Friday, 21 May 2021

No 13253, Friday 21 May 2021, Anon

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ACROSS
1   Can activity disrupt European city state? (7,4) VATICAN CITY*
9   Trojan leader has currency difficulty (7) TROUBLE {Tr...n}{ROUBLE}
10 Regular orbit of European returning from adversaries (6) RIVALS {oRbIt}{SLAV<=}
11 Problem child (5) ISSUE [DD]
12 Odd farm trick gone out of control (7) FRANTIC {FaRm}{ANTIC}
15 Catch your breath at first glance of snake (4) GASP {Gl...e}{ASP}
16 Cleanliness advocates doctor insightYes! (10) HYGIENISTS*
18 Irritate, prod geisha with emojis, say (10) IDEOGRAPHS*
20 Bond, for one, traps Sri Lankan in European capital (4) OSLO {0{SL}0}
23 Main cyclist group, confused, almost elope, not returning (7) PELOTON {ELOPe*}{NOT<=}
24 Sage found in Paris, hibernating (5) RISHI [T]
26 At first, Xerxes and Nero arduously duel until idealised place (6) XANADU Acrostic
27 Delight of beheaded kinsman (7) ELATION rELATION
28 Man wets oats, cooks for female political leader (11) STATESWOMAN*

DOWN
2   Saunters safely home, starts off from chaos (6) AMBLES shAMBLES
3   Plan for assistant from top to bottom (4) IDEA (-a)IDE(+a)A
4   Carry by aircraft, destroy hi-fi grater (3,7) AIR FREIGHT*
5   At bay, new worker has engagement (8) COVENANT {COVE}{N}{ANT}
6   Comic, skeptical, to remove Personal Computer from movies (7) TALKIES SKEpTIcAL*
7   Suspend relationship over fashion accessory? (6,3) STRING TIE {TIE}<=>{STRING}
8   Leading sailor slips into vessels, brags (6) BOASTS {BOA{Sa...r}TS}
13 Young sages revolting at places of worship (10) SYNAGOGUES*
14 Sensation created by Europeans (9) ESTONIANS*
17 The unread, after gin cocktail, love to yell (8) IGNORANT {GIN*}{O}{RANT}
19 Fashionable, initially expensive, brace for worker (7) ELEGANT {Ex...e}{LEG}{ANT}
21 Sister’s relatives have songbird (6) SISKIN {SIS}{KIN}
22 Equip with programming languagefleet of warships (6) ARMADA {ARM}{ADA}
25 Written message to recall missing rays? Odd! (4) MEMO MEMOry

Reference List
New = N, Personal computer = PC, Programming language = ADA


56 comments:

  1. 6D - Talkies - anagram of Skeptical without PC (comic anagrind)
    17D - Ignorant - anagram of Gin followed by O (love) and Rant (to yell)
    26A - Xanadu - Acrostic
    21D - Siskin - sis + kin (relatives)
    15A - Gasp - G (first letter of Glance) + asp (snake)

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  2. 1A VATICAN CITY (Can+activity)*
    10A RIVALS=adversaries,oRbIt=RI,SLAV<=
    9A TROUBLE,Trojan(T)ROUBLE=money
    12A FRANTIC=out of control,FaRm(FR),ANTIC=trick

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  3. 11a issue meaning problem and child (DD(
    16a anagram of insight and yes hygienists meaning cleanliness doctor
    20a Oslo slwith bond oo is European capital
    23a not returning is ton almost elope is pole Pokémon means cyclists group

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  4. 24a rishi Pa(ris hi)bernating
    4d air freight ( hi fi grater anagram)
    14d Estonians ( sensation anagram)
    22d. Armada (dd)

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  5. 27a) ELATION - RELATION minus R
    5d) COVENANT - Bay = COVE New = N Worker = ANT
    8d) BOASTS - vessels - BOATS with S(leading Sailor)
    9a) TROUBLE - Trojan T Currency - ROUBLE
    25d) MEMO - Recall - MEMORY minus odd rays (RY)

    Abhishek Sridhar

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  6. 22d - equip is arm and ada is a programming language. Apologies

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  7. 15a - gasp (g)lance + asp

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  8. 28 d. Man, wers ,oats anagram for female political leader. States woman.

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  9. 28a. Typo. Man,wets,oats gives you stateswoman

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  10. 27a. Beheaded kinsman gives you elation which is delight.

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  11. 13D SYNAGOGUES (YOUNG SAGES)*

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  12. 18A IDEOGRAPHS (PROD GEISHA)*

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  13. 19D Elegant - E initially expensive, brace is leg and ant is worker

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  14. Trojan leader has currency difficulty (7)
    leader of Trojan = T
    currency=rouble
    Trouble = difficulty

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  15. Today everyone must have scored a six on the first ball from the non-cricket playing nation - Vatican City! And the balls kept coming well off the pitch right through the end of the innings. Records galore!

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  16. Equating ‘the unread’ with ‘ignorant’ seems unfair to the illiterate though.

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  17. Guys the blogger said “after 11 AM only”. 😄

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    1. 11am is for regulars and old timers.
      This was primarily to encourage newbie's!!!!

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  18. Catch your breath at first glance of snake (4)
    asp=snake
    at first=glance=g
    gasp=catch your breath

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  19. Irritate, prod geisha with emojis, say (10)
    prod+geisha (irritate is the clue) anagram=ideagraph

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  20. Man wets oats, cooks for female political leader (11)
    cook (anagram) indicator man+wets+oats=stateswoman

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  21. 16ac. IDEOGRAPHS..prod gheisa*
    22d. ARMADA..arm Ada
    19d.ELEGANT..e(x..e) leg ant
    3d.IDEA..aide*
    12ac.FRANTIC..FaRm antic (trick)

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  22. Carry by aircraft, destroy hi-fi grater (3,7)
    destroy hi+fi+grater=air freight

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  23. Comic, skeptical, to remove Personal Computer from movies (7)
    skeptical - pc=talkies

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  24. Young sages revolting at places of worship (10)
    revolting = young + sages = synagogues [places ofworship]

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  25. 2dn AMBLES. {(-sh) AMBLES}
    3dn IDEA. {(-a)IDE (+A)}

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  26. 7dn STRING TIE. {STRING}{TIE}

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  27. Leading sailor slips into vessels, brags (6)
    leading sailor=s
    vessels=boats
    boasts=brags

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  28. 14 AC sensation anagram Estonians Europeans

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  29. Problem child (5)
    problem=issue=child

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  30. 7d Suspend relationship over fashion accessory?
    suspend=string
    relationship=kin
    fashion accessory=pin
    string pin

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  31. 16 Cleanliness advocates doctor insight? Yes! (10)
    doctor insight+yes=hygienists

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  32. 24 Sage found in Pa[ris, hi]bernating (5) T

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  33. 27 Delight of beheaded kinsman (7)
    kinsman=relation beheaded = elation = delight

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  34. 22 Equip with programming language, fleet of warships (6)
    Equip=arm
    programming language=ada
    armada

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  35. 18a-IDEOGRAPHS*. Anagram of prod geisha

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  36. 23 Main cyclist group, confused, almost elope, not returning (7)
    almost elope=lope + not<= peloton

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  37. Nice grid for Friday special by Anon. 90% of the grid finished around 10am. Thanks to col. sir. First post of regular solver after 11am. Have a good day

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  38. Thoroughly enjoyed...sense of satisfaction yearning for so long to achieve it...thanks for all the Gurus to take us through this journey...unknown to known...

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    1. Sudhakar, please note for future you sre allowed to post only 5 answers. Unfortunately I was tied up else I would have deleted your extra answers

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  39. Thought-provoking clues, Anon!
    Found 7D,19D and 18A,23A very tough!

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  40. 8.39 is the time the blog comes up on other days. solutions can be given any time after clues are posted. I think nowadays Col. posts the grid & clues at 7 am to enable solvers start early.

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  41. paddy- col.posted sharp 8:30 every day and 7:00am on Friday.

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  42. Easy even for novices like me with several anagrams.

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