Monday 8 February 2021

No 13165, Monday 08 Feb 2021, Afterdark

Solution to 1D 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
9   Mixing up names? Best to counter loss of memory (7) AMNESIA {NAMES*}{A1<=}
10 Mother losing book in Dublin, broken and tearful (7) MAUDLIN {MA}{DUbLIN*}
11 Dream about him at times (7) CHIMERA {C}{HIM}{ERA}
12 Foul relative has a name (7) UNCLEAN {UNCLE}{A}{N}
13 Seen in car; gent in angry state (9) ARGENTINA [T]
15 Principles ignoring law could lead to suspicions (5) IDEAS IDEAlS
16 Sexually aggressive woman or married worker gets hit (7) MANTRAP {M}{ANT}{RAP}
19 Sets of nine repairing sedan around a corner (7) ENNEADS {EN{NE}ADS*}
20 Spot around right leg, at the end of the twilled fabric (5) SERGE {SE{R}{leG}E}
21 Dry tree has been cut at the corner, falling; provide water again (9) REHYDRATE {DRY+TREE+HAs}*
25 Natives get new leader having moral standards (7) ETHNICS {ETH{New}ICS}
26 Involved boat company to smuggle cocaine plant (7) TOBACCO {BOAT+CO}* over {C}
28 Upset with doctor injecting drug, amateur, no good with efficiency primarily (7) DERANGE {D{E}R}{A}{N}{G}{Ef...y}
29 Former lover disrespectful, tense inside? Squeeze out (7) EXTRUDE {EX|}{T}{RUDE}

DOWN
1   Perhaps tissue in foot for example, connective primarily; one on one (6) ?A?C?A (Addendum FASCIA - {F}{AS}{Co...e}{1}{A} -  See comments)
2   Men dismissed, fixing finale (6) ENDING mENDING
3   Say, Man dissolves at regular intervals (4) ISLE dIsSoLvE
4   While coming back, I crossed over remote expedition (6) SAFARI {AS<=}{I}<=>{FAR}
5   Place had a mark in front to separate (8) AMPUTATE {PUT}{ATE}<=>{A}{Mark}
6   Worked at reception with energy; tired at the end (10) FUNCTIONED {FUNCTION}{E}{t..eD}
7   Plant a leaf over one end inside and across (4,4) ALOE VERA {A}{L}{O{onE}VER}{A}
8   People who pleasure themselves are no saints, perhaps (8) ONANISTS*
14 Perhaps people from Oslo are in gowns, partying (10) NORWEGIANS*
16 Girl out of action by wrongdoings (8) MISDEEDS {MIS{DEED}S}
17 New men with article meet resistance at new direction (8) NORTHERN {N}{OR}{THE}{R}{N}
18 An agent brought up; building collapsed (8) PERISHED {1}{REP}<={SHED}
22 Wealthier doctor, on losing 1/3rd becomes a tyrant (6) HITLER weaLTHIER*
23 Increase credit on account held earlier by you reportedly at England (6) ACCRUE {CR}<=>{AC} {(~you)U}{E}
24 Permission taken by first lady; some doubts raised (6) EVOKED {EV{OK}E}{Do...s}
27 Had some beer earlier? Hold (4) BATE {ATE}<=>{Beer}

Reference List
Book = B, About = C, Name = N, Law = L, Married = M, Corner = NE, Right = R, Cocaine = C, Drug = E, Amateur = A, No = N, Good = G, Tense = T, Foot = F, Men = M, Energy = E, Leaf = L, Across = A, New = N, Men = OR, Resistance = R, Credit = CR, Account = AC, England = E 


11 comments:

  1. Fascia - tissue in foot
    Foot - F
    For example - As
    Connective primarily - C
    One - I
    One - A

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  2. I was interviewed by the local Adyar Times newspaper on the crossword championship (and about cryptics in general), and it was published yesterday. It's in page 5. Also includes a mini-grid they asked me to set (beginner level!) Have given the link below (I think it will be valid till next Sunday). Please take a look if you have time.

    A big thanks to Col and the THCC blog for sharpening our solving and setting skills.

    https://adyartimes.in/atepaper/index.html

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    1. Good thoughts for the beginners. The mini crossie is also good.
      Thanks Ramki!

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    2. Tears ago BL published an article on crossword with a specially set mini puz.

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  3. Very happy Ramki. A good interview covering ll points. And of course the easy but interesting CW. I do hope many people solve it and get hooked. Thank you for sharing.

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  4. To my friends
    Now there is new site
    https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/
    where anyone can set and post their crosswords for solving and commenting on by others.
    I signed in as Vasi and after some trial and error figured out how to create the puzz onsite and post.
    I had to abandon one that I specially set for the site with a Nina because it won't let us post our puz set with other sw. We have to create on their site.
    So I abandoned my specially intended puz and set a new one that is now on site as No. 5
    Will be grateful to you if you visit and try it out.
    If you too want to post a puz there but need some help in doing work onsite, call me. No mails please.
    In your comments please don't reveal my real name/THC pseudonym.
    Actually I wanted to use a pseudonym but that site did not warn me that the signed in name would necessarily will appear as creditline.
    This was a one=time effort. I have no intention of making any more contributions.

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  5. This is for the query about GLOW WORM. It is a phrase listed in The free dictionary online.
    glow worm
    n. a drunkard; an alcoholic. (From glow.) Gary came out of the bar and tripped over a napping glow worm near the entrance to the alley.

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  6. Can anyone tell me about the auhenticity of the free dictionary?
    Like OneLook it collects defs from various dicts.
    Now where does this def come from?
    Excuse me if this question is audacious.

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    1. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/dictionary.htm

      It's a search engine with backup dictionaries mentioned in the above page.
      Houghton Mifflin's premier dictionary and Collins are listed as back-end

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