Saturday, 12 April 2025

No 14457, Saturday 12 Apr 2025, Arden

ACROSS
1 Lets those sickly-looking to change places - back to front (6) ALLOWS {(-s)ALLOW(+S)}
4 Ex-US president had an issue with this animal (8) BUSHBABY {BUSH}{BABY}
9 Remember, genuine student gets first class (6) RECALL {RE{Class}AL}{L}
10 Investigate time taken to enter centre of the warship (8) CORVETTE {COR{VET}{T}E}
12 Country access without using borders (8) PORTUGAL {PORTAL} outside {UsinG}
13 Not good to include whole song (6) BALLAD {B{ALL}AD}
15 Heavy drinking affected eminent pacer (12) INTEMPERANCE*
18 Unexpectedly, //from the sea (3,2,3,4) OUT OF THE BLUE [DD]
21 Cheats work, must include luck regularly (6) MULCTS {MUST*} over {LuCk}
22 Cave in thicket allows everyone to retreat (8) COLLAPSE {COPSE} outside {ALL<}
24 Pigeonhole class players (8) TYPECAST {TYPE}{CAST}
25 Second shock from fine wool (6) MOHAIR {MO}{HAIR}
26 Priest takes half an hour to get in - becomes irritable (8) CHOLERIC {C{HOur}LERIC}
27 Left after match, being pure (6) VESTAL {VESTA}{L}

DOWN
1 One relating to nutrition is wasting away (8) ATROPHIC {A}{TROPHIC}
2 Cut - one enters later perhaps (8) LACERATE {ACE} inside {LATER*}
3 Such amateurs - low built, bushy and drooping at the ends (6,9) WALRUS MOUSTACHE*
5 Voucher without business, coming very soon... (4) UPON {coUPON}
6 ...however, as a close variety of bananas (4,1,5,5) HAVE A SCREW LOOSE*
7 As usual, it takes some of them to raise a tyrant (6) ATTILA [T<]
8 Relents to the unknown - is led away (6) YIELDS {Y}{IS LED}*
11 Arrived with many to the old court premises (7) CAMELOT {CAME}{LOT}
14 Force war on group (7) FACTION {F}{ACTION}
16 Animal perhaps a help inside a hospital wing (8) ELEPHANT {A HELP}* inside {ENT}
17 Right to interrupt federal organization to get a postponement (8) DEFERRAL {R} inside {FEDERAL*}
19 One meticulously keeps it - makes you want to throw up (6) EMETIC [T]
20 A sign to restrict double parking in city (6) ALEPPO {A}{LE{P}{P}O}
23 Brought up in bits and pieces - some of it is wine (4) ASTI [T<]

REFERENCE LIST
Student=L, Time=T, Second=Mo, Left=L, One=Ace,A, Business=Co, Unknown=Y, Force=F, Right=R, Parking=P.

29 comments:

  1. Tougher than yesterday’s. Liked the long enum clues and the photo for 3D πŸ₯Έ

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  2. 3D- I was wondering if Col.'s is called 'Walrus' or 'Handlebar'?
    Suggestions welcome (including Col. of course!)

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    1. After seeing the picture, immediately Colji face with moustache flashed in my mindπŸ˜€
      IMO, it is Walrus Moustache.
      Sathia

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    2. No 13007, Thursday 06 Aug 2020, Dr. X

      Col has spoken, handlebar it is!

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    3. It is a handlebar. But when I am in the swimming pool it becomes a Walrus Moustache

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    4. πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ«‘
      Sathia

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  3. Wonder what would have been the picture if Col. had blogged!

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    1. That is Col in the picture! No?

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    2. I downloaded the pic from FB.

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    3. Interesting! Thanks to you, we had a good time.

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    4. Nice to seen the pic. of Col. &
      +1 for Vasanth for a promot pic. w.r.to WP.

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  4. 26a double container indicators!

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    1. 'Takes half hour' is to get 'ho' from hour and not container indicator, IMO.

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  5. 10a whats the role of taken!

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  6. Atrophic and vestal are new words for me!

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    1. Bestal and vesta have both origins in goddess of fire place.

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  7. POS mismatch in 3D (adjective vs noun) and 6D (adjective vs verb)

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    1. 6d dict has both as synonyms.

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    2. Prasad-ji can you please give the reference?
      I checked Collins and Chambers. Both mention "bananas" as a slang adjective for "crazy" and "go bananas / be bananas" as "to go crazy / to be crazy" in other words "to have a screw loose"
      Thanks.

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    3. In 3d - we can't take - bushy and drooping at the ends as a definition for WALRUS MOUSTACHE?
      Reg 6d - I also felt go should have been included with bananas.

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  8. Nice Puzzle. Happy to get the long ones.
    My fav
    ALEPPO, CHOLERIC, COLLAPSE, PORTUGAL.
    Thanx Arden!

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