Monday 27 September 2021

No 13362, Monday 27 Sep 2021, Arden

Solution to 17D 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   A flask first, intend to get a jug (6) CARAFE {CAR{A}{Fl..k}E}
 Chinese women not seen cooking this dish (4,4) CHOW MEIN {CHINEse+WOMen}*
9   American bibles? Yes, distributed in places of worship (6) ABBEYS {A}{BB}{YES*}
10 Organs of poor sold cheaply (3,1,4) FOR A SONG*
12 End of Carlson, snake around Chess board? It’s true (4,4) BONA FIDE {BO{c...oN}A}{FIDE}
13 Delight as husband takes short time (6) THRILL {T{H}RILL} (Addendum - {T{HR}ILL} - See comments)
15 Harry chose network to be well informed (4,3,5) KNOW THE SCORE
18 Trimmer gets cut rose, the nightly spectacle... (6,6) METEOR SHOWER {M{ROSE+THE}*OWER}
21 ... all the movement is dangerous (6) LETHAL*
22 Tax collection breeds corruption (4,4) CESS POOL {CESS}{POOL}
24 ‘Terrier’ — this beer’s lost most of the fizz (8) AIREDALE {AIRED ALE}
25 One of those who tend to fall in succession (6) DOMINO [CD]
26 Ran as a gunman giving protection died (8) HASTENED {H{A}{STEN}E}{D}
27 He left his country before, took a plane (6) EMIGRE {E{MIG}RE}

DOWN
1   Sally Lunn, say, gets some meat for the party (8) CLAMBAKE {C{LAMB}AKE}
2   He dumps a piece of cloth outside (8) ROBINSON {RO{BINS}ON}
3   Get upset knowing it’s end of half the rum (3,3,3,6) FLY OFF THE HANDLE {FLY}{END+OF+HALF+THE}*
5   Round up the bear (4) HOOP<=
6   Set thermostat where you can come out unscathed (7,3,5) WEATHER THE STORM*
7   Sexy boy has to go up (6) EROTIC {ER{TO<=}IC}
8   Complaint from flower covered girls (6) NIGGLE {NI{G}{G}LE}
11 Stuck to supplement, brought in here (7) ADHERED {AD{HERE}D}
14 Colour that kept Lewis in place (7) SCARLET {S{CARL}ET}
16 Diving lad not allowed in wading pools, perhaps (8) SWOOPING {WadING+POOlS}*
17 He wrote volumes on loose woman and middlemen (8) ?R?L?O?E (Addendum - TROLLOPE {TROLLOP}{mEn} - See comments))
19 Evacuated, yes... half turned out to be a pollutant (3,3) FLY ASH {YeS+HALF}*
20 First human settlement in America — maybe true (6) UTERUS {U{TRUE*}S}
23 Controversial usage — at both ends it’s lead (4) CLUE {Co...aL}{Us.gE}

Reference List
American = A, Bible = B, Husband = TILL, Died = D, Girl = G


31 comments:

  1. 27d
    TROLLOPE {trollop}{e}
    loose woman = trollop
    middle men = e

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  2. 22d has to go down as the all time case study for clueing.
    Liked the Arden(isms) too.

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  3. Typo in 11D- D is extra- to be deleted.

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  4. 13A - Husband is to Till, Hr is short form of hour (time) - So husband taking short time is T(hr)ill - Thrill

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    1. Seems to be better than the one in the main post.

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    2. +1 - good solve.
      I was also trying to fit husband = H, but TRILL didn't fit the rest of the wordplay.

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    3. 1. (Music, other) music a melodic ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between a principal note and the note a whole tone or semitone above it. Usual symbol: tr. (written above a note) or tr
      I found this for trill. "Rapid alteration"- can this be extended to short duration?

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  5. 8d- Nile as a 'flow'er is Ardenism as Prasad puts it. Not surprised this time.

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    1. The word NILE reminded me of this one-liner quiz.
      What is the mood of our Netas and Netranis, related to Egypt?
      It is ‘Denial’.

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    2. To be fair, it applies to netas the world over.

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  6. Till,as in Free dic.-

    1. a drawer, box, or the like, in which money is kept, as in a shop.

    ...which could mean husband(!)- as in husbandry.

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    1. It is paddy and has been used before. Col put bracket at the wrong place.

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    2. No bracket at wrong place. I got it wrong just as Ramki has mentioned above

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  7. Enjoyed the grid today. Favourites were UTERUS, DOMINO, AIREDALE, the wordplay for FIDE and also the long anagrams. Thanks Arden.

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  8. Quite a tough brain-teaser and managed to solve mere 17 in the entire grid. And 7-D and 20-D happened to be 'naughty' clues.
    Nonetheless, kudos to Mr. Devanathan and now that I have recovered from the bout of 'flu, this evening I will raise the toast in his honour. Cheers, dear Arden!!!

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    1. Why do you say 20D is naughty?

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    2. Some things one can read between the lines. If 20D is not naughty....
      It is not and I have already said it is my COD.

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  9. Great grid. My fav - UTERUS, CLUE,THRILL, NIGGLE.
    With some difficulty completed thr grid.

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  10. Excellent puzzle! In 12A, Chess board FIDE was new to me. Couldn't parse 12A either, but enjoyed getting the rest. Thank you, Arden.

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  11. Even i couldnt parse 13a. Just filled it.

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