Enigmatic Variations N0 1669 By Kcit

Matakari | 16:29 Mon 18th Nov 2024 | Crosswords

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Good evening, I’m taking a shot at this one to see how far I can reach> Thanks in advance for help from the following!

7a Nothing interrupts computer scientist giving series of lectures? ( 7 ) : ????I??

10d Former border account linked to limit of land ( 7 ): ?????S?

13d Carriage horse flicking tail up? ( 4 ) : ??B?

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11a Reversing routine with favourite hospital purgative ( 7 ) : ?ER???? (HERBARY )
8d Arthurian heroine? Isolde’s foremost in consequence ( 4 ): ENID
12d Wrong to abandon using Long Island for citrus fruit ( 4 )E??? (EMIL )

( PREAMBLE:Only rows and columns with more than one bar have those bars indicated. Clues to these words are normal. All other rows and columns are STRIPs and contain one or two entries ( an entry may be a two-word phrase ) with a total length of thirteen letters. As a TEASE, these are clued in random order; where there are two entries their clues have been run together, with the leftmost or topmost coming first. Solvers must add bars so that the final grid retains 180-degree symmetry. Finally, solvers must highlight a thematic nine-letter word. Answers to clues in obelised strips not found in Chambers Dictionary ( 2016 ), which is recommended, are in Collins. )

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Neveracrossword

13 Arba, carriage - from Arab, horse, flicking its tail, last letter.

11 Turpeth

7 Touring, giving a series of lectures. (Alan) Turing, with O, nothing inside.

newmodarmy

EN(I)D is fine

I can't make a case for the the other two answers you suggested

newmodarmy

Yes, definitely TUR PET H

I've no idea how Herbary might work for you

newmodarmy

Can you tell us how you arrived at EMIl as an option, apart from lime reversed. What's the definition?

Neveracrossword

12 Ugli - Sin, wrong leaves, abandons, Using, and add L, long and I, island.

Matakari

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Many thanks, NACW and newmodarmy, I originally got 12d with my own particular parsing, u+g from”using” and L+I,Long Island, but somehow did not follow my instinct.
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10d Former border account linked to limit of land ( 7 ): ?????S?

Neveracrossword

Thanks, Matakari. I'm glad your parsing for Ugli was the same as mine, a pity you opted for Lime instead!

Neveracrossword

Sorry, Matakari - 10 D is Accoast.

PS That's almost half of the straightforward clues out of the way now, you'll need to be on top form for the Strips!

Cloverjo

Matakari, do you look at the hints on the bigdave44 website? They're always very helpful.

Neveracrossword

Cloverjo, I can't - of course - answer for Matakari - but he did say recently that he'd 'just look at the hints' for what was a tough EV, so I expect he knows about it.

Matakari

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Good morning, I’ve got some ideas from the hints on Big Dave’s blog, but still need more help with the following, thanks!

1 A difficult situation keeping South Carolina cut off over gas escape, initially corresponding : ???????/ ONE- ONE

3 Again stir up and hinder river, French river, as in stirring Loire, ultimately : ????????/REOIL

5 British with ploy to have Italy investing in pound, start to report about Italy needing a source of increased concentration? ??????/RITALIN

11 Party is blocking corruption -- no price changes to accommodate a safety measure for bridge: ?????/ ICE APRON

Corroboration for these:

2 Affecting a halo, arranged Eurodeal, our working extracted from Eurocrat, getting upset reply AUREOLED/REACT

12 † Polysaccharide emerged, introducing gallium, osmium into river water in French Caribbean capital AGAROSE /ROSEAU