Friday, 20 May 2022

No 13561, Friday 20 May 2022, Vidwan

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ACROSS
7   Vegetable roll — one pence (6) TURNIP {TURN}{1}{P}
8   Battle of Athens partly won by Roman manoeuvring (8) MARATHON {MAR{ATHens}ON*}
9   Groovy street talk, short and powerful, having revolutionary strain (8) STRIATED {ST}{TED} over {AIR<=}
10 I am back in Godfather territory (6) DOMAIN {DO{I+AM<=}N} 
11 Yes! No gym is free of anti-women attitude (8) MISOGYNY {Y+NO+GYM+IS}*
12 Steal the Spanish money (6) NICKEL {NICK}{EL}
13 Spooner says chap sticks wrappers! (11) CELLOPHANES (~ fellow canes to cellophanes) Doubtful Spoonerism
18 Heard Knight swear at Piccadilly for instance (6) CIRCUS (~ sir cuss)
20 Meeting of a music arranger and top new model (8) ADJACENT {A}{DJ}{ACE}{N}{T}
22 One who changes habit, dress, clothing on set regularly (6) WEANER {WEA{oN+sEt}R}
23 Natives pull the plug on electronic audio equipment (8) ENDEMICS {END}{E}{MICS}
24 To hum is to mock! (8) BADMOUTH  {TO+HUM}* [RA]
25 Oversensitive youth worried about core of democracy (6) TOUCHY {TOU{d..oCr..y}HY*}

DOWN
1   USA’s pathetic attempt, not the last, to form a nation (7) AUSTRIA {USA*}{TRIAl}
2   Treatment of ‘I don’t eat’ condition (8) ANTIDOTE*
3   Inconsistent, bit soft and slightly crazy (6) SPOTTY {Soft}{POTTY}
4   A Gridman’s cryptic instrument (8) MRIDANGA*
5   A time mantra starts to impact consciousness at extremely micro-level (6) ATOMIC {A}{T}{OM}{Im...t}{Co...s}
6   Seen as inverse of 1/10 + 100 (7) NOTICED {DECI}{TON}<=
8   A mega hydra shaped poor province (6,7)  MADHYA PRADESH {A+M+HYDRA+SHAPED}*
14 Glowing with desire and reddish, liberated upper-class female (8) LUSTROUS {LUST}{RufOUS}
15 Tribute to mother protecting child's heart, supporting, making one rise over smallest of challenges (8) ENCOMIUM {M{chIld}UM}<=>{O{Ch..s}NE<=}
16 Preservative used in grave (7) VINEGAR*
17 Dumpling made without basically any coaching (7) GNOCCHI COaCHING*
19 Back in same nice picture gallery (6) CINEMA [T<=]
21 Queen of Jews usually deified in the Hebrew sources (6) JUDITH Acrostic

Reference List
Pence = P, Yes = Y, The in Spanish = EL, New = N, Model = T, Electronic = E, Time = T, Mantra = OM, 1/100 = DECI, Mega = M, Upper-class = U, Female = F



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  1. Badri20 May 2022 at 07:26

    7a. TURNIP=vegetable TURN=roll I=one P=pence TURN+I+P
    12a. NICKEL=money NICK=steal EL=the Spanish NICK+EL
    1d. AUSTRIA=nation USA* TRIA=attempt not the last (TRIAL-L) AUS+TRIA
    5d. ATOMIC=extremely micro level A=a T=time OM=mantra TIC=To Impact Consciousness (starts = Acrostic ind) A+T+OM+TIC
    10a. DOMAIN=territory = DON=godfather MAI=I am back DO(MAI)N

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    1. Badri20 May 2022 at 07:28

      10a DOMAIN=territory DON=godfather MAI=I am back <= DO(MAI)N

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  2. Kiran20 May 2022 at 07:38

    8A - MARATHON (ath + roman)*
    10A - DOMAIN [I am <= MAI in DON (godfather)]
    11A - MISOGYNY (no gym is + y[yes])*
    4D - MRIDANGA (a gridman)*
    19D - CINEMA (..sAME NICe...) [T <=]

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  3. Abhishek Sridhar20 May 2022 at 08:21

    8a is not a total anagram

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    1. Kiran20 May 2022 at 08:32

      yeah, it is "ath" inside (roman)*

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    2. Deepak Gopinath20 May 2022 at 09:09

      Where does ATH come from?

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    3. Kiran20 May 2022 at 09:15

      "Athens partly" means a part of Athens = ath. Not sure though.

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  4. Orthopaul20 May 2022 at 08:38

    16d..VINEGAR.. IN GRAVE*
    17D. GNOCCHI.. CO(A)CHING*
    25AC. TOUCHY.. YOUTH around demoCracy
    2d. ANTIDOTE.. ( I DON'T EAT)*
    5D. ATOMIC .. A T( ime ) OM I( mpact ) C ( onsciosness)

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  5. Orthopaul20 May 2022 at 08:42

    Replacement for 5 d
    8d. MADHYA PRADESH.. A M (HYDRA SHAPED )*

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  6. Padmanabhan20 May 2022 at 08:48

    where doe AM

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  7. Padmanabhan20 May 2022 at 08:48

    sorry. Where does AM fit in?

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  8. Padmanabhan20 May 2022 at 08:49

    Liked the marathon. It was Athens where it was run for the first time!

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    1. sree_sree20 May 2022 at 09:03

      Read up Battle of Marathon

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    2. Kiran20 May 2022 at 09:11

      Oh. There was indeed a battle of marathon !! I thought running a marathon is like a battle and answered that clue.

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    3. sree_sree20 May 2022 at 09:18

      It's a watershed moment in world history.

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    4. sree_sree20 May 2022 at 09:33

      "Pheidippides, a messenger in Ancient Greece, ran from the Battle of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greeks' victory over the Persians." That's the origin legend.

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    5. Kiran20 May 2022 at 09:44

      yeah, and the first olympics took place in athens, greece.

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  9. earl20 May 2022 at 09:05

    13A cellophanes fellow: chap sticks : canes

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    1. D.Chandrasekhar20 May 2022 at 09:16

      Spooner ?

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    2. Ramki Krishnan20 May 2022 at 09:47

      The answer is CELLOPHANES but not sure if the spoonerism works. The C is pronounced as S, so spoonerism would be fellow sanes and not canes, isn't it? Request other solvers and Vidwan to clarify.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 May 2022 at 10:32

      +1 Ramki

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    4. sree_sree20 May 2022 at 11:16

      +2 but spoonerism has become an abracadabra. General hint at some words and have a DJ mix

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    5. Yours Politely21 May 2022 at 00:06

      Thanks for the observation Ramki. The Oxford definition of spoonerism- "A verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words". There are other definitions which are narrower and include only transposition of sounds. And some limit it further to consonants sounds only.

      The broadest definition of spooneridm includes transposition of letters besides transposition of sound.

      I agree it is not the most commonly encountered form but a spoonerism nevertheless. Canes pronunciation after the transposition of letters will natural be the canes.

      That is my understanding.

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  10. earl20 May 2022 at 09:21

    24A badmouth : mock Hum not really sing

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  11. earl20 May 2022 at 09:23

    13A fellow/ phellow spooner says

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  12. earl20 May 2022 at 09:26

    23A end : puul the plug + e+ mics endemics :natives

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  13. Padmanabhan20 May 2022 at 09:47

    Good solve.

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  14. Ramesh Kosaraju 20 May 2022 at 11:00

    6D NOTICED - seen
    1/10 - deci
    100 - ton
    inverse - reversal indicator
    <= (deci+ton)

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  15. AJ20 May 2022 at 11:00

    6dn. NOTICED: seen
    1/10: DECI- (deci as such is not a word) prefix indicating one-tenth
    TON: 100
    1/10 + 100 is DECITON
    Inverse. Is noticed

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  16. D N M Rao20 May 2022 at 11:02

    3Dn SPOTTY - {S{POTTY}}

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  17. Ramesh Kosaraju 20 May 2022 at 11:17

    Replacement
    14D: Did some backward integration,
    but still incomplete. Pl don't chide me Col.
    LUSTROUS - glowing
    desire - lust
    reddish - sanguineous
    upper-class female - sanguine
    liberated - takeaway indicator
    So OUS
    But R?

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    1. sree_sree20 May 2022 at 11:22

      Nope. And Friday is for novice test out. So please avoid reverse engineering s.

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    2. Ramesh Kosaraju 20 May 2022 at 11:33

      Thanks Prasad garu for the suggestion.
      PS: I continue to consider myself a novice, promoted prematurely though! 😀

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    3. Srikant Sri20 May 2022 at 12:20

      Rufous is reddish. Upper class - U and Female - F. LUST R(UF)OUS

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    4. Ramesh Kosaraju 20 May 2022 at 13:33

      🙏 Got it now!

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  18. Murali20 May 2022 at 11:22

    24D BADMOUTH = to mock. (to hum)* is mouth, which is formed badly.

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  19. Murali20 May 2022 at 11:38

    Not sure col. I thought ' to hum' which is bad 'mouth' gives badmouth, meaning to mock.

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  20. Rajashri20 May 2022 at 12:48

    22ac WEANER: one who changes habit
    Dress: wear, clothing 'on set' regularly
    means wear covering oN sEt .
    WEA(NE)R

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  21. Yella20 May 2022 at 13:05

    25A - TOUCHY

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    1. Padmanabhan20 May 2022 at 13:25

      No solution without anno please. You must explain how you got it.

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    2. Ramesh Kosaraju 20 May 2022 at 13:35

      @Yella
      25A Solved by Orthopaul at 8.38

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    3. Yella20 May 2022 at 13:54

      Oh. I completely missed it. Thank you

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  22. Deepak Gopinath20 May 2022 at 13:45

    9A is yet to be solved and correct anno for 8D to be given

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  23. Ramki Krishnan20 May 2022 at 13:49

    9 Groovy street talk, short and powerful, having revolutionary strain (8) - STRIATED
    def = groovy (having grooves)
    street = ST
    talk, short and powerful = TED (https://www.ted.com)
    revolutionary strain = AIR<< = RIA
    ST + TED around RIA (having is container ind) => STRIATED

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  24. cdrgani2920 May 2022 at 13:53

    Very tough clue, well done!

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  25. Padmanabhan20 May 2022 at 13:57

    8D- (A M HYDRA SHAPED)*- Poorly is anind. M from Mega.
    Province- old name for a state. Madras was a province during British days.

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    1. sree_sree20 May 2022 at 14:18

      Province is not a state.

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    2. Padmanabhan20 May 2022 at 15:07

      I don't think it is wrong.
      administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes- from Free dic.

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  26. cdrgani2920 May 2022 at 13:57

    And so is 15D Encomium!

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  27. Ramki Krishnan20 May 2022 at 13:57

    STRIATED, TOUCHY, AUSTRIA, BADMOUTH, TURNIP were some favs today. For TURNIP, the clue should have been "one penny" since it is singular?
    Didn't get the anno for LUSTROUS till I saw the blog.
    Thanks Vidwan!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 May 2022 at 14:07

      Chambers gives P for Pence too

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    2. Ramki Krishnan20 May 2022 at 14:43

      p can be used for both penny and pence. What I meant was - since the surface uses "one" it has to be "penny" and not "pence" (which is plural)

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 May 2022 at 15:04

      Oh, yes. I got it. You are right. Thanks

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    4. Yours Politely21 May 2022 at 00:07

      My slipup Ramki. Thanks for pointing it out.

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  28. V Tulsiram20 May 2022 at 14:29

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  29. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 May 2022 at 15:06

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  30. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 May 2022 at 15:07

    You could simply have parsed it as given by DNM Rao's S+POTTY

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  31. Ramesh Kosaraju 20 May 2022 at 15:50

    +1

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  32. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 May 2022 at 17:19

    +2

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  33. Prasanna Rao20 May 2022 at 19:07

    unable to post my choice today as I was completely away from network. my choice was 20AC and 6D. AJ mam perfectly chosen her choice as a mathematician. Overall one of the outstanding Grid by Vidwan. thanks to col.sir for Friday special.

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  34. Prasanna Rao20 May 2022 at 19:08

    +3
    ofcourse Excellent grid.

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  35. Gowri20 May 2022 at 23:35

    Very nice grid. NOTICED, ADJACENT my fav.
    Col - in references u have given 1/100 as deci. It should be 1/10.

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  36. Yours Politely21 May 2022 at 00:08

    Thanks to all for the appreciation. Regards

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