Saturday 17 February 2018

No 12243, Saturday 17 Feb 2018, Vulcan


Answer and anno for 11A left for a first time commenter till 10AM. 
I'm Stumped by 8D

ACROSS
1   Fault or niggle in a book (4,4) GONE GIRL*
5   Hungary's capital, a fine city (6) HARARE {Hu...y}{A}{RARE}
10 Live in bliss every second — unseen, in disguise and inconspicuous (9) INVISIBLE {LIVE+IN+BlIsS}*}
11 Pain of a sportswoman, one that's knocked out (5) G?I??  (Addendum - GRIEF {GR(-a+ie)IEF) - See comments)
12 Marketplaces run in a state on strike (6) AGORAS {A}{GO{R}A}{S}
13 Picture of gold placed on the surface (7) TABLEAU {TABLE}{AU}
14 One celeb I'm annoyed with, a fool (8) IMBECILE {1+CELEB+IM}*
15 It's got one foot over a deer (6) WAPITI {IT}{1}{PAW}<=
18 Saw agent wearing brown (6) TREPAN {T{REP}AN}
20 Deny having critical mail on CD (8) DISCLAIM {DISC}{MAIL*}
22 New leader working along with Fox (7) NONPLUS {New}{ON}{PLUS}
25 Writer, old and tired perhaps (6) EDITOR {O+TIRED}*
27 Main variable describing an alloy (5) INVAR [T]
28 Carpet that's extremely rare, neat also (9) REPRIMAND {RarE}{PRIM}{AND}
29 Student is taken into medical department to volunteer (6) ENLIST {EN{L}IS}T}
30 The ones he notes? These are not straight (8) ANAGRAMS Definition by example

DOWN
1   Purchase beef cut (4) GRIP GRIPe
2   It's new in Mumbai, a triangular section that's passable (9) NAVIGABLE {NAVI}{GABLE}
3   Good to have an almost firm stomach (7) GASTRIC {G}{A}{STRICt}
4   Strongly or subtly different! (8) ROBUSTLY*
6   A large book, primarily about a maths subject (7) ALGEBRA {A+LARGE+Book}*
7   Wake up in Paris early (5) ARISE [T]
8   Aura of a character — with love invariably unconditional — magical primarily (9) E?F?U?I?M (Addendum - EFFLUVIUM {EFF}{LUV}{In...y}{Un...l}{Ma...l} - See comments)
9   Ones trained to provide shelter (4) NEST [T]
14 Club tennis? I have to be serious? (9) INTENSIVE {TENNIS}*{IVE}
16 Maria, not a bad lover (9) INAMORATA*
17 Defenceless one wiped out (4-4) WIDE-OPEN*
19 Attracts each and every user all over (7) ALLURES*
21 Roof covering, say (7) CEILING (~sealing)
23 Unusual story (5) NOVEL [DD]
24 Individual with class (4) SORT [DD]
26 Rules basically skipped in poems (4) ODES cODES

GRID

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32 comments:

  1. Raghunath17 February 2018 at 08:33

    30 The ones he notes? These are not straight (8) ANAGRAMS Definition by example
    I think it is: The Ones = He notes* ?

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  2. D.Chandrasekhar17 February 2018 at 08:37

    11A GRIEF = pain, ( sportswoman = GRAF + IE (that's) -A ) Steffi graf - tennis player

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    1. Padmanabhan17 February 2018 at 08:46

      10A- what is the significance of 'every' in the clue? It not only seems unnecessary, but also misleading.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 February 2018 at 08:51

      I felt that "in disguise and inconspicuous" is the def

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    3. Raghunath17 February 2018 at 08:51

      How do you remove LS from BLISS? Every second unseen is every second letter deleted

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    4. Raghunath17 February 2018 at 08:52

      Answer is for Padmanabhan

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    5. Padmanabhan17 February 2018 at 09:45

      Thank you Raghu. I missed the removal of 'i'.

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  3. Raghunath17 February 2018 at 08:48

    12a S for strike?

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  4. Bhavan17 February 2018 at 09:16

    8 Aura of a character — with love invariably unconditional — magical primarily (9) E?F?U?I?M ()

    aura = effluvium
    a character = eff (f)
    love = luv
    invariably unconditional magic = i...u...m

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    1. sree_sree17 February 2018 at 09:19

      +1.

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    2. Vasant17 February 2018 at 09:41

      Tough clue. Word is unknown. Eff=f hard to figure. Love=luv though common in sms lingo pretty uncommon in cryptics

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    3. Padmanabhan17 February 2018 at 09:46

      I agree Vasant. Too many variables to solve.

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 February 2018 at 09:49

      As per dictionaries, F is EF ans plural of F is EFF

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 February 2018 at 10:08

      Sadly, I didn't find effluvium as synonym for aura in dict. Effluvium is bad odour emanating from gases/waste.

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    6. Vasant17 February 2018 at 10:16

      It is there in free dict

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    7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 February 2018 at 10:23

      Thanks Vasant. I saw it online.

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    8. Padmanabhan17 February 2018 at 10:55

      But Free dic. also gives this meaning-

      3. An impalpable emanation; an aura.

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  5. Ramani17 February 2018 at 10:22

    19d - Can 'each and every' be taken as all and all over be taken anagram indicator?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 February 2018 at 10:26

      Yes for each and every. but all over may indicate reversal only. Probably all out can

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    2. sree_sree17 February 2018 at 13:50

      I took it that way. All over as snag ind.

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  6. raju umamaheswar17 February 2018 at 11:15

    Very nicely constructed cryptic clues, like WAPITI, NAVIGABLE, REPRIMAND and NONPLUS. EFFLUVIUM is normally used to mean emanating bad odour of gas or waste, which I am so disgusted with while passing through open sewages in Coimbatore, ugh !

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV17 February 2018 at 13:16

    Are you in GRIEF over the EFFLUVIUM
    Is it more INTENSIVE than from Cooum?
    Better be wise
    And ROBUSTLY ARISE
    SORT it out through proper forum.

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  8. C.G. BHARGAV17 February 2018 at 13:18

    Are you hp RU = Raju Umamaheswar

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  9. D.Chandrasekhar17 February 2018 at 13:33

    Can " first time commentators " be repeaters too ?

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    1. Padmanabhan17 February 2018 at 16:12

      'First time commenters' was coined when someone commented about the term 'rookie'. Apart from that no restrictions on anyone commenting. Col. has explained this earlier except when in specials everyone's comments are restricted 2/3/4 as the case maybe.

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    2. Col_Gopinath17 February 2018 at 23:05

      The words first time commenter and rookie is just being used to encourage all the silent followers to come out and make their presence known. You yourselves can decide when you want to be k own as a regular commenter rather than a first timer or a rookie

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  10. VMA Nair17 February 2018 at 13:51

    Where is Vulcan ji? Long time no see

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  11. raju umamaheswar17 February 2018 at 14:14

    Ravin' in vain v NIRAV ? He has left us Viran by AIR VN !

    He must have already changed his name to N RAVI or Arvin or erwin and has ran off to

    IRAN or Nari. Modi has enough DIaMOnds in his name to safe his name !

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  12. Padmanabhan17 February 2018 at 16:09

    Lot of reversals,additions,deleions,enjoyables......:-)

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