Sunday, 30 March 2014

Special, Sunday 30 Mar 2014, Afterdark


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

ACROSS
1    Son to get scrambled eggs in for a fool (6)
4    Mock good man by hugging an idot (6)
9    Heading of assignment changed by a top dunce (4)
10  Sad rebel regularly feasted on the dairy product (4,6)
11  Hit back after mother's first music class, say! (6)
12  Appeal cut short, South Africa to take innings lead at Greek province (8)
13  Working hard to make a Search Engine include eastern state (9)
15  Compliance plane ignored is ridiculous (5)
16  Cow pregnant with third calf by neutering first? You twit (5)
18  Talents of the awfully stern German this setter ignored (9)
22  Counter setter on the animal (8)
23  Grade the French and cause resentment (6)
25  Smart witch changed shape, swapping wife with a man's timekeeper (5,5)
26  Information from all directions (4)
27  State of being plump, decompose off to state a being undressed (6)
28  Contain bad stye spreading around North Carolina (6)

DOWN
1    Silver in abundance at the disc, say! (7)
2    Loose hemp taken from tree with hesitation (5)
3    Shoemaker about to leave and follow girl's male bird (7)
5    Contain anger on swapping rupee with cent (6)
6    Oriental ghost men compose a signature tune (5,4)
7    Bewildered missionary may leave the composer (7)
8    Mineral heard arriving at the later part of the day (13)
14  Provided Hebrew with a, e, i , o ,u ? (9)
17  The dead managed the previous house of Popes? (7)
19  Worldly listener next (7)
20  New flaw in bat found by a cretin (7)
21  Newborn identical twin left troubled Iceland with a simpleton (6)
24  Nurse admits setter excluding a moron (5)

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103 comments:

  1. Ramani30 March 2014 at 10:45

    7 Bewildered missionary may leave the composer (7) ROSSINI (MISSIONARY - MAY)*

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  2. Vasant30 March 2014 at 10:49

    15A: COMIC=COMPLIANCE-PLANE
    16A:C(L)OW(N)
    23A:(RANK)(LE)

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  3. Ramani30 March 2014 at 10:52

    20 New flaw in bat found by a cretin (7) HALFWIT (FLAW HIT)*

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  4. Ramani30 March 2014 at 11:00

    6 Oriental ghost men compose a signature tune (5,4) THEME SONG (E GHOST MEN)*

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  5. SandhyaP30 March 2014 at 11:01

    10A Sad rebel regularly feasted on the dairy product (4,6) {BLUE} {CHE}{fEaStEd}
    18A Talents of the awfully stern German this setter ignored (9) {STREN*}{G}{TH(-i)S}
    3D Shoemaker about to leave and follow girl's male bird (7) (-c){+G}OBBLER

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  6. Ramani30 March 2014 at 11:02

    Thank you VJ and Shrikanth

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  7. Ramani30 March 2014 at 11:04

    By the way half wit is a hyphenated word, I think and if so, the enu has to be 4-3. Kindly enlighten

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    1. Shrikanth30 March 2014 at 11:12

      Chambers treats it as a single word.

      http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=fool&title=thes

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  8. Raghunath30 March 2014 at 11:13

    28a: E(NC)YST*
    19d: EAR+THEN

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  9. Ramani30 March 2014 at 11:15

    Thanks again, Shrikanth

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  10. Raghunath30 March 2014 at 11:18

    16a: C(L)OW+N. Why 'you'?

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    1. Shrikanth30 March 2014 at 11:24

      Strictly speaking not needed. Used as a connector for better surface reading

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    2. Raghunath30 March 2014 at 12:06

      Then you could have had the full stop after twit and comma after first.
      I hope you don't mind my voicing my view.
      Not patronizing.

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    3. Shrikanth30 March 2014 at 12:40

      Absolutely no issues Raghu. Any lesson taken gleefully :)

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  11. SandhyaP30 March 2014 at 11:54

    4 Mock good man by hugging an idot (6)
    Typo: It should be IDIOT

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  12. SandhyaP30 March 2014 at 11:59

    Crossword for All Fools' Day!

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    1. Shrikanth30 March 2014 at 12:45

      :) That's why it is titled AFD Spl

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    2. SandhyaP30 March 2014 at 13:19

      Mistook it for Afterdark!

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    3. Shrikanth30 March 2014 at 13:53

      Thanks Sandhya :P never knew they were synonyms :)

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  13. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 12:34

    25A- Wrist watch - (smart witch)*-M+W
    Def.- Timekeeper

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  14. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 12:37

    26A- NEWS (directions)
    I have heard that is how the word was coined. May be true.

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  15. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2014 at 12:42

    13A - {B{E}{AVER}ING}
    1A - {STOR{AG}E}
    2D - {OAK}{UM}

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  16. Ramani30 March 2014 at 13:05

    Deepak Sir, Your ans 1 a may have to be read as 1 D, I suppose

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  17. Vasant30 March 2014 at 13:41

    Missing all the regulars here:Kishore,MB,Richard.I suppose that's why so many leftovers today.

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    1. Anonymous30 March 2014 at 17:03

      They did not get fooled here! Maybe they got fooled elsewhere ...

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  18. Ramani30 March 2014 at 13:49

    Adding a few more: MB Paddy LV .....

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  19. Ramani30 March 2014 at 13:50

    Sorry MB repeated

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    1. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 15:53

      I have given 2 earlier. Just did not poke around as usual.

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  20. Richard30 March 2014 at 14:05

    Hey Ram! 1:41 - Your prayer seems to have been heard, partly though.

    Two from me. Third to follow soon.

    1. 4A Mock good man by hugging an idiot (6)
    {JE(ST)ER} = def. idiot
    Jeer = mock
    hugging - insertion
    St = saint, good man

    2. 8D Mineral heard arriving at the later part of the day (13)
    CUMMINGTONITE (~coming tonight) - homophonic
    http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/cummingtonite

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  21. mohsin30 March 2014 at 14:11

    22A: {STALL}{I}{ON}

    5D: EN(+C - R)AGE

    21D: NITWIT (IDENTICAL TWIN - ICELAND)*

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    1. mohsin30 March 2014 at 14:21

      21D. More precisely (IDENTICAL TWIN - ICELAND*)*

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    2. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 15:56

      It for iceland? I filled in but was not sure of anno.

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    3. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 15:57

      Sorry. I got the deletion just now!

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  22. Richard30 March 2014 at 14:16

    Third one from me.

    23A - Grade the French and cause resentment (6) - charade
    {RANK}{LE} = cause resentment
    RANK = grade
    LE = French for 'the'

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  23. Vasant30 March 2014 at 14:19

    Two regulars make their appearance & lo & behold 6 leftovers are solved!

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  24. Vasant30 March 2014 at 14:21

    Richard 23A was already solved!Take a pot at another one.

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  25. Richard30 March 2014 at 14:29

    Sorry, Vasant @ 2:21. I missed it in your post.

    Replacement as my last contribution.

    11A - Hit back after mother's first music class, say! (6)
    {MA}{M}{MAL<-) = class of animals, say (= for example)
    LAM reversed after MA+M (first Music)

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  26. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 14:42

    1a Son to get scrambled eggs in for a fool (6) ST(OO)GE - OO in anag. of S GET
    11a Hit back after mother's first music class, say! (6) MAMMAL = MAL (rev of LAM) after MA M[usic] - def; class or specie
    24 Nurse admits setter excluding a moron (5) NANNY - sub A for I in ninny?

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  27. Vasant30 March 2014 at 14:42

    Also 1A is left

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  28. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 14:44

    Sorry!
    24d is NINNY
    sub I for A in nanny.
    Good clue where there is a dilemma as to which is def and which is sub fodder. But of course the answer is a theme word.

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  29. Vasant30 March 2014 at 14:46

    CV Sir: 11 A already solved.

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  30. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 14:52

    27a State of being plump, decompose off to state a being undressed (6)
    NUDITY
    delete ROT from ROTUND ...
    sorry the anno doesn't come quickly to me.
    is there any typo in the clue? should it be 'to a state of being undressed'? Now, NY is State. How does it work, please?

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  31. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 14:53

    This 9a - has anyone got it? A four-letter word still defying!

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  32. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 14:57

    My mouse is acting funny and it does havoc with black and white cells in the grid on my app.
    Each click has double-click effect.

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  33. Vasant30 March 2014 at 14:59

    27A: I think the anno is {ROTUNDITY-(-rot)}*

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  34. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:02

    16a Only now after looking at clues/sols I understand the exchanve between Raghu and AD.
    It is OK here in fun run. But -
    If I were the crossword editor I will want it to be rewritten. As the CWD is a game of two players and when the setter refers to him'herself as I or me, 'you' is the party of the second as PGW would say. So You twit looks like insulting the reader/solver.

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  35. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:04

    12a 17d - are these solved?

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    1. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:06

      Yet to be finished. Some two-three clues remain.

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  36. Vinayak30 March 2014 at 15:06

    12A: MAGNE(-t)S(I) A, MAGNESIA
    17D: {LATE}{RAN} , Lateran Palace , the previous residences of the Popes
    14D: VOWELISED , to provide ( a Hebrew, Arabic etc text ) with vowel points

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  37. Vasant30 March 2014 at 15:07

    These are the only 2 left

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    1. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:12

      12a and 17d too are solved. Too? OK, OK, the usage is correct.

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  38. Vasant30 March 2014 at 15:08

    Alongwith the elusive 4 letter word of 9 A!

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  39. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:10

    So, my dear AD, how many jokers are in your pack?
    I was thinking of doing a thematic exactly like this but thank god I didn't. Else, you would have anticipated me!
    I think it's time we begin to set puzzles where the theme is not obvious!

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  40. Raghunath30 March 2014 at 15:16

    9a: -w +D(ORK): foolish person.
    I had filled in a duplicate answer, so I'm compensating for it.

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    1. Raghunath30 March 2014 at 15:18

      What sort if clue is this? D comes from Dunce also the def.

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  41. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:21

    I have now got 9a!
    Will leave it to someone else.
    Are letter sub fodder and def combined in that clue?

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  42. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:22

    Raghu - You and I crossed - er - I mean...

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  43. Suresh30 March 2014 at 15:23

    Nice CW today AD. Felt there was on too many of the substituting type clue. But that is fine.
    Very enjoyable.

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  44. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:25

    As long as I was thinking of TASK (assignment), how would I get the answer? Hence the delay. And then the DD - er - I mean... double duty element.

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  45. Vasant30 March 2014 at 15:25

    Apologies to one & all for making a hash of counting the leftovers.A very good puzzle by AD for AFD!

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  46. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:27

    May I ask AD or DG to carry a filled-in grid w/ the fools highlighted. Let them have their day!

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  47. Raghunath30 March 2014 at 15:27

    Thanks AD, for a nice crossword.

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  48. Richard30 March 2014 at 15:35

    Thanks AD for making fools of us on a Sunday.

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  49. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:46

    Deepak

    For a Sunday special in the future, let's have a community CWD.
    I will contribute a filled-in grid.
    Clue writing will be by members of this blog.
    Volunteers have to send a mail to chaturvasi{at}yahoo{dot}com
    As there may be 30 clues, I need thirty volunteers. One member will write one clue each. If there are fewer volunteers, clues will be distributed pro rata and any left-overs I will tackle.
    I will assign clues to voluntary clue-writers and do the rest of the work. All are welcome including Venkatesh who, if interested, may write to me.
    Credit will be in general terms with names disclosed but not which clue who. In the email indicate the byline you want if it is not your real name.
    I am expecting the Col's approval.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath30 March 2014 at 15:49

      Approval for such initiatives are not required. Let me be the 1st volunteer.

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    2. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 15:57

      Thanks.
      NB: Volunteers may express their willingness here but for me to assign clues, each must send an email to the ID given above with THCCCC in the subject line.
      Deepak: explore if there is a possibility of a post on this being the first of two in Blogger for some time regularly so those who do not visit today and non-posters will know.

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    3. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 16:10

      I always like following you! So count me in as second.

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    4. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 16:11

      CV@3.57-
      I suggest Col./ Kishore can put it in the byline tomorrow so that nobody will miss it.

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    5. Unknown30 March 2014 at 19:51

      Me too

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  50. VMA Nair30 March 2014 at 16:11

    Missed this . Was on a devotional trip to Kanchi

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  51. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 16:13

    Thank you AD and thanks to all those who made it very lively today.

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  52. Raghunath30 March 2014 at 16:24

    I'm in for the clue writing contest.

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  53. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan30 March 2014 at 16:59

    Today I could'nt participate :( (Was busy with tomorrow's Ugadhi preparations ) Will try the xword when I find time .

    @CV Sir , Please count me in the clue writing . Thanks !

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  54. Anonymous30 March 2014 at 17:02

    Coming in late and wondering how AD could have missed an obvious entry for this themed puzzle. But then, he probably did not want proper names!

    I am in for the clue writing. I think some have got a feeling that it is a contest from above responses and that they may be wrong. CV may confirm.

    The joint effort can come under a byline like Poupourri or Smorgasbord!

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  55. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 17:17

    Contest was never mentioned, Kishore. CV started it by saying community CW. All of us bored eager souls always looking something exciting. Re. your opening comment at 5.02, if he wanted to accommodate Proper names, there are better contenders!

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    1. Anonymous30 March 2014 at 18:02

      As said a couple of days back, Paddy, politics is out of bounds here ;-)

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    2. Anonymous30 March 2014 at 18:11

      Contest was mentioned by Raghu at 424 and Ajeesh expressed his 'Me too' thereafter. Hence, I wanted to clarify that CV's proposal was not a contest.

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    3. VMA Nair30 March 2014 at 18:39

      :-( I m game not for contest

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    4. Padmanabhan30 March 2014 at 19:29

      Kishore!6.02-
      I did not have politics in mind this time!

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    5. Raghunath30 March 2014 at 19:59

      My apologies. I didn't think it was a contest. I wrote without thought and more such errors occur when blogging through my mobile phone.

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    6. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 20:10

      I am not contesting your statement as I am a victim myself! WIth iPad.
      I am consciously keeping myself away from smartphone.

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  56. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 17:43

    Look here -
    I have clearly stated above that volunteers must send consents to my email ID given above.
    They may mention their interest here but that alone won't do.
    Only if I receive an email with THCCCC in subject line can I send clues when progress is made.
    I may know the email IDs of some of the volunteers above but I can keep track only if I receive consent by email from volunteer with the relevant subject line.
    THCCCC stands for The Hindu Crossword Corner Community Crossword. So this abbr. of Community Crossword must be in the subjectline.
    So far I have recd two.

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    1. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 17:45

      read: this abbr. or Community Crossword (or similar) must be in the subject line.

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    2. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 17:50

      THCCCC is not a contest. It is a participatory crossword.
      Volunteers send me the clues and I produce the CWD that the Col can put up. It is for solving by members - volunteers will know answers only to their clues. For non-volunteers everything is new as the other Sunday Specials.

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    3. Anonymous30 March 2014 at 18:05

      It's a great idea, CV. It will also keep the Col's Sunday Special series going even when there is a shortage from Newbies or Veterans.

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    4. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 18:39

      This is a one-off exercise from me.
      This is not a novel, original idea. Such crosswords have appeared in international forums and I have participated in UK, US and Aus exercises.
      I am only doing it here. I proposed it and so I am managing it this time to put the CWD together.
      Its regularity will depend upon others pursuing the venture and also level of participation from volunteers.

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  57. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 19:50

    At around 8 p.m., I have six volunteers.
    Some more may join, so the quota is reduced in a puzzle of say 28/30 clues.
    Read my posts above for details.

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  58. Chaturvasi30 March 2014 at 20:07

    Any volunteer who sends mail to me gets an ack - words to be clued will be sent later when the grid is filled and allotment is made.
    My aim is to have 15 so each gets to write just two clues.
    Now I have six, besides the Col.

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    1. Bhavan31 March 2014 at 05:38

      I would like to participate too. The list so far:

      Deepak
      Padmanabhan
      Prashanth Sai
      Raghunath
      Ajeesh
      Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
      Kishore
      Bhavan

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    2. Chaturvasi31 March 2014 at 06:17

      To that list add

      Sowmya
      Vasant
      Richard
      Ramesh (Sunnet)
      Ram

      So now I have 13 volunteers. Just two more and I can start my work of gridfills and allotment of two clues per volunteer.
      Ajeesh is yet to send his email request to me, I think.
      I have sent ack to all the others.

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  59. Anonymous30 March 2014 at 20:15

    THCCCC has one C more than CCCP

    Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик

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    1. Richard30 March 2014 at 21:01

      That entity has seen multiple fragmentation years ago!

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  60. Richard30 March 2014 at 20:59

    Do we call this Reverse Crossword Engineering? ;-)

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