Friday 1 July 2022

No 13597, Friday 01 Jul 2022, Arden

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Rangoli by Gowri 

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ACROSS
6   Gather force to secure (5) FLOCK {F}{LOCK}
7   Agreed to be valued without providing initial information (8) RATIFIED {RAT{IF}{In...n}ED}
10 So, everything eaten is in some vegetative state (7) THALLUS {TH{ALL}US}
11 Duck gets everyone in a fit of bad temper (7) MALLARD {M{ALL}ARD}
12 Assistant worked with Hitler, it's theoretically possible (7) ACOLYTE theOrETiCAlLY* [CA]
13 Correspond with much that's worn by swimmers (7) MAILLOT {MAIL}{LOT}
14 Explaining cryptic clue before hooking up with one (11) ELUCIDATING {CLUE*}{DATING}
19 Redesigning Accra like a capital (7) CARACAS {ACCRA*}{AS}
21 Current passing through antenna, perhaps it's wet (7) DAMPISH {D{AMP}ISH}
23 Perhaps try and see to incorporate new polymer (7) STYRENE {TRY+SEE}* over {N}
25 “Come back” — words on departure touch Bill's heart (7) RIPOSTE {RIP}{pOSTEr}
26 Delivery for our neighbour, perhaps (8) CHINAMAN [DD]
27 The cream — you can feel it expanding a bit... (5) ELITE [T]

DOWN
1   Free as to emerge senseless (8) COMATOSE {COM{AS+TO}*E}
2   Broth will make you sick in the air (6) SKILLY {SK{ILL}Y}
3   Supports tests, where you get food and drinks (10) BRASSERIES {BRAS}{SERIES}
4   Stop the rise of baseball club (4) STEM<=
5   Cover up over time, will obstruct progress (6) DERAIL {D{ERA}IL<=}
6   Nothing much — what about legal opinion? (6) FATWAH {FA}{WHAT*}
8   Italian film maker has some Indian spirit, gets sick, throws up (7) FELLINI {FE{ILL}NI}
9   With tide rising a bit, you see her (5) EDITH [T<=]
13 Long winding definition describing communist uprising (10) MEANDERING {MEAN{RED<=}ING}
15 Dirty Sam, perhaps, gets a new base (7) UNCLEAN {UNCLE}{A}{N}
16 Gets help unopposed? On the contrary (8) GAINSAID {GAINS}{AID}
17 He comes up carrying a bag of virtual currency (1-4) E-CASH {H{SAC}E}<=
18 What to say when one is shot? (6) CHEESE [CD]
20 Time for a short verse over short article (6) RHYTHM {RHY{THe}Me}
22 After shock, love for a beautiful child (6) MOPPET {MOP}{PET}
24 Crash helmets, not the trees (4) ELMS heLMEtS*

Reference List
Force = F, New = N, Support = BRA, Nothing much = FA(Fanny Adams), Shock = MOP(Mop of hair) 


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58 comments:

  1. Kiran1 July 2022 at 07:34

    23A STYRENE (try+see+n)* (n from new)
    24D ELMS (helmets - the)*
    19A CARACAS (accra + as)* (like = as)
    15D UNCLEAN (sam = uncle) gets a new = an
    14A ELUCIDATING (clue)* before (i = one) (hookup = dating)

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    1. sree_sree1 July 2022 at 08:46

      23a and 19a not total anagrams

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    2. Kiran1 July 2022 at 10:03

      oh yes, I keep forgetting this.
      Also, is 24D an anagram ? I mean you simply remove "the" and you get elms without juggling any letters.

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    3. sree_sree1 July 2022 at 10:15

      The is not straight in "helmets". Ideally it should be jumbled/crashed. But difficult given its an article. So helmets is crashed!

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  2. Brajesh1 July 2022 at 08:20

    9d Edith witH TIDE in reverse

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  3. Brajesh1 July 2022 at 08:21

    24a elms helmets-the

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  4. Brajesh1 July 2022 at 08:22

    Sorry 24d

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  5. Brajesh1 July 2022 at 08:23

    27a elite feELITExpending the cream is velite

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  6. Brajesh1 July 2022 at 08:23

    The cream is elite

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  7. Orthopaul1 July 2022 at 08:25

    13d. MEANDERING.. RED <= inside MEANING
    17d. E CASH .. SAC<= inside HE<=
    13ac. MAILLOT.. MAIL is correspond LOT is plenty
    1d. COMATOSE..AS TO* in COME* come is arrive
    10ac. THALLUS.. TH(ALL)US...so is thus..all is everything

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  8. Brajesh1 July 2022 at 08:32

    6d Flock. Force F to secure is lock -flock is to gather

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  9. Brajesh1 July 2022 at 08:44

    8d Fellini from Indian spirit Feni and ill- sick
    Anagram of feni and ill

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  10. DrBhanuMurthy1 July 2022 at 09:13

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  11. Padmanabhan1 July 2022 at 09:39

    Arden starts off nicely.

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  12. ghaspooscurry1 July 2022 at 09:44

    8d: FE(LLI)NI..Indian spirit= Feni ; sick = Ill, thrown up=>reversal

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  13. ghaspooscurry1 July 2022 at 09:48

    2d: SK(ILL)Y = thin broth; ill = sick; in sky = air.... Lot of ills and alls today?

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  14. Padmanabhan1 July 2022 at 09:50

    Solvers are not ailing/wanting!

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  15. ghaspooscurry1 July 2022 at 09:51

    26a: CHINAMAN = a delivery in cricket and our neighbor (DD?)

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  16. Prasanna Rao1 July 2022 at 11:00

    20D - (RHY(TH(-e))M(-e)) -------RHYTHM
    short verse- rhym(-e) ,short article th(-e)

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  17. AJ1 July 2022 at 11:01

    12ac ACOLYTE: assistant( to a priest usually)
    ACOLYTE HITLER*: theoretically

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  18. Jacob Brahmakulam1 July 2022 at 11:02

    21A DAMPISH, wet; D(AMP)ISH

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 July 2022 at 11:03

    16d : GAINSAID (GAIN S)(AID)
    Definition : Contradictory

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 July 2022 at 11:07

      Definition : On the contrary

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    2. Ramki Krishnan1 July 2022 at 12:18

      I think the def is "Unopposed? On the contrary" - to gainsay is to deny or oppose

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 July 2022 at 14:49

      Thank you Ramki. You are right. 👍

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  20. CPC1 July 2022 at 11:04

    22Dn Moppet = a beautiful child. ANNO as Pet (love) 'after' Mop (shock referring to thick hair)

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  21. CPC1 July 2022 at 11:06

    Good one Sathia. I struggled with FA in 6Dn as well as the slang used in 11Ac..chiefly british I guess

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  22. Murali1 July 2022 at 11:14

    7A RATIFIED = agreed; rated(valued) over if (providing) + I (initial information.

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  23. sree_sree1 July 2022 at 11:21

    still standing
    Ac 11,25,
    Dn 1 (anno),4,5,18

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  24. ranger1 July 2022 at 11:35

    Beautiful Rangoli by Gowri

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  25. D N M Rao1 July 2022 at 11:42

    4Dn STEM - {METS<=} (Baseball team of NY)

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  26. Prasanna Rao1 July 2022 at 11:54

    @ Gowri.....Wonderful Rangoli on the eve of Rath yatra.Jai Jagnnath

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  27. AJ1 July 2022 at 11:55

    Thanks for a beautiful Rangoli
    , Gowri.

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  28. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 July 2022 at 12:00

    Nice and colourful Rangoli 👌

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  29. CPC1 July 2022 at 12:11

    I keep thinking Sathia is promoted but it was Sarathi..so I guess you are going at it :-)

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  30. sree_sree1 July 2022 at 12:12

    relook 11a

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  31. CPC1 July 2022 at 12:12

    Just to add, I think your parsing of 11Ac might be a bit faulty - it could be mard usage as fit of bad temper

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  32. sree_sree1 July 2022 at 12:16

    stumped that 18d is still standing

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  33. sree_sree1 July 2022 at 12:18

    25a riposte:come back. R.I.P heart of pOSTEr

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  34. B N Acharya1 July 2022 at 12:22

    18D cheese what you say when photographed

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  35. Deepak Gopinath1 July 2022 at 12:36

    Anno for 1D is still awaited

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  36. sree_sree1 July 2022 at 12:48

    May be it's being gender neutral!

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  37. Padmanabhan1 July 2022 at 13:06

    Nice CW. Good exchanges. Excellent Rangoli.
    Happy on the whole. Thank you all.

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  38. V Tulsiram1 July 2022 at 13:30

    18 d cheese - shot is camera shot

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  39. V Tulsiram1 July 2022 at 13:34

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  40. Gowri1 July 2022 at 15:17

    Thank u all. The idea of making a Rangoli was given by Prasanna. So special thanx to him & Colonel for posting.

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  41. Vasant1 July 2022 at 21:35

    Sorry, I don't agree with many of the clues ..just my problem ..
    CAs don't find any place in a normal daily grid..

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  42. Gowri1 July 2022 at 23:02

    Nice grid. Got all except FATWAH.
    My fav - ELUCIDATING, MEANDERING.
    Thanx Arden.

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