Saturday 5 November 2022

No 13703, Saturday 05 Nov 2022, Arden

ACROSS
1   Sign that a guitarist's on a roll (11) SAGITTARIUS
7   Drop some sauce (3) DIP [DD]
9   Trainee acted improperly (5) CADET*
10 Written statement from a fellow providing back up crane... (9) AFFIDAVIT {A}{F}{IF<=}{DAVIT}
11 ...are rather found in one corner of the table (4,5) RARE EARTH*
12 Diving? No, no good when wearing this (5) LUNGI LUNGIng Semi&lit
13 Very little money for booze, get principal support at the back (7) CENTRUM {CENT}{RUM}
15 Not a soul in polling station on election day (4) NONE [T]
18 Starts raising immediately a lot of money (4) RIAL Acrostic
20 Rectify soldier's habit (7) REDRESS {RE}{DRESS}
23 In own surroundings sweetheart is shy (5) HEAVE {H{swEet}AVE}
24 May be Captain Marvel can make our sphere turn topsy-turvy (9) SUPERHERO
26 Placed on fire right away before the wound finally festered (9) PUTREFIED {PUT}{RE}{FIrE}{w..nD}
27 Subject partly revised in a moment (5) OMANI [T<=]
28 American in a big city, reportedly opposes the motion (3) NAY {N{A}Y}
29 Support shaky, remained using chicanery (11) LEGERDEMAIN {LEG}{REMAINED}*

DOWN
1   Fire people in the contest (4,4) SACK RACE {SACK}{RACE}
2   Enraged about taking one in a headlong rush (8) GADARENE {ENRAGED}* over {A}
3   It's included in the tax (5) TITHE {T{IT}HE}
4   Mixed up characters or a couple of farm animals? (7) ANAGRAM {A}{NAG}{RAM}
5   Went around as if Chinese joined them here in Iran (7) ISFAHAN {AS+IF}*{HAN}
6   Team covered but not allowed to play (9) SIDELINED {SIDE}{LINED}
7   Lovely to have dinner around six (6) DIVINE {DI{VI}NE}
8   Atop — from bottom to top is a dialect (6) PATOIS {(+p)PATO(-p)}{IS}
14 Sid will make a hue and cry (5,4) RAISE HELL [DIS<=] 
16 Bananas are made ripe initially with sugar (8) DEMERARA {ARE+MADE+Ripe}*
17 Finally these nations became European (8) ESTONIAN {t..sE+NATIONS}*
19 One way to cut fish, if one is so inclined (7) LISTING {L{1}{ST}ING}
20 Jockey astride a pony initially is faster (7) RAPIDER {R{A}{Pony}IDER}
21 Charlie's invitation for a ride to a composer (6) CHOPIN {C}{HOP IN}
22 Courage to get everyone off the support frame (6) GANTRY GallANTRY
25 One giving support-could be a factor for a runner (5) RHONE {ONE}<=>{RH}

Reference List
Fellow = F, No = N, Good = G, Soldier = RE, On = RE, Right = R, American = A, Chinese = HAN, Hell = DIS, Charlie = C, Factor = RH

13 comments:

  1. Loved today's CW- a good mixture of interesting, slightly hard but reachable and easy clues.
    Nice to come across a different anagram today.
    Quite a few interesting words out of which some are CW favourites like demerara, Legerdemain etc. Had an absorbing session.

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  2. Runner, flower are Arden's favourite pet names for river!

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  3. Sri Sri Prasad garu to help in clearing anno of 14 D please

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    1. Col. has given (in Ref.list) Dis= Hell. So raise hell (Sid) is Dis=<

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  4. Reminded of Lungi Ngidi- a good SA fast bowler!

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    1. Also reminded of a comment by an excited commentator when Rishab Pant hit him
      for a six-- "Pant has lofted Lungi over the top!"

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  5. Lovely weekend fare! Thank you Arden. 🙂

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  6. Enjoyed today's fare. Thanks Arden !!!!

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  7. I found it very tough. Glad i finished. Though could not parse RAISE HELL & RHONE (runner for river - realised only on visiting the blog)

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