Sunday 28 April 2013

Special, Sunday 28 Apr 13, Courtesy Raju Umamaheswar

INSTRUCTIONS

1.   Three answers per commenter
2.   Annotations to be compulsorily provided with the answer. Do not post the answer without annotation.



ACROSS
9 So free the tied up or incarcerated (9)
10 Willing to, which is nice (9)
12 The chap doesn’t have complete insurance (4)
13 Suppress it? The nerve! (6)
14 Will silver fish be about where there’s rubbish? (7)
15 Don’t allow to contain copy writing (9)
17 Listen to the man and are worried (4,2,3)
18 Let move about, lean on for support (7)
19 An expert player? Well, that’s an advantage (6)
20 Still drink (4)
23 Advertising, for a doctor, is getting into trouble (9)
25 The damned birds! (3,6)
26 She’s given the apprentice a day off (4)-
27 I’m sorry for being mean to the fellow (6)
29 The spendthrift, a lawbreaker, involved the rest in (7)
32 Various Russians caught, having infiltrated the plant (9)
34 Is reversed, and covered by another silly girl (9)
35 Bones not broken though having fallen, perhaps, from an apple tree (7)
36 Is informed by tips right through (6)
37 Shouts out “Without us? Nonsense!” (4)
38 Means first to give the religious denomination (9)
39 Said to fold the wrapping paper and vamoose (9)

DOWN
1 A jar containing flowers in the kitchen? (8)
2 Either give the shivers to or have no effect on (5,3,4)
3 People move in close: the band enters (8)
4 Getting the seat does clinch it (6)
5 Try to win later, locked in battle (8)
6 In sea water, a giant floating ship (10)
7 Don’t lip-read the “rumour” (7)
8 Goes in and talks about teen troubles (10) 
11 “Bit of luck” you say, “finding a thicket” (5)
16 The bad thing about having a tot play with thread (6)
19 When your number is up, drink (3)
21 Why the worn rug was thrown out? (4,8)
22 She might be easiest to get a deduction for (6)
23 Mum or dad could show you one – and did (10)
24 While away, a tin I threw out, containing runner beans (2,8)
25 1t’s “The Unfinished Melody,” child (3)
28 Does get upset over the ex: it’s very sad (8)
29 Was holding the reins loosely but with vigilance (8)
30 Having the cover broken early is tough (8)
31 How would you say “No. It has police backing” (7)
33 To disprove it, be back in your old routine (5)
34 Saves, from frost, half the buds (6) 


To attempt the crossword on a separate page follow the link RAJU 1

Enjoy.

55 comments:

  1. 39 Said to fold the wrapping paper and vamoose (9) DISA* PPEAR*
    6D In sea water, a giant floating ship (10) BRI(GANTI*)NE or BR(IGANT*)INE
    33D To disprove it, be back in your old routine (5) R(EB<)UT

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  2. 29A The spendthrift, a lawbreaker, involved the rest in (7)
    Ans: WASTREL (LAW+REST)

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  3. As a crossword composer, I would say we are unfair to the setter and/or the original publication if we do not indicate them when publishing a crossword in the public domain.

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  4. 6D In sea water, a giant floating ship (10) BRI(GANTI*)NE or BR(IGANT*)INE
    29A The spendthrift, a lawbreaker, involved the rest in (7) WA(STRE)L*


    Both rather unusual clues.

    I was just now talking about extra words in surface reading.

    There are indeed extra words here but I am not sure if theya re handled as well in the other crossword of today.

    In both the extra a or the ("a lawbreaker", "the wrapping paper") leave us dissatisfied.

    In 29 a anag of 'rest' goes in an anag of 'law'. Is there any instruction to anagram 'rest'?

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  5. 29D Was holding the reins loosely but with vigilance (8)
    Ans:WARINESS (WAS+REINS)

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  6. 29.D.WARINESS.*(WAS+REINS) DEF: VIGILANCE

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  7. Right. The anno is WA(RINES*)S :: A c/c with an anag component :: Anag. of 'reins' in 'was'. Here we are given the anag ind 'loosely' to anagram 'reins'.

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  8. 32.A.NARCISSUS. *(RUSSIANS+C) DEF. PLANT

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  9. 28.D.DESOLATE.*(DOES+LATE=EX)DEF.SAD

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  10. 33D- REBUT
    To disprove- Def.
    Routine- Rut
    Be back- eb
    R(EB)UT

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  11. 38.A.METHODIST.*(METHOD+ST=FIRST)

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  12. 17A- Lend an ear
    Listen to- Def.
    The man- Len
    (and are)*

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  13. 23A Advertising, for a doctor, is getting into trouble (9) {PRO}{MO}{TION*}
    23D Mum or dad could show you one – and did (10) PALINDROME (CD)
    30D Having the cover broken early is tough (8){LEA{THE}RY*}

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  14. 37A-TOSH
    Nonsense- De.
    (Shouts-us)*

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  15. 10A Willing to, which is nice (9)
    Ans: AGREEABLE (DD)

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  16. SAndhya's picks

    23A Advertising, for a doctor, is getting into trouble (9) {PRO}{MO}{TION*}
    23D Mum or dad could show you one – and did (10) PALINDROME (CD)


    Both are very good clues!

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  17. AC:
    13 Suppress it? The nerve! (6) BOTTLE [2]
    14 Will silver fish be about where there’s rubbish? (7)(GAR)B(AG)E
    18 Let move about, lean on for support (7) T(REST)LE*

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  18. 23D Mum or dad could show you one – and did (10) PALINDROME (CD)

    Nice clue! MUM, DAD and also DID.

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  19. @Lakshmi Vaidyanathan,

    A doubt. Were you ever a member of the now defunct XWORDCLUB.IN, which was run by Badri (Lakshmi Narasimhan)

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    1. No Mr.Raghunath.I am a member only in Colonel's and Shuchi's blogs.

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  20. My 3

    9A So = Definition = {THEREF{OR}E*}
    35A = Apple tree = {RIBS}{TON*}
    36A = Is informed = {LEA{R}NS}

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  21. Ref Chaturvasi@10:56

    I agree on that issue. Shall not publish any more like these unless Raju gets us the permission to do so from the setter or the publication where it appeared.

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  22. The col's solve
    9 So free the tied up or incarcerated (9) THERF(OR)E*
    is also a good clue.
    Smooth surface, neat wordplay, no extra word!

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  23. 8D HEARSAY
    9D P(ENET)*RATES
    24D IN ABSENTIA

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  24. 12A The chap doesn’t have complete insurance (4) COVE(-r)

    19A An expert player? Well, that’s an advantage (6) PRO FIT

    25A The damned birds! (3,6)SHE,DEVILS (CD)

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  25. 8 dn. Goes in and talks about teen troubles (10) P(ENET*)RATES
    24 dn. While away, a tin I threw out, containing runner beans (2,8)IN (ABSEN)TIA (A TIN I BEANS)*
    31 dn. How would you say “No. It has police backing” (7)DIC <- TI<- ON<-

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    1. In Absentia has been put in by Raunak.(12:14)

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  26. I thought 34A was SENHORITA (IS+ANOTHER)* with silly as anagram indicator and girl as meaning. . .
    Apparently its not. . .

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  27. Left overs

    Ac: 15, 20, 26. 27, 34

    Dn: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 16, 19, 21, 22, 25, 34

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  28. Since none of our NRI commenters drop in on the Sunday specials, for today each commenter is permitted 2 more answers each. I am doing so as there are quite a few leftover

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  29. My 4th & 5th

    34A - {HORTEN{SI<=}A*}
    34D - {HOAR}{(-bu)DS}

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  30. 4D Getting the seat does clinch it (6) Ans:SETTLE (DD)
    16D The bad thing about having a tot play with thread (6) Ans: COTTON (CON+TOT)

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  31. 1.D.STOCKPOT.STOCK=FLOWERS, POT=JAR.

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  32. 21D: Why the worn rug was thrown out? (4,8) HAIR,RESTORED or RESTORER
    25 D: It’s “The Unfinished Melody,” child (3)SON -G

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  33. 3D COLONISE (IN CLOSE)* + O - band
    Def people move

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  34. 5D WATERLOO (W(LATER*)OO) woo is try to win
    Def Battle

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  35. 11D BRAKE ~break
    Def thicket

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  36. Wrapping up:

    19 When your number is up, drink (3)PIN<-

    22 She might be easiest to get a deduction for (6)TESSIE* (-a)

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  37. Sir, it would be interesting to solve newly set crosswords. The above is crossword challenge 2870 of Deccan Herald dated 24.02.2008. Here is the link---> http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Feb242008/crossword.asp

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    1. Jayaseelan
      Thanks for tracing the original source.
      That is exactly the reason why I expressed my reservation about publishing a crossword openly without indicating the source.
      In these times of vast technological capabilities it is quite possible to track what is available in the public domain. So it is not prudent to publish anything unless we have the right to do so.
      It is quite legitimate to send this CWD privately to a list and share thoughts.
      BTW, the DH has published this by arrangement with a UK publication/syndicate and paid for it. They are not obliged to indicate the source.
      Even The Hindu started only recently to indicate the source of the Sunday crossword though they have had the arrangement with the Observer for several decades.

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  38. By a slight tweak in the address field Jayaseelan has given, we can get crosswords on our machine to last for days on end. Where do we have the time?

    Once a clique of us used to get the crossword from The Times of the UK by a similar device but the paid-for site later closed that backdoor. Now the archives can be accessed only by subscribers.

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  39. CV and Col:

    Usage of my contibutions.

    Saw your comments. I agree that where copyrights are involved, we need to acknowledge. My collections have been from various sources and I only pass on to the Col whatever i feel is an interesting puzzle that could be shared in our blog. I agree, acknowledgements are a must to the author and the source, in all fairness. I chose to include the name of the compiler if available. The last one published this Sunday was a puzzle that appeared in 1998 in the East African Standard and the compiler's name was not there. May be a syndicated one from the UK papers. I certainly would not like to be kill-joy by passing on something that has appeared currently or in the very recent past nor where a copyright warning is given.I reckon, unless specifically warned, once a puzzle comes out in the public domain, it becomes universal and can be used by any one, unless specifically warned against infringement of patents, intellectual property rights, or copyrights . I'm open to clarification by any one of our bloggers who are legal eagles. As log as we do not get any commercial advantage out of this and I do not claim any authorship or credit , we should be ok , I suppose. We are merely sharing a hobby.
    I leave it to you, colonel, to decide.

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    1. Well, we can never say!

      I don't think there is any lawyer in these parts and even if there are two of them may not agree!

      While I do appreciate your eagerness to share a hobby, the question is whether we cannot do it in a private setting.

      Let's say you have a list of email addresses of your friends and you send the crossword to them in private emails and you pass comments between you. Or you have a blog that is private and can be accessed only by members who are admitted - where you put up the crosswords. That is one thing.

      To put them in public domain without any acknowledgement is another. Follow Jayaseelan's link and scroll down. Quite at the bottom you have the Copyright notice. What does that mean? That you cannot reproduce the page as a whole? That you can reproduce part of it? I don't know.

      I repeat I don't know. All that I am saying is that we must not cause any embarrassment to the blog owner.

      Do you know that if Gridman's crosswords are republished elsewhere or if they are collected in book form, the paper expects an acknowledgement that they were originally published in it - though the copyright rests with the author.

      Such being the case, to reproduce in public space a crossword that is published elsewhere without a mention of the source (forget the setter as crosswords were/are published anonymously) is something we can avoid.

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