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Monday, 23 October 2023

No 14002, Monday 23 Oct 2023, Hypatia

 

Rangoli by Gowri

 

Artwork by Prasanna

Solution to 20A 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.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS
7   Exotic roses with aloe mostly in sprays (8) AEROSOLS {ROSES+ALOe}*
9   Extremely healthy sound around animals (6) HYENAS {He...hY}{SANE<=}
10 Kept a heavily wrapped Egyptian God (4) PTAH [T]
11 Oh dear! Best puzzles in newspaper (10) BROADSHEET*
12 Reverend's request: "Go worship and settle ahead of time" (6) PREPAY (~pee pray to prepay)
14 Attempt to control one evil triumvirate (8) TRIARCHY {TR{1}{ARCH}Y}
15 Setting aside a day, lecture smart newlyweds changing places (8,5) DRESSING ROOMS {adDRESS}{IN}{GROOMS}
18 Maya's got to exercise in anti-slip pads (4,4) YOGA MATS*
20 Cutting the end, contract length to sell (6)  R?T?I? (Addendum - RETAIL {RETAIn}{L} - See Comments)
21 Pet goes behind cafeteria - often he plays gently (10) DELICATELY {CAT}<=>{DELI} with {hE+lLaYs}
22 Pulse of average bachelor getting married (4) BEAN (-m+b)BEAN
23 Open global organization's fine website (6) UNFURL {UN}{F}{URL}
24 Every now and then the ODI team likes motivational videos (3,5) TED TALKS {ThE+oDi+TeAm+LiKeS}

DOWN
1   Bullied the man getting disheartened over time (8) HECTORED {HE}{C{T}ORED}
2   Android and human's first couple (4) BOTH {BOT}{Hu..n}
3   Old city of dabbawallas bringing one's meal, banana and yoghurt, for starters (6) BOMBAY Acrostic Semi&lit
4   More hesitant to drink rum that's cheaper (8) SHODDIER {SH{ODD}IER}
5   Lowest part of flask in bag (10) NETHERMOST {NE{THERMOS}T}
6   Worry about that woman circumambulating God (6) GANESH {NAG<=}{(+e)SH(-e)}
8   What bears do with honeyed treat that's nicely condensed (5,3,5) SHORT AND SWEET  {SHORT}{AND}{SWEET} Anno for SHORT not clear See comments
13 Unsure of prior debt obligations involving automobile (10) PRECARIOUS {PRE}{IOUS} over {CAR}
16 Basically small computers are light, fit and upgradable (8) SCALABLE {Sm..l}{Cc...s}{Are}{Li..t}{ABLE}
17 State of torrential rains flooding lake at Korea's borders (3,5) SRI LANKA {RAINS}* over {L} and {KoreA}
19 No sea waves without cold waters (6) OCEANS {NO+SEA}* over {C}
20 Cherish day I ran partly around city (6) RIYADH [T<=]
22 Varaha, for instance carried on air (4) BOAR (~bore)

Reference List
Go = PEE, Day = D, Length = L, Bachelor = B, Married = M, Fine = F, Time = T, Lake = L, Cold = C

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27 comments:

  1. Sree Sree23 October 2023 at 08:33

    8d stock exchange term. Bulls and bears. Bears short.

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  2. Deepak Gopinath23 October 2023 at 08:46

    No paper tomorrow, special at 7 AM by Economiser

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    1. Economizer23 October 2023 at 20:05

      Thank you Col. Regular followers of your blog should find it fairly easy to complete.

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  3. Sree Sree23 October 2023 at 08:47

    Navami and dussehra shubhakanksha-lu to everyone.

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    1. Hypatia23 October 2023 at 14:30

      Thank you and Happy Navami and Dussehra to everyone here.

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    2. Economizer23 October 2023 at 20:04

      +1 Festive greetings to all

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  4. Padmanabhan23 October 2023 at 09:23

    Thank you Prasad and my Bes Wishes to all on this Hsppy Occasion.
    Thank you Hypatia fr your timely wishes.

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  5. C.G. BHARGAV23 October 2023 at 09:37

    Vladimir came to BOMBAY from RIYADH while his friend GANESH (who had a resemblance to Mr.BEAN) arrived there from SRI LANKA.
    BOTH of them went on a mission which put them in a PRECARIOUS situation.
    What happened next was that the ending was SHORT AND SWEET.

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    1. Hypatia23 October 2023 at 14:31

      Good to see you here CGB. Thanks for the short and sweet story.

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  6. AJ23 October 2023 at 10:06

    ehs is reversal. In circumambulation, the cyclic order will not change.

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    1. Hypatia23 October 2023 at 14:32

      Correctly annotated by AJ. Circumambulation is an act of going round and round and was intended as a "cycling" indicator.

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  7. AJ23 October 2023 at 10:20

    Thanks Gowri and Prasanna for the artwork and rangoli

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  8. Rao Pilla23 October 2023 at 13:04

    20A Cutting the end, contract - RETAIN(-N)
    length - L
    to sell(def) - RETAIL

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  9. Kiran23 October 2023 at 13:20

    I have a basic doubt in 19D
    (No sea)* over c = ocean
    Why are we including 'c' when the clue says "without". Whenever I see "without", my thinking is not to use that letter.

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    1. Rao Pilla23 October 2023 at 13:38

      Without is used as deletion indicator as you have pointed out. It is also a containment indicator. Like within precedes container fodder, without precedes contained fodder. IMO.

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    2. Padmanabhan23 October 2023 at 13:58

      Within here is to be treated as opposite of within. A little confusing though.
      ABC- B is within AC or AC is without B!
      Hope I have not confused you further!

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    3. Kiran23 October 2023 at 14:32

      Ok. Thanks for explaining. It makes some sense in a very weird way :-)

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  10. Hypatia23 October 2023 at 14:35

    This post might be of help in understanding how this works Without

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  11. Hypatia23 October 2023 at 14:38

    Thanks for the blog Colonel. I see I managed to stump you with a stock market reference (very hard to do:)). Wish all the readers a very happy festival. We are having a gala time celebrating it in Bahrain and I have been busy with Golu preparations as well as Golu hopping across the island and balancing the IXL contest and my quota of crosswords amidst this. Hope you enjoyed the grid.

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  12. Economizer23 October 2023 at 20:10

    My notes for the setter. I like your references to internet & technology culture, such as TED TALKS and SCALABLE, and also the inclusion of Indian words. I have two objections from this otherwise lovely puzzle.
    1. Chambers defines "arch" as a synonym for "mischievous, playful, mysterious, cunning, sly". I don't think it is a direct synonym for EVIL (ref: 14A).
    2. Grammatically, we cannot substitute "couple" with "both" in any sentence (see: 2D). However, "both" = "a couple" or "both" = "the couple".

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