Sunday, 31 January 2016

Special, Sunday 31 Jan 2016, Dr Satyen Nabar


Three answers per commeter (Annotations compulsory) till 6 PM
Please provide all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
1   Give agreement (6)
4   If this is blocked, a doctor goes bananas! Round is cancelled, bring in top intensivist! (7)
8   Back off! Vehicle with deer to leave hastily (7)
9   Most classy correspondence about girl (7)
11 Agency guys entering trendy bar (10)
12 Have fun with bird (4)
13 Some fancy nickname for sceptic (5)
14 Fashionable nightclub where one shakes this (3, 5)
16 Fools briefly hurt by examiner (8)
18 Passage in Shanghai’s legislature (5)
20 Headless dead body leading to squabble (4)
21 Endure criminal boxing back without restraint (10)
23 These toys keep one sane? (7)
24 What you discard when fracture has healed (4-3)
25 Good to not completely stoop while starting exercise to be healthy (7)
26 Perhaps don’t intend to humiliate (6)

DOWN
1   Afresh in a bikini, a gal makes a comeback (5)
2   Piece of toast for prisoner accepting defeat (7)
3   About people supplying information for funds (9)
5   Regarding first awesome contest (5)
6   Too disturbed absorbing misery? Tragic tale (7)
7   A nun cries out for protection (9)
10 What’s rare about this songstress and revolutionary (9)
13 Throw away one’s wicket? Give a dressing-down (9)
15 Fighter heading off to board aircraft with ordinary girl (5-4)
17 Limitlessly skilful story capable of being expressed in words (7)
19 Phantom threat (7)
21 Early development locations? (5)
22 Impish female in river recalled (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed as Dr SATYEN NABAR 3

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47 comments:

  1. Ramani31 January 2016 at 10:38

    7 d A nun cries out for protection (9)INSURANCE*
    5 d Regarding first awesome contest (5)A(wesome)BOUT
    1 D Afresh in a bikini, a gal makes a comeback (5)AGAIN (T)

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  2. Raghunath31 January 2016 at 10:49

    6D Too disturbed absorbing misery? Tragic tale (7) OT(HELL)O
    13D Throw away one’s wicket? Give a dressing-down (9) CAST I GATE
    15D Fighter heading off to board aircraft with ordinary girl (5-4) PLA(nIN, JA)NE

    Beautiful crossword!

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  3. Rengaswamy31 January 2016 at 10:51

    1a Give agreement (6) ACCORD (DD)
    16a Fools briefly hurt by examiner (8)ASSES SOR (-e)
    18a Passage in Shanghai’s legislature (5)AISLE (T)

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 January 2016 at 10:57

    13A Some fancy nickname for sceptic (5) CYNIC T]
    24A What you discard when fracture has healed (4-3) CAST-OFF [CD]
    19D Phantom threat (7) SPECTRE [DD]

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  5. Vasant31 January 2016 at 11:06

    20A: TIFF; (-S)TIFF
    26A:(DE)(MEAN)
    22D:ELFIN; EL(F)IN<

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  6. Vinayak31 January 2016 at 11:11

    2D: {C{ROUT}ON}
    9A: {PO{SHE}ST}
    6D: OTHELLO ; TOO HELL*

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  7. Jayaseelan31 January 2016 at 11:13

    9A PO(SHE)ST
    3D RESOURCES (DD)
    17 EF(ficient)FABLE

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  8. Satyen Nabar31 January 2016 at 11:17

    17D Limitlessly skilful = (-d)EF(-t) + fable

    3D Meant as a charade Re(about) sources (people supplying information)

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  9. raju umamaheswar31 January 2016 at 11:22

    14 across: HIP JOINT;; Fashionable: HIP Nightclub : Joint

    19 down - SPECTRE: phantom also means THREAT

    Have fun : LARK (DD)

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  10. raju umamaheswar31 January 2016 at 11:28

    Quite a few wonderful similes -- like HIP JOINT : I liked it very much. LARK a bird and for a Lark

    CAST OFF is another good one; Talks of a Medic's mind !!

    Great fun today, a wonderful and cool day here in CBE for crossies. But the Doc didn't keep us away - didn't have to eat an apple !!

    Thanks , Dr Satyen Nabar: truly - no bar in participating in this !!

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    1. Satyen Nabar31 January 2016 at 11:31

      :) Glad you enjoyed... was a lark setting it as well ! Thanks :)

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  11. R Nagendra Prasad31 January 2016 at 11:30

    11 A > (IN)STRU(MEN)T
    12 A > LARK (DD)

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  12. raju umamaheswar31 January 2016 at 11:34

    WISH I HAD NOT RUSHED WITH SIMPLER ONES ! Just now got 10 down: A beautifully crafted clue-- Rare indeed !!

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  13. R Nagendra Prasad31 January 2016 at 11:42

    25 A > BENEFIT BEN(-D)(E)FIT

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  14. Vasant31 January 2016 at 11:48

    Superb Puzzle!Lovely clues all round.Loved 10D,8A,14A,21D,23A....

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  15. raju umamaheswar31 January 2016 at 11:49

    ah! COMPLETED THIS MEDICAL JOURNEY 21 across !! 21 down is slyly crafted decoy clue !

    The Doc has certainly used his 23 across !

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  16. R Nagendra Prasad31 January 2016 at 11:53

    Compensating for 12A,

    8A > VAMOOSE VA(-N)MOOSE

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  17. Padmanabhan31 January 2016 at 12:05

    12A- Lark- DD

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  18. Satyen Nabar31 January 2016 at 12:08

    Only 4A, 21A, 23A, 10D, 21D yet to go

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  19. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan31 January 2016 at 12:15

    10D RECHERCHE (about-RE,songstress-CHER, revolutionary-CHE )

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  20. C.G. BHARGAV31 January 2016 at 12:19

    4 Across: CAROTID (I+DOCTOR+1 -O)*
    10 Down: RE CHER CHE
    21 Across: UTERI (CD)

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  21. C.G. BHARGAV31 January 2016 at 12:20

    Enjoyable crossword Doctor Satyen Nabar. Liked it.

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  22. Srividya31 January 2016 at 12:33

    Too late to participate.. very enjoyable xword Dr Satyen; Liked the clues for resources, plain jane, recherche and effable a lot :) Thanks for a good time :)

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 January 2016 at 12:38

    Quite an impressive puzzle. Thoroughly enjoyed solving it. My COD is 21 Across,one of the leftover clues, yet to be solved by others.

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  24. Deepak Gopinath31 January 2016 at 12:38

    23A - MARBLES [DD]
    21A - UNHINDERED {HIND} in {ENDURE}*

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    1. Satyen Nabar31 January 2016 at 12:41

      23A Marbles [CD]

      Thank you again Sir for the opportunity!

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 January 2016 at 12:43

    26A Perhaps don’t intend to humiliate (6) DEMEAN (DE)(MEAN)
    Am not getting 'DE' part please!

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    1. Satyen Nabar31 January 2016 at 12:47

      Don't intend -- De mean (perhaps don't = de)is what I intended/meant :)
      Humiliate -- Demean

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 January 2016 at 12:49

      Thank you, Doc! :)

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    3. Vasant31 January 2016 at 12:54

      That is how i read it & annotated it as well..nice clue too

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  26. Padmanabhan31 January 2016 at 13:17

    Missed the bus, but enjoyed the ride!
    Went bananas over missing the carotid.
    Thank you Doctor. Most enjoyable.

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  27. ranger31 January 2016 at 20:31

    Good one. Just what the doctor ordered!

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  28. Shrikanth2 February 2016 at 05:30

    Just picked it up this morning. Thoroughly enjoyable. Many wonderful clues. Maybe it is just the 3rd puzzle of Doctor that has been published. Else I see a very experienced hand.

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    1. Satyen Nabar2 February 2016 at 07:34

      Thank you Sir for the kind words :) You made my day!

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