Sunday, 2 March 2014

Special, Sunday 02 Mar 2014, Arden


Three answers per commenter (with annotations) till 6 PM



ACROSS
1   Try air travel once in a while (6)
4   Vessel’s got a berth, lacks height, looks very small (8)
10 A girl's wrath over a dog's complaint (9)
11 Swimmer runs with outside support (5)
12 Garment which makes you and me to go in for a retro refit (7)
13 Enumerate a bit while feeling contrite, miserable (7)
14 Perhaps Lochnivar would eliminate royalty (5)
15 It is a headache when US state hosts singers regularly (8)
18 A flower blooms here over Iowa (8)
20 Regularly retrieved from the net for use (5)
23 Watch was an hour behind? Nonsense! (7)
25 They emphasize the right inclination (7)
26 A soldier will call it overzealous (5)
27 Set in glue and not in line (9)
28 Brow beat the fellow and rode away after court (8)
29 Sonia & friends are regularly caught in a trap (6)

DOWN
1   Begin again to trap many a bird (8)
2   Come back to relax mostly by the pool (7)
3   Walk around feeling confident, it is highly valued (9)
5   Toiling Sofia perhaps is vital for business (7,7)
6   Remains short of black money (5)
7   A Scotsman gets the disease partly from the Spaniard (7)
8   Play them all.... mostly for a change (6)
9   A section of people, those getting acceptable accommodation (9,5)
16 Love a party with some food (9)
17 Unidirectional? May be indeed so (3-5)
19 Crib about following one who is harsh (7)
21 A solution to fight obesity (7)
22 High over our planet it may be warm (6)
24 Sound interest shown in gold work (5)


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40 comments:

  1. 24D : Sound interest shown in gold work (5) AUDIO {AU}{D{I}O}

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  2. 12A Garment which makes you and me to go in for a retro refit (7) TROUSER { TRO (US) ER }

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  3. 15 A: It is a headache when US state hosts singers regularly (8)M(.I.G.R.)AINE
    23 A: Watch was an hour behind? Nonsense! (7) EYE WAS H
    17 D: Unidirectional? May be indeed so (3-5) ONE-SIDED*

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  4. 1A Try air travel once in a while (6) RARITY (TRY AIR*)

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  5. 15A It is a headache when US state hosts singers regularly (8) MIGRAINE {M{sInGeRs) AINE }

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  6. 29 A Sonia & friends are regularly caught in a trap (6) SNARED (SoNiA fRiEnD )

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  7. 27.A. UNALIGNED.(IN A GLUE AND)*

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  8. 9D : A section of people, those getting acceptable accommodation (9,5) APARTMENT HOUSE

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  9. 22.D. HEARTH. H+EARTH. H=HIGH, EARTH=PLANET
    COMPENSATING FOR 29A

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  10. 5D Toiling Sofia perhaps is vital for business (7,7) WORKING CAPITAL (CD)

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  11. Lakshmi and Prasad have repeated one answer each.

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  12. 5D : Toiling Sofia perhaps is vital for business (7,7) WORKING CAPITAL (Toiling = Working, Sofia = Capital)

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  13. 25D They emphasize the right inclination (7) ITALICS (DD)

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  14. 28A: {HE} {CT} {ORED}*

    19D: {ACE} {RBIC}*

    16D: {A} {DO} {RATION}

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  15. Thanks @Raghunath Subs for 15 A

    26A A soldier will call it overzealous (5) RABID ( RA BID )

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  16. compensating for 1A

    2D Come back to relax mostly by the pool (7) RESPOND {RES(t) POND ( = pool)}

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  17. Compensating for 5Down

    8D : Play them all.... mostly for a change (6) HAMLET (THEM ALl)* (AL {-L})

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  18. My 3

    4A - {D{W(-h)ARF}ISH}
    10A - {DI'S}{TEMPER}
    11A - {B{R}EAM}

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  19. 3 DN: TREA(SURE)D
    20A: OFTEN (REVERSE TELESCOPE)

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  20. 14 A: RIDER
    RID=Eliminate
    ER=Loyalty
    Perhaps Lochinivar=Definition

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  21. 18A- Gardenia
    A flower- Def.
    Blooms here- Gardeni
    Iowa- IA

    21A- Thinner- DD

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  22. 1D- Redstart
    Bird- Def.
    Begin again- Restart
    to trap
    Many- D

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  23. 7D- Iberian- Def.- Spaniarrd
    Scotsman- Ian
    Disease partly- Beri(beri)

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  24. 14 Across : TYPO : LOCHINVAR (Not LOCHNIVAR)

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  25. 13A Enumerate a bit while feeling contrITE, MISErable (7) ITEMISE (T)
    6D Remains short of black // money (5) RUB[-b]LE

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  26. I did not know it as Ruble. I was trying to work out Rouble but could not.
    Thank you for the correction Col.

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  27. Thanks Arden for the special at short notice

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  28. How is your patient getting along Col.?

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