Sunday, 1 March 2015

Special, Sunday 01 Mar 2015, Bruno


Three answers per commenter (with annotations) upto 6 PM.
As far as possible please provide all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
1   Hurt, sore, lying in bed, close to bottle of old expectorant (8)
5   Complained of agent stalking Queen perhaps (6)
9   Crack and give contents of easy cipher to free Charlie (7)
10 Mainly tedious demands? (5)
12 Collars criminal ace, running away with ornament (6)
13 Spooner’s Greek curtain’s a blunder (8)
15 Being stupid was fashionable one time among some (7)
16 Nothing repels an inspector like a song of praise (4)
19 It could be extremely permissive or extremely Godly (4)
21 Cry sadly for dead after buildup regularly lost members (7)
24 Hate cooking; love to take advantage of Asian Cafe (8)
25 A car crashed against centre of aqueduct, overturned on passageway (6)
28 Cold setter exceptionally glad for overcoat (5)
29 One could be sitting in front of all rows of a plane, or after A through T (7)
30 Spiral design covered land (6)
31 Operative – an American soldier - about to jump into Southern Russian river (8)

DOWN
1   See 7 down
2   Representative in Ireland was possibly British (6)
3   Region with trails leading to scenic pass around Central Britain (8)
4   Leaving Peak District in fabric that’s overly precious (4)
6   London gallery supports opponents of housing development (6)
7 & 1 Chap finds his meal, perhaps this? (4,3,5)
8   Move to Kensington Palace? (8)
11 Say, native Liverpudlian let off for being fragile (7)
14 Lines formed to squeeze girl’s hot tongue (7)
17 Large snake’s shadow seen on Thames in Spring? (4-4)
18 Great One is free from contraception (8)
20 British city’s girl & American city’s girl have almost everything (7)
22 City-lover’s dress? (6)
23 British cuisine’s starting to conquer a colder area (6)
26 English nobleman’s role playing requires reading comprehension (5)
27 Denim? An unusual clothing for a team! (3-1)

Across Lite version can be accessed at BRUNO 5

Enjoy.

37 comments:

  1. Ac
    19 It could be extremely permissive // or / extremely Godly (4) {OR}{G..Y}
    24 Hate cooking; love to take advantage of Asian Cafe (8) {TEAH*}{O}{USE}

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    1. 20Dn British city’s girl & American city’s girl have almost everything (7) {G}{LA'S}{G}{OW[-n]}

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  2. 1A - Hurt, sore, lying in bed, close to bottle of old expectorant (8) CREOSOTE - C(SORE)*OT E
    25A - A car crashed against centre of aqueduct, overturned on passageway (6) ARCADE - A(CAR)* DE (Centre of aqu ed uct)
    14 Lines formed to squeeze girl’s hot tongue (7) ENGLISH - (LINES G H)*

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    1. 25a - DE is centre of aqueduct <<-- overturned

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    2. I had this Anno for 14 Down:
      {LINES* outside G}H
      formed - AnagrInd
      to squeeze - CC indicator

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  3. 21 Cry sadly for dead after buildup regularly lost members (7)
    ULULATE (bUiLdUp)(LATE)
    11 Say, native Liverpudlian let off for being fragile (7)
    BRITTLE (BRIT)(LET)*
    14 Lines formed to squeeze girl’s hot tongue (7)
    ENGLISH (LINES G H) *

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    1. RR, Well solved.
      14 Down already solved by AR. Can take another clue.

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    2. Hi RR, 14 is actually LINES* around G+H Squeeze being the containment indicator

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  4. 17D (BOA)(T RACE)
    22D (L)(ON)(DON)
    30A {EN(WIN)D}

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  5. 2D: EMPIRE=E(MP)IRE
    15A: INANITY=(IN)AN(I)(T)Y
    28A: ALGID= ALG(I)D*

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  6. 10a Mainly tedious demands? (5) T (mainly tedious) ASKS (demands) Read the clue again for def

    6d London gallery supports opponents of housing development (6) ES TATE
    7 & 1d Chap finds his meal, perhaps this? (4,3,5) FISH AND CHIPS*

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  7. Bruno on a British tour: found the going tough; clues are well constructed; my COD: 8 D.

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  8. 3 A Region with trails leading to scenic pass around Central Britain (8) S +CO(briTain)L + AND (with)

    9 D Crack and give contents of easy cipher to free Charlie (7) s IMPL e + cODE
    27D Denim? An unusual clothing for a team! (3-1) MAN - U [T] ... nice one

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    1. Thanks Raghu. Must admit I got a chuckle setting 27D as well...

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  9. 12 Collars criminal ace, running away with ornament (6)
    SCROLL (COLLARS - A)*
    Def... Ornament

    Compensating for 14

    Very nice crossword Bruno.. Enjoyed it

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  10. As expected, tough but well formed clues.

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  11. 5A - {BEE}{FED}
    8D - {DIS}{PLACE}
    16A - {O}{DIC}

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  12. Leftovers
    Across - 13, 29, 31
    Down - 4, 18, 23, 26

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  13. 29A: AVIATOR; {A VIA T OR}: Defn: One could be sitting in front of all rows of a plane
    30A: SURGICAL; {S}{UR{GI}{C}AL}: Defn: Operative
    8D: DISPLACE ; {DI'S PLACE}. Lady Diana used to stay there; Defn. Move

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  14. Excellent crossword Bruno.

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  15. 4D : Leaving Peak District in fabric that’s overly precious (4) TWEE {TWEEd)

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    1. Tough going today(like England found against Sri Lanka). Hope Bruno would lower the bar in his next offering!

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    2. Thx for the feedback Mukundala... Thought the themed nature, once caught on, would help a bit...??

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  16. @Bruno: Thank for an entertaining trip to the UK!

    13A Spooner’s Greek curtain’s a blunder (8) PRATFALL (Spooner's Frat Pall)
    23D British cuisine’s starting to conquer a colder area (6) {BALTI}{C}
    26D English nobleman’s role playing requires reading comprehension (5) ER{R}OL*

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  17. 18D : Great One is free from contraception (8) STERLING {STREiLisING}

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    1. 18D is a great one from Bruno! Hence my COD.

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    2. Thanks Mukundala. It is great when setter sense of humour resonates with a solver...!!

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  18. 31A- Surgical- S(outhern) UR(GI)AL
    Def.- Operative
    Southern-S
    Amarican Soldier-GI
    getting into
    Russian river-Ural
    Nice one. Ural mountain is well known. But I had to confirm it being a river also.
    Nice lesson in Geography- this as well as a few others.

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  19. Thank you for all the comments and feedback. Hope you all enjoyed it.

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