Thursday 20 September 2012

Bharat Bundh Jumbo Special, Wednesday 19 Sep 12, Arden

Here's the special for today and it's a Jumbo from Arden.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  EACH SOLVER CAN SUBMIT 3 ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION, WITH ANNOTATIONS OF COURSE.

2.  THE CW WILL REMAIN OPEN TILL TOMORROW SO THAT VISITORS FROM OTHER TIME ZONES CAN ALSO HAVE A CRACK AT IT.

3.  THIS TIME AROUND THE ACROSS LITE VERSION IS BELOW THE GRID AND CLUES.




ACROSS
1   Release before suffering from the bends (13,8)
12 Auto maker had said yes when raided (7)
13 Decent one somehow gets tempted (7)
14 Air India follows call to this destination (5)
15 Note 47 is drowning in drink - make it forever (10)
16 Copies returned to new artist as he wants to break free (10)
18 Set up when associate loses right on return (6)
20 Port worker meets up with protagonist in 'From here to eternity' (7)
21 Plead with a friend to bring in private equity (6)
24 Over at Reuters, may be it is highly valued (8,5)
26 Throw one in a game (7)
28 Maintain standard disregarding time (4)
29 It is important that a girl has the oomph (5)
30 Fish for Jack, perhaps (5)
31 Country gets admitted with a formal introduction (4)
35 Issue when the sea cow's tail goes over its head (7)
36 For one who is so young, well...it is fashionable to know (6,7)
37 Small presence in the excreta of  bears (6)
39 A custodian for waters flowing over Germany (7)
41 Old Roman had clubs and diamonds...or, it was the other way around (6)
44 A technocrat works to keep you dry (6,4)
45 Get remission with a barrel of liquid (10)
48 The one before was headless abalone (5)
49 Attires fashioned thus are the most pretentious (7)
50 Summon the man back, before he finished his meal (7)
51 Play for teams and the awareness will create a steady flow of thought (6,2,13)

DOWN
1   Set of gears resolve a question in mathematics (12,9)
2   She cursed when left out of the ring (5)
3   Month - one as in cross dressing (10)
4   Not good plate to perforate (6)
5   Climbs over kin (7)
6   It is a very small part of the audiotape (4)
7   Clean up war- one explosion could be from this (7,6)
8   Kapil Dev, for example, is partly behind Ian Botham (6)
9   It is a crime to be sleeping with a child (10)
10 Much water has flown out, since Brigette Bardot followed direction over edit (7)
11 With brilliance, refutes radiation monitors (13,8)
17 Faint strokes conquered with inner love (5)
19 She got her seat changed (7)
22 There is support for the returning Indian, who is given a very warm treatment (7)
23 Cancel score (7)
25 Last train can't travel across the pond, as some would say (13)
27 Regularly killed after fight, in a flash (7)
32 Man embraces girl, and a dolly gets a Royal charter (5,5)
33 Fight and cry right inside (5)
34 Free copper left mired in debt? It doesn't make sense (10)
38 A ship gets the flag right away (7)
40 Big bird getting bit old, perhaps it is all mechanical (7)
42 Zero tax on company returns, is on the book size (6)
43 Relinquish because of pride (6)
46 Angry provo meets Lawrence (5)
47 May be some international flyer (4)


Enjoy solving.

88 comments:

  1. Just saw the online edition of The HINDU and found that the CW is available. I shall post tthat at the regular time of 8:30, meanwhile enjoy the Jumbo special.

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  2. Hi,

    9D KID NAPPING
    30A SPRAT
    19D THERESA*

    This is definitely a bonus, as Sankalak awaits you on Orkut and he too refers to the bends today

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  3. 24a TREASURE TROVE {over at reuters}

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  4. 1A {DECOMPRESSION} {SICKNESS}
    12A {FOR{AYE}D}
    14 {DUB}{AI}

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  5. Jayaseelan,

    Your fourth answer has been removed as the limit is 3 answers per person. Please follow the instructions given at the beginning of the CW.

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  6. 7D (NUCLEAR WEAPON)*

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  7. 48 -(f)ormer

    8 Indian (T)

    25 transatlantic*

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  8. Solved many. But posting just a single to give chance to others, esp., new members.

    10D - {E(BB)(E)D}

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    1. That's good Richard. Hope I had thought of that. Yesterday, the newbies had completed even before I pitched in.

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  9. Jayaseelan @ 7:55

    No problem, mistakes happen

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  10. Richard @ 8:08,

    Your answer doesn't fit the bill!!

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  11. I smell the sea in most clues !

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    1. But, surprisingly, did not smell a rat yesterday!

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    2. How come? There were enough rodents to cause leptrospirosis!

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  12. Kishore,

    I thought you would answer 1D

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    1. I just picked up some at random. Probably as Plum says, my sprockets weren't running true with my differential this morn

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  13. 10D-
    Ebbtide
    E-direction
    Brigette Bardot- BB
    edit*-tide
    Hope it fit the bill !

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  14. 1D- Differential Equations

    differential- A set of gears
    A question*- equations

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  15. lot of clues on a working day......

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    1. Ajeesh, us Bangaloreans are cooling our heels today.

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  16. 49.a.ARTIEST. DEF: PRETENTIOUS. CLUE. ANAGRAM OF ATTIRES

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  17. 3.D. MAYONNAISE. DEF.FOOD DRESSING. CLUE. MONTH=MAY +ONE AS IN.

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  18. 16 A SEPARATIST (Copies -APES <-returned = SEPA+ artist)

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  19. Three cheers to Arden!

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  20. 28.A. AVER. STATNDARD= AVERAGE.DISREGARDING TIME=AGE.

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  21. 51A - STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS (FOR TEAMS* + AWARENESS = CONSCIOUSNESS)

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  22. Two from my side:

    11D: SCINTILLATION COUNTERS
    Def: radiation monitors
    SCINTILLATION from Brilliance
    COUNTERS from refutes

    38A: SPRING CHICKEN
    Def: one who is so young
    SPRING from well
    CHIC from it is fashionable
    KEN from to know

    Thanks to Arden and Col for providing this. Really enjoyed solving this.

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  23. 2D - CIRCE - {CIRCLE} -L
    44A: TRENCH COAT - ANAGRAM
    47D: TERN

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  24. 24a TREASURE TROVE-- anagram

    38A: SPRING CHICKEN

    11 D SCINTILLATION COUNTERS

    No Papers to read in the morning, no milk for coffee, all shops closed, power cut6s and fluctuations on and often with wifey yelling 'Light chalee gayee'; get off the comp; we have to spend the whole day on the UPS etc. With such vociferous exhortations,can only sit and meditate and chant: mera Bharat mahaan !! and cooling ones heels, before the PC, which refuses to print. Why Col? Is there no print possibility? Oscillating between clues, up and down , back and forth, caused an eyestrain and gave up the battle. Please do advise how to save the puzzle in print form.An excellent elephant form.Good job, Arden. Took me back to the Giant puzzles I used to do in Nairobi from the Times of London, carrying 500 st Pounds prize which was never won, anyway, since I was always late in submission due to time zones.My cup of woes floweth and floweth and spilleth and spilleth, as are my tears !!

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  25. 23 D SCRATCH
    27 D SPARKLE { SPAR + (k)i(l)l(e)d }

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  26. Substituting for repeat of 44A
    4D: RIDDLE - {GRIDDLE} - G

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  27. 38D STEAMER (flag= Streamer R removed)

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  28. Eagerly waiting to compare 32d, 35a, 42d, 26a with my solution

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  29. Raju @ 12:18,

    All you have to do is highlight the image of the grid and the clues, right click on it, copy it and then paste it into 'Word' on your computer and then print it.

    There is no direct print option from the blog

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    1. thanks col.will try when tneb obliges.for the nonce playing scrabble with wifey.next best to crosswords to
      keep peace at home.alas xword is a solo game. thank god for small mercies.

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  30. Can we post more than 3 answers?

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  31. substituting for a repeat of 23 D:
    26A CANASTA (card game)

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  32. All Down answers for a puzzle that is all excellently clued up

    40 - RO(BOTI*)C
    42 - OC + TAV + O <=
    43 - FOR + EGO

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  33. a2z_iima,

    You need to tell us how you worked out the answers as shown below

    18A (-r)ENTRAP <-
    29A {V{IT}AL}
    35A (+e)EMANATE(-e)

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  34. Left overs

    Across - 15, 20, 31, 37, 39, 41, 45, 50

    Down - 17, 22, 32, 33, 34

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  35. 45A ABSOLUTION A Barrel SOLUTION(liquid)

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  36. In case 15A is incorrect, i solved 34D- Free-rid, copper-cu, left-l ,debt- ious makes it as RIDICULOUS

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  37. 15A: ETERNALISE [E(note)+TERN(from answer to 47)+IS inside ALE

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  38. 37: URSINE (S inside URINE)

    I thought I published two more earlier but can't find them now!
    Anyway great puzzle and some enjoyable time spent

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  39. K, I have one more in my quota, so
    50A: EVOCATE [COVE (man) backwards + ATE]

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  40. Remaining
    Across 20, 31, 41
    Down 17, 22

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  41. Answers may be given along with clues like our Col's answers so that scrollings are avoided.

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  42. Jumbo jump in page views of our blog- thanks to Arden and his excellent contribution. Thank you & keep them coming- the day it appears is a special day & not vice versa !!

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  43. 31A MALI (T)
    41A (C)(ICE)(RO<-)
    17D S WO(O)N

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  44. Two clues left: 20A & 22D (with CV's favourite - 'support')

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  45. who is the lucky one to solve 20 across and 22 down :-P

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  46. Lucky me .. There seems a few more left :)

    20 Port worker meets up with protagonist in 'From here to eternity' (7)
    Port = Defn
    Worker = Ant
    Prew from Prewitt in From here to eternity movie

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    1. Thanks Ajeesh for adding the missing piece. Some cut & paste error seems to have eaten an entire port :)

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  47. 22 There is support for the returning Indian, who is given a very warm treatment (7)

    Braised

    Defn = given a very warm treatment
    Support = Bra
    Indian = Desi
    Returning Indian = ised

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  48. Thanks Col., Arden & Interrobang for all that you have done. Missed solving Sankalk's today as we did not get the paper.

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  49. Good morning. Today, Fri Sep 21, there could be crossword bundh, unless the boss improvises something...

    Today's TH, alas, carries crossword 10573 already published and solved in the blog yesterday.

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  50. This is going to be a new problem. The online edition is carrying 10574!!

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    1. The THC App however is showing the CW No 10573 but with todays date!!

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    2. Luckily the post from Bhavan in Orkut seems to give the correct 10574

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    3. Anyways, it B's on the rota today and he seems to have got hold of it.

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    4. The print ed of Bang ed just arrived has both the crosswords and has thus probably managed to confuse the app !

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    5. Good discovery Kishore I didn't look at the other pages.

      So that settles it.

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  51. Kudos to setters, solvers & col. CW lovers enjoyed y'day & the day before.

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  52. Three cheers to Arden for entertaining us with the Jumbo yesterday

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