Tuesday 1 October 2024

No 14294, Tuesday 01 Oct 2024, Saral

Solution to 14A 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   Insects biting national university records (7) MINUTES {MI{N}{U}TES}
8   Motivate physical training including sport (6) PROPMT {P{ROMP}T}
 See rot spreading in a type of system (6) STEREO*
10 Space travel perplexing and all the rage before (8) INTERVAL {TRAVEL}*<=>{IN}
11 Safeguard damaged nerve point (10) PREVENTION*
13 Remove hut (4) SHED [DD]
14 Mark replaced by director in film shoot (4) ?C?D (Addendum - SCUD SCU(-m+d)D - See comments)
16 Regularly pick your cocoa plant (5) YUCCA {YoUr+CoCoA}
18 Returning goods, mostly beds (4) COTS STOCk<=
19 Spoke against wager (4) ANTE (~anti)
21 Can add crushed anise on dressing (10) MAYONNAISE {MAY}{ANISE+ON}*
23 Ignored source of smoke burning (8) SLIGHTED {Sm..e}{LIGHTED}
25 Mainly cultivating dry fruit (6) RAISIN RAISINg
26 Originally Ramayana scene broadcast in show (6) SCREEN {Ra...a+SCENE}*
27 Men guarding the Spanish places of worship (7) CHAPELS {CHAP{EL}S}

DOWN
1   Often teens with democrat supporting grand party is impressed (8) ENGRAVED {tEeNs}{D} over {G}{RAVE}
2   Lawyer at competition not classy (8) ATTORNEY {AT}{TOuRNEY}
3   Bottled fantastic wine (4) ASTI [T]
4   Exact place with old name (4-2) SPOT-ON {SPOT}{O}{N}
5   Caught rare boas, slithering snakes (6) COBRAS {C}{R+BOAS}*
6   Open rift against angry papa (8) APPARENT {RENT}<=>{PAPA*}
7   Mother in Spain boarding tram, perhaps (5) MATER {MAT{E}R*}
12 Impatient child breaking one case of toy (5) ITCHY {1}{To{CH}Y}
15 Struggle of cheat to move quickly, smuggling cocaine (8) CONFLICT {CON}{FLI{C}T}
17 Curious criminal chasing drunk baron with maiden (8) ABNORMAL {AL}<=>{BARON+M}*
18 Harry at first learning certain musical instrument (8) CLARINET {Le...g+CERTAIN}*
20 Oriental gales startled birds (6) EAGLES {E}{GALES*}
21 Freakish worker following short dog (6) MUTANT {ANT}<=>{MUTt}
22Some risk in scraping hides (5) SKINS [T]
24 Decorate floor of ship (4) DECK [DD]

Reference List
National = N,  University = U, Physical Training = PT, Mark = M, The in Spanish = EL, Democrat = D, Grand = G, Party = RAVE, Classy = U, Old = O, Name = N, Caught = C, Rare = R, Spain = E, Child = CH, Cocaine = C, Criminal = AL(Capone), Maiden = M, Oriental = E

23 comments:

  1. A good CW from LV as we have come to expect. Had a great time solving. Thank you.

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    1. +1
      3 minor quibbles though
      4d spot-on as spot o n is no fun.
      17d baron with m
      Clue reads anagram of (baron+m) which is not exact. Technically OK, but art of cluing needs to avoid (some other connector instead of with).
      11a safeguard:prevention??
      Safeguard is protect or preserve from an event, not stop the event!
      I couldnt find any oed reference

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    2. Yes. I also could not find prevention as safeguard. Protection is yes.
      Also, burning equivalent can be ignited or alight not expected it to be lighted.
      Sathia

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    3. Thanks Paddy, Sree Sree , Sathia for feedback.

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    1. Democrat following would have been better? Supporting may also be interpreted as being at the base.
      Safeguard is to prevent a mishap. We need not go by Dic.meaning.

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    2. eg.- blowing of electric fuse is to prevent damage to equipment connected.

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    3. Prevent is to avert while protect is to defend as per dictionary meaning. A subtle difference. But, safeguard refers only to protection.
      Sathia

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    4. Electric fuse doesnt really prevent damage. It protects to its best of ability.
      If the electric surge is enough, the equipment is damaged before fuse is off.

      Protection has an inbuilt (meaning) inevitability of failure to prevent.

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  3. A good CW given by LV(Saral). I felt this CW is slightly set different from her earlier CW. Thanks for giving us an entertaining CW.
    Sathia

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  4. 14A shoot=scud.
    Film is Scum[-m(ark)+d(irector).]

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  5. 14- A : SCUD = SCUM (scud = shoot; move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction) (scum = film; a layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid) Film SCUM - Minus M + D = scud

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  6. When we do risk analysis/ Hazard and operability study of plants, we write preventive measures are available ( in place) as safe guards of the plants. So, I didn't find any problem with prevention being used for safeguard

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    1. One of the explanations I saw on google while checking the meaning for Prevention . Thanks sir !

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    2. Why do you need safegaurds if you can prevent it!!!

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    3. Safeguards are for prevention. One puts up a fence around a farm or a moat around a fort - to prevent unauthorised entry.

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  7. Preventive measures/ preventive maintenances are taken to reduce the probability of accidents occuring, but they don't totally eliminate the accidents. Similarly all safeguards don't totally eliminate accidents.

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  8. Nice puzzle LV.
    My fav - MAYONNAISE, APPARENT, CONFLICT.
    Thanx.

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