Sunday, 21 May 2017

Special, Sunday 21 May 2017, Springer


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

ACROSS
1   The Wall run out by Gower, say (5)
4   Kiss and smell the hypocrite (9)
9   Own up by cheat for storing iron on ship (7)
10 Dirty punk met slyly (7)
11 Cherished object has glow right in (9)
12 Fires off fine line (5)
13 Struggle fixing rivets (6)
15 Benevolence, bequeathing late? (8)
18 Miss Rita blows nose first (8)
19 Perhaps artful but elusive one (6)
22 Lick again! the woman's back has appeal (5)
24 Bill, pause; make it likely (9)
26 Love to restrain view (7)
27 Pig's foot cooked for horse (7)
28 Noise vent out; the game is going to be played (5,2,2)
29 Hence agrees to take beans (5)

DOWN
1   Heck! One hundred thousand stashed in caves (7)
2   Seven U.S.A. flights discovered the evening star (5)
3   Drowning reprieved from far downstream (4,5)
4   Pretending to sit? (6)
5   Could rain, seethe and wash one away from pot boiler (8)
6   Twist villain under turbulent skies (5)
7   Mini germs swimming under water (9)
8   Important to plump for alternative fuel (7)
14 Managed church rent by stable boy, say (5,4)
16 Delicate returns of candy pellets (9)
17 Despatches include advice and wages (8)
18 Miser's puppet has got credit for bar (7)
20 Again wins back points all round (2-5)
21 Cheat's skill is a case (6)
23 Oliver's dance (5)
25 Loco TT located in Mumbai, say (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at SPRINGER 5

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53 comments:

  1. Ramani21 May 2017 at 10:35

    7 d Mini germs swimming under water (9)IMMERSING*

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  2. Ramani21 May 2017 at 10:37

    2D Seven U.S.A. flights discovered the evening star (5)VENUS (T)

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  3. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan21 May 2017 at 10:39

    Across
    1 DAVID ( D r AVID , DRAVID - wall , DAVID GOWER)
    9. CONFESS ( cheat -CON, iron- FE, ship - SS , DEF: own up)
    10. UNKEMPT ( punk met * , def: Dirty )

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  4. Ramani21 May 2017 at 10:41

    26A Love to restrain view (7)O PINION

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  5. raju umamaheswar21 May 2017 at 10:45

    23down: Oliver's dance-- TWIST = twist- a form of dance and Oloiver Twist - Dickens character

    9 qcross; CONFESS- cheat= Con+ iron= FE +ship=SS--- confess = own up

    17 down: STIPENDS-- WAGESdespatches = sends containing advice= TIP--

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  6. David Jayaprakash John21 May 2017 at 10:52

    6D - SIKES* (Oliver Twist Villain)

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  7. Fraser Simpson21 May 2017 at 10:57

    18D Miser's puppet has got credit for bar (7) SCROOGE (CR for T in STOOGE)
    25D Loco TT located in Mumbai, say (5) BA(TT)Y
    1D Heck! One hundred thousand stashed in caves (7) D(I + C + K)ENS

    Very nice puzzle with a 1D theme throughout! Thanks, Springer!

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  8. Ramki Krishnan21 May 2017 at 11:02

    5D: CAULDRON - (couldrain* -i, def = pot boiler
    21D: CARTON - CON around ART
    19A: DODGER (ref to Artful Dodger, one more in the Dickensian theme)

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  9. Veena21 May 2017 at 11:03

    13A Struggle fixing rivets (6)
    Strive
    Anagram of rivets

    24A Bill, pause; make it likely (9)
    Plausible
    Anagram of Bill pause

    5D Could rain, seethe and wash one away from pot boiler (8)
    Cauldron
    Anagram of Could Rain - i
    Meaning - Pot boiler

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  10. raju umamaheswar21 May 2017 at 11:07

    Good one, Vasant. Are you a fan of Charles Dickens? I liked one down, 23 across & 27 across. 16 down comes out of a wonderful wordplay ! My morning is done now after completing.

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    1. Vasant21 May 2017 at 11:10

      Thanks Raju. Indeed, I am a huge Dickensian fan

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  11. Veena21 May 2017 at 11:10

    13A Struggle fixing rivets (6)
    Strive
    Anagram of rivets

    24A Bill, pause; make it likely (9)
    Plausible
    Anagram of Bill pause

    5D Could rain, seethe and wash one away from pot boiler (8)
    Cauldron
    Anagram of Could Rain - i
    Meaning - Pot boiler

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  12. Deepak Gopinath21 May 2017 at 11:11

    3D - DEEP RIVER*
    18A - SENORITA {NOSE}*{RITA}
    22A- REHIT {HER<=}{IT}

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  13. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 11:20

    29A- (SO YAS)- Beans

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  14. RameshJ21 May 2017 at 11:21

    4a Pecksniff {peck}{sniff}
    11a enshrined {en{sh{r}ine}d}
    12a Serif {fires*}

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  15. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 11:23

    1D- D(ICK)ENS- Heck
    One hundred thousand- ICK
    Nicely coined.

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 May 2017 at 11:24

    4a Kiss and smell the hypocrite (9) PECKSNIFF {PECK}{SNIFF}
    1a The Wall run out by Gower, say (5) DAVID {D[-r]AVID}
    28a Noise vent out; the game is going to be played (5,2,2) EVENT IS ON {NOISE VENT*}

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 May 2017 at 11:31

      In place of 1 & 4 across

      4d Pretending to sit? (6) POSING [DD]
      8d Important to plump for alternative fuel (7) FATEFUL {FAT}{E FUL*}

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  17. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 11:29

    My third-
    28A- Event is on- (Noise vent)*
    Thank you Springer. EnjoyING it (still to complete)

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  18. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 11:34

    Alt. for 4A done twice
    17D- Stipends- S(TIP)ENDS

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 May 2017 at 11:39

    Good one, Vasant! '"Please, Sir, I want some more."'

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    1. Vasant21 May 2017 at 11:47

      Thanks,MB. Unlike Mr. Bumble,Mr. Limbkins and other board-members, your wishes to get more has been granted!

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    2. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 11:50

      Is the giver a 'Scrooge'?

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    3. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 11:58

      Oh! Thank you Vasant. You are not. Awaiting 'More'!

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    4. Vasant21 May 2017 at 12:08

      Marley's ghost and the spirits of the festive season have permanently reformed this Scrooge!

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 May 2017 at 12:18

      Thanks, Vasant, for your generosity! :)

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  20. Suresh21 May 2017 at 12:06

    15a GOODWILL Not sure how it works. Good will is bequeathing late?
    27a T ROTTER
    14D RANCH HIRE

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    1. Vasant21 May 2017 at 12:12

      Re 15A: meant it an extended; if you are benevolent, you will leave a "good will" behind.
      27A: meant it as a DD ; cooked foot of pig as well as horse
      14D: meant it as a charade; Ran+CH+Hire

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    2. Vasant21 May 2017 at 12:13

      15A:Read as meant it as an extended definition

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    3. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 12:18

      Ranch hand, yes. But hire? I was struggling to fit in hand (but rent led to hire)

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    4. Suresh21 May 2017 at 12:59

      Never knew about cooking feet of pigs.

      14D. The charade was what I wanted to write.

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    5. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 13:05

      This what I found in wiki reg. pig's feet-
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig%27s_trotters

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  21. Deepak Gopinath21 May 2017 at 12:18

    Last two
    16D and 20D

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  22. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 12:19

    16D is very delicate, indeed!

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  23. Raghunath21 May 2017 at 13:21

    16 Delicate returns of candy pellets (9) DROP SHOTS
    20 Again wins back points all round (2-5) RE EAR N + S

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    1. Raghunath21 May 2017 at 13:25

      Why "all around"?. Felt it was unecessary.

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    2. Vasant21 May 2017 at 13:27

      I meant it as back=REAR with E,N&S (points) all around REAR

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    3. Raghunath21 May 2017 at 14:13

      Anagram of REAR and ENS?

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    4. Vasant21 May 2017 at 15:18

      Yes

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    5. Vasant21 May 2017 at 15:21

      I mean not anagram but Re(E)ar(N)(S)

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    6. Vasant21 May 2017 at 15:23

      I don't know if this works but all around was meant to indicate points around rear

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  24. Deepak Gopinath21 May 2017 at 13:28

    Thanks for the special Vasant

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  25. Chaturvasi21 May 2017 at 13:30

    Missed this. A good thematic crossword.

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  26. Satyen Nabar21 May 2017 at 13:39

    Lovely theme, thanks Vasant! :)

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  27. Vasant21 May 2017 at 13:47

    Thanks Col. for publishing & all for participating & solving.
    I was introduced to Dickens by my grandfather (in fact my grandfather's younger brother,Chinna tata). As a young boy, he'd recount to me Oliver Twist, David Copperfield,A tale of...he would make special mention of many of the characters & scenes. He would summarise the tale with a quiptic remark like,"Bleak House is really bleak" or "Pecksniff became more popular than Martin Chuzzlewit".

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  28. Padmanabhan21 May 2017 at 14:02

    Nothing like what you learn when you are young. It stays with you.
    Thank you Vasant for a good CW and an equally good theme.

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    1. Vasant21 May 2017 at 15:20

      Thanks Paddy once again. Your words are really encouraging.

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