Friday 24 November 2023

No 14028, Friday 24 Nov 2023, Hypatia

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ACROSS
7   Wheels of a car on road rage (7-4) RUNNING-GEAR {RAGE}* [RA]
8   Softly cutting edges, eat this roll (3) PAV {P}{hAVe}
10 Suspect judge released in a short time (4) IFFY jIFFY
11 Fellow has a pinch of lemony spice (5) CLOVE {C{Le...y}OVE}
12 University with no operating system (4) UNIX {U}{NIX}
13 Active bachelor on vacation lives close to park (5) BRISK {Ba...oR}{IS}{parK}
15 Good time? Seize it freely! That's the spirit (9) ZEITGEIST {G+T+SEIZE+IT}*
16 Avoid mesucaPrem regularly (6) ESCAPE [mEn+SuCh+As+PrEm}
18 Cling on to eggs (6) CLUTCH [DD]
21 Separate clock for a shifty worker? (4-5) PART-TIMER {PART}{TIMER}
23 Wishes to ignore concerned Indians (5) DESIS DESIreS
25 Instrument starts to lag, yet remains entertaining (4) LYRE Acrostic
26 GoshI lost a board game (5) SHOGI
27 Bird without quarrel or fight (4) SPAR SPARrow
28 State of cycles in the past (3) GOA (+a)GO(+a)A
29 Doctor or scientist first suppressed and forced (11) CONSTRAINED {OR+SCIENTist+AND}*

DOWN
1   Charges to travel and bother animals per Spooner (3,5) BUS FARES (~fuss bears to bus fares)
2   Diplomat devoid of love or jealousy (4) ENVY ENVoY
3   Nibble popcorn, ultimately in bag (5) SNACK {S{p...rN}ACK}
4   Pays no attention to topless Italian men (7) IGNORES sIGNORES
5   Harry, James and Mark - most like a king (8) MAJESTIC {JAMES*}{TICk}
6   Merchants selling new vests (6) BANIAS BANIAnS
9   Rest left around Europe due to wars (8) QUIETUDE {QUI{E}T}{DUE*}
14 Begin again with Kirk's leading TV show (4,4) STAR TREK {START}{RE}{KirkMy all time favorite TV Show
17 Issue in English girl's charge (8) EMISSION {E}{MISS}{ION}
19 Supply chains regularly delivering metal through oceanic area (5,3) CHINA SEA {CHAINS}*{mEtAl}
20 Regret climbing sites Rome rightfully preserves (7) REMORSE [T<=]
22 Oddly annoy husband and hug wife carelessly (6) ANYHOW {AnNoY}{H}{O}{W}
24 Amount of liquid drunk by troops (5) LITRE {LIT}{RE}
27 Task involves wearing strip (4) SKIN [T]

Reference List
Softly = P, Judge = J, University = U, Good = G, Time = T, Concerned = RE, New = N, Europe = E, Again = RE, English = E, Husband = h, HUG = O, Wife = W, Troops = RE(Royal Engineers)


81 comments:

  1. Interesting Grid by Hypatia. had many aha moments. 50 % finished.

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  2. 14 down star Trek, begin is start, again is re with kirk s leading is k

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  3. 2 down, envy, diplomat with love is envoy without oo

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    1. I have read your post. You arepost is very informative. Also check my post relevant to you are post.
      John smith

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  5. 25 ac: instrument is LYRE - starting letters of lag, yet, remains, entertaining

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  6. 12 ac: operating system is UNIX; U from University and NIX from "no"

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  7. 16 ac: Avoid is ESCAPE - even letters of "men such as prem"

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  8. 13a.
    Active=brisk
    bachelor on vacation=b,r
    Lives=is
    Close to park=k
    br+is+k=brisk

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  9. 22 dn: ANYHOW meaning carelessly
    Oddly annoy gives any
    Husband gives h
    Hug gives o
    Wife gives w

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  10. 26 ac: SHOGI, anagram of gosh and i - also called Japanese Chess.

    Done with 5 - so stopping

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  11. 10 ac Suspect - Iffy
    Short time is Jiffy
    Judge released is( -J)

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  12. 21 ac Shifty Worker - Part Timer
    Separate - Part
    Clock- Timer

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  13. 1d BUS FARES - charges to travel
    Clue type: SPOONERISM
    {Fuss bears ~ Bus fares}

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  14. 23 ac Indians - Desis
    Wishes- Desires
    To ignore concerned- (-Re)

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  15. CONSTRAINED: forced
    Doctor: anind
    (or scient(-ist: first suppressed) and)*

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  16. 28a
    State=Goa
    Past=ago (cycles is indicater)=Goa

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  17. 27 ac Fight- Spar
    Bird- Sparrow
    Without quarrel- (-row)

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  18. 4 dn Pays no attention- ignores
    Italian men- Signores
    Topless- (-s)

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  19. 27ac SPAR; fight
    Bird: sparrow- row ( without quarrel)

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  20. 15a ZEITGEIST. = The spirit
    Anagram of G = Good, T = Time, SEIZE IT
    Freely = anind

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  21. 7A Wheels of a car on road (defn) - TURNING GEAR
    RA of rage.

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  22. 9D-Quitude-rest; Qui(e)t(ude)*

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    1. In the wordplay 'due to wars', 'to' seems out of place to me, except it makes the surface reading better. Correct me if I am wrong.

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  23. Replacement for 27ac
    QUIETUDE: rest
    QUI(E)T (DUE*)
    Quit: left, E: Europe, ude: due*
    wars indicates anagram

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  24. I parsed it as RUNNING GEAR= Wheels of a car
    On road = RUNNING
    GEAR = Angram of Rage

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    1. Sounds good. Maybe you are right.
      What about anind for rage?

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    2. Re your query, Wonder if "running" will serve the purpose

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    3. Kind of double duty. It works. Thanks.

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    4. Does it mean I can take another clue😁

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    5. You cannot take another clue for an error

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  25. Replacement for 27ac
    5d MAJESTIC: like a king
    Harry anind for James: MAJES
    Mark: tick: most is TIC

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  26. 5D MAJESTIC- like a king (def)
    Harry anagram ind
    James)* - majes
    Mark most- tic(k)

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  27. 15 across ZEITGEIST (G T SEIZE IT)*

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  28. 6 dn merchants Banias.
    vest -banians.-N-new.

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  29. To be solved
    Across- 8 18, 28
    Down - 3, 19, 20, 24, 27

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  30. 16a - Def. Avoid
    mEn SuCh As PrEm .....regularly
    ESCAPE

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  31. 27dn SKIN (Telescopic)
    Ta(sk in)volves
    Hidden word indicator: Wearing
    Defn : Strip

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    1. I took 'wearing strip' as the definition with 'involves' doing double duty.

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    2. Happy birthday MB. Hav a gr8 day.

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    3. Many Many Happy Returns of Day, MB.
      Sathia

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    4. Thank you Sree Sree and Sathia🙏🙂

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  32. Replacement 19D CHINA SEA - oceanic area (def) (chains)* e a (regularly mEtAl)

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  33. 18a, cling on to eggs = clutch [DD]

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  34. 19D: oceanic area= china sea
    Chains* supply anagind
    Regularly delivering mEtAl gives e,a
    Hence, china sea
    Sathia

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  35. In lieu of 19D,
    20D: regret = remorse
    SitES ROME Rightfully
    Climbing is reverse indicator
    Sathia

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  36. To be solved
    Across- 8, 28(Anno only)
    Down - 24

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  37. 8A PAV =Roll
    Softly = P
    eat = hAVe
    cutting edges = remove h and e

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  38. 24d amount of liquid:(LIT)(RE)

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  39. I could not get 8A and 6D. It turns out both are Indian English.
    Of course, made a mistake on 7A. Perhaps, because the crossings matched and the solution seemed plausible.

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  40. 28A- Goa (State) to Ago. Last letter A goes first indicated by cycles.

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  41. Updating the blog now as all answers are in

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  42. First answer to last, it took exactly 3 1/2 hours. This is probably a record for a Friday where first solution came in as late as 10:08.

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  43. Thanks to Colonel for the blog and to all the solvers who participated.

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  44. From elsewhere
    Rail pub lawyers forbid (4)

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    1. pub - Bar (s) ; def. Rail
      BARS

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    2. Col.sir.
      pub /Lawyer - Bar. In this clue we have lawyers. Hence , BARS (DD)

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    3. Rail=pub=lawyers=forbid=BAR

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    5. If the enu were 4, BARS will be the solution like @Prasanna Rao provided, as all four words in the clue have the common synonym bar. So BARS.

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    6. MD for (3). Not sure of the category for (4).

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