Saturday 2 February 2013

No 10686, Saturday 02 Feb 13, Lightning

Good one from Lightning.
ACROSS
1   “14 12” and “11 8” has altered our understanding of all that exists (8) UNIVERSE [CD]
5   Fearful of a head-on, forceful attack (6) AFRAID {A}{F}{RAID}
9   Skillfully completed and thoroughly cooked (4,4) WELL DONE [DD]
10 Push for training by student (6) PROPEL {PRO}{PE}{L}
12 Key, perhaps to science’s primary rate of progress? (5) SPACE {S}{PACE}
13 Lamenting blunder in arrangement (9) ALIGNMENT*
14 Twisted villain initially interrupting treatment with some deviousness (6) CURVED {CUR{V}E}{D}
16 The Spanish firm admits oddly garbed renaissance painter (2,5) EL GRECO {EL} {GaRbEd}{CO}
19 Dexterity of the Parisian introduced in show (7) SLEIGHT {S{LE}IGHT}
21 Right away, share the magic medicine (6) POTION POrTION
23 Betters return on investment sending back wood shavings for packaging (9) EXCELSIOR {EXCELS}{IOR<=}
25 Faint after a shortwhile outside work (5) SWOON {S{W}OON}
26 Unsatisfactory conclusion to cause displeasure (6) OFFEND {OFF}{END}
27 Ultimate belief in a utopian system (8) IDEALISM [E]
28 Late to get back, quietly slipped in and ran (6) DASHED {DA{SH}ED<=}
29 Critical analysis of sex, is gee, disturbing! (8) EXEGESIS*

DOWN
1   Foolish one going after a French woman on the banks of Seine (6) UNWISE {UN}{W}{1}{SeinE}
2   Irritable disposition from unhealthy environment (3,6) ILL NATURE {ILL} {NATURE}
3   Invest excessive energy to supplant union leader (5) ENDUE (-u+e)ENDUE
4   Twenty per cent of supernovas are pulled back towards our brightest star (7) SUNWARD {SUpernovas}{NWARD<=}
6   Keep defender, say, for a couple of weeks (9) FORTNIGHT {FORT}{NIGHT}(~knight)
7   Newton’s inspiration is big in New York (5) APPLE [DD]
8   Lengthy discussion on cover-up of measure to release Carbon (8) DILATION {DIL<=}{AcTION}
11 Release overturned for now, perhaps? (4) TIME <=
15 Questionable, leaving it to a self-appointed policeman (9) VIGILANTE*
17 Regularly choose income to be distributed for financial considerations (9) ECONOMICS {ChOoSe + INCOME}*
18 Minor planet, star-shaped, circling around earth is half-barren (8) ASTEROID {AST{E}R*}{devOID}
20, 21 Double contradiction in a hypothetical situation where one sibling ages faster? (4,7) TWIN PARADOX {TWIN} {PARADOX}
22 To begin any negotiation, it’s essential to cut short hostility (6) ANIMUS {A}{N}{I}{MUSt}
24 Without a trace of sound, drags shackles (5) CUFFS sCUFFS
25 Girls from the south describing northern jargon (5) SLANG {SLA{N}G<=}


24 comments:

  1. Enjoyed solving this one from Lightning.

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  2. 4D : SUNWARD {SUpernovas}{WARD<=} should be SUNWARD {SUpernovas}{NWARD<=}

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  3. Lightning has struck at C !

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  4. Good, enjoyable crossword. There should be no cross words for this one.

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  5. The puzzle was a cut above, if not out of this world

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  6. Good clues and neat surfaces. No one should have any complaints.

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  7. I don't get 1A. Could somebody explain?

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    1. Curved (14) Space (12)& Time (11) Dilation(8). The nos are the clue nos. Connected with Theory of relativity by Einstein

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    2. Oh, I never would've imagined that lol. Thanks!

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  8. Was 11D inspired by Viswaroopam and foreknowledge?

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  9. Great CW. Missed all the action due to 9 am to 5 pm power shutdown. Though I 'knew' it had to be asteroid, "circling around the earth" led me astray. Nice trap and excellent surface. Lightning did not strike me in time!

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  10. 28 D - SLANG - Is it not GAL S N ?

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    1. Gals- Girls. From the south is reversal and so 'slag'& N from Northern

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  11. 16A- Spanish-El; firm:co; oddly garbed:gre so 'O' is not missing - PKP Swami

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    1. O is not missing in the clue. It was a typo in the blog which has since been corrected.

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