Thursday, 10 July 2025

No 14533, Thursday 10 Jul 2025, Vidwan

Solution to 6D 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
2   See you survive around year (3) BYE {B{Y}E}
8   Fish and some peanuts in return (4) TUNA [T<=]
9   Sounds like height of resentment (5) PIQUE (~peak)
10 Eye blueberry pickings at times (4) LEER {bLuEbErRy}
11 Spoil plan by Spooner for runway (6) TARMAC (~mar tack to tarmac)
12 Payment for a permit for drain (8) ENFEEBLE EN(-a+fee)FEEBLE
13 Cab service from Athens, not right for a technology genius (8) UBERGEEK {UBER}{GrEEK}
16 Edgar Allan's essay or literary work (6) POETRY {POE}{TRY}
18 Immortal divine messenger going north with deists every so often (7) AGELESS {AnGEL}{dEiStS}
19 Preventing, keeping model away from getting wet (7) SOPPING StOPPING
22 Stylish Charlie to miss fountainhead of youth (6) CLASSY {C}{LASS}Yo..h}
24 I'm thus treated resulting in family ruin (8) UNFAIRLY {UNFAIRLY+IM}*=FAMILY RUIN [CA]
25 Roman emperor nursing local infection of ear (8) TINNITUS {T{INN}ITUS}
28 Crooked cops taking it back for appearance (6) OPTICS {OP{IT<=}CS*}
30 Forget peace without borders (4) OMIT cOMITy
31 Country stuck in uncertain diatribes (5) INDIA [T]
32 New fellow taking out date in birthday suit (4) NUDE {N}{dUDE}
33 Linger in Bangalore, on the way back (3) LAG [T<=]

DOWN
1   Haul around and dance (4) HULA*
2   Consolation exam at Royal Castle (8) BALMORAL {BALM}{ORAL}
3   Long piece, most played (4) EPIC PIECe*
4   Second quake rattled core of Himalayas, making high-pitch sounds (7) SQUEAKY {S}{QUAKE*}{Y } Core of Himalayas Y?
5   Almost quit without a folio (4) LEAF {LE{A}Ft}
6   Stiff hair (6) ?L?E?E ()
7   Scoundrel appearing during the elections (4) HEEL [T]
14 Land deals regularly for bread roll (5) BAGEL {BAG}{dEaLs}
15 Witness a yokel penning an article (5) ESSAY [T]
16 Evidence of spiritual strength (5) PROOF [CD]
17 Learn working of kidneys (5) RENAL*
20 Eager about India's art (8) PAINTING {PA{I}NTING}
21 Bus overturned, Yankee democrat is back for government assistance (7) SUBISDY {BUS<=}{Y+D+IS}<=
23 Composition of NATO base inside South Africa (6) SONATA {S{NATO*}A}
26 One adult male, bachelor, inept and corrupt for example (4) IAMB {1}{A}{M}{B} Where is the definition?
27 Slender dress (4) TRIM [DD}
28 Stop allowing wearing of gem (4) OPAL [T]
29 Law of Catholic state banished millions (4) CODE {C}{mODE}

Reference List
Year = Y, Right = R, North = N, Model = T, Charlie = C, New = N, India = I, Yankee = Y, Democrat = D, Adult = A, Male = M, Bachelor = B, Catholic = C, Millions = M

27 comments:

  1. 4d (ofhimala Y as making) whole fodder!

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  2. 26d def by example!
    InEPT CorRUPT, first part unstressed and second part stressed.

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    1. R inept and corrupt examples of IAMB?

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    2. IMHO yes.
      When you say the sentence
      Inept and corrupt
      You say it in iambic. Corrupt gets stressed with not so on inept.

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  3. 18a going is insufficient deletion indicator, imho.
    And grammatically shouldn't it be north going!

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  4. 9A- Is Pique correct synonym for 'Peak'?

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    1. There is an interesting blog on that. A blogger on TfTT has coined the wordplay, Aural Wordplay/ Aural Pun for the broader more literal term "Homophone". Interested readers can read that in the link: https://timesforthetimes.co.uk/homophonic-clues

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    2. Thank you. Had a look. Will read in detail later. Interesting bu elaborate- naturally!
      How does this sound?
      "Sounds like pick of resentment"

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    3. Good. Would be better if we have a synonym of Pick.

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    4. I thought Pick is a suitable homonym for Pique.

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    5. I have a nightmare of Aural Puns with my name Prasad. Getting that into cryptics!
      Oodi Baba.......

      Lets stick to indicators to indicate relaxed hp's.

      BTW why doubt pique/peak!

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    6. I was pronouncing it to rhyme with pick and not peak/ peek

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  5. 22A- Lass for miss nicely used!

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  6. Yesterday it is more of Cross X
    Today it is more of 4 letter words.
    Vidwan is attempting new types of setting of clues. Keep it up!
    Sathia

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  7. 25.a tinnitus is a symptom of ear disorders

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  8. 6D Fleece - Double Definition
    Individually,
    Stiff - To defraud someone
    Hair - Sheep's wool

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  9. Sorry I seem to be missing something.
    How do you get Y from core of Himalayas in 4d?

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    1. Col doesn't agree.
      But it's the centre of whole fodder that follows. (of himalaYas making).

      Did the setter intend or coincy....only he can tell.

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    2. But the def includes "making high .......". So on recon, I think I need to withdraw.

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    3. I took core of Himalayas as S (last letter - though haven't seen this earlier) and got the answer as SQUEAKS. Def = high noises, making as a connector between wp and def

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    4. The def then would be "makes high noises".

      I don't do this grid. So someone solving online version can clarify pls.

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    5. I too had Squeaks earlier but the online version shows Squeaky

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  10. SQUEAKY sounds correct. Core of Himalayas is not S - but L. Perhaps just an error in cluing.
    Couldn't understand IAMB either. Simply filled.

    My fav today - SUBSIDY, AGELESS, UNFAIRLY.
    Thanx Vidwan!

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    1. IAMB is a metrical foot in
      poetry consisting of one
      unstressed syllable followed
      by one stressed syllable. In 26D
      in-ept and cor-rupt for example.

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