Saturday 17 August 2013

No 10854, Saturday 17 Aug 2013, Arden

Another good one from Arden. With hairy Harry being the fall guy!

ACROSS
6   Oddly suppliant piece of wood (5) SPLAT SuPpLiAnT
7   Tick a car behind perhaps and be left out (8) ARACHNID {A+CAR+beHIND}*
10 Upset the bird that was in front (7) RUFFLED {RUFF}{LED}
11 Haggle and hold up in a mess (7) BARGAIN {BARG<=}{INA*}
12 Force everyone and stay with the victim (4,3) FALL GUY {F}{ALL} {GUY}
13 Rich work, classy and advanced (7) OPULENT {OP}{U}{LENT}
14 Presently you don’t have superior moulded thermoplastic (11) POLYSTYRENE {PRESENTLY+YOu}*
19 His heart set in a weapon, follows the jail bird (7) PENGUIN {PEN}{GU{hIs}N}
21 Complaint regarding the German missing in a railway accident (7) AILMENT derAILMENT
23 John gets youngster in a mess (7) CANTEEN {CAN}{TEEN}
25 Follower died, girl had to return key (7) DEVOTEE {D}{EV{OT<=}{E}
26 Capital silent as one follows the family (8) KINSHASA {KIN}{SH}{AS}{A}
27 It is fashionable to hold a race in the big apple (5) NATTY {N{A}TT}Y}
DOWN
1   Rent over mouth causes one to dock outside port (5,3) CLEFT LIP {C{LEFT} LIP}
2   Way a girl was hauled up to prison camp (6) STALAG {ST}{A}{LAG<=}
3   Saw it was easily done anyway (4,4,2) LAID EYES ON*
4   Meek to flee with the Bishop (4) LAMB {LAM}{B}
5   A grim sort of oriental illusion (6) MIRAGE {MIRAG*}{E}
6   Faster way to attack (6) STRAFE*
8   Their American novel is called Harry (7) HIRSUTE {THEIR+US}* 'Hairy' has become 'Harry' !!! (See comments)
9   After a test, angry for inducting back old fighter planes (5) GNATS [T<=]
13 Unknown characters in a country said to rise against the old King (10) OZYMANDIAS {O{Z}{Y}MAN}{DIAS<=}
15 Makes sure all get fame and recognition (7) LAURELS*
16 Toothless ex-prime minister presided over the museum (8) EDENTATE {EDEN}{TATE}
17 Season reportedly for guys in the CIA (5) SPICE (~spies)
18 Dirty place to catch fish…it is hard (6) STEELY {ST{EEL}Y}
20 Sister shows interest in a business emissary (6) NUNCIO {NUN}{C{I}O}
22 Allowed vehicle inside Lebanon previously (6) LEVANT {LE{VAN}T}
24 Biblical character sounded surprised over a rejection (4) NOAH {NO}{AH}

47 comments:

  1. 25A: HTML tags need to be corrected.

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  2. 8 Their American novel is called Harry (7) HIRSUTE {THEIR+US}* 'Hairy' has become 'Harry' !!!

    This is a clever clue.
    Col may have missed 'called' before Harry
    ~Harry HAIRY

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    1. The peculiarity of this clue is that there is no definition. Only two cryptic subsidiary definitions - one an anagram and one a homophone.

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    2. 'American' may be playing a dual role - one for clueing in US and the other for the homonym.
      Many Americans pronounce Harry as HAIRY

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    3. Homophone is the right word.

      That makes one wonder how they say 'Harry Potter' in the US!

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  3. Conjures an interesting image. This may be how he would look

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  4. Kishore @ 8:52,

    You are right.

    I missed out on the fact that Harry has been spelt with a capital 'H' which therefore rules out the possibility of a typo.

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    1. I was wondering which word/s you would tilt and embolden as definition

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    2. Nary a one. In fact, some purists might frown upon this clue as it does not have a primary definition. For my part, I enjoyed it and am willing to overlook that factor.

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  5. 1D : Could it be "dent over mouth" instead of 'rent over mouth' ?

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  6. Lovely one from Arden. Staggered home with the help of a dictionary.


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    1. 4D : Lam = Escaping from somebody(police) = Flee, Bishop = B

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    2. My question was how is Meek ( an adj ) = Lamb ( a noun /verb )

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    3. Sorry RameshJ. Well, I think Pros can clear your doubt.

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    4. Ramesh,

      Lamb - a person, especially a child, who is innocent, meek, good etc (From The Free Dict).

      You must have heard of 'As meek as a lamb'

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    5. I feel Meek is not LAMB. The clue should have had meek person or meek one. As the adj is implied and not noun.

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    6. The addition of one/person does not destroy the surface. So the clue could have read

      Meek one to flee with the Bishop (4) or
      Meek person to flee with the Bishop (4)

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    7. From. a recent CW in THC: Meek character's agreement in Russia with Greek character

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  8. 23A : John gets youngster in a mess (7) CANTEEN {CAN}{TEEN}

    CAN(Noun) = Tin = Prison = Toilet = John ! It really is "a can of worms" for a novice like me !! What a mess I got into !!!

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  9. Was amused with the Col.'s Hair-fall guy

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  10. 17D : How to know the homophone indicator "Reportedly" is meant for which word/definition ? I took it as 'spies', later corrected to 'spice'.

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    1. From the wordplay I thought it should be spies too.

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  11. In her address at the Convocation of the Univ of Madras, the Chief Guest mentioned that distinguished alumni include two Presidents - Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and APJ Abdul Kalaam.

    Wonder why she left out Shri R. Venkataraman? He was an alumnus of the University having studied in National College, Trichy, obtained his Master Degree in Economics from Loyola College, Madras, and later qualifying in Law from the Law College, Madras. He also received the Doctorate of Law (Honoris Causa) from the University of Madras.

    Any significance behind this glaring omission?

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  12. Distinguished alumni of the U of M include not 3 but 5 Presidents and a Governor General:

    Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, second President (1962–1967), Bharat Ratna (1954)
    V. V. Giri, fourth President (1969–1974), Bharat Ratna
    Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, sixth President (1977–1982) (studied in Government Arts College at Anantapur, then an affiliate of the University of Madras)
    R. Venkataraman, eighth President (1987–1992)
    A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, eleventh President (studied physics at St. Joseph's, Tiruchi and aerospace engineering at the Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chennai.

    Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (popular as Rajaji), Governor General of Independent India (1948–1950), Bharat Ratna (1954) - graduated in arts from Central College, Bangalore and studied law at the Presidency College, Madras.

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  13. Like Suresh, was fooled by 17D.

    9D, 'After a' reads too much like a charade component than padding.

    MB@11:45,
    No need for prisons or tins. The words 'John' and 'Can' can both refer to a toilet.

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    1. Thanks, that's correct ! I was just wodering, at a simple word like "can" to have so many varied meanings !!

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    2. PS read 'wondering' for misspelt word above !

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    3. As our friend, BHO would say : Yes, it can

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    4. MB, you should take a look at the word 'set', then. I think it's the word with most meanings in the English dictionary (a suitably large and extensive one, I suppose).

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    5. Also called POTUS

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  14. Kishore is getting us introduced to more & more abbreviations..
    POTUS - President of the United States
    BHO - Barack Hussein Obama

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  15. Today's Hindustan Times Cryptic (#23784) carried a number of clues on AUTHORS:
    Capital author (6)
    Extra author (4)
    Meaty author (4)
    Weak official author (5)
    Author’s pen (5)
    Racy author (5)
    Tough author (5)


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  16. Missed summing up comments of Raju Umamaheswar today !

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    1. Sorry folks ! I'm now in Boca raton in Miami ,soaking the heat and getting roiled and roasted.
      Couldn't open the laptop till now. Have to do yesterday and today's crossies at leisure. so try and not miss me amnd my comments MB !! Always being hussled to go out sightseeing by mine hosts and wifey dear !! Two more days of this sunny Florida and then off to DC to visit POTUS and BHO's house and office and then finally back to Big Apple by 27th.

      Missing ye-all guys too !!

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