Saturday 6 May 2023

No 13858, Saturday 06 May 2023, Arden

ACROSS
1   Mark is a hindrance for correspondence - a mark of shame? (7,6) SCARLET LETTER {SCAR}{LET}{LETTER}
10 Metal tag - silver allowed (5) AGLET {AG}{LET}
11 Sober, gone to get some money (9) ABSTINENT {ABS{TIN}ENT}
12 Helicopter, to spur on for the winner (9) EGGBEATER {EGG}{BEATER}
13 Small movie "In the abyss" (5) PETIT {P{ET}IT}
14 Player on ground - relief having dismissed, finally (7) FIELDER {RELIEF}* over {d...eD}
16 Bad weather? Rent a party! (7) TORNADO {TORN}{A}{DO}
18 External layer made possible for top honchos (7) HEADMEN {HE{MADE*}N}
20 Sri Lanka is great in a way (7) SEAGIRT
22 Crowd departs, leaders left the instruments (5) OBOES {mOB}{gOES}
24 Ruined men resort to sabotage (9) UNDERMINE*
26 Dream finally, spellbound (9) ENTRANCED {ENTRANCE}{s...eD} Semi&lit (Addendum - {EN{TRANCE}D} - See comments)
27 Enjoy theory, odd ones off the recorder (5) NOTER {eNjOy+ThEoRy}
28 New outbreak on offensive scene gets first cut (13) RECRUDESCENCE {RE}{CRUDE}{SCEN{Cut}E}

DOWN
2   Record figure all around German city (7) COLOGNE {CO{LOG}NE}
3   Right to trade freely, millions in port (9) ROTTERDAM {R}{TO+TRADE}*{M}
4   Perfect demand (5) EXACT [DD]
5   Extreme unction, girl gets worn out (4,5) LAST RITES {LAS{TRITE}S}
6   Starts to walk in rapid pace, the fool (5) TWIRP Acrostic
7   To pick half rate could be complex, in a way (7) ELECTRA {ELECT}{RAte}
8   Composed theme song for a TV serial (4,2,7) GAME OF THRONES*
9   Blending of the tea in beginning is high tech (5,2,3,3) STATE OF THE ART {OF+THE+TEA}* in {START}
15 Divide weight in the middle, has to be given up (9) RENOUNCED {REN{OUNCE}D}
17 Anagrammatise back reach (9) REARRANGE {REAR}{RANGE}
19 Job in Morocco for a preacher (7) APOSTLE {A{POST}LE}
21 Dotty - place first dot as told between the eyes and on the ear (7) IDIOTIC {(~eye)I}{Dot}{(~eye)I}{{OTIC}
23 Steps for song underway (5) STAIR {AIR}<=>{ST}
25 Parties were initially secular, they're no more now (5) DODOS {DO}{DO}{Se...r}

Reference List
Money = TIN, Spur on = EGG, Movie = ET, Party = DO, On = RE, Right = R, Millions = M, Way = ST

29 comments:

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    1. No. 'Possible' one of the few adjectives used as an Anagram indicator, as in
      'able to be' or 'able to become'.

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  2. 28a a doubt, doesnt "new" And "anew" Have different meanings!

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  3. 'RECRUDESCENCE' is a noun meaning 'a new outbreak'. You're mistaking it with the verb 're·cru·desce', meaning 'break out anew'.

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    1. Re- , always implies again which is not new.
      Recurrence is subset of ocurrence, so outbreak itself is a synonym of recrudescence.
      The dict i have says its recurrence of outbreak.

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  4. Good exchanges. Interesting things to learn.

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  5. English is a strange language-
    1A- Let= hindrance
    10A- Let= Allow

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    1. Let as a hindrance may be familiar to followers and players of tennis- when a service hits the net but falls in the court. Probably an extension of the meaning allow.

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    2. Its actually opposite.
      https://thetennisbros.com/tennis-tips/rules/let-in-tennis/

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    3. It is not opposite. It is a hindrance But why it is let is because it lets you play the point again.

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  6. Lovely cross word from Arden. 25 D brought a chuckle in me, all the more prevalent in today's India. 28 A was new to me. Thanks Arden.

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  7. Morocco - A rich, dark and mysterious ale brewed to the ancient recipe held secret at Levens Hall for over 300 years

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  8. Please click on the words marked in green in the clues, so painstakingly put up by
    the Colonel.

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  9. +1 Kudos to ARDEN completed the puzzle satisfactorily.

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  10. Learnt some new words today - EGGBEATER, TWIRP, SEAGIRT, Morocco as ale etc. Thanks Arden and Col!
    One doubt - Since SEAGIRT is an adjective (surrounded by the sea), the def for 20A should be "like Sri Lanka'?

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    1. Yes, even I was stuck in reckoning the essence of the clue for 20-A,
      All said and done, enjoyed attempting today's grid despite not being completely successful.
      No wonder, Gandhiji rightly said: EXPERIENCE IS NOTHING BUT THE NAME GIVEN BY MEN TO THE MISTAKES THEY COMMIT**
      ** The quote painted on the wall of our dining hall of Airmen's Mess at Air Force Station, Chakeri, Kanpur way back in 1966.
      Incidentally, my first posting as an Airman after training at 3 GTS in Jalahalli, Bangalore

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    2. Several dictionaries including Collins give seagirt as a noun.

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    3. Oh ok. I checked Chambers and Merriam-Webster online and it showed it as an adjective. Hence my doubt.
      sea-girt adj, poetry surrounded by the sea.

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  11. Kudos to you. You are the one who completed it.

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  12. 26ac - ENTRANCED - I didn't understand the parsing. Though got it thru crossings. Can someone explain?
    Dream is entrance?

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    1. My anno was as follows. Requesting Arden to comment.
      Dream finally, spellbound (9) ENTRANCED
      Dream = TRANCE
      finally = in END
      So, dream finally = TRANCE in END = EN(TRANCE)D => spellbound

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    2. Thanks Ramki. I was in two minds and settled for the one I had put in

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    3. Thank u Ramki. I also parsed it like this. But cing col's anno - was confused.

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  13. Otherwise lovely grid. My fav - IDIOTIC, REARRANGE, ELECTRA.
    Thanx Arden for a great puzzle!
    (A great series!)

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  14. See the explanations under Annotations on the left of the page

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