Sunday 17 March 2013

Special, Sunday 17 Mar 13, Afterdark

INSTRUCTIONS

 1.   Three answers per commenter.
2.   Annotations to be compulsorily provided with answers.


ACROSS
1   Heroic Texts scripted the movie (3,8)
9   Mutagens English removed to clone a horse (7)
10 Lapse I fixed by observation (6)
11 Melodies churned out of Indian Ocean (5)
12 Gobble the bird (7)
15 Announced regularly, heard by nobody (4)
16 Simple arguments turned them to be complainants (10)
18 Doctors in ringroads? (9)
20 Band in the centre of scabbard (4)
23 Historic blunder I left with the bird (7)
24 Excellent lawyer I flummoxed to create an excuse (5)
26 Errant kin, fed and then stabbed (6)
27 Secretion inside the head will satisfy? (7)
28 Gestetner's invention duplicated? (11)
DOWN
2   A horse askew in the rough (6)
3   Encourages hens to lay them (4)
4   Past pressure leads to plumpness (10)
5   Politicos round off appointment of assistant fliers? (8)
6   Pole to take half a yoyo and sidestep (4,3)
7   Shaman art made of flowery plants (9)
8   Shooing Henry away scrambled a unique shape (6)
13 Acid eagles concoct as pesticides (10)
14 Stan & I meet to change in the French café (9)
17 Medical officer took a vessel almost full of ash and gave to the grieving (8)
19 Mary & son joined the construction work (7)
21 Confused Bird and Al spoke regarding marriage (6)
22 Hollow knife hooks a rat in a fight (6)
25 Agent when meeting king gets energetic (4)




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36 comments:

  1. Jayaseelan17 March 2013 at 10:34

    1A THE EXORCIST *{Heroic Texts)

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  2. Jayaseelan17 March 2013 at 10:36

    2D HOARSE *{a horse}

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  3. CA Prasad17 March 2013 at 10:42

    20.A. ABBA, BAND IN SC(ABBA)RD.

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  4. CA Prasad17 March 2013 at 10:43

    3.D.EGGS.DEF.ENCOURAGES

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  5. Jayaseelan17 March 2013 at 10:46

    7D AMARANTHS *{shaman art}

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  6. B.V.K.17 March 2013 at 11:04

    9A MUSTANG (Mutagens-e)*

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  7. Unknown17 March 2013 at 11:05

    9A MUSTANG (MUTAGENS - E)*

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  8. Unknown17 March 2013 at 11:07

    10A ESPIAL (LAPSE I)*

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  9. Padmanabhan17 March 2013 at 11:10

    24A- Alibi
    Excellent- IA
    Lawyer- BL
    Flummoxed- Anind
    (IA)(BL)(I)*

    18A-
    Doctors- Def.- Homeopaths
    Roads- Paths
    Ring- Homeo?

    8D- Unique shape- Def.- Isogon
    Shooing Henry away- (shooing-H)*

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    1. Shrikanth17 March 2013 at 11:11

      Def - Homeopaths
      in - Home
      ring - o
      Roads - paths

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    2. Padmanabhan17 March 2013 at 12:08

      SORRY. mY MISTAKE. i MISSED "IN".

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  10. CA Prasad17 March 2013 at 11:11

    5.D.COPILOTS *POLITICOS.DEF.ASST.FLIERS

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    1. Unknown17 March 2013 at 11:36

      How is the removal of I implied here?

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    2. Suresh17 March 2013 at 11:40

      Round off. 'O' is removed not'I'

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    3. Unknown17 March 2013 at 11:41

      Yes I thought so too

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    4. Shrikanth17 March 2013 at 12:08

      It is a mistake.. Sorry ... The clue is not correct. Nonetheless I am happy that it was cracked.

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  11. B.V.K.17 March 2013 at 11:11

    21D BRIDAL (BIRD)*+AL

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  12. Unknown17 March 2013 at 11:16

    8D Shooing Henry away scrambled a unique shape (6) ISOGON *(Shooing - h)
    11A Melodies churned out of Indian Ocean (5) RAGAS (SAGAR<=)

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  13. Unknown17 March 2013 at 11:16

    26 A KNIFED (KIN FED)*

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  14. B.V.K.17 March 2013 at 11:21

    19D - MASONRY (MARY SON)*

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  15. B.V.K.17 March 2013 at 11:22

    11A is a lovely clue. Indian ocean in Nata Bhairavi is a good piece from Michael Robinson.
    http://www.azuremilesrecords.com/natbhairav.html

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    1. Shrikanth17 March 2013 at 11:39

      Thanks B.V.K

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    2. Shrikanth17 March 2013 at 12:33

      The clue should have been 'Politicos kicked the first person and later chose the assistant fliers'.. What's strange I managed to go under the radar of Colonel's eagle eye.. :) There were 3 clues that went under his knife...

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  16. Unknown17 March 2013 at 11:23

    13D ALGAECIDES (ACID EAGLES)*
    Def Pesticides

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  17. Unknown17 March 2013 at 11:27

    4D Past pressure leads to plumpness (10) OVERWEIGHT
    (Past= OVER, pressure= WEIGHT)

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  18. RameshJ17 March 2013 at 11:37

    14D : Stan & I meet to change in the French café (9) ESTAMINET (STAN I MEET)*

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  19. RameshJ17 March 2013 at 11:38

    16 Simple arguments turned them to be complainants (10) PLAINTIFFS {PLAIN} {TIFFS}

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  20. RameshJ17 March 2013 at 11:41

    6D Pole to take half a yoyo and sidestep (4,3) STAY OFF {STA {YO} FF}

    Pole = STAFF
    half a yoyo = YO

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  21. VMA Nair17 March 2013 at 11:59

    12 SWALLOW ( dd)
    23 OSTRICH (historic-i)*
    28 CYCLOSTYLED (E)

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  22. Venkatesh17 March 2013 at 12:09

    12a Gobble the bird (7) SWALLOW [2]
    23a Historic blunder I left with the bird (7) OSTRICH* -i
    17d Medical officer took a vessel almost full of ash and gave to the grieving (8) (MO)(URN)(FUL[-L])

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  23. Venkatesh17 March 2013 at 12:12

    Compensation for Duplication:

    27a Secretion inside the head will satisfy? (7) P(LAC)ATE

    22d Hollow knife hooks a rat in a fight (6) K(A)(RAT)E

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  24. Deepak Gopinath17 March 2013 at 12:24

    15A - NONE Alternate letters from (-a)N(-n)O(-u)N(-c)E(-d)

    25D - {SP{R}Y}

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  25. VMA Nair17 March 2013 at 12:31

    Good and easy puzzle. Thanks Afterdark

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    1. Shrikanth17 March 2013 at 12:34

      Thanks Ajeesh.

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    2. Shrikanth17 March 2013 at 12:35

      And thanks Colonel. :) Good Day folks... Seeya other some other time..

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