Sunday, 13 March 2016

Special, Sunday 13 Mar 2016, Bruno


Three answers as usual (annotations compulsory) till 6 PM.
Please give all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
1   Likely that research-lab experiment is boring (8)
5   It might bring good luck to man at a race (6)
9   Extinction certain after a long time (7)
10 It could bail out one (5)
12 A tongue lacking taste, ultimately wags for sweet (6)
13 Lion ran around captured giraffe, ultimately hid it in a different cave to avoid a fight (8)
16 Hated to give birth when upset (7)
17 Colourful saying passed on (4)
19 Frozen man cut through core (4)
21 Majority of Indians are small – that’s the way things are (7)
24 Being aware Western agreement’s not the best (8)
25 Friend, during mortgage payment, returned stake (6)
28 Cruel affliction? (5)
29 Something of little value in America gets a universal right to be a monster (7)
30 Red-black with gold on top (6)
31 A heatsource? (8)

DOWN
1   Thanksgiving canape - crackers without cheese topping (5)
2   Unclear? Pop a question to have the answer… (6)
3   Praises start of administrative changes getting rid of protocol (8)
4   Stagger over at plant (4)
6   Capable of producing story with first page missing (6)
7   Mostly empty, nice, housetop structure? (7)
8   Heartless Siamese banker could be #10 or #11? (9)
11 Instrument to measure setter’s heart-beat is on promotion (7)
14 With anger, hit back at Patriot Act provision (7)
15 Continental US’ nine places crossing over to Baja - California is one (9)
18 Dr. Menon, admitted to emergency ward with onset of Schizophrenia gets flowers (8)
20 Taxi meter in India – Chennai and Agra, mainly – complex, perhaps!! (7)
22 One who deeply loves roadtrips’ eager to be on vacation (6)
23 Mat that is often woven (6)
26 God’s upset – being stuck in the crumbling world (5)
27 Light brown mercurous layers (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at BRUNO 10

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56 comments:

  1. Vasant13 March 2016 at 10:37

    1A:PROBABLE; (LAB)* inside PROBE
    2D: OPAQUE; (T)
    9A:(ERA)(SURE)

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  2. raju umamaheswar13 March 2016 at 10:41

    1 across: PROBABLE_ research=probe- LAB anagram= likely --probable

    2 down: OPAQUE- UNCLEARP-OPAQUE-STION= container

    4 down: LEEK - stagger over - reverse of KEEL - leek- a plant

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  3. Bhalchandra Pasupathy13 March 2016 at 10:56

    23 Mat that is often woven (6): TATAMI; ((MAT)+(ThAt Is))*; &lit

    26 God’s upset – being stuck in the crumbling world (5): EARTH; RA<-- inside (THE)*

    25 Friend, during mortgage payment, returned stake (6): IMPALE; PAL (friend) inside EMI<--

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  4. SandhyaP13 March 2016 at 10:59

    13A Lion ran around captured giraffe, ultimately hid it in a different cave to avoid a fight (8)VIOLENCE
    {LION + giraffE + CAVE - A}*

    25A Friend, during mortgage payment, returned stake (6){IM{PAL}E<-}

    29A Something of little value in America gets a universal right to be a monster (7){CENT}{A}{U}{R}

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    1. SandhyaP13 March 2016 at 11:06

      compensating for IMPALE

      18 Dr. Menon, admitted to emergency ward with onset of Schizophrenia gets flowers (8){A{NEMON}*E}{S}
      AE: accident & emergency department

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  5. Raghunath13 March 2016 at 11:06

    5A: It might bring good luck to man at a race (6) M ASCOT
    13A: Lion ran around captured giraffe, ultimately hid it in a different cave to avoid a fight (8) V{IOL(E)N*}CE* -A
    22D: One who deeply loves roadtrips’ eager to be on vacation (6) ADOR* E…R Nice!

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  6. Raghunath13 March 2016 at 11:07

    31 A heatsource? (8) GUNSMITH

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  7. raju umamaheswar13 March 2016 at 11:17

    Compensating for OPAQUE & PROBABLE_ since Vasant has beaten me by 4 minutes;

    5 across: MASCOT= Man at race=ASCOT race course

    28 across : ULCER_ Cruel afliction anagram of CRUEL

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  8. Bhalchandra Pasupathy13 March 2016 at 11:18

    Beautiful clues, enjoyed.

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    1. Raghunath13 March 2016 at 11:19

      Bruno's always good

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    2. Balaji13 March 2016 at 11:28

      Thank you Bhala and Raghu.

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    3. Ramki Krishnan13 March 2016 at 12:21

      +1

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    4. Bhalchandra Pasupathy13 March 2016 at 12:24

      Bruno / Balaji: just a suggestion, why not use a standard grid? This one has a small deviation in terms of unches in a couple of places

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    5. Balaji13 March 2016 at 20:04

      Thanks for the suggestion Bhala. Will take note of it.

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  9. Jayaseelan13 March 2016 at 11:20

    16A REVILED<=
    31A GUNSMITH (E/D?)
    27D ECRU {mErCuRoUs}

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  10. Deepak Gopinath13 March 2016 at 11:21

    1D - PAEAN (-c)ANAPE*
    6D - PARABLE (-p)ARABLE
    7D - CHIMNEY {{M(-ostl)Y}+{NICE}+(H(-ouse)}}* &lit

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  11. Jayaseelan13 March 2016 at 11:38

    Compensating for 31A
    12A NOUGAT {A TONGU(-e)}*

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 March 2016 at 11:40

    10A It could bail out one (5) ALIBI {BAIL*}{I}
    12A A tongue lacking taste, ultimately wags for sweet (6)NOUGAT {A TONGUe*}
    17A Colourful saying passed on (4) DYED {~DIED}

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 March 2016 at 12:05

      10A ALIBI {BAIL*}{I} &lit please?

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    2. Balaji13 March 2016 at 20:14

      Perhaps more of an extended definition. For a true &lit, the "It could" shouldnt be there.

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 March 2016 at 11:50

    In lieu of 12A done by Jayaseelan

    8 Heartless Siamese banker could be #10 or #11? (9) TAILENDER {ThaI}{LENDER} Could be 10th or 11th batsman in Cricket.

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  14. Srividya13 March 2016 at 12:06

    19a - Nu(m)b
    24a - (in on)<-- deal = Non ideal
    30a - Au burn

    Q - Reviled = Deliver --< isnt this an Indirect anagram?

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    1. Ramki Krishnan13 March 2016 at 12:21

      I don't think it is an indirect anagram, it is a straight reversal of DELIVER to get REVILED ("when upset" is the reversal ind)

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    2. Srividya13 March 2016 at 12:31

      as per crossword unclued (and it does make sense in a sort) - upset is a reversal indicator only for down clues.. this is across.. wouldnt upset become an anagram indicator then?

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    3. Raghunath13 March 2016 at 12:43

      One of the meanings of 'upset' is 'reversal/ reverse'

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  15. Ramki Krishnan13 March 2016 at 12:18

    21A: Majority of Indians are small – that’s the way things are (7) DESTINY {DES(-i)}{TINY}, def = "that's the way things are"
    11D: Instrument to measure setter’s heart-beat is on promotion (7) PIPETTE {PIP}{-sETTE-r} Setter's heart = ETTE, beat = PIP
    15D: Continental US’ nine places crossing over to Baja - California is one (9) - PENINSULA (reverse tele)

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  16. Nadathur Rajan13 March 2016 at 12:18

    15 Continental US’ nine places crossing over to Baja - California is one (9)
    PENINSULA (<=T)

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  17. raju umamaheswar13 March 2016 at 12:19

    Bravo, Bruno: an excellent compilation ! a few easy ones and mostly tricky ones!

    I in particular, liked 15 down and 20 down: wonderful work for the top storey ! Waiting for someone to crack 'em

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  18. Ramani13 March 2016 at 12:44

    14 With anger, hit back at Patriot Act provision (7)W IRE (TAP<-)

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  19. Vasant13 March 2016 at 12:46

    Superb one from Bruno!

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  20. Ramani13 March 2016 at 12:49

    20 Taxi meter in India – Chennai and Agra, mainly – complex, perhaps!! (7)M IN I C A B(ASIC)

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 March 2016 at 12:54

      Ram, there is a -(dash) before complex, so....perhaps...!?

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    2. Ramani13 March 2016 at 12:58

      I thought Complex is Basic and mainly indicates B.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 March 2016 at 13:00

      Maybe. I went for B-Complex (Vitamin)though!

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    4. Ramani13 March 2016 at 13:01

      and mainly doing double duty for Chennai Agra and for complex.

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    5. Deepak Gopinath13 March 2016 at 13:03

      B-Complex

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    6. Balaji13 March 2016 at 20:09

      Thank you Col. I had B-complex in mind while setting.

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  21. Ramani13 March 2016 at 12:57

    3 Praises start of administrative changes getting rid of protocol (8) AD(MIN...E) (FORM)ULATES

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    1. Ramki Krishnan13 March 2016 at 13:50

      I had interpreted this as A + (-MO)DULATES
      Start of administrative = A
      changes = MODULATES
      getting rid of MO (protocol i.e. Modus Operandi)

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  22. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 March 2016 at 12:59

    Brain-teasing Sunday Special from Bruno! Quite an enjoyable one! Thank you Bruno. :)

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 March 2016 at 13:05

    Could someone confirm please if 10A is a "&lit" clue?

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  24. SandhyaP13 March 2016 at 15:34

    Lovely clues Bruno!

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  25. ranger13 March 2016 at 17:45

    Yes...some nice clues

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  26. Zenfinity Reporting13 March 2016 at 20:01

    Very nice clues Balaji. I loved 5A. (MASCOT= Man at race = ASCOT race course)

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