Thursday, 27 July 2017

No 12070, Thursday 27 Jul 2017, Buzzer


Z short of a Pangram. Spent ages trying to fit in a X,Y and Z in 1D and 10A which were the last ones in.

ACROSS
6   Test the result of 6 + 5 + 1 ÷ 5 + 0 (4,4) VIVA VOCE {VI}{V}{A} {V}{O}CE Anno for CE not clear (Addendum - {VI}{V}{A {V}{O}CE} - See comments)
9   Get by manipulation and with spin (6) WANGLE {W}{ANGLE}
10 Time period of being joyful (4) JULY JoYUfL* [RA] Correction [CA] See comments
11 Nothing odd about English (3,4,3) NOT EVEN ONE {NOT EVEN} {ON}{E}
12 Mean one channelling spirits (6) MEDIUM [DD]
14 Dismiss regret ill-mannered person expressed (4,3) RULE OUT  (~ rue lout)
15 Wed Jan 1 morn, I'm into new year (4,2,9) JOIN IN MATRIMONY {JAN+1+MORN+IM+INTO}*{Y}
18 Calls for a meeting (7) TELECON [CD]
20 Vatican City educated by first authority on holy books (6) VEDIST {V}{ED}{1ST}
22 Dear me, an absurd question breaks overemotional responder (5,5) DRAMA QUEEN {DEAR+ME+AN}* over {QU}
23 Leaves and fruits man picked off (4) GOES manGOES
24 Excerpt from maybe a Nietzsche, it goes over one's head (6) BEANIE [T]
25 Attempt to arrest big overwhelming goon primarily for violence (8) THUGGERY {T{HUG{Goon}E}RY}

DOWN
1   Soft manner, cover often? (4) WAXY {WA{X}Y}
2   Solver no good, one missing capital clue for boy (5,3) YOUNG MAN {YOU}{N}{G} {MAiN}
3   Son to marry at the end of April in turn (6) SWIVEL {S}{WIVE}{a..iL}}
4   Details of run-in for mediator lacking awareness (10) UNINFORMED [T]
5   In preparation, hundred thousand drifters at sea (8) PLANKTON {PLAN}{K}{TON}
7   Occupied by negatives endlessly (2,3) IN USE mINUSEs
8   Show board staff indulging in corruption (13) ENTERTAINMENT {ENTER}{TAIN{MEN}T}
13 Press malign fine British writer (3,7) IAN FLEMING*
16 No great shakes taking time and achieving aim (2,6) ON TARGET {NO+GREAT}*{T}
17 Dance party over, sense of being famished (8) RAVENOUS {RAVE}{NOUS}
19 Fellow losing heart, shy to flirt (6) COQUET {CO}{QUiET}
21 Spot burn mark on the inside (5) SMEAR {S{M}EAR}
23 One billion going far even with regular losses (4) GIGA {GoInG+fAr}

GRID

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35 comments:

  1. Raghunath27 July 2017 at 08:32

    6 Test the result of 6 + 5 + 1 ÷ 5 + 0 (4,4) VIVA VOCE {VI}{V}{A} {V}{O}CE Anno for CE not clear
    VI V A(V O)CE. ACE: 1: A

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    1. Raghunath27 July 2017 at 08:34

      or No. 1?

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    2. Deepak Gopinath27 July 2017 at 08:38

      Thanks Raghu

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    3. Chaturvasi27 July 2017 at 08:48

      I had ACE instantly on seeing the Col's comment. Yet, I am not sure how the anno pans out.
      6 5 1 5 0
      VI V ACE V 0
      Now, how do V and O go after A?

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    4. Shrikanth27 July 2017 at 09:39

      Divided by 5+0

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    5. Shrikanth27 July 2017 at 09:40

      That is 1 (ace ) divided by V+O

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    6. ranger27 July 2017 at 17:58

      Superb clue!

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  2. Raghunath27 July 2017 at 08:36

    A1 puzzle! Plenty of good clues.

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 July 2017 at 08:54

      +1. Could manage 16 out of 26. Completed the bottom half successfully but it was tough going in top half?!

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    2. Shrikanth27 July 2017 at 09:40

      +1

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  3. Raghunath27 July 2017 at 08:48

    Divide ACE by V O, i.e split

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  4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao27 July 2017 at 08:54

    Good Raghu.
    It was an interesting mathematical problem.
    Thanks Buzzer for the entertainment

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  5. Chaturvasi27 July 2017 at 09:23

    OK OK I didn't notice the div symbol - the font being tiny and I being old with poor vision and not wearing my specs at home.Thanks. Bhavan, please give allowances to me!

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    1. Bhavan28 July 2017 at 03:45

      All good CV sir. I was half expecting that symbol to be botched during printing.

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  6. Padmanabhan27 July 2017 at 09:39

    Though I could see the divided sign, it took ages for me to get the ace and to contain V & O. But my doubt is how did Bhavan know that I am a 'No good solver'?!
    As usual a multi word T nicely done- Buzzer spl.
    Enjoyed 11A as well.
    KK,
    It does not add up mathematically.

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    1. Shrikanth27 July 2017 at 09:42

      By sheer practice, I started applying BODMAS and all. Then realized its a CW puzzle :) Nice misdirection

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 July 2017 at 09:49

      Me too! 😢

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 July 2017 at 09:48

    1 D : Soft manner, cover often? (4) WAXY {WA{X}Y}

    X for pl?

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  8. Vasant27 July 2017 at 11:37

    Super puzzle..bifd viva voce after getting vi & v from wp...started late & finished late..thorough entertainment or 8D

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  9. raju umamaheswar27 July 2017 at 11:55

    Conundrum confounded by enigmatic viva voce ! Never 15 across on Jan,1st, even if its a wednesday morning ! This is my advice to any 2 down . An excellent clue !



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  10. Vasant27 July 2017 at 12:12

    10A: Thought it was a composite anagram: (of +July)*=Joyful

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  11. ananthakrishnan27 July 2017 at 13:14

    Amateur question - what in 2D denotes that we have to pick 'n' and 'g' from 'no good'? Just getting my feet wet, so pardon the quality of the question ( if too silly!)

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  12. Chaturvasi27 July 2017 at 14:09

    In crossword clues, certain components may be derived from the expansions of well-known abbreviations. Here we get NG from 'no good' as the latter is a well-known, accepted expansion of an abbr. (Note: it may have other expansions as well, but we needn't bother about that now.) Note also that sometimes the whole expansion may not be given. We may be expected to get RA from 'academician' or 'artist' as RA is the title Royal Academician given to artists, musicians, et al. We pick up these conventions as we go along

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    1. ananthakrishnan28 July 2017 at 11:44

      Thanks again. Is there a standard compilation of these like a quick reference or something? RA to Royal Academician is quite a stretch for me :D

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  13. Ramki Krishnan27 July 2017 at 21:22

    Could start on the puzzle only after dinner and managed to finish just now. Classy puzzle as usual.
    One doubt: 5D Wordplay is hundred thousand, which should be TON-K right? How does it become K-TON?

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    1. Bhavan28 July 2017 at 03:47

      K in plan, ton

      In preparation, hundred thousand ... = in plan, ton k = plan(k)ton

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