Tuesday 28 September 2021

No 13363, Tuesday 28 Sep 2021, Arden

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
9   Dug up within a country — tale of a small town... (7) MALGUDI {MAL{DUG<=}I}
10 ... mean time include velocity one more time (7) AVERAGE {A{V}{ERA}GE}
11 Give it a different shape — shift more in front, towards left (7) REMODEL {MORE*}{LED<=}
12 Rated truly free (7) D?R?D?D (Addendum - DERIDED {RID} in {DEED} - See comments)
13 County gets snow — by the way, it’s part of film review (9) LEICESTER {ICE}{ST} in {REEL<=}
15 Stand topless, showing boredom (5) ODIUM pODIUM
16 Back without care (4,3) BUTT END {BUT}{TEND}
19 One eager to follow the last man of cloth (7) NANKEEN {AN}{KEEN}<=>{maN}
20 Second or third seed gets into final, that’s bare minimum (5) LEAST {L{seEd}AST}
21 Some of it explains ongoing group singing (9) PLAINSONG [T]
25 Issue is back — President hasn’t finished with his magic cure (7) NOSTRUM {SON<=}{TRUMp}
26 At home, the way everything’s put in place (7) INSTALL {IN}{ST}{ALL}
28 Bird’s fed some cheese (7) STILTON {STILT}{ON}
29 Doctor makes boy consume egg (7) SURGEON {S{URGE}ON}

DOWN
1   Same form, half exposed as being unethical (6) AMORAL {sAMe}{fORm}{hALf}
2   Out on a limb, perhaps — boot out old boys (6) ALUMNI {oUt+oN+A+LIMb}*
3   Felt bad when told it’s abusive (4) RUED (~rude)
4   Chance to get sick accommodation (6) BILLET {B{ILL}ET}
5   Official language (8) MANDARIN [DD]
6   Hair cut, now no approach (4,4,2) BEAR DOWN ON {BEARD}{NOW+ON}*
7   Changed mind midway, not to step on it (8) LANDMINE {LA{MIND*}NE}
8   She gets dividends from both sides — workers, they keep the stock (8) HERDSMEN {HER}{Di...dS}{MEN}
14 Choose to talk to those who vote (10) ELECTORATE {ELECT}{ORATE}
16 Islanders stand outside crease (8) BALINESE {BA{LINE}SE}
17 Starts new socialistic movement in characteristic broadcast (8) TRANSMIT {TRA{New}{So...c}{Mo...t}IT}
18 Incomplete — I plan to raise this hormone (8) DOPAMINE {I}{MAP}<= in {DONE}
22 From Himalayas, lay out another religious doctrine (6) AHIMSA HIMAlayAS*
23 Herb’s losing head, rearing an ass (6) ONAGER oREGANO<=
24 Seen regularly during festival — will it provide some lead? (6) GALENA {GAL{sEeN}A}
27 Active agent provocateur finally nabbed (4) SPRY {SP{p...uR}Y}

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23 comments:

  1. sree_sree28 September 2021 at 08:35

    As usual like ardenisms.
    But felt 9a def should be "small town of a tale".
    The tale is Malgudi days!

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  2. Padmanabhan28 September 2021 at 08:51

    +1
    As it is,small town is the def.which means 'tale of a' is extra.

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    1. ranger28 September 2021 at 09:58

      Here the definition is 'A small town'. The phrase 'tale of' is used to indicate the town

      has a tale attached to it or about it. Just mentioning 'a small town' would not not be

      fair because there are millions of small towns.

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  3. Padmanabhan28 September 2021 at 08:52

    16a- Typo in solution word- it has to be 'butt end',not butt tend.

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  4. N Sridhar28 September 2021 at 09:18

    12A- derided- rated; truly- in deed; free- rid; de(rid)ed?

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  5. Jacob Brahmakulam28 September 2021 at 09:23

    Nice and challenging puzzle from Arden.
    Can someone explian {ON} in 28A?

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    1. ranger28 September 2021 at 09:52

      'ON' indicates 'fed' or 'being fed'. Like in "I'm on a vegetarian diet"

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    2. Jacob Brahmakulam28 September 2021 at 10:13

      Thanks ranger; I guessed as much. But was not sure.
      Another doubt: "some" in the clue is redundant or part of definition?

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 September 2021 at 10:23

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 September 2021 at 10:25

      I thought you intended FED=dined on [dined=taken]

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  6. ranger28 September 2021 at 10:30

    'Some' is used to refer to something that is 'unknown or unspecified' as there are many

    varieties of cheeses.

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 September 2021 at 10:58

    Nice grid. My favs Landmine, Surgeon and Herdsmen. Enjoyable solve for me today. Thank you Arden. :)

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  8. Suresh Panje, New Delhi28 September 2021 at 11:10

    I must thank Arden for the 4-D clue that made me feel younger by over five decades since the living accommodation for single airmen in the IAF is known as BILLET.
    Indeed, I did solve it as feigning sick on the days of ceremonial parades during the training period at Jalahalli in mid-'60s was my hobby!!!

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  9. ghaspooscurry28 September 2021 at 13:04

    15a-Odium = hatred/abbhorence. Does boredom fit?

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    1. Suresh28 September 2021 at 17:33

      Valid point

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    2. ranger28 September 2021 at 19:32

      Sorry. That was an oversight. Probably I had 'tedium' at the back of my mind while

      writing the clue

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  10. Prasanna Rao28 September 2021 at 13:31

    interesting puzzles by Arden today. around 5 puzzles yet to complete. ALUMNI, ODIUM, LEAST were too interesting. trying for ac.9,16 & dn.18.23....too challenging one. hope will complete by 7 PM. have a nice day.

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  11. Amita Baviskar28 September 2021 at 14:46

    15A: ODIUM doesn't mean 'boredom'. Otherwise, a fine puzzle.

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    1. sree_sree28 September 2021 at 15:02

      An interesting read on boredom besides the etymology of odium-ennui-boredom

      https://iai.tv/articles/the-history-and-politics-of-boredom-auid-1208

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  12. Anonymous28 September 2021 at 23:33

    Becos i didnt get odium, my top right corner is incomplete.
    Else a great grid.
    My fav - LANDMINE, DERIDED, SURGEON & ofcourse MALGUDI. 😊

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