Thursday 12 May 2022

No 13554, Thursday 12 May 2022, Arden

Solution to 5D 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   Beer drinking — want barriers placed before a plant (5,6) ADAMS NEEDLE {ALE} over {NEED}<=>{DAMS}
7   Pouch in case some of them return (3) SAC [T<=]
9   Heard about a quarrel? (5) ARROW (~a row) Definition not clear (Addendum - (a bout = a row)  - See comments)
10 Sad, gloomy, yet it gives you the origin of a word (9) ETYMOLOGY*
11 Instrument to disown every other grant before (9) ACCORDION {dIsOwN}<=>{ACCORD}
12 Sign says “flip inside the cups” (5) LIBRA {fLIp}{BRA}
13 Lock jaw’s regular tweet before a sunrise (7) TETANUS {TwEeT}{A}{SUN<=}
15 Pitcher of the Queen welcoming us (4) EWER {E{WE}R}
18 Accelerates, going west, it’s warm (4) SNUG<=
20 Stirring oration in Canada (7) ONTARIO*
23 Bug in PA system, top missing (5) ANNOY tANNOY
24 Feeling queasy — starts neatly arranging upright in the chair (9) NAUSEATED {Ne...y}{Ar...g}{Up...t}{SEATED}
26 Tom Nelson becoming drowsy... (9) SOMNOLENT*
27 ... in between Yanks find a plant (5) ERICA amERICAns
28 Crazy to overturn a container (3) TUN<=
29 Inside story — a hassle to transform a state capital (11) TALLAHASSEE {TAL{A+HASSLE}*E}

DOWN
1   Bill of fare — what the French automobile consumed overall (1,2,5) A LA CARTE {A{LA}{CAR}TE}
2   Keeping half the troops in an urban setting is a shocking thing to do (8) ATROCITY {A}{TROops}{CITY}
3   Ditch seconds before 15 (5) SEWER {S}{EWER}
4   Watch closer, guards finally give double protection (7) EYELIDS {EYE}{LID}{g...dS}
5   She tops her class, agreed to invest money (7) D?Y?N?E (Addendum - DOYENNE {DO{YEN}NE} - See comments) 
6   Pacifying left and right — going through book from bottom to top (9) EMOLLIENT {EMO{L}{LIEN}T<=}
7   Cry over name, by being arrogant (6) SNOBBY {S{N}OB}{BY}
8   Able to get back the girl in the Caribbean (6) CAYMAN {CA{AMY<=}N}
14 Girl in the city got to keep a farm animal (9) NANNYGOAT {N{ANN}Y}{GO{A}T}
16 For youngsters, it’s said, they should be part of their diet (8) PROTEINS (~pro teens}Semi&lit
17 Street violence is never ending, read about Goa, sadly (4,4) ROAD RAGE {n..eR}{READ+GOA}*
19 Setter had come in briefly, was well-mannered (7) GENTEEL {G{ENTEr}EL}
20 A unit formed to support work at the plant (7) OPUNTIA {A+UNIT}*<=>{OP}
21 Chance taking fool goes on a hunt (6) BASSET {B{ASS}ET} 
22 From midnight to midday, cover minute part of the sun dial (6) GNOMON {niGht}{NO{M}ON}
25 Two measures taken before a purge (5) ENEMA {EN}{EM}{A}

Reference List
Queen = ER, The in French = LA, Seconds = S, Left = L, Right = LIEN, Name = N, Minute = M, Measures = EN, EM

28 comments:

  1. 5D {DO{YEN}NE}
    Yen (Money) inside (invest) Done (agreed)

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  2. 9a took it as &lit. Setter asking a question.

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    1. Arrow is not connected to that question

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    2. He asked me "did you hear (heard) about a quarrel".
      I answer "quarrel as in arrow!"

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    3. Still there is no Definition in the clue for ARROW

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    4. arrow
      noun
      1 shoot with an arrow
      shaft, bolt, dart, flight
      old quarrel, quar’le; (Shakespeare) butt-shaft
      Related adjective: sagittal

      The above is as per Chambers Thesaurus

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    5. I think we had come across this earlier.

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    6. I remember, doc used it to clue crossbow.

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  3. Very nice grid.. my COD: 22D

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  4. Happy to be able to complete- of course,with some help.
    Enjoyed-
    Left & right- L & lien
    Midnight- G,midday- noon
    Chances to go wrong.

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    1. Why do you feel it is wrong?

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    2. Good question.Did not feel synonymous.Anyway,that puts me in place.

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  6. Nice grid, overall. My favourite are 6d and 22d.

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  7. 5d - (DO(YEN)NE)
    agreed - Done
    money - Yen
    Doyenne - A woman who is the senior member of a group

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  8. 17d a doubt! Is about in the sense of with/and valid?

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    1. I think it is used hrere as anind/ 2 aninds for road & Goa.

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    2. R+(read)*+(Goa)*! Doesn't work.

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  9. Nice grid. My fav 22dn & 16dn
    17dn - i thought about & sadly as 2 anagrinds.

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