Tuesday 4 May 2021

No 13238, Tuesday 04 May 2021, Hypatia

Lockdown Day 7 of 14 Stay Safe

Solution to 16A 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
1   Fuss about one child not finishing martial art (6) AIKIDO {A{1}{KId}DO}
4   Restrain that woman blocking a politician (6) HAMPER {H{A}{MP}ER}
9   Every now and then, babies may roll over land (4) ASIA {bAbIeS+mAy}<=
10 Lure in principle (6,4) GROUND RULE {LURE}* [RA]
11 Maiden seen possibly by husband on net (6) ENMESH {M+SEEN}*{H}
12 Criminal never had respect (8) VENERATE {NEVER}*{ATE}
13 Electric signalling system chiefly by wired channels (3-2-4) FLY-BY-WIRE [T]
15 Retro party gets essentially best songs (4) ODES {DO<=}{bESt}
16 Singer’s tip? (4) W?C? (Addendum WICK [CD] - See comments)
17 British songstress cutting Hypatia’s cake (9) MADELEINE {M{ADELE}INE}
21 Terrible Ravana is from East city (8) VARANASI* {RAVANA}*{IS<=}
22 Pull into river swamp (6) DELUGE {DE{LUG}E}
24 Spooner’s at hand with question at present (4,3,3) HERE AND NOW (~where and how to here and now)(Correction ~near and how to here and now - See comments)
25 Look for germ doubling in the end (4) SEEK Anno pending (Addendum - SEE(-d+k)K Dx2=500x2=1000=K) - See comments)
26 Glow surrounding king’s darga (6) SHRINE {SH{R}INE}
27 Radio set close to subject expert (6) ADROIT {RADIO*}{s...cT}

DOWN
1   Upcoming street artist’s drawing in school magazine (7) ARSENAL {LANE}{RA}<= over {S}
2   Jack took plain Vada Paav piece finally (5) KNAVE Tail acrostic
3   Prepare girl who’s organising competition among setters, say? (3,4) DOG SHOW {DO}{G}{HOWS}* 
5   Flattering fellow left for shelter (6) AWNING fAWNING
6   Bird in painting, on top of grass amidst lions (9) PARTRIDGE {P{ART}RID{Gr..s}E}
7   Allowances getting large for bold associates (7) RELATES RE(-b+l}LATES
8   Abandoned sanctions over discussions (13) CONVERSATIONS*
14 Pirate taking juice regularly may tuck into brew (9) BUCCANEER {B{jUiCe}{CAN}EER}
16 You and I, say, start to see folks dealing with basket cases? (7) WEAVERS {WE}{AVER}{See} 
18 Blessed at last with love and married (7) ENDOWED {END}{O}{WED}
19 Ignore gentle fights involving children, initially (7) NEGLECT {NEGLE{Ch...n}T*}
20 Vulcan nonchalantly carries weapon (6) CANNON [T]
23 See bottles behind rope (5) LASSO {L{ASS}O}

Reference List
Maiden = M, Husband = H, King = R, Artist = RA, School = S, Girl = G, Fellow = F, Large = L, Bold = B 



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38 comments:

  1. Sritri4 May 2021 at 08:32

    25 a germ - seed. Doubling d(500) gives k (1000)

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  2. Sohil Bhagat4 May 2021 at 08:38

    16a is CD? A candle or (a diya) singes and therefore, a singer's tip would be its wick

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  3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao4 May 2021 at 08:46

    24AC My guess is NEAR AND HOW as spoonerism

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    1. Padmanabhan4 May 2021 at 09:09

      But it does not go with the crossing of 14D. I had it as Col.did.

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    2. Padmanabhan4 May 2021 at 09:11

      Near (at hand) and How to Hear and Now.

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    3. Padmanabhan4 May 2021 at 09:12

      I rarely get the rev.Pl.don't spoil it!

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    4. Sowmya4 May 2021 at 14:31

      Yes KKR and Padmanabhan - It is a Spoonerism of “Near” (at hand) and “How” (Question) for Here and Now

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  4. sree_sree4 May 2021 at 09:03

    6d the clue reads (art G) amidst pride. Esp with "on".
    Bird in painting,top of grass, amidst lions

    Would read better.

    Just my opinion subject to correction.

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    1. Sowmya4 May 2021 at 14:43

      I see what you are saying but then that isn’t a convincing or smooth surface. This clue took me a lot of time to write and the way I imagined it is ART is on (above) G - which together are “amidst” lions. The use of “amidst” is to indicate an element of interspersing. If it was still confusing or did not parse correctly, apologies.

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  5. Padmanabhan4 May 2021 at 09:13

    Liked Dog show & partridge among a few other good ones. Good exercise for the grey cells in the morning. Thank you Hypatia.

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    1. Sowmya4 May 2021 at 14:43

      Thanks for the feedback Paddy. Good to know which ones you liked.

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  6. C.G. BHARGAV4 May 2021 at 09:21

    A DELUGE of cases....

    Furthermore in this PART of Asia, the GROUND RULES are NEGLECTED by the population at large. This HAMPERS the breaking of the chain.

    People exchange the news in hushed CONVERSATIONS instead of SEEKING Government help and the vaccine.
    An urgent change in our mindset is needed HERE AND NOW.

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    1. Sowmya4 May 2021 at 14:45

      Another topical story CGB. Well done indeed. Story writing requires special talent and you certainly are “Endowed” with it. Miss the cartoons :)

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  7. Padmanabhan4 May 2021 at 09:23

    Spot on!

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  8. Suresh Panje, New Delhi4 May 2021 at 09:55

    While my attempts to solve 1A, 10A, 17A besides 1D, 3D and 7D were in vain until I accessed our blog, I was tricked by 26A since the conventional spelling is DARGAH and not DARGA. Or is it that the compiler Hypatia went by the oral aspect of this word?
    Clarifications from our learned members, please...
    Thanks

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    1. Sreeni4 May 2021 at 10:05

      Both Darga and Dargah are listed in Chambers

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    2. Sowmya4 May 2021 at 14:46

      Thanks Sreeni. Yes, Darga is listed as an acceptable alternate spelling in standard dictionaries Sureshji.

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    3. Suresh Panje, New Delhi5 May 2021 at 11:05

      Thanks to both of you....
      Take Care & Stay safe. Cheers!!!

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  9. Bhuvaneswari Younus4 May 2021 at 10:29

    25 A - could it be seem also?

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    1. sree_sree4 May 2021 at 11:22

      If we take the definition as just "look", yes. Seem, d*2=m being contextual, seems right. Look for gives seek.

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    2. Sowmya4 May 2021 at 14:49

      Exactly - Def is “Look for” and SEEM, doesn’t work as a synonym there. It does work for the wordplay. This is the great thing about Cryptics - both wordplay AND definition components have to point to the answer,

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  10. VU4 May 2021 at 10:39

    Seek seem(s) to be closer to the definition. M is also thousand.

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  11. vdsprasad49@gmail.com4 May 2021 at 10:49

    Many wonderful clues. Fly-by-wire very well hidden. Struggled to get the answer and could see wire alone in the clue and wondered how come. Blog opened my eyes. Great work, Hypatia!

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  12. Soumya4 May 2021 at 11:22

    So many clever wordplays!
    3D, 25A were my favourite. Loved this crossword

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    1. Sowmya4 May 2021 at 14:50

      Hello to my namesake :) Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed this grid.

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  13. VMA Nair4 May 2021 at 20:54

    Nice grid
    Many good clues especially Dog show, conversations, Lasso

    In 4A I thought a politician blocking that woman not the other way around?

    Electric signalling system chiefly by wired channels (3-2-4) FLY-BY-WIRE [T]

    Here I think "by wire" is not clued properly since same roots in "by wired..." and "by wire" part of "fly by wire"


    Also liked Varanasi clue 😉

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    1. Sowmya5 May 2021 at 08:55

      Thanks for the feedback Ajeesh. Nice to see you back commenting in the blog too.

      Blocks can be placed around to stop someone coming out - so that was the intended usage - I have seen it used in clues in this fashion as well but would be happy to see what others think about this.

      In the definition - “fly by wire”.actually means “fly using electric/electronic wire messages” - and this replaced the physical cables/wires that were used before. The intention from the surface point of view was to have an extended definition. Your point is fair though and do let me know if there are other words that would have worked in place of “wired” in the clue.

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  14. Maya Kamath4 May 2021 at 21:59

    I think my first fully solved Hypatia grid. Thank you !!!

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  15. Anonymous4 May 2021 at 23:25

    Me too. My first fully solved Hypatia grid. 😊

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  16. Anonymous4 May 2021 at 23:25

    Thank u. Great puzzle.

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    1. Sowmya5 May 2021 at 08:56

      Thank you Gowri and good to know you completed it too :)

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  17. Unknown5 May 2021 at 08:11

    Hey thanks for the response.

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