Wednesday 27 April 2022

No 13541, Wednesday 27 Apr 2022, Hypatia

Solution to 18D 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
1   Get No. 1 bat to play (6) OBTAIN*
4   Supply short garland for a communal gathering (6) LANGAR GARLANd*
9   It’s useful to make dough in Manhattan (4) ATTA [T]
10 Drained lake into well to conform with regulations (4,2,4) FALL IN LINE {F{ALL IN}{L}INE}
11 Paranoid about dropping an Apple accessory (6) AIRPOD PARanOID*
12 Noisily strip rug in fireplace, say (8) BEARSKIN (~ bare skin)
13 Treat firm couple holding husband behind (9) CHOCOLATE {C{H}O}{CO}{LATE}
15 Zoom group (4) WING [DD]
16 God of two elements (4) AGNI {AG}{NI}
17 Equitable treatment in allotment? Sham, as per Spooner (4,5) FAIR SHAKE (~ share fake)
21 Contents of cat litter, perhaps? Extremely vile source of annoyance (3,5) PET PEEVE {PET PEE}{VilE}
22 Revolting in Tibet? A tumult for change (6) MUTATE [T<=]
24 Arrange, sort, find and nearly substitute (5,2,3) STAND IN FOR {SORT+FIND+ANd}*
25 Festival starts to bring in harvest, usually (4) BIHU Acrostic Semi&lit
26 Most unusual artist joins others (6) RAREST {RA}{REST}
27 Leaders from West enjoy bonuses and perks, posts in Facebook, say (3,3) WEB APP Acrostic

DOWN
1   Money lost by wealthiest person out of touch with reality (7) OSTRICH {mOST RICH}
2   Walk in region from South covering miles (5) TRAMP {P{M}ART<=}
3   Sceptic’s field? (7) INFIDEL {FIELD}* [RA]
5   “Beast” shot in a mall? Mostly (6) ANIMAL {IN+A+MALl}*
6   Writer’s good novel sold with story, say (9) GOLDSMITH {G}{SOLD*}{MITH(~myth)}
7   Managed sovereign status (7) RANKING {RAN}{KING}
8   It’s impossible to gamble in real tables (3,4,3,3) ALL BETS ARE OFF {REAL+TABLES}* [RA]
14 Handy tool for a prison warden (3,6) CAN OPENER [DD]
16 Associate with a loud gambler (7) ABETTOR {A}{(better)BETTOR}
18 Cut up with such regret moving Supreme Court (7) R?M?R?E (Addendum - REMORSE [CA] (REMORSE+CUT+UP=SUPREME COURT) - See comments))
19 Draw and drink going topless? That’s saucy (7) KETCHUP {sKETCH}{sUP}
20 Deserts in summer, it seems (6) MERITS [T]
23 Trip by Iran, frequently picking a bone (5) TIBIA {TrIp+By+IrAn}

Reference List
Lake = L, Firm = CO, Husband = H, Artist = RA(Royal Academician), Money = M,  Miles = M 

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25 comments:

  1. Veena27 April 2022 at 08:34

    18D Remorse
    Definition: Such regret
    Anagrind: Moving
    {Supreme court}* -> cut up + remorse
    Composite Anagram

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  2. Padmanabhan27 April 2022 at 08:49

    Good solve.

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  3. Padmanabhan27 April 2022 at 08:51

    Several enjoyable clues today- Mutate,Fall in line,Ketchup,Supreme court to name a few.
    Thank you Hypatia.

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  4. Jacob Brahmakulam27 April 2022 at 09:05

    enjoyable and challenging crossie.
    A doubt about 12A. Noisly strip is bear(~bare ). bare skin is nude (adjective). so how strip becomes bearskin?

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 April 2022 at 10:10

    3dn INFIDEL (RA) IN anind? How?

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    1. Vasant27 April 2022 at 10:35

      In:Hot, fashionable

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 April 2022 at 10:48

      Oh! Thank you Vasant! 😊

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    3. Debasmita Basu27 April 2022 at 20:41

      I don't think it is RA. It is reverse container (don't know if that's the correct term). Field= fid carrying el= in fid el. I came across a similar clue recently in a thread. Cox at me (6,3,6). By Auraucaria. Answer is INCOME TAX RETURNS.

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    4. Vasant27 April 2022 at 20:44

      How do fid el come into picture?

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    5. Vasant27 April 2022 at 20:45

      Income tax returns clue is fine as far as WP is concerned.

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    6. Debasmita Basu27 April 2022 at 20:46

      FI(EL)D = IN FID EL. That's how I got it. But I might be wrong.

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    7. Vasant27 April 2022 at 20:50

      I mean fid and el do not per say mean anything, do they?

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    8. Debasmita Basu27 April 2022 at 20:52

      Ah ok. Fair enough.

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    9. VMA Nair28 April 2022 at 08:16

      In and fashionable are not valid anagrinds. Hot is an anagrind (hot = violent). Fashion is a verbal anagrind (fashion = to build). I think the wordplay given by DB is correct here though as Vasant said fid and el are not real words. But that's ok for the wordplay, IMO.

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    10. sree_sree28 April 2022 at 08:29

      IMU, we need to just look at the etymology and read in- Latin as "not". Field is not Fidel.

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    11. sree_sree28 April 2022 at 08:31

      But it would be better to hear a word from the setter.

      As a solver accepting IN as anagrind would open a Pandora's box.

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    12. Ramki Krishnan28 April 2022 at 18:23

      Explanation given by Debasmita is what Hypatia had in mind (as mentioned in a separate discussion, I don't think she has seen the blog today). It is not a RA but a reverse container.
      Yes it is similar to INCOME TAX RETURNS - FID and EL are not valid standalone words though.

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  6. Suresh Panje, New Delhi27 April 2022 at 10:22

    Of course, with the letter O as the lead, I solved the 1-D. However, not that I am a cricket buff, the so-called game in the name of IPL or T20 in particular, I goofed up at the very outset by reckoning 1-A as OPENER.
    In a nutshell, I wish to hail Madam Sowmya (Hypatia) for setting an interesting grid today....

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  7. Padmanabhan27 April 2022 at 11:31

    Supply is indicated as anagrind in Chambers.

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  8. cdrgani2927 April 2022 at 12:15

    Lots of good clues, liked 1D best!

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  9. Amita Baviskar27 April 2022 at 15:04

    21D was my favourite.

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  10. Gowri27 April 2022 at 20:26

    Nice grid. Missed WING.
    My fav - OSTRICH, KETCHUP, CAN OPENER

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  11. Gowri27 April 2022 at 20:26

    Thanx Sowmya

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