Saturday, 2 July 2022

No 13598, Saturday 02 Jul 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   In other words, a moist European plant (4,2,1,4) LOVE IN A MIST {0} in {A}{MIST} = {A MOIST}
7   Nothing much, first downward trend (3) FAD {FA}{Do...d}
9   Bothersome without right way of doing things (5) MORES {MO{R}ES*}
10 Master control, block capital (9) AMSTERDAM {MASTER*}{DAM}
11 Union member comfortable in prison (9) BRIDEWELL {BRIDE}{WELL}
12 Dig into some strudel, very tasty (5) DELVE [T]
13 Approval to review communist reformer (7) AMENDER {AMEN}{RED<=}
15 Rate part of movie promotion (4) RAIL tRAILer
18 Painful reminder of a Standard super 10? (4) SCAR {S}{CAR}
20 Figure out and log in to the city (7) COLOGNE {CO{LOG}NE}
23 Vessel returning from Muscat, roaming all over (5) AORTA [T<=]
24 Clubs, perhaps, arranging mini tours (5,4) MINOR SUIT*
26 Mental illness — pity it goes along with 19 (9) PYROMANIA {PitY}{ROMANIA}
27 After Evensong study a place in Utah (5) OGDEN {sOnG}{DEN}
28 Alcoholic very tense (3) SOT {SO}{T}
29 Animated air about Nirav Modi, perhaps (11) DIAMANTAIRE*

DOWN
1   Capital stay, one supports protein rich food (4,4) LIMA BEAN {LIMA}{B{E}AN} (Correction - {LIMA}{BE}{AN} - See comments)
2   Talks about right sides and whirlpools (8) VORTICES {VO{RighT}ICES}
3   Paper goes topless, it's a problem (5) ISSUE tISSUE
4   A friend's hurt, being exposed as a greenhorn (7) AMATEUR {A}{MATE}{hURt}
5   Small-town ceramic, perhaps to be removed (7) I?S?L?R (Addendum - INSULAR INSULAtoR - See comments)
6   Sing about doctor made exercise equipment (9) TREADMILL {TR{MADE*}ILL}
7   Doubled increase of fraud (6) FIDDLE {DD} in {FILE}
8   Moderate check on Pound (6) DAMPEN {DAM}{PEN}
14 Truly assumed charge and gave a speech (9) DECLAIMED {CLAIM} {inDEED}
16 Arranged guides to go with an invocation (5,3) AGNUS DEI {GUIDES+AN}*
17 It accommodates a subject not belonging to any country (8) SENTENCE [DD?]
19 Broadcast over our PM shortly coming up in country (7) ROMANIA {AI{NAMO}R}<=
20 Composition with one part of Tin and two parts of  Tantalum (7) CANTATA {CAN}{TA}{TA}
21 Bones formed by vehicle discharge (6) CARPUS {CAR}{PUS}
22 Fungal attack on door frame, right from below (3-3) DRY-ROT {DooR}{TORY<=}
25 Place to rest, very big in Erode (5) ROOST {RO{OS}T}

Reference List
Nothing much = FA(Fanny Adams), Right = R, Standard = S, Tense = T, Very big = OS

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43 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 08:47

    I thi k the def.for 1D should be 'Protein rich food'.

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  2. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 08:49

    Excellent CW though struggled a bit for a few- of course giving me a few aha moments. Not a trwadmill,definitely.

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  3. D.Chandrasekhar2 July 2022 at 08:55

    Bothersome, Evensong,Doubled. What does one call this type of words ?

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  4. Badri2 July 2022 at 09:00

    Nice clues, could finish only 70%, liked bothersome and doubled.

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  5. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 09:01

    Evensong- just pick even ketters of song,OG.

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    1. D.Chandrasekhar2 July 2022 at 09:07

      True Sir, similar grammar(parsing) is for double D and bother SOME too.

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    2. D.Chandrasekhar2 July 2022 at 09:32

      Add on E too

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  6. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 09:04

    Bothersome - anagram of SOME with R(ight) inside

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  7. Sarathi2 July 2022 at 09:05

    5 d solved, not publishing, let others try

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  8. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 09:07

    All are regular wordplay- with a slight taist,of course.

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  9. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 09:08

    Twist

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  10. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 09:12

    Noneed to be sad. Slightly o the harder side.

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  11. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 09:13

    A doybt about1D. How to get E from one?

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  12. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 10:01

    So,stay is just be and not ban.

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  13. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 10:23

    Yesterday Sinner played Isner at Wimbledon. I was wondering how one would write a clue connecting the 2 names!

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    1. CPC2 July 2022 at 10:28

      Interesting one Paddyji..you got half so i will fill some more to say " He lost when Sinner played no last Wimbledon (5)"

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    2. CPC2 July 2022 at 10:38

      Actually their initials are same too..J.Sinner bt J.Isner 😃

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    3. Abhishek Sridhar2 July 2022 at 10:46

      He played Isner and eventually won?

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    4. CPC2 July 2022 at 10:49

      Good one Abhishek - it looks so simple a sentence like asking a Q and yet very elegant 👏

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    5. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 11:58

      +1. Yes,he eventually one too.

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    6. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 12:03

      Sorry for the typo- eventually won.
      Probably an anagrind is needed?

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    7. Abhishek Sridhar2 July 2022 at 12:16

      Played is the anagram indicator

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    8. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 16:39

      Oh! Extremely good clue.

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  14. Srikant Sri2 July 2022 at 11:08

    5D INSULATOR (Ceramic) with TO removed. INSULAR - Small-town

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  15. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 12:01

    False capitalisation is part of the game. Some setters,if they want to be meticulous,take it to the start of the clue to justify the capital.

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  16. Ramesh Kosaraju 2 July 2022 at 12:22

    Difficult one for me. But several very good clues. 👏
    Just an observation - yesterday also this was given in Ref List
    Nothing much = FA(Fanny Adams)
    Curious, searched and read - very very gruesome!

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  17. Ramki Krishnan2 July 2022 at 12:34

    Tough one with typical Arden wordplays in FIDDLE, MORES, DECLAIMED etc. MINOR SUIT, VORTICES, DAMPEN, AMATEUR were favourites.
    Still not clear about the anno for SENTENCE - how is it a DD?

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    1. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 13:32

      +1 particularly for sentence.

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    2. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 13:42

      Col. has also put a ?
      Stateless is not belonging to any country,but it is a 9 letter word.
      What is the purpose of 'it accommodates a subject'?

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    3. Ramesh Kosaraju 2 July 2022 at 14:00

      SENTENCE has a 'subject', an object and a verb.

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  18. Ramesh Kosaraju 2 July 2022 at 12:40

    In 14D, I have a doubt.
    Truly = indeed; 'in' is container indicator and hence the parsing is {claim} in {deed}.
    Then what is the role of 'assumed' in the clue?

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    1. Padmanabhan2 July 2022 at 13:42

      Good question.

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    2. ranger2 July 2022 at 16:40

      Yes, I had the same doubt when I wrote the clue, Ramesh, but I had to use 'assumed' for
      the sake of surface. If I write 'Truly charge and gave a speech' the POS goes for a toss.

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    3. Ramesh Kosaraju 2 July 2022 at 16:46

      Thanks sir for the clarification.
      🙏

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  19. Amita Baviskar2 July 2022 at 16:27

    A slightly tough, enjoyable puzzle. Thank you, Arden. One complaint: the clue for 17D was rather vague. I got SENTENCE from the cross-letters and the first part of the clue, but "not belonging to any country" seems obscure.

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    1. ranger2 July 2022 at 16:54

      I agree it's a bit obscure, Amita. The original clue read 'Violent scene-ten involved get punishment', but for some reason I changed it at the last moment. I should have left it
      as it was.

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    2. Amita Baviskar3 July 2022 at 16:54

      Thank you, Arden

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