Thursday 13 May 2021

No 13246, Thursday 13 May 2021, Arden

Lockdown Day 16 of 26 Stay Safe

Solution to 5A 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.
 
Tough going today.

ACROSS
1   Ready to accommodate a processing unit for vegetable (8) CALABASH {C{A}{LAB}ASH}
5   I say God's within (6) ?O?I?E (Addendum - IODINE {I{ODIN}E} - See comments)
10 A boy goes over edge, returning as top brass (7) ADMIRAL{A} and {LA{RIM}D}<=
11 Hunting pack — they fade in marsh at regular intervals... (7) HYAENAS {tHeY+fAdE+iN+mArSh}
12 ... and Rene may have to go through a medical procedure (5) ENEMA [T]
13 See red? Intend to go with new reddish weed (9) C?R?A?E?N (Addendum - CARRAGEEN {CAR{RAGE}E{N} - See comments)
14 Purpose of command — are we following the right procedure? (5,2,5) POINT OF ORDER {POINT OF}{ORDER}
18 Framed photograph of a troupes tragic in history (5-7)  PASSE-PARTOUT {A+TROUPES}* in {PAST}
21 Hold on to it if you want to deal with legal profession (9) HANDLEBAR {HANDLE}{BAR}
23 First man’s top half goes into his better half’s skirt (5) EVADE {EV{ADam}E}
24 One way to pack a single piece dress (7) UNITARD {UNIT}{A}{RD}
25 Bag locks by flipping sides (7) SATCHEL (-l+s)SATCHE(-s+l)
26 Offer something soft (6) TENDER [DD]
27 Why deny picking odd ones? Really looking nostalgic (4-4) DEWY-EYED {WhY+dEnY} in{DEED}

DOWN
1   Wine — some come up with a lateral choice (6) CLARET [T<=]
2   Let the devil in, it’s mine (6) LIMPET {L{IMP}ET}
3   Singing girl stops to expose (9) BARCAROLE  {BAR{CAROL}E}
4   Starts studying in class — in short, it’s extremely hard (7,7) SILICON CARBIDE {St...g}{In}{Cl..s} = SiC
6   City in Oklahomahave it in Nebraska too (5) OMAHA [T]
7   Kind hearted, work undone by aspersion (8) INNUENDO {kINd}{UNDONE*}
8   Old Danish city relies on trade (8) ELSINORE*
9   Different uses after daily sweepstake reduced a trifle (9,5) CHARLOTTE RUSSE {USES}*<=> {CHAR}{LOTTERy}
15 Extravagantly arranged, no pull yet (9) OPULENTLY*
16 State can bank on getting high lift (8) UPTHRUST {UP}{T{H}RUST}
17 About to enter a small tie-up, getting capital (8) ASUNCION {A}{S}{UN{C}ION}
19 Chinese tea had at the end of day (6) CATHAY {C{AT}HA}{daY}
20 Rang the bell — finally noise faded outside (6) PEALED {P{n..sE}ALED}
22 Let party leader go in delight (5) LEASE pLEASE

Reference List
New = N, High = H, About = C, Small = S 


9 comments:

  1. say IE God ODIN within IE IODINE element Symbol (I)

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  2. Two long French words in the middle made it very difficult. Also,no indication to look for a foreign phrase.

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  3. Very tough going today. My COD 4D.

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  4. Arden as usual is hard.Can make it a bit milder.Thomphil

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  5. Very hard for me too. After 2 hours + referring the Thesaurus i got all except PASSE PARTOUT & ASUNCION. 🤔

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