Sunday, 27 March 2016

Special, Sunday 27 Mar 2016, Cymothoid


Welcome to our new setter Cymothoid. Brickbats and bouquets welcome.
Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in a single comment.

"29 ACROSS"


ACROSS
1   Beromycin cured underdeveloped with potential for growth (9)
6   Fruit without energy gives variable spread (5)
9   German cake is made by mixing lots, starting with lard, eggs and nuts (7)
10 Clad titanium carbide alloy with gemstone to produce visible result (7)
11 No French communication to the unlisted officer (3,3)
12 Listen to bee take away ten from our bonnets to bake cream biscuits (8)
14 What public relations exit costed was frozen (4)
15 In Genoa, Louis masticated something rich and oily (10)
18 A good friendly mixer served American sponge cake (4,6)
20 Fashionable berry starts a craze amongst Italians (4)
23 Avalon and Valhalla have timeless retro style and one in total roundabout (8)
24 Elite soldier is a strict disciplinarian, taking time out to discharge head of troops (6)
26 Inform of impending doom before conflict with the North (7)
27 Stricter actions are needed for errant renters (7)
28 Protocol to discard the unnecessary takes the waste from glossy rot out (5)
29 I mix spice in rum for gourmet indulgence (9)

DOWN
1   Members of the Nile asset are crucial (9)
2   Have in soft cheese a rich dessert (7)
3   The journalism was in the end, lowly, crude (6)
4   Midday foibles are taboo (2-2)
5   The cocoa is mixed with the skin of lychees into sweets (10)
6   One takes banned substance to take a trip around the sun (8)
7   Hear me pick cool cocktail from flute (7)
8   Shouts “You old leftist liberals!” (5)
13 Man started off with white wine followed by unstuffed game, to settle down with a sweet gelatinous dessert (10)
16 Flavouring vat produces a heady liquor (6,3)
17 Potency of drug was initially found faulty in critical analysis conducted yearly (8)
19 Wine quality that is the heart of proseccos (7)
21 Church person is against Italian wine (7)
22 Margate author has eaten creamy cake (6)
23 'Expelliarmus!' Ejaculated Indian American, left with weapon to discharge (5)
25 A good man gets one drink (4)

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50 comments:

  1. Ramani27 March 2016 at 10:35

    25 D A good man gets one drink (4)A ST I
    23 D'Expelliarmus!' Ejaculated Indian American, left with weapon to discharge (5)EXPEL (-L I arm us)
    8 D Shouts “You old leftist liberals!” (5)YE LLS (YOU old is YE and l for Leftist and ls for liberals)

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  2. Vasant27 March 2016 at 10:36

    1A:EMBRYONIC (BEROMYCIN)*
    3D: YELLOW E Inside (LOWLY)* & LIT
    4D: NO-NO (NOON)*

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  3. VMA Nair27 March 2016 at 10:46

    6A) APPL(-E) Y
    20A) ACAI (acrostic)
    1D) ESSENTIAL*

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  4. Jayaseelan27 March 2016 at 10:48

    9A (STOL)*(L)(E)(N)
    15A OLEAGINOUS*
    1D ESSENTIAL*

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    1. Ramani27 March 2016 at 11:10

      You may go in for one more as 1 D has been done by Ajeesh

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  5. Gita SB27 March 2016 at 10:57

    14A ICED {-PR}{ICED}
    2D BROWNIE {BR(OWN)IE}
    5D CHOCOLATES {The+cocoa+l(cheese)s}*

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    1. Gita SB27 March 2016 at 10:58

      Sorry 5D CHOCOLATES {THE +COCOA+L(-ychee)S}

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  6. raju umamaheswar27 March 2016 at 11:01

    10 across: OPTICAL-- OPAL +TIC ___ Titanium-TI Carbon_ C gemstone - opal

    27 across: STERNER + errant renters - anagram of renters

    2 down: BROWNIE_ soft cheese- Brie-- Have+ own - Brownie - a sweet

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  7. Jayaseelan27 March 2016 at 11:09

    Compensating 1D
    7D (~PIC)(COLO)*

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  8. raju umamaheswar27 March 2016 at 11:19

    CYMATHOID : (?) Wonderful drinks and desserts platter from a gourmet,gourmand and epicurean expert in special dishes !! Delicious to solve and drunk with satiation !!

    Where were you all these days? Invite us again for further feasts by being a host !

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    1. Unknown27 March 2016 at 12:55

      Thank you; glad you enjoyed. We have not been of legal age for long, and have been struggling to solve until off late!

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    2. raju umamaheswar27 March 2016 at 13:34

      Don't be OFF and Late ! You mean of late , isn't it? We want every one alive and kicking !

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  9. raju umamaheswar27 March 2016 at 11:22

    16 down: SPICED RUM - flvouring Vat and heady liquor.

    To replace 2 down already eaten by Gita- a brownie point taken away !

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    1. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2016 at 11:27

      Raju,

      Please give the annotation. You are well aware that it is the requirement in Sunday Specials

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    2. raju umamaheswar27 March 2016 at 11:48

      Flavouring _ spice-- Vat _ drum makes up for SPICE(D)RUM

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    3. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2016 at 11:55

      {SPICE}{D RUM}

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2016 at 11:33

    DOWN Clues
    6 One takes banned substance to take a trip around the sun (8) ASTEROID {A}{STEROID}
    21 Church person is against Italian wine (7) CHIANTI {CH}{I}{ANTI}
    22 Margate author has eaten creamy cake (6) GATEAU [T]

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  11. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2016 at 11:36

    11A - NON-COM {NON}-{COM}
    12A - BOURBONS (~bee){B}{OUR}{BON(-net)S}
    24A - MARINE MAR(-t)INE(-t)

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  12. Nadathur Rajan27 March 2016 at 11:36

    11a (NON) (COM)
    26a (PRE)(WAR)(N)

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  13. Nadathur Rajan27 March 2016 at 11:38

    29a EPICURISM* Anag of I+SPICE+RUM

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  14. Venkatesh27 March 2016 at 11:46

    13Dn Man started off with white wine followed by unstuffed game, to settle down with a sweet gelatinous dessert (10) {BLA[-n]C}{MAN}{G..E}

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  15. Venkatesh27 March 2016 at 11:51

    17Dn Potency of drug was initially found faulty in critical analysis conducted yearly (8) (E) (F F I C A C Y)

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  16. Padmanabhan27 March 2016 at 11:57

    18A- Lady Finger
    Def.- American sponge cake
    (A G friendly)*

    17D- Efficacy
    Def.- Potency
    Drug- E
    First letters of (Found fault in critical analysis conducted yearly)

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  17. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2016 at 12:03

    Left overs at Noon

    Across - 23, 28

    Down - 19

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  18. Vasant27 March 2016 at 12:04

    Nice treat of Cakes & Ale by Cymothoid.Enjoyable fare.
    Nice Debut.

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  19. Venkatesh27 March 2016 at 12:08

    19dN Wine quality that is the heart of proseccos (7) DRYNESS [E]

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  20. Abhay27 March 2016 at 12:09

    23 ELYSIUMS = Avalon, Valhalla
    (StYLE <-- with I in SUM*)
    One of the two indirect anagrams I saw in the puzzle

    25 LOSSY = protocol
    waste = grot out of gLOSSY rot


    19 DRYNESS = Quality of wine
    I think this is just a simple definition assuming proseccos are dry wines (I don't know!)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2016 at 12:15

      Anno of 23A needs to be tinkered

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    2. Abhay27 March 2016 at 12:33

      "one in total" (S{I}UM) in StYLE reversed? I am not sure the phrasing of the wordplay supports that (I read the "one in total roundabout" as suggesting that S{I}UM goes around StYLE reversed), although it does take away the indirect anagram problem.

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  21. Venkatesh27 March 2016 at 12:10

    DICHOTOMY*, Excellent Cryptic. Difficult to believe it is a debut.

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    1. Unknown27 March 2016 at 12:57

      Thank you very much. We'll be drinking to that!

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  22. Jayaseelan27 March 2016 at 12:15

    Intoxicated CW, enjoyed.

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  23. Abhay27 March 2016 at 12:23

    Nice puzzle from Dichotomy*!

    Some very nice clues - I especially liked 1a, 29a, 2d, 3d, and 22d. Some clues could perhaps have benefited from tighter editing (e.g., in 27a, the superfluous words form almost half the clue; in 6d, the part after the word play - "to take a trip around the sun" - is not a proper definition of the answer.)

    Thanks to the setter and to DG!

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  24. Deepak Gopinath27 March 2016 at 12:30

    Intended annotations

    19D - Heart of proSECcos = SEC = Dryness

    23A - {ELY(-t)S<=}{1}{SUM*}

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 March 2016 at 12:34

    Smashing debut puzzle! Keep it coming, Cymothoid. Thoroughly enjoyed solving it. :)

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  26. Srividya27 March 2016 at 12:50

    Neat, tasty puzzle Cymothoid .. thanks for the sunday treat :)

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  27. Kolluru Koteswara Rao27 March 2016 at 13:23

    It's wonderful walking around the wineyard. At times, enjoying some.
    Thanks for the great fare, Cymathoid!

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