Saturday 31 July 2021

No 13314, Saturday 31 Jul 2021, Arden

 ACROSS

1 Total neglect did urge restart treatment (5,9 UTTER DISREGARD {DID+URGE+RESTART*}
10 Cap without releasing force (5) BERET {BEREfT}


11 Alloy of molten Ironright away cannot flow on its own (3-6) NON-MOTILE {MOLTEN+IrON*}
12 In chaste Tamil can you review the weather? (7) CLIMATE (T<=)
13 Essentially hold within reach, treat disease (7) CHOLERA {REACH*} around {hOLd}
14 European with daughter coming in to watch regularly (5) SWEDE {S{W}E{D}E}
16 Overlap of economic bloc — including India and China, excluding India and China (9) IMBRICATE {I}{M{BRIC}ATE}
19 Regular dress tailored in some city in Iowa (3,6) DES MOINES {DrEsS}{IN+SOME*}
20 Cut over, and cut both sides to be precise (5) EXACT {AXE<=}{CuT}
22 Banned slide — shedding skin like a worm (7) ANNELID {bANNEd}{sLIDe}
25 Malta wrongly shown within borders of Asia, but not this city (4-3) ALMA-ATA {A{MALTA*}siA} semi &lit
27 Get a nut, in other words, it’s for stretching things a bit (9) TAUTENING {GET+A+NUT+IN*}
28 Some have permit, rest is staff (5) MITRE (T)
29 Retaliation as part of the shoe size (7,7) COUNTER MEASURE {COUNTER}{MEASURE}

DOWN

2 Being always late, could be trained on board (9) TARDINESS {TRAINED*}{SS}
3 Additional court summary (5) EXTRA (DD?)
4 Landed abroad, no one came up with a flower (9) DANDELION {LANDED*}{NO I<=}
5 Boom in a way is very good, but short (5) SONIC {SO}{NICe}
6 Save millions missing from some income, perhaps (9) ECONOMISE {SOmE+INCOME*}
7 Girl friend’s good, starts off (5) ALICE {pAL}{nICE}
8 Deadline as the guy was fed, reportedly (3,4) DUE DATE {~ DUDE ATE}
9 We get a taxi back in front of counter, say (6) ABACUS {A}{CAB<=}{US}
15 Stretch out in molten solution, it’s soothing (9) EMOLLIENT {LIE} in {MOLTEN*}
17 Told not to marry, but I became fatherthat should make things sparkle (9) BESPANGLE {BE S(-i+PA)ANGLE}
18 A small dog and flower, white in colour (9) ALABASTER {A}{LAB}{ASTER}
19 It’s part of menu put up rather extreme (7) DRASTIC {{CARD} around {ITS}} <=
21 Last shot, one’s within rights to get a bullet (6) TRACER {shoT}{R}{ACE}{R}
23 Country adjoining Argentina, Uruguay (5) NAURU (T)
24 Half-hearted motorist getting more parched (5) DRIER {DRIvER}
26 Complaint brought up by politician in total (5) MUMPS {{SUM} around {PM}}<= Anno correct?

Reference List

Force=F, Right=R, With=W, Daughter=D, Economic bloc including India and China=Bric, India=I, China=Mate
On board=SS, One=I, Millions=M. We=Us, Small dog=Lab, One=Ace, Rights=RR, Politician=PM

Colour/Font Scheme

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16 comments:

  1. 16a BRIC(-s). Economic indicating the shortening.

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  2. 3d still figuring out how to but the mathematical equation is
    Extra+CT=extract

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    1. Bloc including India and China is BRICS.

      India=I
      China= mate
      Excluding = keeping outside.

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    2. China=Mate has been repeating. This has been discussed earlier. There were different explanations for this (including cockney rhyming with plate). I don't think we have had the final word on this.

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    3. China to mate was not in debate. But to go to pal/ally from mate was.

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    4. Pardon my memory or the lack of it!

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  5. Dear compiler Mr. Arden,
    Though I was unsucessful in my attempts to solve or resolve a good number of clues today, I did learn new words and on this score, I must sincerely thank you....

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  6. You're welcome Suresh. I am sure you'll be able to solve the entire puzzle soon.

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  7. BRIC was the original trade bloc when it was formed with Brazil, Russia, India and China.

    In 2010 South Africa joined the group and it became BRICS

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  8. Thank u Arden. I got all but could not parse quite a few. Thanx to the blog. My COD - 17DN & 18DN.

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