Thursday, 29 September 2022

No 13673, Thursday 29 Sep 2022, Vidwan

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
8   Standard gap mostly in middle of the buttocks (7) REGULAR {RE{GULf}AR}
9   General having a smoke in bushy spot (6) LEAFAGE {LE{A}{FAG}E}
11 Trace Spooner's cabbage carrier (8) MOLECULE (~ cole mule to molecule)
12 Seed of some retrograde Pashtun laws (6) WALNUT [T<=]
14 Father left mother? Right about the point where fate and life collide? (6) PALMAR {PA}{L}{MA}{R}
15 Region in far east (4) AREA [T]
19 Instrument central to health or nutrition (7) ALTHORN [T]
20 No rise during early stages (7) NASCENT {N}{ASCENT}
21 One wanting fruit salad or grass (4) TURF FRUiT*
22 Right kind of stone to take support (4,2) REST ON {R}{STONE*}
26 Rules: No sex-drug combo burns again! (6) REIGNS REIGNiteS
27 Regular celebrity stuffs and details basically (8) STANDARD {ST{AND}AR}{De...s}
29 Was dirty black couch cleaned with a mop? (7) SWABBED {WAS*}{B}{BED}
30 I reportedly dance for a seer (7) EYEBALL {(~i)EYE}{BALL}

DOWN
1   Cold prince's revolting atrocity (5) CRIME {C}{EMIR<=}
2   'Unwell' father, emerges 'lively' (5) AGILE frAGILE
3   Elbow jutting loner can work around nothing (9) OLECRANON {LONER+CAN}* over {0}
4   Peer cribs about slightest sensation? Yes, at first (11) PRELIMINARY {P{RE}{LIMIN}AR}{Y} Not sure of Anno
5   Many expressing love for travel (3) ?L? (Addendum - PLY PoLY - See comments)
6   Party hard! Something like a Cockatoo! (5) GALAH {GALA}{H}
7   Hide works, essays about Princess Royal (9) TANNERIES {T{ANNE}RIES}
10 Rent troubles workers and apprentices (8) ENTRANTS {RENT*}{ANTS}
13 Spooner to dispatch one who betrays or one who starts a fashion (11) TRENDSETTER (~send traitor to trendsetter)
16 Quietly sent art forms or designs (8) PATTERNS {P}{SENT+ART}*
17 Giant ramp built for a bird (9) PTARMIGAN*
18 Taken by surprise! A road built but not opened (9) ASTOUNDED {A}{ST}{fOUNDED}
23 Pre-Buddhist Tibetan priests - retrogressive society elitists (4) SNOBS {BONS<=}{S}
24 Tribute to God of Shepherds guarding Vedas regularly (5) PAEAN {PA{vEdAn}N}
25 A model bagging mostly boring porn (5) ADULT {A}{DULl}{T}
28 Did it regularly get used as pesticide? (3) DDT {DiD+iT}

Reference List
Smoke = FAG, Father = PA, Left = L, Mother = MA, Right = R, No = N, Sex = IT, Drug = E, Black = B, Cold = C, Prince = EMIR, Father = FR, Peer = PAR, About = RE, Yes = Y, Hard = H, Princess Royal = ANNE, Quietly = P, Society = S, Model = T

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23 comments:

  1. Sree Sree29 September 2022 at 08:54

    4d intended anno seems that Col.
    But slightest sensation in psychology (or reg English) is limen, latin for threshold. Limin seems to be the combination form, not sure if it can be clued in as here).
    Plurala Limina (sensations) with Pry for peer would have been better.

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    1. ramesh ss29 September 2022 at 12:02

      4D couldn't parse. Reading this makes it tougher 😉

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  2. C.G. BHARGAV29 September 2022 at 08:56

    Oh boy!
    PRELIMINARY dance!
    Movements not quite REGULAR!
    But AGILE.
    Dancer REIGNS high!
    Everyone ASTOUNDED!
    Who is this TRENDSETTER?
    Vladimir's rolling EYEBALLS!!
    Was he getting ready for his STANDARD CRIME?

    What happened next?

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    1. Padmanabhan29 September 2022 at 10:02

      Glad to note Vladimir is more regular these days.

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  3. Sree Sree29 September 2022 at 08:59

    9a and 23d, erros in print version also!

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    1. Yours Politely29 September 2022 at 09:08

      Sorry. Not clear as to what is the error in these 2 clues. Annos seem to be correctly given above. Regards

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    2. Sree Sree29 September 2022 at 09:11

      Enu 6/7 and 4/5

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    3. Yours Politely29 September 2022 at 09:15

      Oh yes! Thanks. My bad. Sorry.

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  4. Yours Politely29 September 2022 at 09:07

    Apologies for 4D WP error.

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  5. Padmanabhan29 September 2022 at 09:52

    Get up on the CW side!

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  6. Padmanabhan29 September 2022 at 09:54

    Olecranon! Deep into anatomy- had to google in spite of it being an anagram.

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  7. Sree Sree29 September 2022 at 09:54

    Anywhichway! It's across and down always, right?

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  8. Sarathi29 September 2022 at 11:32

    5 D
    The answer is PLY = TRAVEL
    POLY = MANY
    Expressing love, remove O from POLY
    Now we get PLY
    Hope my parsing is correct

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  9. Padmanabhan29 September 2022 at 11:47

    That's a good one!

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  10. ramesh ss29 September 2022 at 12:00

    9A, 20A, 30A, 7D, 18D, 24D among those I liked.

    Two spooners...wow! But there's a clarification I have on it - Spooner is by sound and these don't seem to work that way. Or have I misunderstood?

    Two 3 letter entries have only mid letter checked. I believe that this isn't quite kosher. Please do check.

    Nice mix of challenging ones with easier ones is encouraging solvers like me.

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  11. Padmanabhan29 September 2022 at 12:12

    I think you are right and it is a good pick by Col, and a good solve by you.

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