Sunday, 18 June 2017

Special, Sunday 18 Jun 2017, Fraz

Alphabet Jigsaw

Today's Crossword is an Alphabetical Jigsaw by Fraz. 

The grid contains 26 entries, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet. Clues are listed in alphabetical order by their answers, and enumerations are withheld. Solvers can piece together the grid after solving the clues.

Image/Screenshot of completed grid can be sent to me by e-mail at deepakgita@gmail.com with a copy to chaturvasi@yahoomail.com. I will update the post at 4 PM today with names of those who submit the completed grid with their time of submission. Even if nobody submits by 4 PM you can still send in the submission immediately on completing the grid with all answers.

In view of the above comments are not being allowed on the post till 4 PM. I will open the post for comments at 4 PM, after which each person can post three answers with Annotations. Post 4 PM while commenting with answers please do not indicate the location of the answer in the grid.

 Solution grid will be posted in the blog at a later date


CLUES
A   Over 8/13 of the alphabet?
B   Slovak city terror is volcanic flow
C   Colder bit of cola, not as flat
D   Obtain extracts from December, then October
E   Substitute some bankers at Zurich
F   Pour liquid into rear bed (Solution is hyphenated.)
G   English king finally awoke in big ravine
H   High above our high card in bridge
I    Cover smoother attempt to orbit area between Mars and Jupiter, maybe
J   Germany’s agreement with the Italian prison
K  Child swivelled aching body part
L   Has words shaven into hair (2 words.)
M  Firm choice changed outdated way to store newspapers
N   Dune novel stripped of cover
O   Farm labourers behead both sly animal and bird in coop
P   Falcons each look amused entering mirrored spot
Q  Fruit number 15 in Valencia
R   Accumulate influence or backing (2 words.)
S   Small parking area where coins are inserted
T   Asian country initially took flag down also
U  Offbeat marriage outside nunnery by a lake
V  Struggle with opinion
W Sadly perish in annex, speaking softly
X  Persian king, 20, embracing queen with vacant eyes
Y  Giving up dingy lei clumsily
Z  Camera attachment left in animal park restroom (2 words.)

Across Lite version without clues can be accessed at FRAZ 2.
This is being done so that an interactive grid is available to enter your answers.

Enjoy.

SOLUTIONS RECEIVED

Vasant Sreenivasan            12;05 PM  (All correct)
P Raghunath                       12:30 PM (One mistake) (Did not enter earlier as mail went to my spam folder)
Lakshmi Vaidyanathan        1:13 PM  (All correct)
Raju Umamaheswar            1:36 PM (All correct)
Sowmya Ramkumar            1:39 PM (All correct)
Ramki Krishnan                   2:00 PM (One mistake)
Dr Satyen Nabar                  2:01 PM (Two mistakes)
Suresh Dorbala                    2:31 PM (One mistake) (Correction sent in at 4:19 PM)
Vinayak Ekbote                   2:33 PM (One mistake)
Sreenivasan (SSV Avatar)   2:38 PM (One mistake)
Padmanabhan                      2:49 PM (One mistake)
Srinivas Venkatesh              3:35 PM (One mistake)
S Rangarajan                       3:55 PM (One mistake)

SOLUTION GRID



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64 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath18 June 2017 at 16:11

    12 Entries received of which 4 were all correct.

    Congrats Vasant for the first all correct entry

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  2. Satyen Nabar18 June 2017 at 16:13

    L LOCKS HORNS LOCK{SHORN}S

    P PEREGRINES PER + E{GRIN}ES <--

    U UNCONVENTIONAL UN{CONVENT}ION + A + L

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    1. Satyen Nabar18 June 2017 at 16:17

      Tx Fraz for very interesting variation... back to the match :)

      Delete
  3. Ramani18 June 2017 at 16:13

    Could solve only 15 :(
    V VIE W
    P PER E(GRIN)ES
    U {UN(CONVENT)ION}A L

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  4. Ramani18 June 2017 at 16:15

    B BRAT IS LAVA
    E ERSATZ (T)
    Compensating for duplicates

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  5. Vasant18 June 2017 at 16:16

    A ATOP 8/13 of 26(alphabet)=16 i.e. 16th letter is p. A to P make up 8/13 of the alphabet
    B BRATISLAVA (BRAT)(IS)(LAVA)
    F FOURPOSTER F(OUR P)*OSTER

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    1. Vasant18 June 2017 at 16:19

      Making up for B
      I INTERPLANETARY (INTER)P
      (PLANE) T(A)RY

      Delete
  6. Suresh18 June 2017 at 16:21

    typo on XERXES. All clues could be blind-solved without crossings

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  7. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan18 June 2017 at 16:22

    C CHILLIER - ( Cola , HILLER - not as flat)
    D DECOCT ( T )
    INTERPLANETARY ( INTER- cover, PLANE- smoother,TRY - attempt, around Area, def : between Mars and Jupiter )

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 June 2017 at 16:23

    J : JAIL. JA + AL
    K : KIDNEY KID (NEY....Reverse)
    X : XERXES. {X(ER)X}{ES}

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  9. Nadathur Rajan18 June 2017 at 16:23

    M Firm choice changed // outdated way to store newspapers MICROFICHE* (Anagram of FIRM CHOICE)
    U Offbeat // marriage / outside nunnery / by a lake {UN(CONVENT)ION}{A/L}
    W Sadly perish / in annex, // speaking softly W(HISPER*)ING} PERISH* in WING

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    1. Nadathur Rajan18 June 2017 at 16:31

      Replacement for U
      O Farm labourers // behead both sly animal and bird in coop [-f]OX/[-h]EN

      Delete
  10. Padmanabhan18 June 2017 at 16:25

    Congrats Vasant!

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  11. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan18 June 2017 at 16:25

    Thanks Fraz for an enjoyable cw !

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 June 2017 at 16:26

    In Place of "X"
    G : GEORGE. G{E}ORGE

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  13. RameshJ18 June 2017 at 16:27

    Q uince | Fruit number 15 in Valencia (DD)
    R ollup | Accumulate influence or backing (2 words.) PULL OR <=
    S lot | Small parking area where coins are inserted S LOT

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  14. Padmanabhan18 June 2017 at 16:33

    Interesting exercise and thoroughly enjoyed solving. Very glad to be nearly there. Missed out on Locks horns- a nice one. Initially I was all at sea and once the long ones were in place, it became clearer. Thank you Fraz & Col.

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  15. raju umamaheswar18 June 2017 at 16:33

    A frenetic morning spent , totally frazzled by the FRAZ frenzy. but thoroughly enjoyed. I have done this type of puzzles in my Nairobi days, though time-consuming and laborious. Thanks go to Fraz and the Col. Lets have such variations from the usual run of the mill.

    I started at 145 am and almost finished , having got stuck with

    R- ROLLUP-=-Accumulate- OR reverse with pull (up) = influence.

    K-KIDNEY- child swivelled REVERSE- Aching = YEN KIDNEY = Body part

    E= ERSatz-- BANKersatzURICH = substitute

    I started at 1045 am but got tuck with LOCKS HORNS- words being the decoy clue!

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  16. Padmanabhan18 June 2017 at 16:34

    Congrats to all who made it all correct.

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  17. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 June 2017 at 16:36

    Thanks Fraz for an enjoyable fare! 👌👍

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  18. raju umamaheswar18 June 2017 at 16:39

    Congrats , Vasant, Lakshmi & Sowmya. I got sandwiched yummily !

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  19. Venkatesh18 June 2017 at 16:40

    T/HAIL/AND Defn: Asian country
    initially took T flag down HAIL (as in hail a cab) also AND

    H/ON/OUR High H + above ON + OUR Def: high card in bridge


    VIEW Struggle VIE + with W Defn: opinion

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  20. Venkatesh18 June 2017 at 16:43

    ZOO/M (L)ENS Defn: Camera attachment
    left L in animal park ZOO + restroom MENS

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  21. Venkatesh18 June 2017 at 16:45

    Thanks to Fraz for a lively time solving the new Alphabet Jigsaw.
    Variety adds spice to our Sunday solve.

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  22. Fraser Simpson18 June 2017 at 16:50

    Thank you to the Colonel for hosting my puzzle, and a big thank you to all you wonderful solvers who took on the challenge!

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  23. Deepak Gopinath18 June 2017 at 16:56

    Last two

    N and Y

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  24. Vasant18 June 2017 at 16:57

    Pak going hammer & tongs.
    Come On India!

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 June 2017 at 17:13

      I have switched off TV!!!

      Delete
    2. Padmanabhan18 June 2017 at 17:17

      Don't give up so easily. We can bat as well.

      Delete
    3. Vasant18 June 2017 at 17:17

      My wife is watching..I am too chicken-hearted to see our team's hiding

      Delete
  25. Vinayak18 June 2017 at 17:12

    N ude : dune* Defn: Stripped of cover
    Y ielding : dingy lei* Defn: Giving up

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  26. Padmanabhan18 June 2017 at 17:16

    Nude- (DUNE)*- Stripped for cover
    Yielding- (Dingy lie)*- Giving up

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  27. Padmanabhan18 June 2017 at 17:16

    Yes, vasant. Looks like we can take wickets only by RO!

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    1. Vasant18 June 2017 at 17:22

      We did get a wicket..that too early but it was off a no ball

      Delete
    2. Vasant18 June 2017 at 17:29

      Another wicket!Great running catch by Sir Jadeja!
      MB switch on your TV

      Delete
    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 June 2017 at 17:55

      TV on! Malik out!!

      Delete
    4. Vasant18 June 2017 at 18:41

      India to score 339..a tough chase

      Delete
    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 June 2017 at 18:44

      An uphill task!!!

      Delete
    6. Vasant18 June 2017 at 19:30

      2 gone with nothing on board!

      Delete
    7. Vasant18 June 2017 at 23:17

      A colossal loss made up by an equally colossal win in hockey

      Delete
  28. Deepak Gopinath18 June 2017 at 17:28

    Thank you Fraser for the AJ Crossword.

    I will upload the solution grid tomorrow morning

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  29. Kishore18 June 2017 at 17:30

    Wonderful show, everyone!

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  30. Padmanabhan18 June 2017 at 17:35

    Fraser?

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  31. Venkatesh18 June 2017 at 18:08

    Glad for the opportunity of solving the Jigsaw set by Toronto wordsmith Fraser Simpson who has been creating the weekly cryptic crossword for The Globe and Mail for twenty three years now.

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    1. Vasant18 June 2017 at 23:01

      Thanks for the brief
      I also read that he is a mathematics teacher and had also set a mini cryptic for New York Times

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    2. Vasant18 June 2017 at 23:05

      That should read " mini cryptics"(8×10 puzzles for several years)

      Delete
  32. Kolluru Koteswara Rao18 June 2017 at 19:52

    Missed the jigsaw puzzle fun. It's great to solve it.

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  33. Raghunath18 June 2017 at 22:36

    Col, I had sent you the completed grid with cc to CV at 1230. Surprised not to see my name?

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  34. Ramki Krishnan18 June 2017 at 22:56

    Lovely challenge for Sunday. Enjoyed the puzzle, though made a silly mistake by putting ATOM for ATOP :) Congratulations Vasant and thanks Fraz!

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    1. Vasant18 June 2017 at 23:02

      Thanks Sir..I had also made this mistake but had quickly corrected

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