Friday, 4 April 2025

No 14450, Friday 04 Apr 2025, Bruno

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ACROSS
1   Put down a seed in humid ground - it dutifully starts popping out (10) DEHUMANISE {A+SEED+IN+HUMid}*
6   Powder's no good for skin (4) RIND gRIND
9   Girl running after Princess', causing shame (10) DISGRACING {G}{RACING}<=>{DIS}
10 Boil leek evenly to release bitterness (4) BILE {BoIl+LeEk}
12 Yuppie's starting to show-off borrowed item with passion (6,6) SLOANE RANGER {Sh...f}{LOANER}{ANGER}
15 Nothing green lay vacant out in the open (7) OVERTLY {O}{VERT}{LaY}
16 Brownian motion of small molecule releasing energy - it comes wrapped in a shell (7) MOLLUSC {S+MOLeCULe}*
17 Genre of music little heavy with rhythm, mainly and snap (7) BRITPOP {B{Rh...m}IT}{POP}
19 Raids find desi currency, not pound... lots! (7) INROADS {INR}{lOADS} 
20 Corruption at police department reviewed by head of security in totalitarian government (12) DICTATORSHIP {ROT}{AT}{CID}<= {Se...y}{HIP}
23 Bird - one often blips (4) IBIS {1}{BlIpS}
24 Medicine to walk sexily results in intimate conversation (6,4) PILLOW TALK {PILL}{TO+WALK}*
25 Lady's a joke, in retrospect (4) GAGA {A}{GAG}<=
26 Nobleman now suffers, having controlled, yet not essentially annexed seat of power (6,4) COUNTY TOWN {COUNT}{NOW*} over {YeT}

DOWN
1   Father mainly occupied with woodwork (4) DADO {DAD}{Oc...d}
2   Buddha's philosophy contains a catch (4) HASP [T]
3   MyTailor: medieval drama? (8,4) MORALITY PLAY {MY+TAILOR}* [RA]
4   Honey producer caught next to houses with a bit of yoghurt (7) NECTARY {NE{CT}AR}{Yo...t}
5   Ray's pastry junction, according to Spooner (7) SUNBEAM (~bun seam to sunbeam)
7   Setter's doctor cures aging & loss of energy with an unhealthy sweet (5,5) ICING SUGAR {I}{CUReS+AGING}*
8   Established rules expected to be followed by expert at tax (3,7) DUE PROCESS {DUE}{PRO}{CESS}
11 Fickle liberal starting to complain about a scheme for mountain transport (5,7) CABLE RAILWAY {LIBERAL+Co...n}* over {A} and {WAY}
13 Grim order - female soldiers should go up front (10) FORBIDDING {BIDDING}<=>{F}{OR}
14 After online rejection, desperate to be attractive (10)  BEWITCHING {WEB<=}{ITCHING}
18 Condition for travel permit - mostly nothing (7) PROVISO {PRO}{VISa}{O}
19 Great deal of abuse and crime releases bit of stress hormone (7) INSULIN {INSULt}{sIN}
21 Famous computer circuit has glowing light (4) HALO {HAL}{O}
22 Hide at hint of spouse's family (4) SKIN {Sp...e}{KIN}

Reference List
Good = G, Girl = G, Princess = DI, Green = VERT, Small = S, Energy = E, In = HIP, Desi currency = INR, Pound = L, Caught = CT, Female = F, Soldiers = OR

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  1. Radhamani4 April 2025 at 08:13

    10a bitterness=bile
    Boil leek evenly=b i l e

    23a bird=ibis
    One =I,
    often blibs= b i s

    2d catch=hasp
    Budd(has p)hilosophy
    Telescopic

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  2. Kishan4 April 2025 at 09:32

    1A DEHUMANISE - put down; {A SEED IN HUMID -i -t}*
    1D DADO - woodwork; father {DAD}, { O}ccupied
    9A DISGRACING - causing shame; princess' { DIS}, {G}, running {RACING}
    17A BRITPOP - genre of music; little {BIT}, {R}hythm, snap {POP}
    14D BEWITCHING - attractive; online {WEB <=}, desperate {ITCHING}

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    1. RR4 April 2025 at 11:01

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    2. RR4 April 2025 at 13:04

      1a deletion needs to be relooked. You delete 't' from what?

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    3. Kishan4 April 2025 at 15:26

      Sorry for the typo. The deletion is for 'd' not 't'; {i}t {d}utifully pops out
      1A DEHUMANISE - put down; {A SEED IN HUMID -i -d}*

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  3. krishna4 April 2025 at 10:00

    3d - morality (anagram of my tailor9 play - indicator of drama
    8d - due process - indicator of established rules

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  4. Padmanabhan4 April 2025 at 10:05

    Reconsider both 3d & 8d.
    There is more in both

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  5. krishna4 April 2025 at 10:10

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  6. B Sankaranarayanan4 April 2025 at 10:38

    18D. PROVISO (means condition) - PRO (for) + VIS (mostly visa i.e. travel permit) + O (nothing)

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  7. Devi Prasad4 April 2025 at 11:00

    15A:overtly=out in the open
    nothing(o),green(vert),lay vacant(ly).

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  8. B Sankaranarayanan4 April 2025 at 11:00

    22D. SKIN (means hide) - S (hint of spouse viz first letter) + KIN (family)

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  9. Remy4 April 2025 at 11:02

    12 ac sloane ranger-yuppie
    S loaner-borrowed item.
    passion-anger s loaner anger

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  10. NPK4 April 2025 at 11:06

    24A. PILLOW TALK Anagram of medicine to walk , definition : intimate conversation

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    1. D.Chandrasekhar4 April 2025 at 11:09

      Not complete annotation

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    2. NPK4 April 2025 at 12:07

      Sorry, am new at this , could you please tell me what I am missing ?

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 April 2025 at 12:22

      Medicine: PILL
      (TO WALK)* = OW TALK
      PILLOW TALK
      Anagram indicator is 'sexily results '

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    4. Prasanna Rao4 April 2025 at 12:39

      Excellent solve MB sir.....Gr8

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    5. Devi Prasad4 April 2025 at 14:31

      Anagram indicator is 'sexily'.

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 April 2025 at 14:58

      Yes , i stand corrected 👍


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  11. D.Chandrasekhar4 April 2025 at 11:10

    Are regulars permitted after 11.00 am ?

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  12. N Sridhar4 April 2025 at 11:25

    19D-insulin-hormone; insult-t+sin-s

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  13. H Ramachandran4 April 2025 at 11:52

    5d SUNBEAM = Ray
    BUN = Pastry
    SEAM = Junction

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  14. Sathia4 April 2025 at 12:00

    9A: shame= disgracing
    (Dis)(g)(racing)
    Sathia

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  15. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 April 2025 at 12:03

    13d : FORBIDDING (F)(OR)(BIDDING)
    Female :F, Soldiers : OR, Order : BIDDING
    Def : Grim

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  16. RR4 April 2025 at 12:03

    7d, unhealthy sweet = icing sugar
    Setter = I
    doctor = anagrind
    [I + CURES + AGING - E]*

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  17. RR4 April 2025 at 12:09

    Correct annotation will be
    [I] [cures+ aging - e]*
    Icing sugar

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  18. Prasanna Rao4 April 2025 at 12:25

    8D - {DUE}{PRO}{CESS}
    Def. - Established rules
    expected - DUE
    expert - PRO
    tax - CESS

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  19. D N M Rao4 April 2025 at 12:35

    6Dn RIND - {(-g)RIND}

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  20. Padmanabhan4 April 2025 at 12:36

    6A- Rind- Skin- Grind -G.
    No Good - G to be taken off

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  21. Surendra4 April 2025 at 12:57

    4D Nectary - honey producer
    Caught- ct
    Next to - near
    Houses- containment indicator
    Bit of yoghurt - y
    Ne(ct)ar y

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  22. Kiran4 April 2025 at 13:19

    26a COUNTY TOWN
    def: seat of power
    (count)(y(-e)t)(now)*

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    1. Kiran4 April 2025 at 13:31

      I think correct parsing is
      y-(et no)t
      Bit confusing..not sure

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    2. N Sridhar4 April 2025 at 13:46

      Yet-e is not essentially

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    3. Kiran4 April 2025 at 13:51

      Then what is the purpose of "annexed" ?

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    4. Padmanabhan4 April 2025 at 13:53

      Count ({yt) (nt)}(now)*
      Now suffers- anangram of (now) with suffers as anind.
      Annexed is containment indicator for including (yt) & (nt)*

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    5. N Sridhar4 April 2025 at 14:11

      Yes annexed seems to be superfluous

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    6. Padmanabhan4 April 2025 at 15:52

      See my comment above. Annexed is the containment indicator- Coun (ntyt)* (own)*

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    7. Deepak Gopinath4 April 2025 at 15:58

      Paddy you have an extra 'n' in your annotation

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    8. Padmanabhan4 April 2025 at 18:16

      Yes Col. Got it after seeing your parsing

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  23. B N Acharya4 April 2025 at 13:25

    20A reversal (review) of ROT (curruption) AT CID(police department) +S (security head) HIP (in) dictatorship

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  24. Devi Prasad4 April 2025 at 18:26

    15A,19A,11D and 21D are left.
    Is it OK to have another go?

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  25. Subramanian4 April 2025 at 21:00

    "Spooner", "Setter" - What do these clues mean by ?

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    1. Devi Prasad4 April 2025 at 22:09

      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spoonerism. Setter is the setter of the crossword. Usually represented
      in crossword clues as 'i' or 'me'.

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  26. Paulose Verghese4 April 2025 at 22:03

    16 ac When " motion" by itself is the anagrind,isn' t "Brownian "redundant and serves no purpose other than to provide a scientific flourish

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    1. Devi Prasad4 April 2025 at 22:13

      When we talk about molecules
      Brownian motion is appropriate,
      isn't it?

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