Sunday, 16 April 2017

Special, Sunday 16 Apr 2017, IXL-2016 Final


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


ACROSS
7   Combative vehicle back with radio controls stripped (7)
9   Disengage couple in the grip of the French one (7)
11 Transparent cover over capital (5)
12 Twin x twin (9)
13 Op Art pattern of setter in modern Rome (5)
14 Woman raged about many stuck in marshy land (9)
16 Turkish chief, getting stone, is horror-struck (6)
18 Half-half pieces of clothes (6)
20 Offers to support old, berserk lass (9)
22 Mother doesn't finish, fellow doesn't finish constructing cottage (5)
24 Exhausted wife, beginning to alarm, shouted wildly (6-3)
26 Bird's dressing not completed (5)
27 Public notice at northern gate (7)
28 Governess leaves New York eager to get exotic cloth (7)

DOWN
1   Standard measures cover every other bale (6)
2   Mess with big cups in line (6)
3   Glib queen with lot is in trouble (8)
4   Bounder hit the buffet with cleric (6)
5   Informers lifted the Bollywood success (4)
6   Submit a couple of points to the judge (7)
8   Shores up as a result of chidren's toys (7,6)
10 Tip: cable car I'm operating is visionary (13)
15 Talker's gift? (3)
17 Shakespearean character I left once (3)
18 Ambassador's urgent, leaving partners faltering (8)
19 A high comb-over might well be ... (7)
21 Officially choose one in a short time to model (6)
22 Brave beloved has lost a bit of love (6)
23 Becoming apparent daughter leaves shelter (6)
25 Magnificent number doffs hat - all squared up! (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at IXL-16 FINAL

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31 comments:

  1. Ramani16 April 2017 at 10:36

    22d Brave beloved has lost a bit of love (6)DAR (-L)ING
    10d Tip: cable car I'm operating is visionary (13)IMPRACTICABLE*

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  2. R Nagendra Prasad16 April 2017 at 10:37

    15 D GAB
    22 D DARING ( DARLING-L)
    10 D IMPRACTICABLE ( ANAGRAM )

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  3. Ramani16 April 2017 at 10:38

    3D Glib queen with lot is in trouble (8)ELOQUENT*

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  4. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan16 April 2017 at 10:39

    Across :
    16 AGHAST ( AGHA -Turkish chief , ST - stone, def: horror struck )
    20 PROPOSALS ( PROP - support, O- old, anagram of LASS def: offers )
    24 WASHED OUT ( W- wife , A- A larm, Anagram of SHOUTED, DEF : Exhausted)

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  5. R Nagendra Prasad16 April 2017 at 10:46

    Compensating for 15 D and 22 D
    5 D STAR (RATS reverse)
    13 A MOIRE ( anagram ROME, I )

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  6. raju umamaheswar16 April 2017 at 10:53

    12 across: QUADRUPLE-- twinXTWIN 2X2+4= Quadruple

    5 down: STAR - reverse of RATS= Informers.

    9 across: UNTWINE- disentangle- couple= tin inside UNE= French one

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  7. raju umamaheswar16 April 2017 at 10:54

    Typo correction: Read TWIN instead of TIN

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  8. Vasant16 April 2017 at 10:58

    15D:GAB (CD: reference Gift of the gab)
    18A:HABITS {HA(-lf)}(BITS)
    10D: IMPRACTICABLE (TIP CABLE CAR I'M)*

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  9. Vasant16 April 2017 at 11:02

    Making up for 15D & 10D
    22A:DACHA DA(-m)+CHA(-p)
    28A:NANKEEN NAN(-ny)+KEEN

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 April 2017 at 11:03

    18A Half-half pieces of clothes (6) HABITS {HA[-lf]}{BITS} Def : Clothes
    22A Mother doesn't finish, fellow doesn't finish constructing cottage (5) DACHA {DA[-m]}{CHA[-p]} Def : Cottage
    26A Bird's dressing not completed (5) ROBIN {ROBIN[-g]} Def : Bird

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 April 2017 at 11:05

      Too many duplications! Shall wait for some more time!!

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    2. raju umamaheswar16 April 2017 at 11:23

      Is it because this has been done before? I haven't. I just finished. Mmm, a few are very tricky and cleverly contrived !

      Lets wait for others to pitch in their chips !

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 April 2017 at 11:28

      I don't remember if I had done it earlier. It looks quite new to me!

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    4. Deepak Gopinath16 April 2017 at 12:07

      This has not been done before

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 April 2017 at 12:15

      Thank you, Sir!

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 April 2017 at 11:23

    Now the coast is clear I feel!

    Compensating 18A & 22A

    14A Woman raged about many stuck in marshy land (9) EVERGLADE {EVE{RG[L]ADE*}
    6Dn Submit a couple of points to the judge (7)REFEREE REFER+EE

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  12. Nadathur Rajan16 April 2017 at 11:35

    ACROSS
    16 Turkish chief, getting stone, is horror-struck (6) AGHA/ST
    27 Public notice at northern gate (7) POSTER/N
    DOWN
    8 Shores up as a result // of chidren's toys (7,6) ROCKING HORSES Rev anag - horses* = shores

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  13. Raghunath16 April 2017 at 12:00

    7A Combative vehicle back with radio controls stripped (7) MART<- dIALs
    19D A high comb-over might well be ... (7) UP SWEPT
    23D Becoming apparent daughter leaves shelter (6)dAWNING

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  14. Sreeni16 April 2017 at 12:19

    25D. EVEN (-s)EVEN

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  15. Sreeni16 April 2017 at 12:19

    17D. AGO. (-I)AGO

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  16. Venkatesh16 April 2017 at 12:22

    1D EM (B[-a]L[-e]) EM
    2D FI(DD)LE It's easy to guess the setter
    18D (HE'S)(I[-ns]TANT)

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    1. Vasant16 April 2017 at 13:28

      Last year(2015) both the Crosswords used in the finals carried the setters' names; one was by Gridman & the other by XChequer if I remember correctly.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 April 2017 at 13:53

      2D...Got the answer but couldn't parse it. Finally Google cha-cha helped in solving the mystery behind those big cups!

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  17. Sreeni16 April 2017 at 12:22

    4D. CURATE. Cur+Ate

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  18. Deepak Gopinath16 April 2017 at 12:32

    Last two

    Across - 11

    Down - 21

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 April 2017 at 12:39

    It took me a while to annotate these two! A lovely puzzle!!

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  20. Nadathur Rajan16 April 2017 at 17:59

    ACROSS
    11 Transparent // cover over capital (5) L(UC)ID cover (LID) over capital (UC = Upper Case)
    DOWN
    21 Officially choose // one in / a short time / to model (6) {ANO(I)N}{T}

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  21. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 April 2017 at 18:00

    11a Transparent cover over capital (5) LUCID L(UC)ID UC = Upper Case = Capital (Letters) Def: Transparent
    21Dn Officially choose one in a short time to model (6) ANOINT ANO(I)N + T
    Def : Officially choose

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  22. Deepak Gopinath16 April 2017 at 18:09

    Thank you everyone

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