Solution to 12A 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
10 Fun city, loves to host Republican state (7) ORLANDO {O{R}{LAND}O}
11 Beginning with one point rise (7) NASCENT {N}{ASCENT}
12 Abnormal reduction, gets through (7) D?V?A?T (Addendum - DEVIANT {DE{VIA}NT} - See comments)
13 Her warnings were treated as canards (9) CASSANDRA* &lit
15 Board game involving some lethal manoeuvres (5) HALMA [T]
19 Candidate gets work, for there is a measure of uncertainty (7) ENTROPY {ENTR{OP}Y}
20 Vivacious girl - one comes in after nine in private banks (5) PIXIE {Priv{IX}{1}atE}
21 Strike a guy and there ends the joke (9) PUNCHLINE {PUNCH}{LINE}
25 Distiller must apply to get in (7) REFINER {REF{IN}ER}
29 Entry in general is for a beneficiary (7) LEGATEE {LE{GATE}E}
DOWN
1 Charlie can go up for a drink (6) COGNAC {C}{CAN GO<=}
2 Takes it easy, that said, takes it by force (6) WRESTS (~rests)
3 Worst years, some of them painful (4) STYE [T] Semi&lit
4 It's indeed rough, polished (6) EDITED {ED{IT}ED*}
5 Valiant to confront thick heavy set character (8) BOLDFACE {BOLD}{FACE}
6 Split? Problem is the temporary tie-up (5,5) CLOVE HITCH {CLOVE}{HITCH}
16 Current map drawn and two times overlapped (8) AMPERAGE {MAP*}{ER(A)GE}
17 Turn left and exit - used for storage of information (4,4) TEXT FILE*
18 Sent away? Left in the middle of work (8) DEPORTED {DE{PORT}ED}
22 Bomb, one picked up by hand (6) NAPALM {AN<=}{PALM}
23 Coal if left out will catch fire (6) IGNITE lIGNITE
24 Won a point and Arden lost (6) EARNED {E}ARDEN*}
Reference List
Republican = R, Point = N, Time = T, Work = OP, International = I, Charlie = C, Left = L, Point = E
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For 21A, I entered slapstick and got stuck. Otherwise enjoyed solving all of them.
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Since “punch line” delivered by Tamil heroes as a powerful dialogue , it never occurred to me to be taken for a joke.
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All punchlines by Tamil/Telugu are really jokes
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Some new words (for me) today: OERSTED. INTAGLIO. But both workout-able from the clues. A very enjoyable (as usual) grid from Arden
ReplyDeleteAnswering 12A as it is still open at 1 PM
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Nice & typical Arden puzzle.
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BOLD FACE, PUNCH LINE, LEGATEE.
Thanx Arden!