Friday, 31 January 2025

No 14396, Friday 31 Jan 2025, Hypatia

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ACROSS
1   Cut to screen commercial in show (6) PARADE {PAR{AD}E}
4   Badmouth India before person from Nicobar, say (8) ISLANDER {SLANDER}<=>{I}
9   Free suggestion to follow Engineers' society (6) RESCUE {CUE}<=>{RE}{S}
10 Noise picked up evens out in Bossurround units? (8) BRACKETS{Bo{RACKET}Se}
11 I represent a competitive private business (4,10) FREE ENTERPRISE {I+REPRESENT}* [RA]
13 Setter heard news it's adapted for Observer! (3-7) EYE-WITNESS {(~i)EYE}{ITS+NEWS}*
14 Say books for quadruple American awards (4) EGOT {EG}{OT}
16 Basically cool and friendly eatery! (4) CAFE Acrostic &lit
18 On the level where Scrabble tiles may be played? (5-5) ABOVE-BOARD [DD]
21 These awardees are ableresolute and mostly extraordinary (5,9) NOBEL LAUREATES {ABLE+RESOLUTE+ANd}*
23 Checked and showered loudly at home (6,2) REINED IN {(~rained)REINED}{IN}
24 Shown regularly fairliall belonging to a daughter or son (6) FILIAL {FaIrLy+In+AlL}
25 Black and white pieces of game in box including directions (5,3) CHESS SET {CHES{SSE}T}
26 Design an episode to show upset state (6) PENANG [T<=]

DOWN
1   Leave power boat (4) PARK {P}{ARK}
2   Store jam without lid (7) RESERVE pRESERVE
3   What's recommended for going concerns? (8) DIURETIC [GK]
5   Software hacking even scares end-user (6-5) SCREEN-SAVER {EVEN+SCARES+e...eR}*
6   Admit suitable crowds around conservative church (6) ACCEPT {A{C}{CE}PT}
7   Observing fast grandmaster Liren's rounds quietly, in the middle! (7) DIETING {D{quIETly}ING}
8   Valued troops caught in rush (9) RESPECTED {RE{SPECT}ED}
12 Kind braves in a struggle to keep running (11) NONABRASIVE {BRAVES+IN+A}*  over {ON}
13 Two cents pocketed by Clapton - that's odd! (9) ECCENTRIC {E{C}{CENT}RIC}
15 Important to stand-up in honest president's case (8) ABLATIVE {AB{VITAL<=}E}
17 Very hot bar girls oddly in charge (7) FEBRILE {FE{BaR+gIrLs}E}
19 Areas restricting violent crime in country (7) AMERICA {A}{CRIME*}{A}
20 Groups of limos run with vacant taxis (6) FLEETS {FLEE}{TaxiS}
22 Jack's decline (4) FLAG [DD]

Reference List
Commercial = AD, India = I, Engineers = RE(Royal Engineers), Society = S, Books = OT(Old Testament), Directions = S,S,E, Power = P, Conservative = C, Church = CE, Cent = C, Area = A

28 comments:

  1. 1a
    Show=parade
    Cut=pare, commercial=ad
    (pare+ad)*=parade

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  2. 13a.
    Observer=eye witness
    Setter heard=I =eye
    (eye +news it's)*=eye witness

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    1. 16a
      eatery=cafe
      Basically is the indicator of the first letters.
      Çool and friendly eatery


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    2. On the level where scrabble tiles mat be played=above board (DD)

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  3. 4A - Islander ( person from nicobar island) - I(ndia) before slander(badmouth)
    5D - Screen Saver (software) - anagram of even scares + (use)r
    24A - Filial (belonging to daughter or son) - FaIrLyInAlL
    21A - Noble laureates (awardees) - anagram of able+resolute+an(d) mostly of ANd
    13D - Eccentric (Odd) - anagram of Eric (Clapton) and 2Cent (CCent)

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  4. 16a - cafe- acronym - cool, and friendly eatery

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  5. 1A PARADE - show; cut (PARE), commercial (AD)
    2D RESERVE - store; jam - p{RESERVE}
    6D ACCEPT - admit; suitable {APT}, {C}onservative, church (CE}
    7D DIETING - observing fast; grandmaster Liren {DING} qu{IET}ly
    25A CHESS SET - black and white pieces of game; box {CHEST} directions {SSE}

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  6. instead of 1A
    11A FREE ENTERPRISE - a competitive private business; {I REPRESENT}

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  7. 1D - {P}{ARK}
    3D - DIURETIC [CD]
    10A - BRACKETS = {BOSE - o - e} around {RACKET} (noise)
    20D - {FLEE}{TAXIS - a -x -i} (empty taxis)
    19D -{A}[CRIME]*{A} (AA from areas)

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    2. Likely to be deleted since it us without any anno

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  8. 18Ac ABOVE-BOARD - &Lit (or CD?)

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  9. 14A:egot= quadruple american awards,emmy,grammy,oscar,tony-say(eg),books(ot).

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  10. 8d : RESPECTED = Valued
    (RE)(SPE(CT)ED)
    Troops : RE (Royal Engineers)
    Caught : CT in Rush : SPEED

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  11. 17 dn febrile-very hot.
    charge-fee BaRgIrLs.
    fe (bril)e

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  12. 23a REINED IN = Checked
    REINED = Showered (Rained)
    IN = At home
    Loudly = Homophone ind

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  13. 15d ABLATVE; case (in grammar); A(VITAL<=)BE; honest president; Abraham Lincon (ABE)

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  14. 12 D NONABRASIVE - kind (def,,) (brave in a on)* on from running

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  15. 26a, state = Penang
    DesiGN AN EPisode to show upset state, [<T]

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  16. 9a RESCUE: Free
    RES: engineers’ society
    CUE: suggestion
    ( RES) ( CUE)

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  17. 9A: free= rescue
    (Re)(s)(cue)
    Sathia

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  18. I found it tough. Did not get ABLATIVE & FEBRILE inspite of crossings.
    Some lovely word play.
    My fav - ABOVE BOARD, EYE WITNESS, DIETING, FREE ENTERPRISE.
    Thanx Sowmya!

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