Tuesday 4 October 2022

No 13677, Tuesday 04 Oct 2022, Arden

Artwork by Prasanna
 
Rangoli by Gowri

Solution to 8D 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   Moral aspects of changing the electronic circuits (6) ETHICS {THE*}{IC'S}
4   Most importantly, a trip takes limited period (5,3) AFTER ALL {A}{F{TERm}ALL}
10 Bet inland, like 23 (9) BANTERING {B{ANTE}RING}
11 Island partly across a moat (5) SAMOA [T]
12 After small drink make some paint marks (7) STIPPLE {S}{TIPPLE}
13 Fruit to get some divine intervention (7) TANGELO {T{ANGEL}O}
14 Fungus? Return to work first (5) ERGOT {TO<=}<=>{ERG}
15 Anguish over defeat, but he is optimistic (8) PANGLOSS {PANG}{LOSS}
18 Ecstatic drunk cries outside a bar briefly (8) SERAPHIC {SER{A}{PH}IC*}
20 Minute changes, one goes unachieved (5) UNMET MiNUTE*
23 Man.Utd midfielder goes from extreme left to extreme right, just joking (7) RIBBING (-g)RIBBIN(+g)G
25 Ordering mandarin orange, managers arranged metal support (7) ANDIRON {ANDIRON+MANAGER=MANDARIN ORANGE} [CA] 
26 Hilton perhaps is under average (5) PARIS {IS}<=>{PAR}
27 Band of soldiers on both sides guarding the box (9) ORCHESTRA {OR}{CHEST}{RA}
28 Tomato salad - taking on a little cupid (8) AMORETTO {AMO{RE}TTO*}
29 Land to the east, say (6) ESTATE {E}{STATE}

DOWN
1   Laid out some beds and stamped (8) EMBOSSED*
2   Suspended sentence? (7) HANGING [DD]
3   Queen's place to travel on road, occasionally (9) CLEOPATRA {PLACE+TO}*{RoAd}
5   War's a gamble, but there is a possibility of success (8,6) FIGHTING CHANCE {FIGHTING}{CHANCE}
6   Basics - 50% found in German city (5) ESSEN ESSENtials
7   Like to cross miles, perhaps it's pointless (7) AIMLESS {A{MILES*}S}
8   Force to lease both sides immediately (4,2) L?A? O? (Addendum - LEAN ON {LeasE}{ANON} - See comments)
9   Surrender to the spirit, stop working (4-2,3,5) GIVE-UP THE GHOST {GIVE UP}{THE}{GHOST}
16 Left one bare, otherwise she has loads to work on (9) LAUNDRESS {L}{A}{UNDRESS} Why otherwise?
17 Step one accepted long time ago (5,3) STONE AGE {ST{ONE}AGE}
19 Regular team game, has to stop-stop (7) EMBARGO {tEaM}{GO} over {BAR}
21 Western woman embraces an Indian warrior (7) MARATHA {MAR{A}THA}
22 Wine supplier's a bit short, paid 50% for the drink (6) GRAPPA {GRAPe}{PAid}
24 Child is with the girl (5) ISSUE {IS}{SUE}

Reference List
Small = S, Bar = PH(Public House), Soldier = OR,RA, On = RE, East = E, Left = L, One = A, An = A

49 comments:

  1. A few very difficult ones with a lot of interesting clues giving us a fighting chance. We should not give up the ghost.

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  2. Thank you Prasanna for giving a divine start.

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  3. learned a few new words- Amoretto,Pangloss.
    Struggling with launderer for a while.

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  4. Col., No print issue tomorrow.

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  5. 8A. Lean on= force. Immediately= ANON. Lease= let , bothsides mean, E remains. How do i accomodate L or id it Loan on ?sorry for my incomplete anno.

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    1. Why lease= let? Why not lease itself?

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    2. But i failed. Not that i hv succeeded today-).Else, i always respect the protocols .....😁

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    3. Since nobody else has come up with any solution, you try with lease in stead of let.

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  6. Col - extremely sorry. But my Rangoli finished only now. Have mailed it to u. If u can, please add it to the blog.
    Thank you so much!!!!

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  7. 16d i think the clue needs to be semi&lit.
    She won't have loads if one is bare!
    Otherwise if one dresses up she would have loads to wash.

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  8. I took otherwise (or) as a conbector between wp and def

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  9. Awaiting the anno for the 8A...

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    1. Would you Ike to have a go? Lease both sides along with Anon as you pointed out earlier

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    2. Boss,you have almost given it.

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    3. Sorry, this looked almost fully solved earlier

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    4. It is 8 D and not 8 Across

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  10. Lease .....both sides are s and e .Lea( non).hmmm. not fitting

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    1. I think it will click for you had it been 'both ends' ...

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  11. Come on! How do you manage to get S&E?!

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  12. South and East..two sides, i presumed

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    1. sides we used to anno. as L & R, S&E considered as points.

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  13. Yeah. I got it. Lease both sides is simple, l and E

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  14. I thik western woman martha should make it to reference list.

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  15. No need I think. Like Sue for girl,this also should be simple enough.

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    1. No paddy, martha actually means lady/woman in armeanian (/west Asia!)

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    2. I don't think it has been used in that sense. Arden to confirm.
      I could not find it in the on line Chambers that I looked. Nmae may have a biblical connection.

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  16. It's incorrect to call Gribbin a Man Utd midfielder. He never played a single senior game for them! I'm sure even the most devoted fans of the club would've never heard of him.

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  17. Since there is no paper tomorrow I will post a special at 7 AM

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  18. PANGLOSS, AMORETTO, GRAPPA were new words but gettable from wordplay and crossing letters. Thanks Arden and Col!
    Is 25A (ANDIRON) a CA? i.e.
    (MANDARIN + ORANGE)* = (MANAGER + ANDIRON)
    But the S in managerS seems extra?

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    1. Even arranged. Typically CA has one anind. Deletion sometimes have two.

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  19. Thanks for the lovely artwork and Rangoli, Prasanna and Gowri! Happy Navarathri to all.

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  20. 13a grammatically shouldn't it be "gets".

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  21. 27a gaurding should suffice!
    Why both sides.

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  22. Thank you Col.sir for posting my artwork. Enjoyed today's grid. Have a great day.

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  23. Could visit the blog only now. Beautiful artwork by Prasanna and nice Rangoli by Gowri.

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