Sunday, 22 January 2017

Special, Sunday 22 Jan 2017, Springer


Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment


ACROSS
1   Distant commercial unit (5)
4   English leader in many attempts at raffles (9)
9   Ape Tom? No, Polly! (7)
10 Get oval perhaps from electromotive force (7)
11 Maybe one strange song (3,6)
12 Shade one wears against smear (5)
13 Gives in and produces (6)
15 Platform encloses everything rosier (8)
18 Love, write, rise with no top cover (4,4)
19 Agreement to keep son in marriage (6)
22 Copulates after board defeats (5)
24 Put incomes right inside data processors (9)
26 Spear in first using reel (7)
27 More caught Root; out! (7)
28 O! fly a wife around? Routine stuff! (3,2,4)
29 It spins both ways (5)

DOWN
1   Bachchan,say,in,extremely funny role of producer (7)
2   Attack's quiet fast (5)
3   1/0? Evade a bouncer (4,5)
4   Leave alone the French to place bets (4,2)
5   Rent Vera collected for inn keeper (8)
6   Brilliance celebrated but not of bad breed (5)
7   Ann involved in two draws produces absurd acts (9)
8   Runs helter-skelter seeking refuge (7)
14 Chosen line provided in power up (9)
16 Copper for example for Zubin Mehta (9)
17 Compositions of mixed concrete I have for engineer (8)
18 How alms are distributed as per current rule (4,3)
20 What Ravi Shankar might have said on not finding it? (2,5)
21 Hamper effort in current measure (6)
23 6-4 may be part of final score (3,2)

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46 comments:

  1. Ramani22 January 2017 at 10:39

    18d OHM's LAW*
    28a WAY OF LIFE*
    16a UNI(S)ON

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  2. raju umamaheswar22 January 2017 at 10:43

    2 down: RAPID: Attack= RAID- Quiet= P -- RA(P)ID= Fast

    4 down: LETS BE : Leaves alone _ BETS anagram with French LE_ the

    11 across: ODD NUMBER- strange= ODD soong= NUMBER - strange song

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    1. Vasant22 January 2017 at 13:59

      11A:The intended definition was
      Maybe one

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 January 2017 at 10:56

    15A Platform encloses everything rosier (8) PEACHIER {P{EACH}IER}

    12A Shade one wears against smear (5) TAINT {T{A}INT}

    16D Copper for example for Zubin Mehta (9) CONDUCTOR [GK]

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 January 2017 at 10:59

      16D : Could it be DD ?

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    2. Ramki Krishnan22 January 2017 at 11:01

      I thought 16D is a DD - "Copper, for example" and "Zubin Mehta" (actually both are defs by example, so do you need two indicators?)

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    3. Vasant22 January 2017 at 11:07

      Perhaps not. Thanks Ramki for the feed-back.

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    4. Vasant22 January 2017 at 14:12

      I should have said perhaps yes..
      thought the indicator on centre would take care of both

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  4. Ramki Krishnan22 January 2017 at 11:03

    1A: FARAD (FAR + AD)
    24A: COMPUTERS (PUT in COMES + R), "incomes" to be read as "in comes"
    14D: ELECTRIFY (ELECT + IF in RY)

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  5. Deepak Gopinath22 January 2017 at 11:05

    4A - LOTTERIES {LOT}{T{E}RIES}
    10A - VOLTAGE*
    13 - YIELDS [DD]

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  6. Srividya22 January 2017 at 11:22

    1d. FACTORY..ACTOR IN FY
    3D. DUCK UNDER (ZERO UNDER) NICE ONE 😀
    7D. INANITIES..ANN II TIES

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  7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao22 January 2017 at 11:41

    26AC: LE(IST)ER
    5DN TAVERNER*
    8DN SHELTER TELESCOPIC

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 January 2017 at 11:48

    26 Spear in first using reel (7) LE(IST)ER
    What is the reversal ind here pl?

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  9. Nadathur Rajan22 January 2017 at 11:57

    ACROSS
    9 Ape Tom? No, Polly! (7) (COPY)(CAT) (Polly - Parrot)
    18 Love, write, rise with no top cover (4,4) O/PEN ROOF
    DOWN
    20 What Ravi Shankar might have said on not finding it? (2,5) NO SITAR (CD)

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  10. Padmanabhan22 January 2017 at 12:15

    22A- Mates- DD- Copulates/ chess mate
    27A- Extract- (Extra)ct

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  11. Padmanabhan22 January 2017 at 12:16

    29A- Rotor- Spins both ways

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  12. Padmanabhan22 January 2017 at 12:16

    Electrifying CW!

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    1. Vasant22 January 2017 at 12:26

      Bingo Paddy!
      Being an Electrical Engineer, wanted to set with this theme.

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    2. Padmanabhan22 January 2017 at 13:32

      Being an Electrical engineer, I am with you all the way on this. Enjoyed solving it.

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    3. Vasant22 January 2017 at 13:57

      Thanks,Paddy.
      Birds of the same feather..

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  13. Padmanabhan22 January 2017 at 12:23

    Surprisingly so many left in an easyCW. Less participation?

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  14. Deepak Gopinath22 January 2017 at 12:25

    Yet to be solved

    Down - 6, 17, 21, 23, 25

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  15. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan22 January 2017 at 12:37

    6 D ECLAT ( celebrated-breed)*
    25 D EXACT (T)

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  16. Satyen Nabar22 January 2017 at 12:45

    17D CONCERTI (CONCRETE - E +I)*

    21D AMPERE (Telescopic)

    23D SET OF?

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  17. Suresh22 January 2017 at 12:45

    17D CONCERTI anagram of concrete with i substituted for e
    21D AMPERE (T)
    23D SET OF (not sure how it works.

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    1. Vasant22 January 2017 at 12:49

      6-4 is a set of the final score line of say a score of 6-4, 7-5.
      I admit this is an iffy clue.

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    2. Padmanabhan22 January 2017 at 13:33

      I was thinking about set up (one set up) until I got the crossing.

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  18. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 January 2017 at 13:01

    An easy outing today! Enjoyable solve. Thanks, Vasant. 😊

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    1. Vasant22 January 2017 at 13:26

      Thanks MB Sir

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    2. Vasant22 January 2017 at 13:28

      Still cannot get the smiley...

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    3. Deepak Gopinath22 January 2017 at 13:38

      Smiley's can be posted only while posting from phones

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    4. Col_Gopinath22 January 2017 at 13:39

      Like this from my phone 😎

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    5. Vasant22 January 2017 at 13:47

      Nice one Col..i am posting from my phone..i think i need to import a few smileys

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  19. Ramani22 January 2017 at 13:05

    Satyen Nabar and Suresh on tie!

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  20. Deepak Gopinath22 January 2017 at 13:38

    Thank you Springer

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  21. Vasant22 January 2017 at 13:46

    Thanks Col for publishing and all who have participated

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  22. Nadathur Rajan22 January 2017 at 17:40

    Elegant cryptic marked by simplicity in clueing.

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  23. Mona Sogal22 January 2017 at 21:10

    Vasant.. very nice grid :)

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  24. raju umamaheswar22 January 2017 at 23:17

    Thanks Springer for a very simple and elegant crossword. I didn't know that you went by this name ! Etymology of Vasant gave it away !! IN CONCERTI i and e are interchangeble for ego in real life ?

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    1. Vasant23 January 2017 at 10:22

      Thanks Raju. I remember you commenting on the 1st Springer puzzle on 4th December

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