearing cotton, perhaps... (7) BAFFLES {BA{FF}LES}
11 ... if they stimulate one of them (7) WHETHER [C&DD]
12 Becomes clear, American city follows crime (7) LARCENY {CLEAR*}{NY}
13 Old official carrying note — it’s all gas (7) METHANE {THANE}<=>{ME}
14 Absolving old sailor — one is involved (11) EXONERATING {EX}{ONE}{RATING}
19 Sack from the French city of yore (7) DESTROY {DES}{TROY}
21 East of Berlin moneybags can’t fly (7) OSTRICH {OST}{RICH}
23 After revolution liberators lost IRA support (7) BOLSTER {LiBEraTORS}*
25 Alfilaria — every other issue is an affair (7) LIAISON {aLfIlArIa}{SON}
26 Fight over land, one’s taken away mineral (8) FELDSPAR {SPAR}<=>{FiELD}
27 Child is sick, gets cold (5) CHILL {CH}{ILL}

DOWN
1   Service pneumatic drive (3,5) AIR FORCE {AIR}{FORCE}
2   Enemy takes measure of the rim (6) FELLOE {F{ELL}OE}
3   Minister’s house damaged by trees in question (10) PRESBYTERY {PR{BY+TREES}*Y}
4   Boat is slower, taken separately (4) ?C?W (Addendum - SCOW {S(lower = cow)COW} - See commnts)
5   In a detailed manner ask the man his complaint (6) ASTHMA {ASk}{THe}{MAn}
6   Metal business by Latvian (6) COBALT {CO}{B}{A}{LT} Not sure of anno (Addendum - {CO}{BALT} - See comments)
8   Current carrying master switch for conductors (7) MAESTRI {I}<=>{MASTER}*
9   Move slowly — after first count another count comes up (5) CREEP {Co..t}{PEER<=}
13 Make a world fit for a flyer (6,4) MEADOW LARK*
15 Sorted out internal energy and unit of magnetic field strength (7) OERSTED {SORTED}* over {E}
16 Appreciates help — that’s denied (8) GAINSAID {GAINS}{AID}
17 Bother to live in a mud hut (5) ADOBE {ADO}{BE}
18 Cut up having woman cleaner (6) PHENOL {P{HEN}OL<=}
20 Fix everything in a helmet (6) SALLET {S{ALL}ET}
22 Stupor in Goa, perhaps (6) TRANCE  [DD]
24 Riveted to music tempo (4) RAPT {RAP}{T}

Reference List
Church = CE, Female = F, Note = ME, From in French = DES, East in German = OST, Child = CH, Measure = ELL, Current = I, Energy = E, Tempo = T


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18 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath29 October 2020 at 08:35

    Gowri has some late night queries in yesterday's blog. Anyone can take them on.

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  2. Karthik29 October 2020 at 08:43

    slower taken separately is s + lower . lower means a cow . so scow

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  3. sree_sree29 October 2020 at 08:43

    11a I took as charade. Stimulate:whet. One of them (non-gender) her.

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    1. R Nagendra Prasad29 October 2020 at 10:20

      +2 Brilliant. Sree sree comes out with alternatives.

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    2. Anonymous29 October 2020 at 19:41

      I also parsed it like that only

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  4. Satyen Nabar29 October 2020 at 08:46

    6D Anno is CO + BALT
    Business= Co
    Balt= Native of a Baltic state like Latvia.

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    1. sree_sree29 October 2020 at 08:48

      Shouldn't there be "perhaps". Balts, as Baltic people is the Gen usage.

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    2. ranger29 October 2020 at 10:15

      Perhaps, yes

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    3. Anonymous29 October 2020 at 19:42

      Latvians are called balts. I googled it to cross check.

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  5. Padmanabhan29 October 2020 at 08:58

    18D- Hen from woman?

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  6. Padmanabhan29 October 2020 at 09:20

    Detailed- take the tails off!

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  7. R Nagendra Prasad29 October 2020 at 10:22

    Generous fare from Arden today. Enlightening all the same. Recorded faster time for Arden's puzzles.

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  8. Ganesh29 October 2020 at 15:00

    I’m a newbie. I have some questions about the Reference List. Why is Church=CE, Note=ME, and Measure=ELL. Thanks.

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    1. Chaturvasi29 October 2020 at 16:32

      Look up CE, Me and Ell in a dictionary and you will discover the answers yourself. If the blogger takes one step (good enough, I would say), be prepared to take one step yourself. Don't expect to be spoonfed. If one says sari = a woman's garment, we shouldn't ask 'why?'. We need to look up a dictionary and learn what a woman is and what a garment is. So also here. If you look up ell' you will learn something.. You will learn what a 'measure' is. Further knowledg will come if you explore further. Give him an inch, and he'll take an ell. What is an ell? What is our Tamil muzham?

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    2. Padmanabhan29 October 2020 at 19:33

      Think of Do,Re,Me....

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    3. Ganesh30 October 2020 at 11:00

      Thanks. I looked it up. Gotcha.

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