Friday 23 June 2023

No 13899, Friday 23 Jun 2023, Bruno

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ACROSS
1   Tyrannical actor - terrible jerk chases gold (10) AUTOCRATIC {ACTOR}*{TIC}<=>{AU}
6   Disgusting sounding fruit (4) UGLI (~ugly)
9   Image of one in party entertained by rag on harp being played (10) RADIOGRAPH {RA{D{1}O}G}{HARP*}
10 Radical energy's no answer (4) STEM STEaM
12 Terrible place on board - husband got hit, lost head and is confused (5-7) SHELL-SHOCKED {S{HELL}S}{H}{sOCKED}
15 Old Indian drink - two hundred should cover it (7) CLASSIC {C}{LASSI}{C}
16 Pout and swear, having lost first and last (7) OUTWEAR {pOUT+sWEAR}
17 First Indian model promoting advertisement for tissue (7) ADIPOSE {In...n}{POSE}<=>{AD}
19 Man in detention gets support (7) ARMREST {AR{M}REST}
20 Certain leader of India can block pundits, surprisingly (12) INDISPUTABLE {In..a}{PUNDITS*}{ABLE}
23 No person lacks energy at this time of the day (4) NOON {NO ONe}
24 Strong boy overcome by Ebola, sadly expired (4-6) ABLE-BODIED {ABLE{B}O*}{DIED}
25 Legal claim of foreigner dismissed at the outset (4) LIEN aLIEN
26 Administrator restricts newspaper over time - that's a downer! (10) DEPRESSANT {DE{PRESS}AN}{T}

DOWN
1   Light coming from areas surrounding old city (4) AURA {A}{UR}{A}
2   Tendency to cut back (4) TIDE<=
3   Dandy at school? There's trouble! (12) CLOTHESHORSE*
4   Synthetic ice crystal melts, not set perhaps? (7) ACRYLIC {ICe+CRYstAL)*
5   Painting, in my opinion's dwelling around bygones (7) IMPASTO {IMO} over {PAST}
7   Had to look around at start of evening in the middle of empty gutter for watchman (10) GATEKEEPER {ATE}{PEEK<=}{Ev...g} in {GutteR} 
8   Unreasonable to display married man's poem in cross (10) IMMODERATE {I{M}{M}{ODE}RATE}
11 Arrogant cousin starting to leave me out, sadly (12) CONTUMELIOUS {COUSIN+Le..e+ME+OUT}* 
13 Measure of fluid in short spring on a lake that's not permanent (10) OCCASIOINAL {O{CC}ASIs}{ON}{A}{L}
14 Random pile when sorted is the same in either direction? (10) PALINDROME*
18 Calm boy wearing matching dress in the middle (7) EQUABLE {EQUA{B}L}{drEss}
19 Nonprofessional athlete's trauma affected ultimately everyone involved (7) AMATEUR {AMAT{e...nE}UR*}
21 Folded edge on a bread (4) PITA {TIP<=}{A}
22 Entrance to a princess' heart, ultimately (4) ADIT {A}{DI}{h..rT}

Reference List
Party = DO, Answer = A, on board = SS, Husband = H, Hundred = C, Man = M, Energy = E, Boy = B, Time = T, Area = A, In my opinion = IMO, Married = M, Lake = L, Princess = DI


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  1. Gowri23 June 2023 at 09:07

    My son was a PREMATURE baby & raising him was INDEED a handful task. As a baby he refused to eat anything but AFTERS. We were IMPATIENT for him to grow up and start school.

    But then, I had to constantly BEND OVER BACKWARDS to discipline him. From wearing T SHIRTs to formal occasions, to using FOUR LETTER WORDS, I had to STEADILY PRACTISE using a firm hand. Sometimes BICEPS had to be flexed.

    As he grew older & I thought the atmosphere was CONDUCIVE to discuss things like values, he started treating me like a NON PERSON. He insisted my ideas were CORNY & my tastes the FLASHEST. Keeping a RUEFUL face, he would EXCLUDE me from all his activities. I had to maintain a RISHI like countenance & my EXITS from the scene were always hasty after he had RENEGED again.

    In those days, how we ASPIRED for a normal DUTIFUL son, one who would FLOURESCE & light up our lives! At that time, we couldn't have imagined the wonderful adult, he will grow up to be.

    My best buddy who takes me to RECITALS & CANOE rides, who teaches me all about computers & OPERATING SYSTEMs, who helps me to REPOT my plants - is he the same premature bawling baby, the adamant sulky teenager?

    Time can Indeed work wonders & my son is the living proof of that!

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  2. Gowri23 June 2023 at 09:08

    Using ydays solution words...

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  3. Padmanabhan23 June 2023 at 09:11

    Good one- nicely written. Thank you.

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  4. Balasubramanian Raja23 June 2023 at 09:16

    14d-palindrome -anagram of random pile,a word same when read bothways
    19d-amatue- non professional,anagram of trauma +e
    19a-armrest- support,detention is arrest and m for man
    15a-classic -old,Indian drink is lassi,hundred is c,two hundred covering lassi -c lassi c

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    1. Sree Sree23 June 2023 at 09:50

      19d not a total anagram

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    2. Padmanabhan23 June 2023 at 10:06

      He has indicated (Trauma)*e, but not shown its correct placement.
      (AMAT(E)UR)* Am I right?

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    3. Balaji23 June 2023 at 20:04

      "involved" shows that e enters the rest of the letters.

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  5. Balasubramanian Raja23 June 2023 at 09:18

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  6. Balasubramanian Raja23 June 2023 at 09:25

    19d-amateur -spelling corrected

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  7. Padmanabhan23 June 2023 at 09:33

    19A- You should also mention how M gets in the middle- Containment indicator.

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  8. Rao Pilla23 June 2023 at 10:49

    5D in my opinion = imo
    Dwelling around
    Bygones = past
    IMPASTO is kind of painting

    7 D had(ate)
    Look(peek) around gives keep
    Start of evening = e
    Empty gutter= gr
    Middle is containment indicator.
    G(ate)(keep)(e)ర్ is watchman

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  9. Rao Pilla23 June 2023 at 10:50

    Spelling mistake : Gatekeeper

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  10. Rao Pilla23 June 2023 at 10:53

    8D married man = mm
    Poem = ode
    In Cross=irate
    I(mm)(ode)rate
    Immoderate is unreasonable

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  11. D N M Rao23 June 2023 at 11:00

    26Ac DEPRESSANT - {DE{PRESS}AN}{T}

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  12. Ramesh Kosaraju 23 June 2023 at 11:00

    24a. Strong boy overcome by Ebola, sadly expired (4-6)
    ABLE-BODIED - strong
    boy - b
    overcome - Cont. Ind.
    sadly - Anind
    {b} in {Ebola*} {died}

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  13. AJ23 June 2023 at 11:02

    1a AUTOCRATIC: tyrannical

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  14. AJ23 June 2023 at 11:04

    Anno for 1a
    au: gold
    Tocra: actor*( terrible)
    Tic: jerk
    Chases gold puts au at the beginning

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  15. Remy23 June 2023 at 11:05

    13 d occasional- not permanent .
    measure of fluid-cc
    short spring -oasi-s.
    on a l ake.
    o(cc)asi on a l.

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  16. Jacob Brahmakulam23 June 2023 at 11:06

    18D EQUABLE; calm; EQUA(B)L drEss

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  17. P. Venkatesan23 June 2023 at 11:21

    11D: CONTUMELIOUS
    (COUSIN)+(L-(EAVE))+ME+OUT)*
    Anagrind: Sadly
    Definition: Arrogant

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  18. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 June 2023 at 11:24

    12a : SHELL-SHOCKED
    S(HELL)S-(H)(sOCKED)
    Terrible place HELL on board SS steamship
    Husband H
    Got hit Socked minus head S
    Definition : Confused

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  19. Gemini23 June 2023 at 11:32

    9A. Radiograph= Image
    One= i
    Party= Do
    One in oarty is D(i)o
    Rag+ harp.being played is anagrind

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    1. Gemini23 June 2023 at 11:43

      d(i)o=[One in party , in is the containment indicator)
      Rag= Rag
      Harp being played is anagrind of harp.
      Hope it passes the muster?

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    2. Ramesh Kosaraju 23 June 2023 at 11:46

      Some fine tuning required accounting 'entertained by' in the clue.

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    3. Gemini23 June 2023 at 11:53

      Ra{d(i)o}graph..
      IMO, there are two containment indicators,i.e. i in DO and Dio in Rag..

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    4. Gemini23 June 2023 at 12:07

      Thank you.

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  20. N Sridhar23 June 2023 at 11:41

    17A-adipose-tissue; First Indian -Adi; model- pose

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    1. Ramesh Kosaraju 23 June 2023 at 11:49

      Pl relook. 'Promoting advertisement' in the clue not accounted for

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    2. N Sridhar23 June 2023 at 11:52

      Thanks. Ad(i)pose!

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    3. Ramesh Kosaraju 23 June 2023 at 13:18

      Must have been carried away by AADIPURUSH!

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    4. Balaji23 June 2023 at 20:06

      LOL... "promoting advertisement" indicates AD should be moved to the front.

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  21. RR23 June 2023 at 11:48

    1d, light = aura
    Areas = AA
    old city = UR
    areas surrounding old city = [A(ur)A]

    6a, fruit = ugli
    ~ ugly = disgusting

    25a, legal claim = lien
    Foreigner = alien
    Dismissed at the outset = alien - A,
    Head deletion

    23a, at this time of day = noon
    No = no
    Person lacks energy = one - e = on
    [No(on)]

    22a, entrance = adit
    A princess = A di
    Heart ultimately = t

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  22. Suresh M S23 June 2023 at 11:51

    2D TIDE = tendency (cut EDIT back)

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  23. Rao Pilla23 June 2023 at 12:05

    16A pout(-p) and swear(-s) having lost first
    Outwear meaning last

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  24. RR23 June 2023 at 12:05

    Also 10a

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  25. Rao Pilla23 June 2023 at 12:06

    Ac 10
    Dn 3, 4, 21 remain.

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  26. H Ramachandran23 June 2023 at 12:18

    3d CLOTHESEHORSE = Dandy
    AnagrM of School and there's

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  27. V Tulsiram23 June 2023 at 12:30

    Synthetic - Acrylic (ic(e) cry(s)(t)al - not set

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  28. Padmanabhan23 June 2023 at 12:54

    10A- Stem- Steam- A
    Energy= Steam, Answer=A
    Radical is the def.
    I had a doubt about the meaning as radical but on checking, I found
    . stem - (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
    root word, root, theme, radical, base

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    1. Rao Pilla23 June 2023 at 13:14

      👌
      Looks like botany also supports the definition.

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  29. N Sridhar23 June 2023 at 12:57

    Good one!

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    1. Padmanabhan23 June 2023 at 13:49

      Thank you.
      Yes, stem as a root or base is from Botany.

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  30. Sree Sree23 June 2023 at 13:10

    21d PITA bread
    Edge:tip folded:retreated
    PIT (<=) A

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  31. Gowri23 June 2023 at 22:24

    Docs influence. Married man, husband.
    Typical of Bruno - lo....ng words.
    But a nice grid. Fun to solve.
    Loved - IMMODERATE, CLOTHESHORSE, OCCASIONAL, GATEKEEPER.
    Thanx Bruno!

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