Sunday, 21 January 2018

Special, Sunday 21 Jan 2018, Pay us Fair


Welcome to our new setter. Bouquets and Brickbats will be appreciated.

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

ACROSS
8   Bank communication doesn't require answer (4)
9   Seductress at club,filled with passion,becomes an animal (7,3)
10 Take notice of record players (6)
11 Indirect tax on jewellery and clothing (1-7)
12 The number of people  at the Last Supper later adopted new rite (8)
14 Small imp? That's my photo (6)
16 Some Mariachi song (4)
17 Agency replaces opera at the onset with adult comedy (5)
18 Main performer lying back in yoga video (4)
19 Work is done for scientist (6)
21 Champion’s power (8)
23 Husband is no spy, anyway this therapy will reveal one’s secrets (8)
26 Minx's wearing top that's transparent (6)
27 Wishing well? (3,3,4)
28 Time to stop and care (4)

DOWN
1   Last month, one duke had initially proposed at this spot and made out (10)
2   By the sound of it, the man's inordinately irate,could be a neurosis (8)
3   Repay a company hosting no- frills affair (6)
4   Superior illegally took 50% (4)
5   Upcoming poet sat sideways,displaying revulsion (8)
6   Rum, gin, ale or cordial? (6)
7   Tooth fairies are nocturnal givers, mainly (4)
13 Doctor runs with her essentially (5)
15 Lies and violations, every other theory dismissed (10) 
17 Did she find out about square root of -1? (8)
18 Criminal made tiny explosive (8)
20  Second article on sex chromosome and mental health (6)
22 Elegant European has sex appeal (6) 
24 Yellow to start with, and round, oddly like part of an egg (4)
25 Act... Quit taking drug for nothing (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at PUF 1

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78 comments:

  1. Vasant21 January 2018 at 10:37

    1D: DECIPHERED DEC+I +P(HERE)+D
    12A:THIRTEEN TH(IRTE*)EN
    16A: ARIA T

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  2. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 10:38

    1D- Deciphered- Made out- {DEC(IP)(HERE)D}
    19A- Edison-Scientist-(IS DONE)*

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  3. P. Venkatesan21 January 2018 at 10:41

    23a: hypnosis = (h+is+no+spy)*
    24d: yolk (Y+O+LiKe)
    18a: dynamite = (made+tiny)*

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  4. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 10:42

    7D- Fang- Tooth- FANG (First letters)

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  5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2018 at 10:42

    18A : DIVA <==
    27A : ALL THE BEST [CD]
    28A : TEND {T END}

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  6. raju umamaheswar21 January 2018 at 10:44

    14 across: SELFIE--(S)mall +imp=ELF + That's = IE

    6 down: GENIAL -GIN+ALE anagram. = cordial.

    13 down : NURSE--anagram of RUNS +H(E)R = doctor


    Welcome, PAY US FAIR - promising start. sets fair !

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  7. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 10:45

    Replacement for 1D-
    13D- NURSE- Doctor (as a verb)- (RUNS)* E

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  8. P. Venkatesan21 January 2018 at 10:47

    23a: hypnosis = (h+is+no+spy)*
    24d: yolk = (Y+O+LiKe)
    18d: dynamite = (made+tiny)*

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  9. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 10:47

    27a to "Pay Us Fair" for a good continuance.

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  10. Satyen Nabar21 January 2018 at 10:53

    9A VAMPIRE BAT VAMP{IRE}BAT

    2D HYSTERIA HIS hp + (IRATE)*

    11A G-STRINGS GST+RINGS

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  11. Deepak Gopinath21 January 2018 at 10:59

    8A - RELY REL(-a)Y
    20D - SANITY {S}{AN}{IT}{Y}
    22D - POLITE {POL{IT}E}

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  12. raju umamaheswar21 January 2018 at 11:14

    Just the fare from Pay Us Fair to give us a serotonin kick and PUFf up our egos. Pay our compliments to you. GST on rings or on G-strings ? Ask Padman Paddy ! ?

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  13. Satyen Nabar21 January 2018 at 11:17

    Thanks for the entertainment 'Pay us Fair'! Great debut :)

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  14. Unknown21 January 2018 at 11:25

    2D.HISTERIA

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    1. Deepak Gopinath21 January 2018 at 11:35

      It is HYSTERIA. You have to provide the annotation also like this (~his){HYS}{IRATE*}

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    2. Unknown21 January 2018 at 13:02

      OH! GOT IT.

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  15. Vasant21 January 2018 at 11:26

    Great Debut PUF! Keep 'em coming.

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2018 at 11:42

    Commendable debut offering! Thanks.

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  17. Raghunath21 January 2018 at 11:42

    17A: Agency replaces opera at the onset with adult comedy (5) F(-o)(A)RCE
    12A: The number of people at the Last Supper later adopted new rite (8) TH(IRTE*)EN. THEN: Later

    17D: Did she find out about square root of -1? (8) FIN(I){SHE}D. Root of (base of -1?) Squaring that is 1 =I?

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    1. Raghunath21 January 2018 at 11:44

      Not sure about the wording of 17 Down. All other clues are well written.

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    2. Vasant21 January 2018 at 11:50

      I took it as (SHE+FIND)* around i
      Dwfinition Did
      Square root of -1 is represented by i(imaginary number)

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    3. Satyen Nabar21 January 2018 at 11:50

      I think it's (SHEFIND)* around i. Possibly, square root of -1 is imaginary number i

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    4. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 11:51

      Square root of -1 is i.

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    5. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 11:54

      'i' (mathematical representation)

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    6. SupriyaM21 January 2018 at 12:02

      The anno is (SHE FIND)* around i ,the square root of -1 =1

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    7. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 13:31

      Square root of -1 is not 1, but 'i'.(representing imaginary) since it is not a real no.

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    8. Raghunath21 January 2018 at 13:53

      I stand corrected. Forgot square root of -1 and didn't look it up. Good clue.

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  18. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 11:53

    Nice and enjoyable. Does not seem like debut, may be debut only here.
    Keep them coming and thank you.

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    1. Vasant21 January 2018 at 12:01

      You are right Paddy. It is a joint grid by Supriya Mithal and Faten Ismail.

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    2. Vasant21 January 2018 at 12:04

      (SUPRIYA +FA)*=PAY US FAIR

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    3. SupriyaM21 January 2018 at 12:06

      Thank you Padmanabhan Sir ,it is our team debut in THCC , we have set another joint grid for Cryptic Crossroads under this pseudonym which is simply
      (FASUPRIYA)*

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    4. raju umamaheswar21 January 2018 at 13:30

      Vasant: Shukria for unveiling SUPRIYA +FA(teh Ismail ! I smiled and a fat thanks to the duo - who are part of 1 Across FB

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    5. Faten22 January 2018 at 07:17

      Thank you, yes this was actually the second time we worked together on a grid, and it's always fun with Supriya :)

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  19. SupriyaM21 January 2018 at 11:57

    Thank you :)

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  20. Ramki Krishnan21 January 2018 at 12:12

    10A: LISTEN (LIST + EN)
    21A: EXPONENT (dd)
    3D: AVENGE (A GE around eVENt)
    Lovely grid, Supriya and Fa! 17D was my COD with the very inconspicuous def and smooth surface.

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    1. SupriyaM21 January 2018 at 12:37

      Thanks Ramki ,and 17D was of course Faten's clue :)

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    2. Faten22 January 2018 at 07:19

      Thanks Ramki, glad you liked it :)

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  21. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 January 2018 at 12:18

    Great stuff! Got stuck on 15Dn anno!

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  22. Murali21 January 2018 at 12:19

    21A - EXPONENT (DD)

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  23. Deepak Gopinath21 January 2018 at 12:49

    Yet to be solved

    Across - 26

    Down - 4, 5, 15, 25

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  24. Unknown21 January 2018 at 12:52

    4D.SMUG..SMUG(GLED)

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  25. Unknown21 January 2018 at 12:55

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath21 January 2018 at 12:59

      I have deleted your answer as Annotation was not provided

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  26. Mona Sogal21 January 2018 at 13:07

    26 A limpid
    Imp wearing lid

    25d step

    Stop -o + e

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  27. P. Venkatesan21 January 2018 at 13:09

    Clue at 26 down pertains to 25 down in the grid.

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  28. Mona Sogal21 January 2018 at 13:10

    Great grid Supriya and Faten :)
    Loved Edison, deciphered

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  29. Mona Sogal21 January 2018 at 13:14

    15d

    Inventions

    Interventions - ter

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  30. Deepak Gopinath21 January 2018 at 13:30

    Last one open to anyone - 5D

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  31. Vasant21 January 2018 at 13:36

    DISTASTE T<

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  32. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 13:40

    Lies=Inventions!! Edison is growling.

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  33. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 13:44

    Thank you 'Pay us Fair' (noce anagram) & Col.

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  34. Padmanabhan21 January 2018 at 13:45

    Typo- read'Nice'.

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  35. Deepak Gopinath21 January 2018 at 14:07

    Thank you Faten and Supriya

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  36. SupriyaM21 January 2018 at 14:28

    Thank you Col Gopinath for featuring our grid , thank you all for participating and for your encouragement

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  37. VMA Nair21 January 2018 at 14:52

    Great puzzle Supriya Ma'am and Fa

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  38. Sreeni21 January 2018 at 15:58

    5D. AVENGE. A(-eVENt)GE

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  39. Sreeni21 January 2018 at 16:00

    5D. AVENGE. A(-eVENt)GE

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  40. Fraser Simpson21 January 2018 at 16:09

    I missed participating with everyone else, but just solved this now. Very nice puzzle. I got fooled by 7D for quite a while. I’m not sure I would have been able to parse 3D. That was tricky!

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  41. Faten22 January 2018 at 07:26

    Thank you Col Gopinath for posting our grid, and thanks all for the feedback. This was fun. Hoping to set more grids with Supriya in the future :)

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