Sunday, 22 February 2015

Special, Sunday 22 Feb 2015, Le Roi


Three answers per commenter (annotations compulsory) till 6 PM.
Please provide your answers in one comment as far as possible.


* Starred clues belong to a central theme and have no direct definition 

ACROSS
1   To enrapture, source of Indus flows with silence (6)
4   *Orb lacks earthly characters (5,3)
10 *Extraordinary babe in car (9)
11 Invisible light when mirrored in lead-free pole gave rudimentary seed (5)
12 Snow cart that is out of diesel went astray (4)
13 Apparent when East German joins English bridge partners to rewrite introduction of Holy book (10)
15 *A lower house within region (4,3)
16 Force resulting from husband breaching belief (6)
19 Beverage holder violated E.U. pact (3-3)
21 Ambience caused by hundred and fifty one friends almost (7)
23 *Illness caught in haze going around empty isle (4,2,4)
25 Auditor General Edward turned old (4)
27 Aqualung made by southern country famous for its cigars? (5)
28 *The French wasted hours endlessly parting knowledge (4,5)
29 Woman softly heard on radio, “Jesus is the good one” (8)
30 Bets for errors without note (6)

DOWN
1   Celebrity singer swings art nouveau (8)
2   Six surround loony artist on top of elevated storey in Paris to make it multi-coloured (9)
3   Mini submarines? (4)
5   Merciful to allow ugly nine inside (7)
6   *Dancing stock at Rio (4,6)
7   Firework, a damp one will fizzle out (5)
8   Exercise in the morning finally bore new primates (3-3)
9   *Communist view, reportedly (3,3)
14 Lunatic way to completely conceal small unknown quantity meat slice (10)
17 *Misplaced arrack kegs lost credit for good (9)
18 Late finishes or cul-de-sacs? (4,4)
20 Wise bird under an image building exercise with hesitation becomes a crook (7)
21 Weird position within city limits (6)
22 Absorbs energy in exchange for a couple of dirhams and outputs waste (6)
24 Upper garment without British parasite (5)
26 Church appeal to deliver a short note (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at LE ROI 4

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58 comments:

  1. Vasant22 February 2015 at 10:41

    12A:SLED{DIESEL(-IE)}*
    16A; T(H)RUST
    19A; TEA CUP (EU PACT)*

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  2. VMA Nair22 February 2015 at 10:42

    21A) C LI MATE(-s)
    5D) LE(NIEN*)T
    21D) C (rank) Y

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  3. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan22 February 2015 at 11:18

    10A CARIBBEAN ( babe in car * )
    30 A STAKES [ def :bets , errors - MISTAKES - MI (note ) ]
    8 D APE-MEN ( A PE M E N )

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan22 February 2015 at 11:26

      Anno : def : primates , exercise -PE inside morning AM - APEM + E( borE) +N(new)

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  4. VMA Nair22 February 2015 at 11:22

    Thanks Le Roi for an easy and enjoyable puzzle

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  5. Vasant22 February 2015 at 11:36

    An enjoyable ride on water bodies!

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  6. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan22 February 2015 at 11:44

    Thanks Le Roi :)

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  7. Vasant22 February 2015 at 11:54

    Very few takers for the xword; seems all r noying Shikar Dhawan's batting more!

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    1. Unknown22 February 2015 at 15:10

      In fact I realised it late too owing to the same reason. Wanted to pitch in a few entries when I realised I could not

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  8. Ramki Krishnan22 February 2015 at 12:00

    27A: SCUBA {S}{CUBA}
    18D: DEAD ENDS (DD)
    20D: PROWLER {PR}{OWL}{ER}

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  9. Deepak Gopinath22 February 2015 at 12:09

    13A - {OST}{E}{(-b+ns)NSIBLE}
    25A - {AG}{ED}
    7D - SQUIB [C&DD]

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  10. Srividya22 February 2015 at 12:10

    hi...can someone help pls...is there an across lite version for android?

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    1. Vasant22 February 2015 at 12:38

      ostensibly there isn't! did try searching for it a number of times ...no success

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    2. Deepak Gopinath22 February 2015 at 12:41

      Nope there isn't. Following is what their site says

      "Free versions for other operating systems including Android are currently not available while they are under development."

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    3. Srividya23 February 2015 at 12:00

      A pity :( coz all my mobile devices are android...now my laptop is on windows of course but sadly hv a problem that does not allow it to connect to the internet. i need to find a great systems engineer who can help me sort out the issue...am looking for one

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  11. Chaturvasi22 February 2015 at 12:43

    As far as I know, there are versions of AcrossLite for Windows, Mac and iPad.
    I don't think one can solve an AcrossLite version on android.
    Visit
    http://www.litsoft.com/across/alite/download/
    There are word pattern search software on Android but whether we can interactively solve a crossword puzzle on Android, I don't know.

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  12. Chaturvasi22 February 2015 at 12:54

    I think there are android apps to solve particular crosswords such as NYT, etc, but not a puz created using AcrossLite.

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    1. Vasant22 February 2015 at 13:11

      There is one for THC too & its a good one; presently solving 2011 CWs through it.

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    2. Srividya23 February 2015 at 12:05

      Hi Vasant, which app are you referring to?

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  13. Vinayak22 February 2015 at 13:15

    29A: SHEPHERD ; {SHE}{P}{HERD} ( ~heard)
    15A: ARAL SEA ; {AR {A LS } EA} ; lower house = LS (Lok Sabha)
    21A: CLIMATE; {CLI MATE(-s)} ; Hundred and Fifty One = CLI

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  14. Rengaswamy22 February 2015 at 13:17

    1A: RAVI SH
    2A: BLACK SEA (T)
    1d: ROCKS{TAR}*

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  15. Gita SB22 February 2015 at 13:38

    24D (-B)LOUSE
    6D COOK STRAIT (stock at Rio)*
    9D RED SEA (CD)

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    1. Vasant22 February 2015 at 13:40

      I think anno of 9D needs to be relooked

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    2. Gita SB22 February 2015 at 16:30

      Sorry Went off for a nap :) See that it has been taken care of

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 February 2015 at 13:39

    6D :COOK STRAIT {STOCK AT RIO}*
    9D : RED SEA (~SEE)
    14D : PSYCHOPATH {PSY{CHOP}ATH}

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    1. Vasant22 February 2015 at 13:43

      Anno of 14 D needs to be revisited

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    2. Vasant22 February 2015 at 13:45

      Maybe it is right but a few more brackets might make it still clearer

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 February 2015 at 13:46

      Anno : 14 D : PSYCHO+ PATH containing CHOP a piece of meat?

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    4. Vasant22 February 2015 at 13:51

      I think it is P(S)(Y)(CHOP)ATH=small unknown quantity inside Path=way

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 February 2015 at 13:57

      Thanks, Vasanth! You are right. :)

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 February 2015 at 13:59

      Perhaps too much viewing of Cricket has muddled my mind to some extent!

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  17. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 February 2015 at 13:43

    Compensating for 6D

    3D SUBS

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  18. Ramani22 February 2015 at 13:54

    11 Invisible light when mirrored in lead-free pole gave rudimentary seed (5) O VU LE
    Lead is P lead free pole is ole - UV rays invisible light

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    1. Vasant22 February 2015 at 14:01

      Lead is Pb ain't it? but ur anno seems perfect!

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 February 2015 at 14:04

      Ram, You have to account for 'mirrored' also in the Anno!

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    3. Ramani22 February 2015 at 14:07

      Mirrored is VU

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 February 2015 at 14:11

      So in the Anno it becomes {O{VU<=}LE} UV reflected/reversed.

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    5. Ramani22 February 2015 at 14:17

      Thanks MB

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    6. Unknown22 February 2015 at 14:23

      Actually by lead free the intention was leaderless... Not Pb for lead

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    7. Vasant22 February 2015 at 14:38

      Thanks; that was quite ingenious!Makes the clue extremely good!

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  19. Ramani22 February 2015 at 14:06

    2 Six surround loony artist on top of elevated storey in Paris to make it multi-coloured (9) V AR I ETAGE
    VI surrounding loony artist - RA <- French etage is story, elevated floor

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  20. Padmanabhan22 February 2015 at 14:26

    4A- Black sea (T)
    26D- Chit
    Church- CH
    Appeal-IT
    Short note- Def.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 February 2015 at 14:37

      BLACK SEA already solved @ 1:17 pm. So try something else pl !

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  21. Padmanabhan22 February 2015 at 14:26

    Better late than never!

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  22. Padmanabhan22 February 2015 at 14:35

    28A- Lake Huron
    The Frenc-LA
    Hours endlessly-OUR
    Knowledge-KEN

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 February 2015 at 14:49

    LEFTOVERS :

    Across : 23

    Down : 17,22

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  24. Nadathur Rajan22 February 2015 at 15:05

    23 *Illness caught in haze going around empty isle (4,2,4) {G(ULF) OF<=} {O}{MAN}

    DOWN
    17 *Misplaced arrack kegs lost credit for good (9) SKAG(+G)ERAK*-cr
    22 Absorbs energy in exchange for a couple of dirhams and outputs waste (6) [-di](+E)GESTS

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  25. Deepak Gopinath22 February 2015 at 15:29

    So that's it for today. Thanks Rangarajan

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  26. Padmanabhan22 February 2015 at 15:47

    That completes a good and enjoyable CW. Thank you Le Roi. Keep them coming.

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  27. Vasant22 February 2015 at 17:21

    Thanks Le Roi also for coming here & guiding us for correct annos

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  28. raju umamaheswar22 February 2015 at 22:26

    Pity, I can't participate in good time. Le Roi, you're a KING ! Keep em' coming !

    Acrosslite is very convenient tool !! Wish it is available on other days too for the THCC ! Why on weekends , Online isb not available? I've to wait to return to India to do the Sundays' crossies -- a long way and wait !!

    Even the mighty SUN cannot thaw the snow piled up over the days on the sidewalks here !! Luckily, the Management of Stuyvesant in the East river side are clearing the roads and walkways- 24 hours ! Still amused to see the igloos that are cars parked !!

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