Saturday 23 December 2023

No 14053, Saturday 23 Dec 2023, Hypatia

ACROSS
1   State of German I pursued (7) MANIPUR [T]
5   Boxes taking out intellectuals (7) BOFFINS {B{OFF}INS}
9   I strive hard to consider again (7) REVISIT*
10 Behaviour of French firm's unusual (7) DECORUM {DE}{CO}{RUM}
11 Power secured in capital's old city (6) DELPHI {DEL{P}HI}
12 Country girl left university earlier (8) PORTUGAL {GAL}<=>{PORT}{U}
14 Relieves her as she is often stressed (5) EASES {hEr+As+ShE+iS}
16 Oil expert acting on a red alert? (3,6) ART DEALER*
18 Try adjusting rupee cost (9) PROSECUTE*
19 Do mean to yell at the beginning (5) PARTY {PAR}{To}{Yell}
20 Last in spite of everything (5,3) AFTER ALL [DD]
22 Steady horses (6) STABLE [DD]
26 Managed to wear one reflecting band in city (7) NAIROBI {R{1}AN<=}{OBI}
27 Caught a little leaf bitten by greener insect, say (7) CRAWLER {C}{RAW{Leaf}ER}
28 Abhors extremely disagreeable exams (7) DETESTS {Di...lE}{TESTS}
29 Two seconds to stop haemorrhage? That's lucky! (7) BLESSED {BLE{SS}ED}

DOWN
1   Respected American democrat left stuck in messy situation (5) MIRED adMIRED
2   Rising volcanic rock by ocean floor concerns ships (5) NAVAL {LAVA}{o..aN}<=
3   Spooner's present spread quickly (4-5) POST-HASTE (~host paste to post-haste)
4   Spoil Indian bread (4) ROTI {ROT}{I}
5   Oh! muted and minimized (3-7) BAD-MOUTHED {OH+MUTED}* [RA]
6   Feature of Church's solid walls (5) FACET {FA{CE}T}
7   Lawless guerrilla struggles ultimately switching sides (9) IRREGULAR {GUERRIL(-l+r)RA}*
8   By the same token slimy criminal shelters rotten liar (9) SIMILARLY {SLIMY}* over {LIAR*}
13 Accidents by negligent couples (10) CASUALTIES {CASUAL}{TIES}
14 Justified when former spouse got even, say (9) EXPLAINED {EX}{(~planed}PLAINED}
15 Successful candidates in a bear's roster (9) SHORTLIST {SHORT}{LIST}
17 Immigrant sacrificing right to speak (9) EXPATIATE EXPATrIATE
21 Cheats swindlers leaving clubs (5) ROOKS cROOKS
23 Locks and runs away (5) BOLTS [DD]
24 Pierre Dupont had made a mistake (5) ERRED [T]
25 Scoundrel in small taxi (4) SCAB {S}{CAB}

Reference List
Of in French = DE, Power = P, Left = PORT, University = U, Caught = C, Second = S, American = A, Democrat = D, Indian = I, Church = CE, Right = R, Clubs = C, Small = S

11 comments:

  1. very interesting grid. smoothly solved the grid. esp.NAIROBI, DECORUM , EASER. Have a nice weekend.

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  2. 15D- Is 'Short list' a list of successful candidates? As I understand, it is to be further pruned to select successful candidates.

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    1. A short list is also a list. So not fond of breaking the charade too.

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  3. Nice and swift today. Thanks Hypatia.

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  4. How is BAD MOUTHED minimized?
    Otherwise a smooth grid from Hypatia.
    My fav - ART DEALER, AFTER ALL, CASUALTIES.
    Thanx

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  5. I got the anagram.
    But what is the definition ?

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    1. Minimized. To make light of by bad mouthing.

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    2. A bit farfetched or is it a synonym?

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    3. It is a listed synonym.
      https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bad-mouth

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