Saturday 14 November 2020

No 13093, Saturday 14 Nov 2020, Hypatia

A Happy and  Prosperous  Deepavali  to everyone. A themed NINA from Hypatia wishing you all the same

Across

1 Describe Sorbet ice ripples over drinks (6) RECITE (T<=)
4 Reverend’s sturdy horse hit lynx, say (6) BOBCAT {(-c+B)OB (+C-b)AT}
9 Against all nepotism towards Indian leaders (4) ANTI (Acrostic)
10 Local in favour of Italian artist joining a student (10) PROVINCIAL {PRO}{VINCI}{A}{L}
11 Dance jacket (6) BOLERO (DD)
12 Request admission around high tea (8) ENTREATY {ENTR{TEA*}Y}
13 Decry paid labour in field (4,5) RICE PADDY {DECRY+PAID*}
15 Average show (4) FAIR (DD)
16 Person only on air (4) SOUL {~SOLE}
17 Hear poems of gesture used to communicate (9) SEMAPHORE {HEAR+POEMS*} Anagram indicator ?
21 Caught, say, hounds starting-off fireworks (8) CRACKERS {C}{tRACKERS}
22 Rude graduate trainee breaks free (6) RIBALD {RI{BA}{L}D}
24 Lad entertains a worker near one old city (3,7) SAN ANTONIO {S{AN}{ ANT}ON}{I}{O}
25 Crazy right after morning (4) AMOK {AM}{OK}
26 You and I visiting places for treats (6) SWEETS {S{WE}ETS}
27 Insult cycling in matches (6) LIGHTS {(-s)LIGHT(+S)}

Down

1 Intricate drawing by girl on a ground (7) RANGOLI {GIRL+ON+A*} &lit
2 Blame kept under wraps in Church (5)CHIDE {C{HID}E}
3 Use approximately folding one and only ingredient in pudding (7) TAPIOCA {TAP}{I}{O}CA}
5 Bring Oxygen and this sedative out in big operation (6) O?I?A?E OPIATE? (Addendum - OPIATE {(big+OPErATIon)-(BRING+O)}* [CA] - See comments)
6 Starting to cheer, they clap furiously on bike track (5,4) CYCLE PATH {Cheer}{THEY+CLAP*}
7 Cat, initially dropped from farm vehicle for one rat (7) TRAITOR {TRA(-c+I)TOR}
8 Urging to seize diamonds after debtor’s donning clothes to impress (5-8) POWER-DRESSING {P{OWER-}{D}RESSING}
14 English sister had tour around India, say (9) ENUNCIATE {E}{NUN}{{C}{I}}{ATE}
16 Beat or usurp as soldier parades (7) SURPASS (T)
18 What was known before a monk joined institution (1,6) A PRIORI {A}{PRIOR}{I}
19 Deodorants irritate boys without hats (4-3) ROLL-ONS {tROLL}{sONS}
20 Frisky pet enters park in group of seven (7) SEPTET {S{PET*}ET}
23 Sweetheart visiting composer on shore (5) BEACH {B{swEet}ACH}

 
Reference List

Student=L, Caught=C, Graduate=BA, Trainee=L, A=An, Worker=Ant, One=I, Old=O, Morning=Am, Right=Ok, You and I=We, Church=CE, Approximately=Ca, Oxyg, Diamonds=D, English=E, Around=C, India=I, Institution=I
 
Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous



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33 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath14 November 2020 at 08:31

    OPIATE {(BIG+OPERATION)-(BRING+O)}* [CA]

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  2. sree_sree14 November 2020 at 08:35

    20d enu? 7

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 November 2020 at 08:53

      Seemingly an error in enu.

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    2. sivaram14 November 2020 at 09:17

      Feel answer is:

      HEPTET. {HE {PET}* T}
      Het park in Rotterdam, Netherlands

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    3. Padmanabhan14 November 2020 at 10:35

      enu is 6 in print edition.
      It has to be septet since the def- group of seven- is very clear. We have to take park as set like in park something is setting it in place.

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  3. Vasant14 November 2020 at 08:58

    Thank you Hypatia for the Diwali Special.
    Happy Diwali to all.

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  4. D N M Rao14 November 2020 at 09:37

    Enjoyed solving. I liked 14Dn most

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  5. R Nagendra Prasad14 November 2020 at 09:58

    As Usual an enjoyable fare from Hypatia. Surprised that there was no Spooner clue.. Her favourite.

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  6. Padmanabhan14 November 2020 at 10:36

    Thank you Hypatia for the Diwali special and your timely wishes.

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  7. Padmanabhan14 November 2020 at 10:38

    Thank you Ramesh for the nice blog and Wishes.

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  8. Padmanabhan14 November 2020 at 10:40

    Col.,
    No print edition tomorrow. Any special if there is no on line edition (which all of us can get thanks to Vasanth/MB/Chaitanya)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath14 November 2020 at 11:12

      As there is no paper we will have the Special by KKR at 8:30 instead of 10:30

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    2. Padmanabhan14 November 2020 at 11:21

      Thank you Col. & KKR.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam14 November 2020 at 11:26

      +1

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    4. Avtaar14 November 2020 at 18:27

      There is the online Sunday grid though . This doesn’t need a subscription

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  9. Padmanabhan14 November 2020 at 11:04

    17A- Was gesture meant to be the anagrind?

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  10. Hypatia14 November 2020 at 11:23

    Thanks for the blog Colonel and Ramesh.

    17A The clue that was sent was “Hear poems used to communicate (9)”, with Semaphore clued as a verb and “used” as anagram indicator .

    I had sent an email alerting about this error as well as the incorrect enum in the online version for 20D last night. Both have now been corrected in the online version.

    Thanks to the crossword editor for coordinating to publish my themed crossword on the appropriate day.

    Wish all the blog readers a very happy and sparkling Diwali.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath14 November 2020 at 15:57

      If that was the clue you had sent for 17A, I wonder why the paper changed the clue?

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    2. Hypatia14 November 2020 at 17:22

      No idea. However the crossword editor agreed that it was wrongly changed and has corrected the errors at least in the online version. Not sure what their procedure is and if there would be an errata issued in the published version.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 November 2020 at 17:43

      The IA version remains unchanged

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  11. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 November 2020 at 12:22

    Wish you all a very happy Diwali!
    Stay safe and healthy.

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  12. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan14 November 2020 at 12:39

    Happy Deepawali to all !

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  13. Padmanabhan14 November 2020 at 13:35

    Thank you LV. Nice to hear from you.

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  14. Unknown14 November 2020 at 15:42

    So LV is the great philosopher.Happy Deepawali Hypatia.

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan14 November 2020 at 16:19

      I am not Hypatia :D It Is Sowmya :)

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    2. Hypatia14 November 2020 at 17:25

      Can’t see who made this comment - shows the name as Unknown - I am “The philosopher” here:).

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    3. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan14 November 2020 at 18:11

      @Unknown Hypatia replied not me :D

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  15. Prasanna Rao14 November 2020 at 22:01

    Thank you hypatia for special Text 'Happy diwali'. enjoyable grid.

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