Sunday, 20 December 2015

Special, Sunday 20 Dec 2015, Sridhar Krishnan


Welcome to our new setter Sridhar Krishnan. Compliments and brickbats on the CW are welcome.
Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations to be compulsorily provided with answers)
As far as possible please try to put all your answers under one comment.


ACROSS
1   King of Judah, vagrant buried in a lot of paper (8)
5   Almost fire back at composer losing key to African palace (6)
10 Attendant's sweetheart leaves baseball team (5)
11 Restores confidence of backward country lacking unity in prophet (9)
12 Turns politician back, first-timer replacing last veteran (7)
13 State of neutron housed where it belongs in retrospect (7)
14 Lifeline for worryingly bulimic daughter consuming ground coral (9,4)
19 They instruct a lot of fish attending golf tournament (13)
25 Disease, mental disorder one's in (7)
27 Mogul, an attraction, one's told (7)
28 Fighter, boy, one swallowed by croc (9)
29 Fit for a king, drink is rejected (5)
30 Theatre's first actor shows appreciation (6)
31 Desperate state, one more, for conductor (8)

DOWN
1   Priest before worship (6)
2   Babe, perhaps, following head first, flat out misleading (9)
3   Bozo's topper, silly hat, yet sent up to get a cleaning here (7)
4   Spray also-ran hugging topless hero (7)
6   Weapons left after a snare is spread (7)
7   Graduate drinking rum cocktail in former country (5)
8   Conserves heritage leader of American groups (8)
9   Photographer climbs pointlessly to treetop to see runway (6)
15 The Italian protecting lady is unwell (3)
16 He leaves the hub for painting (3)
17 Merriment without pause after Mafia bosses are decapitated for carnage (9)
18 Grated carrot tips and cored oranges for mollusc (8)
20 Honour woven silk monument (7)
21 Transform Greek letter gallery (6)
22 Warriors from island concealing recovering addicts drinking alcohol (bottoms up) (7)
23 Devour excitedly, go green (7)
24 All clear is blown, Al leaves basement (6)
26 Beast trapped in squall, a marsupial (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at SRIDHAR KRISHNAN 1

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49 comments:

  1. Ramani20 December 2015 at 10:31

    26 Beast trapped in squall, a marsupial (5) LL A MA

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  2. Ramani20 December 2015 at 10:33

    24 All clear is blown, Al leaves basement (6) CELLAR (all clear - al)*

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    1. Chaturvasi20 December 2015 at 10:40

      The above clue has a very good surface, so plausible. Nothing 'crosswordy' about it.

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  3. Ramani20 December 2015 at 10:34

    23 Devour excitedly, go green (7) ENGORGE (Go green)*

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  4. Vasant20 December 2015 at 10:36

    1A: REHOBOAM=RE(HOBO)AM
    1D:REVERE=(REV)(ERE)
    3D:BATHTUB=(B)(ATH)*(TUB<)

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 December 2015 at 10:56

    14A : UMBILICAL CORD {bulimic d coral}*
    15D : ILL {I{I}I}
    16D : ART {heART}

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  6. C.G. BHARGAV20 December 2015 at 11:01

    19 Across: School masters
    4 Down: Aerosol* anagram of also and (-h)ero
    25 Across: Ailment* mental+i

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  7. Vasant20 December 2015 at 11:10

    Lovely Puzzle...credible & smooth surface...simple & enjoyable.
    A smashing Debut!
    Could finish in double quick time

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 December 2015 at 11:14

      Good show, Vasant! I am moving at a snail's pace!

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    2. Anonymous20 December 2015 at 11:21

      Thanks for the compliment, Vasant! Happy to hear you enjoyed doing this puzzle.

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  8. raju umamaheswar20 December 2015 at 11:13

    8Down : HUSBANDS- conserves-- Heritage leader- H - american- US - groups - bands

    7 down: BURMA- Graduate BA drinking rum:
    13 down: MONTANA Neuron- N; An atom:anagram

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  9. raju umamaheswar20 December 2015 at 11:21

    Great compilation: SK ! couldn't have aSKed for more ! Nice admixture of clues of variety- straightforward and simple !

    UMBILICAL CORD-- my clue of the day . You now tie a cord with this blog as a regular contributor !

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    1. Anonymous20 December 2015 at 11:32

      Thank you very much! About 'umbilical cord'...I must confess that I was quite surprised (and happy) when the inspiration for this clue popped up in my head!

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    2. Chaturvasi20 December 2015 at 11:53

      The def, anag ind, anag fodder, use of letter component, inserticator, second anag ind - everything is good!

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  10. VMA Nair20 December 2015 at 11:23

    27 magnate (~magnet)
    20 (Obe) (lisk*)
    21 (mu) (tate)

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  11. SandhyaP20 December 2015 at 11:23

    10A Attendant's sweetheart leaves baseball team (5)VALET [valentine - nine]
    12A Turns politician back, first-timer replacing last veteran (7)ROTATES [ROTA(-n){+T}ES<-]
    2D Babe, perhaps, following head first, flat out misleading (9){H}{ALF T}*{RUTH}

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  12. SandhyaP20 December 2015 at 11:25

    Enjoyed solving the crossword Sridhar Krishna! :) Keep them coming!

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    1. Anonymous20 December 2015 at 11:36

      Thank you, Sandhya! Glad you liked the puzzle.

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  13. Chaturvasi20 December 2015 at 11:25

    29a Fit for a king, drink is rejected (5) REGAL :: rev of lager
    30a Theatre's first actor shows appreciation (6) THANKS :: cha of T Hanks

    (A wrong answer and a hasty comment deleted. TKS to Vasant. Apols to the setter.)

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  14. RameshJ20 December 2015 at 11:31

    28A Fighter, boy, one swallowed by croc (9) GLADIATOR {G{LAD}{I}ATOR}

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  15. RameshJ20 December 2015 at 11:33

    5A Almost fire back at composer losing key to African palace (6) CASBAH {kCAS<=}{BAcH}

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  16. RameshJ20 December 2015 at 11:35

    9D Photographer climbs pointlessly to treetop to see runway (6) TARMAC {T}{AReMAC<=}

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  17. RameshJ20 December 2015 at 11:36

    Lovely puzzle. Looking forward to more such offerings from the setter

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  18. Chaturvasi20 December 2015 at 11:44

    Still to go... Ac 11, 31 :: Dn 1, 3, 17, 18, 22.

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  19. Ramki Krishnan20 December 2015 at 11:46

    11A: REASSURES (RUSSIA -I)<< in SEER<<
    1D: REVERE {REV}{ERE}
    17D: ONSLAUGHT {(-D)ONS}{LAUGHT(-ER)}

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  20. Chaturvasi20 December 2015 at 11:48

    Ramki 1d was already solved. My list above included it erroneously. Perhaps you could take another clue.

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  21. Ramki Krishnan20 December 2015 at 11:59

    Compensating for 1D
    3D: BATHTUB {B}{HAT*}{BUT<<}

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    1. RameshJ20 December 2015 at 12:25

      3D is taken too. ( Vasant @10:36). So you get one more shot

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  22. Ramki Krishnan20 December 2015 at 12:00

    Enjoyable grid with very smooth surfaces - thanks, Sridhar!

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 December 2015 at 12:20

    Quite an astonishing puzzle with smooth surfaces! Thorough enjoyment for the day! Thank you, Sridhar Krishnan. Looking forward to some more thrillers from you.

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  24. Ramki Krishnan20 December 2015 at 12:37

    One more
    18D: ESCARGOT {C-T+ORA-GES}*, "grated" as anagrind

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  25. Raghunath20 December 2015 at 12:44

    That leaves just 22d:
    22 Warriors from island concealing recovering addicts drinking alcohol (bottoms up) (7) S{A(MUR)A}I <-

    Very nice with plausible surfaces in all clues

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    1. Raghunath20 December 2015 at 12:48

      Looks like addicts didn't mend their ways?

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 December 2015 at 12:52

      31 Across is still waiting for someone to solve it please!

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  26. Satyen Nabar20 December 2015 at 12:52

    6D Arsenal Anagaram of a snare l (left)

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  27. Ramani20 December 2015 at 12:53

    Hearty welcome Sridhar Krishnan! We are waiting for more

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  28. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 December 2015 at 12:57

    Last one for the grabs 31 Across! Any takers?

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  29. Raghunath20 December 2015 at 12:59

    Thanks, MB:

    31 Desperate state, one more, for conductor (8) DIRE CT OR

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  30. Anonymous20 December 2015 at 13:45

    Thanks to everyone for your comments and for welcoming me to this group. I enjoyed setting the puzzle and hope to share a few more with this community in the days ahead.

    Col. Gopinath, a big thanks to you for hosting my CW on this blog!

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  31. Deepak Gopinath20 December 2015 at 16:24

    Finally celebrations are over I am free now after a hectic three days where we the Madras Sappers were having our reunion which is held once in 5 years. It was a hectic three days with Golf, Lunches, Tea parties, Ladies meets for the ladies, Dinners and of course a brainstorming session. Lovely to have met up with old friends some senior, some junior some and some who came from as far away as California.

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  32. Padmanabhan20 December 2015 at 19:10

    Regret very much for not being able to solve this excellent puzzle earlier. All neat superb clues with umbilical cord tying it up as a nice package. Thank you Sridhar and looking forward to more.

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