Sunday, 26 February 2017

Special, Sunday 26 Feb 2017, Bruno


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


ACROSS
1   Harry’s no joint-family material (8)
5   I visited Nepal; surprisingly its mountainous (6)
9   Part of society endlessly progressing towards the west (7)
10 Summer bird tucks head behind tail and relaxes (7)
11 More experienced midfielders? (5)
12 Weather condition’s unpredictable in Mars or Neptune’s core (9)
13 Thinking of arrest? (12)
17 Dance partners love teal ensemble or blue (12)
20 Fruit container has a lot crushed on top (9)
22 Tiara worn with rope? (5)
23 Guy sat around gobbling Mexican food (7)
24 Enchilada, man tasted, contained a hard substance (7)
25 Troubled Western Territory seceded and was reattached (6)
26 Talking and talking… head’s falling off (8)

DOWN
1   Smiled falsely? (6)
2   Setter’s right to tear into boys’ masters (6)
3   One with magical powers to cure our herpes (9)
4   Break in time and space’s closing; energy’s being released in discharge (13)
6   Sings little short tunes when on vacation (5)
7   Setter’s love’s not returned by one – starting to cause a kind of tension (8)
8   Bottom of plane scraping top part of building, gets right to land (8)
10 Worthlessly expensive health plan I tweet about? ALT-left out! (5,8)
14 Every other liberal, essentially, needs to disrupt alt-right’s new hate-spewing leader (9)
15 Trainer of high class pet travelled around and around (8)
16 Waves with vigour… having landed from overseas (8)
18 Is about to go over a long distance tour (6)
19 Make America great, free of prejudice at last, grand, and diverse (6)
21 Happy at the start of afternoon… by midnight, sad (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at BRUNO 13

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51 comments:

  1. Ramani26 February 2017 at 10:37

    1 d Smiled falsely? (6)MISLED*
    3 D One with magical powers to cure our herpes (9)SUPERHERO
    24A Enchilada, man tasted, contained a hard substance (7)ADAMANT (T)

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  2. R Nagendra Prasad26 February 2017 at 10:45

    18 D : SAFARI ( A FAR in SI ( Is About) )

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  3. Vasant26 February 2017 at 10:52

    5A:ALPINE I in NEPAL*
    6D: LILTS (LIL){TuneS)
    11A:ELDER fiELDERs

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  4. R Nagendra Prasad26 February 2017 at 11:02

    10 D : WHITE ELEPHANT ( Health plan I tweet - ALT )

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 February 2017 at 11:13

    12A : Weather condition’s unpredictable in Mars or Neptune’s core (9) RAINSTORM T of Neptune in {in Mars or}*
    22A : Tiara worn with rope? (5) RIATA {Tiara}* Rope = Tiara.
    19D : Make America great, free of prejudice at last, grand, and diverse (6) RAGTAG {A}{GR[-E]AT}*{G}

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  6. Satyen Nabar26 February 2017 at 11:25

    10A WALLOWS Swallow with s to end

    13A DELIBERATING D&CD

    12A RAINSTORM (INMARSORT)*

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 February 2017 at 11:43

      13A :I think last two letters need to be changed so that one can get the correct answer for 8Dn. :)

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    2. Satyen Nabar26 February 2017 at 11:47

      Right thanks Mukundala! Correcting error


      13A DELIBERATION D&CD

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    3. Balaji26 February 2017 at 11:47

      Not quite Satyen.

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    4. Balaji26 February 2017 at 11:49

      Yes Satyen @11:47

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 February 2017 at 11:50

      DD...Correct?

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    6. Balaji26 February 2017 at 11:51

      Correct. A (punny) DD; hence the ? at the end.

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    7. Satyen Nabar26 February 2017 at 11:51

      thinking =deliberation D
      arrest= de liberation CD

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  7. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 11:26

    24A- adamant (T)

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  8. Satyen Nabar26 February 2017 at 11:30

    Compensating for 12A

    7D ISOTONIC I'S + O + TON <-- + I + C

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  9. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 11:34

    Is 13A 'Apprehending'?- DD

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 February 2017 at 12:02

      Paddy to note... 'Apprehending' has been replaced by correct answer 'Deliberation' :)

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    2. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 12:11

      Yes MB. Noted.

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  10. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 11:46

    10A- Wallows- Swallow (summer bird) with S going from 1st to last

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 February 2017 at 11:56

      Paddy, Doc has swallowed that bird @ 11:25 am!

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    2. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 12:10

      Thank you MB. I will have to bring out another.

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  11. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 12:08

    My third-
    8D- Easement- Right to land
    basement- B+ E
    So, 13A- has to be deliberation. Hope I am right.

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    1. Balaji26 February 2017 at 12:09

      Yes Paddy... it is DELIBERATION... see comment thread above.

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    2. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 12:12

      Thank you Balaji for this as well as for the nice enjoyable CW.

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    3. Balaji26 February 2017 at 12:16

      You are welcome... and thank you for the kind comment.

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  12. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 12:16

    Replacement for swallow-
    26A- Uttering/ (Muttering-M)- Talking- DD

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  13. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 12:17

    I was thinking,thinking... happy to get this!

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  14. ranger26 February 2017 at 12:44

    Very good clues, nice surfaces. Enjoyed, thank you Bruno

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  15. Deepak Gopinath26 February 2017 at 13:27

    14D - ALTERNATE {ALT}{(-lib)E(-ral)}{R}{N}{(-h)ATE}
    20A - CANTALOUP {CAN}{A+LOT}*{UP}
    25A - RESEWN {WES(-t)ERN}*

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 February 2017 at 13:29

    Phew! Finally I could complete it!! Thanks Bruno, for an engrossing puzzle. :)

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  17. Raghunath26 February 2017 at 13:30

    1 Harry’s no joint-family material (8) MOLESt KIN
    9 Part of society endlessly progressing towards the west (7) S gNIPPETs <-
    17 Dance partners love teal ensemble or blue (12) DISCO NS OLATE*
    Very good clues, Balaji. I thought 4D needed tweaking

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  18. Deepak Gopinath26 February 2017 at 13:55

    To be solved

    Across: 23
    Down: 2, 4, 15, 16, 21

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  19. Vasant26 February 2017 at 16:01

    High Class puzzle..loved doing it..Thanks Bruno

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  20. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 16:44

    Col.,
    Pl. let us know if we can post the answers.

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    1. Chaturvasi26 February 2017 at 16:48

      Preamble says it's thrown open at 6 p.m.

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    2. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 17:04

      Hence the permission required since fewer solutions are forthcoming.

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  21. Nadathur Rajan26 February 2017 at 16:56

    DOWN
    4 Break in time and space’s closing; energy’s being released in discharge (13) IN T E(R)MISSIONS
    15 Trainer of high class pet travelled around and around (8) {ED(U/CAT)OR<=}
    16 Waves with vigour… having landed from overseas (8) TSUNAMIS (CD)

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    1. Nadathur Rajan26 February 2017 at 17:02

      4Dn IN T E R[-e]MISSIONS

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    2. Raghunath26 February 2017 at 17:11

      How do we plural? Def also is singular

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    3. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 17:21

      Should have been breaks? Still, I don't think it affects the surface.

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    4. Balaji26 February 2017 at 21:06

      Yes. Mea culpa Col and Paddy. Should've been plural

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  22. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 17:19

    Just lovely- energy being released for omission of E is just superb and apt.
    Now, can wait upto 6'o clock!

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 February 2017 at 18:01

    23A : Guy sat around gobbling Mexican food (7) TAMALES (TA{MALE}S<=) Def : Mexican food.

    2Dn : Setter’s right to tear into boys’ masters (6) LAIRDS {LA[I][R]DS} Def : Masters

    21D : Happy at the start of afternoon… by midnight, sad (5) AGLOW {A}{G}{LOW}
    A = 1st letter of 'afternoon' followed by middle letter of niGht and LOW = sad. Def : Happy.

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  24. Srividya26 February 2017 at 18:05

    very tough one.. able to complete with some answers already here.. i think following still open..

    23a. TAMALES - male (guy) in (SAT)*
    2d. LAIRDS ?? SETTER (I) RIGHT (R) IN LADS
    21D. AGLOW - A (START OF AFTERNOON) + G (MIDNIGHT) + LOW (SAD)

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  25. Col_Gopinath26 February 2017 at 18:12

    Thanks for a great CW Balaji

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  26. Col_Gopinath26 February 2017 at 18:14

    Paddy @ 4:44, I didn't throw it open earlier as I wanted more participation for this one

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  27. Padmanabhan26 February 2017 at 18:37

    Agreed. More participation is needed and enjoyable.Just was getting a little impatient to get a few annos.
    Like MB waiting for 6.01! But could not log in a little earlier.

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  28. SandhyaP27 February 2017 at 08:48

    Great clues! Loved solving it Balaji!

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