Sunday, 11 February 2018

Special, Sunday, 11 Feb 2018, K Koteswar Rao


3 answers per commenter annotations compulsory till 6 PM.
Please provide all your answers in one comment.

The numbers shown in the grid are only for your reference do not include them in your comment while giving the solution.

ALPHABET JIGSAW
This crossword is an Alphabetical Jigsaw puzzle. 
The grid contains 28 entries, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet. Clues are listed in alphabetical order by their answers, and enumerations are withheld.  
Normally, it should have 26 entries. But, there are two clues each for H and W representing both Across/Down clues. 
Happy solving!

Screenshot or an image of the Completed grid can be mailed to Koteswar Rao at kkotirao@gmail.com 


CLUES
A   Rock drill takes long interest over time  
B   Hissy heart-throb makes one in a powerless position 
C   One in the family is like this climber 
D   Completely no hot drug, we don’t order! 
E   Dilatation/distension etc altered and unaltered 
F   Woodpeckers take a lap around ugly serf 
G   When broken, most go red in affinity 
H   Graceful editor exits carriage 
      Ambassador carried schedule to meet core people at the landing place 
I    Popular growth pronounced on demand 
J    Beloved one gets employment in Australian plant 
K   Tie level is more complicated 
L    Allow appeal and proceed to forgive and forget 
M   Unit of measurement on silver screen around Monday 
N   What keeps the insurers happy? Number with uncertainty? 
O   No return thanks over port of Canadian province 
P   Time-worn drama by devout mammals 
Q   Goods loaded on the wharf on a boggy soil 
R   Overs in great play from the very beginning 
S   Rattles Muslim leaders reportedly 
T   Levy IT? Excellent! It is volcanic
U   Wrong’un is deceptively immature 
V   Termagant shows no interest for old gulf  
W   Bird fleece to mediate marriage settlement offline
      Expert sorcerer  
X   Military officer assembled articles for the Gods from heaven 
Y   They give sudden pull probably near sky  
Z   Stop in small safari park at the meditation hall 

Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 12
This version has no clues but has been prepared to help you enter the answers in an interactive grid.

Enjoy.
SOLUTION GRID


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100 comments:

  1. Ramani11 February 2018 at 10:33

    S - SHAKES (~SHEIKS)

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  2. P. Venkatesan11 February 2018 at 10:33

    U: ungrown =(wrongun)*

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  3. Ramani11 February 2018 at 10:35

    O - ON TA RIO (NO RETURN ON; THANKS - TA; PORT - RIO)

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  4. P. Venkatesan11 February 2018 at 10:39

    K: knottier (knot)(tier)

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  5. Ramani11 February 2018 at 10:42

    F - F (LICK) ERS* {LAP - LICK}

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  6. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2018 at 10:48

    My 3

    L - LET IT GO {LET} {IT} {GO}
    R - ROOTAGE {R{OO}TAGE*}
    W - WIZARD [DD]

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  7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 11:05

    Thanks Ram and Col!
    Venkatesan, you may take one more

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    1. Ramani11 February 2018 at 11:09

      Thanks for what KKR?

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 11:13

      For sparing your valuable time, obviously Ram!

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    3. Ramani11 February 2018 at 11:15

      Rather we should thank you KKR, for the opportunity to sharpen our minds!

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  8. Jacob Brahmakulam11 February 2018 at 11:05

    Y YANKERS {NEAR SKY*}

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  9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam11 February 2018 at 11:17

    G GOOD TERMS {Most go red}*

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  10. Fraser Simpson11 February 2018 at 11:20

    N: NO + RISK
    T: TAX + IT + E

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  11. Jacob Brahmakulam11 February 2018 at 11:23

    I INSIST = demand {IN}{SIST} (~cyst)

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  12. Fraser Simpson11 February 2018 at 11:25

    H: H.E. + LIST + (pe)OP(le)

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  13. Jacob Brahmakulam11 February 2018 at 11:34

    Q QUAGGY boggy soil {QUA{GG}Y}

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    1. Jacob Brahmakulam11 February 2018 at 11:49

      def must be 'on a boggy soil' to make it an adjective?

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  14. raju umamaheswar11 February 2018 at 11:36

    H= HANDSOME graceful -- (ED) HANSOM+ carriage

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  15. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2018 at 12:03

    I am not publishing any results for the best clue in the Jumbo Community crossword that we had on last Sunday, as I received only 11 votes which was quite disappointing.
    Quite a few of the regulars on the blog have stopped visiting nowadays

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  16. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2018 at 12:29

    The non-availabilty of enumeration and clue numbering has made the CW all the more difficult further compounded by some uncommon words

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    1. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 13:09

      Yes, I agree. Providing enu would have been helpful.

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  17. Satyen Nabar11 February 2018 at 12:31

    Sorry was busy earlier..

    D. DOWN TO THE GROUND (NOHOTDRUGWEDONT)*

    Y. YANKERS (NEARSKY)*

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  18. Satyen Nabar11 February 2018 at 12:35

    Z. ZENDO Z{END}O(-o)

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  19. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 12:53

    Z- Z(END)O- Meditation hall (Japanese)
    Small safari park- ZO
    Stop- End

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  20. CryptElla11 February 2018 at 12:58

    F = FLICKERS { LICK inside (SERF)* }
    J = JOJOBA { JO inside JOB + A }
    Z = ZENDO { END inside ZO}

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  21. raju umamaheswar11 February 2018 at 12:58

    ZENDO- meditation hall. Z_END-O.

    Col and KKR : I agree that this is solvable, =but the process has been made difficult by inaccessibility to enumeration ; all the same, I'm enjoying this exercise as I have done these types before , by writing down the clues and ticking them off after cold solving. Once that is done, fitting into the grid is made rather easy.

    Thanks, KKR, for keeping all of us diehards glued to the computer this Sunday. One cannot fathom the joy of having cracked it at the end, notwithstanding the time spent.

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  22. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 13:07

    V- Virago- Termagant

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  23. sree_sree11 February 2018 at 13:26

    P pla(t)y(pi) (slang for pious)

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  24. raju umamaheswar11 February 2018 at 13:29

    VORAGO: Gulf. Termagant= V(-I)+rago.

    Paddy: You let me complete my three ! Thanks

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  25. Satyen Nabar11 February 2018 at 13:33

    My third

    W. WOOD OWL WOOL around DOW(-ry)

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  26. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 13:39

    Thanks Raju and Doc!

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  27. sree_sree11 February 2018 at 13:40

    J jo(job)a

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  28. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2018 at 13:41

    KKR has anyone sent you the completed grid?

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  29. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2018 at 13:49

    Those who have solved all the answers and placed them in the grid, please send the solution to KKR at kkotirao@gmail.com

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  30. Nadathur Rajan11 February 2018 at 14:16

    B by the short hairs
    'Hissy heart-throb' anagram

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  31. Satyen Nabar11 February 2018 at 14:36

    Thanks for the entertainment KKR! Have mailed you the solution :)

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  32. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 14:49

    Venkatesan You have not yet given your third

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    1. P. Venkatesan11 February 2018 at 15:21

      Trying my luck for the third...
      E: eternal (=enteral*) = unaltered

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 15:23

      Unfortunately it is incorrect. Keep trying

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  33. Jacob Brahmakulam11 February 2018 at 15:07

    Exciting stuff. Thanks KKR. Have sent you the completed grid.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 15:13

      Thanks Jacob. One clue is left blank. You can still try.

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    2. Jacob Brahmakulam11 February 2018 at 15:28

      Filled it in now. sorry for the lapse.

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  34. raju umamaheswar11 February 2018 at 16:13

    KKR: I have sent my completed grid by email to you. Thanks A to Zillion !!

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  35. Ramani11 February 2018 at 16:56

    Thanks a million, KKR for a wonderful Sunday. Mailed you the grid.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 17:28

      Sorry Ram. The file extension is not known to my computer. Can you send in different format?

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    2. Ramani11 February 2018 at 18:13

      Sent

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  36. sree_sree11 February 2018 at 17:03

    E etcasis etc* as is (unaltered)

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  37. P. Venkatesan11 February 2018 at 17:09

    My last:
    C: clianthus {cl(i)an}{thus}

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  38. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2018 at 17:13

    Last 4

    A, B, M, X

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  39. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 17:27

    B has been done long ago Col.Only
    A, M & X remain

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  40. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 17:29

    N, Rajan @ 2.15

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  41. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2018 at 17:33

    Last 3

    A, M, X

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  42. Deepak Gopinath11 February 2018 at 17:35

    I will upload the solution grid at 8:30 AM tomorrow

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  43. R Nagendra Prasad11 February 2018 at 18:03

    A: APLITE A{P(LIT)E} a Granite
    M: MAGNETON M{AG}{NET}ON a unit of magnetic moment of atomic particles

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  44. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 18:07

    Thanks to you all for your excellent participation.

    The following members have submitted all correct entried in the order of time:

    1 Doctor Satyen Nabar.
    2 Jacob Brahmakulam.
    3 Raju Umamaheswar.
    4 Subramaniam Arunachalam Rajeswaran [Ram].

    Great solving friends!

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  45. R Nagendra Prasad11 February 2018 at 18:08

    A: APLITE A{P(LIT)E} a type of Granite
    M: MAGNETON M{AG}{NET)ON a magnetic moment measurement in atomic particles

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  46. Col_Gopinath11 February 2018 at 18:09

    Other than the four names mentioned above are there no takers for A,M and X?

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  47. R Nagendra Prasad11 February 2018 at 18:10

    A: APLITE A{P(LIT)E} a Granite
    M: MAGNETON M{AG}{NET}ON a measurement of magnetic moment in atomic particles

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  48. R Nagendra Prasad11 February 2018 at 18:20

    Thank You.

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  49. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 18:34

    Can't understand 'Aplite'(Cryptic). Can you pl. explain?

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  50. raju umamaheswar11 February 2018 at 18:35

    Only X is left in this Xword ? shouldn't someone do the honours ? I don't want to ! Col , close the account, as KKR shouldn't. If Vasant were here , he wuold have ! ThanX !

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  51. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 18:36

    I could only get PE for drill.

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  52. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 18:37

    Got it- LIT- Long Interest Time.

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  53. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 18:38

    My grid is now complete except for X.Waiting for the solution.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 18:46

      X XO AN A
      XO = Executive officer in military
      Articles= AN A

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 18:51

      Def: The Gods from heaven

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    3. Col_Gopinath11 February 2018 at 22:06

      XO is the abvn for Executive Officer in the Navy and Navy is an arm of the military

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  54. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 18:52

    Sent the screen shot.
    X- Xoana

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  55. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 18:52

    Just saw your comments.

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  56. Padmanabhan11 February 2018 at 18:53

    Tough exercise, but worth all the trouble.
    Thank you KKR.

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  57. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 19:25

    Thanks to the blog for the opportunity!

    Thanks Col and all members

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  58. P. Venkatesan11 February 2018 at 19:57

    Completed grid sent to your mail ID, KKR sir.

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  59. Col_Gopinath11 February 2018 at 22:03

    Thank you KKR

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  60. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 February 2018 at 22:08

    Three solvers sent the completed grid after 6.00 PM
    Appreciate their efforts. They are:
    Padmanabhan
    Nagendra Prasad
    P venkatesan

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  61. Vasant12 February 2018 at 21:11

    Attempted the puzzle now...could complete half and peeped in here for the great...challenging & enjoyable.

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  62. Vasant15 February 2018 at 22:03

    Nice grid KKR

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  63. Vasant15 February 2018 at 22:03

    Congrats to all who solved!

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  64. Vasant15 February 2018 at 22:04

    A puzzlethat required imagination & great dolving prowess@

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  65. Vasant15 February 2018 at 22:05

    Waiting for an encore!

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