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

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29 comments:

  1. Sree Sree6 May 2023 at 08:45

    18a possible is a verb?

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    1. ranger6 May 2023 at 09:02

      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. Sree Sree6 May 2023 at 13:05

      Thanks.

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  2. Sree Sree6 May 2023 at 08:47

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

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  3. ranger6 May 2023 at 09:12

    '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. Sree Sree6 May 2023 at 13:14

      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. Padmanabhan6 May 2023 at 09:32

    Good exchanges. Interesting things to learn.

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  5. Padmanabhan6 May 2023 at 09:35

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

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    1. Padmanabhan6 May 2023 at 09:36

      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. Sree Sree6 May 2023 at 13:01

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

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    3. Padmanabhan6 May 2023 at 19:50

      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. R Nagendra Prasad6 May 2023 at 10:17

    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. ranger6 May 2023 at 10:45

    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. ranger6 May 2023 at 11:54

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

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  9. Padmanabhan6 May 2023 at 12:51

    +1

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  10. maradnusro6 May 2023 at 14:26

    +1 Kudos to ARDEN completed the puzzle satisfactorily.

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 May 2023 at 15:04

    +2

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  12. Ramki Krishnan6 May 2023 at 15:23

    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. Suresh Panje, New Delhi6 May 2023 at 18:44

      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. Gowri6 May 2023 at 23:18

      Several dictionaries including Collins give seagirt as a noun.

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    3. Ramki Krishnan7 May 2023 at 07:38

      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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  13. ranger6 May 2023 at 17:51

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

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  14. Gowri6 May 2023 at 23:12

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

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    1. Ramki Krishnan7 May 2023 at 07:41

      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. Deepak Gopinath7 May 2023 at 09:50

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

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    3. Gowri7 May 2023 at 13:22

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

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  15. Gowri6 May 2023 at 23:13

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

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  16. Deepak Gopinath7 May 2023 at 09:52

    See the explanations under Annotations on the left of the page

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