Monday 27 February 2023

No 13799, Monday 27 Feb 2023, Hypatia

Solution to 27A 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   Down time man got in concern (7) FEATHER {FEA{T}{HE}R}
5   Live match played around Thane (7) MACBETH {MAC{BE}TH*}
9   Movie managed to show fashionable mom (4,3) RAIN MAN {RA{IN}{MA}N}
10 Closer to Sunday, shelter's wide open (7) YAWNING {s...aY}{AWNING}
11 Like old people retiring in loneliness (6) SENILE [T<=]
12 Doctor strange to entertain one most furious (8) ANGRIEST {ANGR{1}EST*}
14 Suspect fellow reserved after lunch time (5) FISHY {F} and {SHY}<=>{1}
16 Silence Spooner's soggy comic (9) CLAMPDOWN (~damp clown to clampdown)
18 They love travelling most in car (9) ROMANTICS*
19 Filled in new dates (5)  SATED*
20 Boxer with others near the French riviera initially (8) WRESTLER {W}{REST}{LE}{Ri...a}
22 Text message entertaining mostly old jerks (6) SPASMS {S{PASt}MS}
26 Top soldiers wearing disheartened recruit's clothing (7) RAIMENT {A1}{MEN} in {Re...iT}
27 Stoked by family switching sides (7) K?N?L?D (Addendum - KINDLED KIND(-r+l)LED - See comments)
28 Detest rude lady eating dessert (7) STRUDEL [T]
29 A little birthday party with workers in the middle (7) ABDOMEN {A}{Bi...y}{DO}{MEN}

DOWN
1   Branches supporting peak sales at last (5) FORKS {FOR}{peaK}{saleS}
2   Clay, perhaps regularly seen as outsider (5) ALIEN {ALI}{sEeN}
3   Lost yak, tailless animal chasing herd at the top of mountain range (9) HIMALAYAN {YAk+ANIMAL}*<=>{Herd}
4   Hire 26 without purpose (4) RENT RaimENT
5   Can work in a store initially entering unit for dressing (10) MAYONNAISE {MAY}{ON{IN+A+St..e}*E}
6   Cringe when caught with debtor (5) COWER {C}{OWER}
7   Reduced excess due to diet changes (6,3) EDITED OUT*
8   Noted to become stylish (4-5) HIGH-TONED {NOTED}* [RA]
13 Casual criminal behind passport, say seized by force (10) ACCIDENTAL {AL}<=>{ACC{ID}ENT}
14 Explosives in sacks retaining charge (9) FIREWORKS {FIRE{WORK}S}
15 Waiter starting to serve more lime cocktails (9) SOMMELIER {Se..e}{MORE+LIME}*
17 Held over mail torn open by day (9) POSTPONED {POST}{OPEN*}{D}
21 Leaning right into nurse (5) TREND {T{R}END}
23 City of hot males (5) SALEM*
24 Brown, perhaps under empty salvage car (5) SEDAN {DAN}<=>{Sa...gE}
25 Fine American saves recipe for vegetable (4) OKRA {OK}{R}{A}

Reference List
Time  T, Fellow = F, With = W, The in French = LE, Top = A1, Party = DO, Caught = C, Crimanal = AL(Capone), Passport, say = ID, Day = D, Right = R, American = A, Recipe = R

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41 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan27 February 2023 at 09:12

    Though I was able to fill in with the help of wordplay, I could not get the connection between Thane & Macbeth.

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    1. Rajan27 February 2023 at 09:22

      Thane as in Macbeth, Thane of Cawdor

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    2. Ramki Krishnan27 February 2023 at 09:23

      Macbeth was a Thane (a feudal lord in Scotland)
      thane (θeɪn)

      n.
      1. (in Anglo-Saxon England) a person ranking between an earl and an ordinary freeman, holding land of the king or a lord in return for services.
      2. (in medieval Scotland) a person holding land of the king; a baron.

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    3. Sree Sree27 February 2023 at 09:23

      Thane is a tittle. Not sure it's enough to get Macbeth

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    4. Padmanabhan27 February 2023 at 09:46

      This Thane is totally new to me. No end to learning. I knew only the Mumbai suburb and was totally at sea. Thank you Ramki.

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    5. Prasanna Rao27 February 2023 at 16:15

      paddy sir, I too was thinking the same. you frustrated. I ignored it due to time taken. well explained by Ramki. Thanks . nice word play.

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  2. Padmanabhan27 February 2023 at 09:13

    20a- Boxer & Wrestler are a class apart.

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  3. Padmanabhan27 February 2023 at 09:13

    3D- What is the function of 'Lost'?

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  4. Padmanabhan27 February 2023 at 09:14

    Is it anagrind for animal?

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  5. Ramki Krishnan27 February 2023 at 09:20

    3d: Lost is the anagrind for (YA + ANIMAL)
    Yak, tailless gives YA

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  6. Sree Sree27 February 2023 at 09:25

    Oh! How I love the days of "that man" for he.

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  7. Gemini27 February 2023 at 09:29

    23D. Is it ?-)

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  8. Gemini27 February 2023 at 09:39

    29A. A birthday party.. will it not suffice? Why little ?

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    1. Padmanabhan27 February 2023 at 09:49

      I think it must be to pick just B from Birthday.

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  9. Gemini27 February 2023 at 09:52

    But why little ?

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  10. DrBhanuMurthy27 February 2023 at 10:56

    27.a
    Stoked by...kindled
    Family...kind
    Sides...led

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    1. Sreelakshmi27 February 2023 at 11:04

      How is led = sides? Also, what do you think is the role of 'switching' here?

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    2. Gowri27 February 2023 at 11:30

      This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath27 February 2023 at 12:16

      Please let the original commenter answer

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    4. DrBhanuMurthy27 February 2023 at 13:41

      Probably switching sides
      Means light emitting diode.

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    5. Col_Gopinath27 February 2023 at 13:52

      No Doctor. Think of other sides

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    6. DrBhanuMurthy27 February 2023 at 14:27

      Is it
      Del means an operator used in vector analysis.(sides)(directions)
      Switching...led

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    7. Col_Gopinath27 February 2023 at 14:45

      Nope. Think of something simpler and not so complicated.

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  11. Gowri27 February 2023 at 11:11

    @ Prasad - u mentioned Dan Brown yday & there he is in 24dn.

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  12. Gowri27 February 2023 at 11:49

    Nice crossword. Thrilled to finish Hypatia in a row. CLAMPDOWN - her trademark & my cod.

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  13. Gowri27 February 2023 at 12:51

    A SECOND LEASE
    In his heydays, Marudu Nayagam had been a district level champion WRESTLER. His HIGH TONED biceps made most opponents COWER. Belonging to the FEATHER weight category, he was always careful with his diet & exercise regime. But an ACCIDENTAL fall had put paid to his career.

    Hailing from the small town of SALEM, his father was a farmer & the local RAIN MAN. Marudu was a graduate who could even recite a few verses from MACBETH, but wrestling was his passion. Till that fateful day.

    On the last day of the Thiruvizha, there was a huge crowd, watching the FIREWORKS, when a stampede broke out. Somebody gutted into his ABODOMEN & he was thrown into the YAWNING dry well nearby. Waking up in a hospital, he had painful SPASMS all over, a huge RENT down his face & both his legs were fractured. The HIMALAYAN task of recuperation took several months.

    When he finally, mustered the courage to look at a mirror, he saw an ALIEN face & a CLAMPED DOWN career, which his ANGRIEST self could not reKINDLE. After being POSTPONED, a few times, his name was finally EDITED OUT of the Federation & he felt SENILE in his youth.

    All that was 40 years ago. He never went back to active employment. His father educated his son, a brilliant boy. An IT graduate, who ironically settled down in SALEM, USA. 2 months back, Marudu came to the US, to be with his grand children. It is here that his life changed.

    Accompanying his grand daughter in her summer job, Marudu found part time work as a SOMMELIER in a restaurant. Graduating into a chef soon, his MAYONNAISE - OKRA sandwiches & STRUDEL became a TREND & soon he bought his own second hand SEDAN. Seeing the SATED faces of his customers, as they laid down their FORKS, brought out the ROMANTIC in him & he felt a renewed purpose Iin his life.

    All decked up in his new RAIMENTS, as he drove with his family, to watch the July 4th parade, after a lo....ng time, he found beauty even in the FIRE WORKS display!

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    1. Ramesh Kosaraju 27 February 2023 at 16:00

      Gowri ma'am is back with a bang!

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    2. Prasanna Rao27 February 2023 at 21:41

      Nice tale. A wrestler became a Master chef, his Turning point was too good.

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  14. Padmanabhan27 February 2023 at 13:27

    Nice story. So cooking added a feather in his cap in stead of wrestling trophies!

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  15. Sriku27 February 2023 at 14:48

    27A - KINDLED meaning stoked. Family IS KINDRED. Switching sides refers to L(eft) replacing R(ight). Hence KIND(-R+L)ED

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  16. Rao Pilla27 February 2023 at 15:10

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  17. Ramesh Kosaraju 27 February 2023 at 15:17

    25d Annotation error?
    {r} in {ok+a}

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    1. Sree Sree27 February 2023 at 16:05

      Conventionally both are correct.
      Col, uses interchangeably.
      Technically it's R in (OK) (A).

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  18. Ramesh Kosaraju 27 February 2023 at 15:59

    With a host of them, a good lesson in CONTAINER/SANDWICH clues! 👏

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  19. R Nagendra Prasad27 February 2023 at 19:13

    Nice one from Hypatia..My COD is 16 Ac..Her forte.

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