Friday, 15 July 2022

No 13609, Friday 15 Jul 2022, Afterdark

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ACROSS
1   Proverbs on one's date and time seen in a school entrance (6) ADAGES {A}{D}{AGE}{Sc...l}
4   Without working on course... (6) LESSON {LESS}{ON}
9   ...gets zero for one in term work (4) TOME T(-1+0)OME
10 Unfair clause of heartless celeb to a card (3,2,5) ACE OF CLUBS {CLAUSE+OF+CeleB}*
11 Dated after a short peck — a fortune (6) KISMET {MET}<=>{KISs}
12 Anger in DC. Edward targeted (8) DIRECTED {D{IRE}C}{TED}
13 Herb and current sweetheart will be behind lock-up shortly (9) CELANDINE {AND}{IN}{swEet}<=>{CELl}
15 Clever female takes lead from last man for half a century (5) FIFTY (-n+f)FIFTY
16 Notices son going to front with a fish (5) SHARK (+s)SHARK(-s)
18 Sailor's chest found in judge's or a religious office (9) RABBINATE {AB}{BIN} in {RATE}
22 Soldiers on foot heading to main treasury vault (8) BASEMENT {BASE}{MEN}{Tr...y}
23 Sailors expend energy, take time to procure part of a flower (6) STAMEN {S(-e+t)TAMEN
25 One new client had a degree, say (10) LICENTIATE {1+CLIENT}*{ATE} Something wrong here Anagram indicator is in between the fodder. Had on double duty?
26 People of Djibouti at a long distance (4) AFAR {A}{FAR}
27 Disemboweled Dutch found at the end of short passage (6) GUTTED {D}<=>{GUTTEr}
28 Cold cut meat, picking second (6) SEVERE {SEVER}{mEat}

DOWN
1   A cat is primarily easy to break up (7) ATOMISE {A}{TOM}{IS}{Easy}
2   A bar alongside... (5) ABEAM {A}{BEAM}
3   ...grand old key, part of what is found in palace door (7) EXALTED {EX}{ALT}{p...cE Door}
5   English females have zero right for power (6) EFFORT {E}{FF}{O}{RT}
6   Choice even in the absence of leader... (9) SELECTION also  sELECTION
7   ...old boys left in house are the finest (7) NOBLEST {N{OB}{L}EST}
8   Dealing is enticing others into sinful ways (7,6) LEADING ASTRAY {DEALING}* [RA]
14 People found in meet follow a covenant (9) AGREEMENT {GREE{MEN}T}<=>{A}
17 Man's call about a trial (7) HEARING{HE}{RING} over {A}
19 Worry that microbes, i.e. germs are hiding (7) BESIEGE [T]
20 Between 12 & 20, secret agent recruits two engineers (7) TEENAGE {T{EE}NAGE*}
21 Half of market destroyed, let loose by Holder (6) KETTLE {marKET}{LET*}
24 A battle Ukraine finally is mindful of (5) AWARE {A}{WAR}{u...nE}

Reference List
Date = D, Edward = TED, Current = IN, Female = F, Son = S, Sailor = AB, Energy = E, Time= T, Dutch = D, English = E, Right = RT, Old boy = OB, Engineer = E


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51 comments:

  1. Brajesh15 July 2022 at 08:28

    24d Aware mindful from A battle- A war and e from UkrainE aware

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  2. Brajesh15 July 2022 at 08:36

    1,a adages - proverbs from one's A Date time AGE and S from School

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  3. Padmanabhan15 July 2022 at 08:46

    Entrance?

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  4. AJ15 July 2022 at 08:49

    School entrance is S, Paddy

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  5. Brajesh15 July 2022 at 08:50

    20d between 12 and twenty teenage
    From anagram of AGENT and EE from two engineers

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  6. Kripa singan15 July 2022 at 09:24

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  7. Kripa singan15 July 2022 at 09:25

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    1. Col_Gopinath15 July 2022 at 10:01

      Your answers deleted as no annotation was given

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  8. Brajesh15 July 2022 at 09:28

    11a a fortune - kismet short peck is KISs dated MET

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  9. Brajesh15 July 2022 at 09:36

    19 d besiege from microBES I E GE rms

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  10. John George15 July 2022 at 09:45

    4a without LESS ON Course LESSON
    5D E nglish FF emales O zero RT right EFFORT power
    7d House NEST OB old boy L eft in house NOBLEST Finest

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  11. AJ15 July 2022 at 09:46

    Check 19d Sathia

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  12. John George15 July 2022 at 09:48

    10a ACE OF CLUBS CLAUSE OF
    and CB

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  13. AJ15 July 2022 at 09:48

    @Sathia : 26 a incorrect.

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  14. John George15 July 2022 at 09:49

    8D DEALING* LEADING ASTRAY

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    1. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 July 2022 at 11:34

      It's a Reverse Anagram with 'astray' as the Anind

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  15. John George15 July 2022 at 09:50

    1D A TOM (cat) IS E asy primarily ATOMISE

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  16. DrBhanuMurthy15 July 2022 at 10:09

    12.a anger.....ire
    Edward.....ted
    In dc is directed.
    Targeted is directed.

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    1. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 July 2022 at 12:29

      For the exact annotation, pl see Prasanna Rao's @ 11.00

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  17. B N Acharya15 July 2022 at 10:43

    25A LICENTIATE (Degree) (client)* I ATE (had)
    23A STAMEN (part of a flower) SEAMEN (sailors) lose E and take T
    15A FIFTY (half a century) NIFTY (clever) F in place of N
    6D SELECTION (choice) even after absence of first letter means choice

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    1. sree_sree15 July 2022 at 11:00

      25a how does " I" Get in!

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    2. B N Acharya15 July 2022 at 11:49

      (ICLIENT)*ATE one client

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    3. sree_sree15 July 2022 at 11:58

      Anind inbetween fodder!

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    4. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 July 2022 at 11:58

      My doubt:
      With the Anind 'new' between 'one' and 'client', can (a+client) be considered Anagram fodder?

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  18. Prasanna Rao15 July 2022 at 11:00

    12A - (D(IRE)C)(TED)
    Anger - IRE;
    in D(XXX)C.
    Edward - TED
    Def: targeted - Directed

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  19. AJ15 July 2022 at 11:00

    17d HEARING: trial
    HE(man) RING(call) about A

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    1. Prasanna Rao15 July 2022 at 11:20

      good solve AJ mam. my doubt was cleared. I was thinking to substitute HE against 'that man'. just missed.

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    2. AJ15 July 2022 at 11:27

      Thanks Prasanna

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  20. D N M Rao15 July 2022 at 11:03

    9Ac TOME - {T(-i+O)ME}

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  21. Remy15 July 2022 at 11:14

    13 ac Celandine-herb
    cell -l lockup shortly
    and
    in- current
    e sw(e)et heart

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  22. sree_sree15 July 2022 at 11:21

    Anni need fine tune

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  23. N Sridhar15 July 2022 at 11:29

    11A-Kismet; Dated-met; short peck-kis(s)

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  24. N Sridhar15 July 2022 at 11:35

    already done by Brajesh!

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  25. N Sridhar15 July 2022 at 11:37

    3D-Exalted-grand; old-ex; key-alt; part of palac(e d)oor-ed

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  26. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 July 2022 at 12:23

    21Dn
    Role of 'destroyed' in the clue?

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  27. Deepak Gopinath15 July 2022 at 12:46

    Only 27A is to be solved

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  28. Balaji15 July 2022 at 13:16

    27A. DISEMBOWELED Dutch found at the end of short passage. GUTTED. {gutter -r}{D}

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  29. Orthopaul15 July 2022 at 15:02

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  30. cdrgani2915 July 2022 at 15:38

    Tough all round, enjoyable. 20D outstanding!

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  31. Deepak Gopinath15 July 2022 at 15:56

    Incorrect Gemini

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  32. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 July 2022 at 15:58

    27d: Disemboweled Dutch found at the end of short passage (6)

    GUTTED - disemboweled (def)
    Dutch - d
    passage - gutter
    short passage - gutte(-r)
    Dutch found at the end - d at the end
    So I think Mr Balaji is right!

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  33. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 July 2022 at 16:00

    Read the clue as 27a

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  34. sree_sree15 July 2022 at 17:56

    Setter is being specific. Half of market would also work. Just like odd and oddly deleted.

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  35. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 July 2022 at 20:47

    Got it Prasad garu

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  36. Gowri15 July 2022 at 23:25

    Nice grid. Col - current is IN. For CELANDINE
    My cod - ACE OF CLUBS, SELECTION.
    Thanx.

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