Sunday 14 October 2012

Special, Sunday 14 Oct 12, Barker

Enjoy the Sunday special for today from a budding new setter. Feel free to give your critiques with your answers.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  3 answers per commenter in the comments section.
2.  Annotations to be provided.
3.  Acrosslite version is also given below.




ACROSS
1   - Wheat-y? It's got too many artefacts! (6)
4   - Those boxers keep rising from the grave! (6)
8   - Elizabeth Arden was strict to adhere to this type of cuisine (7)
9   - For every French Green, you'll find a voyeur (7)
11 - Completely reliable? I'd be envied if it were so. (10)
12 - Nessie's home (4)
13 - Cubes. Unless of course, by Picasso (5)
14 - Stroke iridium, taking care to exclude radiation, and you'll get a new metal! (8)
16 - The conifers were subjected to investigation, as material to be used in court (8)
18 - Rent a messy easel (5)
20 - Tea in bed? I owe you (4)
21 - There's a basket for this. The trees won't forgive you for it though. (5,5)
23 - Affirmative, the fan blades show skill in speaking (7)
24 - Kane for one. Could even be his wristwatch. (7)
25 - Is it Limburger, is it Parmesan? No! It's Edam!. Now smile for the camera. (6)
26 - The old witch is in this Scottish meatball (6)

DOWN
1   - The gazer wanders around eating all the grass. (5)
2   - A tin hall can be renovated to house the workers (7)
3   - Echo lost herself to him, but he lost himself to himself. (9)
5   - So I hear your sis' daughter is in ECE.. (5)
6   - Doesn't qualify to be old and disabled (7)
7   - There's a restriction on this structure; rather me than you in that. (9)
10 - Mr. Comic, so you say it's a little world you've got? (9)
13 - The system of units on your resume are as good as your fingerprint or retina scans. (9)
15 - Mrs. Brokovich and every sailor could be a dancer (9)
17 - Strangely, that nettle I was stung by is enough to qualify me for medical privileges (7)
19 - "A thousand bucks in a maze?" "Well not exactly." "That's still great!" (7)
21 - Add a bit of rosemary and saffron to the wok. It's effective. (5)
22 - Seven, in any orientation becomes smooth and regular. (5)






33 comments:

  1. Will be able to do this only later in the day, so providing two quick ones which caught my eye

    18A: LEASE {EASEL}*
    1D: GRAZE {GAZER}*

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  2. 4a UNDIES [2]
    9a (PER)(VERT)
    25a CHEESE [2]

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  3. 2D: ANTHILL {A TIN HALL}
    7D: STRICTURE {STRUCTURE (-U + I)}
    20: DEBT {BED + T}

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  4. 18.Ac. Lease . Rent def. anagram of easel
    1.Dn. graze. Def. eat all the grass

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  5. 8A EASTERN {EA}{STERN}
    EA = Elizabeth Arden
    STERN = Strict
    Def: Type of cuisine

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  6. 16A FORENSIC*
    Anagram of conifers
    Def: material to be used in court

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  7. 17D- Entitle- Nettle I *

    10D- Microcosm- Mr.comic so*

    5D- Niece- in ECE*

    In a hurry. Happy solving everybody.

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  8. 12A LOCH (E)
    5D NIECE (ni ECE)
    13 BIOMETRIC {BIO-data & system of units- METRIC}

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  9. Still left...
    Ac 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 26
    Dn 3, 6, 13, 15, 19, 21

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    1. Balance (updated):
      Ac 1, 11, 13, 14, 23, 24, 26
      Dn 3, 6, 15, 19, 21

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  10. substn. for 5D as 3rd entry
    21D WORKS {(R)osmary + (S)affron + WOK}-It's effective

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  11. 11Ac DEFINITIVE (envied if it*)

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  12. 24A CITIZEN ( DD, Citizen Kane & Watch brand)

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  13. 3 - Echo lost herself to him, but he lost himself to himself. (9)
    NARCISSUS ((Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection)

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  14. 14 - Stroke iridium, taking care to exclude radiation, and you'll get a new metal! (8)
    RUB (-ir)IDIUM
    6 - Doesn't qualify to be old and disabled (7)
    INVALID (DD)

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  15. Does that leave only these?

    Across - 12, 13, 23, 26
    Down - 15 and 19

    Pretty fast, eh?

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    1. Further to above, 15down is down, courtesy KS @ 11-47

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  16. 26A - Haggis (Hag +is ? Anno not too clear!)

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  17. 23A: ORATORY (Assume this is YA or AY plus ROTOR)- no anagram indicator??
    26A: HAGGIS (HAG + IS): where's the second G coming from not sure. Def Scottish meatballs
    13A: BALES (def= cubes; Piccasso's BALESTRA minus ART??)

    Reasonably fine one, but some fine tuning would be good

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  18. 19D That's still great- AMAZING {A + MAZ(-E) + IN + G (slang for 1000 dollars)}

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  19. Ok, that completes the grid. I was reminded of 'bark' and 'bite' expression when I spotted the name of the compiler.

    The bite apart, it was a nice puzzle to sink one's teeth into.

    Thank you, Barker-ji. Aise hi baar baar karte rahiyega.

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  20. 19D - Nostalgia - Did anyone remember the Gold Spot slogan 'The Zing Thing'?

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  21. Done and dusted.

    Other than Bhala, no critiques?

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  22. On the +ve side: 4,9,21,24 AC and 6 &7 DN were good clues for a budding setter. Esp. 4.

    Downside: Some annos for answers are beyond comprehension.

    Could do with less use of articles viz. A and THE.

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  23. 7D my CoD. Nice surface, nice wordplay, good deception

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  24. 9A: PERVERT 11A : DEFINITIVE

    16A: FORENSIC

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