Monday, 15 August 2016

No 11778, Monday 15 Aug 2016, Afterdark


INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS

ACROSS
9   Orange juice, egg and herb (7) OREGANO {ORANGE}*{O}
10 E-mail received by English recluse (7) EREMITE {E}{REMIT}{E}
11 Mysterious Bermuda Triangle; Narrated/released by country (7) BELGIUM {BerMUda+trIanGLE}*
12 Establish food store at famous university (7) DELIMIT {DELI}{MIT}
13 Noise in good vehicle/carriage (6,3) DINING CAR {DIN}{IN}{G} {CAR}
15 Country's best comeback, stopping nosediving income for starters (5) INDIA {Nosedi...g}{In...e} in {A1<=} To get D it should have been 'nose diving'
16 Battle for office or after that? (7) POSTWAR {POST}<=>{WAR}
19 Country's no good, antelope roams around (7) ENGLAND {NG} in {ELAND}
20 Bad or excellent within, admire (5) ADORE [T]
21 Being hedonistic, I visit city bars fanatically (9) SYBARITIC {I} in {CITY+BARS}*
25 Gossips on model's latest fling (7) TATTLES {T}{LATEST}*
26 Again startled about luxury car's charge (7) ARRAIGN {AGAIN}* about {RR}
28 Social media humour image's not circulated as keepsake (7) MEMENTO {MEME}{NOT*}
29 Passion and love seen in country (7) IRELAND {IRE}{AND} over {L}

DOWN
1   Jumped with Robert on cot (6) BOBBED {BOB}{BED}
2   Rat seen in rear part of hotel, large, round and nauseating head (4,2) TELL ON {hoTEL}{L} {O}{Na...g}
3   Wise men's endless illusion (4) MAGI MAGIc
4   Comics distributed worldwide (6) COSMIC*
5   Police officer from Germany almost upset, arrests Dutch at Spain (8) GENDARME {GEN{D}ARMy*}{E}
6   Church-worker fiercely rebelling to secure right (4,6) BELL RINGER {REBELLING}* over {R}
7   At 6 a.m., idea hatched for compromise (3,5) VIA MEDIA {VI}{A M}{IDEA*}
8   Laid on the mirror, it’s always right (4-4) LEFT-HAND [CD]
14 Contemporary fire gate seen in country (3,7) NEW ZEALAND {NEW} {ZEAL}{AND}
16 Quiet place/space for school-break (8) PLAYTIME {P}{LAY}{TIME}
17 Small question perhaps, span of matinee? (8) SHOWTIME {S}{HOW}{TIME}
18 Break gate; inside is one device (8) RESISTOR {RES{IS}T}{OR}
22 Support's final, letter given by India, Libyan head and another country (6) BRAZIL {BRA}{Z}{I}{Li...n}
23 Case to arrest British native (6) TRIBAL {TRI{B}AL}
24 To be able to reach Australia, primarily drive to Argentinian capital or some other country (6) CANADA {CAN}{Au...a}{Dr..e}{Ar...n}
27 Inlet's mouth is blocked, there is stench (4) REEK cREEK

GRID

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25 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 August 2016 at 08:34

    Great solve on a great day! Happy Independence Day!!!

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  2. Ramani15 August 2016 at 09:12

    Nice one AD.Thanks.

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  3. Padmanabhan15 August 2016 at 09:28

    Thank you Col. for the nice fluttering Tricolour.
    Walk in the park- at Brazil? Nice Independance Day 7 Olympic offering, but sad to see hardly any comments. Long weekend holiday mode?
    Missed all the fun at yesterday's spl. since I was out the whole day. Did a late solve and enjoyed it.

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  4. Padmanabhan15 August 2016 at 09:31

    Inclusion of showtime could make it an Olympic theme. Of course Cosmos is also there to make it universal.

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    1. Shrikanth15 August 2016 at 09:59

      The grid and clues feature all the 12 nations that participate in Olympic hockey

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  5. Shrikanth15 August 2016 at 10:15

    8D is not CD

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 August 2016 at 10:27

      Shrikanth, In my view, it is either Easy (E) or GK.

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    2. Shrikanth15 August 2016 at 10:32

      Nope. Just recheck

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 August 2016 at 11:14

      I think Laid = Left = Left-hand.

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    4. Vasant15 August 2016 at 11:55

      I thought Laid=Left; mirror=hand; & Lit.

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    5. Deepak Gopinath15 August 2016 at 14:53

      How is mirror = hand?

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    6. Chaturvasi15 August 2016 at 15:17

      Laid = L aid = Left ;; hand = aid, as in 'give me a hand'. This may be the compiler's intention.

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  6. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan15 August 2016 at 10:16

    Happy Independence Day to all !

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  7. Vasant15 August 2016 at 10:27

    Happy Independence Day!
    AD's 12 Nation Hockey Team was most enjoyable.
    Super Blog too Col!

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  8. Deepak Gopinath15 August 2016 at 10:54

    In case there is no CW in the paper tomorrow I will be publishing a special at 7 AM IST, to enable people to tackle it before getting to office/school/college

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    1. Vasant15 August 2016 at 11:07

      Thanks Col..what would I do without THCC & you?

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  9. Padmanabhan15 August 2016 at 11:22

    +1 +1 (Both hands raised)

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  10. Vasant15 August 2016 at 13:15

    Did AD's Puzzle for the 2nd Anniversary Souvenir of 1 AC today.
    Lovely clues.

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  11. Unknown15 August 2016 at 14:26

    It seems ORKUT is coming back!

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 August 2016 at 16:48

      Not exactly. It is a new Social networking site 'HELLO' by the same person who started ORKUT. The social network HELLO is right now available in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Canada and Brazil. Hello will be heading to India this month.

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  12. raju umamaheswar15 August 2016 at 15:39

    Happy Independence day to ye-all ! The flag of India may always remain aflutter ! How did you mange to get the flutter of the flag, Col?

    Laid on the mirror, it’s always right (4-4) My interpretation: Look at a mirror and you will find your right hand on the left side and vice-versa ! Mirror image ? Hahaha !

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  13. Srividya16 August 2016 at 13:36

    Happy Independence day... lovely theme by AD

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  14. Anand16 August 2016 at 16:24

    I just saw that there is a blog that helps explain the crossword Clues.. Absolutely Smashing....

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