Saturday 5 February 2022

No 13472, Saturday 05 Feb 2022, Neyartha

 ACROSS

7 Hung out around one attached to Philippines and Thailand inside and got a contagious disease(10) DIPHTHERIA {AIRED<=} around {I}{PH}{TH}
9 Precious metal’s colour(4) GOLD (DD)
10 Made eggs after Ian ignored forced devaluation(8) OVULATED {DEVALUaTiOn*}
11 Letters from a Pakistani male — a wild and crazy guy(6) ANIMAL (T)
12 Harry goes west beyond the gate to the agency(5) ORGAN {OR}{NAG<=}
13 Drunken Hutu miner discovers a precious metal(9) RUTHENIUM {HUTU+MINER*}
14 Greek character with the princess flips a Greek letter for a precious metal(7) RHODIUM {RHO}{DI}{MU<=}
17 Assembled red unit’s yet to be tested(7) UNTRIED {RED+UNIT*}
20 Tropical tree sheltering the French on an Indian island with a precious metal(9) PALLADIUM {PAL{LA}{DIU}M}
22 Fluorine flushed out by hydrogen from the barrier, as a result(5) HENCE {(-f+H)ENCE}
25 Symposium disrupted after escape of the spy with a precious metal(6) OSMIUM {syMpOSIUM*}
26 Excellent coating for a metal — a precious metal!(8) PLATINUM {PL{A}{TIN}UM}
27 Put up with the direction to follow the sheep bone from the east(4) BIDE {DIB<=}{E}
28 Fairness about gangster leaving the beast with composure(10) EQUANIMITY {EQU{ANIMal}ITY}

DOWN

1 Precious metal found in the regional woodland reportedly(6) SILVER {~SILVA}
2 Shaft found inside a Machu Picchu temple(5) CHUTE (T)
3 Irish leader meeting a dictator surrounded by liquor to get a precious metal(7) IRIDIUM {Irish}{R{IDI}UM}
4 Long-running race?(8) MARATHON (CD)
5 Family of languages originally under Graeco-Roman influence analysed neutrally(6) UGRIAN (Acrostic)
6 Could suffering be its pre-requisite?(8) PLEASURE (E)
8 Furniture-covering fabric // from the country(7) HOLLAND (DD)
15 Chief authority hid phase change(8) HEADSHIP {HID+PHASE*}
16 Agree, after losing heart, to be embraced by the medium playing tricks without losing brightness(8) UNDIMMED {MEDIUM*} around {NoD}
18 Cold discharge immersing nickela precious metal!(7) RHENIUM {RHE{NI}UM}
19 Single payment made with an expression of hesitation after finding juicy fruit soft at the wrong place(4,3) LUMP SUM {(-p)LUM(+P)S}{UM}
21 Hang around ransacker — one getting rid of a ball(6) LOITER {LO(-o+I)TER}
23 Run out of the rural area in an American district(6) COUNTY {COUNTrY}
24 Caught sycophant with the indigenous wildlife(5) FAUNA {~FAWNER}

Reference List

One=I, Phillipines=Ph, Thailand=Th, Gate=Or, Greek Character=Rho, Princess=Di, Greek Letter=Mu, The French=La, Fluorine=F, Hydrogen=H, Direction=E, Gangster=Al
Dictator=Idi, Nickel=Ni, Expression of hesitation=Um, Soft=P, One=I, Ball=O, Run=R

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11 comments:

  1. costly puzzles found with 'Precious metals'

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    1. Yes,feeling very precious today.
      Felt happy going on a gold hunt.

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  2. Replies
    1. Not necessary. We do say "Plums are a very nutritious fruit"

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    2. Here the "a" is used to convert the plural into a class of.
      Does "plums are nutritious fruit" sound right!

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  3. Forced me to refer to the Periodic Table

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  4. Neyartha enjoyable as ever and never without a theme.

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