Monday 5 September 2022

No 13652, Monday 05 Sep 2022, Arden

TEACHERS DAY GREETINGS

Artwork by Prasanna

Solution to 26A 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   Ringtones are different (8) RESONATE*
5   Nail biting old woman in Malaysia (6) PENANG {PE{NAN}G}
10 Relinquish control, take day off in German city (7) HANOVER HANdOVER
11 A Romance language first cited in criminal action (7) OCCITAN {OC{Ci..d}ITAN*}
12 Carol sipping long cocktail (5) SLING {S{L}ING}
13 American trades done within minutes in the capital (9) AMSTERDAM {A}{M}{TRADES*}{M}
14 Being cruel, began having wild honey (5-7) STONY-HEARTED {ST{HONEY*}ARTED}
18 Difficult to carry a lay-by (4,8) HARD SHOULDER {HARD}{SHOULDER} 
21 Dolly took female into an ancient temple (9) PARTHENON {PART{HEN}ON}
23 Ferment in Asia, reportedly (5) YEAST (~east)
24 A gentle movement, so stylish (7) ELEGANT*
25 China gets support from the east at the conference (7) MEETING {M{TEE<=}ING}
26 Finally get there from bottom to top and tie-up (6) T?T?E?  (Addendum - TETHER {geT}{(+e)ETHER(-e)} - See comments)
27 Raised to become a space traveller (8) ASTEROID*

DOWN
1   Share manipulation by the hour — it's the same old story (6) REHASH {SHARE*}{H}
2   It's transgression to take over mail (4,2) SEND IN {S{END}IN}
3   Russian set up, Bill negotiates (9) NAVIGATES {IVAN<=}{GATES}
4   Intricate organ, perhaps yet to be explored (5,9) TERRA INCOGNITA*
6   Master of ceremony's gone at last, I cover the church (5) EMCEE {gonE}{M{CE}E}
7   Six footer I love finds the remedy (8) ANTIDOTE {ANT}{I}{DOTE}
8   Satellite lost edge, had many problems (8) GANYMEDE {G{MANY*}EDE*}
9   "They're well known family" means something else (9,5)  HOUSEHOLD NAMES {HOUSEHOLD}{MEANS*}
15 EEC neatly managed to get some fuel (9) ACETYLENE*
16 Cargo for trendy males stopped mid way (8) SHIPMENT {S{HIP}{MEN}T}
17 Rupert in trouble for being lewd (8) PRURIENT*
19 It's local, I could source some material (6) CALICO [T]
20 Way mature people put up a show (6) STAGED {ST}{AGED}
22 Lug him on the way (5) HEAVE {HE}{AVE}

Reference List
Old woman = NAN, Day = D, Long = L, American = A, Minute = M, Support = TEE, Hour = H, Church = CE, Six footer = ANT, Trendy = HIP, Way = ST, Way = AVE

15 comments:

  1. 26ac.. TETHER..ge(T) is finally get
    Ther(e) bottom to top. . Is ETHER
    means tie up

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  2. 26 A solved, let some other try

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  3. Greetings to the blog who is our Guru for solving CW's.

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  4. Liked the space traveller- an Aha moment after searching for astronaut etc.

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  5. Thanx to all my Teachers here - for helping me traverse this long wordy trail!!!
    Special Thanx to CV & Dr. Nabar for their encouragement.
    Prasanna - πŸ‘

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  6. 25A. Ming is a chinese dynasty. Or Ming is China???

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    1. Always follow the link given by Col. It says Ming is a kind of Chinese pottery (also called china)

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    2. As much as it may be synonymous , would you agree if potable water was clued bisleri!

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  7. Greetings to all my teachers in this Blog, led by Col.πŸ€—

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  8. 26a - A doubt.
    Isn't bottom to top used for a Down clue? Instead 'right to left' would have been better here?

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  9. There was some discussion about this earlier and it was justified that it could be used in Ac clues as well, but I have my reservations.

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  10. Finished Arden again. Nice grid. My cod - ASTEROID, NAVIGATES.

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  11. Are Arden's crosswords getting easier or am I getting better :-)?

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    1. Same doubt in my mind!!! 😊😊😊

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