Wednesday 29 November 2023

No 14032, Wednesday 29 Nov 2023, Karaoke

Solution to 4D 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.

ACROSS
Patron Saint wielding Indian sabre (8) STALWART {S{TALWAR}T}
6   Some addressees awfully go from one extreme to the other (6) SEESAW [T]
9   Overheated mobile causes blood clots (6) EMBOLI*
10 Ceremonial cleansing area is racy, stay away, I say (8) ABLUTION {A}{(~blue shun)BLUTION}
11 Say, dollar maybe more than enough (3,7) FOR EXAMPLE {FOREX}{AMPLE}
12 Part of sheep, fool reported (4) UNIT (~ewe nit)
13 Spooner supplied wire. It's deadly to step on it (8) LANDMINE (~ manned line to lindmine)
15 It captures illusory mirage (6) IMAGER*
16 Department fired unusually dormant prison officer (6) MATRON dORMANT*
18 Wear thin, otherwise wear nothing (2,3,3) IN THE RAW*
20 Nothing sounds like beat of the ear (4) OTIC {O}{(~tick)TIC}
21 Erotic entertainment book about model wanting cold comfort (10) STRIPTEASE STRIP{T}{EASE} Anno pending (Addendum - (Sc{T}RIPT}{EASE} - See comments}
23 Brown sugar in tea? Rare medicine in review (8) DEMERARA [T<=]
24 Brotherhoods wasted billion on frontiers (6) ORDERS bORDERS
25 Dead body of king found in the bushes (6) CORPSE {CO{R}PSE}
26 A little cat's cry coming from son's old cap (8) SOMEWHAT {S}{O}{MEW}{HAT}

DOWN
2   Doctor cutting knife, maybe taking a chance? (7) TOMBOLA {TO{MB}OL}{A} Iffy definition
3   Canadian coin, not new for short lieutenant (5) LOOIE LOOnIE American english slang
4   State of being alive is an impersonation, not in sex! (9) A?I?A?I?N (Addendum - ANIMATION {AN}{IMitATION} - See comments)
5   Monsieur enthralled by gin and the French squash (7) TRAMPLE {TRA{M}P}{LE}
6   What you do here? Replace answer with nothing in preparation? (5) SOLVE S(-a+o)OLVE
7   Drug agent illegally abducts our staff (9) ENTOURAGE {E}{NT{OUR}AGE*}
8   Bombard enemies at first after most artificial intelligence failed (7) ATOMISE {En...s}<=>{MOST+AI}*
14 Ignoring cold, practiced with hot pants for a song (4,5) DIRT CHEAP {PRAcTICED+H}*
15 Pinto, performing extremely well? (2,3,4) IN TOP FORM {PINTO}* [RA]
17 Designing style of smart decoder (3,4) ART DECO [T]
18 Advances by naughty Adonis to attract girls essentially (7) INROADS {ADONIS+giRls}*
19 Country's gold streak (7) AUSTRIA {AU}{STRIA}
21 Government to satisfy collecting tax primarily (5) STATE {S{Tax}ATE}
22 Have party inside new building (5) ENDOW {EN{DO}W*} Have or Give?

Reference List
Saint = ST, Area = A, Department = D, Model = T, Cold = C, Billion = B, King = R, Son = S, Old = O, New = N, Sex = IT, Monsieur = M, The in French = LE, Answer = A, Drug = E, Hot = H, Party = DO

18 comments:

  1. 15d dont think is a good ra. (I remember use of verbs discussion from times of Bhavan).
    Form-in-top or in-top-formed.
    In top form may be OK with a comma while in the (fooder of) clue.

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  2. A SEESAW between Shiv and the STALWART! Yet another SOLVER was quietly making INROADS.
    Other top ORDERS too were agile and SOMEWHAT IN TOP FORM.
    Vladimir and ENTOURAGE were nail biting!
    One from AUSTRIA was edging forward.
    Rapid Fire!!
    What happened next?

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  3. 4.a an......an
    Impersonation.....imitation
    Sex....it
    Imitation--it....imation
    Animation....state of being alive.

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    1. 4d an im(person)ation!
      Hiding in plain sight!

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    2. Yes, but how do you account for the last part of the clue?

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    4. ANIMATION seems a UNIT DIRT CHEAP compared to STRIPTEASE, FOR EXAMPLE, to SOLVE

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    5. I actually was asking whats the point of charade when the answer is visible to the solver!

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    6. I too solved the same fasion as done by sree_sree.

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  4. Stalwart(Noun) as in activist
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalwart

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  5. Both have a few common synonyms- supporter, backer etc. Refer Free Dic.

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  6. 22 DN Endow means both give and have, as per Chambers Thesaurus

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    1. Its a single context, slang/informal usage. And always in the past tense of the word.
      Rephrasing CV -dictionary is fine but we (setters ) need to be mindful of usage too.

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    2. Not always slang/informal, but past tense for sure.
      Endowed(both transitive and intransitive verb in the past tense) =had, gave
      Endow is give.

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