Sunday, 16 August 2015

Special, Sunday 16 Aug 2015, Pluralist


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

 Note from Pluralist There is a not-so-hidden feature in the CW - please do not comment on it or disclose it till 12:30 PM, as it may spoil the fun a bit for those who haven't solved it yet.


ACROSS 
1   Turmoil as Nirad-babu's titular god confronts apostasy at last (7)
5   Autumn is short, flat, stagnant (6)
9   Part of this moolah turns patriot into last-ditch option of rascals (3)
11 Jinx cast on African country by young lad (7)
12 Confutation not about touching boundary (7)
13 An unpunctual Johnny, say, lifts flan (7)
15 Rift and strain for Bahraini flight company (7)
17 Callow lad finds total short by fifty (8)
19 Mangy cat lost in traumatic crash in courtyard (6)
21 Insignificant party missing mass (6)
22 "Just good pals," said old scholar (not, oddly, from Antioch) (8)
25 Boy without body odour standing in for missing pupil in dynamic Walmart track (7)
26 Hardy's crowd is infuriating! (7)
28 UK nationals find fictional python without a coach (7)
30 Gang taking half a banana to Babushka (7)
31 Starts work on outdoor court (3)
32 In Bulawayo, gin-imbibing woman in pursuit of wisdom? (6)
33 Rotund Bulbul bought top two trios for a shilling (7)

DOWN
1   Host swallows gourd marrow in ammunition dump (7)
2   Finally, almost finds cartographic compilation (5)
3   Discard a display without publicity to form an unsavoury impact (4,1,6)
4   Initially, Yang is not... (3)
6   ...protagonist of filmic trilogy cutting short faint star grouping (3)
7   Barking mad Tatar lion (9)
8   William of Langham (famous Romanist amassing many firsts), also known as W (7)
10 Chairman got up to display tropical fruit (5)
14 As shown in this way... (4)
16 ...alluding to "Tropic of Capricorn" and similar bars (11)
18 World body girding for pulling out support? (9)
20 Pick cushy tag for funny author (4)
21 Unskilfully? Outstandingly! (7)
23 Fraud talks boringly on radio with Paul Giraud, Camus, and Frapin, possibly (7)
24 Statutorily aids running of housing association? (5)
27 Passport, say, taking a half-hour in part of USA (5)
29 Drowning king on holiday is wrong (3)
30 Totally straightforward if this man's your aunt's husband (3)

Across Lite version can be accessed at PLURALIST 6

Enjoy.

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75 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2015 at 10:30

    Happy Birthday Bhargav

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  2. Vasant16 August 2015 at 10:43

    Happy Birthday Bhargavji.
    4D:YIN(ACROSTIV and & LIT)
    5A:FALLOW= {FAL(-L)}(LOW)
    8D:WOLFRAM= ACROSTIC; Def=W=Tungsten

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  3. Chaturvasi16 August 2015 at 10:47

    2 Finally, almost finds cartographic compilation (5) ATLAS - AT LAS[t]
    32 In Bulawayo, gin-imbibing woman in pursuit of wisdom? (6) YOGIN - from bulawaYO GIN-imbibing
    27 Passport, say, taking a half-hour in part of USA (5) IDAHO - ID A HO[ur]

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    1. Bombadil16 August 2015 at 11:03

      Chaturvasi, Sir {YOGINI} (6)

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    2. Chaturvasi16 August 2015 at 11:11

      Thanks for fixing inadvertent error. I meant yogini!

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  4. Bombadil16 August 2015 at 10:57

    7D: LATRATION
    {TATARLION*}

    16D: LATITUDINAL {DD}

    30A: BANDANA
    {BAND}{(-ban)ANA}

    Thank you Pluralist, I'm getting ready for a samosa :)

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  5. Ramki Krishnan16 August 2015 at 11:14

    15A Rift and strain for Bahraini flight company (7) GULFAIR {GULF}{AIR}

    22A "Just good pals," said old scholar (not, oddly, from Antioch) (8) PLATONIC {PLATO}{aNtIoCh} removing odd chars of Antioch

    3D Discard a display without publicity to form an unsavoury impact (4,1,6) CAST A SHADOW {CAST} {A} {SH{AD}OW}

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  6. Ramki Krishnan16 August 2015 at 11:38

    Happy birthday Bhargav!

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  7. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2015 at 11:46

    17A - {YOUYH}{FUL(-l)}
    19A - ATRIUM(-cat)*
    21A - {NO}{BODY}

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  8. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2015 at 12:00

    Leftovers at noon

    Across - 1, 9, 11, 12, 13, 25, 26, 28, 31, 33

    Down - 1, 10, 14, 18, 20, 21, 23, 24, 29, 30

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  9. Rengaswamy16 August 2015 at 12:12

    Happy Birthday Bhargav Gopal.
    Hearty Congratulations Raghunath on winning Deccan Chronicle Sunday Magazine Crossword today.

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  10. Vasant16 August 2015 at 12:20

    Very enjoyable crossie..... doubt on 6d... unable to find the not so hidden feature...
    Loved 3 D, 23 D, 33A...even the shorter ones were very good...

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    1. Abhay16 August 2015 at 12:24

      Thank you, Vasant! Glad you enjoyed it. Not sure what your doubt is about 6d, but won't comment on it as it hasn't yet been solved.

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    2. Vasant16 August 2015 at 12:41

      Doubt on my solution.. not on the clue..

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  11. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan16 August 2015 at 12:24

    31 A WOO (acrostic)

    1 D ARMOURY [ARM (g)OUR(d) Y ]
    10 D MANGO (T)

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  12. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan16 August 2015 at 12:25

    Happy birthday CGB sir :)

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  13. Abhay16 August 2015 at 12:31

    Since we are now past the curfew time on the not-so-hidden feature, the field is open for anyone who has seen it!

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  14. Abhay16 August 2015 at 12:34

    Happy Birthday, Bhargav!

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  15. Bombadil16 August 2015 at 12:38

    Was stuck on 14D for what seemed like forever... Finally got my samosa.
    My COD: 23D - Nicely done Pluralist. Quite enjoyed the struggle.

    Well spotted, Ramki.

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  16. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2015 at 12:43

    Most of our regulars are yet to drop by

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  17. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2015 at 12:59

    LV, Sandhya, Raghu, MB, Paddy, Rengaswamy, Ramesh, Suresh, Kishore where are you'll today??

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    1. Bombadil16 August 2015 at 13:02

      LV is a few comments above. Ajeesh is playing computer games in bed.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2015 at 13:03

      Oh yes I forgot LV had commented

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2015 at 13:07

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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  18. raju umamaheswar16 August 2015 at 13:01

    11a: MALISON-- Mali-African Country, folllwed by son-young lad
    13 a: UPSTART- lifts-- ups flan- tart- UPSTART unpunctual person- Johnny
    31 a: WOO = starts Work On Outdoor court -- W O O-- court

    An excellent compilation and brainteaser !! Keep it up Pluralist !

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    1. Bombadil16 August 2015 at 13:04

      Raju Sir

      Anno for UPSTART is as follows. UPSTART is a Johnny-come-lately (idiom), hence an unpunctual Johnny, say.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2015 at 13:06

      Anno given by Raju is correct. You are only clarifying the definition

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    3. Bombadil16 August 2015 at 13:08

      Oh yes... That's right.

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  19. Richard16 August 2015 at 13:12

    Many happier returns of the day, CGB!

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  20. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2015 at 13:15

    Happy Birthday, CGB!

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  21. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2015 at 13:21

    14D : As shown in this way... (4) [THUS] DD

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  22. C.G. BHARGAV16 August 2015 at 13:26

    Thanks to all for the birthday wishes.

    18 Down UN BINDING

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  23. raju umamaheswar16 August 2015 at 13:34

    Happy birthday CGB , fellow leon ! I just toddled one more step nearer the cemetery on 5th ! We are as young as we are away from death !!! God bless you !

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  24. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2015 at 13:39

    21D : Unskilfully? Outstandingly! (7) NAIVELY [DD]

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2015 at 13:55

    My last one

    29D : Drowning king on holiday is wrong (3) SIN {SINking} Def : Wrong

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  26. RameshJ16 August 2015 at 13:55

    6 ...protagonist of filmic trilogy cutting short faint star grouping (3) APU (Cutting short Apus)

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    1. RameshJ16 August 2015 at 13:59

      6D

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    2. Vasant16 August 2015 at 14:37

      Waited for this for a long time..my answer was correct but i couldnt annotate..thanks

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  27. RameshJ16 August 2015 at 13:59

    20 Pick // cushy // tag for funny author (4) PLUM (MD)

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  28. RameshJ16 August 2015 at 14:01

    23D Fraud talks boringly on radio with Paul Giraud, Camus, and Frapin, possibly (7) COGNAC ( ~CON YAK)

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  29. Sritri16 August 2015 at 14:17

    25 A. TRAMWAY - BOY without (B)ody (Odour), Y replacing L(Student) in WALMART.

    24 D - BYLAW

    30 D - BOB - Bob's your uncle!

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  30. Raghunath16 August 2015 at 14:41

    26 Hardy's crowd is infuriating! (7) MADDING
    28 UK nationals find fictional python without a coach (7) BRITS + KA(a)

    33 Rotund Bulbul bought top two trios for a shilling (7)BUL (bul) BOU(-ght)+S (Somehow I feel that the wording is not clear)

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  31. mohsin16 August 2015 at 15:02

    1A: ANARCHY [ANARCH + Y]

    12A: ABUTTAL [REBUTTAL - RE. not sure where the 'A' came from.]

    18D: UNBRACING [ UN + BRACING]

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  32. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2015 at 15:06

    Abhay to explain the A

    Last one left 9A

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  33. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2015 at 15:09

    The most commonly used letter in the English alphabet is "E." And to set a CW without letter "E" needs a lot of skill. Kudos to Abhay for the lipogram, an enjoyable one at that.

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  34. SandhyaP16 August 2015 at 15:10

    Wrapping up:
    9A Part of this moolah turns patriot into last-ditch option of rascals (3) ISM (T)
    Ref: Samuel Johnson's statement - 'Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.'

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  35. SandhyaP16 August 2015 at 15:12

    @ Abhay: Loved the clues! :)

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  36. Deepak Gopinath16 August 2015 at 15:12

    Thanks Abhay, great crossword. I too am foxed by the A in 12A

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  37. Raghunath16 August 2015 at 15:13

    Can 33a be explained?

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    1. Abhay16 August 2015 at 15:50

      You have annotated it just right - the top trios from two words (bulbul and bought) with the S from shilling, with rotund as the definition. I agree that the wording could (and should!) have been clearer.

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    2. Raghunath16 August 2015 at 15:54

      Thanks Abhay. I expected Pluralist's crosswords to be tough and it turned out to be so. Brain's got a working over.

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  38. Jayaseelan16 August 2015 at 15:13

    9A ISM (T)

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 August 2015 at 15:23

      ...umm too late Jayaseelan! Just three minutes!! Sandhya ma'am beat you ti it @ 3:00 p.m. :)

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    2. Jayaseelan16 August 2015 at 15:29

      :) could join now only . nice crossword.

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  39. Abhay16 August 2015 at 15:53

    Many thanks to everyone for the appreciation. I enjoyed the setting process thoroughly - glad to see it was fun to solve too!

    @Mohsin and DG: I am afraid the missing A in 12a is an oversight. My original clue read "A confutation, not about touching boundary". In editing the clues for the final version, I appear to have inadvertently deleted the "A" from the clue. My apologies for the mistake! :(

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  40. Abhay16 August 2015 at 16:01

    DG: Thank you for supplying the link explaining the ANARCH bit in 1a. I was unsure about the wisdom about using two literary references in the same puzzle (the other one, of course, is at 26a), but it doesn't seem to have created any problem!

    In both the clues, I have used references to book titles, although the titles themselves are based on quotations from poems written by someone else. I debated using "Gray's crowd" for 26a but decided it would make the clue too obscure; the decision was easier in 1a since the original poet's name (Pope) got ruled out by the self-imposed no-'e' rule!

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    1. Abhay16 August 2015 at 16:06

      edit: "...about the wisdom *of* using..."

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  41. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan16 August 2015 at 16:26

    @Abhay Thanks for an enjoyable cw :)

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  42. RameshJ16 August 2015 at 18:08

    Thanks Abhay for a nice one. Enjoyed solving it

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