Sunday, 19 February 2017

Special, Sunday 19 Feb 2017, Avtaar


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


ACROSS
1   Where one relaxes every now and then, slouching awkwardly (6,6)
8   Father,say, gets a pan for digging (7)
9   Piercing it is needed to write in Arabic, Farsi, Italian, Norwegian and Gaelic, primarily (7)
11 Alimony, perhaps, after distribution of income? (2-8)
12 Silver and gold turned over from the fields (4)
14 Cave in bush fully turned inside (8)
16 A female…  possibly on the radio programme ? (6)
17 Take all through evenly (3)
19 Took apart fancy drapes (6)
21 Emperor's new Plan outlined-  initially  takes 15 (8)
24 Little stag and goat, skinned and fried (4)
25 Change impression about Curie's attendant (10)
27 Some swine are strangled? Most touching! (7)
28 Silly  vow to catch one jerk (7)
29 Visionary politicians - Yankees, maybe? (13)

DOWN
1   Keep virtually all of delicate nuts (7)
2   Made better design of Villa de Etla, reducing length (10)
3   Reckless hit-and-run (8)
4   After dropping a point, union's showing appreciation (6)
5   One not qualified is not fine, to begin with (4)
6   Drinking rum/gin, bandit's continuing to make progress (5,2)
7   Recognition software at lobby about to be withdrawn (12)
10 Explosion of ageing comet caused by earth's attraction (11)
13 Shames stranded Geminis having no one at the helm (10)
15 One reset time (3)
18 Profitable period for stall (4,4)
20 Withdraw circular following outbreak of rubella and encephalitis (7)
22 Football team cannot reverse… holds up (7)
23 Ways to eat old fashioned, medium hot sandwiches with topping of salsa (6)
26 This chap's not a medium (4)

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73 comments:

  1. Arvind Ramaswamy19 February 2017 at 10:43

    12A - AGRO; AG (OR <--)
    27A - NEAREST (T)
    2D - ALLEVIATED; (VILLA DE ETLA - L)*

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  2. Vasant19 February 2017 at 10:46

    17A:HOG tHrOuGh
    21A:NAPOLEON NAP(O)L*+EON
    15D:EON ONE*

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  3. raju umamaheswar19 February 2017 at 10:47

    & down: GEOMAGNETIC---anagram of ageing comet -Earth's attraction

    28 across: IDIOTIC-- silly+ IDIOTIC-- vow+I DO +I+ jerk+TIC

    12 across: Silver=AG _ Gold= OR turned over of ag and or + AGRO+ from the fields


    Looks very promising and challenging> Welcome on board, Avtaar Or am I wrong? are you a reincarnation?

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    1. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 10:51

      Have done one Sunday special before.

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    2. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 10:53

      10D. Definition is "caused by Earth's attraction"

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 10:48

    17A : Take all through evenly (3) HOG {tHrOuGh}
    19A : Took apart fancy drapes (6) PARSED {SPREAD}*
    15D : One reset time (3) EON {ONE}*

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    1. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 10:52

      15D. done by Vasant- you can take one more

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 10:59

      Thanks! Shall wait for opportune moment to compensate for 17A & 15D, both done by Vasant!

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  5. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 11:23

    18D- Gain time (DD)
    That is what I am trying to do!

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  6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 11:26

    In place of 17A & 15D...

    18D : Profitable period for stall (4,4) {GAIN}{TIME} Def. Stall
    22D : Football team cannot reverse… holds up (7) EVERTON [T}<--

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    1. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 11:44

      Yes. Right on both. EVERTON is Reverse Telescopic

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  7. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 11:27

    10D- Geomagneti- (AGEING COMET)*

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  8. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 11:27

    Typo- Geomagnetic

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  9. Nadathur Rajan19 February 2017 at 11:39

    ACROSS
    1 Where one relaxes every now and then, slouching awkwardly (6,6) CHAISE LOUNGE [aee+slouching]*
    DOWN
    3 Reckless hit-and-run (8) SLAPDASH [d&cd]

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  10. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 11:39

    My third
    21A- Napolewan- emperor- (PLAN O EON)*
    O from outlined initially
    EON from 15D

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 11:41

    Finally my last one in place of 18D done by Paddy!

    24A : Little stag and goat, skinned and fried (4) IOTA ([sTAg] + [lIOn]) ie {TAIO}* Def : Little

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  12. Venkatesh19 February 2017 at 12:02

    13D IGNOMINIES - anagram of GEMINIS NO 1
    26A (COIN)(CI)(DENT) - defn: attendant

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 12:21

      "CI" for pl?

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    2. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 12:30

      Ci is Curie (physics unit) but listed in dictionaries.

      http://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=Ci&title=21st

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    3. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 12:31

      Curie?

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    4. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 12:33

      Yes, chemical formula for Curie (Element named after Madame Curie) is CI.

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 12:33

      Thanks, Sreeni. :)

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    6. Vasant19 February 2017 at 12:35

      Symbol of Curie-SI unit of Radioactivity

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  13. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 12:05

    In stead of 21A-
    11A- Ex-dividend (DD)
    Fantastic clue. Had a good laugh. Could never think of it this way until I read the clue.

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  14. Venkatesh19 February 2017 at 12:07

    9 (KNI<=)(F)(I)(N)(G) in Arabic - Rev Indicator

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  15. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 12:28

    Well done Venkatesh. From right to left..:_)

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  16. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 12:39

    Enjoyable one Avtaar. Thank you for a lively Sunday morning.

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  17. Vasant19 February 2017 at 12:39

    Superb Puzzle!Loved the imaginative and innovative WP.
    Thanks Avtaar for the entertainment

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  18. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 12:43

    Got the new meaning of 8A- CV should be happy to get a new angle for yet another favourite of setters.

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  19. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 12:46

    Still left

    8A
    14A
    16A
    29A
    4D
    5D
    6D
    20D
    23D

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  20. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 12:47

    7D also

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  21. Vasant19 February 2017 at 12:51

    Sreeni, aren't you SSV Avtaar?

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  22. Ashley Smith19 February 2017 at 12:54

    4D: LIKING (LINKING - N)

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  23. RameshJ19 February 2017 at 12:58

    8A Patella {PA}{TELL}{A}
    14a COLLAPSE {CO{LLA<=}PSE}
    16a AGENDA {~ A GENDER}

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  24. Ashley Smith19 February 2017 at 13:00

    5D: UNIT (UNFIT - F)

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  25. Ashley Smith19 February 2017 at 13:04

    1A: CITADEL (DELICAT*)

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  26. Ashley Smith19 February 2017 at 13:06

    Great puzzle, SSv. Really liked 1D, 28A and 17A in particular

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  27. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 13:10

    1 Where one relaxes every now and then, slouching awkwardly (6,6) CHAISE LOUNGE [aee+slouching]* "aee" from?

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  28. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 13:13

    Alternate letters of rElAxEs.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 13:17

      Thanks, Paddy. In the anno it was shown as "aee" instead of "eae"...hence the confusion!

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    2. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 13:23

      EAE is part of anagram fodder

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 13:25

      Yes, I get it, Sreeni. :)

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  29. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 13:27

    YET TO BE SOLVED

    Across : 29

    Down : 6, 7, 20 & 23.

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  30. Raghunath19 February 2017 at 13:35

    6D Drinking rum/gin, bandit's continuing to make progress (5,2) GO(ING*),ON
    7D Recognition software at lobby about to be withdrawn (12)APP (ER<-CEPTION)
    23D Ways to eat old fashioned, medium hot sandwiches with topping of salsa (6)M(OUT)H+S

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  31. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 13:43

    Only 29A and 20D left

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  32. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 February 2017 at 13:59

    A brainy puzzle! Simply superb!! Thanks Sreeni aka SSV Avtaar. Looking forward to many more from you. :)

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  33. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 14:44

    20D. R?T?A??

    29A. ???T?S?E?S?N?

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  34. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 14:50

    20D- Retract- Withdraw- Def.
    outbreak of Rub... & Enc... RE
    Circular- Tract

    29A-Statespersons- Gender neutral term (!) for statesmen. Kept me guessing for a while.
    DD

    That completes it. Thank you once again. Looking for more from you.

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  35. Vasant19 February 2017 at 14:52

    Since no one is taking these I'll gobble up the same
    20D:R E TRACT
    29A: STATESPERSONS D & CD

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  36. Padmanabhan19 February 2017 at 14:58

    Both of us seem to have done it almost simultaneously!

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  37. Sreeni19 February 2017 at 15:25

    Thanks everyone for the solves and feedback. Great interaction.

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  38. Col_Gopinath19 February 2017 at 15:42

    Thanks Sreeni.

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  39. raju umamaheswar19 February 2017 at 23:03

    Avtaar: You have given a refreshingly new definition to PATELLA--which is an oft-repeated favourites among compilers in the context of PAT +ELLA s as two females in one's knee!!

    Again, I loved the word APPERCEPTION and it's buildup as a clue , as much as COINCIDENT!

    Keep bringing such novelties to create brain-fags !

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