Tuesday 3 September 2024

No 14270, Tuesday 03 Sep 2024, Arden

Solution to 19D 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   Discharged current can cause explosion (8) FIREDAMP {FIRED}{AMP}
5   Whole score - essentially reject drink (6) CORPUS {sCORe}{SUP<=}
10 Close to hundred and eight - accept fifty please (7) DELIGHT {h...eD}{E{L}IGHT}
11 One returns one banian, that's extremely simple (7) NAIVEST {AN<=}{1}{VEST}
12 Holy man in Hardwar - is his abode (5) RISHI [T]
13 Our houses - do reduce smell or lack of it (9) ODOURLESS {O{DO}UR}{LESS}
14 Told to segregate by father, it's in the newspapers (10,2) CLASSIFIED AD {(~clasify)CLASSIFIE}{DAD}
18 Noble trait in Corsica organisation (12) ARISTOCRATIC {TRAIT+CORSICA}*
21 Bride's heart not in marriage, to be pushed in suddenly (3,2,4) ALL AT ONCE {ALLiANCE} over {TO}
23 Desire midnight rush (5) GREED {niGht}{REED}
24 Overlooks red sign gathering mineral (7) IGNORES {IGN{ORE}S*}
25 They hold the babies, nothing changes (7) OVARIES {O}{VARIES}
26 Plant nearly three feet over line (6) YARROW {YARd}{ROW}
27 Whingers playing his composition (8) GERSHWIN* Semi&lit

DOWN
1   Act covered by one of our economic offences law, it's felt (6) FEDORA {FE{DO}RA}
2   Enjoy chutney (6) RELISH [DD]
3   Follow girl with flower (3,6) DOG VIOLET {DOG}{VIOLET}
4   Come on, kiss isn't bad - is that a complaint? (6,8) MOTION SICKNESS*
6   Tree is very big, that is right (5) OSIER {OS}{IE}{R}
7   Acts under pressure -"Space Traveller" concludes (8) PRETENDS {PR}{ET}{ENDS}
8   Save part of the game and a team (3-5) SET-ASIDE {SET}{A}{SIDE}
9   Chosen name, born with one providing support in the hip (10,4) INNOMINATE BONE {IN}{NOMINATE}{B}{ONE}
15 Gelatin is in tumbler (9) ISINGLASS {IS}{IN}{GLASS}
16 Briefly state "friendship is a disaster" (8) CALAMITY {CALl}{AMITY}
17 Hat maker's craft supporting mother-in-law (8) MILLINER {LINER}<=>{M-I-L}
19 Remarkable resolving power, criminal prolongs judgment (6) ?E?I?W (Addendum - REVIEW - {REVIEW+PROLONGS = RESOLVING POWER} - See comments)
20 Inventor for a long time was stomaching insult (6) EDISON {E{DIS}ON}
22 Body of the actor so well preserved (5) TORSO [T]

Reference List
Fifty = L, Very big = OS, Right = R, Pressure = PR, Space Traveller = ET(Extra Terrestrial), Born = B, Insult = DIS

14 comments:

  1. 18a isnt clue reading a in b*?
    Does ot equal (a+b)*

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    1. In is part of the anagram. No?
      (a + in + b)*
      So ok?

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    2. U r right. Why did I think in is part of fodder? I wonder. I am wrong.

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  2. 1d FERA was replaced by FEMA!
    Its no longer a running law!

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  3. 25.a they hold the babies...uteri. isn't ovaries wrong?.

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  4. 19Dn REVIEW - {RESOLVING POWER - prolongs}*

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  5. 19d, judgement = review [CA]
    REVIEW + PROLONGS = RESOLVING POWER

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    1. Thats remarkable but Whats remarkable!

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    2. Remarkable anagrind for getting review - becos resolving power - (criminal) prolongs still gives REVIWE.
      Is this kind of multiple anagrams kosher?

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    3. CA shouldnt have two aninds. Two aninds with a deletion indicator, may be. Ofcourse its not a CA then.

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  6. Easier than yday.
    Liked
    ODOURLESS, NAIVEST, EDISON.
    Thanx

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