Sunday 18 August 2013

Special, Sunday 18 Aug 2013, Balderdash


Three answers per commenter. Annotations compulsory.

A rag man comes round again

Across
    1  Prizes for engineers heading hospital sections (7)
    5  Tallboy's compartments for underclothes (7)
    9  Lad went after vehicle for a container (6)
  10  Untied, reformed and joined (6)
  12  Pass around baths (4)
  13  Note, water-fall from the sky goes here (5)
  14  Cupid's sore back (4)
  15  Bony structures usually stowed in cupboards (9)
  21  Consumed a tangerine extract initially (3)
  22  Beverage heard to be found in Ooty (3)
  23  In no sense, can this be prohibitions about torn money (2,2,5)
  28  Lion King's nemessis's wound (4)
  30  Newton was provoked into thought by Adam's fruit (5)
  31  Money can be found in neurosurgery (4)
  32  This kind of labour is not for the ladies? (6)
  33  An influential person's large callibre weapon (3,3)
  34  Vows acknowledged with "I do" (7)
  35  Warlike manner in which learner followed rattled Amrita (7)

Down
    2  Day dreamers with energy put headgear first in a ship (9)
    3  Apprehends detentions (7)
    4  Option between perform and perish: Pass behind the opening split open (2-2-3)
    6  Perform multiplication and come across (3,4)
    7  See a clever chap on a headland (7)
    8  Sat on an egg at a horseshow (5)
  11  Beat a tin with energy (4)
  16  You can open any lock if you use one of 15 with this (3)
  17  Sign like a lion after losing a number (3)
  18  Place ball on a type of shirt? (3)
  19  Either way, she is a sister (3)
  20  Polls about reefer and ... (9)
  23  ... country sport in Bundi (7)
  24  Falls back again before an artiste (7)
  25  Topographic depiction of spam sent back (4)
  26  Circulating air came to the new world (7)
  27  Trick of building snow vehicle on time (7)
  29  Telecom major's concealed symbol (5)



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Enjoy.

57 comments:

  1. 27D : Trick of building snow vehicle on time (7) SLEIGHT {SLEIGH+T}

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  2. 20D : Polls about reefer and...(9) REFERENDA {REEFER AND}*

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  3. 1 Prizes for engineers heading hospital sections REWARDS [RE] [WARDS]

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  4. 10 A Untied, reformed and joined UNITED [anag -untied]

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  5. 12A Pass around baths SPAS [anag - spas]

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  6. 9 Lad went after vehicle for a container (6) {CAR}{BOY}

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  7. 15 Bony structures usually stowed in cupboards (9)SKELETONS {DD}

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  8. 13 Note, water-fall from the sky goes here (5)[D][RAIN]

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  9. 33 An influential person's large callibre weapon (3,3) BIG GUN

    35A Warlike manner in which learner followed rattled Amrita (7) MARTIA* L
    4D. Option between perform and perish: Pass behind the opening split open (2-2-3) DO-OR, DIE

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  10. 14A Cupid's sore back EROS [sore<--]

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  11. 30A Newton was provoked into thought by Adam's fruit APPLE [E]

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  12. 2D Day dreamers with energy put headgear first in a ship (9) {E}{S {CAP} {IST} S}

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    1. Got the answer alright but was not sure of Anno. Was not aware "first" can be taken as "ist". A somewhat difficult Anno you made it look so simple ! In Cricketing terms "A difficult catch made so simple " !!

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    2. In Cricketing terms actually it should read as "A difficult catch made easy" !

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  13. 7D See a clever chap on a headland (7) {WIT}{NESS}

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  14. 6D Perform multiplication and come across (3,4) RUN INT0 (DD)

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  15. 5A : Tallboy's compartments for underclothes (7) DRAWERS (Charade){Tallboys = Compartments = Underclothes}

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    1. I've classified the above clue as Charade. Can some knowledgeable people here confirm it please ?

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    2. DD
      Tallboy's compartments = DRAWERS = underclothes

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  16. 29 TeleCOM MAjor's concealed symbol COMMA[T]

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  17. My 3

    16D - KEY [CD]
    17D - LEO(-nine)
    18D - TEE [DD]

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  18. Col Sir,
    No offense meant, but today's offering was vapid.

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  19. ... imagine a tyro like me finished within 30 minutes [otherwise I take the whole day to reach pass marks] !

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    1. Shouldn't that make you feel happy? There will still be newcomers to Cryptics who wouldn't be able to make head or tail of the CW vapid or not!!

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    2. Reminds you of Chiku Buku Raile

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  20. ACROSS
    23 In no sense, can this be prohibitions about torn money (2,2,5) B(Y,NO,ME*)ANS
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    23 ... country sport in Bundi (7) BU(RU)NDI
    24 Falls // back again before an artiste (7) {NIAGA<=}{RA}

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    1. Burundi is a country in Central Africa. UR part for sport in Anno is not clear. PS throw some light on it.

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    2. Sport = Rugby Union = RU

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    3. Thanks once again Ramesh. My knowledge of abbreviations is very poor !!

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    4. Here is a list of what seems to used in CWs (Not all indicators here are kosher, user discretion advised)
      mythic-beasts.com/~mark/random/indicators/

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  21. 1AC: (RE)(WARDS)
    28AC: SCAR(CD)
    32AC:MENIAL(CD){Pun on the word Men}

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  22. A21 {A}{T}{E}

    A22 TEA (sounds like the T in OOTY)

    A34 MARITAL (CD)

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  23. 8 Sat on an egg at a horseshow (5){RODE}{O}
    11 Beat a tin with energy (4){CAN}{E}
    19 Either way, she is a sister (3)

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    1. 19 Either way, she is a sister (3)->{NUN}<-

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  24. 30A Newton was provoked into thought by Adam's fruit (5)APPLE [E]

    6D Perform multiplication and come across (3,4)RUN INTO (DD)

    I took the 1st one to be DD and the 2nd one to be a charade.

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    1. 5A Tallboy's compartments for underclothes (7)DRAWERS

      It is a DD:
      1. Chest of drawers
      2. Underpants

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    2. 1. I meant to write Drawers belonging to a chest(tallboy).

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    3. Thanks. Friend Ramesh too confirmed it. I'll have to vist Suchi's blog and go through the exercises related to Charades and DDs seriously !

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  25. Wrapping up...
    25Dn Topographic depiction of spam sent back (4) MAPS<=

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  26. No one has any comments on the title of the CW?

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    1. That is for ANAGRAM ruling the roost!

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    2. Now that you pointed out, I took a look at the grid:

      Rewards - Drawers*
      Ate - Tea*
      Marital - Martial*

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  27. Notable absentees today : Kishore(Denis the Menace), Lakshmi Vaidyanathan and our weekly visitor C A Prasad !!!

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