Friday 30 October 2020

No 13080, Friday 30 Oct 2020, Arden

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ACROSS
1   Singer lacking note, goes off (3,4,4) NAT KING COLE*
7   Bird protected by her monkey (3) OWL hOWLer
9   Fit into an epic tussle (5) ICTUS [T]
10 Band will repair the damage (9) MEGADEATH* The band doesn't have A in DEATH
11 Went over, have to make it smaller (5,4) SCALE DOWN {SCALED}{OWN}
12 Regularly goes into battle, you bet (5) WAGER {WA{GoEs}R}
13 Managed to do work outside — it warns you of a gas leak (7) ODORANT {TO+DO}* over {RAN}
15 Christmas for Japanese drama student (4) NOEL {NOE}{L} The Japanese drama is NOH?
18 Boast about habit (4) BRAG<=
20 Mindless pursuit for artist to follow (3,4) RAT RACE {RA}{TRACE}
23 Top accommodation by a lake for 19 (5) AERIE {A}{ERIE}
24 Nurtured and dyed outside America (9) SUSTAINED {S{US}TAINED}
26 City is flat and cold in the beginning (9) CLEVELAND {LEVEL}{AND}<=>{C}
27 Melancholy in the air (5) DIRGE [CD]
28 Can return the egg (3) NIT<=
29 Arrest enemy soldier in battle, the German will run away (4,1,6) TAKE A POWDER {TAKE}{A}{POW}{DER}

DOWN
1   Material found in corner, as in order... (8) NAINSOOK {N{AS+IN}*OOK}
2   ... not great shape (8) TETRAGON*
3   Paper without heading is a problem (5) ISSUE tISSUE
4   A dish to be promoted as Wellington, perhaps (7) GUMBOOT {GUMBO}{TO<=}
5   Set one’s heart, say, on a material (7) ORGANON {ORGAN{ON} Material? Seems to be an editing error by Arden, it appears the original word must have been ORGANZA
6   Women tend to develop talent (9) ENDOWMENT*
7   Nothing called the ultimate fruit (6) ORANGE {0}{RANG}{thE}
8   Stories about a hard place in our neighbourhood (6) LAHORE {L{A}{H}ORE}
14 A wave involving people for the accord (9) AGREEMENT {A}{GREE{MEN}T}
16 Collected fish, need to pick up recipe (8) GARNERED {GAR}{NE{R}ED}
17 Bowler — fellow maybe a grade lower (8) HEADGEAR {HE}{A+GRADE}*
19 My god! A programming language for a hunter in the sky! (7) GOSHAWK {GOSH}{AWK}
20 After short stay next to central square, they’re left behind (7) RESIDUA {RESIDe}{sqUAre}
21 Reiterating one’s ability to perform dance (6) CANCAN {CAN}{CAN}

22 Taken separately — it could be passionate (6) ARDENT (i){ARDEN}{T}
25 Sound only under the car (5) AUDIO {O}<=>{AUDI}

Reference List
Student = L, Artist = RA, Cold = C, Hard = H, Recipe = R, Only = O


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74 comments:

  1. raji narayan30 October 2020 at 08:10

    12aregularly goes is ge into battle is war the answer is wager meaning bet

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  2. raji narayan30 October 2020 at 08:12

    9a fit into an epic tussle _ ictus meaning fit is the answer

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  3. Orthopaul30 October 2020 at 08:24

    1ac NAT KING COLE..lacking note*
    2dn TETRAGON...not great*
    6dn ENDOWMENT..women tend*
    25d AUDIO..audi(o) is sound
    24ac SUSTAINED...s(us)tained

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  4. balaji30 October 2020 at 08:28

    13 a Odorant to do ran (managed)
    12 a wager g (o) e (s) war battle

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  5. John George30 October 2020 at 08:43

    17d bowler HEADGEAR fellow HE AGRADE*
    10 AC Band MEGADEATH - THEDAMAGE*
    24D Reiterate ones ability CAN CAN dance CANCAN
    18 AC boast BRAG <-- Habit

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    1. Orthopaul30 October 2020 at 09:02

      There is no 24 dn

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    2. AJ30 October 2020 at 09:09

      10ac
      To my knowledge, band is MEGADETH. No a after de.
      The word Megadeath also exists as a unit of measurement of the number of people killed in a nuclear war or so. If I have overlooked something, correct me and excuse me for the remark.

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    3. Padmanabhan30 October 2020 at 09:10

      I think it should be 21D- maybe a typo

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    4. Deepak Gopinath30 October 2020 at 09:11

      You are right

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    5. Padmanabhan30 October 2020 at 09:14

      I feel a homonym indicator may be needed.

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    6. Padmanabhan30 October 2020 at 09:15

      I think Col.'s comment is with regard to 10A.

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  6. John George30 October 2020 at 08:44

    24d Sound car Audi (O) nly AUDIO

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  7. John George30 October 2020 at 09:27

    Sorry for the typo

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  8. D.Chandrasekhar30 October 2020 at 09:41

    19D GOSHAWK ( a hunter in the sky) ; {GOSH}{AWK}, Gosh is an expression like My god and AWK is a programming language

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  9. D.Chandrasekhar30 October 2020 at 09:46

    23A AERIE (A nest high in the mountains of an eagle ) Top accommodation; {A}{ERIE} a lake

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  10. Gemini30 October 2020 at 09:50

    3 D..Issue.Paper- Tissue ,without head is Issue. Issue is also problem

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  11. N Sridhar30 October 2020 at 09:55

    3D-Issue; paper -tissue minus t
    7D- Orange; o- nothing; rang- called; the ultimate is e
    11A- Scaled down DD for went over and make it smaller

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  12. D.Chandrasekhar30 October 2020 at 09:58

    29A TAKE A POWDER (to run away) {TAKE}{A}{POW}{DER}; TAKE is Arrest,A, POW ( prisoner of war) DER is 'the' in german

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  13. D.Chandrasekhar30 October 2020 at 10:04

    20D RESIDUA ( they are left behind ) ; {RESIDE-E}{UA} ,Resid is short of reside( stay) UA from centre of sqUAre

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  14. D.Chandrasekhar30 October 2020 at 10:09

    20A RAT RACE ( is mindless pursuit) ; RA is artist , TRACE is to follow

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  15. N Sridhar30 October 2020 at 10:18

    14D- agreement; meaning accord; A plus greet - meaning wave plus men - meaning people; agee( men) t

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  16. DrBhanuMurthy30 October 2020 at 10:20

    14d:a is a,wave is greet,people are ment. Invoking means men in greet so, Agreement.

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    1. DrBhanuMurthy30 October 2020 at 10:28

      Correction men not ment,not invoking involving.

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  17. DrBhanuMurthy30 October 2020 at 10:26

    28a can is tin,return is nit means egg.

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  18. Raja30 October 2020 at 10:31

    16D FISH-GAR, NE(Recipe)ED
    GARNERED meaning collected.

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  19. Sundarram30 October 2020 at 10:36

    26 a - Cleveland. Flat - level, and + cold c in the beginning

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  20. Edward CrisscrossHands30 October 2020 at 10:37

    26 AC CLEVELAND = C{LEVEL}{AND} = C from bold beginning, LEVEL = flat + AND
    15 AC NOEL - means Christmas. NOE is alt. spelling for NOH = Japanese Drama? + L = student.

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    1. Edward CrisscrossHands30 October 2020 at 10:40

      - sp. C from *cold beginning

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    2. sree_sree30 October 2020 at 12:02

      Recheck 26a

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    3. Deepak Gopinath30 October 2020 at 12:31

      NOE is not listed n the dictionary as alternate spelling for NOH. Only NO is the alternate spelling

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  21. Sundarram30 October 2020 at 10:41

    9a - ictus - rhythmic - ep ictus ssle

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  22. Eswaran N30 October 2020 at 10:52

    22A - Arden(t) - t abbreviation of it

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    1. sree_sree30 October 2020 at 12:04

      Abbreviation! Could you explain pls.

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    2. Eswaran N30 October 2020 at 12:28

      Ah! - Like "it was" abbreviated as 'twas - it as 't. But it actually I separated from t....

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  23. N Sridhar30 October 2020 at 11:03

    8D- Lahore - place in our neighbourhood; stories- lore; A H(ard) L(ah) ore

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  24. AJ30 October 2020 at 11:04

    1d
    NAINSOOK: material
    (NOOK (meaning corner) AS IN)*
    Order is anagram indicator

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  25. Raja30 October 2020 at 11:07

    11Ac: went over- SCALED, have- OWN
    SCALE DOWN- make it smaller
    5Dn: heart- ORGAN, ON
    ORGANON - a material

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    1. Deepak Gopinath30 October 2020 at 12:19

      What material is ORGANON?

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    2. Raja30 October 2020 at 13:53

      Answered by D.Chandrasekhar at 13:26
      Study material for homeopathy practitioners(from Web sources).

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  26. Jacob Brahmakulam30 October 2020 at 11:10

    7A OWL; bird;hOWLer = monkey

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  27. D N M Rao30 October 2020 at 11:13

    21Dn CANCAN - {CAN}{CAN}

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  28. Raja30 October 2020 at 11:14

    8Dn: stories(LORE) about (A H)ard
    place in our neighbourhood - LAHORE

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  29. zubin30 October 2020 at 11:25

    22 d. Ardent - taken separately, I(Arden) setter - + t - ardent meaning passionate.

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  30. S Subrahmanyan30 October 2020 at 11:26

    1d Nainsook corner is nook as in anagram a muslin material

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  31. DrBhanuMurthy30 October 2020 at 11:26

    5d:ones heart is organ.organ set on is organon?

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  32. zubin30 October 2020 at 11:28

    4d is Gumboot. Gumbo (dish) + to promoted is ot - Gumbo+ot = Gumboot. Wellington is a kind of Gumboot.

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  33. sivaram30 October 2020 at 11:51

    24ac SUSTAINED. {S{US}TAINED}

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  34. Deepak Gopinath30 October 2020 at 12:27

    Pending
    Annotation for 1D, Solution of 27D and explanation for definition of 5D

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  35. Mukundala Balasubramanyam30 October 2020 at 12:33

    27A : DIRGE (CD)

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  36. AJ30 October 2020 at 12:38

    1d
    Anno:
    NOOK is corner
    In corner, i.e. in nook, as in must be ordered t o give material.
    N (AINS: (as in)*)OOK: NAINSOOK

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  37. Deepak Gopinath30 October 2020 at 12:45

    Pending
    Explanation for definition of 5D

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  38. Unknown30 October 2020 at 13:16

    Thank you Arden.You are making dumb heads smarter day by day.Thomphil.

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  39. N Sridhar30 October 2020 at 13:25

    27A- Dirge meaning a sad, mournful song; melancholy- sadness; air - sing.

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  40. N Sridhar30 October 2020 at 13:25

    27A is a CD

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  41. D.Chandrasekhar30 October 2020 at 13:26

    5D as per Webster dictionary Organ on is studying MATERIAL for acquiring knowledge.

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    1. D.Chandrasekhar30 October 2020 at 13:26

      6 works of Aristotle

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    2. D.Chandrasekhar30 October 2020 at 13:27

      Organon not organ on

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    3. vdsprasad49@gmail.com30 October 2020 at 20:44

      Can it be 'set' from the definition as per the Free Dictionary which goes "A set of principles for use in scientific or philosophical investigation"? Organ + on fits organon.

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  42. D N M Rao30 October 2020 at 14:16

    Ref 21Dn I remember seeing an entertaining movie "Can-Can" starring Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine and others long ago.

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  43. Raja30 October 2020 at 14:32

    When solutions are uploaded early, like 9am, there is less activity. Whereas, a day like this helps more learners(like me) partake in filling the empty squares. Just my thoughts.

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    1. Chaturvasi30 October 2020 at 16:23

      On other days the blog is written up with all answers and posted. Though it is posted at 8-30 a.m., you can take all your time in trying the puzzle on printed newspaper and come here and check after you've given up. On Fridays you can give your five answers anytime.

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  44. Padmanabhan30 October 2020 at 17:51

    In 29A 'A' is not clued. As the clue stands it would just give 'take Powder'.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath30 October 2020 at 20:42

      Paddy,
      Arrest an enemy soldier in battle is 'Take a POW'

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  45. Padmanabhan30 October 2020 at 22:07

    Col. there is no an- It is just 'arrest enemy soldier'. I looked for it.

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