Wednesday 25 October 2023

No 14003, Wednesday 25 Oct 2023, Hypatia

Solution to 12D 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
9   In general, tall model trips around one - it could be dangerous (1,6,8) A LITTLE LEARNING {IN+GENERAL+TALL+T} over {1}
10 An agile king reforms country (7) ALGERIA {A}{AGILE+R}*
11 Brown shirt and green flip flops reserved outside (7) SWARTHY {T}{RAW}<= in {SHY}
12 I adopt her anyhow as a symbol of love (9) APHRODITE*
14 Marsh takes maiden in exchange (5) SWAMP {SWA{M}P}
17 Was left around saint (7) EXISTED {EXI{S}TED}
19 Zoologist Amar inquisitively captures primate (7) TAMARIN [T]
21 Team in all-terrain vehicles moving back to the front (5) SQUAD (+s)SQUAD(-s)
23 Spread this and get stuffed with father's pasta (9) SPAGHETTI {THIS+GET}* over {PA}
25 Fruit and eggs on the counter with rogue's duck (7) AVOCADO {OVA<=}{CAD}{O}
27 Jobs with boring blunders (7) ERRANDS {ERR{AND}S}
30 Inane men act as extremely demanding (4,11) HIGH MAINTENANCE {INSANE+MEN+ACT}* [RA]

DOWN
1   Basically just a very addictive beverage (4) JAVA Acrostic
2   Husband at home? Good. That'll spice things up! (4) HING {H}{IN}{G}
3   Kick off in major market (5,3) START OUT {STAR}{TOUT}
4   Asian plane travelling to India (6) NEPALI {PLANE}*{I}
5   Heard Reverend discarded best blanket (3,5) BED SHEET (~ said beat to bed sheet) (Correction ~ shed beat to bed sheet- See comments)
6   Reads novel about million fantasies (6) DREAMS {DREA{M}S*}
7   Official sanction for car (4) FIAT [DD]
8   Picked up fruit that's revolting (4) UGLY (~ugli)
12 Encourages a boy band touring Spain (5) A?E?S (Addendum - ABETS {A}{B{E}TS} - See comments)
13 Poem leads to hope and inspiration kindled ultimately (5) HAIKU Acrostic
15 Initially Adam's apple, say disheartened evil spirit (5) AFRIT {Adams}{FRuIT}
16 Frequently look up to a Nazi in fraudulent scheme (5) PONZI {uP+tO+a+NaZi+In}
18 Extremely dirty bar oddly ignored in Bihar - not an ideal place (8) DYSTOPIA {DirtY}{STOP}{bIhAr}
20 Queen's athletic and hot in Armani pants (8) MAHARANI {A}{H} in {ARMANI}*
22 Inflict pain through lawyer or law (6) DHARMA {D{HARM}A}
24 Signals picked up from lost relatives (6) ALERTS [T<=]
25 Every one cycling's smart (4) ACHE (-e)ACH(+e)E
26 Party's young leader supports web domain (4) ORGY {Yo...g}<=>{ORG}
28 Say Mother Theresa sounds like nobody else (4) NONE (~nun)
29 Bother to cook (4) STEW [DD]

Reference List
Model = T, King = R, Shirt = T, Maiden = M, Saint = ST, Husband = H, Good = G, India = I, Million = M, Spain = E, Athletic = A, Hot = H, Lawyer = DA

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40 comments:

  1. Sree Sree25 October 2023 at 08:34

    5d typo?
    Discarded:shed!

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  2. Gemini25 October 2023 at 09:08

    17A. IMHO, exi(s)ted.Ex(is)ted must have been a typo..

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao25 October 2023 at 09:14

      No Gemini, S=saint too

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    2. Padmanabhan25 October 2023 at 09:41

      Thought so. We have occasionally got S from saint in addition to St. But still a typo in the solution- T should be outside the bracket.

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    3. Gemini25 October 2023 at 10:43

      Thats the point i wish to make

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    4. Rao Pilla25 October 2023 at 10:54

      @Gemini, your comment itself had a typo in the typo you wanted to correct. Of course, your point is clear. And a correction in the solution is in order. 👍

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    5. Gemini25 October 2023 at 11:24

      Sir, i didn't understand where is the typo in the typo -)?

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    6. Rao Pilla25 October 2023 at 11:44

      {EXI{ST}ED} is the typo in the solution given.
      "Ex(is)ted" is what your comment says.

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  3. Sarathi25 October 2023 at 09:14

    17 A was = existed
    Left = Exited
    Around Saint = so EXI(S)TED

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  4. C.G. BHARGAV25 October 2023 at 09:30

    Vladimir is seen along with his NEPALI friend in his hotel room in ALGERIA
    watching the SPAGHETTI western, The Good, The Bad and The UGLY.
    NONE would have believed that he would come in contact with a MAHARANI.
    And that she would become the woman of his DREAMS.
    And that he would disregarding several ALERTS fall in a PONZI scheme devised by her.
    And what happened next?
    He learnt a lesson: A LITTLE LEARNING is a dangerous thing.

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  5. Padmanabhan25 October 2023 at 09:48

    7D- Fiat.
    Col. - Still the proud owner of a Fiat? Expected a picture of it!!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao25 October 2023 at 09:52

      +1

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    2. Rao Pilla25 October 2023 at 10:00

      We used to see just Ambassador and Fiat and the occasional Contessa on Vizag roads in 70s.

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    3. Padmanabhan25 October 2023 at 10:02

      Not just Vizag- all over India, except for an occasional model of Standard Motors.

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    4. Rao Pilla25 October 2023 at 10:50

      adding to my comment.
      ... and 80s before Maruti800 came to the streets.

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    5. D.Chandrasekhar25 October 2023 at 11:37

      I had one of the Standard Herald for a long time , till the mechanic raised his hands

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    6. Padmanabhan25 October 2023 at 12:37

      +1 here!!!

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  6. Dr ENT25 October 2023 at 10:35

    12A encourages:abets
    A b(oy) t(ouring) around es(country code for spain).?

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    1. Rao Pilla25 October 2023 at 10:41

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    2. Rao Pilla25 October 2023 at 10:43

      What about band in the clue?
      'Encourages a boy "band" touring Spain'

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    3. Conrad25 October 2023 at 12:19

      A{B{E}TS}
      E for Espana, BTS for boy band

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  7. Rao Pilla25 October 2023 at 13:14

    12A Encourages - ABETS
    I am not convinced with the annotations provided so far, or even with mine.
    @conrad @12:19 says E for Espana while the clue has Spain which leads us to ES.

    Here is my not so confident take.
    Encourages - ABETS
    a(A) boy(B) band(T) touring Spain(ES)

    Now T for and is where I have a problem. T-Band seems to be a famous music band as gathered from Google sources.

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    1. Sree Sree25 October 2023 at 13:24

      BTS is a korean boy band. Rolling Stones of look east policy!!!!
      E for spain.

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    2. Sree Sree25 October 2023 at 13:25

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS

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    3. Padmanabhan25 October 2023 at 13:29

      Yes, Conrad's anno looks to be correct, though I did not know about BTS

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    4. Rao Pilla25 October 2023 at 13:35

      Then 'touring' 's role as a containment indicator is also questionable. Which way is it pointing? Container or contained?

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    5. Prasanna Rao25 October 2023 at 14:04

      I too checked in wiki.....sree sree and Paddy's stands were correct. we know BTS well. But I haven't expect the boy band connected the word play. I have annotate as (A)(B)(ET)(S). Considered ET for Band. and S for Spain. But in wiki...ES is the right abbr. for Spain. Thanks to Hypatia for a challenging word play and intersting grid.

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  8. Rao Pilla25 October 2023 at 13:14

    T for band*

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  9. Deepak Gopinath25 October 2023 at 16:33

    Paddy at 9:48. Photo of my 1956 Fiat added in main post

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    1. Prasanna Rao25 October 2023 at 16:37

      Fantastic. black fiat. very rare to seen these cars on those days. It looks like Ambassodor. The sound is quite intersting. only 2 majot mfg. Fiat, PAL, Std.Mtr. rest I am not remeber. Nice to seen your car. Golden memories.

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    2. Padmanabhan25 October 2023 at 21:55

      Thank you Col.

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    3. Gowri25 October 2023 at 23:06

      👍❤

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  10. Gowri25 October 2023 at 23:10

    In 5dn - what is the role of heard? Shed beat leads to bed sheat - to bed sheet is homophone. Hence heard?
    Can someone explain?

    Otherwise nice grid from Hypatia. Me solving after 10 days (golu & all).
    My fav - DHARMA, SPAGHETTI, SWARTHY.
    Thanx

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    1. Sree Sree26 October 2023 at 01:10

      "Heard reverend" as one word indicator for spoonerism. Not homophone.

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    2. Gowri26 October 2023 at 10:04

      Thank you!

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  11. Sree Sree26 October 2023 at 01:09

    Three errors in lightning grid today (had a late night meeting and travelling back).
    Enu of 17d and 21d.
    25d Italian dish doesn't go with crossings!

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  12. Gowri26 October 2023 at 19:00

    Thanx for 17d & 25d. I was stuck.
    25d - PASTA seems ok.

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