Sunday, 29 June 2014

Special, Sunday 29 Jun 2014, Elmith


Welcome to our new setter Elmith.
Since this is just a 13 x 13, only TWO answers with annotations per commenter till 6 PM

ACROSS
7   Faith is having them around (6)
8   Write back and cut out relative (6)
9   Aid measure in Himachal Pradesh (4)
10 Supplies quiet time, after quiet time taken away roughly (8)
11 Eastern chieftain held ultimate ancient weapon (7)
13 Reportedly follows stories (5)
15 Attacks even armadillos (5)
17 Are you briefly sappy, silly around this ancient manuscript? (7)
20 Flower I strew about Outer India (8)
21 Traditional dance of Punjabi hunters (4)
22 Refuge of uneasy luminaries (6)
23 Delinquent sounds like real worker! (6)

DOWN
1   Catch at straws? (6)
2   Loose hitch (4)
3   Turns up and emits energy (7)
4   Flower business loses bid (5)
5   Insightful religious festival? (8)
6   Union measure (6)
12 Revealing direct account (8)
14 Greeting meant bending, holding a heart of obeisance (7)
16 Take him in as a harmless principle? (6)
18 Let go of international worker (6)
19 Prince turned back after first committing offense (5)
21 Navy base (4)

Acrosslite version can be accessed at the following link ELMITH 1

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63 comments:

  1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam29 June 2014 at 10:37

    21 Traditional dance of Punjabi hunters (4) BIHU [T]

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  2. Vasant29 June 2014 at 10:38

    8A: (NEP)<(HEW)
    9A:H(EL)P

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    1. Deepak Gopinath29 June 2014 at 10:41

      9A would have been better from the surface point of view as 'Aid measure in Himachal Pradesh'

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  3. Shrikanth29 June 2014 at 10:38

    8A NEPHEW - PEN <-- HEW

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  4. Shrikanth29 June 2014 at 10:39

    23A - TRU~ANT

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam29 June 2014 at 10:40

    16 Take him in as a harmless principle? (6) A(HIM)SA

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  6. C.G. BHARGAV29 June 2014 at 10:41

    7A THE{IS}M

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  7. VMA Nair29 June 2014 at 10:41

    7 THE (is)M

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  8. Richard29 June 2014 at 10:45

    15A Attacks even armadillos (5) RAILS (aRmAdIlLoS) - alternate letters
    22A Refuge of uneasy luminaries (6) ASYLUM (T)

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  9. Richard29 June 2014 at 10:47

    Good beginning by Elmith.

    LET HIM* keep entertaining us.

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    1. Elmith30 June 2014 at 05:35

      Thanks, Richard. Love the anagram. :-)

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  10. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan29 June 2014 at 10:52

    Welcome Elmith :)

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  11. VMA Nair29 June 2014 at 10:53

    18D UN HAND

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  12. VMA Nair29 June 2014 at 10:58

    13 A TALES ~ tails

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  13. Padmanabhan29 June 2014 at 11:07

    22A- Ahimsa- T
    Def.- Harmless principle

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  14. Padmanabhan29 June 2014 at 11:08

    1D- Clutch (&lit/ E)
    Def.- Catch

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  15. Vasant29 June 2014 at 11:11

    Compensating for 8A, which was answered by Shrikant as well:
    5D: EPIPHANY (DD)

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  16. Padmanabhan29 June 2014 at 11:14

    Compensation for 22A-
    !5A- Rails- (even) aRmAdIlLoS
    Def.- Attacks

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  17. mohsin29 June 2014 at 11:14

    14D Greeting meant bending, holding a heart of obeisance (7) --- NAM(A S)TE*

    Def = greeting; "meant" bending = NAMTE*, holding A, S(heart of obeiSance)

    19D Prince turned back after first committing offense (5) --- C RIME<-

    Def = offense; prince turning back = EMIR turning back, after C (first Committing)

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  18. Vasant29 June 2014 at 11:16

    Paddy @ 11:08: Answer does not seem correct; the crossings of 7A & 9A do not match

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  19. Padmanabhan29 June 2014 at 11:20

    My 1D looks doubtful.

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  20. C.G. BHARGAV29 June 2014 at 11:22

    20 A WISTER* IA Outer India??

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  21. C.G. BHARGAV29 June 2014 at 11:23

    IndiA

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  22. Padmanabhan29 June 2014 at 11:25

    Yes,it is. Sorry.
    The correct answer is Thatch.

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  23. Padmanabhan29 June 2014 at 11:34

    Yes, I noticed it. Working.

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  24. Bhalchandra Pasupathy29 June 2014 at 11:37

    11a SHOTGUN (T inside SHOGUN)

    3d IMPETUS (EMITS+UP)*

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  25. Bhalchandra Pasupathy29 June 2014 at 11:38

    Nice offering Elmith

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  26. Vasant29 June 2014 at 11:39

    Nice debut, Elmith. Was able to finish in duble quick time.

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    1. Elmith30 June 2014 at 05:36

      Excellent, vasant. I made this one a meduim difficulty at best. Glad you liked it.

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  27. Sowmya29 June 2014 at 11:50

    Welcome aboard Elmith. A very nice start and loved the Indian flavour you added to the crossword:)

    17 A - PAPYRUS - (R U (Are you briefly) + SAPPY)*

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  28. Sowmya29 June 2014 at 11:52

    4D INDUS (Flower - Def, INDUSTRY - TRY (Business loses Bid)

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  29. Mukundala Balasubramanyam29 June 2014 at 11:53

    Welcome Elmith. Nice debut offering.

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  30. Suresh29 June 2014 at 12:24

    10A EQUI(anag of quiet-t) P AGE
    2D LIMP (2)

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  31. Deepak Gopinath29 June 2014 at 13:10

    My 2

    6D - LEAGUE [DD]
    21D - {TELL}{TALE}

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  32. Padmanabhan29 June 2014 at 13:16

    Col.
    Tell tale is 12D.
    21D is leftover.
    I seem to be getting all the rest except 1D! I chose a wrong word in a hurry.

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  33. Deepak Gopinath29 June 2014 at 13:18

    Left overs

    Down - 1, 21

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  34. Padmanabhan29 June 2014 at 13:18

    Nice CW- refreshingly different. I have come across Nephew- a favourite with setters- in quite a few ways. But this was entirely new & enjoyable. Indus was excellent. Keep up the good work.

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    1. Elmith30 June 2014 at 05:38

      Thanks for the detailed feedback, Padmanabhan. I hope to contribute another soon.

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  35. Chaturvasi29 June 2014 at 13:58

    I am happy to see a CWD by Elmith in this forum.

    I know Elmith as a fellow-clue writer in the forum DIY COW.

    This CWD is generally easy with most of the clues pithy - some have fewer than 5 words.

    Elmith deserves congratulations for taking the trouble of adding some Indian flavour to his crossword, knowing that most solvers - if not all - are from India.

    I am not surprised that what is still 'left over' are 1d and 21d - these cannot be solved cold. Even with crossings available, the two could pose some problem, as the clue-type is not anagram or charade or acrostic or telescopic, all of which come under 'easy'. Let's see if someone comes along with answers before the deadline.

    CV (Rishi)

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    1. Aakash Sridhar29 June 2014 at 17:34

      +1 surprised when I opened the blog and saw the name elmith..
      nice opener..

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    2. VMA Nair29 June 2014 at 19:42

      Aakash,
      He had already mentioned it in ccs

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    3. Aakash Sridhar29 June 2014 at 20:10

      ah..
      not part of it anymore..so wouldn't know :)

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    4. Elmith30 June 2014 at 05:39

      Thanks, Chaturvasi, my fellow COW DIY'er. I actually set this puzzle over a year ago - thought I'd try one that would be suited to the Indian audience.

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  36. Richard29 June 2014 at 14:04

    Both the remainders are interesting. I have used up my quota. :(

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  37. Rishi29 June 2014 at 14:39

    Col. Deepak
    RE your Comment at 10-41 above, the published version of 9a does not seem to differ from your suggested version.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath29 June 2014 at 14:57

      I forgot to edit the AL version, the word 'capitals' appears there

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  38. Deepak Gopinath29 June 2014 at 15:01

    Raju,

    I have deleted your answers. Please resubmit with the annotations. We have repeated time and again the annotations are a must

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  39. raju umamaheswar29 June 2014 at 15:21

    I gave a blind and cold solve shot for 1 down and 21 down: I had not done the entire grid Stand corrected. It is THRESH. Flail about. shot in the dark? To catch at any straw for survival?

    Good one from a new compiler-- may your tribe increase !

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  40. raju umamaheswar29 June 2014 at 15:26

    21 down: BLUE: Colour Navy Blue: base for lewd as in blue films?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam29 June 2014 at 16:33

      Perhaps it could be that 'base' meaning, bottom part of Navy Blue, I think.

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  41. C.G. BHARGAV29 June 2014 at 15:45

    In a Thresh the straws are caught....
    <- Catch at straws? = Thresh....

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    1. raju umamaheswar29 June 2014 at 17:43

      Thank you, CG Bhargav. We bloggers will catch at any straw to annotate and solve a clue ! Doobne wallohnko thinke ke ka sahaara kaafi hai?

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  42. Padmanabhan29 June 2014 at 16:21

    Both are excellent clues. Now I understand CV's comment about these 2 clues.

    Pl. read CV's comment above@ 1.58 pm.The setter is not new- new only to us.

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    1. raju umamaheswar29 June 2014 at 17:28

      Paddy:Known to some , may be. But in his pseudonym, new to all of us?

      Is it because they are cryptic puzzle setters that they adopt pseudonyms? Who IS Elmith covering his talent in a helmet ? He has given a new spin to annotations. Nice, though !

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    2. Elmith30 June 2014 at 05:41

      Me, hide my talent in a helmet? (Like the visual.) My real name is Darren Redfern. Elmith is a name I've gone by for many years (it's LOTR Elvish).

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  43. Unknown29 June 2014 at 17:22

    very nice elmith :)

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