Sunday, 17 May 2015

Special, Sunday 17 May 2015, Pluralist


Three answers per commenter (annotations compulsory) till 6 PM.
Please try and post all your answers in one comment


ACROSS
7   Zimbabwean rebels exile corrupt new bishop to northern country (6)
9   Rascal told to move trap (5-3)
10 Lock in recalled components of delayed products (4)
11 Quite unique research at NASA leads to discovery of the book (5)
12 Some Native American people returned to Malaysian city (4)
13 Skin condition in axial notch forms an even pattern (8)
14 Garner olibanum to produce essential citrus oil (6)
16 Pole featured in expansive new sports publication (6)
19 Indian independence achieved through campaign waged in South Africa and Japan (6)
22 Electorate gives unclear veto to Upper House (6)
24 Money return policy designed to encourage spending (8)
27 Craving for burger stuffing (4)
29 Eileen Boaz returned regularly to the white poplar (5)
30 Rhythmic pattern in a Lata composition (4)
31 Recollected a truism about Italian sweet (8)
32 Setter returns to collect flawed onyx from Cawnpore, for one (6)

DOWN
1   de Villiers initially despatched journalist, then stayed away (8)
2   Shakespearean ghost and an alien leaving formal dinner round (6)
3   Sad arcs choreographed in a Hungarian dance (7)
4   A large number of shelters may provide glimpses of new beginnings (8)
5   Stranger, not surprisingly, leaving lawless orienteer (6) (Clue corrected here as per Abhay's comments)
6   Some risks of a rotten card game (4)
8   Asking questions about Bedouins, Arab leaders reach a Jordanian port (5)
15 Half-a-league of arable land (3)
17 Provided no airborne article has known antecedents (3)
18 Gymnast Ali Qadir shown boxing in group of Eastern characters (8)
20 Drive mini-boat recklessly (8)
21 Pact due to be renewed went wrong (5,2)
23 Bird always found in Jamaica? Au contraire! (6)
25 Half-hearted setter reorganised ring for player (6)
26 Passionate cuckoo? That's absurd! (5)
28 Many real old coins in Portugal reissued without questionable dues (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at PLURALIST 5

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47 comments:

  1. Ramani17 May 2015 at 10:34

    20 Drive mini-boat recklessly (8) AMBITION*

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  2. Ramani17 May 2015 at 10:35

    15 Half-a-league of arable land (3) LEA (T)

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  3. Ramani17 May 2015 at 10:37

    3 Sad arcs choreographed in a Hungarian dance (7) CSARDAS*

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  4. Vasant17 May 2015 at 10:37

    7A: ZAMBIA=ZIMBABWEAN(-NEWB)*
    1D:(AB)(SENT)(ED)
    11A:QURAN=ACROSTIC

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  5. Abhay17 May 2015 at 10:39

    My apologies: there is a typo in the clue for 5d - a word is missing. The clue should read as:

    5. Stranger, not surprisingly, leaving lawless orienteer (6)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath17 May 2015 at 11:07

      Main post corrected, Across Lite version not corrected.

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    2. Abhay17 May 2015 at 11:33

      Thank you, and sorry for the inconvenience!

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  6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2015 at 10:48

    14A : NEROLI [T]
    19A : {S{WAR}A+J}
    27A : URGE [T]

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  7. David Jayaprakash John17 May 2015 at 10:49

    28D - REIS (reissued-dues*)

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  8. David Jayaprakash John17 May 2015 at 10:59

    31A - TIRAMISU (a truism*)

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  9. David Jayaprakash John17 May 2015 at 11:04

    8D - AQABA (acrostic)
    this is the only Jordanian Port

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  10. Vasant17 May 2015 at 11:27

    Pluralist on a world tour taking us to exotic lands( Zambia, Aqaba), making us tango to Hungarian dance, savouring us with exotic desserts; a whole some entertainment.
    Thanx Abhay!

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    1. Abhay17 May 2015 at 12:36

      Thank you for the appreciation, Vasant!

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  11. Padmanabhan17 May 2015 at 12:07

    5D- Eerier
    Def.- Stranger
    (Orienteer- not)*

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  12. Padmanabhan17 May 2015 at 12:13

    12A- Ipoh
    Def.- Malaysian city
    Native American tribe- Hopi=<

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  13. Padmanabhan17 May 2015 at 12:20

    30A- Tala- Rhythmic pattaern- (LATA)*

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    1. Abhay17 May 2015 at 12:39

      You might want to fill in 26d and then check this one.

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  14. Deepak Gopinath17 May 2015 at 12:31

    2D - {BANQU(-et)}{O}
    6D - FARO [T]
    10A - YALE [T<=]

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  15. Jayaseelan17 May 2015 at 12:48

    13A XANTHOMA (aXiAl NoTcH fOrMs An)

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  16. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 May 2015 at 13:21

    22 A VOTERS [ anagram of VETO + R(ajya) S(abha)]

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  17. Padmanabhan17 May 2015 at 13:51

    Learning a lot of things- thank you Abhay.
    Tala Vs.Taal is South Indian way Vs.Noth's. Trying to justify my mistake! Strange though that the anagram lends itself to both, but not the crossing.

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    1. Abhay17 May 2015 at 14:09

      Thank you! I don't think tala v/s taal is a North/South divide; I think they are just variant spellings in English of an Indian word.

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    2. Padmanabhan17 May 2015 at 14:14

      I am not into spelling, but the way of pronunciation within India (without a foreign language entering the picture)- Taal,Raag etc.as against tala/ talam, raga/ragam etc.I have noticed that it is a big difference between Hindi and Sanskrit- the endings are different.

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    3. Abhay17 May 2015 at 14:19

      I agree completely in terms of the variant pronunciations of these common terms in Hindustani and Carnatic traditions.

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  18. Padmanabhan17 May 2015 at 13:58

    Same with Raga and Raag.

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  19. Deepak Gopinath17 May 2015 at 14:32

    Things are moving very slowly today. Plenty of regulars are missing.

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  20. mohsin17 May 2015 at 14:44

    16A: Pole featured in expansive new sports publication (6) WISDEN [S featured in WIDE + N; Def = sports publication]

    4D: A large number of shelters may provide glimpses of new beginnings (8) DAWNINGS [D (=500, large no.) + AWNINGS; Def = (glimpses of) new beginnings]

    23D: Bird always found in Jamaica? Au contraire! (6) EVEJAR [ JA (jamaica) found in EVER; Def = bird]

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    1. Padmanabhan17 May 2015 at 15:01

      I was sidetracked by 'Au contraire'. Now I get it. It is Ja found in always(ever) Nice one.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2015 at 15:15

      Nice clue and nice solving by Mohsin!

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2015 at 16:00

      JA or JM --which is correct for Jamaica pl?

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    4. Abhay17 May 2015 at 16:06

      Both! JM is the internet domain extension; JA is the international car registration code. Both forms appear in Collins.

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2015 at 16:32

      Thanks, Abhay.

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  21. SandhyaP17 May 2015 at 15:56

    24A Money return policy designed to encourage spending (8) {CASH}{BACK}
    18D Gymnast Ali Qadir shown boxing in group of Eastern characters (8)NASTALIQ
    25D Half-hearted setter reorganised ring for player (6) {STERE(-t)*{O}

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  22. Ramani17 May 2015 at 16:14

    Enjoyed solving this one Pluralist. Thank you.

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2015 at 16:37

    Somewhat easier than earlier offerings. Overall an enjoyable puzzle. Thank you Abhay. :)

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    1. Abhay17 May 2015 at 16:56

      Thank you, MB - it's a relief to hear that! :) Glad you enjoyed it.

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  24. C.G. BHARGAV17 May 2015 at 17:09

    29 ACROSS: ABELE (EiLeEn BoAz <-)

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  25. C.G. BHARGAV17 May 2015 at 17:18

    26 Down: CRAZY (DD)

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  26. Raghunath17 May 2015 at 17:20

    Out of Hyd on way to Ranthambore. Will be back to post regularly on June1.
    W/o crossings Pluralists puzzles are tough.

    9a: A.B.E.L.E <-
    21d: ACTED OUT*
    36d: CRAZY [MD]?

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  27. Deepak Gopinath17 May 2015 at 18:04

    Last two

    9A - {SHAKE} {BAG} = Rascal
    17D - {IF}O Anno for O not clear = Identified Flying Object

    Solution grid uploaded also

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    1. Abhay17 May 2015 at 18:08

      The "no" was intended to provide the O (=zero) - in retrospect, that *is* very weak! :(

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  28. Abhay17 May 2015 at 18:12

    My first attempt at a double-pangram, and the border one made it trickier. The first time I filled out the grid I discovered about half the words fell into the difficult/unfamiliar category, so ruthlessly cut them out and kept at it till I could get the unfamiliar word count down to about 4 words (EVEJAR, NASTALIQ, XANTHOMA, SHAKE-BAG). It was fun setting it, and it felt great to hear that some of you had fun solving it! :)

    Thanks to Col for putting it up.

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  29. Deepak Gopinath17 May 2015 at 18:19

    Great job Abhay

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  30. David Jayaprakash John18 May 2015 at 06:26

    Fantastic puzzle!!! Thanks Abhay Sir

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