Thursday 10 June 2021

No 13270, Thursday 10 Jun 2021, Arden

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Solution to 28A 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   Make it wet, study current passing through (6) DAMPEN {D{AMP}EN}
4   In the tunnel cats bounce, going over the barrier (8) OBSTACLE [T<=]
10 Tries out, not good to squeeze bottom (9) POSTERIOR {PO{TRIES*}OR}
11 Trust us Sir, it all evens out for some of them in Africa (5) TUTSI {TrUsT+uS+sIr}
12 Tile set wrongly second time (7) TESSERA {SET*}{S}{ERA}
13 Drums tied on top, Im carrying water in Rajasthan (7) TIMPANI {Tied}{IM}{PANI}
14 Tax overruns on the plant (5) CRESS {C{R}ESS}
15 Lead in, lead out, insert paper and leave only sides (8) PREAMBLE {P{REAM}B}{LeavE}
18 Ask, was it correct symbol? (8) SWASTIKA*
20 Villager loves to carry fodder on the way back (5) YAHOO {00}<=>{HAY<=}
23 Boost for a month, America replaced soldiers (7) AUGMENT {AUG(-us+men)MENT}
25 Ring out, ring in, I will get you the runs... (7) CALOMEL {CAL{O}{ME}L}
26 ... empty bag and a piece of cloth on the neck (5) SCRAG {SaC}{RAG}
27 Side wheels — not hard to make a bloomer (9) EDELWEISS {SIDE+WhEELS}*
28 Way ahead in Railway — is it so so? (8) M?D?R?T? (Addendum - MODERATE {Rail=RATE}<=>{Way=MODE} - See comments)
29 Movie called “Country” (6) GREECE (~grease)

DOWN
1   A level finder drops credit (8) DIPSTICK {DIPS}{TICK}
2   Wine in the making, bishopric worth watching (4-3) MUST-SEE {MUST}{SEE}
3   A number of regular steps after meal (9) ELEVENSES {ELEVEN}{StEpS}
5   Butchery that he set in motion, should we forget and forgive? (4,3,7) BURY THE HATCHET*
6   From Rome to Turin, going towards North Pole (5) TOTEM [T<=]
7   Nab everyone, not hard to say boo (7) CATCALL {CATCh}{ALL}
8   Rant about Chinese leader growing, maybe it’s the drink (6) ELIXIR {RI{XI}LE}<=
9   Regret troll post (14) DISAPPOINTMENT {DIS}{APPOINTMENT}
16 Ship carrying ex-PM over Thames, perhaps (9) MAYFLOWER {MAY}{FLOWER}
17 Business lease revised to include carbon in mix (8) COALESCE {CO}{ALES{C}E*}
19 Bet one’s embarrassed to support conduct (7) WAGERED {RED}<=>{WAGE}
21 Englishwomen tailored gowns? It will surely be below the knee (7) HEMLINE {ENgLIsHwoMEn}* [CA] Semi&lit
22 Resin adds mass to timber (6) BALSAM {BALSA}{M}
24 Keen to see the Queen over time (5) EAGER {E{AGE}R}

Reference List
Current = AMP, Second = S, Water in Rajasthani = PANI, Run = R, Lead = PB, Hard = H, Troll = DIS, Mass = M, Queen = ER


21 comments:

  1. So so - moderate
    Way - mode
    Ahead at
    Railway re?
    Not sure of the Anno though

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    1. Brilliant Arden clue. Anyone solving this should be promoted.

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    2. moderate meaning so so; way -mode; railway-track- rate; Is it so?

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    3. Not the correct parsing Sridhar.

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  2. I enjoyed this a lot. Thank you, Arden. In 15A not clear to me how one gets PB.

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    1. Pb is the symbol for lead

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    2. Lead- name of metal derived from Latin Plumbum, chemical formula Pb

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  3. PB symbol for lead, metallic element

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  4. 28 A Trying with split words - Way - MODE
    A head - A T (T head) in Rail Way - R E (east as a way)
    MODERATE

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  5. 28A can be solved by anyone now

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  6. moderate-so so.way-mode rate-rail

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  7. Way ahead is to indicate 'Mode' has to come first and rate (rail) later. So 'Railway' has to be split.
    A real good clever ploy.

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  8. Got a message from Prasanna Rao that he posted twice on this clue but somehow it was not visible.
    His take was:
    Way-road
    Ahead- leading towards….I.e meet
    (Road+meet)*. MODERATE

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    1. Thanks a lot KKR Garu. noted my Crux. 'Mode' I can understand the clue. but Rate w.r.to rail couldn.t correlate. The word Rate seems commercial. good solve by Paddy. Have a gr8 day.

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  9. 25ac - what does CALOMEL havectovdo with runs? Kindly explain.
    I got the answer wo parsing.
    Arden - 4th day in a row. Full solve. Thank u blog.

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    1. Read the page at the link embedded over the word Calomel in the blog and you will get your answer

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    2. Well done Gowri. Congratulations.

      Regarding your query about Calomel, it's used as a laxative (gets people the runs)

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