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Tuesday, 15 August 2017

No 12086, Tuesday 15 Aug 2017, Afterdark


INDEPENDENCE
         DAY        
GREETINGS

ACROSS
1   Replacement's a joke, internally team leader's against, to a large extent (13) SUBSTANTIALLY {SUB}{S{Team}{ANTI}ALLY}
10 Harry joins bid to trap middlemen for a crime (6,3) INSIDE JOB {mEn} in {JOINS+BID}*
11 Review, perhaps Dennis Lillee brought about (5) RECAP <=
12 Cool but reserved restraining one's delight primarily (5) SHADY {SH{A}{De...t}Y}
13 Acquired through unfair means? Somehow let it go, earn love, get a new start (3-6) ILL-GOTTEN [{LET+IT+GO}* over {L} and {New} L for love?
14 Wife's right; stranger's child is a devil (6) WRETCH {W}{R}{ET}{CH}
16 Some beta-keratin found in stomach... (4) TAKE [T]
19 ... a bit found in fat, oil on review (4) IOTA [T<=]
20 Course's terms revised to admit adult (6) STREAM {A} in {TERMS}*
25 In India, road and road across a river has a gate that permits one at a time (9) TURNSTILE Anno pending (Addendum - {TU}{R}{N{ST}ILE} - See comments)
26 Dark horse after initially faltering, gets organized basically by end of day (5) FOGGY {Fa...g}{Or...d}{GG}{daY}
27 Electronic news' user interface leads to dissatisfaction (5) ENNUI Acrostic (Correction - {E}{N}{N}{User}{In...e} - See comments)
28 Fruit used to make certain concoction is imported from Northeast (9) NECTARINE {NE}{CERTAIN*}
29 Garment made with calico distributed around Kent ripped out India essentially, leading to stress and stone-throwing (8,5) COCKTAIL DRESS {COC{KenT}AIL*} {inDia}{stRESS}

DOWN
2   Lacking form, Usha received direction to exercise at the start of day (8) UNSHAPED {U{N}SHA}{PE}{Day}
3   Characters in Mossad lynch unfortunately (5) SADLY [T]
4   A performer in club keeps orchestra leader in touch (6) ADJOIN {A}{DJ}{Or...a}{IN}
5   Order to appear in Mount Abu later (8) TABULATE [T]
6   Excellent rocket absorbs pressure in such atmospheric condition (3,6) AIR POCKET {A1}{R {P}OCKET}
7   Found firm's turnover is behind outlook essentially at some point (6) LOCATE {outLook}{CO<=}{AT}{E}
8   Saying used often in epitaphs earlier is also used by fellers (6) RIPSAW {SAW}<=>{RIP}
9   Say, one kidnapping an investigator... (5) OPINE {O{PI}NE}
15 ... is a dangerous sick loner, lacking energy, taking first step to form a bond (5-4) CROSS-LINK {SICK+LONeR}* over {Step}
17 Cut short, that's ruling group's castle (8) HACIENDA {HACk}{IE}{NDA}
18 Birds in cage, one in crosshairs of guns (8) PENGUINS {PEN}{GU{1}NS}
21 Mess returns vegetable to gain margin (6) MAYHEM {YAM<=}{HEM}
22 Tell channel head to quit (5) UTTER gUTTER
23 Second class corn mixture and egg given to untrained horse (6) BRONCO {B}{CORN*}{O}
24 Writing implement and repaired appliances shipped out ASAP (6) PENCIL  apPLIaNCEs*
26 Lady in show has talent (5) FLAIR {F{L}AIR}

GRID

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37 comments:

  1. sree_sree15 August 2017 at 08:36

    27a second n for acrostic?

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    1. Raghunath15 August 2017 at 08:39

      News= N & N

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    2. Raghunath15 August 2017 at 08:40

      E+ N+N+U(ser)+I(nterface). Not Acrostic

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 August 2017 at 08:43

      +1

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    4. Deepak Gopinath15 August 2017 at 08:45

      Why not Acrostic. Leads being the indicator and the two Ns coming from News in plural

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    5. Raghunath15 August 2017 at 08:52

      If it was acrostice then it would be ENUI

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    6. Raghunath15 August 2017 at 08:53

      It's part abbreviation and part acrostic

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    7. Deepak Gopinath15 August 2017 at 09:12

      Ok seen

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    8. Shrikanth15 August 2017 at 09:47

      Actually in IT parlance user interface by itself is called UI. So it's E + NN + UI

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  2. Raghunath15 August 2017 at 08:38

    25 In India, road and road across a river has a gate that permits one at a time (9) TURNSTILE Anno pending
    TUR<- N(ST)ILE. In India From the East? RUT<- = track
    Not sure, but IMO this is what AD meant.

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    1. Vasant15 August 2017 at 08:40

      Great Anno, Raghu!

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    2. Raghunath15 August 2017 at 08:43

      But I doubt the construction.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 August 2017 at 08:43

      I too could decipher NSTILE. Couldn'tguess RUT!

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    4. Shrikanth15 August 2017 at 09:48

      My anno was In India, you = Tu . Then Road from R and road across river

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    5. Deepak Gopinath15 August 2017 at 09:53

      The 'you' seems to have slipped out from the clue :-)

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    6. Raghunath15 August 2017 at 09:54

      Where is 'you'?

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    7. Raghunath15 August 2017 at 09:56

      Even with TU<-, how does river get across road?

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    8. Shrikanth15 August 2017 at 10:20

      :O Where is the You ?? I didn't notice it so far. The clue is meaningless without that. But Raghu if you was there doesn't it become TU + R + N(ST)ILE

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    9. Raghunath15 August 2017 at 10:25

      What was the original clue?

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  3. Vasant15 August 2017 at 08:38

    Happy Independence Day!

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  4. Padmanabhan15 August 2017 at 08:38

    I had the same doubt- looks like the ' after news is expected to yield the plural!

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  5. Padmanabhan15 August 2017 at 08:40

    The above is an answer to Sree's query at 8.36.

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  6. Padmanabhan15 August 2017 at 08:41

    Pretty long clues, almost a paragraph for 29A!

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  7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 August 2017 at 08:42

    HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!

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  8. Ramani15 August 2017 at 08:50

    The Hindu Freedom supplement carries a nice big crossword.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 August 2017 at 09:15

      If there is no paper tomorrow, I will publish it tomorrow as a special

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    2. Chaturvasi15 August 2017 at 09:38

      There is no holiday announcement on the front page in the paper's CH edn today. That means there will be paper tomorrow. Don't know about other centres.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath15 August 2017 at 09:47

      In that case I will publish it on the coming Sunday as a special

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 August 2017 at 09:01

    Happy Independence Day!

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  10. Deepak Gopinath15 August 2017 at 10:06

    Since there will be a paper tomorrow, I will be posting the Jumbo which is there in the Freedom Special supplement at 12 Noon today

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  11. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan15 August 2017 at 10:27

    Happy Independence Day to all !

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  12. Shrikanth15 August 2017 at 11:20

    Did you all notice the Jumbo Freedom crossword. Saw Suchi's tweet and found it

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  13. raju umamaheswar15 August 2017 at 12:01

    Deepak: Please publish the Jumbo in Acrosslite version. Thanks. Will it be on Sunday special kind? three for a commenter?

    Today's Afterdark is a tad lighter than yesterday's. I agree with Paddy that Afterdark's style is long in wordplay with +s and -s !

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  14. PKPSwami15 August 2017 at 14:37

    Most satisfying puzzle.Intriguing & interesting as well.27A-new dimension.New definition. 17d- was able to crack though not in my active vocab.thanks to apt clues. Simply put, a real Independence Day Bonanza. Thanks AD.

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  15. VMA Nair15 August 2017 at 15:14

    Average puzzle but better than yesterday's IMO

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  16. maradnusro15 August 2017 at 15:41

    Frustratingly convoluted Setter is not Afterdark but Darkness itself.

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