Saturday 3 December 2022

No 13727, Saturday 03 Dec 2022, Arden

ACROSS
1   Scintillate her, order flower (7,7)  CARLINE THISTLE*
10 Inmates drenched, some had returned anoraks (5) NERDS [T<=]
11 Love even Latin characters (9) VALENTINE* Sem&lit
12 Starts with pretty elegant shirt, becomes a fashionista (7) HIPSTER {Pr...y+El...t+SHIRT}*
13 An ancient empire torn apart - the centre of this annexed (7) PARTHIA {PART{tHIs}A*}
14 Saw some coming back from the bottom (5) MOTTO [T<=]
16 I denounce a poor capital (9) ISLAMABAD {I}{SLAM}{A}{BAD}
19 Choice over the French fashion - Chanel ultimately is the one to follow (4,5) ROLE MODEL {OR<=}{LE}{MODE}{c...eL}
20 Girl has interest in returning to the plant (5) SISAL {LAS{I}S}<=
22 Support and close the rear (4,3) BACK END {BACK}{END}
25 Bill's essentially fine with state (7) INVOICE {fINe}{VOICE}
27 Other tune composed to that (9) THEREUNTO*
28 Medication not started for these native Americans (5) OSAGE dOSAGE
29 Dickens's work, missing a song of rejoicement (9,5) CHRISTMAS CAROL {a CHRISTMAS CAROL}

DOWN
2   Growing upward from Cleopatra, perhaps (9) ACROPETAL*
3   Composer asked for a table (5) LISZT (~list)
4   Ignore the upcoming study about pests (5,4) NEVER MIND {NE{VERMIN}D<=}
5   40% light - input has gone up from bulb (5) TULIP {TU{LIght}P<=}
6   He doesn't know essential form filling - amusing in a way (9) IGNORAMUS {IGN{fORm}AMUS*}
7   Temperature's elevated in this part of the body (5) THIGH {T}{HIGH}
8   Stone and plastic dealer, raking in millions (7) EMERALD {E{M}ERALD*}
9   Song about 'The Man' (6) ANTHEM*
15 Measuring instruments are there, so move over a short distance (9) OHMMETERS{THERE+SO}* over {MM}
17 Amused to see corrupt getting promoted, keeping quiet on inducements offered (9) LOLLIPOPS {LOL}{SPO{P}IL<=}
18 Do abstain from resorting to torture (9) BASTINADO*
19 Joe, say picks first ball nice in the middle, it's automatic (7) ROBOTIC {RO{B}OT}{nICe}
21 Songs for the skipper, as they say in Germany (6) LIEDER (~leader)
23 Open with club King (5) CLEAR {C}{LEAR}
24 Material dug up (5) DENIM<=
26 Instrument carried by William is breached (5) VIOLA  VIOLAted

Reference List
The in French = LE, Interest = I, Temperature = T, Millions = M, Amused = LOL(Laugh out loud), Quiet = P, Club = C

14 comments:

  1. Same doubt about Ted. Anything indirect?

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    1. Normally Ted is the nickname used for Edward

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    2. From 10427 to this day, no one traced which William is Ted. But Arden has been using this multiple times.

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  2. for me 25%. could not get anno. for DENIM in upwards........so will try at 8 pm.

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  3. Completed with great difficulty.
    If u think Ted Williams is obscure, so is Joe Root.
    Had to Google & cross check both after filling.
    CARLINE THISTLE was the toughest & last to fall.

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    1. Joe Root is England white ball captain! No need to google. See Col.'s link.

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    2. I googled before coming to the blog

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  4. My fav - EMERALD, LOLLIPOPS
    Nice cluing. Thanx Arden.

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