Friday 31 December 2021

No 13442, Friday 31 Dec 2021, Hypatia

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Rangoli by Gowri

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ACROSS
9   A criminal trial? (9,6) ATTEMPTED MURDER [CD]
10 Bell starts to unusually ring alerting plant (7) GONGURA {GONG}{Un...y}{Ring}{Al...g}
11 Band had cover against counter (7) OBVIATE {OB{V}I}{ATE}
12 Stuff with rice or fresh herb (9) CORIANDER  {RICE+OR}* over {AND}
14 Gentleman from Southern state rising abruptly (5) SAHIB {S}{BIHAr<=}
17 Waves cyberbullies off at first (7) ROLLERS tROLLERS
19 Women mount racing horses for exhibitors (7) SHOWERS {SHO{W}ERS*}
21 Wash this boat’s hatchways at sea (5) YACHT {YACHT+WASH=HATCHWAYS} [CA]
23 New round of fight everyone joined after sunset (9) NIGHTFALL {N}{FIGHT*}{ALL}
25 Green cha? (7) SPINACH {CHA}* [RA]
27 Sumo ring also stores superfood (7) MORINGA [T]
30 Oddly, I design this, then it’s nearly done (3,3,2,2,5) THE END IS IN SIGHT*

DOWN
1   Finally plates a silver dish (4) SAAG {p...eS}{A}{AG}
2   Astonish superstar saving time (4) STUN {S{T}UN}
3   Cut a friend without present (8) AMPUTATE {A}{M{PUT}ATE}
4   Lock Rupee in position (6) STRAND {ST{R}AND}
5   Notice judge at court essentially points and postpones (8) ADJOURNS {AD}{J}{cOURt}{N}{S}
6   Gardner, say engaged by girl with you and me for fruits (6) GUAVAS {G}{U{AVA}S}
7   Intention driving every action, basically (4) IDEA Acrostic &lit
8   Hiding husband’s number in palm, perhaps (4) TREE ThREE
12 Call about old city’s sauce (5) CURRY {C{UR}RY}
13 Trace rabbi and priest with cold (5) RELIC {R}{ELI}{C}
15 Tinge of yellow layer covering a beast? (5) HYENA {H{Ye...w}EN}{A}
16 Herb’s taken up by Malayali’s ability (5) BASIL [T<=]
18 His men do work for composer (8) SONDHEIM*
20 Animal lowering head right behind plant (8) OATGRASS {(-g)OAT(+g)G}{R}{ASS}
22 Coaches Sinatra — mostly dancing (6) TRAINS SINATRa*
24 Move closer to shooting range (6) GAMBIT {s...nG}{AMBIT}
25 Auditors specify location (4) SITE (~cite)
26 Cooking Methi is not hard in particular (4) ITEM METhI*
28 Harass American Indian ethic group (4) NAGA {NAG}{A}
29 Colony members may not use regularly (4) ANTS {mAy+NoT+uSe}

Reference List
Against = V, Southern = S, Women = W, New = N, Time = T, Rupee = R, Notice = AD, Judge = J, Girl = G, Husband = H, Rabbi = R, Cold = C, Right = R, Hard = H, American = A 



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72 comments:

  1. Shay31 December 2021 at 07:06

    12A-CORIANDER=Fresh herb, {RICE}+{OR}+{AND} with
    21A-YACHT=Boat, {HATCHWAYS}-{WASH}
    1D-SAAG=Dish, plate{S}+{A}+{AG} silver
    5D-ADJOURNS-Postpones, {AD} notice +{J}udge+ c{OUR}t + {NS} points
    12D-CURRY=Sauce, {CRY} call, {UR} old city

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  2. Ramesh Kosaraju 31 December 2021 at 08:00

    30A: THE END IS IN SIGHT - it's nearly done
    {I design this then}*
    2D: STUN - astonish
    super star - sun
    time -t
    {s(t)un}}
    7D: IDEA - intention [Acrostic]
    16D: BASIL - herb [RT]
    25D: SITE - location [Homo]
    ~Cite - specify

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  3. Anonymous31 December 2021 at 08:15

    Col - my rangoli please!!!

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  4. Sarathi31 December 2021 at 08:30

    27 A
    MORINGA

    hidden in between words

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  5. Sarathi31 December 2021 at 08:32

    su(MORINGA)lso

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  6. ghaspooscurry31 December 2021 at 08:48

    10a - GONGURA = A plant; Bell = Gong; Starts to U(nusually), R(ing), A(lerting)

    14a- SAHIB =Gentleman; S(outhern); AHIB => Biha(r) -- state rising + abruptly.

    23a- NIGHTFALL = After sunset : N(ew); 'fight ' jumble; All = everyone

    13d- RELIC = Trace: R(abbi); Priest => Eli ; C(old)

    18d- SONDHEIM = American composer: 'His men do'Anagram

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  7. Ravi31 December 2021 at 08:49

    22d. Anagram of Sinatra is trains (coaches)
    18d.His men do anagram gives Sondheim (composer.)
    12d. Call about is cry. Old city ur. Gives you curry for sauce.
    26d. Methi without h gives you item.
    5d. Notice is ad. Judge essentially is j. Pour essentially is our. Points are north and east.(n,s). Anagram gives you adjourns.
    8d.hiding h in number three gives you tree which is a palm .

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  8. Murali31 December 2021 at 09:08

    19A SHOWERS:exhibitors
    W-woman in (horses)*
    28D NAGA - Indian ethnic group
    Harass : nag ; American : A
    NAG+A
    29D ANTS : colony
    ( mAy NoT uSe ) alternate letters

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  9. DrBhanuMurthy31 December 2021 at 09:09

    29.d ants alternates of may not use.

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  10. DrBhanuMurthy31 December 2021 at 09:15

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  11. Murali31 December 2021 at 09:16

    15D HYENA
    tinge of yellow: Y
    layer:HEN covering Y with A
    H(Y)EN+A


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  12. John George31 December 2021 at 09:22

    9A ATTEMPTED MURDER DD

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  13. DrBhanuMurthy31 December 2021 at 09:22

    20.a oatgrass.animal-goat,head lowering-g goes down,r-right,ass-behind.

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  14. sivaram31 December 2021 at 09:24

    9Ac ATTEMPTED MURDER. [CD]
    3dn AMPUTATE. {A}{M{PUT}ATE}. Defn- Cut.
    6dn GUAVAS. {G}{U{AVA}S}. Defn- fruits
    15dn HYENA. {H{Yellow}EN}{A}. Defn-Beast.
    24dn GAMBIT. {shootinG}{AMBIT}. Defn-Move

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  15. John George31 December 2021 at 09:32

    6d G ardener U {AVA} S Fruits

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  16. Neeladri Rao Munagala31 December 2021 at 09:35

    25A: SPINACH

    "?" gives SPIN
    CHA gives ACH

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    1. Col_Gopinath31 December 2021 at 09:39

      So what is the annotation

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    2. Neeladri Rao Munagala31 December 2021 at 10:41

      Spin is also an Anagram indicator. Anagram of CHA gives ACH.
      SPIN + ACH = SPINACH

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  17. balaji31 December 2021 at 09:37

    17 across

    (T) rollers, cyber bullies off at first

    Waves def

    9 attempted murder

    6d Guavas

    Gardner =Ava
    G irl
    You and me =us

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  18. DrBhanuMurthy31 December 2021 at 09:38

    17.a.cyberbullies-trollers,t-off,rollers-waves.

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  19. DrBhanuMurthy31 December 2021 at 09:52

    4.a position-stand,r-in,strand-lock

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  20. sivaram31 December 2021 at 09:52

    For repeats:
    4dn STRAND. {ST{Rupee}AND}. Defn- Lock
    17ac ROLLERS. {(-t) ROLLERS}. Defn- waves

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  21. Col_Gopinath31 December 2021 at 09:59

    Yet to be solved
    Across - 11, 12(Anno only), 21(Anno only), 25
    Down - 22(Anno only)

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  22. Sohil Bhagat31 December 2021 at 10:19

    11A. Obviate - OBI (band) + ATE (had) covering V (against). Obviate means to counter
    12A. (RICE+OR)* stuffed with AND (with)
    21A. WASH+YACHT* is HATCHWAYS (RA)
    25A. Spinach = Green. You get CHA when you SPIN ACH (the group of 3 letters)
    22D. TRAINS = SINATRa* (Sinatra, mostly)

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 December 2021 at 10:38

    Lovely grid. Thoroughly enjoyed solving. Thank you Hypatia. 😊

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    1. Padmanabhan31 December 2021 at 11:44

      +1

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    2. Hypatia1 January 2022 at 02:11

      Thanks MB Sir and Paddy :) Glad you enjoyed the healthy diet in the puzzle.

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  24. Unknown31 December 2021 at 10:38

    3D - Amputate - can't figure out why though

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    1. Col_Gopinath31 December 2021 at 10:43

      No point in saying I cant figure out. You need to put in whatever annotation you know.

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    2. DHCP31 December 2021 at 10:57

      Friend=Ami Present=Date?

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    3. Col_Gopinath31 December 2021 at 11:02

      No.
      See annotation given by Sivaram at 9:24 above

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    4. Unknown31 December 2021 at 11:18

      Couldn't understand how PUT was inserted between M and ATE

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    5. AJ31 December 2021 at 11:25

      Put is present
      A mate is a friend
      A mate without put is A M( PUT) ATE

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    6. Espee31 December 2021 at 11:44

      Here we are adding PUT, so how is the clue "without present"?

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    7. Padmanabhan31 December 2021 at 11:48

      Opposite of within. Put within mate or mate without put. Cryptic.
      A friend (Mate) without Present (Put)
      Earlier,I had a taken a long time to understand this.

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    8. Sritri31 December 2021 at 11:48

      Amputate (cut) without "put" becomes a mate (friend)

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    9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 December 2021 at 12:02

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    10. Espee31 December 2021 at 12:04

      Thanks Sritri and Padmanabhan. Will take a while to assimilate, though!

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    11. AJ31 December 2021 at 12:46

      Without, is opposite of within and hence means outside. This meaning is available in dictionaries but are mentioned to be archaic. This is widely used in crosswords.
      The other without is the opposite of with.

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  25. Prasanna Rao31 December 2021 at 11:01

    22d - Sinatr(-a) — mostly
    Anagram of sinatr - Trains*

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  26. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 December 2021 at 12:22

    For a change Spooner was missing in today's cw but suitably compensated by Reverse Anagram and Composite Anagram clues!!

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  27. N Sridhar31 December 2021 at 12:26

    Gongura, moringa, coriander, methi, saag, curry, basil -enjoyed the fare! Thanks!

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  28. N Sridhar31 December 2021 at 12:27

    Not to forget the great cluing for Spinach!

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  29. Padmanabhan31 December 2021 at 12:42

    So,we have a theme?

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  30. Padmanabhan31 December 2021 at 12:49

    An interesting clue from today's ET-
    Check first of cows coming from bull (4)

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  31. Prasanna Rao31 December 2021 at 13:01

    9a Will be the longest anagram of the Year 2021. I guess.

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  32. Padmanabhan31 December 2021 at 14:17

    It's a CD- not an anagram.

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    1. Prasanna Rao31 December 2021 at 14:41

      sorry Paddy sir. Due to oversight I mentioned 9a (CD). it's 30A (Anagram). Both 9 & 30 occupied he entire row. longest anagram & CD.

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  33. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan31 December 2021 at 16:04

    Lovely healthy grid Hyp :)

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan31 December 2021 at 16:05

      Spooner enjoying vacation ? 🤣

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    2. Hypatia1 January 2022 at 02:10

      Thanks LV:) Couldnt fit a Spooner with the theme constraint.

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  34. Padmanabhan31 December 2021 at 16:37

    New Year eve Holiday!

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  35. C.G. BHARGAV31 December 2021 at 17:07

    V L A D I M I R

    Dressed as a SAHIB he wished to STUN,
    And ADJOURNS his visit to the Vatican,
    Eats Naan with CURRY
    And SAAG in a hurry
    IDEA being to look an outstanding one!

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    1. Hypatia1 January 2022 at 02:13

      Nice limerick CGB Sir. Lovely Rangoli Gowri. Very creative.

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  36. Padmanabhan31 December 2021 at 22:11

    Vladimir going strong!

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  37. sree_sree1 January 2022 at 00:13

    Bye bye 21

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  38. Hypatia1 January 2022 at 02:14

    Thanks to all the solvers and to Colonel for the excellent blog and year long fun. Wish you all a wonderful, healthy and prosperous New Year.

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