Solution to 22D 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
7 Party at sea means exotic destinations for surfers (6,5) DOMAIN NAMES {DO}{MAIN}{MEANS*}
8 Cross old boy returning to fight (3) BOX {X}{OB}<=
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13 Poor daughter born earlier's close to family (5) NEEDY {D}<=>{NEE} and {f...lY}
15 His crew managed to save president and king in Titanic, perhaps (9) SHIPWRECK {HIS+CREW}* over {P} and {K}
16 Also ate most of friend's fruit (6) TOMATO {TO{MATe}O}
18 American rapper in boring viral image going round (6) EMINEM {IN} in {MEME}<=
23 List of blind experiments (5) INDEX [T]
25 Metal in bare razor gets hot before cutting, initially (4) ZINC {raZor}{IN}{Cu...g}
26 Brown aloo in pan (5) ROAST [DD]
27 Feel sorry after deserting short husband (4) PITY PIThY
28 Reserved question for women's school (3) SHY (-w+s)SHY
29 Systematic debugging? (4,7) PEST CONTROL [CD]
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3 Handles set up in Lisbon kiosks (5) KNOBS <=
4 Lewd youth stripped in farm by end of day (7) RAUNCHY {RA{yoUth}NCH}{daY}
5 Dessert pastry with baked meringue and melon (5,3) LEMON PIE {PIE{<=>{MELON}* (Correction - {MELON}* [RA] - See comments)
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9 Dislike states working to stifle India (8) AVERSION {AVERS}{I}{ON}
14 Heard Reverend guided clinician in stand-off (8) DEADLOCK (~led doc to deadlock)
17 Every now and then, Zoya Akhtar refers to some evergreen producers? (3,5) OAK TREES {zOyA+aKhTaR+rEfErS}
19 Once mostly elite, corrupt process of choosing leaders (8) ELECTION {ONCE+ELITe}*
20 Greeting gent from down South in high tea (7) NAMASTE {MAN<=}{A{S}TE*}
22 Stature of Hitler's leadership cut with authority (6) H?I?H? (Addendum - HEIGHT {Hi...r}{wEIGHT - See comments)
24 Attitude of that group cycling (5) ETHOS (+e)THOS(-e)
27 Stroke patients undergoing terrible trauma basically (4) PUTT Acrostic
Reference List
Party = DO, Old boy = OB, Sweetheart = JO, Daughter = D, born = NEE, President = P, King = K, Hot - IN, Husband = H, Women = W, School = S, Republican = R, Cold = C, India = I, South = S
5d isnt it RA?
ReplyDeletewhere is the anagrind in solution then?
DeleteSame anagrind as Col. meant- baked.
DeleteIt is RA.
This anagrind gets Lemon from Melon (as per Col.'s parsing)
DeleteIn an RA, the anagram indicator is implied. It will not appear in the clue. Also, the anagram indicator would be adjacent to the fodder with no other words in-between. The correct definition is "Dessert pastry with baked meringue". The fodder is MELON and the solution is LEMON* PIE where PIE is anagram indicator.
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ReplyDeleteI thought it was an RA with PIE as the anagrind
Is PIE an anagrind? Haven't seen before
DeleteIn my opinion,
DeleteIt is lemon meringue pie.
Pie is pastry
Baked anagind for melon
Sathia
I think pie (variant of "pi") has been used as an anagrind in the sense below ("to become jumbled").
Deletepi 2 also pie (pī)Printing
n. pl. pis also pies
An amount of type that has been jumbled or thrown together at random.
v. pied (pīd), pi·ing, pies also pied, pie·ing, pies
v.tr.
To jumble or mix up (type).
v.intr.
To become jumbled.
Yes. That's the correct annotation. It's an RA of LEMON* with "Pie" as the anagram indicator. Thanks Ramki. Colonel. please note.
DeleteMeringue is sweet topping for pies made of egg and sugar
DeletePangram grid! Requesting Col to add tag
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Yesterday's grid was also a Pangram btw. Requesting col. to tag that as well.
DeleteSorry, couldn't figure out the pangram. Please explain? Thanks.
DeleteIf a grid has all the letters from A to Z appearing atleast once in it, it is called a PANGRAM.
DeleteIn a previous era, "The quick brown fox jumped over a lazy dog" was generally used to check whether a typewriter is working properly. It is a sentence that's a PANGRAM - and using this, you could check all the letters in one go.
+1 Nicely explained
DeleteThanks Prasanna.
DeleteNewbie here… reading your explanations is very informative!
Delete22Dn HEiGHT - {+H(-w)EIGHT}
ReplyDeleteRead HEIGHT
DeleteGood solve Mr DNM
DeleteSlightly easier than yesterday. 5d .. I could spot it as RA with pie as anagrind. Failed to notice that both yesterday's and todays were pangrams. Thanks Hypatia.
ReplyDeleteThanks Prasad. Generally, when I spot a Z or Q in a grid, I watchout for a pangram. Good to know you found it easier - though I can never tell which ones are going to be hard or easy when I create the puzzles.
Delete19a..........is the well example of Election
ReplyDeleteKindly enlighten me. Does knowing a grid to be a Pangram help in solving the grid? How? So what difference does it make to the solver whether it is a pangram or not. 🤔 Forgive my naivety.
ReplyDeleteA solver cant know if its Pangram or not before hand. So obviously it doesn't help in solving.
DeleteThe construction of grid rarely allows such possibility.
And many a time setter has to consciously squeeze in few words out of turn. Thats a tremendous effort and skill!
So we show appreciation of that effort.
OK. Yes. Setters need appreciation for grid construction. I was thinking only from the solvers' point of view. Kudos to all setters, including Hypatia.
DeleteProbably it has much to do with setters challenge in bringing in pangram clues. For a solver it is an additional information.
DeleteSathia
I noticed both the Pangrams.
ReplyDeleteAs mentioned by Prasad - it's your on the setters to construct a Pangram puzzle.
Congrats Sowmya!
Yes. Today was easier.
Loved LEMON PIE, DOMAIN NAMES, PEST CONTROL.
Thanx for a lovely puzzle.
Thanks Gowri. You are an observant solver :) Glad you enjoyed the puzzle and found it easier than yesterday's.
DeleteIt's tough* on the setters
ReplyDeleteGuess it's also because I enjoy it. Although solvers don't like to spend more than an hour or so on a grid, setters do spend several hours spread over days on each puzzle.
DeleteIn my case, I construct the grid first and then write the clues, polish and re-write each one till I am satisfied with it. Finally I check the puzzle again for repetitions in indicators, type of clues, inadvertent mistakes etc.
I had finished this grid and written the clues and while making a final check, I noticed that it had 25 letters of the alphabet in it but one was missing. The missing letter was Q. I could have let it go because most solvers aren't going to miss it and my job was done. However, I decided to scrap a few words in that quadrant including the clues and re-jig it so that it would be a pangram.
There is a sense of completeness to a pangram that is difficult to put into words:)
My colleague Afterdark had once created a quadruple pangram for THC. Now that is not just tough - it is a phenomenal feat. Don't think anyone else has dared to repeat it.
Oh! Although I'm no setter - I can fully appreciate what you have written.
ReplyDeleteIt somewhat echoes my approach to anything I do.
Thanx to the effort of the setters; we get smooth & lovely puzzles with many aha moments.
As u said y day, whenever I c a Q & an X, I look for a pangram.
ReplyDeleteCongrats once again on a dual!
Look for a hat trick next time!
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