Saturday 21 November 2020

No 13099, Saturday 21 Nov 2020, Gridman

 Across

1 While searching, three of the users oddly leave secretly (2,3,1,1) ON THE Q T {ON THE QuesT}
5 Royal’s reported reproductions (6) PRINCE {~PRINTS}
9 Schedule to hear a question of sex (6) AGENDA {~A GENDER}
10 Italian pastry No. 1 clan cooked (7) CANNOLI {NO+I+CLAN*}

12 What a buttonholed listener might do... (3,3,3) CUT AND RUN (CD)
13 Two young boys make a small vessel (5) PHIAL {PHI}{AL}
14 Expel some dubious title-holders (4) OUST (T)
15 With this sign, your travel will become slower (5,5) SPEED LIMIT (CD)
17 Best parts // that are mountaineers’ target (4,6) HIGH POINTS (DD)
19 The garment with which a woman may put on airs? (4) SARI {AIRS*} &lit?
22 Feel sad with doctor having a terrible run (5) MOURN {MO}{RUN*}
23 Willing to change, father and lawyer return to board (9) ADAPTABLE {{PA}{DA}<=}{TABLE}
24 It doesn’t look good! (7) EYESORE (CD)
25 Painting held back by university scholar causes agony (6) TRAUMA {ART<=}{U}{MA}
26 Using devious ways, wily Yanks capture head of evildoers (6) SNEAKY {YANKS*} around {Evildoers}
27 Wise, quiet, like Gray’s forefathers. going by the books (7) PRUDENT {P}{RUDE}{NT}

Down

2 Renders ineffective revolutionary seen holding gun (7) NEGATES {SEEN<=} around {GAT}
3 Contacting no leader for perfecting (6) HONING {pHONING}
4 Fold fold fold fold (13) QUADRUPLICATE (CD)
6 Can opener produce sound draw? (4-4) RING-PULL {RING}{PULL}
7 Nota bene: — starts giving abbreviation for a silver-white element (7) NIOBIUM (Nb is symbol for Niobium)
8 Record I obtained: about fifty troubled sites for mouthpieces (12) EPIGLOTTISES {EP}{I}{G{L}OT}{SITES*}
10 Concrete and smart contract for leading first-violin player (7,6) CONCERT MASTER {CONCRETE+SMART*}
11 Specially created rooms for sound reflections (4,8) ECHO CHAMBERS (CD)
16 Apparently start reading book describing the activity of the archaeologists (4,4) OPEN WORK {OPEN}{WORK}
18 Fellow in this place not starting to eat rare cheese (7) GRUYERE {G{R}UY}{hERE}

20 Protein all but mine never-ending! (7) ALBUMIN {ALl}{BUt}{MINe}
21 Beach where redheads seated in market booth (6) STRAND {ST{Red}AND}


Reference List
 
1=I, Doctor=MO, Father=Pa, Lawyer=DA, University=U, Scholar=MA (Master of Arts), Quiet=P, The books=NT (New Testament)
Record=EP, Fifty=L, Rare=R
 
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19 comments:

  1. 1A should be ON THE Q(UIE)T?

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    1. Search is quest. Though imu, the first three letters of USEr are deleted in odd manner.

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    2. Oddly confirms Ramesh's parsing.

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    3. Then "three of" is redundant!

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  2. 19a Put on as anind, semi&lit?

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  3. 27A- Not able to follow Gray's forefathers leading to Rude.

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    1. Thomas Gray has written in his 'Elegy written in a Country Churchyard'
      'The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep'

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    2. Follow the link. Rude forefathers of gray in hamlet

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    3. Bad of me. It is one of my favorite poems.

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    4. To make amends,I read the poem once more including the 'Noble rude forefathers'.
      Thank you Gridman.

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  4. Liked the nicely formed protein.

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  5. An engaging crossword puzzle, not very easy, nor difficult but some clues made me stop and think a while.
    The best are 27a, 4d and 7d.

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  6. While searching, three of the users oddly leave secretly (2,3,1,1) ON THE Q T {ON THE QuesT}
    Shouldoddly be applied to users or leave ? I was breaking my head applying it for 'leave'

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  7. It is not just oddly,but 'Oddly leave'. So it has to be from users.

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  8. Very enjoyable Crossword!
    I took 4d as a nicely hidden charade:Fold, fold, fold, fold=Fourfold=quadruplicate.

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    1. Given the clue number I thght just Fold would have sufficied.

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    2. Good idea! Didn't occur to me! But solvers could do with some counting!

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