Saturday 4 February 2023

No 13780, Saturday 04 Feb 2023, Arden

ACROSS
1   With sales force arranged in a straight line (2,3,4,5)  AS THE CROW FLIES*
10 Upset with loss of 150 (5) RILED RILlED
11 Look suggestively over one, it is French county (9) LEICESTER {LE{I}{CEST}ER}
12 Starts with incoming delivery and gone - out for a duck (7) WIDGEON {With}{In...g}{De...y}{GONE*}
13 Last horse, not hard to back (7) ENDORSE {END}{hORSE}
14 Animal died after dash... (5) ELAND {D}<=>{ELAN}
16 ...in turn ace became erratic (9) UNCERTAIN*
19 Auditors are very careful - it can't take off (9) CASSOWARY {CAS}{SO}{WARY}
20 Clear, clear around midnight (5) PURGE {PUR{niGht}E}
22 Abnormally moist, is it because of cell division? (7) MITOSIS*
25 She's probably nearing old age (7) GRANNIE* Semi&lit
27 Papyrus paper for a music maker (4,5) REED ORGAN {REED}{ORGAN}
28 Overhaul for a top guard at a Soviet security agency (5) GULAG {LUG<=}{A}{Gu..d}
29 Present story evokes very little interest (7,7) CURRENT ACCOUNT {CURRENT}{ACCOUNT}

DOWN
2   Youth gets up since lady's invited a lawyer (5,4) SALAD DAYS {AS<=}{LA{DA}DYS}
3   High on the rim, don't take chances (5) HEDGE {H}{EDGE}
4   Cryptic clue - a land for a plant (9) CALENDULA*
5   Separate OBE for an oil producer? (5) OLIVE {O}{LIVE}
6   Fall underground to gain firsthand knowledge (5,4) FIELD TRIP {TRIP}<=>{FIELD}
7   Trainee not new to a football club (5) INTER INTERn
8   Issue about egg for a theatre professional (7) SURGEON {S{URGE}ON}
9   Fights to stop live study (6) BROWSE {B{ROWS}E}
15 Completed procuring assorted crops - something to eat (4,5) DROP SCONE {D{CROPS*}ONE}
17 Keen to see movie go up, it's extremely cold (9) CRYOGENIC {CRY}{CINE+GO<=}
18 Somehow nail Arden, that will give you a high (9) ADRENALIN*
19 Arrived with building block, ends in shortage of material (7) CAMBRIC {CAMe}{BRICk}
21 Go, sweetheart find some work in a big city (6) ENERGY {swEet}{N{ERG}Y}
23 Article on individual right belongs to them (5) THEIR {THE}{I}{R}
24 See, when it's dark you change partner (5) SIGHT (-n+s)SIGHT
26 A horse starts running off, showing violent behaviour (5) AGGRO {A}{GG}{Ru...g}{Off}

Reference List
150 = One 50 = One L, It is in French = CEST, Hard = H, Died = D, Lawyer = DA, High = H, Be = LIVE, New = N, Individual = I, Right = R, Partners = N,S, Horse = GG(GeeGee)

17 comments:

  1. 10A. Riled=upset.
    I think the anno us
    I= i
    50= L
    Loss= Red( we use the expression, the company is in Red, meaning expenses are more than income, hence Loss.)
    Am i in the rt track ?

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    1. There is a slihht Ardenism, if you can get it.

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    2. I am sorry. I couldn't get it.(-

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    3. Rilied is the word printed and i goes as per the anno.But to my pea brain, i couldn't find the word RILIED..

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    4. Ardenism- 150= IL
      R(IL)ED - with being containment indicator. Am I right? Red=Loss

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    5. To be read as ( I call it prose order!) "Loss with 150".

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    6. Loss of 150 is same as 150 in red.

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    7. If you look at accounts ledger loss is written in red (ink)!

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  2. I also felt the same anno. But there is no containment indicator

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  3. 22A- Why 'It' is included- only for srface?

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  4. Surprisingly an easy fare from Arden for a change. Every bit enjoyable all the same.

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  5. 14A is there a purpose for the dots after dash?

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    1. https://www.crosswordunclued.com/2010/05/ellipsis-linked-clues.html?m=1

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  6. You are in cryptic world. Everything neednt be as it is.

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  7. I found it tough. But completed. Couldn't parse RILED. But understood now.
    FIELD TRIP, SALAD DAYS - my fav

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