Sunday 9 June 2013

Special, Sunday 09 Jun 13, Afterdark


Each commenter may give upto 3 answers each with annotations.


ACROSS
1 Most valuable heads off 4 Ac ran amok on a donkey (6)
4 Wander after a fruit without end on a tree (8)
9 Contents of author on an isotope (6)
10 Flaunt cereal food (8)
12 Easy mingling is growing (8)
13 Tipsy general in strange surroundings gets authority (6)
15 Crap essays betray counterfeits (4)
16 Frauds rein newly formed charity event (10)
19 European Union, rather the other continent is for assisted suicide (10)
20 Birds on local trains? (4)
23 Official method to shape aluminium (6)
25 In other words, say Nora a goodbye (8)
27 Ignore the past cast (8)
28 Convoy Europeans arrived in. hid a peeping tom (6)
29 Yiddish dish in a parcel Hong Kong served up (8)
30 Award engineers trail (6)

DOWN
1 Egg case experts returned after crazy taunt (7)
2 By 13.00 hours, soldiers arrive at the junction for compensation (9)
3 Rich men ought to have plenty (6)
5 Right way? Confused, gone wrong way! (4)
6 Nitrogen mixed with adhesive & others forms an alloy (8)
7 Beacon I once possessed had a bulb (5)
8 Once heard comedy to resurface requires a resurrector (7)
11 We, at India enveloped in a nearly inane cruelty (7)
14 Officer is an eccentric mad liar (7)
17 Therefore, out of place weekday fast makes one sleepy (9)
18 Real pal, left in a frenzy but side by side (8)
19 Matted hair the spanish females secure (7)
21 Two fights involved a bird (7)
22 Conditional release after Indian state hauled up representation (6)
24 Sombre evening featuring a steward (5)
26 Pertaining to animals, Australia turns up incharge (4) 



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64 comments:

  1. Venkatesh9 June 2013 at 10:45

    25 In other words, say Nora a goodbye (8) SAYANORA*
    28 Convoy Europeans arrived in. hid a peeping tom (6) VOYEUR (T)

    DOWN
    14 Officer is an eccentric mad liar (7) ADMIRAL*

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    1. Richard9 June 2013 at 11:02

      Shouldn't it be SAYONARA?

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    2. Venkatesh9 June 2013 at 11:15

      Yes, it is SAYONARA.
      made famous in the Hindi song featuring Mala Sinha.

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    3. Shrikanth9 June 2013 at 11:16

      Yes. Just checked. But now crossings will go for a toss. :(

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    4. Richard9 June 2013 at 11:19

      Venkatesh 11:15 it was Asha Parekh in Love in Tokyo.

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    5. Venkatesh9 June 2013 at 11:24

      Richard, You are very correct. Sung by Lata Mangeshkar, the song featured Asha Parekh and Joy Mukherjee on the screen.

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  2. Jayaseelan9 June 2013 at 10:46

    16A FUNDRAISER *(Frauds rein)
    19A {EU}{THAN}{ASIA}
    14D ADMIRAL *(mad liar)

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  3. Jayaseelan9 June 2013 at 11:01

    substn for 14D

    5D AWRY *(R + way)

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  4. Raghunath9 June 2013 at 11:08

    6 Nitrogen mixed with adhesive & others forms an alloy (8){GU(N)M*}ETAL
    7 Beacon I once possessed had a bulb (5) ONION [T]
    24 Sombre evening featuring a steward (5) REEVE [T]

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  5. Venkatesh9 June 2013 at 11:09

    @Afterdark,
    1D should have 'expert', not 'experts'

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    1. Shrikanth9 June 2013 at 11:12

      Yes Venkatesh . Also this happens to be an indirect anagram . I failed to notice that too :(

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  6. David Jayaprakash John9 June 2013 at 11:11

    20A - EMUS

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  7. David Jayaprakash John9 June 2013 at 11:13

    20A (anno) - Electric multiple unit (local trains)

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  8. Richard9 June 2013 at 11:14

    15A - APES (T)
    19A - EUTHANASIA {EU}{THAN}{ASIA} charade
    18D - PARALLEL {REAL+PAL+R*}

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  9. Unknown9 June 2013 at 12:32

    4A Wander after a fruit without end on a tree (8) MANGROVE { mang(-o) + rove }
    30A Award engineers trail (6) BESTOW (BES)(TOW)
    21D Two fights involved a bird (7) SPARROW (SPAR)(ROW)

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  10. RameshJ9 June 2013 at 12:39

    16 Frauds rein newly formed charity event (10) FUNDRAISER (FRAUDS REIN)*

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  11. RameshJ9 June 2013 at 12:41

    17 Therefore, out of place weekday fast makes one sleepy (9) SOMNOLENT {SO}{MON*}{LENT}

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    1. Raghunath9 June 2013 at 12:51

      Why the asterisk?

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    2. RameshJ9 June 2013 at 13:13

      To indicate that mno is an anagram of mon.

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    3. Raghunath9 June 2013 at 13:48

      Sorry, didn't notice that. So another indirect anagram?

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    4. RameshJ9 June 2013 at 13:51

      Yes, but with a max of 30 combinations.

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    5. Raghunath9 June 2013 at 15:05

      I got 12 using mon tue wed fri. Is it thurs to get the remaining 18? Forgot my maths.

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    6. Raghunath9 June 2013 at 15:08

      Thur should give 16 combinations. Hope probability theory is right.

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    7. Kishore9 June 2013 at 17:23

      24, 4x3x2x1 pr 4!

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    8. Kishore9 June 2013 at 17:26

      Mon* is 3! =6
      Monday* is 6!= 120

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    9. Raghunath9 June 2013 at 17:49

      Thanks for refreshing the probability funda, Kishore. So that's how Ramesh got 30 from Mon - Fri

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    10. Kishore9 June 2013 at 18:32

      You are right in the assmption that he considered only the 3 letter short forms. If he had considered the full forms, ....( home work for Raghu, give me te answer tomorrow)

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    11. Raghunath9 June 2013 at 19:24

      There was room only for 3 letter forms. Re your assignment, hope I don't have Monday morning blues.

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    12. Kishore9 June 2013 at 19:45

      Room for only 3 is an a posteriori proposition

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    13. RameshJ9 June 2013 at 20:58

      I took that for each combo of 3 letters, the first letter can be chosen in 3 ways, the second in 2 ways , the third in 1 way. So for each weekday we get 3*2*1=6 ways to arrange. 5 weekdays makes it 5*6=30

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  12. RameshJ9 June 2013 at 12:42

    22 Conditional release after Indian state hauled up representation (6) PAROLE {AP<-}{ROLE}

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  13. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan9 June 2013 at 12:47

    23A Official method to shape aluminium (6) FORMAL (FORM+AL)
    @Afterdark Why shape ?

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    1. Raghunath9 June 2013 at 12:54

      AD probably meant Official method as FORMAL and shape: FORM.
      Both method & shape: FORM.

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    2. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan9 June 2013 at 12:57

      Thanks Ragunath.I took method = Form,so got confused.

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    3. Shrikanth9 June 2013 at 13:14

      Raghu ah @ 12.54 is right

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  14. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan9 June 2013 at 12:55

    1D Egg case experts returned after crazy taunt (7) OOTHECA {(HOOT)*+ACE<-)

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  15. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan9 June 2013 at 13:08

    21D Two fights involved a bird (7) SPARROW (SPAR+ROW)

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan9 June 2013 at 13:29

      10A Flaunt cereal food (8) BRANDISH (BRAN+DISH)

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  16. Shrikanth9 June 2013 at 13:24

    Since Colonel is away on an engagement, I am posting this . Leftovers are 1A, 9A, 10A, 12A, 13A, 27A, 29A, 2D, 3D, 8D, 11D, 19D, 26D

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  17. RameshJ9 June 2013 at 13:31

    Compensating for 16A
    19D Matted hair the spanish females secure (7) ELFLOCK {EL}{F}{LOCK}

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  18. Deepak Gopinath9 June 2013 at 16:15

    My 3

    9A - THORON [T]
    2D - {AT}{ONE}{MEN}{T}
    11D - {IN}{HUMAN(-e)}

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    1. Shrikanth9 June 2013 at 19:41

      Colonel you may want to check the anno for 11D :)

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    2. Jayaseelan9 June 2013 at 22:39

      Is it {IN(HUM)AN(-e)}? We, at India = HUM in nearly inane = INAN(-e)

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    3. Shrikanth10 June 2013 at 05:18

      It is Jayaseelan. You are right.

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  19. Deepak Gopinath9 June 2013 at 16:25

    Back after the Blind rally. Did around 45 KM with a visually challenged navigator. Ran into lot of problems as the instructions were given in Kilometers and my 1956 model FIAT had an Odometer with Miles on it with no further divisions like you have Km & M in the newer versions of cars besides having a resettable odometer. Secondly the instructions in Braille given to the Navigator were quite poorly made out which made it difficult to comprehend, for example one read "At 15.45 right-left"!! So does that mean go right or left? Anyhow I somehow managed to complete the circuit after losing about 45 minutes in between as a result, by the time we reached the last few check points there were no marshals available to sign the check sheet. Was disappointed overall. The bright part of the day was that the car performed beautifully except for a few tense moments over the first 4 or 5 KMs when the Dynamo was not charging, I was almost on the verge of calling it off when suddenly the Dynamo kicked in.

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    1. Kishore9 June 2013 at 17:27

      May the force be with you!

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    2. Kishore9 June 2013 at 17:29

      4 and 5 figure prominently in your report, especially as 45

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    3. Kishore9 June 2013 at 17:30

      Look at the time of posting too

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    4. Col_Gopinath9 June 2013 at 18:38

      I should have waited for 4:45 !

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  20. Padmanabhan9 June 2013 at 18:33

    3D- Enough-T- mENOUGHt

    27A- Overlook

    Past- Over
    Cast- Look

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  21. Padmanabhan9 June 2013 at 18:36

    26D- Zoic
    Australia returning- ZO
    Incharge-IC
    Def.- Pertaining to animals.
    It was a new word for me and I had to look up the dictionary to confirm.

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  22. raju umamaheswar9 June 2013 at 19:15

    1 A: ONAGER (MANGROVE) a donkey

    8down:EXHUMER Ressurrector

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    1. Col_Gopinath9 June 2013 at 19:25

      Raju,
      Please provide the annotations for these two. Giving the annotations is compulsory

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    2. Jayaseelan9 June 2013 at 19:53

      {(-m)ANGRO(-v)E}*
      {EX}{HUMER}

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    3. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan9 June 2013 at 21:02

      8D EX+HUMER(HUMOUR~)

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  23. raju umamaheswar9 June 2013 at 19:19

    13A: REGNUM ( RUM GEN )

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  24. Col_Gopinath9 June 2013 at 21:17

    Still leftover

    A - 12 & 29

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  25. Raghunath9 June 2013 at 22:34

    Tks AD for the special.

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  26. raju umamaheswar9 June 2013 at 22:35

    12 A: Easy mingling -and growing- Easy -E- mingling-- merging-- EMERGING-- growing, as in a emerging economy

    28A- KREPLACH Yiddish dish in parcel HongKong set up (8) KREPLAECH-- Hong ong's HK in reverse with parcel in side.

    Sorry, I didn't bother to annotate as it is not a very peasant activity once you have solved the clue !! I'll try and obey you . SIR !!

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  27. Deepak Gopinath10 June 2013 at 06:41

    Raju,
    Please also stick to the rule of 3 answers per commenter

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    1. raju umamaheswar10 June 2013 at 07:02

      I thought it was open when you declared the remaining clues as open. I didn't know the rule applied after your declaration too !! sorry SIR

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