Sunday 26 November 2017

Special, Sunday 26 Nov 2017, Amrita


Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
1   Officer's gone away to a big city (7)
5   Worn the caps as covers (7)
9   Area is in chaos without a lift (5)
10 Blasphemy ! Making eclairs round for example? (9)
11 Sign outside that man's book (9)
12 Long period of time starting now (5)
13 Clubs for motorists (7)
15 Gusher to butter up properly? (3,4)
17 Strange, reddish hidden sore (7)
19 Man at university almost bored with regular hall concert (7)
21 A bit unlikely to enter engagement devoid of love and honesty (5)
23 Snort excitedly receiving celebrities jewels (9)
25 Difficulty arising from big limo having an odd roof (9)
26 Drama or talk show channel (5)
27 Rinse mug Elizabeth overturned containing vegetables (7)
28 Spots fake diamonds on speed head? (7)

DOWN
1   Indian bread carried by scoundrel in a vessel (7)
2   Badger, lion, tiger…ambling about…(9)
3   Mysterious great actress (5)
4   Safeguards nearly all points protecting mobile user (7)
5   Almost decide upon a top sketch by a very famous artist (7)
6  Three wheeled drive's front tyres with plastic circles are bought from Egypt essentially? (9)
7   Yeah, kind of over new one with a piercing laugh? (5)
8   Abnormal rentals for area around the centre (7)
14 Lowly creature of either sex with a heartbeat at the onset (9)
16 Church raised money and most of the food stuff for oddball (9)
17 A new adventure right away in soldier's quarter? (7)
18 Twice as many drawings (7)
19 Fidgety son inside, idle in the month of rains (7)
20  Mark intercepting the French sailors (7)
22 States petition for Turk (5)
24 Designed some antique stores (5)

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Enjoy.

70 comments:

  1. 2 d Badger, lion, tiger…ambling about…(9)LOITERING*

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  2. 3D: GRETA (GREAT)*
    12A: YEAR N
    6D: TRICYCLE T+CIRCLE* around Y

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  3. 12a Long period of time starting now (5)YEAR N

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  4. 27A Rinse mug Elizabeth overturned containing vegetables (7)LEGUMES <-T

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  5. 19d Fidgety son inside, idle in the month of rains (7)M(ONS)*OON
    in the place of YEARN already solved by Vasant - Moon means idle also

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  6. 10A SACRILEGE (ECLAIRS)* + EG Rev

    7D HYENA (YEAH)* around N

    8D STERNAL (RENTALS)*

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  7. 4 down E N (SURE)*
    1 across COL OGNE*
    9 acrosd RAISE (AREAIS-A)*

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  8. 4D- Ensures- Safeguards(Def.)
    (ENS)(USER)*
    27A- Legumes- vegetables-rin(SE MUG EL....)*=<

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  9. My 3rd-
    26A-Aorta- Channel- dram(A OR TA)-T

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  10. 3 down: GRETA- actress Greta Garbo - anagram of Great.

    13 across: DRIVERS-- Golf Clubs = Motorists

    9 across: RAISE-- anagram of AREA IS (-A) = Lift

    Good start. Good luck to all others here.

    My Broadband is playing up. Using Jio contraption.-- Jiyo, JIo !!

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  11. 1a Officer's gone away to a big city (7) COL (OGNE)*
    1d. Indian bread carried by scoundrel in a vessel (7) CA(ROTI)D
    11a Sign outside that man's book (9) T(HE'S)AURUS

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  12. Some very good clues in this puzzle.

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  13. 15A Gusher to butter up properly? (3,4) {OIL}{WELL} compensating for 1a.

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  14. 19a M U SIC(-k) AL
    16d EC(ce<-) CENT RIC (-e)
    24d MEANT (T)

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  15. Replies
    1. I agree. It should have been the Spanish.

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    2. I had LA(SCAR)S in mind for 20D, LAS- the french.. works, Satyen?

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    3. Doc. just explained above that only 'Les' is the French and probably it would work in Spanish. Excaly what CV also meanto, I suppose.

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  16. Thanks for the entertainment Amrita!

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  17. 20d - If the ans is what I think it is, the clue is not perfect.

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    1. Just saw Satyen's comment below. Yes, the clue needs to be reworked.

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    1. No Paddy. The in french is Le, La, Les.

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    2. Thank you Doc. Then that puts a question mark on 20D- I read your earlier comment also.

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  19. 25A Difficulty arising from big limo having an odd roof (9) IMB(RoOf)GLIO*
    17D A new adventure right away in soldier's quarter? (7) A + N + TH(r)ILL
    22D States petition for Turk (5) U.S. + BEG

    Very enjoyable puzzle, Amrita!

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    1. Welcome back Fraser after a long break. I think you would have missed the Sunday specials the most.

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    2. Thanks, Paddy...I'm glad to be back! And Amrita...I forgot to choose a favourite (but so many to choose from!) but I'll go with 17D.

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  20. I might get ANGERED if I were to be called ECCENTRIC to solve a crossword puzzle on a beautiful MONSOON Sunday morning. They don't know what we cruciverbalists YEARN for! HYENA??

    Oh! What I MEANT to say was IS IT NOT?
    AM's puzzle ENSURES an enjoyable Sunday morning.

    Let us RAISE a toast.

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  21. Lovely enjoyable CW. Just completed.
    Thank you Amritha for brightening up a rain soaked Sunday morning.

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  22. yet to
    Across
    5,17,21,23, 28
    down
    5,14,18

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  23. Still so many left?
    17d is one of the superb ones.

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  24. 5D : PICASSO PIC[-k] A S[-mall] SO
    17A:ANGERED [T]
    28A: NOTICES NOT ICE S(-pot)

    NIce grid Amrita. Enjoyed solving it.

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  25. ACROSS:
    21 TR[-o+U]TH
    23 OR[NAME]NTS Why plural used in stead of celebrity?
    DOWN;
    18 D OODLES

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    1. 23. Celebrity's probably typo as celebrities.

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  26. Last two for me
    5A - PATCHES*
    14D - EARTHWORM {HEART*}{W}{OR}{M}

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  27. Nice grid, Amrita! Keep them coming :)

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  28. Enjoyed the grid, Amrita! Loved the def in ANTHILL, also liked DOODLES, and AORTA was smooth.

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