Friday 17 May 2024

No 14177, Friday 17 May 2024, Vidwan

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ACROSS
7   Black chimers playing "Sully" (8) BESMIRCH {B}{CHIMERS}*
9   Love's victim, a high flyer (6) OSPREY {O'S}{PREY}
10 John King's face (4) LOOK {LOO}{K}
11 Kill by a nail in the bust (10) ANNIHILATE*
12 In betweena day in haze (6) AMIDST {A}{MI{D}ST}
14 It prevents balls leaving playing area and supports head (8) BACKSTOP {BACKS}{TOP}
15 Reportedly handling a girl and failing badly! (13) MISMANAGEMENT (~miss management)
17 Hit and run is messy (8) SLAPDASH {SLAP}{DASH}
19 Measure of 10 + 10 in Egypt (6) EXTENT {E{X}{TEN}T}
21 Rambling's not niceHer rambling! (10) INCOHERENT*
22 One consumed by the base emotion (4) HATE {H{A}TE*}
23 X-Men ultimately is sport (6) TENNIS {TEN}{meN}{IS}
24 A soft hit on tennis ball, plummets close! (4,4) DROP SHOT {DROPS}{HOT}

DOWN
1   Mends former criminal (6) REFORMPOS error?
2   A lama's not new to state of frenzy (4) AMOK {A}{MOnK}
3   A mere cat, struggling for meal (5,3) CREAM TEA*
4   Try most luxuriant architectural style (6) GOTHIC {GO}{THICk}
5   Pearly love and light fragrance (10) OPALESCENT {O}{PALE}{SCENT}
6   Vegetable from black treeToo exotic! (8) BEETROOT {B}{TREE+TOO}*
8   Likely to fail soonthey grab a hand desperately (4,2,1,6) HANG BY A THREAD*
13 Let down, Princess is finally at a quiet place (10) DISAPPOINT {DI}{iS}{A}{P}{POINT}
15 Truant, male American writer's no saint! (8) MALINGER {M}{sALINGER}
16 Elite conorganised periodically for voting public? (8) ELECTION*
18 Dislike state direction (6) AVERSE {AVER}{SE}
20 Turns into working idea (6) NOTION {INTO}*{ON}
22 Silence at odd hours and short hours (4) HUSH {HoUrS}{H}

Reference List
Black = B, King = K, Day = D, New = N, Princess = DI, Quiet = P, Saint = S, Hours = H

47 comments:

  1. 7A BESMIRCH - sully; {B}lack, {CHIMERS}*
    9A OSPREY - high flier; love {O}, victim{PREY}
    10A LOOK - face; John {LOO}, {K}ing
    11A ANNIHILATE - jull; {ANAIL IN THE }*
    1D REFORM - mends; {FORMER}*

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    1. 9A- S from?
      1D- Should the clue read 'Mend' instead of 'Mends'?

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    2. 9a @ Paddy: Love is O, Love’s is O’S

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    3. I knew but wanted him to explain. Without that his solution is not complete.

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  2. 7ac sully - besmirch ( B) lack + chimers
    10ac face - look John - loo + (K)ing
    Kill - annihilate anagram of 'a nail in the'
    12 ac in between - amidst haze - mist + a (d) ay

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  3. 7A- you must indicate it us anagram of (chimers)*
    12A- How are A& D placed? Please put it in the proper form a la Col.
    As it is it indicates 'mistad'.

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  4. 16d: ELECTION - organised periodically for voting public
    Anagram of elite & con
    22d: HUSH - silence
    H U S odd letters of HOURS
    H short for hours

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  5. 6d: BEETROOT
    TREE + TOO + B from black

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  6. 21A Rambling INCOHERANT..Anagram notniceher)
    17A Messy = SLAPDASH , HIT=SLAP, and RUN= DASH
    24A SPORT = TENNIS , X= TEN , Men ultimately N, IS
    2D State of Frenzy = AMOK, A Lama not new MO(-N)k

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  7. 23a tennis - a sport
    X - ten ; men ultimately- n; is
    Ten- n- is
    2d amok- state of frenzy
    A ; lama's not new- mo(-n)k
    3d cream tea - meal
    (A mere cat)*
    Struggling- anagrind
    4d gothic- architectural style
    Try - go
    Most luxuriant- thic(k)
    8d hang by a thread - likely to fail soon
    (They grab a hand)*
    Desperately- anagrind

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    1. In lieu of 23a
      20d notion - idea
      (Into)*- noti
      Turns- anagrind
      Working- on

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    2. In lieu of 2d
      18d
      Averse - dislike
      State- aver
      Direction- se

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  8. 13 D - disappoint= let down
    Princess is-- Di's
    A quiet place -- a point

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  9. 15 A - mismanagement -
    a girl - mis(s)
    Handling - management

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  10. 21 A- Rambling- Incoherent
    Not nice her- anagram

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  11. 15 D -Truant - malinger
    Male American writer 's no - Salinger
    M replaces S

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  12. 19 A. Measure - extent
    Ten - X, + ten in EgypT
    E X ten T

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  13. 5D OPALESCENT = pearly { love O + light PALE+ fragrance SCENT}

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  14. 5D: O (love) + PALE (light) + SCENT (perfume) = OPALESCENT = pearly

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    1. In lieu of 5D: 24A: DROPS (plummets) + HOT (close) = DROP SHOT in tennis

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  15. 14 a backstop -barrier
    supports-backs head-top

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  16. 24A DROP SHOT- A soft hit on tennis ball (def) DROPS -plummets; HOT -close

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  17. Excellent crossword from Vidwan. Thoroughly enjoyed solving.

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  18. 5d OPALESCENT = Pearly
    O. = Love
    PALE = Light
    SCENT = Fragrance

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  19. In lieu of 5d
    22a HATE = Emotion
    A = One, in
    Anagram of THE = HTE
    Base = Anind
    Consumed = Insertion ind

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  20. 22A : HATE (A in THE*)
    Anagram ind is Base ( bad )
    Containment ind is Consumed
    Defn : Emotion

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  21. Criminal anagrind. See solution above.
    As I had written earlier, the clue should be 'Mend' and not 'Mends'.

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  22. 19D: dislike= averse
    (Aver)(se)
    Sathia

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  23. 12 Acc
    Answer Amidst
    A d from day, haze is mist
    So Amidst

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  24. 19 Acc is it extent
    Measure and ten?

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    1. Def. is measure. Solution is extent.
      E (X TEN)T
      Egypt= Et , Ten= X,Ten

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    2. But country code says it is Eg for Egypt? Can anyone clarify?

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    3. ET is International Vehicle Registration code for Egypt

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    4. IVR has been uses regularly!
      Though why egypt is a debatable issue. (With ref to solvers ability/necessity to know. Picking up just to fit the clue or to make it tough isnt done.)

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  25. 16 down
    Anagram of elite con
    Answer is election

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  26. Replies
    1. Think it was justified last time it was used.
      I dont though.

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  27. Very nice grid. Though I'd 2 issues.
    1dn - mend/mends?
    22ac - what's the role of base? Anagrind?

    Some really nice clues.
    My fav - EXTENT, OPALESCENT, DISAPPOINT, TENNIS.
    Thanx Vidhwan

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