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Sunday, 26 November 2017

Special, Sunday 26 Nov 2017, Amrita


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


ACROSS
1   Officer's gone away to a big city (7)
5   Worn the caps as covers (7)
9   Area is in chaos without a lift (5)
10 Blasphemy ! Making eclairs round for example? (9)
11 Sign outside that man's book (9)
12 Long period of time starting now (5)
13 Clubs for motorists (7)
15 Gusher to butter up properly? (3,4)
17 Strange, reddish hidden sore (7)
19 Man at university almost bored with regular hall concert (7)
21 A bit unlikely to enter engagement devoid of love and honesty (5)
23 Snort excitedly receiving celebrities jewels (9)
25 Difficulty arising from big limo having an odd roof (9)
26 Drama or talk show channel (5)
27 Rinse mug Elizabeth overturned containing vegetables (7)
28 Spots fake diamonds on speed head? (7)

DOWN
1   Indian bread carried by scoundrel in a vessel (7)
2   Badger, lion, tiger…ambling about…(9)
3   Mysterious great actress (5)
4   Safeguards nearly all points protecting mobile user (7)
5   Almost decide upon a top sketch by a very famous artist (7)
6  Three wheeled drive's front tyres with plastic circles are bought from Egypt essentially? (9)
7   Yeah, kind of over new one with a piercing laugh? (5)
8   Abnormal rentals for area around the centre (7)
14 Lowly creature of either sex with a heartbeat at the onset (9)
16 Church raised money and most of the food stuff for oddball (9)
17 A new adventure right away in soldier's quarter? (7)
18 Twice as many drawings (7)
19 Fidgety son inside, idle in the month of rains (7)
20  Mark intercepting the French sailors (7)
22 States petition for Turk (5)
24 Designed some antique stores (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at AMRITA 3

Enjoy.

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70 comments:

  1. Ramani26 November 2017 at 10:36

    2 d Badger, lion, tiger…ambling about…(9)LOITERING*

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  2. Vasant26 November 2017 at 10:39

    3D: GRETA (GREAT)*
    12A: YEAR N
    6D: TRICYCLE T+CIRCLE* around Y

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  3. Ramani26 November 2017 at 10:42

    12a Long period of time starting now (5)YEAR N

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  4. Ramani26 November 2017 at 10:43

    27A Rinse mug Elizabeth overturned containing vegetables (7)LEGUMES <-T

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  5. Ramani26 November 2017 at 10:48

    19d Fidgety son inside, idle in the month of rains (7)M(ONS)*OON
    in the place of YEARN already solved by Vasant - Moon means idle also

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  6. Satyen Nabar26 November 2017 at 10:51

    10A SACRILEGE (ECLAIRS)* + EG Rev

    7D HYENA (YEAH)* around N

    8D STERNAL (RENTALS)*

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV26 November 2017 at 10:55

    4 down E N (SURE)*
    1 across COL OGNE*
    9 acrosd RAISE (AREAIS-A)*

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  8. C.G. BHARGAV26 November 2017 at 10:56

    4 down E N (SURE)* S

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  9. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 10:56

    4D- Ensures- Safeguards(Def.)
    (ENS)(USER)*
    27A- Legumes- vegetables-rin(SE MUG EL....)*=<

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  10. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 11:00

    My 3rd-
    26A-Aorta- Channel- dram(A OR TA)-T

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  11. raju umamaheswar26 November 2017 at 11:00

    3 down: GRETA- actress Greta Garbo - anagram of Great.

    13 across: DRIVERS-- Golf Clubs = Motorists

    9 across: RAISE-- anagram of AREA IS (-A) = Lift

    Good start. Good luck to all others here.

    My Broadband is playing up. Using Jio contraption.-- Jiyo, JIo !!

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  12. Rengaswamy26 November 2017 at 11:13

    1a Officer's gone away to a big city (7) COL (OGNE)*
    1d. Indian bread carried by scoundrel in a vessel (7) CA(ROTI)D
    11a Sign outside that man's book (9) T(HE'S)AURUS

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  13. Chaturvasi26 November 2017 at 11:15

    Some very good clues in this puzzle.

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  14. Rengaswamy26 November 2017 at 11:17

    15A Gusher to butter up properly? (3,4) {OIL}{WELL} compensating for 1a.

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  15. sree_sree26 November 2017 at 11:19

    19a M U SIC(-k) AL
    16d EC(ce<-) CENT RIC (-e)
    24d MEANT (T)

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  16. sree_sree26 November 2017 at 11:22

    20d is it ok?

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    1. Vasant26 November 2017 at 11:36

      No problem, IMO

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    2. Satyen Nabar26 November 2017 at 11:38

      I agree. It should have been the Spanish.

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    3. amrita majumdar26 November 2017 at 13:40

      I had LA(SCAR)S in mind for 20D, LAS- the french.. works, Satyen?

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    4. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 13:44

      Doc. just explained above that only 'Les' is the French and probably it would work in Spanish. Excaly what CV also meanto, I suppose.

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  17. C.G. BHARGAV26 November 2017 at 11:31

    I would think so...

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  18. Vasant26 November 2017 at 11:35

    Lovely Puzzle, AM!

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  19. Satyen Nabar26 November 2017 at 11:39

    Thanks for the entertainment Amrita!

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  20. Chaturvasi26 November 2017 at 11:41

    20d - If the ans is what I think it is, the clue is not perfect.

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    1. amrita majumdar26 November 2017 at 13:44

      Just saw Satyen's comment below. Yes, the clue needs to be reworked.

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  21. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 11:52

    'Las' is also the French,right?

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    1. Satyen Nabar26 November 2017 at 11:57

      No Paddy. The in french is Le, La, Les.

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    2. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 12:28

      Thank you Doc. Then that puts a question mark on 20D- I read your earlier comment also.

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  22. Fraser Simpson26 November 2017 at 12:02

    25A Difficulty arising from big limo having an odd roof (9) IMB(RoOf)GLIO*
    17D A new adventure right away in soldier's quarter? (7) A + N + TH(r)ILL
    22D States petition for Turk (5) U.S. + BEG

    Very enjoyable puzzle, Amrita!

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    1. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 13:10

      Welcome back Fraser after a long break. I think you would have missed the Sunday specials the most.

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    2. amrita majumdar26 November 2017 at 13:45

      Thanks, Fraser!

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    3. Fraser Simpson26 November 2017 at 16:09

      Thanks, Paddy...I'm glad to be back! And Amrita...I forgot to choose a favourite (but so many to choose from!) but I'll go with 17D.

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  23. C.G. BHARGAV26 November 2017 at 12:08

    I might get ANGERED if I were to be called ECCENTRIC to solve a crossword puzzle on a beautiful MONSOON Sunday morning. They don't know what we cruciverbalists YEARN for! HYENA??

    Oh! What I MEANT to say was IS IT NOT?
    AM's puzzle ENSURES an enjoyable Sunday morning.

    Let us RAISE a toast.

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  24. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 12:29

    So do! Hai na?

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  25. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 12:31

    Typo- So do I!

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  26. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 12:34

    Lovely enjoyable CW. Just completed.
    Thank you Amritha for brightening up a rain soaked Sunday morning.

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  27. sree_sree26 November 2017 at 13:54

    yet to
    Across
    5,17,21,23, 28
    down
    5,14,18

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  28. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 13:59

    Still so many left?
    17d is one of the superb ones.

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  29. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 15:10

    Left-
    Across- 5,17,21,23
    Down- 18

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  30. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 November 2017 at 15:13

    5D : PICASSO PIC[-k] A S[-mall] SO
    17A:ANGERED [T]
    28A: NOTICES NOT ICE S(-pot)

    NIce grid Amrita. Enjoyed solving it.

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  31. Kolluru Koteswara Rao26 November 2017 at 16:00

    ACROSS:
    21 TR[-o+U]TH
    23 OR[NAME]NTS Why plural used in stead of celebrity?
    DOWN;
    18 D OODLES

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    1. sree_sree26 November 2017 at 16:24

      23. Celebrity's probably typo as celebrities.

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  32. Deepak Gopinath26 November 2017 at 17:12

    Last two for me
    5A - PATCHES*
    14D - EARTHWORM {HEART*}{W}{OR}{M}

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  33. Deepak Gopinath26 November 2017 at 17:12

    Thank you Amrita

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  34. Padmanabhan26 November 2017 at 17:25

    Thank you Amrita & Col.

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  35. Ramki Krishnan26 November 2017 at 17:57

    Nice grid, Amrita! Keep them coming :)

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  36. C.G. BHARGAV27 November 2017 at 06:31

    +5

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  37. Ganesh N.27 November 2017 at 23:16

    Enjoyed the grid, Amrita! Loved the def in ANTHILL, also liked DOODLES, and AORTA was smooth.

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