Tuesday 26 April 2022

No 13540, Tuesday 26 Apr 2022, Hypatia

Solution to 4D 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   Nope! I never excel performing a new experiment (5,10) NOVEL EXPERIENCE*
10 What often goes over a judge’s head? (7) PERIWIG [CD]
11 Restrict people leaving America for India (7) INHIBIT INH(-a+i)IBIT
12 Kind of anxious? (9) CONCERNED [DD]
14 Scoundrel chucking black shoe (5) ROGUE bROGUE
17 Person charging a small amount gets customer (7) ACCUSER {A}{CC}{USER}
19 Impress, say, outside national party (7) ENGRAVE {E{N}G}{RAVE}
21 Fight without English weapon (5) SPEAR {SP{E}AR}
23 Spooner’s gathering grass, perhaps for Jamaican singer (3,6) BOB MARLEY (~ mob barley to bob marley)
25 As perhaps, a rule since broken (7) ARSENIC {A+R+SINCE}*
27 Obsolete global body caught probing expert (7) DEFUNCT {DEF{UN}{C}T}
30 Admit defeat through title he won? (5,2,3,5) THROW IN THE TOWEL {TITLE+HE+WON}* [RA]

DOWN
1   Photograph vessels from below (4) SNAP<=
2   Basically assert vocally establishing right, say (4) AVER Acrostic
3   Wild sex ahead? Perfect! (8) FLAWLESS {LAWLESS}<=>{F}
4   Passenger in Airport? (6) ?X?G?N (Addendum - OXYGEN [CD] - See comments))
5   Revive decentralised treatment before new doctor led (8) REKINDLE {REiKI}{N}{LED*}
6   Nobody’s got the code (6) CIPHER [DD]
7   Rolls over in shame (4) SNUB<=
8   Gaze steadily concealing enthusiasm (4) ZEST [T]
12 Tea often picked up from shop in mess (5) CHAOS {CHA}{ShOp<=}
13 Start to huddle in pleasant corner (5) NICHE {NIC{Hang}E}
15 Called about lake swelling (5) GNARL {RANG<=}{L}
16 Ultimately one mournful dirge, sung sadly (5) ELEGY Tail Acrostic &lit
18 Copper, interrupting hot date after massage becomes flushed (8) RUBICUND {I{CU}N}{D}<=>{RUB}
20 Kid cycling very loudly often seen in this picture (8) GRAFFITI {+g)GRA(-g)}{FF}{In+ThIs}
22 Mark name under soldier’s present (6) RENOWN {N}<=>RE}{NOW}
24 Priest crosses heart reflecting on a religious leader (6) BUDDHA {H{DD}UB<=}{A}
25 Vehicle crashing out after acceleration (4) AUTO {OUT}*<=>{A}
26 Active chief of staff meets peer (4) SPRY {St..f}{PRY}
28 Trap to catch weak animal (4) NEWT {NE{W}T}
29 Take money from farm (4) TILL [DD]

Reference List
America = A, India = I, Black = B, National = N, Party = RAVE, English = E, Rule = R, Caught = C, New = N, Lake = L, Hot = IN, Date = D, Very loudly = FF, Name = N, Soldier = RE(Royal Engineers), Priest = DD, Acceleration = A,  Weak = W

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35 comments:

  1. H Ramachandran26 April 2022 at 08:43

    4d. OXYGEN

    Passenger = one that passes
    through
    Airport = Lungs. In that it holds
    the air we breathe


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    1. Padmanabhan26 April 2022 at 08:48

      Gteat solve!

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    2. Col_Gopinath26 April 2022 at 09:07

      Ramachandran, you are hereby promoted from Novice to regular.

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    3. Padmanabhan26 April 2022 at 09:08

      This solution confirms it.

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    4. H Ramachandran26 April 2022 at 09:19

      Thank you Col! The best gift is that bestowed by the king: RAjahasthEna KankaNam, as they say. This distinction coming as it does from the King of Cruciverbalists is a great distinction indeed.

      Thanks also to all seniors who have helped.many a time with suggestions, corrections

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    5. Jacob Brahmakulam26 April 2022 at 09:29

      I took air port as pharynx, and oxygen that passes through it.

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    6. Padmanabhan26 April 2022 at 09:42

      Lungs are where oxygen is parked

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    7. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 April 2022 at 09:55

      Congrats Mr {ram and charan}* !

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    8. H Ramachandran26 April 2022 at 10:09

      Thanks a K Mr Ramesh

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    9. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 April 2022 at 10:50

      Ha ha!

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    10. Suresh Panje, New Delhi26 April 2022 at 13:50

      Hats off to you dear Mr. Ramachandran for analysing this clue and solving it too!!!
      In fact, until I accessed this blog, I was at the end of my patience and wits, wondering as to what the answer could be...
      All said and done, managed to solve most of other tricky clues.

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    11. Vasant26 April 2022 at 15:57

      Excellent clue and solve

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    12. H Ramachandran26 April 2022 at 18:55

      Thank you Mr Panje, thank you Mr vasant

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    13. Prasanna Rao26 April 2022 at 20:27

      Excellent solve with perfect annotation. Congratulations for your Promotion. Col. has perfectly elevated you as a regular solver.

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    14. H Ramachandran27 April 2022 at 07:27

      Thank you Mr Rao. I owe it to encouragement from you all, esp Mr Padmanabhan

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  2. Padmanabhan26 April 2022 at 08:49

    Air port iz innovative,to say the least.
    Great clue.

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    1. Prasanna Rao26 April 2022 at 20:40

      really a nice one sir. choosing the word air port according to the clue matches well.

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  3. sree_sree26 April 2022 at 09:10

    24d is DD listed synonym of priest! Couldn't find in my dict.
    A priest not necessarily a Dd
    A DD not necessarily a priest, imu

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    1. Deepak Gopinath26 April 2022 at 09:24

      You yourself have given the answer by saying 'not necessarily a priest' which means 'can be'

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    2. sree_sree26 April 2022 at 10:37

      Can be is different from being! Or is. There is a definite process before one becomes the other.
      Any citizen can be PM!

      But again, if any dictionary lists as such, I have to take it.

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  4. Padmanabhan26 April 2022 at 09:41

    do you mean 'perhaps' or 'may be' should be added?

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  5. Padmanabhan26 April 2022 at 09:58

    28D- Would reptile fit better than animal?

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    1. sree_sree26 April 2022 at 10:39

      Specific always better than generic def, paddy.

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  6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao26 April 2022 at 11:36

    28DN - W=weak? I saw in Chambers W=week

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    1. Satyen Nabar26 April 2022 at 21:56

      From BRB. W or W. abbrev : weak (phys; in particle physics a W particle or W boson is a hypothetical positively or negatively charged subatomic particle of large mass, responsible in theory for weak interaction between particles)

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao27 April 2022 at 08:33

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao27 April 2022 at 10:08

      Thanks Dr. Missed it in BRB

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  7. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 April 2022 at 11:51

    I had the same doubt, but ...

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  8. sree_sree26 April 2022 at 12:03

    29d does till have a verb def of "take money"?.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath26 April 2022 at 14:10

      Take here means 'A quantity collected at one time, especially the amount of profit or receipts taken on a business venture or from ticket sales at a sporting event.' From Free Dictionary
      Takings are normally kept in the Till
      From Chambers
      'A drawer or receptacle for money in or behind a counter'

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    2. cdrgani2926 April 2022 at 15:46

      All clues difficult but interesting, ARSENIC was the best!

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    3. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 April 2022 at 16:58

      +1
      Here's a similar one that I came across earlier.
      As arcsine may be represented?
      (7)

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    4. Prasanna Rao26 April 2022 at 20:31

      I am using wordweb dic. where 'till' showing as 'money box'. I feel quite tough to get the core def.

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    5. Padmanabhan26 April 2022 at 21:24

      Farming is also tilling (ploughing). So it is a DD.

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  9. Gowri26 April 2022 at 22:14

    Nice Grid Hypatia. Could not get OXYGEN. Nice clue.
    My fav - ARSENIC, GRAFFITI, REKINDLE.
    Thanx

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