FOUR ANSWERS per commenter till 6 PM. (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.
ACROSS
11 Miss Lambert e-mailed Moe's solution (12)
12 Alien dance around one independent and leading nation (8)
13 Congratulations gunk! Do four somersaults clutching your head (4,3,3)
14 Cain for eg., stupid nameless friend holding a short trick (10)
15 Angrily incites over unknown's joint status of a naturalized member (11)
18 Computer's important structure (9)
21 Cinnamon, tea and oil controlled the total money earned by a country (8,6)
23 Sudden shock on initially finding equipment extremely hot (6)
24 Mystery with one coal scuttle concealed inside (8)
26 Supervision unveils clear mismanagement (12)
28 Wine butts belonging to a state of quiet calumets (5,2,5)
30 City a source of misery besides British Isles (8)
32 Drivers lose right to become frogmen! (6)
33 In a manner impossible to fix at home, settle abruptly and skilfully (14)
35 Structural expert at a military alliance with an obscuring influence (9)
37 Dependable to rely upon an eminent person (11)
40 Opium, say it's fashionable to toss suddenly over a side (10)
42 Old girl went crazy over a smart form of minority government (10)
45 Follower present at this place with books (8)
46 The almighty on rampage now with the vessel destroyed (2,4,3,3)
DOWN
1 Vehicle sold without cover in a city in Brazil (8)
2 Not good to have initially elevated a gunsight (4)
3 Hit the mark, return to base (2,4)
4 Catch sight of eels at the ends at Puducherry (4)
5 Beer mixed a unit at Australia perhaps and small US and Russian property (8,7)
6 Buzzer's odd fish cribs (5)
7 Odd steppe land measure over a time divide (8)
8 Daily working ferryman (6)
9 Musical performance within a small accordion (10)
10 Performed without ecstasy and passed away (4)
16 Prequel to the Odyssey one laid out (5)
17 Separate paths initially illuminated to go separate ways (5,2)
19 Indian hairstyle (7)
20 Ill-treated, oft wrote slurred expletives (4-6,5)
22 No incomes that is to say, lost enrolled men! (3-4)
23 Director in one after knock down (7)
25 National placed headwear over a Scotsman (7)
27 Sets off starter motor brakes accidentally (7)
29 Selected or managed conducting points (10)
31 Mode of travel of Ex British PM after losing last poll to an unknown (2,3)
33 Moments at home with small and primarily territorial social insects (8)
34 Grandiose processed 'haldi' had come back (3-2-3)
36 First ever horse that never won a race (6)
38 Woman artist hit disguised apparition (6)
39 Small children's game yet initially dramatic (5)
41 Lump tendon limitlessly damaged (4)
43 Primarily in one western area state (4)
44 Credit we returned to ship's company (4)
Enjoy.
32A:D(-r)IVERS
ReplyDelete25D:TAHAIAN A HAT<+IAN
29D:ELCTRODES SELECTED OR*
41D: NODE -t ENDO -n*
12 across: ETHIOPIA- alien =ET. dance= HOP- around i- and leading - a_ Independent nation
ReplyDelete18 across: Computer -- Important = MAIN+ FRAMe= structure
past midnight here in NY
9 down@ CONCERTINA- Musical performance = CONCERT+ with INA- a small accordion
8 down: CHARON a ferryman in the HADES.
If I may Raju...
Delete9Dn : CONCERTINA CONCERT+IN+A Def Small accordion
8Dn : CHARON CHAR+ON Def Ferryman
26A- Surveillance- supervision-(Unveils clear)*
ReplyDelete4D- Espy- Catch sight of- (EelS)(PuducherY)- Ends
27D- Embarks- Sets off
Starter motor- M
M Brakes)*
44D- Crew- Ship's company
ReplyDeleteCredit- CR
We returned- EW
Down Clues
ReplyDelete10 DIED DI(E)D
16 ILIAD I{LAID}*
36 WRAITH {W}{RA}{ITH*}
Mine last one.
ReplyDelete43Dn IOWA Acronym
Acrostic rather?
DeleteOops! It is acrostic!! Thanks, Vasant.
DeleteMB,
ReplyDeleteWraith is 36D? If so it needs a relook. It does not fit in with 35A.
The answer is correct, the clue number is 38dn.
DeleteMy mistake. It is 38Dn. Thanks, CV SIR!
Delete21 A NATIONAL INCOME (Cinnamon tea oil )*
ReplyDelete6 D BEEFS ( buzzer- BEE , FiSh , def: cribs
17 D SPLIT UP ( S eparate P aths illuminated- LIT UP , def: separate ways )
31 D BY AIR { B (l) Y AIR , def : Mode of transport )
Delete11AC: MADAMOISELLE* anagram of e-mailed Moe's
ReplyDelete45AC: AD HERE NT
22DN: NON-COMS ANAGRAM OF (NO INCOMES -IE)
33DN: IN S T ANTS
11AC : Typo : MADEMOISELLE.
DeleteThanks MB Sir,
DeleteVasant,
ReplyDelete25D I think it should be Haitian.
{HA{1}T}{IAN}
DeleteRight...I corrected after struggling for 24A
DeleteFinished the puzzle now..must have been tough for the contestants especially 5D
ReplyDeleteas well as and 46A
DeleteJust now checked it to confirm the meaning.
ReplyDeleteACROSS:
ReplyDelete13 Congratulations gunk! Do four somersaults clutching your head (4,3,3) GOO(D FOR YOU)*
14 Cain for eg., stupid nameless friend holding a short trick (10) FR(A)(TRICk)IDE-n*
15 Angrily incites over unknown's joint status of a naturalized member (11) CITI(Z)ENS*(HIP)
46 The almighty on rampage now with the vessel destroyed (2,4,3,3) GO,D(OWN*),THE,PAN
13A:I parsed it as GOO + Y(Your head) inside DO FOUR*
DeleteIt's the same.
DeleteFew more for all,Col.?
ReplyDeleteI can add a few. More than that I can get a few that are still unsolved by me.
Go ahead and take another three each
ReplyDelete37 A TRUSTWORTHY ( rely upon -TRUST, an eminent person-WORTHY , DEF: Dependable )
ReplyDelete42 A OLIGARCHIC ( Old -O, GIRL* around A , smart- CHIC , Minority government)
20 D FOUR LETTER WORDS (oft wrote slurred )*
34d 34 Grandiose processed 'haldi' had come back (3-2-3) LAH-DI-DAH ['HALDI" HAD]*
ReplyDelete36d First ever horse that never won a race (6) MAIDEN [DD]
39d Small children's game yet initially dramatic (5) STAGY S TAG Y
33A:INDETERMINABLY IN DETERMIN(-e) ABLY
ReplyDelete24A:WHODUNIT HOD(coal scuttle) inside W UNIT(W=With; UNIT=one)
23D:(FELL)(IN)(I)
ACROSS
ReplyDelete35 Structural expert at a military alliance with an obscuring influence (9) A/NATO/MIST
40 Opium, say it's fashionable to toss suddenly over a side (10) {IN}{TO(XI)CANT}
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5 Beer mixed a unit at Australia perhaps and small US and Russian property (8,7) (ALE)(UTIAN*) (ISLAND)(S)
19dn Indian hairstyle (7) MOHICAN [2]
Delete40A {IN}{TO(XI)CANT} What is TOCANT pl?
DeleteI think it is to+cant; cant=toss suddenly
Deletefashionable = IN
Deleteto = TO
toss suddenly = CANT
over
a side = XI
That's it! Thanks Vasant & Col. Sir!!
Delete1d CAR (-s) OL (-d) IN A
ReplyDelete30a BR IS BANE
2d B(E)AD
7d S E P (AR {A T} E)
23A F RIG H(-O)T
ReplyDeleteVery toughee...
ReplyDelete3D- Go Home (DD)- Hit the mark/ Return to base.
ReplyDeleteThat leaves us with "28 Across" to be solved!
ReplyDelete28AC PIPES OF PIECE
ReplyDeletewine butts = pipes
belonging to - of
state of quiet = piece~peace
19DN:
MOHICAN DD
North American Indian and hairstyle
{PIPES} {OF} {PEACE}
Delete+1
DeleteWhat was the time allocated to the contestants? Who fared well?(Obviously Ramki would have done well)
ReplyDeleteJust for your info Venkatraman finished the CW within half an hour but he could not make it to the last 6 as he had a few errors. The rest took closer to an hour to complete
ReplyDeleteHalf an hour is quite incredible; even 1 hour looks very good for this was not easy
DeleteIt took me ages to complete it!
DeleteThree hours for me
DeleteThanks to all for participating here
ReplyDelete