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The Sunday Crossword No 3284, Sunday 10 Dec 2023

Some great anagrams today.

ACROSS

1   Numerous Dutch rejected old go-getter (6) DYNAMO {MANY}{D}<={O}

4   Primarily ostentatious soirée comprising actors' rambling speeches? (6) OSCARS Acrostic &lit

8   Artist's unusual term describing mark (9) REMBRANDT {REM{BRAND}T*}

9   Gum unpasteurised? Not entirely (5) PASTE [T]

11 Nationals chant of Russia in revolution (5,8) SOUTH AFRICANS* 

13 A baron puts to sea, we're told, goes down by rock (7) ABSEILS {A}{B}{(~sails)SEILS} 

14 Unimaginative writer, 'dated': that's cutting (7) HACKSAW {HACK}{SAW}

16 Game play (7) OTHELLO [DD]

18 Fizzy cocktail in can (7) SLAMMER [DD]

20 Gossip: purveyor of beachwear catching cold? (13) SCANDALMONGER {SANDAL MONGER} over {C}

23 Homo sapiens leaving baboon to find tool (5) DRILL manDRILL

24 007's adventure: duck! (9) GOLDENEYE [DD]

25 Horrified, as some windbag has telephoned (6) AGHAST [T]

26 Holy person unchanged, in equilibrium (6) STASIS {ST}{AS IS}

DOWN

1   Either end of dayroom providing somewhere to sleep (4) DORM D or M

2   Siemens' corrupt adversary (7) NEMESIS*

3   Frenchman with awfully cruel air, temperamental (9) MERCURIAL {M}{CRUEL+AIR}*

4   Wonderful, for it told us how to dance (3,2,4,5) OUT OF THIS WORLD* 

5   Sign showing absence of growth in Italian island (5) CAPRI CAPRIcorn

6   Class war with no leader, revolutionary scoundrels (7) RASCALS  {CLASS+wAR}*

7   Unusually lithe thing opts to become famous (2,3,9) IN THE SPOTLIGHT*

10 After Spain, a flight attendant losing energy – thence to Italy? (8) EASTWARD {E}{A}{STeWARD}

12 Charlie excited, having boozed it up (8) CAROUSED {C}{AROUSED}

15 Familial emblem incorporating a horse and Everyman, most weather-beaten? (9) CRAGGIEST {CR{A}{GG}{I}EST}

17 Judicial investigation making sense (7) HEARING [DD]

19 Ones going through exams with felt tips (7) MARKERS [DD]

21 Greek character, one down in the mouth? (5) DELTA [DD]

22 Verbally make fun of golfers' items (4) TEES (~tease)

Reference List

Dutch = D, Old = O, Baron = B, Cold = C, Frenchman = M, Spain = e, Energy = E, Charlie = C, Horse = GG

No 14041, Saturday 09 Dec 2023, Incognito

ACROSS

1   Agreeing to take on the job of burying people (11) UNDERTAKING [DD]

9   Actress Sophia staying in Bangalore nunnery (5) LOREN [T]

By Bhargav

10 Bad palate is damaged? It is capable of change (9) ADAPTABLE* 

11 Once again, production is fun! (10) RECREATION {RE}{CREATION}

12 Soon available in Vaughan, Ontario (4) ANON [T]

13 Island's headgear has a piece of ribbon (5) CAPRI {CAP}{RIb..n}

15 Argued about a male offspring with editor (8) REASONED {RE}{A}{SON}{ED}

17 Raven had constructed covered porch (8) VERANDAH* 

19 A fantastic pose for a fabulous author? (5) AESOP {A}{POSE*}

22 Perhaps what Pinocchio does... in bed? (4) LIES [DD]

23 Ex-president is accompanied by unusually terse musicians (10) TRUMPETERS {TRUMP}{TERSE*}

26 Brand name to deal with old German currency (9) TRADEMARK {TRADE}{MARK}

27 Boring instrument produced by Australia and Germany (5) AUGER {AU}{GER}

28 Female born on 1st of January? Or a few hours earlier? (3,5,3) NEW YEARS EVE {EVE}<=>{NEW YEARS}

DOWN

1   Perhaps, Hungarian university had Greek in charge (5) UGRIC {U}{GR}{IC}

2   Karnataka town accepts old name for flower (9) DANDELION {DANDELI}{O}{N}

3   Responds on pieces of legislation (6) REACTS {RE}{ACTS}

4   Sailor, single-handedly, gets marine creature (7) ABALONE {AB}{ALONE}

5   A little bit from India's Officers Training Academy, for starters (4) IOTA Acrostic

6   Depart with fruits and become mad (2,7) GO BANANAS {GO}{BANANAS}

7   Uncle Richard shelters priest (6) CLERIC [T]

8   Wrote: "Shelter for domesticated animal and shelter for wild animal sent back" (6) PENNED {PEN}{DEN<=}

14 China's crop destroyed by flying alien (9) PORCELAIN {CROP*}{ALIEN*}

16 Old partner's draw in chess (9) STALEMATE {STALE}{MATE}

17 Victor gets drinks having a bit of tequila for parking attendants (6) VALETS {V}{ALE{Te...a}S}

18 Fear IRA may provide cost of flight (7) AIRFARE*

20 Father's attempt to make baked dish (6) PASTRY {PA'S}{TRY}

21 Cigarette user's donkey is with Romeo (6) SMOKER {'S}{MOKE}{R}

24 In absence of wind, wide angle shows bird (5) EAGLE {widE+AnGLE}

25 Setter takes whiskey after Oscar gets cat-call (4) MEOW {ME}{W}<=>{O}

Reference List

Once again = RE, About = RE, Australia = AU, Germany = GER, University = U, Greek = GR, Old = O, Name = N, On = RE, Sailor = AB, Victor = V, Romeo = R, Whiskey = W, Oscar = O

No 14040, Friday 08 Dec 2023, Incognito

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ACROSS

8 / 10 Trudeau's suit, if required (4,2,4) JUST IN CASE {JUSTIN}{CASE}

9   Boost Nepal's production of a utensil that can be used as a measuring device (10) TABLESPOON*

10 See 8

11 Student breaks side clip (8) DISCIPLE*

12 Says, "Including American positions" (8) STATUSES {STAT{US}ES}

14 Musical instruments having no defect endlessly (6) BUGLES BUGLESs

16 State: "Abbreviation of state is deleted, sadly" (4) ALAS  ALASka

17 What a pilot may do while landing or release when attacked... (5) FLARE [DD]

18 After removing ants, carelessly repaints jetty (4) PIER REPaInts*

19 Saw having 1 speed setting (6) ESPIED*

21 I club pan violently for local man (8) PUBLICAN*

23 In Spain, he is in low quality European city (8) BELGRADE {EL} in {B GRADE}

26 Greek birds make threatening sounds (6) GROWLS {GR}{OWLS}

27 Soccer player's running barefoot carrying a couple of students (10) FOOTBALLER {FOOTBA{LL}ERS*}

28 Bird staying in another nest (4) ERNE [T]

DOWN

1   Islets' restrictive access devices (10) TURNSTILES {ISLETS}* [RA]

2   A legendary land's in atlas revision (8) ATLANTIS* One T short in fodder

3   Afterwards, dumped in arsenic? Capital! (6) ATHENS {A{THEN}S}

4   Setter gets tender in the same place (4) IBID {I}{BID}

5   Judicious engineer irresponsible after prior leaves (8) SENSIBLE irrESpoNSIBLE*

6 / 7 Moving water, bread and appetiser in Chinese restaurant (6,4) SPRING ROLL {SPRING}{ROLL}

7 See 6

13 Marsh paddled with top of paddle (5) SWAMP {SWAM}{Pa...d}

15 Be in galley, going around and checking thoroughly (10) EYEBALLING*

17 Deaf? Disappear! (4,4) FADE AWAY {DEAF}* [RA]

18 Captive or sniper is wrong (8) PRISONER*

20 Leave surrounded by damaged tins and metal blocks (6) INGOTS {IN{GO}TS*}

22 Wildly brag to star from Casablanca (6) BOGART*

24 Greek god hiding amongst tuberoses (4) EROS [T]

25 Slippery creatures found in steel saucepans (4) EELS [T]

Reference List

He in Spain = EL, Greek = GR, Student = L

No 12795, Monday 02 Dec 2019, Arden

ACROSS
1   Place to relax — will make one happy (6) PLEASE {PL}{EASE}
4   Fuss over break point finds acceptance (8) ADOPTION {ADO}{POINT*}
10 Adopt lethal procedure till the end (3,3,3) ALL THE WAY {LETHAL}* [RA] (Addendum - {LETHAL}*{WAY} - See comments)
11 Painting frames, Hindu leader and a Buddhist monk (5) ARHAT {AR{Hi..u}{A}T}
12 An American setter goes in for prayer (7) ANGELUS {AN}{GEL}{US}
13 A grave occasion for peace keepers in the wild (7) FUNERAL {F{UN}ERAL}
14 Consecutive characters said to be stuck to one with gum (5) ELEMI ELEM{1} Anno pending (Addendum - (~lm){ELEM}{1} - See comments)
15 Imply it’s cosy (8) INTIMATE [DD]
18 Cards not returned to capital (8) KINGSTON {KINGS}{NOT<=}
20 Fire below to suppress revolt (5) REBEL [T]
23 Definitely underweight on local religious practice (7) TONSURE {SURE}<=>{TON}
25 A resume cut to size (7) MEASURE*
26 Wealthy man, named a jerk (5) NABOB {N}{A}{BOB}
27 News break in a London borough on de-stressing (9) ANNEALING {A}{NN}{EALING}
28 Bend in a river, you can find a toxic plant (8) OLEANDER {O{LEAN}DER}

29 A man in detention, said to be a peasant (6) PEAHEN {PE{A}{HE}N} Definition not understood (Addendum - (~pheasant) - See comments)

DOWN
1   Protective cover at a prime ground (3,5) PIA MATER*
2   Finally one will rise, without clue on poetry (7) ECLOGUE {onE}{CL{GO<=}UE}
3   Carol caught cold getting money once... (9) SCHILLING {S{CHILL}ING}
5   ...set to a Dame Fonteyn’s "Yom Kippur" (3,2,9) DAY OF ATONEMENT*
6   Empty pan, fill it with uncooked seafood (5) PRAWN {Pa{RAW}N}
7  She’s involved in sex — what will you get finally? (7) INHERIT {IN}{HER}{IT}
8   Bother to pay up when head’s turned 180 degrees (6) NETTLE (-s+n)NETTLE
9   Unforeseen turn of events in "Oliver" (5,2,3,4) TWIST IN THE TALE [DD]
16 Animal crosses Mumbai suburb, it’s preserved (9) MARMALADE {MAR{MALAD}E}
17 Everything’s green, may be it will trigger a reaction (8) ALLERGEN {ALL}{GREEN*}
19 Base ring, missing the odd count, perhaps (7) IGNOBLE {rInG}{NOBLE}
21 Cruel to bring it back in touch (7) BRUTISH {BRU{IT<=}SH}
22 Drink some of it, trust in God (6) STINGO [T]
24 Head off with headgear from the city (5) URBAN tURBAN

Reference List
Place = PL, Named = N, New = N, Sex = IT

Special, Sunday 01 Dec 2019, Doppelganger (Repeat)

Repeating CW No 3 from Doppelganger (without any changes so there will be goofups in the cluing) as I am out of stock of specials.

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Starred clues are undefined but they belong to the same category.

ACROSS
1*   Rubbished, rubbish versus operation (7)
5    Stand for a torpid doctor (6)
11  Adhere to second mark (5)
12  Entangled with governor of unusual size (8)
13* Manipulate second (9)
14  Gatherings of many key aliens (5)
15  Third power of a rookie? Ecstasy (4)
17* …if Spanish reversed jargon (7)
21* Confused priests (7)
22  Territory in the Far East (4)
26  Commanding Officer at one is an animal (5)
27* I’ll enter a highway (9)
29  Nursing home has a Scotsman doctor (9)
30  Scratches initial codes and rules (5)
31  Topless wide open shelter (6)
32* … likewise in the scheme (7)

DOWN
2    Feeling sorry ab initio, restraint ultimately is not good (5)
3    Aggressive sea raider provides victory for a ruler (6)
4    Port in Belgium unexpectedly attacked (6)
6*  Social order went without us (8)
7    Drive mechanism has support of modeller who isn’t fashionable (9)
8    Pastry is hard and flaky (6)
9    Soul of German city’s chief engineer (7)
10  Titus, you and I manufacture divers gear (7)
16* Club reserves an animal (9)
18* Princesses’ perception (8)
19  Brittle material mixed cream over a cocotte first (7)
20  Music for plays organised within the company (7)
23  Two upcoming accountants flying erstwhile airlines made Gum Arabic (6)
24  Flat, rational without severe punishment (6)
25  The Spanish in charge with appeal to arouse (6)

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The Sunday Crossword No 3076, Sunday 01 Dec 2019

ACROSS
1   Forgiveness asked for in sheds, men hiding awkwardly (4-10) HIGH-MINDEDNESS*
10 Famous last words of cruciverbalist (1-4) A-LIST [T]
11 Pop star to name university (9) PRINCETON {PRINCE}{TO}{N}
12 NY neighbourhood for each and every schmuck (2-5) NO-HOPER {NoHo}{PER}
13 Tense after biting the French pastry (7) TARTLET {TART}{LE}{T}
14 Supplementary codex translated in part (5) EXTRA [T]
16 Perhaps a ... a tsarina's missing daughter in the end? (9) ANASTASIA {A+A+TSArINAS}* &lit
19 Actually, its fortress was erected in 1080! (9) NEWCASTLE [CD]
20 Missing a certain Kelvin, hangs around and pouts (5) SULKS SkULKS
22 Behind time, sped forward and fell over (7) TRIPPED {T}{RIPPED}
25 Longed for deanery to be given makeover (7) YEARNED*
27 Repay a literate maniac (9) RETALIATE*
28 Malaysian dish, followed by seconds, is satisfying (5) SATES {SATE}{S}
29 Throw men into canal, we get state of independence (3-11) LOW-MAINTENANCE*

DOWN
2   Varadkar etc worry, describing provision of mutton, vegetables etc (5,4) IRISH STEW {IRISH}{STEW}

3   Anxious in Phuket about missing Cambodia (3,2) HET UP PHUkET*
4   Bring in, from abroad, worker? It's vital (9) IMPORTANT {IMPORT}{ANT}
5   Tendency Germany has to introduce disagreement (5) DRIFT {D}{RIFT}
6   When Xmas comes, gives a speech and decks the hall (9) DECORATES {DEC}{ORATES}
7   One-time troll oddly getting praise (5) EXTOL {EX}{TrOlL}
8   Tsarina sacked entertainer (7) SINATRA*
9   Primarily miscast, Schwarzenegger in Hitchcock film (6) MARNIE {Mi...t}{ARNIE}
15 Unaccompanied, in palace, lap dancing (1,8) A CAPPELLA*
17 Extraordinary – topless way of dressing on Tyneside is a gas (9) ACETYLENE {ACE}{sTYLE}{NE}
18 Scratching bottom, pestilence stricken and crabby (9) SPLENETIC PESTILENCe*
19 Cruelly decapitated tarantula, twice: that's normal (7) NATURAL taRANTULA*
21 Kinky practice is seen in blue movie's intro (6) SADISM {SAD}{IS}{Mo..e}
23 Divided by West, proceeding without control (2,3) IN TOW {IN T(-w)O(+w)W}
24 With scores tied, you get tense (5) DRAWN [DD]
26 Lacking direction, getting further into the Red, maybe (2,3) AT SEA {AT}{SEA}

Reference List
Name = N, Tense = T, Kelvin = K, Time = T, Seconds = S, Cambodia = K, Germany = D, Tyneside = NE(postcode), West = W