Friday 23 July 2021

No 13307, Friday 23 Jul 2021, Hypatia

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ACROSS
1   Creeps cycle and dash off (6) SCRAWL (+s)SCRAWL(-s)
4   Painted reflection of still seals — mostly still (6) DAUBED {DE{BUt}AD}<=
9   Insect’s name seen in label from behind (4) GNAT {TA{N}G<=}
10 Free reporter covering Indian drug stock (10) REPERTOIRE {REPERTO{I}R*}{E}
11 Asias noblemen, from the Orient, nurture miniature trees (6) BONSAI [T<=]
12 Official material worn by school master (8) LINESMAN {LINE{S}{MA}N}
13 Parking area cutting through lonely Egyptian grave (9) DESPERATE {DES{P}ER{A}T}{E}
15 Who doesn’t drink crumpling old flame’s message (4) TEXT {T{EX}T}
16 March in front of excellent president (4) PACE {ACE}<=>{P}
17 Fine or light (3,2,4) SET ON FIRE {FINE+OR}* [RA]
21 Over a month they’re rolling and tossing in fever! (8) JAUNDICE {J{A}UN}{DICE} Is Jaundice a fever?
22 Tablet for a dental problem (6) PLAQUE [DD]
24 Spooner says, “marry crushes” — they think alike (5,5) GREAT MINDS (~ mate grinds to great minds)
25 Frequently take cheatour back to state (4) UTAH {cHeAp+ToUr}<=
26 Go with holy man heading to spiritual meetings (6) TRYSTS {TRY}{ST}{Sp...l}
27 For instance, recklessly braved bombs (6) ADVERB*

DOWN
1   Faint // sound missing in some parts (7) SYNCOPE [DD]
2   Judges had boring empty rooms (5) RATES {Room{ATE}S}
3   Shot arrow to capture one radical soldier (7) WARRIOR {WARR{1}O*}{R}
5   Expert’s article about small garments (6) APRONS {A{PRO}N}{S} 
6   Novel fixture in a den? (9) BOOKSHELF {BOOK}{SHELF} Semi&lit
7   Gatekeeper at the end of shift only missed sleeping (7) DORMANT {DOoRMAN}{s..fT}
8   What a clumsy chef might do — let slip? (5,3,5) SPILL THE BEANS [DD]
14 Any price arrangement involving dough, essentially (9) PECUNIARY {ANY+PRICE+doUgh}* &lit
16 Pull up sheet depicting bits of Korean, Russian and Indian language (7) PRAKRIT {TARP<=} over {Ko...n}{Ru...n}{In...n}
18 Averse to cooking technique taking soft eggs daily for starters (7) OPPOSED {OP{P}OS}{Eggs}{Da..y}
19 Massage wrapping husband with local plant (7) RHUBARB {R{H}U{BAR}B}
20 To some extent, luck is metaphorically destiny (6) KISMET [T]
23 Blue uniform pressed by Arizona’s engineers (5) AZURE {AZ}{U}{RE}

Reference List
Name = N, Indian = I, Drug = E, School = S, Master = MA, Parking = P, Area = A, Egyptian = E, Non-drinker = TT, Old flame = EX, President = P, Radical , Small = S, Only = O, Soft = P, Husband = H, Uniform = U, Engineers = RE(Royal Engineers)


38 comments:

  1. 22a DD PLAQUE, tablet and dental problem
    23d def: blue AZURE = {AZ}+{UR}+{E}, Az-Arizona, Ur- uniform, E-Engineer
    20d def: destiny, KISMET Telescopic lucK IS METaphorically
    3d def: soldier, WARRIOR {arrow + i + r}*
    18d. def: adverse, OPPOSED P-soft ED - from start of Egg Daily, OPOS - cooking technique, OPOS - One Pot One Shot
    OPOS + PED

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    1. Check 23d
      18dAnno can be improved

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    2. I think
      18d
      def: averse, OPPOSED, OPOS talking P (soft) = OPPOS + ED (from start of Eggs Daily). OPOS = Cooking technique

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    3. 3D The intended anno is slightly different.

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  2. 24A marry = mate, crushes = grinds, spoonerism => great minds = they think alike.
    25A cHeAp ToUr back = Utah = state
    26A Go = try, holy man = at, heading to S(piritual) = s, try+st+s = trysts = meetings
    17A Set on fire (on fire = anagram of fine or) = light
    15A one who doesn't drink = tt, old flame = ex, t(ex)t = text = message.

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  3. 19D r-h-u-bar-b = rhubarb
    10A Indian drug = ie. Anagram of reporter ie = repertoire = stock

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  4. 11ac. BONSAI..reverse t
    27ac. ADVERB..braved*
    8ac. SPILL THE BEANS..CD
    14d.PECUNIARY..U in (any price)*

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  5. 9A GNAT=Insect,name=N,in TAG=label
    TA(N)G<=
    16A PACE=March,P=president,ACE=excellent

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  6. 1A SCRAWL - dash-off Creeps CRAWLS cycled
    2A DAUBED - Still DEAD on reflection DAED around BU(T) - mostly still
    13 A Parking Area PA cutting through DESERT (LOnely?) DESPERAT with Egyptian DESPERATE (GRave)

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  7. 12A. {LINE{S}{MA}N}
    5D. {A{PRO}N}{S}
    6D. BOOKSHELF [CD]
    7D. {DO~o~RMAN}{T}
    16D. {PRA{K}{R}{I}T}<=

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  8. Had to use a crossword solver for 1A, feel it's too difficult because the clue doesn't have any wordplay aspect for an obscure word.

    Happy to learn a new word though!

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    1. I guess you mean 1D Syncope which is a Double Definition clue. Learning new words is a great bonus from solving cryptics - and its a gift that keeps on giving.

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  9. 6dn BOOKSHELF.{BOOK}{SHELF}
    7dn DORMANT.{DOORMAN-O}{shifT}
    16ac PACE. {P}{ACE}

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  10. Yet to be solved

    Across 10(Annotation), 21
    Down - 1, 23(Annotation)

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  12. 1D Syncope - DD - Loss of consciousness/ sound missing
    21A Month(JUN) over a. JAUN DICE - rolling and tossing - JAUNDICE

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  13. 21A JAUNDICE: A in JUN + DICE (rolling and tossing)

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  14. 10ac: REPERTOIRE: stock
    REPORTER free: REPORTER* : REPERTO R covering Indian (I) REPERTO (I) R E(drug)

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  15. Nothing philosophical in this tough clues by this great Philosopher.Closed shop early.Thomphil.

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    1. Need to stop being 7D or call it your 20D. Certainly should not become 13A either. Instead step up your 16A and learn from the 24A here who will help you tackle them.

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  16. I thought 6D was a CD but the way Col. has parsed I believe that's what Hypatia intended.

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