Friday 24 November 2017

No 12171, Friday 24 Nov 2017, Arden


ACROSS
1   Not so familiar dealing with rationalisation (13) FORMALISATION*
10 Former Aussie captain's bowled out, tell him to go (5) ORDER bORDER
11 It's immoral to even claim Wooster's assumed name (9) LIBERTINE {cLaIm}{BERTI{N}E}
12 Sound meant to shatter the sky (9) FIRMAMENT {FIRM}{MEANT*}
13 Trainer's tips, one will track (5) TRACE {Tr...eR}{ACE}
14 Whenever there is a tiny mistake, half of them are rejected (7) ANYTIME {A}{TINY*}{thEM<=}
16 Be a boy or be a girl? Confused (7) GABRIEL*
18 Remains among others but extremely reckless (7) RASHEST {R{AS}EST}
20 Half the crowd admitted rightly and in a lasting manner (7) DURABLY {DURbar}{ABLY}
22 Parting words at retreating animal (5) TAPIR {RIP}{AT}<=
24 Under the warmth of setting sun he will draw (9) UNSHEATHE {SUN*}{HEAT}{HE}
26 Amplify on land (9) OVERSTATE {OVER}{STATE}
27 Nothing sent out in the beginning (5) ONSET {O}{SENT*}
28 The scab will hit the wave (13) STRIKEBREAKER {STRIKE}{BREAKER}

DOWN
2   Attendant is very organised (7) ORDERLY [DD]
3   Fat fish found in the sea (9) MARGARINE {MAR{GAR}INE}
 Life is empty, full of sickness in French city (5) LILLE {Li{ILL}fE}
5   Rickety boats, are old and scuttled (9) SABOTAGED {BOATS*}{AGED}
 It involves reading — child has a right (5) TAROT {T{A}{R}OT}
7   Only with a grim resolve one can give form to paper (7) ORIGAMI {O}{A+GRIM}*{1}
8   Against standard quota? Things will go up in flames (13) CONFLAGRATION {CON}{FLAG}{RATION}
 Employers tend to resort to these to effectively manage their resources (13) REDEPLOYMENTS* &lit
15 At present our agenda is included, some of them they follow (9) ENTOURAGE [T]
17 Caught in the open, arrange loan in the city (9) BARCELONA {BAR{C}E}{LOAN*}
19 "A relationship breaks" posted a human (7) SAPIENT {S{A}{PI}ENT}
21 Material used in combat is Teflon (7) BATISTE [T]
23 He can't become Christian (5) RISHI [CD] (Addendum - RISHIcant [CA] - See comments)
25 Missile, last one in box (5) SPEAR {SP{onE}AR}

GRID

34 comments:

  1. A beautiful puzzle with artistic cluing. Thanks Arden.

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  2. Arden off to a great start. The 2 long verticals nicely done.
    I am missing something in sapient. It is not just a human as the def. in the clue suggests. It is someone who tries to be clever as per link. Human is 'Homo Sapien'.

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    1. It also means Sapiens or humans

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    2. sapient as noun denotes "a human" from species homo sapiens.

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  3. Wish you a very Happy Birthday & Many Happy returns of the day MB.

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  4. Happy birthday MB. Wish you many more to com. God bless you.

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  5. Many Happy Returns Of The Day MB

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  6. Wish you a very happy birthday MB.

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  7. ONSET of 1992. What did the TAROT card reader tell RISHI?
    " Your earlier trip was SABOTAGED. Dont
    worry. Everything is in ORDER now. Your ODERLY will ANYTIME now come with the invitation and the tickets. You will leave with your ENTOURAGE to witness the BARCELONA olympics. You will see your crossword friend GABRIEL throwing the SPEAR."
    What did Rishi UNSHEATHE?!!
    Oh nothing. Just a cheque leaf.

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  8. clue in ET-
    Battered boats,old and damaged (9)
    Talk of coincidence!

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  9. Is nt 20A - DU(RAB-BLE-)LY ? Duly for rightly?

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    1. Crowd = Durbar
      Half the crowd = DUR
      admitted = (took)
      rightly = ably
      (gives)
      In a lasting manner = DURABLY
      It is already explained in the main posting above.

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  10. Many happy returns of the day MB! Have a great year.

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  11. Wishing you many happy returns of the day MB

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