Monday 25 September 2017

No 12121, Monday 25 Sep 2017, Buzzer


ACROSS
1   Daring to let slip initial view about outdated superstition (3,5,4) OLD WIVES TALE {bOLD} {VIEW*}{S TALE}
8   Narrow alley town bound ultimately (4) WYND {n...oW}{a..eY}{t.wN}{b..nD}Semi &lit
9   Better half or a mom, entertaining characters briefly (3,1,6) FOR A MOMENT [T]
11 King after king inheriting first-class/special title (6) KAISER {K}{A1}{S}{ER}
12 Heartless, the painful profession of education (8) TEACHING {ThE}{ACHING}
14 As a wild animal, I live by ... (4) IBEX {I}{BE}{X}
16 ... element of ideology, filling but hard (7) BISMUTH {B{ISM}UT}{H}
18 Fellow beating it, edgy and nervous (7) FIDGETY {F}{IT+EDGY}*
19 Units of pressure and size say (4) PSIS {PSI}{S} (Addendum - (~size) - See comments)
22 Wicket secured, run rate pulled back to a strangle (8) GARROTTE {RR}{TO<=} in {GATE}
23 Act as a secretary? One would to make money (2,4) BE PAID {BE} {PA}{I'D}
24 Squeaky clean room, ambient temperature in a resort (5,5) MONTE CARLO {CLEAN+ROOM+T}*
26 Biblical book character ultimately belonging to another age (4) EZRA {E{Z}RA}
27 Perhaps a church body's mean position (6,2,4) CENTRE OF MASS [DD]

DOWN
2   Veggie garden is fly-free (5,6) LADYS FINGER*
3   Extravagant fare on top of wedding cake (5) WAFER {W}{FARE*}
4   Truth is extremely constraining thing (6) VERITY {VER{IT}Y}
5   Minutes after going to North America maiden ties the knot right away (9) SUMMARIES {US<=}{M}{MARrIES}
6   Ability to hurl weapon (3) ARM [DD]
7   Rubbish a myth as false (2,3) MY HAT*
10 Number of years pursuing ENT? (6) NINETY Anno pending (Addendum - {N}{IN}{E&T} from ENT then {Y} - See comments)
13 Placing emphasis on accepting love is being human (4,7) HOMO SAPIENS {O} in {EMPHASIS+ON}*
15 Station wagon say entering race, turned over (6,3) ESTATE CAR {STATE} in {RACE}<=
17 Translating it, a nomad at heart (6) GITANO [T] Semi &lit
20 Alternative word describing eccentric individual primarily (6) WEIRDO {Ec...c}{In...l} in {WORD}* Semi &lit
21 Fluid tar be distilled periodically for capacity measurement (5) LITRE {fLuId+TaR+bE}
23 A pursuer to appear with a flower (5) BLOOM {aB}{LOOM}
25 Can midget be short (3) TIN TINy

GRID

41 comments:

  1. 10D - N in E & T with Y following

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    1. N is in between ET is N IN ET. I took ? As Y.

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    2. It is N in E&T Y,right?
      First N from?

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    3. ENT means N IN E & T = N+IN+ET

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    4. Looks a stretch to me. Anyway I take it since it is from Buzzer. Thank you all for being patient and explaining.

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    5. Paddy look at it link this

      ENT can be read as N in E and T which can be written as {N}{IN}{ET} and then we have Y from YEARS so we get {N}{IN}{ET}{Y}

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    6. Thank you Col. & Raghu.
      I took E&T as just ET and not as N in ET. It is clear now.

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    7. Finally I too got convinced with the explanation shown above!

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    1. Its a homophone: PSIS ~ Size

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    2. Greek character: PSI: (Ψ, ψ).

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    3. As Units of pressure is def could we have had (1,1,1,1) enu?

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    4. psi- we don't put dots. Though it is Pounds per Square Inch, it is written as P.S.I.

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    5. Typo- I meant 'It is NOT written as'.

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    6. Is it a DD. Unit of pressure PSI. Units ->psi's. Size say homophone(sighs) psis.

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    7. The anno needs tweaking, I think. Units of P: PSIS. Greek Character(s) : PSIS pronounced as 'size'

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  3. Buzzer specialises in special T's,spanning multiple words.

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    1. +1 and deceptively hidden. 9A was one of the last to fall.

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  4. Garrotte was brought to everybody's knowledge in the classic movie " The Godfather".

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  5. 24A I think it should be written as anag of CLEAN+ROOM around T
    3down The clue gives FARE* before W na?

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    1. 24 a: you're right.
      3d: stretching it as per : http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2012/02/notorious-on-b-device.html. Though not sure if Buzzer would resort to it.

      But "on" = 6 immediately after, at or before as per http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=on&title=21st
      First time I've referred to 'on' in Chambers and it justifies the use in this clue.

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    2. For 3D, I considered FARE+W as anagram with the opening extravagant being anagrind.

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    3. KKR,
      You are right, but the question is it looks as though it is (fare)* followed by W. The explanation by Raghu above is to justify for W to be on top followed by (fare)*

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    4. KKR, then 'on' becomes superfluous

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  6. 6 down: Ability to hurl weapon- ARM ---- hurl = DD for ability or arm?

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  7. As I understood-
    Ability to throw/ weapon = Arm

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    1. Not really. The bowler has a good arm. (ability to throw)

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  9. Excellent puzzle by Buzzer. As usual

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  10. First time I enjoyed solving Buzzer . Thank you. Either I am improving or you are lowering your standard to cater to oldies like me.

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  11. You can be happy that Buzzer's standard has not lowered (probably it is going up!)

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