Sunday, 5 May 2013

Special, Sunday 05 May 13, Afterdark

INSTRUCTIONS

 1.   Three answers per commenter.
2.   Annotations to be compulsorily provided with the answers, do not post the answer if you cannot annotate it.
ADDENDUM -  The numbering of 21D/22D and 17D/18D have got mixed up which is amended now. Acroslite version has not been amended

ACROSS
1 Cat interminably has nine lives! Dog? (6)
4 Poet makes loose overture (8)
9 Sick about treatment of French spa (6)
10 Dicky edges away on a quest to be the fastest (8)
12 Eccentric promises by dictators (8)
13 See 11 Dn
15 Observe oriental agent (4)
16 Movie that pattern men badly (10)
19 Barging in a shop can lead to haggling (10)
20 Maiden leaves the web for Henry and floats to the cloud  (4)
23 Laugh out loud at setter's complication of Nabakov's work (6)
25 Cut up mutt's tail off & cook it with energy (8)
27 Egg inside seaducks taken by twowheelers (8)
28 Discriminator dismisses Henry from the heist and takes in Abraham and George first instead?  (6)
29 Let it stand in Latin sons' headgears (8)
30 Bier containing horse gets larger (6)

DOWN
1 Pertaining to a stem? Answer lies surprisingly in a clue (7)
2  Fresh resort each went daily (9)
3 Losing tin is Oslo apparently broke even (2,4)
5 Overthrow right away (4)
6 Uncle endlessly traps snakes but lets them loose (8)
7 Chuck the student caught entangled in JEE  (5)
8 Muddled exit of National Croquet Team left all dead (7)
11 Birds as experts of English Grammar (4,3,6)
14 Shaved skull behind you is a dangerous element (7)
17 Amen, giant dreadfully emerging (9)
18 Compositions to preserve farewells (8)
19 Slumberous? stay off rum in large doses (7)
21 Builder switches sides & becomes a constituent (7)
22 Indranil Gaitonde captures the antelope (6)
24 Her sunny first name doesn’t help her reputation (5)
26 Viewer reportedly managed the country (4)



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38 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi5 May 2013 at 10:38

    Is there any problem at 21dn?

    The slot has 7 cells but the solution seems to have only six letters.

    Probably the setter has a 7-letter answer (a spelling variant) in the gridfill but the clue is for the 6-letter word.

    This is an off-the-cuff comment. Please excuse me if I am erring.

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    1. Shrikanth5 May 2013 at 10:50

      CV Sir, the numbering of 21 & 22 are mixed up..

      Colonel, sorry for the trouble. Maybe you would like to add a note about it.

      Delete
  2. Raghunath5 May 2013 at 10:41

    30 AC Bier containing horse gets larger (6)BI(GG)ER
    21 DN Indranil Gaitonde captures the antelope (6)NILGAI
    26 DN Viewer reportedly managed the country (4)I(RAN) Eye ~ I
    Eyeran as pronounced in US?

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  3. Shrikanth5 May 2013 at 10:41

    CV Sir, I am just checking. Will revert in a while. It appears to be an error only. I seem to be making quite a few of them in the grids.

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  4. Raghunath5 May 2013 at 10:43

    21 DN, NILGAI as I know is 6 letters. Forgot to add that it is a [T] clue.

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  5. Raghunath5 May 2013 at 10:48

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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    1. Raghunath5 May 2013 at 10:55

      Reposting with annos:
      30 AC Bier containing horse gets larger (6)BI(GG)ER GG: Br Slang for horse.
      21 DN Indranil Gaitonde captures the antelope (6)NILGAI [T]
      26 DN Viewer reportedly managed the country (4)I(RAN) Eye ~ I

      Delete
  6. Padmanabhan5 May 2013 at 10:49

    3D- No loss
    Tin- Sn (Chemical formula)
    (Sn Oslo)*

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  7. Padmanabhan5 May 2013 at 10:50

    1A- Canine
    Cat interminably-CA
    followed by nine
    Def.- Dog?

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  8. Padmanabhan5 May 2013 at 10:56

    10A-Quickest
    Def.-Fastest
    Dickey edges away- ick
    Qu(ick)est

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  9. Jayaseelan5 May 2013 at 11:08

    2D NEWSPAPER (fresh=NEW, resort=SPA, per=EACH)
    16A ENTRAPMENT *{pattern men}
    15A ESPY (oriental=E, agent=SPY)

    some problem with 18D?

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    1. Shrikanth5 May 2013 at 11:12

      Jayaseelan, the numbering the grid is mixed up. My mistake .. Sorry. 17D is 18D and vice versa

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  10. B.V.K.5 May 2013 at 11:28

    11D, 13A Wren and Martin (DD)
    12A Imposers (promises*)

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    1. B.V.K.5 May 2013 at 12:21

      Is 11D and 13A considered as a single answer or can I post another?

      Delete
  11. Unknown5 May 2013 at 11:54

    27A Egg inside seaducks taken by twowheelers (8) SCO{O}TERS
    29A Let it stand in Latin sons' headgears (8) {STET}{SONS}
    14D Shaved skull behind you is a dangerous element (7) {U}{CRANIUM-C} = URANIUM

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  12. Rengaswamy5 May 2013 at 11:56

    25D Cut up mutt's tail off & cook it with energy (8) MUT(-T) (ILAT*) E
    7D Chuck the student caught entangled in JEE (5)(EJE)* CT
    4A Poet makes loose overture (8) TROUVERE*

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    1. Padmanabhan5 May 2013 at 12:56

      7D- Student? Is it T for trainee & C for caught?

      Delete
    2. Rengaswamy6 May 2013 at 06:42

      I used CT for Caught and thought student is superfluous as L is used for student. Your analysis of T for Trainee student throws a new dimension and looks okay with C for Caught. Only Afterdark has to respond what his intention was.

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    3. Shrikanth6 May 2013 at 09:18

      The intention was as you stated Rengaswamy. But on hindsight, Padmanabhan's version is better. As it is the clue is not well worded. CT comes after JEE. So 'caught in' is not good.

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  13. Chaturvasi5 May 2013 at 12:34

    The following post might be of use to beginner/would-be setters:

    http://www.crosswordunclued.com/2010/11/so-slips-might-not-show.html

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    1. Shrikanth5 May 2013 at 12:48

      Very useful article CV Sir. Thank you very much.

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  14. Padmanabhan5 May 2013 at 12:57

    Thank you for reminding about the old Gospel, The Wren & Martin. I am not sure if it is being referred at all these days.

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  15. Deepak Gopinath5 May 2013 at 14:01

    17D - EMANATING*
    6D - (UNCL(-e))(ASPS)
    19A - BARGAINING*

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  16. SandhyaP5 May 2013 at 14:59

    28A Discriminator dismisses Henry from the heist and takes in Abraham and George first instead? (6)(-h){+A}{+G}EIST

    5D Overthrow right away (4){R}{OUT}

    21D Builder switches sides & becomes a constituent (7)E(-r){+L}ECTOR

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  17. Venkatesh5 May 2013 at 15:01

    Correction: 2D Fresh / resort / each went // daily (9) (NEW)(SPA)(PER)

    9A Sick about treatment of French spa (6)(UN)(WELL)
    21D Builder switches sides & becomes a constituent (7) E[-r](+L)ECTOR
    switches sides - R becomes L - ERECTOR (builder) becomes ELECTOR (a constituent)
    24D Her sunny first name doesn’t help her reputation (5)LEONE (E)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath5 May 2013 at 15:07

      Regardig 2D What is incorrect in what Jayaseelan has posted at 11:08?

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    2. Venkatesh5 May 2013 at 15:14

      2D: Jayaseelan has already got it right.

      Delete
  18. Venkatesh5 May 2013 at 15:06

    Replacement
    8D Muddled exit / of National Croquet Team // left all dead (7) (EXTI*)(NCT)

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  19. Deepak Gopinath5 May 2013 at 15:09

    Leftovers

    Across - 20 & 23

    Down - 1, 18 & 19

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  20. The Battōsai5 May 2013 at 15:22

    1D CAULINE (INACLUE*)

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  21. Suresh5 May 2013 at 15:29

    20A (-m+h) HAZE
    23A LOL ITA*
    18D CAN TATAS

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    1. The Battōsai5 May 2013 at 15:35

      I got haze = cloud, but how (-m+h)aze? maze= web, maiden=m leaves for henry=h? Then why "floats to"? Connectors?

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    2. The Battōsai5 May 2013 at 15:35

      Anyway I was wrongly thinking on the lines of MAIDEN=Ms.

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    3. The Battōsai5 May 2013 at 15:36

      Anyone else think web=>maze is a stretch?

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    4. Suresh5 May 2013 at 16:03

      You'll find the meaning in a Thesaurus. Web meaning a complex situation, like you read in spy stories ' a web of intrigue'.

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    5. Shrikanth5 May 2013 at 16:04

      Chambers gives web as a synonym for maze

      Delete
  22. Unknown5 May 2013 at 15:54

    19D Slumberous? stay off rum in large doses (7) BOLUSES (slumberous - rum)*

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    1. Shrikanth5 May 2013 at 16:05

      I had missed the anagram indicator after deletion and since this was the last to go, I was ruing my error. Got solved ultimately :)

      Delete

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