Friday, 4 August 2023

No 13935, Friday 04 Aug 2023, Arden

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ACROSS
1   Give way, exposing both of them as nouveau riche (7) PARVENU {sPARe}{aVENUe}
5   Empty groundtouch embarrassed to share and share alike (2,5) GO DUTCH {Gr..nD+TOUCH}*
9   Care like an unnamed King (5) MIDAS {MInD}{AS}
10 Crockery found on the western border of a country (4,5) BONE CHINA {Bo...r}{ONE}{CHINA}
11 Terrible life, not providing any record (9) CHRONICLE {CHRONIC}{LifE}
12 Gather for a service (5) AMASS {A}{MASS}
13 Fat boy gets second prize (4) LARD {LA{pRize}D}
15 Ready to wear cotton, it's tough and fibrous (8) LIGAMENT {LI{GAME}NT}
18 They work for a dictator, is that a complaint? (8) STENOSIS {STENOS}{IS}
19 Wet ground, Australia grim, drop tailenders... (4) DAMP Tail Acrostic
22 ...part of the gameneed to recall a run getter (5) ENEMA [T<=]
24 Runs over a bit of minor inconveniences (4,5) FLEA BITES {FLE{A}{BIT}ES}
26 Can bishop be a good jockey? (9) BRIDEWELL {B}{RIDE WELL}
27 Country and ones missing in a country (5) INDIA INDonesIA
28 Knight taking 3 back to house (7) KNESSET {K{ESSEN<=}T}
29 Come back for Indian political leaders in store, perhaps (7) RIPOSTE {R{In...n}{Po...l}OSTE*}

DOWN
1   Stone a tailless wild cat sitting on snow (6) PUMICE {PUMa}{ICE}
2   Flyer to bake bread among other things (9) REDBREAST {RE{BREAD*}ST}
3   Reduces in the centre of German city (5) ESSEN lESSENs
4   Releases unless shortly some money comes in (9) UNBUCKLES {UN{BUCK}LESs}
5   Kind to supply some Oxygen requirement (5) GENRE [T]
6   Ask to stop work as one gave a formal speech (9) DECLAIMED {DE{CLAIM}ED}
7   Regular trading day in the northernmost parts of the world (5) TAIGA {TrAdInG+dAy}
8   Taken in two parts amount covering is sounding harsh (6) HOARSE {HO{A}RSE}
14 Waste fancy saree for work clothes (9) DUNGAREES {DUNG}{SAREE*}
16 Preacher gropes around, holding a measure (9) GOSPELLER {GOSP{ELL}ER*}
17 Meant to be different songs for these worms (9) NEMATODES {MEANT*}{ODES}
20 Bad smell, suppressing smell of sweat by a fast runner (6) REEBOK {REE{BO}K}
21 Last in line, say for the property (6) ESTATE {linE}{STATE}
23 Best in the literary circles (5) ELITE [T]
24 Ships run on time (5) FLEET {FLEE}{T}
25 Flyer getting married in spot (5) BLIMP {BLI{M}P}

Reference List
Name = N, Bishop = B, Knight = KT, Measure = ELL, Smell of sweat = BO(Body Odour), Time = T, Married = M


82 comments:

  1. 5a go Dutch ( empty ground gd) + anagram of touch.

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  2. 14d Dungarees ( dung =waste, anagram of saree)

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  3. 19a - damp; last letter off ground, Australia, from & drop

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  4. 10a - bone china; oN + thE + BO (western of border) + China (country)

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  5. 5d - genre; off oxyGEN REquirement

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  6. @ uncertainly yours
    Please check your solution for 9a. 1d is already solved. Check the crossings.

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  7. 29a - reposit; lead letters of Indian Political (I + P) & anag of store

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  8. 29A is not correct.
    Only 5 answers per person.

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  9. 4D unless shortly - unles
    Some money - buck comes in
    Releases - Un(buck)les

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  10. 12a- amass- gather A ,mass is service
    5d- genre- a kind of...(oxyGEN REquirement)
    24d- fleet- ships, run is FLEE ,T from time
    23d- elite - best ( in thE LITErary circles)

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  11. 11A terrible - chronic
    Life not proving(if) - l(-if)e
    Record - CHRONICLE

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  12. 21d- estate, from last in line E,say is STATE

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  13. 13a lard from lad and second r from pRize

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  14. 15A ask - claim
    Work - deed
    Ask to stop work - de(claim)ed
    Gave a formal speech - DECLAIMED

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  15. 7d Taiga from TrAdInG dAy regulars from trading day

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  16. 27 India from Indonesia - ones

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  17. 28Ac KNESSET - {K{ESSEN reversed}T}

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    1. Anno: Knight (KT) taking (in) 3(dn) -ESSEN back - NESSE becomes KNESSET which is Israel's parliament - House

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  18. 1a PARVENU: newly rich( nouveau riche in French)
    SPARE( give) AVENUE(way)
    Both exposed, (-s)PAR(-e) (-a)VENU(-e)

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  19. 2 dn redbreast-flyerv
    orhers-rest re(bread*)st

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  20. 9a MIDAS: king
    Care: MIND : unnamed is MI(-n)D
    like is AS
    MIDAS

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  21. 20d :: REEBOK = Fast runner
    (REE(BO)K)
    REEK : Smell
    BO (Body Odour) : Smell of sweat

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  22. 26A (B)(RIDE WELL)?
    Bishop = B
    good jockey? = RIDE WELL?
    What is the definition anyway?

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  23. @KRM
    Definition is can: prison
    Bridewell is prison for petty offenders.

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    1. @AJ @DNM Rao. The clever surface mislead.

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  24. 8D-hoarse-sounding harsh; amount to be split into two-a and mount; Ho(a)rse

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  25. 24A runs - flees
    Over 'a bit'
    Minor inconveniences - FLE(A BIT)ES

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  26. 18A- Stenosis- Stenos is- complaint
    They work for a dictator(!)- Stenos
    Stenosis is a bodily complaint of pinching nerves.

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  27. 4d, releases = unbuckles
    Money comes in = buck
    Unless shortly = unless
    [ UN (buck) les]

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  28. Typo, unless shortly = unles

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  29. My 5th. I thought this can't be. But it seems like.
    22A ... gAME NEed to recall(reverse telescopic)
    Run getter - ENEMA

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  30. 16d, preacher = gospeller
    Measure of length = ell
    [(Grop(ell)es)*]
    Holding = container indicator

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  31. 24a FLEA BITES = Minor inconveniences
    FLEES Runs over A BIT

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  32. 25d, flyer = blimp
    In spot = blip
    Married = m

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  33. Splitting a word in 2 parts- today Arden has specifically mentioned it in 8D.
    Amount- A Mount

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    1. Trying to decipher his intent gave me a splitting headache!

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  34. Closing chance after a long time!
    15a li(game)nt.

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  35. 9A Care like an unnamed King (5)
    Is 'an' justified?

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    1. Looks like it is needed for the surface reading, esp. since the king is unnamed.

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    2. No. Redundant and extraneous.

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    3. I mean redundancy is acceptable but not when it becomes extraneous.

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    4. I found a couple of other redundant phrases in the grid. "of" in 24A and "to supply" in 5D. It is well and good that the surface reading makes sense, but these serve as red herrings when digging beneath the surface for cryptic meanings.

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    5. What if they are worded so:
      24A Runs over a bit '(-of) for' minor inconveniences.
      5D Kind in supplying oxygen requirement.

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    6. Economizer, what ails you?, no double entendre! You are an asset to this blog. Do share with economy.

      I used to crack THC mostly in my late teens and early twenties. At 52, I am an expert, still a novice. When I kick my bad habits, I will join the elders. 😅

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    7. @Rao Pilla that is kind of you to say.

      I am ailed by a combination of neurological, psychiatric and orthopaedic troubles centered on the spine. An incomplete list of my diagnoses has been added to a Crossword grid and submitted to Col. Certainly an addiction to puzzles also ails me.

      If all goes smoothly we are destined to be elders, be it good or bad examples!

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  36. Is cotton (Lent) wearing a game or the other way round?

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  37. Ready( game) to wear cotton ( lint)
    LI( GAME ) NT

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  38. To me, it looks like Lint is wearing game.
    Oh! I get it. Wearing is covering.

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  39. Can someone explain 10A anno? I get the answer, but not the annotation.

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    1. BONE CHINA (B)(ONE)(CHINA)
      B : Western (B)order
      Eastern borde(R)
      ONE : A
      CHINA : Country

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    2. Western, Eastern usage for Across clues

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    3. That was my take (Anno)
      Further improvement on it welcome!

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    4. Sounds more like it than @8:46 answer

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  40. Arden has outdone himself in the level of cryptic wordplay of this puzzle.

    I had filled in 27A as NIGER and got stuck for some time. How? Country = NIGERIA, ones = {I}{A}, Country without ones = NIGER(-i)(-a).

    There were plenty of excellent clues. To list a few: 12A {A}{MASS}, 19A DAMP (tail acrostic), 29A {R{I}{P}OSTE (store*)}, 17D {NEMAT (meant*)}{ODES}, 20D {REE{BO}K}, 21D {E}{STATE}, 23D ELITE [T], 24D {FLEE}{T} and 25D {BLI{M}P}.

    Two clues with excellent surface readings were 13A {LA{R}D} (Fat boy gets second prize) and 14D {DUNG}{AREES (saree*)} (Waste fancy saree for work clothes).

    It was interesting to see FLEE as run in two connected clues, 24D and 24A (however, "run getter" in 22A was rather indirect a definition for ENEMA). There were also a couple of fliers in the grid, as well as a King and a dictator, plus a preacher and a bishop.

    TAIGA and GO DUTCH were interesting selections in the grid. After TAIGA I started looking for a tailless tiger in 1D and enjoyed spotting the PUM(-a) on snow.

    For 16D GOSPELLER I had the GOSPEL but was missing ELL as a measure. I found 11A {CHRONIC}{L(-if)E} and 15A {LI{GAME}NT} to be quite difficult, though it was easy to appreciate the setter's wordplay once they were solved.

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    1. Interestingly, the flags of NIGER and INDIA bear certain similarities (colours and shapes).

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  41. Uncertainty-yours it would certainly be nice if you could be certain and give us your name

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    1. Certainly :) my name's Vijay Pitchaimuthu . An entrepreneur based now in Chennai . A CW addict; such was my addiction I started tamil-vaalga.blogspot.com - to help more Tamil-speakers start solving CWs . However, amid busy work schedules- the attempt eventually fizzled out . Plan to revive it soon though :)

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    2. Col, nice way of as"certain"ing his name. Welcome Vijay

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    3. You are 'certainly' welcome here

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  42. Do you know a certain Dr. Raghava Rao, Orthopedician? From vizag, about 80.
    Big THC fan from late 1980's or even before.

    I lost touch with him after my father(his friend)'s death in 2010.
    Dr. Raghava Rao was very good.
    Naga'Raja' Rao Pilla is my full name.

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