Thursday 23 October 2014

Special, Thursday 23 Oct 2014, Rainmon


Three answers per commenter (with annotations) as usual till 6 PM.


ACROSS
1   Cross river without taxi driver? On the contrary (6)
4   Sachin’s opening at crease to save (6)
8   Communication problem with a yearly increasing number (7)
9   Excellent quality solvent (7)
11 Faulty theory won't be interesting (10)
12 Good morning, sweetheart! Play? (4)
13 Voter represented public (5)
14 Niggard's point on religious education with Psalm (8)
16 Upset with sweets from the east (8)
18 Time, time, time, time (5)
20 Put an end to road work (4)
21 Study of cricket related inquiries, perhaps (10)
23 Very sick! Time for settlement (7)
24 Love me during presentation one way or another (7)
25 Slender steel building to store vessels primarily (6)
26 Almost late to get inside jet. Absolutely! (6)

DOWN
1   Forced to change without following a system of principles (5)
2   Economical user ate in a mess (7)
3   Gasbags for fishes (9)
5   Arrogant Australian farmer (5)
6   Bury outside, for example as a whole (7)
7   Pascal's note about ‘Complex number and Shadows’ (9)
10 Boss’s responsibility to give tax (5, 4)
13 Passes away before journey aboard ship (9)
15 Not to begin with Ali Baba’s words on lubricant item used for cooking (6, 3)
17 Get rid of former wife by beating (7)
19 Suffering from torn ligament and weight loss (7)
21 Rowing crew consumed food, we are told (5)
22 Upset dog swallowed egg on last Saturday as a treat (5)

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79 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi23 October 2014 at 08:35

    13a Voter represented public (5) OVERT*
    20a Put an end to road work (4) ST OP
    2d Economical user ate in a mess (7) AUSTERE*
    ---All short, neat, possible openers in the test.

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  2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 October 2014 at 08:37

    6D : Bury outside, for example as a whole (7) INTEGER {INT(EG)ER}

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  3. D.Srinivasan23 October 2014 at 08:38

    2 D Economical user ate in a mess (7) AUSTERE*

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  4. Shrikanth23 October 2014 at 08:39

    11A - NOTEWORTHY - THEORY WON'T *

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  5. Padmanabhan23 October 2014 at 08:41

    15D- Sesame oil
    Not to begin with Alibaba's words- (open) sesame
    Lubricant- oil
    Def.- Used for cooking

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  6. Ramani23 October 2014 at 08:43

    22 Upset dog swallowed egg on last Saturday as a treat (5) GO O D Y

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  7. D.Srinivasan23 October 2014 at 08:44

    15D 15 Not to begin with Ali Baba’s words on lubricant item used for cooking (6, 3) SESAME ( Ali Baba’s words)OIL ( lubricant item)

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  8. Shrikanth23 October 2014 at 08:44

    25A - SVELTE - STEEL* V inside

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  9. Padmanabhan23 October 2014 at 08:44

    24A- Somehow
    One way or another- Def.
    Presentation- Show
    Love me- ome
    During- insertion indiacator

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  10. Padmanabhan23 October 2014 at 08:46

    19D- Ailment
    (Ligament)*- G (weight loss)

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  11. Shrikanth23 October 2014 at 08:49

    19D - AILMENT - LIGAMENT* - G

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  12. D.Srinivasan23 October 2014 at 09:04

    21 Rowing crew consumed food, we are told (5) EIGHT

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  13. Ramani23 October 2014 at 09:10

    4 Sachin’s OPENING at crease to save (6) S CRIMP

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 October 2014 at 09:13

    21A : Study of cricket related inquiries, perhaps (10) ENTOMOLOGY(GK) Study of insects(cricket)

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  15. Ramani23 October 2014 at 09:16

    12 Good morning, sweetheart! Play? (4) G AM E

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 October 2014 at 09:21

    26A : Almost late to get inside jet. Absolutely! (6) FLATLY {FL(LATe)Y} Def : Absolutely

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  17. D.Srinivasan23 October 2014 at 09:21

    compensating for 15d: 26 Almost late to get inside jet. Absolutely! (6) FLATLY Lat(e) (get inside jet) Fly = def: absolutely

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  18. Raghunath23 October 2014 at 09:31

    ACROSS:
    1 Cross river without taxi driver? On the contrary (6)C(R)ABBY
    4 Sachin’s opening at crease to save (6)S(CRIMP)
    23 Very sick! Time for settlement (7)V+ILL+AGE

    All very nice clues.

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    1. Raghunath23 October 2014 at 09:32

      1A My favourite type of clue

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    2. Raghunath23 October 2014 at 09:35

      Just that 4 seems incomplete. 'To save' what? The match, I think, but does it convey.

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  19. Unknown23 October 2014 at 09:52

    7 Pascal's note about ‘Complex number and Shadows’ (9)
    PENUMBRAS {P{NUMBER*}AS}
    Def: Shadows

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  20. Unknown23 October 2014 at 10:16

    1 Forced to change without following a system of principles (5)
    CREDO {FORCED*} - F
    Def: A system of principles

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  21. Raghunath23 October 2014 at 10:17

    Compensating for Scrimp:

    13d OUTS(TRIP)S

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  22. Unknown23 October 2014 at 10:27

    8 Communication problem with a yearly increasing number (7)
    MESSAGE {MESS}{AGE}
    Def: Communication

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  23. RameshJ23 October 2014 at 10:32

    9 A Excellent quality solvent (7) {ACE} {TONE}

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  24. RameshJ23 October 2014 at 10:33

    14A Niggard's point on religious education with Psalm (8) {MISER}{E}{RE}

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  25. RameshJ23 October 2014 at 10:34

    16A Upset with sweets from the east (8) {STRESSED<=}

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  26. Rengaswamy23 October 2014 at 11:15

    3D Gasbags for fishes (9) BIG MOUTHS (DD)

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  27. Deepak Gopinath23 October 2014 at 11:20

    Leftovers

    Across - 18

    Down - 5, 10, 17

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  28. Suresh23 October 2014 at 11:25

    5D COCKY (dd)
    10D STAMP DUTY
    18A S T AGE

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  29. Ramani23 October 2014 at 11:28

    How S is time? Second?

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    1. VMA Nair23 October 2014 at 11:50

      Yes one level of indirection.but have seen similar things in THC

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  30. Deepak Gopinath23 October 2014 at 11:30

    Correction to anno of 7D

    {P{ENUMBR*}A}{E}

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  31. Rengaswamy23 October 2014 at 11:32

    10 Boss’s responsibility to give tax (5, 4) STAMP DUTY
    Boss = STAMP
    Responsibility = DUTY

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  32. Vinayak23 October 2014 at 11:39

    17D: {EX}{PULSE}

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  33. Deepak Gopinath23 October 2014 at 11:44

    That's it then for today. Thanks to Rainmon

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  34. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 October 2014 at 11:49

    Nice, simple and elegant crossy. I couldn't get 18A STAGE, nevertheless enjoyed solving it. Thank you Rainmon. :)

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  35. Padmanabhan23 October 2014 at 11:59

    Thank you Rainmon & Col. NIce and enjoyable and more important, it filled a void.

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  36. VMA Nair23 October 2014 at 12:04

    Thank you Col, Kishore, Bhavan

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  37. Raghunath23 October 2014 at 12:19

    Very nice crossword, Rainmon!

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  38. Suresh23 October 2014 at 12:24

    Nice cw. Stage was last to fall, what with the wide choice of words available to fill S_A_E.

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  39. Aakash Sridhar23 October 2014 at 12:38

    Very enjoyable crossword ...
    Thank you ...

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    1. VMA Nair23 October 2014 at 13:28

      Thanks man. Will ping you once there . This weekend or next ;-)

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  40. raju umamaheswar23 October 2014 at 13:41

    Rains in Coimbatore here ! While it is sizzling HOT in Bombay ! Thanks to RainMon who stood by as an old reliable for his wonderful compilation, compelling one to stay indoors, with one's favourite activity! ENTOMOLOGY reminds one of Rainmon and Kunjumol !!

    Ajeesh-ukriya !!

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  41. ranger23 October 2014 at 15:42

    Very nice puzzle

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  42. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan23 October 2014 at 15:59

    Very nice CW Rain :)

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  43. Deepak Gopinath23 October 2014 at 16:12

    The weather in Coimbatore makes me feel like I'm in Ooty

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    1. VMA Nair23 October 2014 at 16:20

      Even in Chennai. feel like to have a black dog :)

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 October 2014 at 17:01

      ...with a hot dog to munch?!

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    3. raju umamaheswar23 October 2014 at 17:32

      Deepak: Sre you here in CBE? You say OOTY-- I say Narobi-- natural air- conditioner !!

      Ajeesh: Beware of the evil- Madras eye that is doing its visitations there right now !!

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    4. Deepak Gopinath23 October 2014 at 18:28

      Raju,
      Yes I am with my M-i-l, wife, son and d-i-l and Cocoa my dog (who has been hiding all the time due to the crackers despite giving him a tranquiliser!), not doing any visiting due to that and spending time with my mother at home

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 October 2014 at 18:54

      My dog Dumbu doesn't hide but comes out barking at those guys firing crackers! So we shut all the doors and keep him indoors! BTW it's a native breed.

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  44. Vasant23 October 2014 at 18:03

    Could do the crossie only after 5 as it was a working day here. Excellent clues. Njoyed thoroughly.

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  45. Sowmya23 October 2014 at 18:04

    Enjoyable. Crossword Rainmon. Keep it up:) Remembered seeing Austere, Overt and Stage before

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  46. Raghunath23 October 2014 at 20:06

    Thanks for knighting me, Rainmon!

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    1. VMA Nair23 October 2014 at 20:38

      Welcome Sir!

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    2. Deepak Gopinath23 October 2014 at 21:19

      Only The Phantom was knighted

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    3. VMA Nair23 October 2014 at 21:34

      ;-) Actually I saw a person like Raghu yesterday at RA puram Sangeetha hotel . Same look and silver hair ;-)

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  47. Raghunath23 October 2014 at 22:13

    You've guessed it. It's The Phantom, Ghost...

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    1. VMA Nair23 October 2014 at 22:23

      With silver hair :-D

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    2. Raghunath24 October 2014 at 08:23

      Old jungle saying: "He who sees the Phantom's face, ...".

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  48. Balaji25 October 2014 at 13:56

    Super clues Rainmona... Very nice and crisp. Keep it coming!!

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