Wednesday 8 September 2021

No 13347, Wednesday 08 Sep 2021, Vulcan

Solution to 12A 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   Sort of a triangle, one pertaining to a particular group (12) GENERATIONAL*
10 Flexible base — soft/ not soft (7) ELASTIC {E}{pLASTIC}
11 Corrupt senator’s act of betrayal (7) TREASON*
12 Something to look up to about a restaurant — it’s minimal (6) S?I?N? (Addendum - SKINNY - {SK{INN}Y} - See comments
13 Rule it out before gold is hidden (8) ULTERIOR {RULE+IT}*{OR}
15 After the end of session, connected to a network, on air, extremely choppy (9) NONLINEAR {s...oN}{ON}{LINE}{AiR} (Correction - {s...oN}{ON LINE}{AiR} - See comments)
16 Creature, dog, not black (5) EAGLE bEAGLE
17 Resort in the country (5) SPAIN {SPA}{IN}
19 Tied up/ captured a fool and watched (9) MONITORED {MO{NIT}ORED}
22 Give a new name to a type of wine, it’s European and it’s excellent (8) REDEFINE {RED}{E}{FINE}
24 Invited a big drinker, say (6) SOUGHT (~sot)
26 Current offering (7) PRESENT [DD]
27 Report is about republican framework (7) TRELLIS {T{R}ELL}{IS}
28 Met at one’s workshop fair (12) SATISFACTORY {SAT}{1'S}{FACTORY}

DOWN
2   Escape with a victory over Israel after end of game (7) EVASION {A}{V}<={SION} after {gamE}
3   Stretching without strain (9) EXTENSION {EX}{TENSION}
4   Bend in car chassis (4) ARCH [T]
5   Learn not to turn into it like a bigot (10) INTOLERANT {I{LEARN+NOT}*T}
6   She’s in the French city we’re told (5) NIECE (~nice)
7   Speaking in a manner sister-in-law gets upset — with a sharp sound (7) LISPING {S-I-L<=}{PING}
8   Conclude about a boy (6) REASON {RE}{A}{SON}
9   Unfaithful in Paris, a time to regret (6) UNTRUE {UN}{T}{RUE}
14 Stops insects swarming around new area (10) TERMINATES {TERMI{N}{A}TES}
16 Make use of a valuable discovery mostly indoors — a lively one (9) EXTROVERT {EX{TROVe}ERT}
17 Band’s tour in Sweden (6) STRIPE {S{TRIP}E}
18 Position in a day shift (7) ADDRESS {A}{D}{DRESS}
20 Smooth pull-back in the end (7) REGULAR {RE{LUG<=}AR}
21 Editor backed by paper getting hate (6) DETEST {ED<=}{TEST}
23 Speedy warships (5) FLEET [DD]
25 Some Vietnamese mountain (4) ETNA [T]

Reference List
Base = E, Soft = P, Gold = OR, European = E, Republican = R, Victory = V, About = RE, Time = T, In in French = UN, New = N, Area = A, Sweden = SE, Day = D, Editor = ED


21 comments:

  1. 12A. Skinny. Restaurant- inn. Look up to - sky

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  2. Good one. Please mention the def.also.

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    1. I don't think so. Network may also be an electrical one when it is line.

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    2. I think
      (N) ( ON LINE - meaning connected to network) (AR- air extremes)

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    3. Yes that appears to be the intended annotation

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  4. 19A. I made the anno thus:
    Tied + moron( fool)..Does it pass the muster?

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    1. And then to get monitored, you need to anagram it. That's called an indirect anagram, which is not accepted standard/practice here (THC and many of the crossies).

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  5. That means, the anno is not proper?

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    1. Yes. Indirect anagram is not kosher. Also how do we account for captured even if IA is ok considering up is anagrind?

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  6. Yes,when there is a better and more fitting anno.
    You may look up moor. It is where boats are tied.

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  7. What does an asterick mean in a solution

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    1. Please see panel on the Left hand side under heading 'Annotations' where explanations for abbreviations used in the annotations have been given

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  8. Super puzzle from Vulcan today. Enjoyed solving.

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  9. Nice grid by Vulcan. 19a, I solved as below.
    Fool - NIT
    tied up - MOORED
    [MO(NIT)ORED]

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  10. Nice to be learning from veterans.

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  11. Nice grid. I solved all but could not parse MONITORED & ELASTIC.
    i always forget base =e

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