Wednesday, 2 July 2025

No 14526, Wednesday 02 Jul 2025, Arden

Solution to 21D 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 solve, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS
1   Stray cattle interrupt Indian game - it's in Chennai (7,6) LATTICE BRIDGE {LATT{I}CE*}{BRIDGE}
10 Expert on conservative framework (5) CRACK {C}{RACK}
11 Special separator for, say, Placido Domingo (5,4)  OPERA STAR* 
12 Uncompromising one - cleans it out (9) INELASTIC {1+CLEANS+IT}*
13 Part of outdoor pineapple plant (5) ORPIN [T]
14 Anger building within - loves the plant (7) OREGANO {O{ANGER*}O}
16 Provokes Finnachio - regularly faces defeat (7) INCITES {fInNaChIo}{SET<=}
18 Pick an artist - a tragic character (7) ELECTRA {ELECT}{RA}
20 Country garden - oddly none in Spain (7) GRENADA {GaRdEn}{NADA}
22 Wealth American invested in public convenience (5) MEANS {ME{A}NS}
24 New Englander on Trump's shopping list (9) GREENLAND*
26 Puts up with later changes in digits (9) TOLERATES {TO{LATER*}ES}
27 Bury where the ashes are kept (5) INURN {IN URN}
28 It's cooling off around the border - he knows how crooks operate (13) CRIMINOLOGIST {ITS+COOLING}* over {RIM}

DOWN
2   Scholarship - expert has made mistake (7) ACADEME {AC{MADE*}E}
3   Dismantle or participate around first of April (4,5) TAKE APART {TAKE {Ap..l}PART}
4   Power threat using day time switch... (5) CLOUT CLOU(-d+t)T
5   ...for every one inland violating the law (9) BREACHING {BR{EACH}ING}
6   Kids can show all of them in the middle of the state (5) IDAHO {kIDs}{cAn}{sHOw}
7   Run down with round head ingot (2,2,3) GO TO POT {G{O}{TOP}OT}
8   Sea urchins do come up amidst the American wreckage (13) ECHINODERMATA {DO<=} in {THE+AMERICAN}*
9   With impressive stature, playing to the gallery (13) GRANDSTANDING {GRAND}{STANDING}
15 Great ape gets most of the fruit and a groundnut (9) ORANGUTAN {ORANGe}{A+NUT}*
17 Can single appliance lead to thorough washing? (9) CLEANSING* 
19 Upcoming report includes Indian online shop (1-6) E-TAILER {REL{I}ATE}<=
21 Danger signals as in framing painting from bottom to top (7) A?A?U?S ()
23 Credit in total leads to a scuffle (5) SCRUM {S{CR}UM}
25 Rest left to stand (5) EASEL {EASE}{L}

Reference List
Indian = I, Conservative = C, Artist = RA, None in Spain = NADA, American = A, Day = D, Time = T, Credit = CR, Left = L
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19 comments:

  1. Gemini2 July 2025 at 08:43

    Not a smooth sail for me-(

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  2. Padmanabhan2 July 2025 at 09:12

    Some were difficult and needed help but mostly enjoyable. Some were really class like Trump's shopping list!!!

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  3. Padmanabhan2 July 2025 at 09:16

    Some Arden specials-
    Apart- A part
    ingot- In- got
    We, Chennaiites had an advantage in getting the bridge ( No, not the game this time!)

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  4. Vasu2 July 2025 at 09:53

    21D- ALARUMS = Danger signals.
    Painting = MURAL . Bottom to
    top =. LARUM,
    AS in framing LARUM.
    A larum S

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  5. Padmanabhan2 July 2025 at 10:01

    Good one there

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  6. Vasu2 July 2025 at 10:10

    Thanks

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    1. Padmanabhan2 July 2025 at 11:05

      But I suggest you wait for a while to give others a chance.

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    2. sree_sree2 July 2025 at 19:21

      Only once per week!

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    3. Padmanabhan3 July 2025 at 14:14

      Not that many participants. I suggest we have an additional time limit for repeats

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  7. RR2 July 2025 at 18:41

    What happened to WCC in England?

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    1. Padmanabhan3 July 2025 at 13:51

      No prizes of interest to us obviously. Otherwise we would have heard.

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  8. Subramanian2 July 2025 at 23:19

    1-A, in my opinion, does not fit the definition of a puzzle. How are we to assume a proper noun (Lattice Bridge) without at least an anagrammatic clue ? Compared to this, 24-A is ok.

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    1. Gowri2 July 2025 at 23:23

      Stray cattle interrupt Indian is an anagram only. For getting Lattice.

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    2. sree_sree3 July 2025 at 07:02

      Agree
      1a is a bit unfair clue esp since lattice bridge not a common noun.
      For me game:bridge needs an indication atleast that it's a card game.
      And cluing it as bridge as it is makes the clue, really only for lattice. But the solver doesn't know.
      Proper noun should have been more properly clued.

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    3. Subramanian3 July 2025 at 09:59

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    4. Subramanian3 July 2025 at 10:02

      U hv said what exactly I wanted to say. Tks. And a šŸ‘ to the punch, "Proper noun......properly clued." šŸ˜

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  9. Gowri2 July 2025 at 23:28

    It was a bit tough today too.
    My fav-
    GO TO POT, INCITES, GRENADA, ORANGUTAN.
    Thanx Arden!

    Land is bring ? ' 6dn.

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  10. Padmanabhan3 July 2025 at 13:50

    Bringing a plane down to land or a ship to berth perhaps. But a stretch.

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