Thursday 15 December 2022

No 13737, Thursday 15 Dec 2022, KrisKross

Solution to 18A 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   Penalizing fellow having a meal without date (6) FINING {F}{dINING}
4   Pip hates changing deadlines! (8) EPITAPHS*
10 Emphasise: "This is where you put the denominator" (9) UNDERLINE [C&DD]
11 One fabulous layer of gold (5) GOOSE [CD]
12 KrisKross would retreat, afraid to lose energy in scrap (7) DISCARD {I'D}{SCAReD}
13 Animal from America seen in roads going west (7) SENSUAL {LA{US}NES}<=
14 Saint from Hardwar is hiding (5) RISHI [T]
15 See gross, revolting monsters (8) OGRESSES*
18 Relating to investigation of one thousand killed in alien attack (8) ?O?E?S?C (Addendum - FORENSIC  {FOREigN}{SIC} -:See comments)
20 Circle around, embracing a victor - "Well done!" (5) BRAVO {ORB}<= over {A}{V}
23 Dog biting one viciously in part of the leg (7) TOENAIL {T{ONE*}AIL}
25 Difficult task overwhelms film star lacking a bit of help (7) ONEROUS {ON{hERO}US}
26 Loves to get hold of ticket for location in New Zealand (5) OTAGO {O{TAG}O}
27 Scientist initially refused his Nobel angrily (5,4) NIELS BOHR {Re...d+HIS+NOBEL}*
28 Thrilled about electric vehicle getting promoted (8) ELEVATED {EL{EV}ATED}
29 Stupid people in India one spots all around (6) IDIOTS {I}{D{1}OTS} 

DOWN
1   Architects for sinks (8) FOUNDERS [DD]
2   Underworld dons - crazy people who need to be exposed (7) NUDISTS {NU{DIS}TS}
3   Story of citizen locking up a luxury car (9) NARRATIVE {N{A}{RR}ATIVE}
5   Poor doctor finally seeks cure, battling a tense situation (8,6) PRESSURE COOKER {POOR+d...oR+SEEKS+CURE}*
6   Wild animal to die in container (5) TIGON {TI{GO}N}
7   Appropriate for treatment (7) PROCURE {PRO}{CURE}
8   They were magical times (6) SPELLS [C&DD]
9   Rioting: Leaders of Russia perhaps send in police to bring about complete quiet (3-4,7) PIN DROP SILENCE {Ru...a+Pe...s+SEND+IN+POLICE}*
16 Resumed business after firing everyone inside, struggled and went underwater (9) SUBMERSED {RESUMED+Bu...eS}*
17 Wives are against taking orders (8) CONSORTS {CON}{SORTS}
19 Members of fleet are possessive about work (7) OPERATE [T<=]
21 Designed a room very lovingly (7) AMOROSO {A+ROOM}*{SO}
22 Comedian's assistant goes to dance (6) STOOGE*
24 Perfume from a gypsy (5) AROMA {A}{ROMA}

Reference List
Fellow = F, Date = D, Energy = E, Thousand =G, Attack = SIC, Victor = V, Electric vehicle = EV, India = I, Underworld = DIS, Luxury car = RR(Rolls Royce), Gypsy = ROMA

28 comments:

  1. BRAVO Vladimir!

    The GOOSE bumps were seen clearly. Vladimir was no RISHI.

    He could not DISCARD the SENSUAL look of the doe-eyed nor the AROMA encircling her.

    His task was not ONEROUS. He began his NARRATIVE and cast his SPELLS...

    What happened next?

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  2. 18 A, solved, let others try

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  3. 21 d. Lovingly is amorous. Can any one justify the clue which is amoroso. A room designed is amorous,where from so sprouted here.

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  4. 2D, what gives "dis"? Can someone please help explain?

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    2. Col.has given above in Ref. list

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    3. In Roman Mythology, Dis either refers to the underworld, or god of the underworld.
      But here, it could be Dis = underworld
      Thus 'underworld dons - crazy' becomes 'underworld "wears" crazy' - {NU {DIS}TS}

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  6. Lovely well constructed CW. Enjoyed every clue- a special in its own way.
    Epitaph as deadline was innovative!
    Struggled with submerged, though I had Neils Bohr as crossing.

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  7. 18A FORENSIC (related to investigation) FOREIGN (alien) minus IG (one thousand) SIC (attack)

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    1. Acharya you are hereby promoted to the regulars list

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    2. Welcome,with your daily bouquets/ brickbats,as Col.puts it.

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  8. Every clue masterly constructed . 4Ac, 5Dn and 9Dn were my favorites.

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    1. You must know about the goose that laid golden eggs, the classic Aesop's fable? Here the word layer is used in the cryptic sense - 'lay-er'

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  10. Many nice clues. Liked 29A the best

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  11. Thanks everyone for your comments. Glad you liked the grid.

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  12. Nice grid. Loved EPITAPHS & UNDERLINE. Didn't know Submersed. Knew only Submerged - although I also had Niels Bohr.

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