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

Enjoy.

80 comments:

  1. 5D: DIKTAT= D(KIT)*A+T
    16A: TRU(C)E
    23A:KNEED=~NEED

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  2. 10 Ailment*s
    11 In tern
    13 pollution*

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  3. 2D. COSMETIC COMETIS* C
    19D.ETH(-N)IC
    11A. INTERN {IN}{TERN}

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  4. Replies
    1. Nagendra Prasad, Please provide the annotation, else I will delete your answer

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    2. 25 (RE)(TURN)
      21 ROYALISTS (SYRIA) (LOTS)

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

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  6. Good job, Saral. Keep it up.

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  7. 28A : WORSHIP {W}{OR}{SHIP}
    9D : ASCOT {A{S}COT}*
    18D : FOREARM {FOR}{E}{ARM}

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

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  9. 15A SCION
    {S}{C(I)ON}

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

    20D BARGAIN
    {BAR}{GAIN}

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

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  11. 8 FREIGHT > FR(E)IGHT, E for Drug Ecstacy

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

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

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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. ... and so very quickly at 11:20 the left overs are

    Across - 27

    Down - 1, 22

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

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  17. 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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  18. compensating 2D
    27A (OR)(DER)(ED)

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  19. 1d: CAPITAL (DD)
    22d: AMULET {A}{MULE}{T}

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

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  21. 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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  22. 26A- Icebergs
    One club- IC
    At first (Stops Growlers) GS
    Diver returns- ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  30. 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. 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. I see no problem

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

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    3. I was missing the obvious

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

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