Wednesday 23 June 2021

No 13281, Wednesday 23 Jun 2021, Dr. X

Solution to 24D 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   Exhaust all resources to make the room secure? (5,4,4) SHOOT ONES BOLT [DD]
8   Backing curate to masterfully conduct a choral composition (5) MOTET [T<=]
9   Primarily boisterous saying, knocking back drink (7,2) BOTTOMS UP {Bo...s}{MOTTO<=}{SUP} &lit
11 Unruly engineers start to rant in workshop (10) REFRACTORY {RE}{F{Rant}ACTORY}
12 A kid going back for jelly (4) AGAR {A}{RAG<=}
14 Arresting many leaving all-night raves (7) HALTING {ALl+NIGHT}*
16 Girl cuddling rascal on ecstasy in university (7) ACADEMY {A{CAD}{E}MY}
17 Shall he also pick up herbal plant regarded as panacea? (7) ALLHEAL [T]
19 Found duke leaving to get hold of new cloak (7) ENVELOP {dE{N}VELOP}
21 Unpunctual son ignored reprimand (4) LATE sLATE
22 Preparing dosa and sambar for envoy (10) AMBASSADOR*
25 Anxiously argue about Republican lazily tackling onset of epidemic (9) WORRIEDLY {ROW<=}{R}{I{Ep...c}DLY}
26 Ball covered by dew becoming wet (5) MOIST {M{O}IST}
27 Praise clothing salesmen liberally for uprightness (13) BLAMELESSNESS {BL{SALESMEN*}ESS}

DOWN
2   The flu spreading around area is nasty (7) HATEFUL {THE+FLU}* over {A}
3   Very rebellious actress, single, going wild in bars (10) OSTRACISES {SO<=}{ACTRESS+1}*
4   Book penned by apprentice about revolution (5) ORBIT {TI{B}RO}<=
5   Remove old bug climbing in drain (9) EXTIRPATE {EX}{TIR{TAP<=}E}
6   Lout in raid about to steal ring (4) BOOR {RO{O}B<=}
7   Rising flatulence, tucking into street food (7) LASAGNE {LA{GAS<=}NE}
8   Sweet man ensnared by escort, despondent (11) MARSHMALLOW {MARSH{M}AL}{LOW}
10 Character gets tipsy at last on liquor in festive atmosphere (5,6) PARTY SPIRIT {PART}{t..sY}{SPIRIT}
13 Suffering after picking up undergarment with an arachnid (10) HARVESTMAN {HAR{VEST}M}{AN}
15 Anxious model, glad to get top prize (4,5) GOLD MEDAL*
18 Drunk, real smashed to be precise (7) LITERAL {LIT}{REAL*}
20 Young men and women drinking vodka heartily (7) LADDIES {LAD{voDka}IES}
23 Mule crossing extremely bumpy canyon (5) ABYSS {A{BumpY}SS}
24 Endless feud over money causing concern (4) ?I?M (Addendum - FIRM {RIFt<=}{M} - See comments)

Reference List
Drink = SUP, Engineers = RE, Many = L, Ecstasy = E, Duke = D, New = N, Son = S, Republican = R, Area = A, Book = B, Old = EX, Man = M, Money = M


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24 comments:

  1. Col_Gopinath23 June 2021 at 09:26

    Surprisingly none of the Novices/non-regulars are attempting 24D

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    1. Orthopaul23 June 2021 at 09:39

      Got the answer. Struggling with the anno

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  2. D.Chandrasekhar23 June 2021 at 09:34

    24D FIRM {FIRE-E}{M} is a concern, Feud is Fire , M from money

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  3. Vasu23 June 2021 at 09:34

    24d. FIRM( concern _ business). Fued fire - e FIR + M for money

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  4. Padmanabhan23 June 2021 at 09:48

    Appetising CW from Doc.,what with Lasagne,marshmallow,Ambassador.

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  5. Sujatha23 June 2021 at 09:57

    24D feud = rift, endless = rif(-e), over => fir, money = m, fir+m = firm = concern.

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    1. Satyen Nabar23 June 2021 at 10:04

      RIF(-t) <= + M.
      Well done Sujatha 👍

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    2. Unknown23 June 2021 at 15:12

      But Sujatha is a seasoned player , not a novice.Thomphil

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    3. Prasanna Rao23 June 2021 at 18:35

      good solve. Ms sujatha...

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    4. Sujatha24 June 2021 at 06:38

      @Unknown. Seasoned? Thank you but I am undeserving of that praise. I still struggle on a daily basis and look up to this blog to learn more. I managed to get this one right, today.
      Thanks all the same.

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  6. Padmanabhan23 June 2021 at 10:05

    All of us took 'over'as on top of in stead of reversal indicator. Good thinking- both setter and solver.

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  7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 June 2021 at 10:52

    When I opened the online paper, the grid has no enus at all. I took it to solve. 5DN was the last to fall.
    Thanks Dr. for the challenge

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    1. Satyen Nabar23 June 2021 at 11:12

      Yes, the enum was missing. It was corrected around 7am.

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  8. R Nagendra Prasad23 June 2021 at 13:03

    Dr X back to his entertaining BEST in today's crossword. Loved the exercise. Many CODs today for me.. 9ac, 14ac, 16 ac, 19 ac, 3dn, 5dn, 7dn & 10 dn. 13 down was new to me.

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    1. Satyen Nabar23 June 2021 at 13:24

      Thanks a lot Mr Prasad 😀. Nice to know what you liked. 13D is perhaps more popularly known as Daddy Longlegs.

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    2. Unknown23 June 2021 at 15:16

      Entertaining? Not exactly.It was frustrating.Thomphil

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    3. Col_Gopinath23 June 2021 at 15:24

      Thomphil, the grapes are always sour for you!!

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  9. Maya Kamath23 June 2021 at 17:48

    Except for extirpate and refractory, the rest was a breeze. I think the doctor will make me eat my words by setting a real humdinger next :-)

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    1. Satyen Nabar23 June 2021 at 22:13

      Not at all. Glad it was a breeze for you Maya. But of course, you are a good solver. So that is hardly unexpected 😀

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    2. Anonymous24 June 2021 at 22:47

      Doc - i solved all but didn't parse many including FIRM, EXTIRPATE, BOTTOMS UP & ORBIT. So actually tough. 🙄

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