Wednesday 22 October 2014

No 11221, Wednesday 22 Oct 2014, Neyartha


HAPPY DIWALI

Neyartha has me craving for an early dinner so that I can wade dig into all these yummies (except 11A which I personally don't like) besides using the other food items.

ACROSS
1   Unstable democracies ban parties providing a cold dessert (3,5) ICE CREAM dEMoCRACIEs*
5   Oblong pastry found with note inside rice has been returned (6) ECLAIR {EC{LA}IR<=}
9   At sea, chasten Matt after losing an international cricket game, say (4,5) TEST MATCH {CHaSTEn MATT}* Why say?
11 Take off Roy over smuggling of a dessert (5) FROYO [T]
12 Stuffed Jewish snacks Victor exchanged for quiet cutting tools (7) KNISHES KNI(-v+sh)SHES
14 Lead for the salesman finally moving to the front with a nut, reportedly (7) PRECEDE {(+p)PRE(-p)}{CEDE}(~ seed)
15 Cut after the German and the Frenchman's procedure for tattoo removal (12) DERMABRASION {DER}{M}{ABRASION}
17 Confection for corrupt Sharma mostly found inside shrubs (12) MARSHMALLOWS {M{SHARMa*}ALLOWS}
20 Automaton behind a variety of consumer electronics devices (7) ANDROID [GK]
22 Cuban leader in Spain leans back to get the refuse holder (7) CESSPIT {C}{ES}{SPIT<=}
23 It could make a good cake even better (5) ICING [CD]
24 Produce envelope for note with Muslim commander's pardon (4,5) COME AGAIN {CO{ME} {AGA}IN}
26 Pungent rhizome with an orange-brown colour (6) GINGER [GK]
27 Food item has been sent back for distribution around North Dakota and Wisconsin by Charlie (8) SANDWICH {SA{ND}{WI}{C}H<=}

DOWN
1   Kind of valve that is found outside a salvaged tank (6) INTAKE {I{TANK*}E}
2   Company responsible for a subcontinent's subjugation (4,5) EAST INDIA [GK]
3   Border of an upset Russian village (3) RIM <=
4   Inebriated dipsomaniacs go around the model with a remedy for convulsions (13) ANTISPASMODIC AN{T}SPASMODIC*
6   One might find baristas here (6,5) COFFEE SHOPS [GK]
7   Roused from sleep as damaged cookware brought out an expression of surprise (5) AWOKE coOKWArE*
8   Letters from Mario terrorise the insurgent (6) RIOTER [T]
10 Abnormally high blood sugar in America (13) HYPERGLYCEMIA [E]
13 Turn hostage around with a tropical fern (5-6) HARTS-TONGUE*
16 Old model brought up by a witch on the island gets gullets (9) OESOPHAGI {O}{ESOP<=}{HAG}{I}
18 Kind of the French to leave a gap (6) CARING CleARING
19 Check the quarter for a bad smell (6) STENCH ST(-a+e)ENCH
21 Vocal native of Denmark may stoop (5) DEIGN (~ dane)
25 Supplement with father's article has been misplaced (3) ADD (+a)AD(-a)D

GRID

30 comments:

  1. My COD: 8D Letters from Mario terrorise the insurgent (6) RIOTER [T]

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  2. Happy Deepavali to everyone!

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  3. Already overfed with Deepavali goodies and Neyartha adds more of different varieties.
    Wish everyone and their families a very happy colourful Deepavali/ Diwali (Depending on where you are)

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  4. A few enjoyable deletions too- type of clues,I mean.

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  5. Rain or shine, Diwali or not, Col. is on the dot. Thank you & hats off.

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  6. Diwali Mubarak! happy Diwali !!! Zug zug !!!

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  7. Happy Diwali (or Deepavali) to everyone here

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  8. Happy Diwali to everyone!

    Had a great morning with Neyartha's offering - some very nice clues indeed! Thanks to setter and blogger.

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  9. No crackers in Vizag this year. Only lights. Safety measure because of the huge amount of dried trees lying around.

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    1. Am I hearing correctly. Kudos to Vizagites exhibiting some civic and common sense. Wish it's shown in daily life.

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    2. Rather "Am I reading correctly?"

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    3. It has been made mandatory and all licenses for cracker shops have been cancelled

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    4. Kudos to all concerned. It was tragic to see the fire accident in Delhi's cracker shops.

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  10. HAPPY DEEPAVALI TO THE COL and his family and his extended THCC BLOGILY !!!

    Go slow on the sweets , shun crackers but do have sparklers atwinking and aglowing in your lives !!

    God bless THCC members for many more years of crosswords !!

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  11. Hyderabad to go without The Hindu on 23rd and 24th of Oct. The paper says its online edition can be accessed @ www.thehindu.com

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  12. Happy Diwali to all! Hope the light spreads in every one's lives.

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  13. 14A : Lead for the salesman finally moving to the front with a nut, reportedly (7) PRECEDE {(+p)PRE(-p)}{CEED}(~ seed)

    Think CEED in the Anno could be CEDE?

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    1. CEDE also sounds just like SEED, Sir. If CEED in the Anno is correct, then an Anind is rqd in the clue.

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  14. I think you are right MB. Happy Deepavali to you & family.

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  15. Col.,
    No TH tomorrow and I don't think they are going to upload any CW. Any special?

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    1. Will decide tom morning. If there is nothing online then I will upload a special by Rainmon

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  16. Holiday special by Rainmon at 8:30 AM

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  17. I got to this crossword only today, thanks to my Diwali break. Looks like no one noticed the Android (mobile OS) theme: ANDROID, ECLAIR, FROYO, GINGER (BREAD), ICECREAM SANDWICH. All clued using across clues.

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