Friday, 1 August 2025

No 14552, Friday 01 Aug 2025, Arden

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ACROSS
1   Fancy act, expose everything inside (7) CABARET {CA{BARE}T*} &lit
5   Horse gets crabby at regular intervals - it's horrible (7) MACABRE {MA{CrAbBy}RE}
9   Sent a criminal behind (5) NATES*
10 Essentially halt in place for an abrupt evolutionary change (9) SALTATION {S{hALt}TATION}
11 Retain collection - agree to entertain a complaint (9) EYESTRAIN {E{YES}TRAIN*}
12 It was decreed that butter was short (5) FATWA {FAT}{WAs}
13 Sprinkles half of them by dropping (4) SCAT SCATters
15 Badly disillusioned dudes leave the state (8) ILLINOIS dISILLusIONed
18 Glad at heart to increase value (8) APPRAISE {hAPPy}{RAISE}
19 One follows hard grind (4) HONE {ONE}<=>{H}
22 Openly corrupt - people finally withdrew support (5) PYLON OPeNLY*
24 Discontented landlord pockets potential earning in city (9) LENINGRAD {La...rD} over {EARNING}*
26 European boy in China upset with hot dish (9) ENCHILADA {E}{NCHI{LAD}A*}
27 Money in box returned to banks (5) RAMPS {SP{M}AR<=}
28 Regularly resellproduct like fish (7) EELPOUT {rEsElLs+PrOdUcT}
29 Broken twit reveals duplicity (7) TREASON {T}{REASON}

DOWN
1   Caught up with Ayrton on the French Riviera (6) CANNES {C}{SENNA<=}
2   Ramstein gets cut flower (9) BUTTERCUP {BUTTER}{CUP}
3   Start from zero again as others receive a point (5) RESET {RES{E}T}
4   Conductor contains alternative current (9) TOSCANINI {CONTAINS}*{I}
5   Italian PM is short but sweet (5) MELON MELONi
6   About 12.5 mm, in other words not large bird (9) CHAFFINCH {C}{(~half inch)HAFFINCH}
7   Suitably contrived, don't say constructed (5) BUILT sUITaBLy*
8   Perhaps need an answer to Nina from Carolina (6) ENNEAD
14 American actor combining nation and art somehow (9) TARANTINO {NATION+ART}*
16 Bide one's time till criminal in law caught - that's it (3,2,4) LIE IN WAIT {IN+LAW}* over {IE} with {IT}
17 Funny or amusingOne doesn't know (9) IGNORAMUS*
20 Extremely sharp - he is on a round (6) SPHERE {SharP}{HE}{RE}
21 No side-stepping initially for him to come up with an invention (6) EDISON [T<=] Semi&lit
23 Resident in Kargil - a cold place going up north (5) LOCAL [T<=]
24 Minimum is close to five in the final (5) LEAST {L{fivE}AST}
25 Doctor, surgeon go away as one tends to patients (5) NURSE SURgEoN*

Reference List
Hard = H, European = E, Money = M, Caught = C, Ram = BUTTER, Stein = CUP, Point = E, Current = I, About = C, Large = L, On = RE

52 comments:

  1. 24a Leningrad ( landlord=ld + earning)
    3d Reset ( others= rest , point=e)
    1a Cabaret ( anagram of act + bare = expose)
    26 a Enchilada ( European =e, anagram of china+ lad = boy)

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    1. Please give proper annotations
      Ld+earning is ldearning
      1A is not a complete anagram, besides there is more to the clue
      26A lad is not part of the Anagram

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  2. 21d Edison ( no side in reverse)
    25d Nurse ( surgeon minus go ( go away)

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  3. 1d-cannes - ayrton 'senna' c-aught

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    1. How does it become Cannes and what is the def.? You have just given the components but not put them together fully.

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  4. It is not enough if you know/ deduce but you must be ale to put it in the proper form. Please follow the blog and Col.'s daily posting to do it correctly. In short, the clue must be properly parsed. Every word is essential.

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  6. 5A MACBRE-horrible; horse {MARE}, CrAbBy
    15A ILLINOIS-state; badly {dISILLusIONed}* dudes leave
    22A PYLON-support; {OPeNLY}* corrupt people(e)
    5D MELON-sweet; italian PM {MELON}i
    7D BUILT-constructed/i>;{sUITaBLy}*,contrived,don'tsay

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  7. 18Ac APPRAISE - {hAPPy}{RAISE}

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  8. 18A:appraise=value-
    (happy)(-h)(-y)(raise)

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  9. 2 dn Buttercup -flower Ram/stein Ram-butter,Stein-cup

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  10. 13AC:scat=dropping-
    (scatters)-(ters).
    in lieu of 18A.

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  11. 6D CHAFFINCH = a small bird( about C+HAFF INCH, say 12.5 mm that is HALF INCH ~}

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  12. 6d CHAFFINCH - Bird
    CF - In other words,, (Compare)
    HALF INCH - 12.5mm
    C+HA(-l)+F+INCH
    Not large - Del Ind for l
    About - Contain ind

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  13. 14d tarantino American actor from nation art anagram

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  14. 11A-eyestrain- complaint; e(yes)strain*

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    1. Replace for 6d
      20d SPHERE - Round
      SP - Extremely SharP
      HE
      RE - On

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  16. 26a eelpout from rEsElL PrOdUcT

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  17. 10A S(AL)TATION - abrupt evolutionary change
    AL - Essentially halt
    STATION - place : in - contains

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  18. 19a hone - grind from ONE after Hard

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  19. 23d Resident = Local
    Reverse Telescopic from {kargiL A COLd}

    Telescopic Ind -> In
    Reversal Ind -> going up north

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  20. 17D: one doesn’t know = ignoramous
    (Or amusing)*
    Funny is anagind
    Sathia

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  21. 4 D Toscanini - Conductor
    Current- i
    Alternative- anagrind
    {(Contains)i}*

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  22. 12a Fatwa- decree butter was - FAT WAs

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    1. No hint required that it is not English?

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    2. Not required for words found in OED!! is accepted stand.

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  23. 5d - MELON
    Italian PM - MELONI
    is short - MELON
    sweet - Def.

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  24. 29a, duplicity = Treason
    Broken twit = T + Wit
    Wit = reason
    (T)(REASON)

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  25. 15a: Illinois = state
    Disillusioned minus dudes.
    24a: Leningrad = city
    (L)and lot(d) plus earning.
    27a: ramps = banks
    Box - spar (returned - raps) plus Money.
    16d: lie in wait = bide ones time
    Anagram of in law (that's) - ie it.
    24d; least = minimum
    Final - last and close to fiv(e).

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    1. You must explain all aspects of the clue (beauty lies there),give anagram indicator and def. to make the solutions complete.
      (eg) 24A- How do we get L & D from 'Landlord'? Discontented is removing the contents and take only first and last letters. This is the crux of the clue and this is not brought out in your solution. This makes the clue enjoyable.
      L(eningra)*D
      The way you have put it, it is
      LD Earning

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    2. Pockets- Containment indicator
      Potential- Anagrind

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    3. Paddy, it is an opportunity for newbies to get educated by a veteran (CW Solver). It is my request to the newbies to blog , just spent little more time on the clue before answering which will help you to understand better, the way you need to give solution.
      Sathia

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  26. 9A and 8D are still left.
    Sathia

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  27. 8d ENNEAD: group of nine
    Nina to Carolina used for number 9 in a dice game

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  28. 9A- Nates- (sent a)* Criminal is anagrind.
    Def.- Behind

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  29. Nice cw from Arden. But some doubts
    1ac - expose everything is BARE. Inside CAT (Fancy act). What is the definition here?
    11ac - Collection is anagrind?
    2dn - what is the role of cut? To separate RAM and STEIN?
    6dn - How do u get an additional f? C+ HA(-l)F INCH.
    21dn - What is the role of initially?
    Can someone kindly explain?

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  30. Loved the wp in many clues like
    TREASON, LENINGRAD, BUTTERCUP, IGNORAMUS.
    Thanx Arden!

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