Sunday, 9 March 2014

Special, Sunday 09 Mar 2014, Mac


Welcome to Mac our new setter.

Three answers per commenter (with annotations) till 6 PM.



ACROSS
1. Arrangement for every variation (11)
7. Bizarre drink (3)
9. Hatred for an element (not Sulphur) (5)
10. Optimal location for toffee jar (5,4)
11. Durban – a really fetching city (5,4)
12. Jumbo tooth? (5)
13. People you might meet around 11? (7)
15. Fuse an egg, say (4) 
18. Drug addict is sure to change (4)
20. The Maliks - Anju, Anu – hold capital (3,4)
23. Make a lass dance (5)
24. More nervous hag involved in a row (9)
26. Contemptuous comeback pierces second-grade leader (9)
27. African antelope – not your average land animal, for starters (5) 
28. English soldiers show character (3)
29. Being steadfast, chaste nuns shaken by sex, at first (11)

DOWN
1. Oversees removal of fraud for positive results (8) 
2. Colourful sights disguised as brown, with a hint of indigo (8)
3. Emasculate Ban-Ki Moon, for instance? (5)
4. Postulates an article about pressure (7)
5. Ipecac mixed with potassium is used for swellings (7)
6. Food I turn to, in frenzy (9)
7. Exotic parrot is a bird of prey (6)
8. Vishnu's fishy avatar? (6)
14. Examples of fashionable positions (9)
16. Zuckerberg, for one, owns a country (8)
17. Requests for exceptional teen star (8)
19. Wine boxes returned without casing (7)
20. A bit short, dwarf is beset by extreme sufferin' (7)
21. Currency of leading country (not Russia) can be utilised (6)
22. Manual misused by graduate (6)
25. Bacon cheese sandwiches – an excellent source of protein (5)


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55 comments:

  1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 10:36

    17D :. Requests for exceptional teen star (8) ENTREATS (TEEN STAR)*

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  2. Anonymous9 March 2014 at 10:41

    Welcome, Mac

    7a RUM 2
    18a USER*

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 10:43

    14D :. Examples of fashionable positions (9) INSTANCES (IN+STANCES)

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  4. Raghunath9 March 2014 at 10:45

    27. African antelope – not your average land animal, for starters (5) N Y A L A
    7. Exotic parrot is a bird of prey (6) RAPTOR*
    22. Manual misused by graduate (6) ALUMNA*

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 10:46

    27A :. African antelope – Not Your Average Land Animal, for starters (5) NYALA (Acronym)

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  6. Raghunath9 March 2014 at 10:48

    Welcome to the community Mac!

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 10:58

    6D :. Food I turn to, in frenzy (9) NUTRITION (I TURN TO IN)*

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  8. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan9 March 2014 at 11:14

    29.A Being steadfast, chaste nuns shaken by sex, at first (11) STAUNCHNESS {chaste nuns* s(ex) }

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  9. CA Prasad9 March 2014 at 11:16

    12. A. IVORY
    8. D. MATSYA .LIT.

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  10. CA Prasad9 March 2014 at 11:26

    5.D.ICEPACK. {IPECAC+K}*

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  11. SandhyaP9 March 2014 at 11:26

    Neat crossword Mac :)

    26A. Contemptuous comeback pierces second-grade leader (9) {B}{EMOC<-}{KING}
    16A. Zuckerberg, for one, owns a country (8) SUR{1}NAME
    19D. Wine boxes returned without casing (7) (-s)RETSINA(-c)<-

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 11:49

      16A : Zuckerberg. If I may, Sandhya Ma'am :-) Please see the link given below.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuckerberg

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    2. SandhyaP9 March 2014 at 11:55

      @MS: Thanks for the info!
      Zuckerberg: German surname meaning - sugar mountain :)

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 11:59

      The above link is for the benefit of those who wonder how SURNAME is appearing in the Annotation.

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 12:02

      ...and the link was certainly not meant for Sandhya Ma'am ! :)

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    5. Unknown9 March 2014 at 12:06

      Thanks, Sandhya
      @MB, To be honest, I didn't research it that much. Just picked out one of the most famous surnames around :). "Sugar mountain" does conjure up a hilarious image, though.

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  12. Ramani9 March 2014 at 11:41

    9 a Sodium-s ODIUM

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  13. Padmanabhan9 March 2014 at 11:42

    10A- Sweet Spot (E)/ DD

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    1. Deepak Gopinath9 March 2014 at 11:47

      Paddy it is {SWEET S}{POT} Toffee = SWEETS and jar = POT

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    2. Unknown9 March 2014 at 12:03

      It wasn't intended to be broken down as toffee = sweets ... (plurality issue).
      But as a whole, toffee jar = sweets pot

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    3. Deepak Gopinath9 March 2014 at 12:08

      Okay seen

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  14. Padmanabhan9 March 2014 at 11:43

    20A-San Juan (T)

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  15. Padmanabhan9 March 2014 at 11:44

    9A- Odium
    Sodium-S

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  16. Deepak Gopinath9 March 2014 at 11:49

    My 3

    1D - (-con+pro)PRODUCTS
    2D - RAINBOWS {AS+BROWN+I}*
    3D - {UN}{MAN}

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 12:56

      3. Emasculate Ban-Ki Moon, for instance? (5) {UN}{MAN}

      Not getting the link btn UNMAN and BAN-Ki-Moon, Sir !

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    2. Deepak Gopinath9 March 2014 at 13:19

      UN General Secretary Ban-ki-moon. Get it now?

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 13:40

      Yes, Sir ! Got it now !! Thanks.

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    4. Venkatesh9 March 2014 at 15:48

      Secretary-General, not Gen Sec.

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 18:56

      Thanks, Venkatesh ! Since noted.

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  17. Ramani9 March 2014 at 11:51

    28a ETA English TA territorial army

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  18. Ramani9 March 2014 at 11:57

    25d CONCH (T)

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  19. Raghunath9 March 2014 at 12:25

    With the amount of money Zuckerberg's invested to buy What's app, he sure can buy a country too.

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  20. Vasant9 March 2014 at 13:11

    1A: (PER)(MUTATION)
    11A:URBAN AREA(T){dURBAN A REAlly}

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  21. Vasant9 March 2014 at 13:14

    24A:T(WITCH)IER

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  22. Vasant9 March 2014 at 13:19

    Reply to MB's 12:56(Not getting the link for Reply): Ban- Ki Moon is the secretary General of UN hence UN MAN.

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  23. Vasant9 March 2014 at 13:21

    Oops, didn't see Colonel's reply.

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  24. Vasant9 March 2014 at 13:32

    Good Crossword, Mac!Nice Debut.

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 13:56

    I would say it's fantastic ! Keep it up, Mac. Most of us think that T clues are the easiest to spot but 11 Across proved otherwise ! Subsequently 13 Across remained unsolved till now !

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  26. Unknown9 March 2014 at 14:05

    Thanks, Vasant and MB

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  27. made in heaven9 March 2014 at 15:36

    4D. Asserts A >STRESS (SSERTS)
    20D. Smidgen MIDGE in SN
    21D. Usable USA RUBLE without RU ?

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    1. Suresh9 March 2014 at 15:46

      Anno I had for 21D is US ABLE (for can). But what is the role of Russia?

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    2. Unknown9 March 2014 at 15:55

      Nice solve.
      USA RUBLE - RU (Russia) is correct!

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 16:04

      20D : My Anno for SMIDGEN is {S(MIDGEt)N}

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 16:08

      Short 'dwarf' meaning Midge(-t)

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  28. Suresh9 March 2014 at 15:41

    13A TOWNIES (CD)
    15A KNIT (~NIT)

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  29. Col_Gopinath9 March 2014 at 16:04

    Thanks Mac for a great CW

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  30. Padmanabhan9 March 2014 at 16:08

    Initially I did not quite get the correct anno for 21D since the leading country came in the way (Also I was more familiar with the spelling as Rouble)
    Well done Mac. You have made a good start. Now keep them coming. And of course,thank you Col.

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  31. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 16:25

    Of late, Col Sir, has found a way to catch skilful new setters like Exa (Aakash Sridhar), Rainmon (V M Ajeesh) and now Mac (Mr X) as of now ! Thanks to Col Sir and The Three Musketeers !!

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 16:37

      Should it be 'thanking' or 'thanks to' ?! I will leave it to them :-)

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  32. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 March 2014 at 16:32

    Exa was last seen on 19th Jan 2014. Wish he would make an appearance soon !

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  33. Anonymous9 March 2014 at 18:44

    Thanks, Mac!

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