Sunday, 15 March 2015

Special, Sunday 15 Mar 2015, 1ACross


ONE ACROSS - COMMUNITY GRID FOR HUNDRED GAMES

Only TWO answers per commenter (annotations to be compulsorily provided with answers) till 6 PM.

 The two answers should be the paired answers as mentioned in the instruction No 4 below.

Other specific Instructions for this CW

1. This CW was specially prepared to commemorate the 100 games played at One Across and was published at One Across yesterday.

2. Please note that this is a 15 x 15 grid with a total of 38 clues that have been set by 33 setters (names shown below).

3. In addition to a Clue Acrostic (as most of you have guessed), this GRID has two buried Easter Eggs, including a NINA. As you solve the puzzle, please be on the look out for these features. They can be made a mention of, after the last answer comes in.

4. Further to the above, this grid has an extra Twist. The order/location of the clues has been jumbled. In other words, each word is currently referred to by a clue that is out of place.

The Enum of clue exactly matches that of the location in which it has been placed. Also, clues and locations have been mutually interchanged - So, for example, if a clue in 6D refers to a solution in 8D, the vice versa is also true..

As part of the solving process, you would need to work out the correct order/location of each clue as well as its solution.

The Across clues and Down clues have NOT been mixed together. All Across clues will have locations in the Across part and the same is true of the Down clues

The Clue Acrostic would be able to assist in the ordering process,. If you correctly order the clues, you would be able to make words using the first letters of the clues. The NINA in the grid may help as well.

This Crossword is the joint effort of the following setters - 1. Abhai Jawa 2. AFTERDARK 3. Ajeesh VM, 4. Amrita Majumdar 5. Anjali Doney Varghese 6. Atul Jairaj 7. Balaji Agoram 8. Bhargav Gopal 9. Brian Dungate 10. BUZZER 11. David Gracia 12. Debasmita Basu 13. EXA 14. Hari Mannarsamy 15. Heidi Schroeder 16. INCOGNITO 17. Paddy Craven 18. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan 19. Loks Subrahmanyam 20. MAC 21. Martin DeMello 22. Mg Subramanian 23. Narayan Mandyam 24. Ramki Krishnan 25. Shuchismita Upadhyay 26. Sowmya Ramkumar 27. SPINNER 28. SSv Avtaar 29. TEXTROUS 30. Usha Mehta 31. Venkatraghavan Sahasranaman 32. Vinit Wankhede 33. Viresh Ratnakar


ACROSS
1   Chronicles of yearly turnout take time (6)
5   Reside in domain? He refuses! (6)
10 Mass celebration really friendless - almost quiet mass (7)
11 In a state in US, one has sex before one marries (7)
12 Occidental tree accountants axe (6)
15 New core course requires two points to pass (6)
16 Noxious substance can, without delay in the end, kill every second indeed (7)
17 Ola set to acquire TaxiForSure's first Maruti car (4)
18 Checking Guinea-Bissau junta from taking the Eastern boundaries of an island (4)
19 - ......Proud fawn nibbling a bit of Tulsi (5-2)
20 Subject element revealed in announcement (4)
22 Stop fast emerging stores (4)
25 Eccentric seer pursued Spooner, perhaps to come back (7)
27 Yardstick of Spacer, perhaps? (6)
28 The topless dear danced around stick (6)
31 Overthrown at Sind, regiment finally withdrawn (7)
32 A fair bargain heard, say when going out (7)
33 Uphold revolutionary arm of the law till the last (6)
34 Maybe careless "Twist In A Tale"? (6)

DOWN
2   Disabled Indian on panel cut short by reporter (7)
3   A climber just below the summit of rocky gulch (6)
4   Ensnared in uprising, he decided to give up (4)
5   Soft massage brought about rude sound of contentment (4)
6   Good destination houses the strangest (6)
7   Diet balanced after withdrawing seafood is current (3-4)
8   Master Latin and begin intensive English reading to get skill (6)
9   Rough at sea. Caught a little crappy crab (6)
13 Encourage a very soft boy to embrace you, we hear (7)
14 New UPS package containing check for Rob (5-2)
15 Go on a trip around Vietnam's capital (7)
20 Heads of Hungary, Estonia, Romania, England, Iceland & Norway meet at this place (6)
21 U-17 players (of card game bridge) exit after being pulverised (7)
23 Overturned vehicle shelled, frozen terribly in extremely cold temperature (3,4)
24 Force nation to officially choose a leader (6)
25 Reporter is held in charge of running after leads (6)
26 Romeo enters late ending Juliet's apprehensions (6)
29 In what situation hotel's right for a flier? (4)
30 Doped gymnast's bit jittery (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at ONE ACROSS COMMUNITY CW

Enjoy.
ACROSS
1   O Occidental tree accountants axe (6)
5   N New core course requires two points to pass (6)
10 E Eccentric seer pursued Spooner, perhaps to come back (7)
11 A  A fair bargain heard, say when going out (7)
12 C Chronicles of yearly turnout take time (6)
15 R Reside in domain? He refuses! (6)
16 O Overthrown at Sind, regiment finally withdrawn (7)
17 S Subject element revealed in announcement (4)
18 S Stop fast emerging stores (4)
19 - - ......Proud fawn nibbling a bit of Tulsi (5-2)
20 C Checking Guinea-Bissau junta from taking the Eastern boundaries of an island (4)
22 O  Ola set to acquire TaxiForSure's first Maruti car (4)
25 M Mass celebration really friendless - almost quiet mass (7)
27 M Maybe careless "Twist In A Tale"? (6)
28 U Uphold revolutionary arm of the law till the last (6)
31 N Noxious substance can, without delay in the end, kill every second indeed (7)
32 I In a state in US, one has sex before one marries (7)
33 T The topless dear danced around stick (6)
34 Y Yardstick of Spacer, perhaps? (6)

DOWN
2   G Go on a trip around Vietnam's capital (7)
3   R  Reporter is held in charge of running after leads (6)
4   I In what situation hotel's right for a flier? (4)
5   D Doped gymnast's bit jittery (4)
6   F Force nation to officially choose a leader (6)
7   O Overturned vehicle shelled, frozen terribly in extremely cold temperature (3,4)
8   R Romeo enters late ending Juliet's apprehensions (6)
9   H Heads of Hungary, Estonia, Romania, England, Iceland & Norway meet at this place (6)
13 U U-17 players (of card game bridge) exit after being pulverised (7)
14 N New UPS package containing check for Rob (5-2)
15 D Disabled Indian on panel cut short by reporter (7)
20 R Rough at sea. Caught a little crappy crab (6)
21 E Encourage a very soft boy to embrace you, we hear (7)
23 D Diet balanced after withdrawing seafood is current (3-4)
24 G Good destination houses the strangest (6)
25 A A climber just below the summit of rocky gulch (6)
26 M Master Latin and begin intensive English reading to get skill (6)
29 E Ensnared in uprising, he decided to give up (4)
30 S Soft massage brought about rude sound of contentment (4)

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  1. Nadathur Rajan15 March 2015 at 10:42

    ACROSS

    1 (Clue at 12) Occidental tree accountants axe (6) {CAS}{HEW}

    12 (Clue at 1) Chronicles of yearly turnout take time (6) {ANN[-u]AL}{S}

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  2. Venkatesh15 March 2015 at 10:48

    2D (Clued at 15D) Go on // a / trip / around Vietnam's capital (7) A/D(V)ANCE
    15D (Clued at 2D) Disabled // Indian / on panel cut short / by reporter (7) IN JUR[-y] ED

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  3. Venkatesh15 March 2015 at 11:01

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 March 2015 at 11:08

      Names entered above are as per what is shown on One Across. I cannot change them

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  4. Deepak Gopinath15 March 2015 at 11:30

    16A (Clue at 31A) DISTANT {AT+SIND}*{(-regimen)T}
    31A (Clue at 16A) CYANIDE {C{(-dela)Y}AN}{I(-n)D(-e)E(-d)}

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  5. Deepak Gopinath15 March 2015 at 11:45

    No more takers??

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  6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 March 2015 at 11:46

    17A (Clue at 22A) STEM [T]
    22A (Clue at 17A) ALTO {AL{T}O*} 'T' for 1st letter of Taxi may be.

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  7. SandhyaP15 March 2015 at 12:12

    33A The topless dear danced around stick (6) {AD{{-t)HE}RE*}

    28A Uphold revolutionary arm of the law till the last (6) {DEF<-}{END}

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  8. Unknown15 March 2015 at 12:16

    6 Good destination houses the strangest (6)
    ODDEST (T) at 24D
    24 Force nation to officially choose a leader (6)
    ANOINT (nation)*
    At 6D

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  9. Gita SB15 March 2015 at 13:30

    7D Overturned vehicle shelled frozen terribly in extremely cold temperatures SUB-ZERO
    (BUS)<= f(Roze)*n
    23D Diet Balanced after withdrawing seafood is current LEE-TIDE
    (EEL) <= (DIet)*

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  10. C.G. BHARGAV15 March 2015 at 16:05

    20 Across: NOUN (T) is in 18 A

    25 Across: REV ERSE* is in 10 A

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  11. Suresh15 March 2015 at 16:51

    5A Clue in 15 ELAPSE [E form new core LAP S E]
    11a clue in 32 GOODBYE [~good buy}

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 March 2015 at 17:19

      Suresh they are not pairs

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    2. Suresh15 March 2015 at 17:35

      Did not see that you wanted only pairs. Sorry. Nearing deadline and lots to go. So I guess it's ok

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  12. Padmanabhan15 March 2015 at 16:52

    CGB,
    I think it should be-
    20A- Guam (clued in18A). Eastern boundaries (G,A,U)*M=GUAM (island)
    Corresponding to 18A- Noun (anNOUNcement)

    10A- Reverse (clued in 25A)
    25A- Requiem (clued in 10A) mass celebration- Def.
    (Really- ally)=RE, almost quiet-Quie, Mass- M

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    1. Nadathur Rajan15 March 2015 at 18:01

      CheckinG Guinea-BissaU juntA froM
      G U A M (an island)

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 March 2015 at 18:00

    27A (Clue at 34A) OLIVER (GK) Oliver Twist
    34A (Clueat 27A) CASPER {SPACER}*


    20D (Clue at 9D) GROUCH {G{R}OUCH*}
    9D (Clue at 20D) HEREIN (Acronym of countries)

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  14. Suresh15 March 2015 at 18:08

    27A I think would be PARSEC

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 March 2015 at 18:12

      Yes, Suresh garu, it's PARSEC. :) Thank you. I was in a hurry to beat the clock! Hence the mistake.

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  15. Nadathur Rajan15 March 2015 at 18:10

    We can rearrange clues according the clue acrostic:
    Across: ONE ACROSS - COMMUNITY
    Down: GRID FOR HUNDRED GAMES

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  16. Suresh15 March 2015 at 18:13

    HUNDRED, CENTURY and a near pangram with only the 'cross' missing.
    Do not know what else.
    Enjoyed the crossword though it required pen and paper to decipher.

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  17. Gita SB15 March 2015 at 18:21

    Didn't realise one could give more than one pair of answers

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    1. Nadathur Rajan15 March 2015 at 18:29

      It is past 6 PM. The time limiting to two solves is over.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 March 2015 at 18:31

      When I posted my solutions the clock in my PC was showing 6:01 pm ! :)

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  18. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 March 2015 at 18:23

    4D (Clue @ 29D) WHEN {W}{HEN) Def : What situation I think!
    29D (Clue @ 4D) CEDE [T]

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    1. Sowmya15 March 2015 at 18:24

      WHEN is wrong :(

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 March 2015 at 18:25

      Then it should be WREN ?!

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    3. Unknown15 March 2015 at 18:30

      29 In what situation hotel's right for a flier? (4)
      WREN
      WHEN -H +R

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    4. Nadathur Rajan15 March 2015 at 18:31

      Yes, in what situation WHEN hotel's right H is R Defn: flier WREN

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  19. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan15 March 2015 at 18:27

    5D - (20D) - EDGY (T)
    20D-(5D) - BURP (P RUB<- )

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  20. Gita SB15 March 2015 at 18:33

    3D (25D) HE(RA)LD
    25D (3D) R+A+VINE

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  21. Nadathur Rajan15 March 2015 at 18:35

    These clues correspond to their clue no.s; no change
    19A STUCK-UP (Proud) - fawn SUCK UP with T (bit of Tulsi)
    14D STICK-UP (Rob) SUP* containing TICK (check)

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  22. Gita SB15 March 2015 at 18:37

    26D (8D) M+ET+I+E+R - METIER
    8D (25D) D(R)EAD(S)

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  23. Unknown15 March 2015 at 18:37

    13 Encourage a very soft boy to embrace you, we hear (7)
    APPLAUD A PP LA(U)D
    21 U-17 players (of card game bridge) exit after being pulverised (7)
    SIXTEEN
    S (EXIT)* E N
    Def U 17

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  24. Unknown15 March 2015 at 18:44

    11 In a state in US, one has sex before one marries (7)
    UNIFIES (U(N(I F I)E)S)
    32 A fair bargain heard, say when going out (7)
    GOODBYE ~GOOD BUY

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  25. Unknown15 March 2015 at 18:45

    34 Maybe careless "Twist In A Tale"? (6)
    ORPHAN DD

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  26. Deepak Gopinath15 March 2015 at 18:49

    I think 15A is still outstanding

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  27. Unknown15 March 2015 at 18:53

    5 Reside in domain? He refuses! (6)
    INHERE (T)
    Def reside

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  28. Deepak Gopinath15 March 2015 at 18:54

    That's it then. Great job Sowmya and all the setters at One Across

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  29. Gita SB15 March 2015 at 18:54

    15A E +LAP+S+E - ELAPSE

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  30. Deepak Gopinath15 March 2015 at 19:01

    Solution grid uploaded showing the two Easter Eggs

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    1. Sowmya15 March 2015 at 19:07

      Thanks:) Didn't see that till I posted my comment below:)

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  31. Sowmya15 March 2015 at 19:05

    Thanks Colonel. The Clue Acrostic was correctly identified by Nadathur Rajan. The NINA had Century and Hundred appearing twice ( top to bottom and vice versa, left to right and vice versa). It was also a Pangram. I hope the blog regulars found the crossword interesting, albeit somewhat unusual. It made for a great game at our FB group.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 March 2015 at 19:23

      Yes, Sowmya, it was great fun solving this innovative puzzle! I am a Cricket buff alright but spent most of my time tackling the CW. Cricket took back seat for once, today! :)

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    2. Sowmya15 March 2015 at 20:03

      Thanks MB:) That's really nice of you:)

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    3. Suresh15 March 2015 at 20:51

      Where is the X?

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    4. Unknown15 March 2015 at 22:41

      Enjoyed the crossword. it was all hard work

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  32. Suresh15 March 2015 at 20:52

    Found it

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