Thursday 7 April 2022

No 13524, Thursday 07 Apr 2022, Dr. X

Solution to 25A 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
 Thieving in riot continued, according to Spooner (5-8) LIGHT-FINGERED (~fight lingered)
8   England’s opener stifled by excellent attack (5) BESET {BES{En...d}T}
9   Colour of a lovebird, remarkable (5,4) OLIVE DRAB {A+LOVEBIRD}*
11 A way to quit coke and truly start to detox perhaps (4,6) COLD TURKEY {COKE+TRULY+De..x}* &lit
12 Protest by nameless fanatic (4) DEMO DEMOn
14 Teresa, foremost of nuns, extraordinarily dedicated (7) EARNEST {TERESA+Nuns}*
16 Charged one with rebellious wrongdoing on ecstasy in retro party (7) IONISED {1}{O{SIN<=}{E}D<=}
17 Where runner might be progressing as planned (2,5) ON TRACK [DD]
19 Dexterity shown by the French in spectacle (7) SLEIGHT {S{LE}IGHT}
21 President on edge, fussy (4) PRIM {P}{RIM}
22 Kind of bacterial disorder involving heart (10) CHARITABLE {C{H}ARITABLE*}
25 Pawn checks, leaving king in spot — a time for mate (9) D?P?I?A?E (Addendum - DUPLICATE {DUP{LICk}{A}{T}E} - See comments) 
26 Dr. X softly excised tumour around one bone (5) ILIUM {I}{L{1}UMp}
27 What dissatisfied die caster might do to be new and different (5,3,5) BREAK THE MOULD [DD]

DOWN
2   Isolated fracture of ulna is a little rare (7) INSULAR {ULNA+IS}*{Rare}
3   Goes to bed with hasty husband — he’s desperate to have sex (4,3,3) HITS THE HAY {HASTY+H+HE}* over {IT}
4   Disregard incomplete recipe that’s used by baker (5) FLOUR {FLOUt}{R}
5   Artless actions of invitees, drunk around middle of day (9) NAIVETIES {N{dAy}IVETIES*}
6   Brief affair in flat (4) EVEN EVENt
7   People with strong desires heading off to become breadwinners (7) EARNERS lEARNERS (Addendum -yEARNERS - See comments)
8   Desire to snoop around after wife goes into vile, single guy’s flat (8,3) BACHELOR PAD {B{ACHE}{PROwL<=}AD}
10 Exotic bra model to essentially bolster circulation (11) BLOODSTREAM {BRA+MODEL+TO+bolSter}*
13 India’s top doctor involved in treating rotten skin condition (10) INTERTRIGO {In..a}{NTERT{RIG}O*}
15 Be encouraged by couple of catches at start of Test (4,5) TAKE HEART {TAKE}{HEAR}{Test}
18 Exotic dancer removing top for tourist (7) TRIPPER sTRIPPER
20 Girl eating cheese is an angel (7) GABRIEL {GA{BRIE}L}
23 Old magistrate found in prefecture everyday (5) REEVE [T]
24 Reviewing object containing carbon as electrical insulator (4) MICA {A{C}IM<=}

Reference List
Name = N, Ecstasy = E, Party = DO, The in French = LE, President = P, King = K, Time = T, Heart = H, Softly = P, Sex = IT, Recipe = R, Wife = W, Carbon = C

27 comments:

  1. 15D How do we get take hear from couple of catches? Can someone please explain? Thanks.

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  2. You catch when someone says something interesting. So Take/ Hear both mean catch.

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    1. Ingenious way of putting it,to say the least.

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  3. 25ac - DUPILCATE (Mate - other half)
    Pawn - dupe
    Checks - cobtainment indicator
    Spot - lic(k)
    At - a time

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    1. Brilliant Gowri. I couldn't figure out the anno at all

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    2. "Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance."

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  5. I waited till 10.15. Answered only then.

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    1. You still have to wait till it is left open to all

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  6. Moreover Gowri you are no longer to consider yourself as a Novice/non-regular from tomorrow onwards

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    1. Congratulations Gowri ma'am on the promotion! 👏
      (Col sounded it as a punishment though 😀)

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  7. I was going to type the same.
    Col - Is that a punishment or something to be happy about?
    😊😊😊

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  8. Either way I stand chastised. For everyone here knows - i am still very much a novice, with a lo....ng way to go. 😊

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    1. COl.'s first line says Non regular/ Novice. No doubt you are a regular. Many of us regulars here (of course me included) cannot deem ourselves experts by any yardstick.
      Idea is to have wider participation. More the merrier!

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  9. Col. is just stating the obvious.

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  10. Gowri!!! Congratulations for your promotion.

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  11. Doc - nice grid. INTERTRIGO - a new word for me. My fav - BACHELOR PAD & BLOODSTREAM.
    Thanx.

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