Wednesday 1 June 2011

No 10169, Wednesday 01 Jun 11, Spiffytrix

Into the stock market today.
ACROSS
1   - Aim from a tower (6) - {A}{SPIRE}
4   - Hoards when market's bullish? (6,2) - STOCKS UP [DD]
10 - Saint's unconscious and dies a natural death (6,3) - {PETERS} {OUT}
11 - Group of intelligent people promoted a course (5) - ME(+a)ANS(-a)
12 - Everything in Australia (1,2,1) - {A T}{O Z} My COD
13 - Cheap place to buy wool? (10) - {DOWN}{MARKET} &lit
15 - Alloy infused with a bit of iron becomes stronger (7) - {SOL{I}DER}
16 - Artist entered coffee shop with a flask (6) - {CA{RA}FE}
19 - Run around in short dress, seducing the Italian revolutionary (6) - {FRO{LI<-}Ck}
21 - Medical examiner first runs ahead for Elvis Presley? (7) - C(+r)RO(-r)ONER
23 - Honey Ryder could be a female slave (10) - {BOND'S}{WOMAN}
25 - Email leads to sites peddling adult material (4) - {S}{P}{A}{M}
27 - Guy's telegraph (5) - CABLE [DD] 'Wires' sounds better since it is 'Guy's'
28 - Notices cut petticoats (4,5) - {PINK} {SLIPS}


29 - Boss is frustrated with politician's pitiful tale (3,5) - {SOB S*}{TORY}
30 - Vehicle went round ditch for an old Roman politician (6) - {B{RUT}US}
DOWN
1   - Father turns up to compliment judge (8) - {AP<-}{PRAISE}
2   - Book gas stove? (9) - POTBOILER [DD]
3   - Outstanding Gunners and Sappers of the British army (4) - {RA}{RE}
5   - Movie about those who lost to Olympians (7) - TITANIC [CD]
6   - One hundred missing in small uprising for a fellow citizen (10) - {COMPAcT}{RIOT}
7   - Dump saint — a mediocre writer (5) - {S}{HACK}
8   - Crude Potash from Afghanistan? (6) - PASHTO*
9   - Observe chastity for Bharat Ratna? (6) - HONOUR [DD]
14 - Teen, a troubled teen, sold and snorted cocaine (10) - {ADOLES{C}ENT*}
17 - A star may reveal this in an enticing advertisement (4,5) - FINE PRINT [CD]
18 - Expert skips half-heartedly and swears (8) - {PRO}{MISsES}
20 - Vehicle that can fly or travel on road (7) - CHOPPER [DD]
21 - Old relative changed top in a corner (6) - (-g+c)CRANNY
22 - Counter a graduate's endless curse (6) - {A}{BA}{CUSs}
24 - Arrest old boy who has lots of money (5) - {NAB{OB}
26 - America's primary rival — now broken up (4) - {US'S}{R} &lit




12 comments:

  1. Nice skeletal chopper, Deepak.

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  2. 11a - I Knew it was Mensa - just didn't know how it fit ;-(

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  3. 26 - America's primary rival — now broken up (4) - {US'S}{R} &lit

    USSR is not one word. Enu should be 1,1,1,1

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  4. When USSR and USA is written we normally don't write it as U S A and U S S R

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  5. If we want to be too punctilious...
    If a letter has to be shifted upwards in a Down slot, 'promoted' may be all right. If it goes down, 'demoted' or a similar expression.
    But if the word is in an Across slot, the letter moves only horizontally, either to the left (eastwards) or right (westwards). So some suitable term other than 'promoted'/'demoted' might be necessary.

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  6. Pink slip is generally the dreaded one.But here Spiffytrix made it enjoyable.

    This chopper really flies?

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  7. Notices cut petticoats (4,5) PINK SLIPS

    I haven't looked too deep into these things, but is every petticoat (slip) of the colour pink?

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  8. Pink is said to be ladies' colour & blue as men's.I dont know the reason,maybe someone can explain.

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  9. Pink as a verb means cut as per this online dictionary (did not know until I looked it up after slotting in the word)

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pink

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  10. VP,
    The link has already provided in the main post.

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  11. Thanks Colonel, had missed it (pretty late, mind is not working !!)

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  12. Ref: USSR clue:
    Here is a similar clue from THC 6742 of 10 May 2000:
    22 Brutal, endless law governing money from abroad (1,1,1,1) FERA[-L]
    Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
    Pl note the enu.

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