Sunday, 11 March 2018

Special, Sunday 11 Mar 2018, K Koteswar Rao


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


ACROSS
7   Drink through extremely short opening (8)
9   Cab is said to be good-looking (6)
10 Stupid! Proceed (2,2)
11 The computer program that might indicate! (5,5)
12 Brother gets permission from queen to negotiate (6)
14 User isn't absent, he is an addict sadly (4-4)
15 Husbandry is the endless split. Or is it sea pink? (6)
17 Missing smokers’ accessory takes hearts away (6)
20 Hard money just for material purpose (8)
22 Face the downturn in struggle (6)
23 Fish that embarrassed the ruler! (3,7)
24 The production of proof first lies in men (4)
25 No number returns with attention on algebra perhaps (6)
26 Whatsoever husband and wife left on death goes on a binge (8)

DOWN
1   Sailor to arrive on date in return wagon (8)
2   Nothing is lost for a 24? So be it! (4)
3   Pull back the revolutionary agent. He is a dipsomaniac (6)
4   The time between 30 and 39 (8)
5   Stop taking different girl! They generate internal heat (10)
6   Take 10 on withdrawal of promotion as gangster (6)
8   Who had bad seat on elephant? (6)
13 Large tubs around filthy rich headcovers (10)
16 With compliments, left open for all vessels (4,4)
18 Spiritual person lost independence and upset about special foods (8)
19 Eccentric eiderdown flies endlessly. (6)
21 Sounds like abstainer, like vinegar (6)
22 Against hearing rhymes (6)
24 Finding Nemo back is a good sign (4)

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53 comments:

  1. Ramani11 March 2018 at 10:31

    24a Finding Nemo back is a good sign (4)OMEN <-

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  2. Ramani11 March 2018 at 10:32

    22 Against hearing rhymes (6)VERSES (hom)

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  3. Ramani11 March 2018 at 10:33

    22d that was. It can be either VERSES or VERSUS depending upon the crossings.
    24 read d in the place of a

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  4. Vasant11 March 2018 at 10:38

    21D:ACETIC ~ASCETIC
    22D: VERSES ~VERSUS
    22A: VISAGE VI(SAG)E

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  5. P. Venkatesan11 March 2018 at 10:38

    24d omen {nemo <-} = good sign

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  6. Ramani11 March 2018 at 10:41

    12a Brother gets permission from queen to negotiate (6)BR (OK) ER

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  7. raju umamaheswar11 March 2018 at 10:41

    12 across: BROKER-BR- for brother+OK = permission+ER for queen- negotiate

    10 across: GOON GO +ON== proceed

    2 down: AMEN= 24 across= OMEN O replaced by A -So be it.

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  8. Padmanabhan11 March 2018 at 10:42

    10A-Goon- Stupid
    Proceed- Go on

    12A- Broker- (BR)(OK)(ER)- To negotiate

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam11 March 2018 at 10:42

    8dn howdah (who had)
    10ac go on (goon - stupid)

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  10. Jayalakshmi arumugam11 March 2018 at 10:46

    19dn weirdo (eiderdown-end)

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  11. Padmanabhan11 March 2018 at 10:48

    Replacement for 12A
    11A- Power point- Computer prog.
    Indicate- point

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  12. Vasant11 March 2018 at 10:52

    Replacement for 22D
    7A: VERMOUTH VER(-y)+ MOUTH

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  13. Jayalakshmi arumugam11 March 2018 at 10:53

    26ac overeats (whatsoever - w (wife) and h (husband)

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam11 March 2018 at 11:12

    1D : DEMOCRAT {D EMOC<- RAT<-}
    3D : GULPER {GUL<- PER<-}

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  15. Padmanabhan11 March 2018 at 11:15

    1D is nicely done MB.

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam11 March 2018 at 11:15

    Mine last one

    20A : CASHMERE {CASH}{MERE}

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  17. P. Venkatesan11 March 2018 at 11:28

    18d: yoghurts {yog (-i){hurts}
    24a: onus {on}{us}

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 March 2018 at 11:40

      24AC is to be rechecked

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    2. P. Venkatesan11 March 2018 at 12:13

      Opus = production
      P from proof's first
      Unable to account for 'ous' with 'men'

      Delete
    3. Satyen Nabar11 March 2018 at 12:32

      Ou = a man (informal South African origin)

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    4. P. Venkatesan11 March 2018 at 12:38

      Thank you.

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    5. Deepak Gopinath11 March 2018 at 13:06

      Since Ou=Men is not common usage I feel it should have been 'in men from Africa'

      Delete
  18. raju umamaheswar11 March 2018 at 11:30

    Much easier than the earlier teaser from KKR. Albeit, several clues like WEIRDO, VISAGE , VERMOUTH etc are well constructed. Thanks KKR.

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  19. Ramki Krishnan11 March 2018 at 11:31

    14A: ACID HEAD (he is an addict - isnt)*, def = user
    5d: ENDOTHERMS (END OTHER MS)
    23A: RED EMPEROR (DD)

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  20. raju umamaheswar11 March 2018 at 11:32

    Ah, yes, CASHMERE is an old favourite of setters but here it is hard material, though softly done !

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  21. raju umamaheswar11 March 2018 at 11:36

    Mostly done and dusted within an hour. Good show, folks ! Have a great Sunday !

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  22. Deepak Gopinath11 March 2018 at 11:39

    9A - HANSOM (~handsome)
    4D - THIRTIES [CD]
    15A - THRIFT {TH(-e)}{RIFT}

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 March 2018 at 11:45

      Thanks Col.
      15AC also means sea pink, a seaside plant

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  23. P. Venkatesan11 March 2018 at 11:42

    Replacing 24d...
    17a: astray {as(-h)tray}

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 March 2018 at 12:06

      Thanks Venkatesa!
      You still haven't relooked 24AC

      Delete
    2. P. Venkatesan11 March 2018 at 12:34

      Sir, please see my 12:13 and enlighten me.

      Delete
  24. Deepak Gopinath11 March 2018 at 11:51

    Yet to be solved

    Across - 24, 25

    Down - 6, 13, 16

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  25. Vasant11 March 2018 at 11:54

    Lovely puzzle KKR! Liked 11A, 13D, 23A, 9A among other clues.

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  26. Satyen Nabar11 March 2018 at 11:54

    16A FREE PORT (Free + port)

    13D KERCHIEVES KEEVES around RICH*

    25A LINEAR NIL <-- + EAR

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  27. Satyen Nabar11 March 2018 at 11:58

    Thanks for the entertainment KKR :)

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  28. Suresh11 March 2018 at 12:20

    24a {O{P}US}

    6D GOON DA<

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  29. Deepak Gopinath11 March 2018 at 12:30

    Done and dusted. Thanks KKR

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  30. Ramki Krishnan11 March 2018 at 13:11

    Thanks for the Sunday special KKR!
    Especially liked the deletion clues - ACID HEAD, WEIRDOS, OVEREATS.

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  31. Padmanabhan11 March 2018 at 14:27

    Thank you KKR. Enjoyed solving.

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  32. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore11 March 2018 at 14:47

    10a: go on(dd)
    26a: overeats - (-w-hatsoever)*
    24d: omen - (nemo<=)

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