Monday 13 June 2022

No 13581, Monday 13 Jun 2022, Afterdark

Solution to 9D 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   Stuntmen dead, livers sad... (10) DAREDEVILS*
6   ...old boys in tears from the beginning in memorial service (4) OBIT Acrostic
10 Smith perhaps, forging arsenal outside a corner (9) ANNEALERS {AN{NE}ALERS*}
11 Girl prompted to go behind opening and eyed (5) OGLED {G}{LED}<=>{O} O/Opening?
12 Abbr? Yes (13) ABBREVIATIONS [CD]
14 Quiet male replaced by lady that's awful (5) LOUSY (-m+l)LOUSY
15 Depot's split rent allowance (9) STOREROOM {'S}{TORE}{ROOM} Split seems to be superfluous
17 Injured blondes outside emergency exit (entrance maybe) with a condition (9) NOSEBLEED  {NOSEBL{Em...y}{Exit}D*}
21 Eastern accountants primarily hate this form of money (1-4) E-CASH {E}{CAS}{Hate}
22 Is this what it is? (9,4) AUXILIARY VERB Definition by example
24 Brat says “Good morning, a new beginning” (5) GAMIN {G}{AM}{1}{New}
25 Indispensable old boy got bail furnished (9) OBBLIGATO {OB}{GOT+BAIL}*
26 Snatch animal tied around pole (4) YANK {YA{N}K}
27 Southern side, across river enables small watercourses (10) STREAMLETS {S}{T{R}EAM}{LETS}

DOWN
1   Fail to attract a thin boy in the front (4,1,5) DRAW A BLANK {DRAW}{A}{LANK}<=>{B}
2   Small vehicles outran bus strangely (9) RUNABOUTS*
3   Church office is free and easy, not safe somehow (7) DEANERY {fREe+AND+EasY}*
4   Songbirds change, that is significant to begin with (7)  VEERIES {VEER}{IE}{Si...t}
5   So? Let's be outside hotel, round the country (7) LESOTHO {SO+LETS}* over {H} and {O}
7   Neglecting the last, bold use of single dose... (5) BOLUS {BOLd}{USe}
8   ...three times a day by end of dayOrder (4) TIDY {TID}{daY}
9   Gloomy again, outside the windows, say (6) ?O?O?E (Addendum - MOROSE {MOR{OS}E} - See comments)
13 Morning, I hop in bus noon get out — like a frog (10) AMPHIBIOUS {AM}{I+HOP+In+BUS}*
16 Usually get orange juice across the road (2,7) ON AVERAGE {ON{AVE}RAGE*}
18 Fighting first bout with a beast in Germany (6) BOXING {Bout}{OX}{IN}{G}
19 Fish & Fish — quite set (7) EELPOUT {EEL}{P}{OUT} Quite set = QUIET = P
20 Doctor can add some betadine and make it wet (7) DRABBLE {DR}{AB{Be...e}LE}
21 You are heartless; smile. It can become Shangri La, perhaps (7) ELYSIUM {YoU+SMILE}*
22 Manager gets a direct message to be at home (5) ADMIN {A}{DM}{IN}
23 Pug lying inside is dangerous (4) UGLY [T]

Reference List
Corner = NE, Girl = G, Male = M, Lady = L, Eastern = E, Good = G, Old Boy = OB, POle = N, Boy = B, Hotel = H, Three times a day = TID, Noon = N, Road = AVE, Germany = G, Windows = OS(Operating System), Direct message = DM, At home = IN

16 comments:

  1. 9D MOROSE - Again - MORE outside OS (Windows operating system) - MOROSE

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  2. Probably, Hole/opening in the shape of O.

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  3. 15A
    Perhaps a correction.
    split - tore
    allowance - room
    'Rent' seems to be superfluous.

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    1. Nope. Neither rent nor split is superfluous. Setter has churned up an old usage

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    2. I think the intention of split is to divide 'Depot's' into "depot" and "s"

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  4. 19d pout is another term for eelpout.

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  5. 9d.my doubt
    Outside the windows ,say
    Can we take the starting and ending letters.

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    1. Obviously ref.to windows here is to the Operating System (OS)
      With 'And'leading to more it becomes simpler and direct as given above.
      It is X outside windows- no indication to pick first and last letter

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  6. Wonder why the setter didn’t go with 1a Stuntmen deliver sad mix-up ?

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  7. I think the surface reading,as it is,looks better.

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  8. Moderate grid. not too difficult. TID (Three times a day) was new learning today. Taken a long time and finished the grid with Aha moments.

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  9. Nice puzzle. Not too difficult. 40 mins.
    My fav - AUXILIARY VERB, DRAW A BLANK.
    Thanx Afterdark.

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