Special, Wednesday 04 Feb 2015, 6th Anniversary Prize Special Results,

Thanks to all those who comment/visit this blog and who have helped the blog to flourish. 

Thanks also to all who participated in the prize special which was posted on Sunday, though I would have liked many more entries. 

Special thanks to Abhay for providing this Jumbo special. The solution grid and the annotations as intended by Abhay are appended at the end of this post.

A chronological list of entries received are shown in the two tables below, one for the solutions and the other for the annotations.

The regular blog will appear at 9 AM.

SOLUTIONS

Name	Received on	Errors	Remarks
Mohsin Ahmed	01 Feb @ 7:41 PM	All correct
Bhalchandra Pasupathy	02 Feb @ 1:58 AM	1 Error
Vinayak Ekbote	02 Feb @ 6:20 PM	2 errors
Kishore M Rao	03 Feb @ 9:57 AM	All correct
Sandhya Jagdish	03 Feb @ 3:31 PM	1 Error
Shrikanth T	03 Feb @ 5:28 PM	4 Errors
Raghunath	03 Feb @ 7:30 PM	4 Errors
Rangarajan Ramanujam	03 Feb @ 7:45 PM	1 Error	First entry with two errors was received on 02 Feb at 3:06 PM

ANNOTATIONS

Name	Received on	Errors	Remarks
Mohsin Ahmed	01 Feb @ 7:41 PM	1
Bhalachandra Pasupathy	02 Feb @ 5:19 PM	2
Vinayak Ekbote	02 Feb @ 6:20 PM	8
Kishore M Rao	03 Feb @ 9:57 AM	5
Raghunath	03 Feb @ 7:30 PM	12

PRIZE FOR ALL CORRECT SOLUTION

KISHORE M RAO

Only Mohsin and Kishore had all correct solutions and as Mohsin has the best list of annotations as well, the prize for the all correct solution is being awarded to Kishore

PRIZE FOR FIRST ALL CORRECT ANNOTATED SOLUTION

MOHSIN AHMED

Though I have shown 1 error in annotation against his name it is actually not a major error.

Congrats to both the winners. The prize will be handed over to them at the S&B meet at Chennai on 8th Feb as both are attending.

SOLUTIONS AND ANNOTATIONS AS INTENDED BY ABHAY

ACROSS

10	Moulds the mind within sea animals (11)	HAMMERHEADS = "sea animals"	{HAMMER{HEAD}S} (Moulds = HAMMERS) with (mind = HEAD) within
12	Uropod cut in half just in the insect's abdomen (7)	UROMERE [is] "in the insect's abdomen"	{UROpod}+{MERE}
13	Winged sandals cast at a liar (7)	TALARIA = "winged sandals"	(AT A LIAR)* Anind: cast
14	Less common to find odd ages regularly taking on the three Rs (5)	RARER = less common	{AgEs} "regularly taking on" {RRR}
15	Grow less intimate apart, or lightly sleep off? (5)	DRIFT = (with 'apart') grow less intimate, and (with 'off') lightly sleep	CD, DD
16	Found on side A, "Taken In" possibly makes Nell agog (4,3)	LONG LEG = "found on side" (treat onside as one word)	{A} "taken in" by LONG LEG produces the reverse anagram "Nell agog"
17	3/5 of 22 and 2/3 of 10 add up to a short story (5)	CONTE = short story	CON ("3/5" of 22 down EX-CON) and TE  ("2/3" of the word "ten")
18	Small rodent eats Indian cloth (5)	VOILE = cloth	{VO{I}LE}
19	Avid one excitedly referring to a mole (7)	NAEVOID = referring to a naevus (a mole)	(AVID ONE)* Anind: excitedly
21	Singer Bruce led Aqua's comeback, essentially (5)	ADELE = singer	{brucE LED Aqua's} ß Comeback suggests the reversal, essentially indicates that the central letters have to be picked
23	Parasite strain caught (5)	LEECH = parasite	Homophone of leach = "strain"
24	Capital city known for Rebus puzzles? (9)	EDINBURGH = capital city (of Scotland)	CD: Ian Rankin's series of detective mysteries ("puzzles") featuring DI John Rebus are set in Edinburgh
26	Follower perhaps reunited disbanded hitmen (9)	SUCCESSOR = "Follower, perhaps" in the sense of one who follows the predecessor	Hit=SUCCESS, men=OR "Reuniting disbanded hitmen" suggests "disbanding" (separating) the word and then "reuniting" the synonyms
29	Gnome, too, oddly followed Hollande's word (5)	MOTTO = gnome	{ToO} followed MOT (French for "word", hence "Hollande's word")
32	Order setter, perhaps, to undertake a journey in hiding (5)	DOGGO = in hiding	Order given to setter (DOG) to undertake a journey (GO)
34	Minute aquatic organisms seen in north-east Texas city after evaporation of under-hydrogenated water (7)	NEUSTON = minute aquatic organisms	{NE}{hoUSTON} Since water is H2O, under-hydrogenated water could well be HO!
35	Publish a central depiction of an old Germanic letter (5)	RUNIC = of an old Germanic letter (rune)	{RUN}(I}{depiCtion}
36	Infatuation a high-ranking officer had for a butterfly (5)	PASHA = both high-ranking officer and a butterfly	{PASH}{A} Charade + DD
37	One is against a person deseeding cotton (7)	AGINNER = one [who is] against [something]	{A}{GINNER}
38	Post office suppresses steamy picture (5)	PHOTO = picture	{P{HOT}O}
39	That's a good beginning, Bill! (5)	FLIER = both "bill" and "good beginning"	DD
40	In Switzerland, a long line wears an expression of disbelief at finding bread for the Sabbath (7)	CHALLAH = bread for the [Jewish] Sabbath	{C{H{A}{L}{L}A}H} CH = Switzerland, HA[!] = expression of disbelief, ALL from "a long line"
41	Surround swimmer when troubled at first (7)	ENWHEEL = surround	EEL with (WHEN)* "at first"
42	Locks set in motion by sensitive mechanism (4,7)	HAIR TRIGGER = sensitive mechanism	Locks = HAIR, set in motion = TRIGGER

DOWN

1	Novel describing able collector of incredible facts? Not really (3,8,2,6)	THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY = novel	CD: able = TALENTED, while the rest of the  clue refers to the Ripley of "Ripley's Believe It Or Not!"
2	Manage lien turning up lots of money in Africa (10)	EMALANGENI = money in Africa (Swaziland, to be precise). The "lots of" refers to the fact that this is the plural form of the monetary unit lilangeni	(MANAGE LIEN)*
3	Special bread dessert picked up for explosive variant of Russian mixed drink? (6,4)	PETROL BOMB = Molotov cocktail ("Russian mixed drink")	CD with wordplay: PET=special, (ROL BOMB) comes from the homophone ("picked up") for roll (bread) and dessert (bombe)
4	Half of them called for a Mass in 24 (6)	THRANG = Scots word for mass/mob/throng	{THem}{RANG}
5, 25	Tipsy metal worker preceded by almost aristocratic writer (8,9)	PATRICIA HIGHSMITH = writer	{HIGH}{SMITH} preceded by {PATRICIAn}
6	A stance taken when parrying detailed query about untenanted redevelopment of the lot (6)	QUARTE = a stance taken when parrying (in fencing)	({QUERy}{AbouT})* Anind: redevelopment of the lot
7	Wander around military college with principal leading way to African building (8)	RONDAVEL = [South]African building	{RO{NDA}VE}{Leading}
8	Drain out dense, fixed concrete (8)	DEFINITE = concrete	{DensE}(FINITE}
9	"Quarter it", two women echo, finding direction before being stuck in the middle (7,4,3,5)	NEITHER HERE NOR THERE = stuck in the middle	{NE}{IT}{HER} {HER}{E} {NOR TH}{ERE}
11,33	Odder representation of Sinatra on film and book (9,2,1,5)	STRANGERS ON A TRAIN = film and book	STRANGER + (SINATRA ON)*
20	Put up with malfunctioning cloak for Robert Englund initially (5)	DURED = put up with	{DU{Robert Englund}D} DUD = malfunctioning "cloak for" Robert Englund "initially"
22	Last flaw in erstwhile unwilling guest (2-3)	EX-CON = "erstwhile unwilling guest"	CD + wordplay, EX=last, CON=flaw
25	(see 5 down)
27	Circa 50 CE, Il Duce exiled criminal cell where all were involved, it is found, in cases of rape (6,4)	ERUCIC ACID = "it is found in cases of rape"	CD + wordplay: (Circa + L + CE + Il Duce)*
28	That devilish study, for example, contains bronze orb and trunk (10)	SATANOLOGY = that devilish study	{SA{TAN}{O}{LOG}Y}
30	Reflection of standard chronograph display comprising, say, three digits? (3,2,3)	TEN TO TWO	CD based on how the standard way watches  are displayed would look in a mirror image; homophone of "ten, two, two"
31	When done with a quick but thorough look… (4-4)	ONCE-OVER = quick but thorough look	ONCE=when + OVER=done
33	(see 11 down)
36	…find folios in a heap of rubbish (6)	PIFFLE = rubbish	{PI{FF}LE}
37	Writer, given names, censored and edited so automatically! (6)	ALCOTT = writer	(SO AUTOMATICALLY)* gives Louisa May Alcott,  from  which  the  "given names"   (Louisa May) are "censored"

LINK TO SOLUTION GRID