Friday, 21 January 2022

No 13459, Friday 21 Jan 2022, WrdPlougher

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ACROSS
6   Damage ozone layer? Cut back emissions firstly, crave less — small input (7) POLLUTE {LOP<=}{Em...s} over {LUsT}
7   Submit book released for new theory of behavioral science? (5) NUDGE (-b+n)NUDGE 
9   Wayward son taking up some responsibility (4) ONUS {ON{U}S*}
10 Vulgar rascal — immature lout — to get small punishment aboard ship (10) SCURRILOUS {S{CUR}{RI}{LOUt}S}
11 Secretary has staff at home in Singapore to prepare statement (8) PHRASING {P{HR}A}{S{IN}G} HR/Staff
13 Fortnight of eleventh month not applicable for ancient Christian Navratri? (6) NOVENA {NOVE}{NA} 
15 Reject skimpy incentive (4) SPUR SPURn
17 Rope length hard to measure, not quite easy (5) LEASH {L}{H} over {EASy}
18 Ten in ten returning, and coming up (4) NEXT {NE{X}T<=}
19 Program, interrupted by commercial, to follow (6) SHADOW {SH{AD}OW}
20 Elaborate chase in action (8) DETAILED {DE{TAIL}ED}
23 Unfinished BBQ boxes in cooler (Kelvin), vessel returned again to cold storage? (4,6) BACK BURNER {B{AC}{K}Bq}{URN}{RE<=}
26 Yugoslav Marshal adapted to it (4) TITO*
27 Putin unusually gives piece of advice (5) INPUT*
28 Save organ, donate heart away in advance (7) DELIVER {LIVER}<=>{Do..tE}

DOWN
1   I was a heroine memorising lines — pathetic (3-7) ILL-STARRED {I}{STARRED} over {LL}
2   Fresh limes you finally squeezed for breakfast? (6) MUESLI {LIMES+yoU}*
3   Sweetheart heard fiddle (4) BEAU (~bow)
4   Satisfy queen missing man without grand advances — to get royal seat (8) ENTRENCH {quENCH<=>{gENT} over {R}
5   Israeli movement — specialist Portal to begin leveraging icon (4) IDOL {IDO}{Le...e} 
6   Tendulkar, basically failing to keep chin up, blunders in tough situation (5) PINCH {CHIN+uP}*
8   Flustered TT quits, not quite active on the 10th, Mar 21 or Sep 23? (7) EQUINOX {NOt+QUItE}*{X} That should be Mar 20 and not 21
12 Great Russian-born American novelist dies, having just begun epic (5) GRAND Acrostic
14 Roughly evict Vin Diesel prematurely, throwing out modified lease heartlessly — cruel! (10) VINDICTIVE  {EVICT+VIN+DIesel}*
16 Iranian dynasty VIP doubtfully taking my word with penultimate pinch of salt (7) PAHLAVI {VIP}* over {AH{saLt}A}
17 Gangster returning with models, holding up court proceedings (8) LAWSUITS  {AL<=}{W}{S{U}ITS}
21 When upset, one turns this? (6) TURTLE [CD]
22 Register before writing NEET, doctor (5) ENTER {R}<=>{NEET}*
24 Observed movement of pet chasing tail of buck (4) KEPT {PET}*<=>{bucK}
25 Knot undone? Done (4) NODE*

Reference List
Small = S, Book = B, New = N, Up = U, Punishment = RI, Ship = S, Singapore = SG, Length = L, Hard = H, Commercial = AD, Kelvin = K, Again = RE, Line = L, Queen = QU, Grand = G, Royal = R, Gangster = AL, With = W, Writing = R



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  1. Unknown21 January 2022 at 08:32

    Sathya
    2 dn Muesli limes and yo(u)finally anagram
    20 ac Detailed - action is deed chase is tail
    27 ac input - putin anagram
    28 ac deliver - organ is liver, donate heart away is de
    18 ac next - x in ten & coming up is next
    26 ac tito anagram

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  2. Padmanabhan21 January 2022 at 08:37

    5 is the quota.

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  3. Orthopaul21 January 2022 at 08:44

    18ac. Nine.. T
    22d. Enter.. neet* R(eg...r)
    14d. Vindictive.. evict Vin D(iesel)*
    9ac Onus.. u(p) in son*
    24d. Kept. (buc)k pet*

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  4. Padmanabhan21 January 2022 at 08:47

    Please check 18A. See comment of Sathya.

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  5. Ravi21 January 2022 at 08:48

    18a. Ten in ten is ten + x = next(coming up). Anagram

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  6. Ravi21 January 2022 at 08:50

    19a. Program = show. Commercial is Ad. Anagram is shadow is to follow.

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  7. Ravi21 January 2022 at 08:52

    21d. Clue is turtle. Idiom to turn turtle is to get upset.

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  8. Neeladri Rao Munagala21 January 2022 at 08:55

    25D Solution is NODE
    Knot = Undone Done = Anagramn of Done = NODE

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  9. Shay21 January 2022 at 09:06

    19A - SHADOW = To follow, {SH{AD}OW} Program = Show, commercial = Ad

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  10. Murali21 January 2022 at 09:09

    8D EQUINOX ; ( not quite - tt ) + x (10th)
    15D NODE : (done)*
    23A BACK BURNER ; bbq -q (contains) ac (cooler) ( and ) K ( Kelvin); + urn (vessel) + re<=

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  11. Murali21 January 2022 at 09:10

    8D EQUINOX ; ( not quite - tt )* + x (10th)

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  12. Brajesh21 January 2022 at 09:21

    9ac Novena nove Not Applicable

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  13. Brajesh21 January 2022 at 09:25

    16d pahalvi dynasty of Iran from VIP and ala my word and h from pinch anagram ofvipalah

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  14. Murali21 January 2022 at 09:41

    15A SPUR: spurn (reject) shows spur (incentive)

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  15. Sujatha21 January 2022 at 10:13

    7A submit = budge, book = b, new = n, (-b)+n(udge) = nudge = theory of behavioral science
    10A rascal = cur, immature lout = lou(-t), punishment = ri, ship = SS
    S+cur+ri+lou+s = scurrilous = vulgar
    3D fiddle = bow, homophone = beau = sweetheart
    4D satisfy = quench, queen missing = -(qu)ench, man without grand = (-g)ent, royal = r, ent(r)+ench = entrench = seat
    5D Israeli movement - specialist = Ido Portal, begin leveraging = l, Ido+l = idol = icon

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  16. earl21 January 2022 at 10:20

    11A phrasing PA sec .has HR staff sing , prepare statement

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  17. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2022 at 10:49

    LUST - S. S for small (input)

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  18. Sritri21 January 2022 at 10:52

    Not quite. You have to interpret I WAS (past tense) a heroine.

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2022 at 10:53

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  20. Murali21 January 2022 at 10:54

    12D GRAND (acrostic)
    17A LEASH L + H ( from length hard) contains easy ( not quite easy)

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  21. Murali21 January 2022 at 10:57

    read as eas

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  22. AJ21 January 2022 at 10:59

    17d LAWSUITS: court proceedings
    LA(gangster AL returning) W(with) (S(U: up) ITS)
    Sits: models

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  23. sree_sree21 January 2022 at 11:01

    Needs relook

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  24. Prasanna Rao21 January 2022 at 11:01

    17 a = (L)(EAS)(H)
    Length - L
    Hard - H
    not quite EASy

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  25. AJ21 January 2022 at 11:02

    I am not sure about my anno for 27d. A forced anno perhaps

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  26. AJ21 January 2022 at 11:03

    17d not 27 d

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  27. AJ21 January 2022 at 11:07

    You haven’t used fortnight only the clue Sathiya

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  28. AJ21 January 2022 at 11:08

    Read only as in

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  29. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2022 at 11:09

    10a : SCURRILOUS (S(CUR)(RI)(LOU-s)S)

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2022 at 11:13

      CUR:Rasacal, RI: Rigorous Imprisonment.

      Typo for LOU-s is LOU-t

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  30. Jacob Brahmakulam21 January 2022 at 11:11

    6d PINCH; tough situation {CHIN UP - thenUlkar}*

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  31. Jacob Brahmakulam21 January 2022 at 11:12

    typo: CHIN UP - tendUlkar

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  32. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2022 at 11:22

    (POL<)(LUsT)(Emission)

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  33. Murali21 January 2022 at 11:30

    Vaguely remembered that it is not customary to refer living persons and business names in crosswords ( c.f. Putin and Tendulkar). Can some of the experienced solvers / setters clarify this?

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    1. Sritri21 January 2022 at 11:44

      Lost count of the number of times Trump and Modi have been referred to. It would be a problem when the names are used in an unedifying context.

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    2. Vasant21 January 2022 at 17:00

      That's a rule only for The Times(London) crossword. All other crosswords have no such rule.

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    3. Vasant21 January 2022 at 18:24

      But The Times also of late has accepted references to living persons; so that you have references to Putin, Trump, Biden.
      Sample this clue from Sunday Times 4847:
      Citizen taking the pee out of Trump? (8)
      (-p)RESIDENT.

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  34. N Sridhar21 January 2022 at 11:32

    And should it not be essentially instead of basically?

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    1. Sritri21 January 2022 at 11:38

      Basically means essentially, fundamentally, at the core of it

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  35. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2022 at 11:34

    Yet to be solved

    Across : 7, 11
    Down. : 16 Anno

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  36. N Sridhar21 January 2022 at 11:42

    11A- phrasing- prepare statement; secretary- pa; staff- hr; home-in; Singapore- sg; p(hr)as(in)g

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  37. sivaram21 January 2022 at 11:51

    11ac PHRASING. Defn- prepare statement
    {P{HR}A}{S{IN}G}

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  38. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2022 at 12:01

    Looks like 7 is not a lucky number!!

    Yet to be solved

    Across : 7

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  39. Murali21 January 2022 at 12:07

    Looks like it is solved by Sujatha at 10:13

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  40. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2022 at 12:17

    Thanks KRM.

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  41. Veeyares 22 January 2022 at 19:05

    Testing

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  42. Veeyares 22 January 2022 at 19:06

    Testing

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  43. Veeyares 22 January 2022 at 19:06

    Testing

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