Sunday, 30 August 2015

Special, Sunday 30 Aug 2015, Saral


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


ACROSS 
7   BSP's image controllers (7)
8   Fear of carrying drug in cargo (7)
10 I lament about small disorders (8)
11 Fashionable bird trainee (6)
12 Feline I caught hiding inside plants (5)
13 Contamination arising from unlit pool (9)
15 Initially students study about one shoot (5)
16 Caught inside real ceasefire (5)
21 Syria lots baffled cavaliers (9)
23 Want, say a massage (5)
25 Again change the course, go back (6)
26 One club diver returns, at first stops growlers (8)
27 Choice by the German editor put in place (7)
28 To participate in prayer with other ranks on a liner (7)

DOWN 
1   World-class city (7)
2   Superficial new comet is colliding initially (8)
3   Tolerate an opinion (5)
4   Big guns not well inside vessel (9)
5   Order from lawyer? Wraps new kit on time (6)
6   Plan to accommodate one round vehicle (7)
9   New coat with small tie (5)
14 Herb and rice cooked without egg, right? (9)
17 Concentrate, examine, study gutted site (8)
18 Support English with weapon ready for a fight (7)
19 Tribal group lacking new morals (5)
20 Steal pub with profit (7)
22 A cross on top of the jewellery (6)
24 Little monk holds a fruit (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at SARAL 5

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80 comments:

  1. Vasant30 August 2015 at 10:36

    5D: DIKTAT= D(KIT)*A+T
    16A: TRU(C)E
    23A:KNEED=~NEED

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  2. VMA Nair30 August 2015 at 10:39

    10 Ailment*s
    11 In tern
    13 pollution*

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  3. Debasmita Basu30 August 2015 at 10:40

    2D. COSMETIC COMETIS* C
    19D.ETH(-N)IC
    11A. INTERN {IN}{TERN}

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  4. Jayaseelan30 August 2015 at 10:41

    2D COSMETIC*
    21A ROYALISTS*

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  5. Jayaseelan30 August 2015 at 10:43

    4D ART(ILL)ARY

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  6. R Nagendra Prasad30 August 2015 at 10:44

    21 ROYALISTS
    25 RETURN

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    1. Deepak Gopinath30 August 2015 at 10:49

      Nagendra Prasad, Please provide the annotation, else I will delete your answer

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    2. R Nagendra Prasad30 August 2015 at 10:59

      25 (RE)(TURN)
      21 ROYALISTS (SYRIA) (LOTS)

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  7. Debasmita Basu30 August 2015 at 10:48

    compensating for 11A.
    7A. MAHOUTS (CD?)

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  8. Richard30 August 2015 at 10:50

    Good job, Saral. Keep it up.

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam30 August 2015 at 10:54

    28A : WORSHIP {W}{OR}{SHIP}
    9D : ASCOT {A{S}COT}*
    18D : FOREARM {FOR}{E}{ARM}

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  10. C.G. BHARGAV30 August 2015 at 10:56

    6 Down CHAR(I O)T

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  11. R Nagendra Prasad30 August 2015 at 10:57

    12A > CACTI

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  12. C.G. BHARGAV30 August 2015 at 10:57

    3 D STAND (DD)

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  13. C.G. BHARGAV30 August 2015 at 10:59

    12 A: CACTI (CAT+I+C)*

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  14. C.G. BHARGAV30 August 2015 at 11:00

    LV: We can not only stand but sit and enjoy your crossword! Keep them coming...

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  15. Bombadil30 August 2015 at 11:02

    15A SCION
    {S}{C(I)ON}

    14D CORIANDER
    {AND RICE}* containing O + R

    20D BARGAIN
    {BAR}{GAIN}

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  16. C.G. BHARGAV30 August 2015 at 11:03

    15 A: S C(I)ON

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  17. VMA Nair30 August 2015 at 11:04

    Breeeze. .you don't need a grid for Saral puzzle :-)

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  18. R Nagendra Prasad30 August 2015 at 11:06

    8 FREIGHT > FR(E)IGHT, E for Drug Ecstacy

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam30 August 2015 at 11:07

    Nice one, LV. Felt in 28 A - instead of 'other ranks' 'soldiers' would have looked better I think. :)

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan30 August 2015 at 11:49

      Thanks sir :) Saw OR somewhere but not able to recollect :( As you said soldiers is better than this confusing Other Ranks !

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    2. Deepak Gopinath30 August 2015 at 11:51

      All ranks are in the news nowadays for OROP :-)

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    3. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan30 August 2015 at 11:54

      :)

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  20. C.G. BHARGAV30 August 2015 at 11:13

    ANNO: CA(C)T I

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  21. Bombadil30 August 2015 at 11:15

    It was quite easy and straightforward solve in general. 26A and 22D were quite nice as they put up a slight challenge.

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  22. Padmanabhan30 August 2015 at 11:17

    24D- Lemon (T)-littLE MONk

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  23. Ramki Krishnan30 August 2015 at 11:18

    26 One club diver returns, at first stops growlers (8) - ICEBERGS (I C GREBE<< S), grebe is a diving bird, growler is a small iceberg
    17 Concentrate, examine, study gutted site (8) - CONDENSE (CON DEN S(it)E) - gutted is the indicator to remove the middle
    24 Little monk holds a fruit (5) - LEMON (telescopic)

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  24. Deepak Gopinath30 August 2015 at 11:22

    ... and so very quickly at 11:20 the left overs are

    Across - 27

    Down - 1, 22

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  25. Ramki Krishnan30 August 2015 at 11:26

    Compensating for 24D
    27A - ORDERED {OR}{DER}{ED}

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  26. Vasant30 August 2015 at 11:27

    Smoooth! I think Saral has got a natural flair for clue writing...the clues are pithy, no extra padding...lovely to solve..
    Keep them coming.

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  27. Jayaseelan30 August 2015 at 11:29

    compensating 2D
    27A (OR)(DER)(ED)

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  28. Deepak Gopinath30 August 2015 at 11:32

    Last two 1D and 22D

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  29. Padmanabhan30 August 2015 at 11:33

    26A- Icebergs

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  30. Abhay30 August 2015 at 11:34

    1d: CAPITAL (DD)
    22d: AMULET {A}{MULE}{T}

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  31. Deepak Gopinath30 August 2015 at 11:35

    So that's it for the day. Well done LV

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  32. Abhay30 August 2015 at 11:39

    Got around to this very late today and was sure all answers would be in by now. Glad to see there were at least two left for me!

    Very nice crossword, Saral. Witty, elegant, well-constructed clues - my favourites are the clues for MAHOUTS, ASCOT, LEMON, CONDENSE, and - perhaps my COD - CORIANDER. Thanks to you for a great time, and to DG for hosting the Sunday Special.

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  33. Padmanabhan30 August 2015 at 11:39

    26A- Icebergs
    One club- IC
    At first (Stops Growlers) GS
    Diver returns- ?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath30 August 2015 at 11:41

      One = 1
      club = C
      diver returns = GREBE<=
      at first stops = S
      growlers = {1}{C}{EBERG<=}{S}

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  34. Padmanabhan30 August 2015 at 11:41

    Sorry. Growler is the Def.

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  35. Padmanabhan30 August 2015 at 11:44

    Grebe- Bird & diver
    So the correct anno
    One club- IC
    Diver returns- Grebe=<
    At first stops- S
    Sorry about the mess up.

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  36. Padmanabhan30 August 2015 at 11:46

    I SEE it- Simple, Elegant Enjoyable.
    Keep it up LV.

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  37. Padmanabhan30 August 2015 at 11:51

    Thank you Col. for helping me out with the icebergs. I did not see it melting erlier!

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  38. Srividya30 August 2015 at 11:52

    Thanks LV for an enjoyable crossword... thot 1a was very clever :)

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan30 August 2015 at 11:56

      Thanks Srividya, this is my first CD clue :) Was so thrilled when I got this wp :)

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  39. Mukundala Balasubramanyam30 August 2015 at 11:57

    Now that the show is over I think the correct annotation for 12 Across is {CA{C}T}+{I}

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  40. raju umamaheswar30 August 2015 at 11:58

    Price I have to pay for rising late. All the grub has been grabbed by other Grebes !!
    I must say that SARAL comes out with such saral clues, so simple yet pithy and witty !! How do you manage to be so, yet so cryptic, Saral? I enjoyed every bit !!

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  41. SandhyaP30 August 2015 at 11:59

    Solved this just now. Simple, neat clues Lakshmi! :)

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  42. Suresh30 August 2015 at 12:20

    There sees to be a problem with CACTI clue. The clue oeads to I and C being inside CAT.

    Otherwise an excellent puzzle.

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    1. Raghunath30 August 2015 at 12:25

      Everything's fine (like in the Lufthansa ad):

      2 Feline I caught hiding inside plants (5) CAT + I and C hiding inside = CA(C)T + I

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    2. Deepak Gopinath30 August 2015 at 12:27

      I see no problem

      Feline = CAT
      I = I
      caught = C
      hiding inside = Insertion indicator
      plants = {CA{C}T}{I}

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    3. Suresh30 August 2015 at 12:35

      I was missing the obvious

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    4. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan30 August 2015 at 15:30

      Thanks Suresh sir :)

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  43. Raghunath30 August 2015 at 12:29

    Was watching the test match. No clues left I think?

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