Sunday, 7 September 2014

Special, Sunday 07 Sep 2014, Elmith

NOTE
Sunday specials will remain suspended from 14 Sep 2014 onwards, in view of IXL-2014, and will resume on 23 Nov 2014.

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


ACROSS
1   Deride the French after mildly bad situation? (6)
4   Computer course: Excel (6)
9   Post endless analysis (4)
10 Jerry Hall is against cannabis (10)
11 Agree to admit Germany, but not Portugal (6)
12 A bit of research I've directed locked away (8)
13 Blasted wall breach! Retaining lawyer, getting new entrance (9)
15 To fit this top, it takes two (4)
16 Sprite shot over ice? (4)
17 Go down swinging? (6,3)
21 Considered any deals corrupt (8)
22 Pretense in note about Germany and England (6)
24 Milton's blameless and never proud by mistake (10)
25 Kill appeal at hearing (4)
26 Regularly, First Lady almost loses listener (6)
27 Eliminates fiddle recitals without it (6)

DOWN
1   Tom returns parting greetings from company town? (7)
2   Force dog about (5)
3   Like milk? Show true gulping (7)
5   Religious term for musicians with case of carnality (6)
6   Depression - in awful rut - due to immorality (9)
7   German cheers about the heartless demonstration (7)
8   Rambling amid heatwaves created dust on the road (9,4)
14 Revealing about the heart? (9)
16 Remorse shown in final letter from pirate town (7)
18 Popular revolutionary, informally, is skeptic (7)
19 Slip off ship under...under disguise (7)
20 Plane serving spirits (6)
23 No end to hogwash about work - it fuels stock? (5)

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55 comments:

  1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 September 2014 at 10:39

    21A : Considered any deals corrupt (8) ANALYSED (ANY DEALS)* Def : Considered

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  2. Vasant7 September 2014 at 10:43

    26A: EVENLY:(EVE) {N(-EAR)LY}
    27A:CLEARS: RECITALS(-IT)*

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 September 2014 at 11:16

    25A : Kill appeal at hearing (4) PREY (~PRAY) Def : Kill

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  4. Vasant7 September 2014 at 11:17

    18D:INFIDEL: (IN)(FIDEL)

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  5. sebu7 September 2014 at 12:34

    6D {TUR(PIT)UDE}*
    1D HI(TAC<=)HI

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  6. sebu7 September 2014 at 12:40

    1A HECKLE?

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  7. sebu7 September 2014 at 12:48

    HECK (mildly bad situation?) + LE ; Def: DERIDE

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  8. Gita SB7 September 2014 at 12:58

    12A ARCHIVE (T)

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 September 2014 at 13:06

    11A : Agree to admit Germany, but not Portugal (6) ACCEDE {ACCE(-PT)(+DE)} (PT=PORTUGAL, DE=GERMANY) Def : Agree

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  10. Gita SB7 September 2014 at 13:22

    8D MAHA SWETADEVI Def Created dust on the road Anag of amid+heatwaves

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  11. Sritri7 September 2014 at 13:48

    10 CHAMBERPOT Hall (CHAMBER) against Cannabis (POT)

    13 WINDBLOWN - WINDOW with BL and New

    24 UNREPROVED - never and proud. Apparently milton used this word to describe "blameless"

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  12. Vasant7 September 2014 at 14:07

    Sritri @ 1:48 PM: Hall in capital had me completely off track; only after having Hall=Chamber put me on track.Hall in Caps OK?

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    1. Sritri7 September 2014 at 14:15

      An intended distraction, might be! I was on a wild goose chase looking at Mick Jagger and rolling stones. Took some time to separate Jerry and Hall

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    2. Unknown7 September 2014 at 14:30

      I think it's fair. Jerry hall looks like an interesting way to marry the def and wordplay

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    3. Elmith7 September 2014 at 20:28

      Thanks, PH. I thought it was fair, too, obviously.

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  13. Vasant7 September 2014 at 14:13

    Read above comment as Hall with capital H

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  14. Vasant7 September 2014 at 14:24

    A bit on the tough side; but neverthless enjoyable; 4A, 17A, 14 D & 19 D were devious; my COD: 8D

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    1. Elmith7 September 2014 at 20:29

      Thanks, vasant. Yes, this was tougher than my last puzzle. 8D was my COD as well.

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  15. Gita SB7 September 2014 at 15:24

    14D DÉCOLLETÉ ( CD)

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  16. Vinayak7 September 2014 at 15:33

    4A: LAPTOP ; {LAP}{TOP}, Defn : Computer

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  17. Vinayak7 September 2014 at 15:36

    5D: ABBACY, {ABBA}{CY}, case of CarnalitY = CY

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  18. Vinayak7 September 2014 at 15:40

    19D: UNDRESS, {UNDER SS}* Def: Slip off

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    1. sebu7 September 2014 at 15:47

      I parsed it as {UNDER}* SS

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    2. Vasant7 September 2014 at 16:00

      Excellently clued where under is used twice; one as position indicator for ship and second as anagram fodder

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    3. sebu7 September 2014 at 16:13

      +1

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  19. C.G. BHARGAV7 September 2014 at 16:11

    7 down PRO(T E)ST

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  20. C.G. BHARGAV7 September 2014 at 16:12

    23 DOWN C(op)RA -p

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  21. Deepak Gopinath7 September 2014 at 16:29

    9A - STUD(-y)
    17A - STRIKE OUT [CD]
    22A - {FA}{CA}{D}{E}

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  22. raju umamaheswar7 September 2014 at 17:00

    9 ACROSS: POST ENDLESS ANALYSIS: sTUD(Y)=== A POST .

    15ACROSS: tO FIT THIS TOP, IT TAKES TWO :: suit -- A TWO PIECE SUIT

    2 DOWN: force dog about: CADRE-- cad a rogue, a dog with about re.

    I FOUND TODAYS CROSSIE TO BE PAR EXCELLENCE !!

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  23. raju umamaheswar7 September 2014 at 17:03

    A first run through, I thought here's a bheja fry !! MAHASWETA DEVI is off the shelf !!

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    1. Elmith7 September 2014 at 20:33

      bheja fry! Must us that one in next puzzle. ;-)

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  24. raju umamaheswar7 September 2014 at 17:05

    15 across: PS FIT == suit.

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  25. Deepak Gopinath7 September 2014 at 17:18

    LEFTOVERS :

    Across : 15, 16

    Down : 3, 16, 20

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  26. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 September 2014 at 18:00

    15A : To fit this top, it takes two (4) DUET (DUE+T) Def : It takes two (Due = Fit + top of 'T'his)
    20D : Plane serving spirits (6) ASTRAL (DD)

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  27. Gita SB7 September 2014 at 18:01

    16A PUCK (DD)

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  28. Gita SB7 September 2014 at 18:08

    For 3D and 16 Unable to get the annos

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  29. Vasant7 September 2014 at 18:09

    Finding it difficult to annotate 3D & 16D though the answers are clear.

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  30. Sritri7 September 2014 at 18:10

    3D LACTEAL - ACT (Show) in LEAL (True)

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  31. Sritri7 September 2014 at 18:14

    16 D - PENANG was a pirate town. Will this lead to the answer?

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  32. Deepak Gopinath7 September 2014 at 19:02

    16D - {PEN{Z}ANCE}

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  33. Deepak Gopinath7 September 2014 at 19:05

    Thanks Darren.

    So that's it then for today. Hope all of you have registered for IXL-2014 which is being launched at 11 AM next Sunday

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    1. Elmith7 September 2014 at 20:35

      Thank you, Col. Good luck with IXL-2014, all. Wish I could participate - maybe when the "I" stands for "International". :-)

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