Monday 1 January 2024

No 14060, Monday 01 Jan 2024, Arden

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Artwork by Prasanna

Rangoli by Gowri

Solution to 26A 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
1   Cruel fact - good nobody is held responsible (3,2,3) ACT OF GOD*
5   Sign on Kerala borders showing old European currency (6) MARKKA {MARK}{Ke..lA}
10 One note, returned one flower (7) ANEMONE {AN}{ME<=}{ONE}
11 Call allowed, it's bit of a shock (7) RINGLET {RING}{LET}
12 A tax for a piece of land (5) ATOLL {A}{TOLL}
13 Small child and happiness - it's some kind of a bonding (9) CHELATION {CH}{ELATION}
14 Animals grab, devour - perhaps as appetizers (4,8) HORS DOEUVRES {HORS{DEVOUR*}ES
18 He sells vegetables and fish around various metros (12) COSTERMONGER {CO{METROS*}NGER}
21 Distant objects were worth very little (9) FARTHINGS {FAR}{THINGS}
23 Chief of a clan in part of Mumbai (5) THANE [DD]
24 After song have to take rest (3,4) LIE DOWN {LIED}{OWN}
25 One that goes around with gold tooth (7) ORBITER {OR}{BITER}
26 Deplorable time spent on the sidelines - hate it (6) D?T?S? (Addendum - DETEST {De...lE}{TimE}{SpenT} - See comments)
27 He sticks to the Arden puzzle (8) ADHERENT*

DOWN
1   Movie on reincarnation (6) AVATAR [DD]
2   Trader banks on capital turnover, gets a shock (6) TREMOR {Tr..eR}{ROME<=}
3   Pay for it John, with first two seats, can travel freely (9) FOOTLOOSE {FOOT}{LOO}{SEats}
4   Free throw, China gets in leaves a huge depression (8,6) OPENCAST MINING {OPEN}{CAST}{M{IN}ING}
6   Starts again, people never expected a sleep disorder (5) APNEA Acrostic
7   Ron liked special prayer in Jerusalem (3,5) KOL NIDRE*
8   Wow! Nehra got hundred! (8) ASTONISH {AS{TON}ISH} He is ASHISH and not ASISH
9   Utter madness, only one Excalibur, perhaps will keep a promise (4,2,4,4) TRUE TO ONES WORD {UTTER*}{O}{ONE}{SWORD}
15 Cannot drink, eat - it's inedible (9) UNEATABLE {UN{EAT}ABLE}
16 Rub in front as one came to blows (8) SCUFFLED {SCUFF}{LED}
17 Hungry? Entire force to take us up (8) ESURIENT {E{US<=}RIENT*}
19 Extremely trustful in case of a precautionary move (6) CASTLE {CAS{Tr...uL}E}
20 Search for a polecat (6) FERRET [DD]
22 "Fire from top to bottom", one shouts (5) HOOTS (-s)HOOT(+s)S

Reference List
Child = CH, Gold = OR, John = LOO, China = MING, Only = O

32 comments:

  1. A very Happy new year to all.
    Sp thanks to Gowri and Prasanna.

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    1. Thanks a lot for your wishes. Have a gr8 day.

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  2. 8d i sensed a play(pun) on H to ton!

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  3. Happy Healthy New Year to all!!
    A big Thanks to Prasanna and Gowri for making us remember special occasions.

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    1. Thank you Mr Paddy/KKR garu & MB sir . This happend beacuse of Col.sir given an oppurtunity to explore our skills. so P&G team decorated our blog with colors. Thank you Col.for posting our artwork.

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  4. 19 D- It is Castling and not castle.

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    1. verb: castle; 3rd person present: castles; past tense: castled; past participle: castled; gerund or present participle: castling
      make a special move .......

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    2. IMHO, when the def is a special move it has to be in the proper chess terminology which is castling.

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    3. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/crosswords/chess/chess-glossary.html

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    4. https://simplifychess.com/articles/what-is-castling-in-chess/index.html
      Note: Castling here is a noun and not present continuous tense.

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  5. 8D- In addition to Col.'s comment, perhaps is added if we have to get the first name from Nehra

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  6. Wish you all Happy New Year 2024. Thanks Prasanna and Gowri for colourful start of the New Year.
    Sathia

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    1. Thanks sathia. glad to seen our blog shined with colors.

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  7. Wish you all a very Happy New Year. Nice art work and Rangoli

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  8. 26A DETEST - DeplorablE TimE SpenT

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  9. Wishing you all a very happy New Year

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  10. Arden decided to give (me) a tough start to the new year. Happy new year šŸŽŠšŸŽŠšŸŽŠ

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  11. Happy New Year to all. Excellent rangoli by Gowri and artwork by Prasanna.

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  12. A very happy new year to all crossword setters and solvers! May the new year bring us more puzzling joy.

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  13. Happy New Year to all of you & your families!
    May 2024 be all colourful & pleasantly puzzling - easy to solve & confidence boosting!
    Thank u for all ur appreciative comments.

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  14. Arden - Easy puzzle today. Had to Google KOL NIDRE & CASTLE left me confused till I came to the blog.

    Also @ Prasad - UNEATABLE with eat in the clue. Kosher?

    My fav - FARTHINGS, DETEST, FOOTLOOSE.
    Thank u Arden for starting 2924 on a moderately easy note.

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  15. Sorry 2024. Typo. šŸ˜„

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