Sunday, 3 February 2013

Special, Sunday 03 Feb 13, Rico (through Raju Umamaheswar)

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  3 answers per commenter in the comments section, please do not exceed your quota.
2.  Copy paste the clue along with your answer in your comment.
3.  Annotations to be provided.
4.  The numbers shown in the grid are only for your reference do not include them in your comment while giving the solution. 
5.   Solution grid will be uploaded at 8:30 AM tomorrow.

 And so to Zed ...


A - Could be Jenny Gold, legal adviser (8)
B - Headscarf for two Egyptian souls taking in the outback (8)
C - The rule of the army, we hear? No, the rule of the church (5, 3)
D - Beginning to fly back, may make hops ail? (10)
E - Listeners partly responsible for honour assumed by peers (8)
F - Private war following directly upon rejection (4)
G - Travel by rail is bloody! (4)
H - Japanese verses on Highland cattle heard by audience (6)
I - Make inroads into game — quietly, please (6)
J - Inn whole jet-crew wrecked in old India (5, 2, 3, 5)
K - Vulgar fashion adopted by Christopher’s companion (6)
L - Idle find money a joke (8)
M - Fungus on plants acting gently on Manx sheep (6)
N - Powerless British union? Quite the reverse (4)
O - Worked too hard on degree and ploughed (10)
P - Stop allegation being put out — there’s nothing in it — I’m only an old fossil- hunter (15)
Q - Dominant female found initially in High Court (5, 3)
R - Introduction on ‘Iron’ Bishop’s accepted length (8)
S - Horn seat is unlikely to be his design (8)
T - Impeded public transport merger, we hear (10)
U - Result of high—flown game? (6)
V - Archdeacon always shows respectability, apparently (6)
W - Party game for quiet excursion (5, 5)
X -  Heaven for spelaeologists? (6)
Y -  Huntsmen, German, say, round about (6)
Z -  Menageries where horse replaces first of two rings for cattle (4)

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43 comments:

  1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan3 February 2013 at 10:58

    Inn whole jet-crew wrecked in old India (5, 2, 3, 5)
    Ans: JEWEL IN THE CROWN (Inn whole jet-crew*)

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  2. RameshJ3 February 2013 at 11:50

    G - Travel by rail is bloody! (4) : GORY {GO} {RY}

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  3. RameshJ3 February 2013 at 11:52

    K - Vulgar fashion adopted by Christopher’s companion (6) KITSCH {KITS} {CH} , Christopher = Kit. CH= Companion of Honour

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  4. RameshJ3 February 2013 at 11:55

    C - The rule of the army, we hear? No, the rule of the church (5, 3) CANON LAW { ~Cannon Law}

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  5. Anonymous3 February 2013 at 12:05

    E - Listeners partly responsible for honour assumed by peers (8) EARL(OBE)S

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  6. Anonymous3 February 2013 at 12:10

    P - Stop allegation being put out — there’s nothing in it — I’m only an old fossil- hunter (15)
    PALAE(O)NTOLOGIST*

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  7. Bhalchandra Pasupathy3 February 2013 at 12:17

    Col: can't open this in a separate page and also solve in interactive grid?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath3 February 2013 at 12:52

      Bhala if I put it in Acros lite the positioning of the clues will have to be indicated, that's why it cannot be made interactive

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  8. Anonymous3 February 2013 at 12:18

    Q - Dominant female found initially in High Court (5, 3)
    QUEEN BEE, QB, ie Queen's Bench, is found in HC

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  9. Unknown3 February 2013 at 12:32

    Z - Menageries where horse replaces first of two rings for cattle (4)
    ZHOS - ZOOS (-O+H)

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    1. Unknown3 February 2013 at 12:37

      S - Horn seat is unlikely to be his design (8) SHERATON - (HORNSEAT)*

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  10. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan3 February 2013 at 12:52

    U - Result of high—flown game? (6)
    Ans: UPSHOT {UP-(High) + SHOT - (flown)}

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  11. Deepak Gopinath3 February 2013 at 12:55

    My 3

    A - Could be Jenny Gold, legal adviser (8) {ASSESS}{OR}
    B - Headscarf for two Egyptian souls taking in the outback (8) {BA}{BUSH}{KA}
    L - Idle find money a joke (8) {LOLLY}{GAG}

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  12. Deepak Gopinath3 February 2013 at 12:58

    I hope everyone saw my comment on the regular Sunday CW that there will be a Surprise special at 10:30 AM tomorrow i.e., 04 Feb 13

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    1. Chaturvasi3 February 2013 at 15:35

      I did see that. Wondered what the occasion or provocation was.

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  13. Bhalchandra Pasupathy3 February 2013 at 14:39

    Handicapped a bit since printer out of action and doing this without reference to a filled grid is a bit tricky.

    My two cents (three sent):

    I - Make inroads into game — quietly, please (6)
    INRUSH = IN+RU (RUGBY UNION?)+SH

    V - Archdeacon always shows respectability, apparently (6)
    VENEER = VEN(VENERABLE)+E'ER

    X - Heaven for spelaeologists? (6)
    XANADU (CD)

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  14. Chaturvasi3 February 2013 at 15:27

    The blank grids for such alphabetic jigsaw puzzles do not have even the clue numbers in cells. Col Deepak perhaps included them from the solution grid.

    Solvers are supposed to cold-solve the clues (with the help of the initial letter of the required word/phrase). After having solved them, they are require to determined where the answers are fitted in. Hence the name 'jigsaw'.

    I am not sure if we can Litz this sort of puzzle.

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    1. Col_Gopinath3 February 2013 at 15:35

      Raju sent me the scanned grid with numbers in it, I didn't add them. It is used only to easily locate the position where an answer has been entered after cold solving

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    2. Bhalchandra Pasupathy3 February 2013 at 16:36

      The numbers don't really matter. But I am not sure that all clues need to be cold solved and then entered in the grid. For example, having solved the 2 fifteen letter ones (anagrams, hence relatively easy), it is not rocket science to figure out where they go. This then opens up crossings and fixes others by elimination. So filling in the grid as you go along does make it easier I imagine.

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    3. Suresh3 February 2013 at 17:36

      Actually even in this kind of CW some answers can be got only from crossings evident after fitting in parts of the jigsaw.

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  15. Chaturvasi3 February 2013 at 15:34

    T - Impeded public transport merger, we hear (10) TRAMMELLED (tram ~meld)

    F - Private war following directly upon rejection (4) F EUD<-

    H - Japanese verses on Highland cattle heard by audience (6) HAIKUS (~ high cows ? !)

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    1. Col_Gopinath3 February 2013 at 15:44

      CV,

      The answer for 'H' (though also correct from the point of view of the clue) needs amendment to fit the grid

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    2. Chaturvasi3 February 2013 at 15:52

      HAICAI, it may be.

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    3. Col_Gopinath3 February 2013 at 15:56

      It is HAIKAI. I have provided the wikipedia link over the word

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  16. Chaturvasi3 February 2013 at 15:36

    Still to go

    D, M, N, O, R, W, & Y

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  17. Suresh3 February 2013 at 17:34

    M - Fungus on plants acting gently on Manx sheep (6) {MILD}{EW}

    N - Powerless British union? Quite the reverse (4) NUMB(NUM & B)

    O - Worked too hard on degree and ploughed (10) {OVER}{D}{RIVEN}

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  18. Raghunath3 February 2013 at 17:46

    R - Introduction on ‘Iron’ Bishop’s accepted length (8) RE FE RR A L
    W - Party game for quiet excursion (5, 5) WHIST, DRIVE
    Y - Huntsmen, German, say, round about (6) YA(GER)S <-

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  19. Col_Gopinath3 February 2013 at 17:56

    Last one standing

    D

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  20. Raghunath3 February 2013 at 17:57

    M - Fungus on plants acting gently on Manx sheep (6) {MILD}{EW}

    EW (-e)?

    Manx animals in IOM were short tailed animals.

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    1. Chaturvasi3 February 2013 at 18:15

      That's right. I was coming to write this.

      A Manx cat is one whose tail has been cut.

      I have not heard of Manx ewe but that would literally be EW[e] as you have noted.

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  21. Chaturvasi3 February 2013 at 18:25

    Bhala, Suresh

    Yes,

    It is not mandatory that you cold-solve all clues before you begin fitting. (I am sorry if I left that impression.)

    Indeed we can put in some answers as we go along. But that is not so easy as one might think.

    Bhala, after having got the two long ones, I bet you've to wait for a couple more before you can decide which one of them is ac and which one is dn.

    A suggestion to Col Deepak.

    All but one answers are in. So puzzlement over clues does not exist any more. Instead of publishing the sol grid yourself, you may ask if any member is ready to accept the challenge of fitting the words into the grid and publishing the answers as a list here in the Comments section or if they have the facility send you the solved grid.

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    1. Col_Gopinath3 February 2013 at 18:33

      As all the answers except one are in, I don't think it will be a problem at all to fill the grid, in fact most would have done it as they went along solving the clues.

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    2. Bhalchandra Pasupathy3 February 2013 at 23:24

      CV sir, sorry for responding so late, had been for a concert and just got back after dinner.

      I think this is one bet you might lose! OK, suppose 'Palaeontologist' was solved first. I don't need to wait at all. I can straight away enter into the grid. Likewise for the other long one. Then two or three other starting letters become visible, if you solve them you can enter. The crossings start appearing. It gets much easier. Not saying all can be got this way, but intelligent guesses can easily be made thereafter.

      btw, the concert I went to was called 'Amchi Mumbai Singaara Chennai', with singers from both Bombay and Chennai. Was thinking of you, am sure you would have liked it.

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    3. Chaturvasi4 February 2013 at 08:18

      I have been advised complete rest following my recent episode of severe back pain: they call it 'facet arthritis'. I have missed a number of engagements in the past few days.

      ***

      All that I meant to say was that before we can enter oneanswer we need to wait a couple more.

      OK, you solved one of the 15-letter answers. Of these there are two. But can you straightaway place one? No! You must wait for some more before you can confidently fit it in.

      In later stages it might becomes less difficult.

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  22. Col_Gopinath3 February 2013 at 18:34

    I couldn't quite understand the anno for NUMB, Suresh has written NUM&B?

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    1. Raghunath3 February 2013 at 19:43

      I can only think of: NUM: National Union of Mineworkers

      B NUM becomes NUM B with reversing positions.

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    2. Suresh3 February 2013 at 21:13

      That is approximately what I had, but the reversing was a little unsatisfactory.

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  23. Raghunath3 February 2013 at 19:49

    I did not know that the alphabets were the first letters of the answers. Things were easier after seeing CV's post on this.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath3 February 2013 at 20:15

      Hi Raghunath,

      Sorry about that, I thought you would catch on as we had a similar one from Bhavan some time ago.

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  24. Venkatesh3 February 2013 at 20:54

    Last one...
    D - Beginning to fly back, may make hops ail? (10)
    ([-re]DRO<=)(SOPHILA*)

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    1. Suresh3 February 2013 at 21:06

      I had this answer, but am stll not able to get the anno

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  25. Venkatesh3 February 2013 at 22:30

    It is noticed that this Crossword (as also others from THCC) has been posted by a blogger on
    http://entertain5.blogspot.in/

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