Thursday 9 March 2023

No 13808, Thursday 09 Mar 2023, Arden

Solution to 29A 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   Cryptic clue - attends to one who is young at heart (11) ADULTESCENT*
7   It's worn on top of the head but can go under the feet when turned around (3) TAM<=
9   Top meal, no starter (5) UPPER sUPPER
10 Six in list refused - will accept nothing but a musician (9) VIOLINIST {VI}{IN+LIST}* over {0}
11 Study on wear - transforming boy to girl (9) TRIBOLOGY*
12 Talk on land (5) GABON {GAB}{ON}
13 Animal on horseback came to this place - Did you hear that? (3,4) ROE DEER (~ rode here)

15 Wrestling with maths problem, ending in zero (4) SUMO [SUM}{0}
18 Turn turtle soup (4) LEEK<= Defintion incorrect. Leek is a vegetable from which soup vcan be made and not just Soup.
20 Just behind an ex. PM in London (7) MAYFAIR {FAIR}<=>{MAY}
23 Reject ugly things like stubble (5) STRAW<=
24 Horoscope covers fate - die finally in US city (9) CHARLOTTE {CHAR{LOT}T}{diE}
26 Borders on mostly set individualistic ideas - Mike supports such religious belief (9) MYSTICISM {Mo..lY}{SeT}{In...iC}{IdeaS}{M}
27 Old man crosses border first (5) PRIMA {P{RIM}A}
28 Strive to get 50% of the capital (3) VIE VIEnna
29 Bit of overreach to shift a beam (6,5) S?A?C? L?G?T (Addendum - SEARCH LIGHT {S{REACH*}LIGHT} - See comments) 

DOWN
1   A line around midfield means playing the field (8) ADULTERY {ADULT}{fiEld}{RY}
2   Single one in Paris - united in support (8) UNPAIRED {UN}{PAIRED}
3   Approximately under top of tree trunk (5) TORSO {OR SO}<=>{Tree}
4   Enjoy sipping one with the guardian angel (7) SAVIOUR {SAV{1}OUR}
5   Hertz and Ampere perhaps spy on me strangely (7) EPONYMS*
6   Flowing yet sticky, what is it? (9) THINGUMMY {THIN}{GUMMY}
7   Attempt to collect one pound - it often goes to one's head (6) TRILBY {TR{1}{LB}Y}
8   Service mats, take home (6) MATINS {MAT{IN}S}
14 Last one was in front, now back with us - is saxifrage beginning to flower? (9) EDELWEISS {onE}{LED<=}{WE}{IS}{Sa...e}
16 Remote object is not much valued (8) FARTHING {FAR}{THING}
17 Ex President exposed - truth is man made (8) ARTEFACT {cARTEr}{FACT}
19 Spirit of weekend, a country follows (7) KACHINA {weeK}{A}{CHINA}
20 Ape's got a small rank (7) MIASMIC {MI{A}{S}MIC}
21 Entry permit rejected, takes a second for a writer (6) ASIMOV {ASI{MO}V<=}
22 Fish relocated right into the water in Rhine (6) WRASSE W(+r)RASSE(-r)
25 Revers copy in between lines (5) LAPEL {L}{APE}{L}

Reference List
Talk = GAB, Mike = M, A = ADULT, Line = RY, One in French = UN, Home = IN, Small = S, A second = MO, Right = R, Line = L

13 comments:

  1. 18a the French seems to call it Leek soup

    https://www.monpetitfour.com/leek-soup-recipe/

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    1. Your link leads to a recipe for Leek soup and not just Leek which is a vegetable which can be used to make soups. It's like defining Mushroom as soup because we have Mushroom soup

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  2. Brought down to earth with a thud after 2 days of floating (gloating?)

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    1. sathia for me 24%. learning so many new words.. hopefully could reach at least 75% till 10 PM.

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  3. 19D was a new word for me, but could crack it thanks to the clueing

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  4. 29A Question marks incorrectly placed Colonel

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  5. 29 a, beam = search light
    Bit = slight
    Overreach = reach, to shift
    [S (earch) light]

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  6. I surprised myself by completing 100% but could not parse WRASSE, EDELWEISS.
    This time I fared much better with Arden. Completed on all days.

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