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Monday, 22 January 2018

No 12220, Monday 22 Jan 2018, Gridman


Answer and annotation for 20A left for a rookie commenter till 10 AM.

ACROSS
1   Agree icon is acting harmfully to the said team (8) COINCIDE {ICON*}{CIDE}(~side)
5   Both move around to find you in French jacuzzi (3,3) HOT TUB {TU} in {BOTH}*
10 Father returns to Mumbai neighbourhood for dress (7) APPAREL {PA<=}{PAREL}
11 Compelled army to get wine (7) MADEIRA {MADE}{IRA}
12 Good fight: Lok Sabha makes unpleasant sounds (6) GROWLS {G}{ROW}{LS}
13 Story told to support what prevents one's prompt arrival by road (8) TAILBACK (~tale){TAIL}{BACK}
15 Spirit shown in short race (4) DASH [DD]
16 A Samaritan wandering in US city (5,5) SANTA MARIA*
18 Nominal chief F? (10) FIGUREHEAD F is head of Figure. How do we classify this clue? Rebus?
20 Madly, team took away dirty tote in a raid (4) ?M?K (Addendum - AMOK {teAM}{toOK} - See comments))
23 Marginal shift is causing concern (8) ALARMING*
24 Son and men starting late to gain fanfare (6) SENNET {S}{mEN}{NET}
26 Engineer's plan abruptly stops a learner in dislodgement (7) REMOVAL {RE}{MOVe}{L}
27 I, Sue, managed to have oil put to good use (7) UTILISE {TIL} in {I+SUE}*
28 Go up and down the Supreme Court list (6) SCROLL {SC}{ROLL}
29 Wishes to give up first year's wages (8) EARNINGS yEARNINGS

 DOWN
1   Diplomat accused of romantic escapades (6,9) CHARGE D'AFFAIRES {CHARGED}{AFFAIRES}
2   Wicked rogue with debts (7) IMPIOUS {IMP}{IOUS}
3   Get round to a group (6) CIRCLE [DD]
4   Tedious leaders of Delhi University lying low (4) DULL Acrostic
6   Ex slamming male fold (3,5) OLD FLAME*
7   A vanishing point that is atop a high mountain (4,3) THIN AIR [DD]
8   These dishonest businessmen might deal in white goods too (5,10) BLACK MARKETEERS [CD]
9   Being fair, one man's taking first section to a learner (9) IMPARTIAL {1}{M}{PART 1}{A}{L}
14 Rough up scholar and composer by an account (9) MANHANDLE {MA}{'N}{HANDLE}(~Handel)
17 First in time, grotesque vampire draws a number (8) PRIMEVAL {VAMPIRE*}{A}{L}
19 Indian mother steeped in good rules — set of language rules (7) GRAMMAR {G}{R}{AMMA}{R}
21 Say, say fellows avoid (7) MENTION (~men shun)
22 Again approve surrender (6) RESIGN {RE}{SIGN}
25 A top-grade artist's glow (4) AURA {A}{U}{RA}

GRID
Bhargav's Tale

With prices shooting up at an ALARMING rate,
What will happen to citizen's fate?
The old boy in the HOT TUB wondering how to UTILISE
His meagre income and his dreams realise?
The CHARGE DAFFAIRES waiting for the approval,
For some adjustments and some REMOVAL.
The FM the draft budget does SCROLL
Wanting to be IMPARTIAL on the whole.
For welcome news newsmen will DASH
They don't want stocks to CRASH!!


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35 comments:

  1. Jacob Brahmakulam22 January 2018 at 08:46

    17D should be {VAMPIRE*}{L}

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  2. Jacob Brahmakulam22 January 2018 at 08:48

    20A AMOK = madly {teAM}{toOK}

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  3. Ramki Krishnan22 January 2018 at 08:48

    Col,
    1D is CHARGE D'AFFAIRES (not AFFAIRS). Please correct.
    In that case, the anno does not work as a charade correct? Needs a homophone ind?



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    1. Padmanabhan22 January 2018 at 08:57

      Yes, I was trying to fill in 'affairs' and found a square more.

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    2. Suresh22 January 2018 at 08:57

      I thought so too. But then, I thought that it is Gridman and such an error is unlikely and looked at a Dictionary and realised that Gridman was right again.

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    3. sree_sree22 January 2018 at 08:59

      Affaire is romatic affair

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    4. Ramki Krishnan22 January 2018 at 09:08

      Yes - checked and found it. Didn't know it was also used in English. You're right - Gridman's clue constructions will never have such problems!
      So the clue works as a charade

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    5. Deepak Gopinath22 January 2018 at 09:35

      Spelling corrected

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    6. Chaturvasi22 January 2018 at 09:49

      Thanks for comments, clarifications, corrections and compliments. This increases my responsibility as a setter and I hope I live up to the expectations. Please do raise questions if you have the slightest reservation.

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  4. Ramki Krishnan22 January 2018 at 08:50

    Yes, I think 18A can be classified as a rebus clue.

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    1. Padmanabhan22 January 2018 at 08:54

      DD?

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    2. sree_sree22 January 2018 at 09:01

      +1 dd. Wouldn't rebus be just F?.

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    3. Ramki Krishnan22 January 2018 at 09:09

      I meant a double def with one of the def's being rebus (in this case, F)

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    4. Vasant22 January 2018 at 10:29

      I think it is a clue defined by Nominal and chief F is the wordplay.

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  5. Padmanabhan22 January 2018 at 08:51

    27A- Is til oil or just a seed/ plant? We say til oil.

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    1. sree_sree22 January 2018 at 09:16

      Sesame/semsem is the root for oil. The first known oil(the only known for a long time) in this part of Eurasia.

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  6. Jacob Brahmakulam22 January 2018 at 08:51

    20A the def is perhaps raid

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    1. sree_sree22 January 2018 at 09:08

      No.pls reread the clue.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath22 January 2018 at 09:11

      Definition is Amok

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    3. Padmanabhan22 January 2018 at 09:28

      Amok is the Sol.
      WP- (team+took-tote)*
      Def.? It has to be raid or is it madly?

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    4. sree_sree22 January 2018 at 10:04

      Since it's past 10. Madly, amuck/amok is the def.

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    5. Padmanabhan22 January 2018 at 10:37

      You mean madly is the def. & amok is the solution?
      Amok cannot be def. since it is not part of the clue.

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    6. sree_sree22 January 2018 at 10:59

      Yes. Madly (meaning a muck /amok) is the def and amok is the solution. Imho.

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    7. Padmanabhan22 January 2018 at 11:25

      Thank you,Prasad.

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  7. Padmanabhan22 January 2018 at 08:53

    Sennet was new tome. Remembered Santa Maria more as Columbus' ship.
    Another smooth sailing CW.

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  8. Padmanabhan22 January 2018 at 10:38

    Wow,CGB!!
    You seem to be improving by the day.

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    1. Vasant22 January 2018 at 14:41

      You do mean improvising, don't you?😀
      Tale in Rhyme!

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  9. Padmanabhan22 January 2018 at 15:43

    Improvising and getting better & better- more interesting,innovative.
    I did not mean it was not interesting earlier.

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  10. Unknown22 January 2018 at 16:43

    hi,this is Raj,i'm new to crossword. I didnot get 11A

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  11. PKPSwami22 January 2018 at 18:24

    Woderful x'ie. Immensely satisfying & nicely clued.1d&5d worth special mention.5d with the simple clue'not white'we could crack.This apart 'black & marketeers' -a usual collocation and becomes all the more gettable. A typical puzzle carrying all the GM norms. Thank you sir.

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  12. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan22 January 2018 at 18:27

    @cGB sir ��������

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  13. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan22 January 2018 at 18:29

    @CGB sir 👌👏👏

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