Sunday, 4 May 2014

Special, Sunday 04 May 2014, Afterdark


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


ACROSS
1    Pet girl and young tailor make a piece of garment (5,6)
7    Avoid heroin, send drink (3)
9    Out of print note about light (5)
10  Complicated open-heart surgery makes sick greyhen extinct animal (9)
11  Angry telecaster sacked trainee and extras (2,7)
12  Actually cravat conceals different fabric (5)
13  Flute played outside World Body is melodious (7)
15  King's book on lease (4)
18  First-class, detailed and precise (4)
20  Redesigned workout king swapped with knight is obselete (7)
23  Anger crazy young man spitting chewing gum (5)
24  Shake mate in a mess to hurry (4,5)
26  Roughen bi, queer who lives next door (9)
27  Emasculate and behead the sniper (5)
28  Appearance of big German missed (3)
29  Desire setter harboured is strong about missing husband's accomplishment (11)

DOWN
1    Press release on rewritten poetry earns wealth (8)
2    Detecting no spasm before gin cocktail (8)
3    Yes, talk about missing Australian vessel (5)
4    Risk losing article of emperor (7)
5    Redress malfunctioning of furniture (7)
6    Antelope all over the place, though unknown in celestial body (9)
7    Look for ocean right of the church (6)
8    Dock gangster at the gate (6)
14  Plant false history in assemblies, no alternative! (9)
16  NSE lost commonsense in a frenzy, in a soup (8)
17  Detain alien in a large network (8)
19  Huge insect following scholar on road (7)
20  Eater OK about getting a shrub (3,4)
21  Start to praise endlessly on the point Switzerland took (6)
22  Single had nothing coming back in staying connected (6)
25  Keep animal right outside and get censor certificate (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at the following link ADB 15

Enjoy.

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64 comments:

  1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 May 2014 at 10:32

    20 Eater OK about getting a shrub (3,4) OAK TREE {EATER OK}*

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  2. Shrikanth4 May 2014 at 10:39

    There is a typo in 5D.

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    1. Col_Gopinath4 May 2014 at 11:18

      Corrected here but not in Across Lite

      Delete
    2. Suresh4 May 2014 at 11:42

      So it is an ACHIEVEMENT, that I solved it on Acrosslite.

      Delete
  3. Vasant4 May 2014 at 10:39

    11A: ET CETERAS{TELECASTER(-L)}*
    12A:LYCRA-T
    13A:T(UN)EFUL*

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  4. Unknown4 May 2014 at 10:43

    26A Roughen bi, queer who lives next door (9)
    NEIGHBOUR (ROUGHEN BI)*
    Def: Who lives next door

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  5. Rengaswamy4 May 2014 at 10:43

    11A. ETC may stand for Et Ceteras but for me it is End of Thinking Capacity

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  6. CA Prasad4 May 2014 at 10:45

    24.A. MAKE HASTE. (SHAKE MATE)*
    13.A.TUNEFUL. (FLUTE+UN)*

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  7. Rengaswamy4 May 2014 at 10:45

    24A Shake mate in a mess to hurry (4,5) MAKE HASTE*

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  8. Unknown4 May 2014 at 10:47

    17D Detain alien in a large network (8)
    INTERNET (INTERN)(ET)
    Def: A large network

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  9. Shrikanth4 May 2014 at 10:51

    Regarding 29A,please read the clue as - "Desire setter harboured is strong about missing husband's accomplishment (11)"

    I made the correction, but sent the wrong one to Colonel.

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    1. Col_Gopinath4 May 2014 at 11:21

      Again, corrected here but not in Across Lite

      Delete
  10. Unknown4 May 2014 at 10:51

    6D Antelope all over the place, though unknown in celestial body (9)
    EXOPLANET (ANTELOPE)*+X
    Def: Celestial Body

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  11. CA Prasad4 May 2014 at 11:00

    1.D.PROPERTY. PR(POETRY)*

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 May 2014 at 11:03

    16 NSE lost commonsense in a frenzy, in a soup (8) CONSOMME {COMMONSE}*{-nse}

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 May 2014 at 11:19

    20 Redesigned workout king swapped with knight is obselete (7)OUTWORN {WOR(-k)(+N)OUT}* Def: Obsolete

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  14. CA Prasad4 May 2014 at 11:26

    3.D.YACHT. (YA)(CHaT)
    Compensating for 13 A

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  15. Padmanabhan4 May 2014 at 11:31

    22D- ON(LIN)E
    Single- one
    Nothing coming back- LIN =<

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  16. Padmanabhan4 May 2014 at 11:34

    5D- Dresser-(redress)*

    7D- search
    Look for- Def.
    Ocean- Sea
    Right- R
    Church- Ch

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  17. Vasant4 May 2014 at 11:52

    Enjoyable Crossie; PTEROSAUR was the last to fall in place

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  18. Col_Gopinath4 May 2014 at 11:55

    Contributions required for the Sunday Specials

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  19. Sowmya4 May 2014 at 11:56

    My 3
    2D NOTICING - NO+TIC+(GIN)*
    4D IMPERIL - IMPERI(-A)L
    23A ANNOY - (YOUNGMAN-GUM)*

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  20. Col_Gopinath4 May 2014 at 12:03

    My 3 which i deleted by mistake!!

    1A - PANTY GIRDLE {PET+GIRL+AND+Y}*
    10A - PTEROSAUR {OPEN HEART SURGERY - greyhen}*
    15A - {RE}{NT}

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  21. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan4 May 2014 at 12:45

    8 D Dock gangster at the gate (6) PORTAL (PORT AL)

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  22. Padmanabhan4 May 2014 at 12:48

    Computer domain special ! More than what is needed to call it special.

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  23. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan4 May 2014 at 12:48

    19A Huge insect following scholar on road (7) MAMMOTH (not sure about the anno . Got MA & MOTH ,M ?)

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  24. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan4 May 2014 at 12:52

    14 D Plant false history in assemblies, no alternative! (9) FORSYTHIA {FOR (SYTHI)A}

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  25. Nadathur Rajan4 May 2014 at 13:05

    F(ORSYTHI*)[-or]A

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  26. Vasant4 May 2014 at 13:06

    LV @ 12:52: I think the anno should be: {FOR[SYTHI(-OR)*]A} i.e. HISTORY WITHOUT or(alternative) In FORA(ASSEMBLIES)

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  27. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 May 2014 at 13:11

    I think the Anno of N R Sir looks better.

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    1. Sowmya4 May 2014 at 13:18

      My Anno was same as Vasant's FORA<<< (HISTORY-OR)*

      Delete
    2. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan4 May 2014 at 17:48

      @SR Even my anno was same as Vasant's anno

      Delete
  28. RameshJ4 May 2014 at 13:13

    21 Start to praise endlessly on the point Switzerland took (6) LAUNCH {LAUd} N {CH}

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  29. RameshJ4 May 2014 at 13:14

    25 Keep animal right outside and get censor certificate (5) HOUSE {HOr{U}SE}

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  30. RameshJ4 May 2014 at 13:16

    18A First-class, detailed and precise (4) PRIM {PRIMe}

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  31. Vasant4 May 2014 at 13:18

    MB @ 1:11: It certainly does!

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  32. Deepak Gopinath4 May 2014 at 13:22

    Leftovers for latecomers

    Across - 7, 9, 27, 28, 29

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  33. Nadathur Rajan4 May 2014 at 13:22

    ACROSS
    27 Emasculate and behead the sniper (5) [-g]UNMAN
    29 Desire setter harboured is strong about missing husband's accomplishment (11) ACH(I)E VE[-he]MENT
    DOWN
    25 Keep animal right outside and get censor certificate (5) HO[r](+U)SE

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 May 2014 at 13:25

      Does 'he' mean 'husband' pl?

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    2. Nadathur Rajan4 May 2014 at 13:26

      25 Down already solved.

      28Ac Appearance of big German missed (3) HU[-g]E

      Delete
  34. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 May 2014 at 13:33

    9Ac : Could there be a typo in the last word of the clue?!

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  35. David Jayaprakash John4 May 2014 at 14:09

    9A Out of print note about light (5)

    OPTIC

    o - out
    p - print
    ti - note
    c - about

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  36. VMA Nair4 May 2014 at 14:17

    7 s (-h) ip

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  37. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 May 2014 at 14:19

    9Ac : Instead of 'light', if 'sight' was shown in the clue, it would have been a giveaway, Hence 'light' preferred, I think!

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  38. Deepak Gopinath4 May 2014 at 14:21

    Thanks for the special Shrikanth

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  39. VMA Nair4 May 2014 at 14:31

    Thanks Afterdark

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  40. Shrikanth4 May 2014 at 14:35

    Thanks Colonel for the opportunity. Paddy's 12.48 is correct. Did this as a dedication to the launch of my inteenational property portal. Www. Housejuvo.com. thanks folks.

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  41. Sowmya4 May 2014 at 16:23

    Thanks for the Crossword AD and congrats on your new portal..PROPERTY, PORTAL, LAUNCH, ONLINE, SEARCH, HOUSE..Anythjng I have missed? Quite an ACHIEVEMENT, I must add:)

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  42. Sowmya4 May 2014 at 16:26

    Add..INTERNET, ofcourse:)

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  43. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan4 May 2014 at 17:51

    @ AD Thanks for the xword & All the best

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  44. Anonymous4 May 2014 at 19:20

    All the best with your new portal, Shrikanth. And now to solve your puzzle.

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