Sunday 27 January 2013

Special, Sunday 27 Jan 13, xChequer

INSTRUCTIONS

1.   Three answers per commenter.
2.   Annotations to be compulsorily provided with the answer.



Across                                                                                      
1       (and 8d)  Magical couple inanely portrays tragedy when bewitched (5,6,3,5,7)
7       Snake fur (3)
9       Constant finish lacking (9)
10    The Spanish and African bounder (5)
11     Gulls lead air formation (7)
12     Spear animal, say a sloth (7)
13     Prohibition beginning to end source of misery (4)
14     Respect even unbalanced budget (10)
18    Note choice for another term (2-8)
19     Catcall for many with distress revisited? (4)
21     Happy to return, without new family is wrenching (7)
22    State articles containing retractions of post-graduate, graduate and fresher (7)
25    Cross revolutionaries repatriate alien (5)
26    Change nothing, money or opinion (9)
27    Rises in the morning and goes back for college (1,1,1)
28    Church to have faith in crime at first? Honestly not! (11)

Down
1       Tom's best friend describing his adventures and Mark's character (11,4)
2      Way to deal with rare anger to get this (9)
3      Profits from last of booty that is sold shadily, nothing wasted (6)
4      Unduly tax former partner hesitating to come in public (9)
5      Some artistes lack this measure (5)
6      Current regulator dislodged state hero losing primary election (8)
7      Noisy strike outside hospital for soft drug (5)
8      See 1a
15    A voice not suited for calling up (9)
16    Appeal unjust rate, I have repeatedly done so (9)
17    To exist on essential drip, recurring disease (8)
20    Girl, Eastern, storing gold in plenty (6)
22    Approaches listener within quarters (5)
23    Not sure who's coming to dinner after the movie? (5)



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43 comments:

  1. 22a Approaches listener within quarters (5) N(EAR)S

    13a Prohibition beginning to end source of misery (4) BAN E

    18a Note choice for another term (2-8) RE-ELECTION

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  2. 10A {EL}{AND}
    2D REARRANGE {RARE ANGER*}
    6D RHEOSTAT {STAT(-e)+HERO*}

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  3. 15.D.EVOCATION.ANAG OF( A VOICE NOT).DEF.CALLING UP

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  4. 9A: CEASELESS [DD]
    21A: YANKING {YAG <=} outside {N} {KIN}
    25A: IRATE {IRA} {TE<=}

    Thanks Xchequer & Col for the Sunday special

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    1. Interesting VP that you got it as a DD, which I can see works, though I clued it as a charade!

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    2. Bala, I wrote the anno in a hurry. When I came back and read the clues again, I did realize the charade of {CEASE} {LESS} would certainly be the more apt one.

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    3. It did not strike me earlier that the second part could be construed as a straight definition as well. The only issue is that if I did it as a DD it won't be so good, because both the definitions kind of lead to the same meaning.

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  5. 25A-IRATE
    Cross- Def.
    Revolutionaries- IRA
    Aliens- ET <(repatriate)

    17D- BERIBERI- Disesae
    To exist- BE
    Essentially drip- RI
    Recurring- twice

    23D- Guess
    After the movie "Guuess who's coming to dinner"

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  6. 1A: Grammatically speaking, is it Magical couple inanely portrays or portray...?"

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    1. Grammar rules have it that collective noun can take singular or plural verb, depending on whether they are acting as one unit or individually. Ergo, both England 'has' and England 'have' can be OK, depending on the context

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    2. VJ: now that the clue has been solved, just to mention that initially I had considered 'portray', with 'insanely' instead of 'inanely'. Changed it to 'portrays' based on the 'couple' being one unit.

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  7. Alternate for repeat of 25A-
    1D- Huckleberry Finn (GK)-Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer &....)

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  8. 7 D Noisy strike outside hospital for soft drug (5)
    Ans: BHANG (BANG + H )

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  9. 22 A State articles containing retractions of post-graduate, graduate and fresher (7)
    Ans: ALABAMA {Articles(A+A) + BA+MA <- + L(fresher)}

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  10. 1 (and 8d) Magical couple inanely portrays tragedy when bewitched (5,6,3,5,7) HARRY POTTER AND GINNY WEASLEY*


    26 Change nothing, money or opinion (9){EDIT}{O}{RIAL}

    28 Church to have faith in crime at first? Honestly not! (11) {IN}{SIN}{CE}{RELY}

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  11. 4 D Unduly tax former partner hesitating to come in public (9)
    Ans: OVEREXERT (EX+ER+OVERT)

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  13. Try
    Down 5, 16, 20
    Across 12, 14

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    1. 5D TESLA T
      16D IT ERAT* I'VE
      20D GAL(OR)E

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  14. I have solved 14, but my quota is over! Trying the others.

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  15. 12A - {ASS}{EG}{A}{I}
    14A - {VENE*}{RATION}

    On my way back to Bangalore

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  16. 9 A: Catcall for many with distress revisited? (4) M(EOW<-)
    13 A Prohibition beginning to end source of misery (4)BANE(E)
    27 A: Rises in the morning and goes back for college (1,1,1)N U S <-
    National Union of students

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  17. Just got down to it after lunch. All done it seems.

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  18. I have come across 3d so many times. I was going to say that the word has been handled here in a refreshingly different manner. Though elaborate, everything gels.

    I may have questions on a few clues, though.

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    1. CV: Do post the questions. Maybe I can answer, or perhaps learn something, or others have a point of view

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    2. 3D

      last of booty = y
      that is = ie
      sold shadily nothing wasted = sld

      profits = yields

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  19. As I said many clues wre well-written.

    A few doubts:

    18a Note choice for another term (2-8)

    ***Not sure if "another term" is an apt def for RE-ELECTION.

    16 Appeal unjust rate, I have repeatedly done so (9)

    ***Not sure if the part of speech of the word required is indicated properly.

    23 Not sure who's coming to dinner after the movie? (5)

    ***Not sure if the idea comes out clearly.

    What do others think?

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  20. I, for one, do not have any issues with 23D

    The comments on the other clues are valid.

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    1. Will wait for some more time to see if there are other comments, shall respond later

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  21. CV/Suresh: Shall attempt to clarify the questions raised. These are my intentions while clueing, leave it to readers to decide if fair or not. Separate post for each query:

    18a Note choice for another term (2-8)

    ***Not sure if "another term" is an apt def for RE-ELECTION

    From Oxford Dictionary (not my favourite choice, but very similar in others too)
    Definition of re-elect:

    verb
    [with object]
    elect (someone) to a further term of office: Wilson was re-elected in September 1974

    Derivatives

    re-election
    noun

    When used in sentences, for example:
    He is not seeking re-election as President
    can be substituted with
    He is not seeking another term as President

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  22. 16 Appeal unjust rate, I have repeatedly done so (9)

    ***Not sure if the part of speech of the word required is indicated properly.

    Word required is Iterative, which is an adjective, meaning repetitious. 'Repeatedly done so' is an adjective using a phrasal verbal construct. When used in sentences:

    It was a process, iterative no doubt
    which can be re-written as
    It was a process, repeatedly done so no doubt.

    Very similar to 'frequently watched' movie for example

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  23. 23 Not sure who's coming to dinner after the movie? (5)

    ***Not sure if the idea comes out clearly.

    Clue constructed as a cryptic definition. 'After' in the phrase 'after the movie' is used in the sense of 'derived from' or 'in allusion to' or such similar expressions, in the cryptic reading. Surface reading of course is quite different

    btw I like the use of 'Not sure' in your comment!

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  24. IMHO:
    18a Note choice for another term (2-8)

    I think term is a general expression. It could also mean a semester/ prison sentence etc.

    16 Appeal unjust rate, I have repeatedly done so (9)

    Agree with CV. The answer to the clue would be ITERATING. Iterative is an adj.

    23 Not sure who's coming to dinner after the movie? (5)
    I think this clue is fine.
    Not sure: Guess
    ____ who's coming to dinner also asks the same question.

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  25. 13 A Prohibition beginning to end source of misery (4)BANE(E)

    {BAN}{E}

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  26. 23D- I could get the idea and I took it as cryptic and did not try to elaborate my answer in my comments. I dont consider myself an expert and so others must have got it too.

    18A- I wonder if "another term" is replaced by "second term", it may not have raised doubts. I mean it might have been more apt.

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    1. Bhala

      Thanks for your detailed explanations. When a setter is ready to face questions and when he sets out to answer them, it means he takes his business seriously, has a sense of responsibility and beestows a lot of thought while writing the clues.

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