Sunday, 23 April 2017

Special, Sunday 23 Apr 2017, K Koteswar Rao


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


ACROSS
1   Safe stadia for play? It smells foul! (10)
6   Sir Isaac Newton has a complaint visibly (4)
10 Pull down in a true fashion (7)
11 Snake moves around Rhode Island for a musical instrument (7)
12 Troubling hasty power cut? Be careful (5,4,4)
14 Lara walks out of international design (9)
16 Trainer makes parrot utter back what is told (5)
17 Discard end of trough sound lost midway for drain beginning (5)
19 Endless accord most possibly for the ruler of the world (9)
21 Lives through again! Déjà vu? (2-11)
24 Coming on air obituary news relates to capital (7)
25 Old man rides around centre of trike. It’s spicy (7)
26 Enliven wildly, nothing goes smooth (4)
27 Scientist Henry is prepared for laughing uncontrollably (2 8)

DOWN
1   Indian city leaves nothing in the market place (4)
2   Follow and conform the current opinions (4,4,3,4)
3   Knock down apartment number (7)
4   You gnash them when you complain angrily (5)
5   At a loss for words endlessly and located special delights (9)
7   Committee throws away to find a way of living (4,2,5,4)
8   Annoy with old when each had food (10)
9   Dirty tryout often generates fungus (3,3)
13 An act that prevents presence of Mohinder ancestry (10)
15 Penetration is inclusion by changing side and moving down (9)
18 A short jump by the animal. It’s a caterpillar (3,3)
20 One occupant hurriedly leaves article part behind the head (7) 
22 Expiate that is not necessary for one who is not in the country (5)
23 Set match randomly highlights the retrograde big ones (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 7

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  1. Ramani23 April 2017 at 10:34

    22D Expiate that is not necessary for one who is not in the country (5)EXPAT (EXPIATE-IE)
    15D Penetration is inclusion by changing side and moving down (9) INCURSION (INC-LU+RSION)

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  2. Chaturvasi23 April 2017 at 10:35

    Friends,
    This week post three answers in one go or in different attempts. But if you repeat any answer from previous comments, you don't get chance to compensate. Just three shot.Please take care.

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  3. Ramani23 April 2017 at 10:35

    13D An act that prevents presence of Mohinder ancestry (10)HINDRANCE (T)

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  4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 April 2017 at 10:36

    Good to see Vasi Sir dictating new terms!

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  5. Ramani23 April 2017 at 10:38

    13 An act that prevents presence of Mohinder ancestry (10)HINDERANCE (T) - Corrected the typo

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  6. Vasant23 April 2017 at 10:50

    6A:ACNE T
    8A: EX AS PER ATE
    9D: DRY ROT DiRtY tRyOuT

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    1. Chaturvasi23 April 2017 at 10:52

      It is 8d not 8a

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    2. Vasant23 April 2017 at 11:04

      An eagle-eyed administrator today.
      Thanks for the correction,Sir.

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 April 2017 at 10:52

    2Dn : Follow and conform the current opinions (4,4,3,4) SWIM WITH THE TIDE (CD)
    3Dn : Knock down apartment number (7) FLATTEN {FALT}{TEN}
    4Dn : You gnash them when you complain angrily (5) TEETH (E)

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  8. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 April 2017 at 10:56

    Thanks Ram, Vasant and MB for successfully taking your picks.

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  9. R Nagendra Prasad23 April 2017 at 11:02

    1A : ASAFETIDAS Anagram of SAFE STADIA
    26 A : EVEN (ENLIVEN - NIL)

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  10. R Nagendra Prasad23 April 2017 at 11:07

    25A : PAPRIKA PAP(RIK)A RIK from Centre of tRIKe

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  11. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 April 2017 at 11:08

    Thanks Nagendra Prasad for your participation

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  12. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan23 April 2017 at 11:10

    24 A NAIROBI (T)
    1 D AGRA ( AG o RA )

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  13. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 11:12

    27a- In stitches- laughing uncontrollably
    (Scientist H)*

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  14. Chaturvasi23 April 2017 at 11:14

    Come and join the solving spree
    But the ride may not be that easy
    You have three tries
    But at a small price -
    Of repeats they have to be free.

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    1. Vasant23 April 2017 at 11:55

      Nice one CV Sir.
      In Hindi,there is a term "Manohar Kavi" for a poet who can compose verse impromptu. Atal Bihari Bajpayee was one. I am reminded of that.

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    2. Chaturvasi23 April 2017 at 12:46

      I just do it. I don't have any pretensions of a poet on the trot. There is also the term aasu kavi.

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  15. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan23 April 2017 at 11:20

    10 A RUINATE ( INATRUE *)

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  16. Raghunath23 April 2017 at 11:22

    12A:Troubling hasty power cut? Be careful (5,4,4) WATCH,YOUR,STEP*
    19A:Endless accord most possibly for the ruler of the world (9) COSMOCRAT*-D
    7D: Committee throws away to find a way of living (4,2,5,4) COME,TO,TERMS,WITH*

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  17. Raghunath23 April 2017 at 11:25

    1A: Nagendra Prasad's anno is incorrect.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 April 2017 at 11:31

      Yes, I too just noticed. Perhaps time to sleep now. It is 01.00 AM Sunday.

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    2. Chaturvasi23 April 2017 at 11:36

      KKR - GN. I will take care.

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  18. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 11:34

    14A- Interior- (International- lara)*

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 April 2017 at 11:36

      Paddy, please check your answer

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    2. Chaturvasi23 April 2017 at 11:39

      Do some paperwork and you will see the answer. Match it with def.

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    3. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 11:42

      My mistake. I did not do the usual paperwork and jumped to the answer. It is 'Intention'- meaning design.

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  19. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 11:40

    My 3rd-
    16A- Tutor- Trainer
    par(ROT UT)ter =<

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  20. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 April 2017 at 11:41

    Thank you Vasi Sir, have a great day!!!

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  21. Vasant23 April 2017 at 11:44

    Lovely puzzle, KKR
    Loved 2D, 7D, 21A,12A, 27A.
    LOI was 5D.
    Thanks for the entertainment

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    1. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 12:22

      dumbfound/ dumfound- both seem to be right. I was also confused.

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    2. Vasant23 April 2017 at 12:46

      12A Paddy..you are spelling out answers outside your quota..you will invite the admini's wrath(LOL)

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    3. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 17:07

      Oh,Oh! I did not realise that- stern admin. today. The momemt I saw 5D, I thought it was in.

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  22. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 April 2017 at 11:50

    Delightful Sunday fare! Loved solving it. Thanks, KKR. :)

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  23. Chaturvasi23 April 2017 at 12:02

    Note: My next update of striking off solved clues will be at 1 p.m. Please take care in not repeating answers from those posted previously.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 April 2017 at 12:07

      15Dn also needs to be struck off, Sir. Already done by Ram @ 10:34 am

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    2. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 12:23

      Extra work for you, but found it very useful. Thank you CV.

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  24. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 12:20

    Thank you KKR. Nice CW and enjoyed doing it. Good Night and sleep peacefully.

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  25. sree_sree23 April 2017 at 12:29

    11a MA(RI)MBA
    18D HOP DOG
    21a re experiences

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  26. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 April 2017 at 12:58

    Yet to be solved

    Across 17

    Down 20 & 23

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  27. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 13:29

    18D- Hopdog is a caterpillar alright, but given as six letter word and not (3,3) as in enu.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 April 2017 at 17:34

      Thanks Paddy. Both Chambers and Oxford record it as 3-3

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  28. Suresh23 April 2017 at 17:04

    Cold solving
    17A DITCH (Aitch - A + D)
    23D CATS Alternate letters in set match backward
    20D OCCIPUT (I OCCUPANT -AN*)

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  29. Chaturvasi23 April 2017 at 17:07

    23d is unusual. Has anyone seen similar trick in any THC before?

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    1. Suresh23 April 2017 at 17:17

      If you mean randomly as an indicator for alternate letters it is odd. Or do you mean Cats for big ones?

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    2. Chaturvasi23 April 2017 at 17:22

      I didn't solve this puz. However, as I ead the clue I thought 'big ones' was not adequate enough or even quite correct as a def. In any case I was thinking only of the device - picking up letters from a phrase backward. Has it been used in THC?

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    3. sree_sree23 April 2017 at 17:56

      the search indicates usage as anagram indicator. but odd is listed as synonym of random.

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 April 2017 at 17:58

      Thanks CV Sir for the points as well as administering the show in my sleep time.

      Picking up letters from a phrase backward is not uncommon and I remember to have seen somewhere either in TH or Guardian. I cannot, of course, lay my hands on immediately. Regarding the def. part, I agree it has partly suffered as it is indirect. I used the dictionary meaning "big cat" for this clue.

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  30. Padmanabhan23 April 2017 at 17:08

    The answers are frozen!

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  31. Satyen Nabar23 April 2017 at 17:32

    5D DUMFOUNDS DUM(-B)+ FOUND + S

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  32. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 April 2017 at 18:00

    Thanks all for your excellent participation.
    Thanks to Sir CV for his strong support.

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  33. raju umamaheswar23 April 2017 at 19:19

    I couldn't actively participate in this wonderful wordplay created by KKR. I was away to Anaikatti to meet old friends from Nairobi- a couple from Madras and returned after 6pm.Enjoyed it thoroughly.

    In passing: I had put in INSERTION instead of INCURSION and got stumped with COSMOCRAT. Then I corrected myself But in good humour and without any innuendo intended, if one read the clue of 15 down, one would find the answer rather appropriate !! CV will have a good laugh !!! and

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  34. Deepak Gopinath23 April 2017 at 23:59

    Thank you KKR. Thanks to CV also for holding fort.
    Celebrations are over and I will be returning to Bangalore a few hours from now

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