Independent 11,643 by Phi

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It’s a Saturday and the puzzle is set by Phi !

Has there been a day shift in crossword land? Well we won’t get Groundhog day again or will we?

No theme as far as I can see but there may be one hidden from my view.

Favourite clues 12dn for how it conveyed to me that a pilgrimage is a depressing journey, 2dn was a very neat surface and 1ac. 25ac was the last one I parsed.

Thanks Phi and no doubt you will return to Friday next week

Key * anagram; underline definition; Rev. reversed

Across
1 Fake map, one covering US city (9)
chart(map) + an (one) around LA (city) = CHARLATAN

6 Church taking risk, trimmed tree from biblical land (5)
CE (church) + dare (risk) – e (trimmed) = CEDAR

9 Number provided by computer’s last logic circuit (3)
No(number) + r (computer’s last) = NOR

10 Uranium, now stolen, sadly restricts researcher’s latest contribution to fission (4,7)
(u + now + stolen)* around r (researcher’s last) = SLOW NEUTRON

11 Changes in climate? Blame representative (12)
(climate blame)* = EMBLEMATICAL

14 Performer, tenor, is in role (not lead) (6)
part (role) – p(lead) around t(tenor) + is = ARTIST

16 Ex-soldier? I will have mostly nasty one in prison (8)
can (prison) around I (I) + vile(nasty) – e (mostly) + i(one) = CIVILIAN

18 Unexpected change in direction from company acquired by wealthy alien (8)
co(company) in rich (wealthy) + et(alien) = RICOCHET

19 Gathering to have silver initially loaded on board famous ship (6)
bee (gathering) around ag(silver) + l (initially loaded) = BEAGLE

21 Value in working with valid variety performer (12)
(value in valid)* = VAUDEVILIAN

25 Scientific study of blood overlooking blood group in clusters (11)
haematic(of blood) – a (blood group) in mats(clusters) = MATHEMATICS

26 Copy recording, deleting first item (3)
tape (recording) – t (first item) = APE

27 Stark rocks in limestone scenery (5)
(stark)* = KARST

28 Daughter isn’t adopting team, choosing to follow another? (9)
d(daughter) + isn’t around side(team) = DISSIDENT

Down
1 Source of light awkwardly balanced on 14 (10)
(balanced)* + Ra (artist – 14) = CANDELABRA

2 Actor with basic moves? These are more elaborate moves (10)
(actor + basic)* = ACROBATICS

3 What s offered in school is lesson material (5)
Hidden schooL IS LEsson = LISLE

4 Internet threat, item remaining to be picked up before start of year (6)
Rev. ort(item waiting) + Jan (start of year) = TROJAN

5 Ironing out source of disagreement in description of airship (3-5)
(ironing)* around d(source of disagreement) = NON-RIGID

6 Chap I have going round America is having an effect (9)
cat(chap) + I’ve ( I have) around usa (america) = CAUSATIVE

7 Gloomy day on rescue vessel (4)
d(day) + ark (rescue vehicle) = DARK

8 Operates historic site, perhaps, closing off central section (4)
ruins (historic site maybe) – i (central section) = RUNS

12 With servant around, one left on depressing journey (10)
page (servant) around il (one left) + grim (depressing) = PILGRIMAGE

13 Blokes pursuing seabird to be brought into international custody (10)
men (blokes) after tern (seabird) in int (international) = INTERNMENT

15 State capital having no love for religious rite (9)
sacramento(state capital) – o (no love) = SACRAMENT

17 That chap will take on advertising industry to make a point (8)
he (that chap) + adland (advertising industry) = HEADLAND

20 Trustee, skipping troubles, benefits (6)
travails (troubles) – tr(trustee) = AVAILS

22 Girl given one sweet drink (5)
lass (girl) + i (one) = LASSI

23 Not bad after morning in a frenzy (4)
am(morning) + ok (not bad) = AMOK

24 Excellent beginning, but not ending (4)
start (beginning) – t (not ending) = STAR

11 comments on “Independent 11,643 by Phi”

  1. Thanks Phi and twencelas!
    Top faves:
    MATHEMATICS, PILGRIMAGE and AVAILS.
    MATHEMATICS
    of blood=HaEMATIC (I think the inclusion of ‘study’ in the wordplay
    by twencelas seems unintentional).

  3. Enjoyed this a lot with only CIVILIAN causing me some difficulty as I just didn’t equate solution with the def and thought ‘will have’ was doing more than acting as a link. Oh, and nho ORT as a dialect word for an uneaten morsel so TROJAN went in with a shrug.

    CHARLATAN, RICOCHET, DISSIDENT, CANDELABRA, ACROBATICS, LISLE, PILGRIMAGE and HEADLAND earned my ticks.

    EMBLEMATICAL is an odd word; one wonders just what the difference is between that and ’emblematic’.

    Thanks Phi and twencelas

  4. With so few comments, thought I’d clock in to say thanks to Slogger and Better. – Your good efforts are appreciated. Thank you both

    PS. NHO ORT, LASSI, KARST enjoyed CANDELABRA

  6. ORT was new to me but I’ll try to remember it. 1ac was my LOI because I kept thinking it must be Charleston which of course (a) won’t fit unless you spell it incorrectly and (b) doesn’t parse. Thanks to Phi and twencelas!

  7. Finished this morning after not starting it until bed time last night. Romped through the first half before giving into sleep, then finished it over leisurely coffee this morning.

    Couldn’t parse mathematics or avails, so thanks to twenceslas for clarification.

    Several neat misdirections in the likes of Beagle (well they fooled me at first!).

    Had not heard of ort, karst or a slow neutron, but all was fine to work out. I rather liked the candelabra and vaudevillian anagrams.

    Thanks Phi.

  10. “And there were looks for sale,
    the art of the smile —
    (only certain people walked that mystery mile;
    artists, charlatans, vaudevillians,
    men of mathematics, acrobatics, and civilians”

    William Bolcom / Arnold Weinstein
    Cabaret Songs

  11. Very smooth sailing though I did hit a few rocks. AVAILS, MATHEMATICS, and CIVILIAN were found but not parsed, but I had many clues that gave me full satisfaction once the pennies dropped – Phi, your clues are assembled with great care. Terrific anagrams.

    Needless to say I had no inkling of the theme: it went so far over my head it might as well have been a non-rigid airship!

    Thank you twencelas: you are indeed a good king.

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