Saturday 25 September 2021

No 13361, Saturday 25 Sep 2021, Gussalufz

ACROSS

1 Old computer communication software in which student lacks belief (5) TENET {TElNET}
4 Covers sword, perhaps, in plastic net she has (9) ENSHEATHS {NET+SHE+HAS*}
9 Larger than usual tailored suit procured by lightweight engineer (7) OUTSIZE {O{SUIT*}Z}{E}
10 Exceed capacity of kitchen gadget, collecting unlimited curry on the counter (7) OVERRUN {OVE{cURRy<=}N}
11 Golden hammer, bearer’s pen (6) AUTHOR {AU}{THOR}
12 Open marriage? Promiscuous European has replaced Gussalufz, love! (8) UNFASTEN {UN(-io+FAST E) N}
14 Trumpet concerto’s last two pieces got cut, initially (4) TOOT {concerTO}{gOT}
15 National pride leads to profound atrocities through insecure, shallow men embracing public violence (10) PATRIOTISM {PAT{RIOT}ISM} 
18 Tickets she arranged? Of extremely questionable authenticity (10) SKETCHIEST {TICKETS+SHE*}
19 Recycled twisted jokes (4) PUNS {(-s)PUN(+S)}
22 Ignore mistake in edited video (7) OVERRIDE {VIDEO*} around {ERR} enu should be 8
24 Anagram of CHARGING WIRE? Not according to Cham., oddly (6)  JUMBLE {JUMper caBLE} 
26 I’m bored of drug-laden drunk husband attached to nothing (5-2) HEIGH-HO {H{E}IGH}-{H}{O}
27 Intricate art or setter’s endless pastime with setter? (7) ORIGAMI {OR}{I}{GAMe}{I}
28 Go with the set, fixed food plan (4,5) DIET SHEET {DIE}{THE+SET*}
29 Exquisite ether engulfs those under treatment by dentists (5) TEETH (T)


DOWN

1 Having a couple of pieces of pie, gorging without a hint of propriety (3-4) TWO-PART {T{WO}{Propriety}ART}
2 The atom, on splitting out? (3,2,4) NOT AT HOME {THE+ATOM+ON*}
3 Stand and stumble (too many drugs) (6) TRIPOD {TRIP}{OD}
4 Cocaine dealer turns up, provides ultimate happiness (4) EDEN (T<=)
5 Reverend’s intercourse with wretched miser, following snuggle (10) SPOONERISM {SPOON}{MISER*}
6 Lift malfunctioning, leave peak! (8) ELEVATOR {LEAVE*}{TOR}
7 Pack up, in some chest or attaché (5) TAROT (T<=)


8 Another word for something extremely sexy, quite the opposite of extremely manly, perhaps (7) SYNONYM {SexY}{NON}{ManlY*}
13 Work out log(prime) and subtract 1000 to get 14, perhaps (10) PALINDROME {LOg+PRIME+AND*}
16 Cast a shadow over millions concealed by fancy urbanite (9) INUMBRATE {URBANITE*} around {M}
17 Moves very fast and gets a goal after receiving coachs tips (8) SCORCHES {SCOR{CoacH}ES}
18 Settled in Hyderabad, eh? Too surely, from the south! (7) SOOTHED (T<=)
20 Foreign dessert alien rejected (7) SWEDISH {SWEet DISH}
21 Unusual brief on account deletion (6) QUAINT {acQUAINT}
23 Throw out fabric, rejecting a couple of tons (5) EXILE {tEXtILE}
25 Artist regularly seen in protests (4) POET {PrOtEsTs}

Reference List

Student=L. Lightweight=Oz, Engineer=E, Golden=Au, European=E, Love=O, Drug=E, Husband=H, Nothing=O, Setter=I
Without=Wo, Too many drugs=OD(Over dose), 1000=G, Millions=M, Alien=ET, Account=Ac, Tons=T

Colour/Font Scheme

DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded linksTheme word Reference list wordAnagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorOpposite indicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous



32 comments:

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    1. +1. Continues to churn out themed ninas with a message. Pangram too.Amazing!
      Matching blog by Ramesh. Excellent work.

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    1. Telnet was also a command (i.e. application software) in old Unix systems, used to login to remote computers.

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    2. Yep, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telnet: "The term telnet is also used to refer to the software that implements the client part of the protocol. Telnet client applications are available for virtually all computer platforms."

      A day in grad school used to begin with using a dial-up modem and then running telnet to connect to a lab computer, for some of us :-). I hope the clue was fairly solvable, esp. once the crossing letters were in place.

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  3. 9a all things "larger than usual" are not outsize!. an outsize IS larger than usual!

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    1. "outsize" as an adjective = "over normal or standard size" = "larger than usual" (See https://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=outsize and examples such as "outsize tomatoes" in https://www.thefreedictionary.com/outsize)

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    1. Again like once asked can you take e for emergency from emergency room!
      Grand is specific 1000S or L? (1000's in the clue would have been better).

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    2. G, K and M listed under "thousand" in Chambers.

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  5. Slightly tough puzzle. Enjoyed though

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  6. Enjoyable. The anno for JUMBLE had me foxed.

    Incidentally the print version has the enu for 22A correctly as 8

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    1. Bit cable/wire used to charge run down battery from a live battery is called Jumper wire/cable.

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  7. +1 for the correct enu in the print version for 22A.

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  8. Apart from the enum error in 22a, the comma in 11a was also not there in my copy—a typo in the paper, unfortunately.

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    1. I was foxed by the comma for a while. Sometimes a comma is used in a misleading way by some setters and I wondered if this is one such.

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    2. Awaiting 'Notes'for the CW which I enjoy as much as the CW itself.

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  9. 1D (TWO-PART) also fits the theme?

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  10. Fantastic puzzle..Could not parse JUMBLE though

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  11. Thanks for the comments and the feedback, and thanks for blogging, Ramesh!

    I'm copying my notes for this puzzle below. The blog and comments already cover most of what I had noted—indeed, a few extra entries have been spotted as being possibly thematic than what I had in mind.

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    Cryptic crossword wordplay is the theme of this crossword. There is a nina running across the second row from the top and the second row from the bottom, that reads, WORDPLAY ELEMENTS.

    The following solutions words are all used as wordplay elements in cryptic crosswords:

    5d. SPOONERISM.
    8d. SYNONYM.
    13d. PALINDROME.
    19a. PUNS.
    24a. JUMBLE.
    In addition, the surfaces of 24a and 27a are connected to cryptic crosswords.

    This puzzle is a pangram.

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    1. Thanks for posting Viresh. I had inteded to do so but forgot.

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    2. It's OK, Col., hopefully most THCC readers will see the link here anyway, thanks.

      Suresh: this database is not my work! But I agree that they did a great job :-).

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    3. Thanks, Viresh. I used to check 15 squared and THCC to see if the wordplay was a well used one . This is very useful

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