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ACROSS
1 Father-and-son time, with a load of carbs (5) PASTA {PA}{S}{T}{A}
4 Composer snorts coke frequently on Scottish mountain where one's hard to notice (9) BACKBENCH {BA{CoKe}{BEN}CH}
9 Pulls a fast one on women going for feminine dresses (7) OUTFITS OUT(-w+f)FITS
10 Record one's energy intake measurement? Makes sense! (7) LOGICAL {LOG}{1}{CAL}
11 In the morning, drink a spot of espresso over puzzle (6) ENIGMA {AM}{GIN}{Es...o}<+
12 Top players abandoned tour to join short excursion (8) VIRTUOSI {VI{TOUR*}SIt}
14 Perhaps pine after revenge regularly (4) TREE {afTer+RevEngE}
15 After a reorganization, ranger quit division (10) QUARTERING*
18 Tech worker supporting language restrictions on the radio (10) PROGRAMMER {PRO}{(~grammar)GRAMMER}
19 Characters shared by African, Mexican, and American? (4) INCA {afrICAN/mexICAN}*
22 Away from the centre of battle, overcome by frightful doubts, having lost a bit of blood (8) OUTWARDS {WAR} in {DOUbTS}*
24 Extremely childish clash about earliest place of worship (6) CHURCH {Ch...sH}{UR}{ClasH}
26 Grill Gussalufz about being controlled by coffee (7) LATTICE {LATT{I}{C}E}
27 Sweep off exes full of censure (7) EXPANSE {EX{PAN}SE*}
28 Loony to go after wealth-shielded king for a small food item (6,3) MONKEY NUT {NUT}<=>{MON{K}EY}
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DOWN
1 Crept up, bearing beverage and plan (7) PROJECT{PR{OJ}ECT*}
2 Burn half of late forties carelessly (3,4,2) SET FIRE TO {laTE+FORTIES}*
3 Principles of mathematics primarily described by X/Y, say (6) AXIOMS {AXI{Of}{Ma...s}S}
4 Captain of second-rate old ship (4) BOSS {B}{O}{SS}
5 Mining complexes with sillier eco code (10) COLLIERIES*
6 Produced appeal; ball tracking initially upheld catch (8) BEGOTTEN {BEG}{O}{Tr...g}{NET<=}
7 The Reverend's tea, no crunchy snack (5) NACHO (cha no to nacho)
13 Malcontent corrupt guru conned them, then somehow disappeared (10) CURMUDGEON {GURU+CONnED+theM}*
16 Toss coin: anger or bliss? (9) IGNORANCE*
17 Make life less country-oriented (Benazir Bhutto's third reform) (8) URBANIZE {BENAZIR+bhUtto}*
18 Investigation implicates liberal magazine's first issue (7) PROBLEM {PROB{L}E}{Ma...e}
20 Marathoner, maybe allowed to wear two articles? (7) ATHLETE {A}{TH{LET}E}
21 24 hours in horrible place (6) CHAPEL {C{H}APEL*}
25 Trial ends in court, evidence was insufficient (4) TEST Tail Acrostic
Reference List
Father = PA, Son = S, Time = T, Scottish mountain = BEN, Women = W, Feminine = F, About = C, King = K, Beverage = OJ(Orange Juice), Second rate = B, Old = O, Ship = SS, Gangster = AL(Capone), Liberal = L, Hour = H, New = N
1a father and son is pas with a load of carbs is pasta
ReplyDeleteWhere is T coming from?
Delete5d a agram of sillier code is colliers to mean mines
ReplyDeleteColliers is only 8 letters?
Delete24a extremely is ch clash about pkace of worship is church
ReplyDeleteWhere did URCH come from?
DeleteUr is earliest place ch and ch are extremes of clash and childish
Delete2d half of late is te .and forties together you get set fire to meaning burn
ReplyDeleteTE and FORTIES will give you TEFORTIES?
Delete2d set fire to from forties and te from late anagram
ReplyDelete10a logical from record- log ,one- i and cal is energy intake
ReplyDeleteWelcome Gussalufz. Alawys a pleasure to unscramble your CW's. Had a wonderful time. No time yet to go into ninas etc.
ReplyDeleteNice grid. 50% solved. good start with PASTA
DeletePaddy sir couldn't find the word CARBS in Chambers 21st Century Dictionary.
DeleteYou will find CARB which is an abvn for Carbohydrate
Deleteyes sir, abs. right . I got it from word web. I am surprised as it is not reflected in chambers Dic.
Delete1A. Pasta
ReplyDeleteFather= pa
Son= s
Time= t.
A= a
8D Halting= hesiting.
ReplyDeleteGangster= al pacino( al).
Troubled night hting.
Goes through is anagrind. Al + hting
Gangster may be Al Capone. Pacino would not be quite pleased!
Delete:)
DeleteAbsolutely. Plesant goof up. Apologies
Delete4D. Boss= captain
ReplyDeleteSecond rate= B
Old= o
Ship= ss
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ReplyDeleteEnigma= puzzle
DeleteMorning= AM
Drink= Gin
Spot of espresso= E
Over is anagrind
Not an anagram
Delete11a
DeleteReversal type
{am}{gin}{e}<=
Over is Reversal indicator
Delete23D Titan= moon
ReplyDeleteTonight finally= T
It = it
A= a
New = n
Good word Gemini. Time to start giving them in a bunch.
ReplyDeleteSure. ...
ReplyDelete14 across is tree,
ReplyDeleteWordplay?
DeletePerhaps pine - Def
DeleteTree - Answer
Wordplay
Regularly - indicator
afTer RevEngE
Could it just not have been 'pine'? What purpose does 'perhaps' serve?
DeleteWhen the defining phrase/word is an *example* of the term that is the solution, you have to indicate that.
Delete16 down, ignorance, anagram of coin and anger
ReplyDelete9A: Pulls a fast one = outwits. F (feminine) replacing W (women) = OUTFITS = dresses
ReplyDelete18A: Tech worker = PROGRAMMER. Supporting = PRO with GRAMMER (homophone for "grammar" = language restrictions)
22A: Away from the centre = OUTWARDS. Battle = WAR inside (overcome) by the anagram (frightful) of "doubts" without "b" (having lost a bit of blood)
28A: Loony = NUT after wealth (MONEY) shielding K (king) = MONKEY NUT = a small food item
3D: Principles = AXIOMS. X/Y = AXIS around OM for "of mathematics"
3d 👍
Delete..17 down urbanize, anagram of Benazir with bhutto s third ie u....
ReplyDelete25 down test, ends of court, evidence, was and insufficient
ReplyDelete7d NACHO - crunchy snack
ReplyDeletetea - cha
no - no
Spoonerism
{cha no} to {nacho}
13d - Def of malcontent
ReplyDeleteanagaram of {guru conned them} - then, ie {guru coned m}*
CURMUDGEON
6d BEGOTTEN: produced
ReplyDeleteAppeal: BEG
Ball:O
Tracking initially: T
Catch: NET, when upheld, TEN
(BEG) (O)(T) (TEN)
7d – (N(ACH) <----O)
ReplyDeleteTea – cha
NACHO – A tortilla chip
It has to be a Spoonerism
DeleteReverend for Rev Spooner
DeleteRamesh sir, In fact, I was trying to find the reverse indicator for CHA.
Delete26Ac LATTICE - {LATT{I}{C}E}
ReplyDeleteAnswered by Sathia
Delete12Ac VIRTUOSI - {VI{TOUR*}{SI(-t)}. For 26Ac replacement
ReplyDelete20D - def of MARATHONER
ReplyDeleteallowed - LET
two articles - A THE
anagram of {LET}{A}{THE}
ATHLETE ??
Not an Anagram. It is Container / Sandwich type with wear as Indicator.
DeletePl see Sathia @10.16
27A-Sweep-Expanse; (Exes)* and censure-Pan; full of ex(pan)se
ReplyDelete21d CHAPEL: 24( 24ac church)
ReplyDeleteH : hours
horrible place is place*: CAPEL
H in CAPEL is C(H)APEL
Nice solve and my COD
Delete18D PROB(L)E(M) = issue
ReplyDeleteinvestigation = PROBE
Liberal Magazine's first = LM
Implicates = contains
Slight tweak: Liberal = L (standard abbreviation) is the only thing "implicated." M = "magazine's first" comes after the containment unit.
Delete29a : LIEGE = Subject
ReplyDeleteAnno: mEGa nEw fILm i.e. EGEIL when unclothed and reversed becomes LIEGE
Excellent clue and solve!
Deletereally a good one sir..... clues were too good and interesting.
Delete15ac. QUARTERING.. combined anag of ( ranger + quit )
ReplyDelete1d and 19ac are yet to be solved.
ReplyDelete1d PROJECT; plan; (PR{OJ}ECT*}
ReplyDelete1D Plan = PROJECT
ReplyDeleteCrept 'up' = prect
Bearing = o
Beverage = Juice =J
[(PR (o) (j)ECT)]
Crept up will become tperc. Beverage is orange juice which is OJ. Bearing is to say that the word bears OJ inside it.
DeleteThanks. Understood.
Delete1D Beverage = oj, for orange juice.
ReplyDeleteoj+crept, up as anagram indicator = project = plan.
19A, common letters shared by AfrICAN, MexICAN and AfrICAN = ican. Anagram = Inca. Am not sure of anagram indicator though.
19a solution = Inca
ReplyDeleteCharacters shared = ICAN*
Def?
DeleteAmerican is the def.
Delete19a. Yes, ICAN*, for INCA, and the def is "American." "X characters" or "characters in/from X" is often used to indicate taking an anagram of letters in X (as the cryptic reading says just take the characters, and you can take them in any order). I took the liberty of supplying the X differently, as "characters shared by Y, Z" (take the characters common to Y & Z in some order).
ReplyDeleteThere is a nina and a few thematic entries to be identified.
ReplyDeleteML!
Delete????
DeleteIndeed, ???? from me too, about "ML" :-)
DeleteIf "ML" stands for "machine learning" then, well, there *is* a computer science related theme, but a bit older than what we call ML these days.
DeleteFood & Beverages theme?
ReplyDeletePasta, Monkey nut, nacho in addition to those found in clues- Coffee. tea, OJ to name a few.
Of course,it is a pangram.
Not (at least not intentionally) a food/beverage theme.
DeleteHint for nina/theme: a 2014 movie starring Benedict Cumberbatch
ReplyDeleteThe movie is based on the book Enigma (thanks to google)
ReplyDelete(me too)
DeleteTURING
Indeed, Turing is the nina and the theme! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing
DeleteIf someone wants to identify the thematic entries, go for it now. I'll post my notes that include all the details in about 10 minutes
ReplyDeleteThanks to all the solvers who gave it a go, especially to those who chimed in with solutions and/or feedback, and thanks to Col. Gopinath for the blog.
ReplyDeleteHere are my notes for this crossword.
Notes
This crossword is themed after the English computer scientist, Alan Turing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing). TURING can be seen as a nina running across the middle row.
The following entries are connected to Alan Turing:
10a. LOGICAL. Turing's got his PhD dissertation from the Department of Mathematics at Princeton; his dissertation was titled Systems of Logic Based on Ordinals.
11a. ENIGMA. During World War II, Turing played a crucial role in cracking intercepted messages that had been encrypted using the German Enigma machine.
18a. PROGRAMMER.
24a. CHURCH. Alonzo Church was Turing's thesis advisor. The idea that Turing machines and the lambda calculus are capable of computing anything that can be computed is known as the Church-Turing thesis.
8d & 18d. HALTING PROBLEM. Turing proved that some problems cannot be solved computationally by constructing a simple example of such a problem, known as the Halting Problem: given the specifications for a computer program and an input for it, will that computer program run forever on that input or will it halt at some point?
24d. ATHLETE. Turing was an excellent athlete who occasionally ran the 40 miles from Bletchley to London when he was needed for meetings, and he was capable of world-class marathon standards. The definition used in the clue is the phrase "marathoner, maybe," which certainly fits Turing.
25d. TEST. Turing proposed a test, now known as the Turing Test, in which a human inquisitor would judge whether the entity they are in conversation with is a human or is an artificial intelligence.
This puzzle is a pangram.
Personal notes
As I finish setting this crossword, just a few days are left for the critical midterm elections in the U.S. Lula has been elected president of Brazil (thankfully!). Twitter has taken over by a billionaire who seems to want to 2d it! The league stage of the T20 World Cup has wrapped up. Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, and Arshdeep Singh have been the standout performers for India so far.
Your notes is more interesting to me than the puzzle. Hats off sir!
DeleteAlways. I look forward to it,
DeleteGussalufz is a tough nut to crack. Top half I could fill all blanks but my bottom was nearly wide open.
ReplyDelete