Friday, 20 January 2023

No 13767, Friday 20 Jan 2023, Afterdark

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ACROSS
9   Known approach to get result (7) OUTCOME {OUT}{COME}
10 Crown's guaranteed with liberty (7) LEISURE {LEI}{SURE}
11 The French are in range in craft (7) SLEIGHT {S{LE}IGHT}
12 Guy allowed to cross Middle-Eastern shelter (7) MANTLET {MAN}{easTern}{LET}
13 Staying power to end having lost latitude in nuclear explosion (9) ENDURANCE {END}{NUClEAR*}
15 Nothing for one blemish of a film, say (5) SPOOL SPO(-i+o)OL
16 Horridly done, legally dumping first lover (7) AWFULLY lAWFULLY
19 If female is sacked, worthlessness can be converted as advantage (7) UTILITY fUTILITY
20 Mostly uniform colour everywhere (5) KHAKI [DD]
21 Surveillance needs sixth sense, time to cross one working (9) ESPIONAGE {ESP}{AGE} over {1}{ON}
25 Relaxed with you at the end, in new lodge building (7) LOUNGED {yoU} in {N+LODGE}*
26 Leading Tamil star's goal is to move one ahead creating huge waves (7) TSUNAMI {Ta..l}{SUN}{A(-i)M(+i)I}
28 Brie processed by Scotsman? No some ancient people (7) IBERIAN {BRIE*}{IAN}
29 Active goon slyly stealing article (2,3,2) ON THE GO {GOON}* over {THE}

DOWN
1   Top frigate, close to crash the front deck of the ship (6) FOCSLE {Fr...e}{CLOSE*}
2   Escort at the end after man leaves (6) ATTEND {AT}{The}{END}
3   Paying guest is working inside with perfume (4) PONG {P{ON}G}
4   Elementary particle bounced losing a circle. Neutrino primarily (6) LEPTON {LEaPT}{O}{Ne...o}
5   Torch fuel empty on morning, getting escort (8) FLAMBEAU {FueL}{AM}{BEAU}
6   Son aims to remove walls of lipid, reconstruct quietly (10) PIANISSIMO {SON+AIMS+lIPId}*
7   Masses in RNA producer that miraculously uncoil around middle of cell in reverse (8) NUCLEOLI {UNCOIL}* over {cELl<=}
8   People count in the mind (8) MENTALLY {MEN}{TALLY}
14 Wrap in gold plate at the tips at home and its used for making chapati (7,3) ROLLING PIN {ROLL}{IN}{Gold}{Pl..e}{IN}
16 Dial Ola to pick up Kaufman first to develop organic compounds (8) ALKALOID {DIAL+OLA+Ka...n}*
17 Presented after due? Rubbish (8) FEATURED*
18 Youth leader releases woman from holding and abandoning (8) YIELDING {Yo..h}{wIELDING}
22 Snake language (6) PYTHON [DD]
23 Surprised at morning to receive Arizona journalist (6) AMAZED {AM}{AZ}{ED}
24 Media guy on limitless steroids and is reeling (6) EDITOR sTEROIDs*
27 By one/two as I picked up (4) UNTO {UN}{(~two)TO}

Reference List
The in French = LE, Latitude = L, Female = F, Sixth sense = ESP, New = N, Paying guest = PG, Woman = W, Journalist = ED


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59 comments:

  1. Sree Sree20 January 2023 at 08:31

    Relook. Refine

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  2. Sree Sree20 January 2023 at 08:31

    Relook

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  3. Brajesh20 January 2023 at 09:11

    21a Espionage sixth sense ESP Time AGE
    One-I working is on

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  4. Balasubramanian Raja20 January 2023 at 09:11

    23d- Amazed- morning AM,Arizona AZ, journalist ED- surprised is Amazed.

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  5. Brajesh20 January 2023 at 09:14

    25a Lounged from New LODGE and u from yoU
    18d Yielding from wielding -w+y

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  6. DrBhanuMurthy20 January 2023 at 09:17

    14.awrap...roll
    In...in
    Gold...g
    Plate...p
    At home...in
    Rolling pin

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  7. srandy20 January 2023 at 09:25

    12A - mantlet - shelter
    Man - gut
    Allowed - let
    Cross middle easTern - T
    Man(t)let

    13A - endurance - staying power
    End+(nuc(-l)ear)*

    14A - spool - film
    Spo(-1)(+o)l

    1D - focsle - front deck of ship
    (F)+(close)*

    8D - mentally - in the mind
    Men - people
    Tally- count

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  8. Sarathi20 January 2023 at 09:27

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  9. DrBhanuMurthy20 January 2023 at 09:41

    16.d
    Dial ola k*
    Alkaloid

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  10. Padmanabhan20 January 2023 at 09:55

    I have a doubt about 16D clue. Why 'Compounds' at the end of the clue, when the solution points to a singular- Alkaloid?

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    1. Sree Sree20 January 2023 at 12:58

      The group of compounds is alkaloid vs multiple compounds are ref as alkaloids.

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    2. Padmanabhan20 January 2023 at 13:51

      Maybe technically correct. But I still feel the plural could easily have been avoided.

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  11. DrBhanuMurthy20 January 2023 at 10:03

    9.a known..out
    Approach...come
    Result...outcome

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  12. D N M Rao20 January 2023 at 11:00

    5Dn FLAMBEAU – {F(-ue)L{AM}}{BEAU}

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  13. Ramesh Kosaraju 20 January 2023 at 11:00

    26ac TSUNAMI - huge waves
    Leading Tamil - t
    Star- sun
    goal - aim
    move one ahead - aim to ami
    {t}{sun}{ami}

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  14. Prasanna Rao20 January 2023 at 11:00

    23D - (AM)(AZ)(ED)
    Surprised - Def.
    morning - AM
    Arizona - AZ
    journalist - ED

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  15. AJ20 January 2023 at 11:00

    16ac AWFULLY: horridly done
    Legally: LAWFULLY - L( first lover) gives
    AWFULLY

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  16. Rajashri20 January 2023 at 11:07

    4d LEPTON: elementary particle
    LEPT : LEAPT- A( losing a) O( circle) N(neutrino, primarily)

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  17. DrBhanuMurthy20 January 2023 at 11:15

    17.d after due*
    Featured...presented

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  18. RR20 January 2023 at 11:16

    On one go, article is one

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  19. RR20 January 2023 at 11:18

    28 A, solution is IBERIAN
    Brie processed = iber
    Scotsman = ian

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  20. RR20 January 2023 at 11:19

    20A , mostly uniform colour = khaki DD

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  21. RR20 January 2023 at 11:21

    25A, relaxed = lounged
    N(ew)lodgeU*
    Building, anagrind

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  22. N Sridhar20 January 2023 at 11:21

    3D-pong -smell; PG- paying Guest; Working -on; P(on)G

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  23. N Sridhar20 January 2023 at 11:22

    I think pong means unpleasant smell and not perfume

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    1. Sree Sree20 January 2023 at 12:59

      One mans perfume is anothers pong!

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    2. Padmanabhan20 January 2023 at 13:53

      Interesting aside-
      In Tamil Natram is perfume and Dhur natram (bad natram) is foul smelling. But in colloquial usage when we say natram we mean bad smell!

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    3. N Sridhar20 January 2023 at 16:13

      Perfume Afterdark is Pong?!

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  24. RR20 January 2023 at 11:24

    7D, solution= NUCLEOLI
    Middle of cell in reverse = le
    Nuc(le)oli

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  25. RR20 January 2023 at 11:25

    Miraculously uncool is nucoli

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  26. RR20 January 2023 at 11:25

    Typo, uncoil

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  27. RR20 January 2023 at 11:33

    11A, craft is definition = sleight,
    In range = sight
    French = le

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  28. Deepak Gopinath20 January 2023 at 11:44

    RR your answer is wrong

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  29. Deepak Gopinath20 January 2023 at 11:51

    Yet to be solved
    Across - 10
    Down - 2, 6, 27

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  30. bsudhakar20 January 2023 at 12:08

    2d attend at the end man leave so at t(he) end

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  31. bsudhakar20 January 2023 at 12:11

    6d son aims (l)ipi(d) [remove walls] pianissimo =quietly

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  32. Murali20 January 2023 at 12:13

    in place of 2D already solved.
    6D PIANISSIMO = quietly ;{ SON+AIMS + LIPID - (LI)}*

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  33. Murali20 January 2023 at 12:23

    #3D I have a doubt; how Perfume and pong with opposite meanings fit as clue and answer?

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  34. Ananda Rao Keerty20 January 2023 at 12:31

    13.ac. endurance, end + nuclear without. L
    20.ac. khaki (DD)
    22.dn .python computer language and snake
    24.dn. editor steroids without limits s, s
    23.dn. amazed am- morning, az- arizona, ed- journalist

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  35. Deepak Gopinath20 January 2023 at 12:40

    Last one to be solved 27D

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  36. RR20 January 2023 at 13:04

    Thanks. Got it.

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  37. Padmanabhan20 January 2023 at 13:55

    That completes it.

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  38. Prasanna Rao20 January 2023 at 13:59

    there is no mentioned about language (French) in clue. I am confused.

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  39. Ramesh Kosaraju 20 January 2023 at 14:27

    Stealing is Container indicator.
    {the} in {goon*}

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  40. Prasanna Rao20 January 2023 at 15:38

    HP indicator I got it. (to/two/2) Thanks for the response

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  41. R Nagendra Prasad20 January 2023 at 17:21

    Top left corner tough one for me. Learnt a few new words..Focsle, Pianissimo, Pong. Thanks Afterdark.

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  42. Padmanabhan20 January 2023 at 18:14

    26A- Aim becoming Ami is one moving ahead as per the clue. Is at ahead or behind?

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  43. Padmanabhan20 January 2023 at 18:15

    We are writing from left to right - not like Arabic.

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    1. Sree Sree20 January 2023 at 18:50

      When you move ahead you go forward in the direction you are already moving.

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  44. Padmanabhan20 January 2023 at 19:12

    Not convinced. We write it later. If that is the convention, I have to accept it.

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  45. Gowri20 January 2023 at 21:11

    Nice grid. Easier than last 2 days. Finished in 20 mins.
    Awfully, utility - interesting.
    @ prasad - 13ac - end in clue for endurance is correct?

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    1. Col_Gopinath21 January 2023 at 11:25

      Your doubt about end in 13A is not clear. I don't see anything wrong there

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    2. Sree Sree21 January 2023 at 12:52

      Sorry, was caught up on personal matter.

      As Col said technically nothing wrong.
      Art wise, would have been better if avoided in this case. End does give away the answer before rest of clue is read.
      It's not that well hidden unlike
      "At the end".
      But then art of anything is subjective.

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    3. Gowri21 January 2023 at 13:26

      Thank you.

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  46. Ramesh Kosaraju 21 January 2023 at 12:13

    How is 20a DD?

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