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)

Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 13

Enjoy.

53 comments:

  1. 24a Finding Nemo back is a good sign (4)OMEN <-

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  2. 22 Against hearing rhymes (6)VERSES (hom)

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  3. 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. 21D:ACETIC ~ASCETIC
    22D: VERSES ~VERSUS
    22A: VISAGE VI(SAG)E

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  5. 12a Brother gets permission from queen to negotiate (6)BR (OK) ER

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  6. 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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  7. 10A-Goon- Stupid
    Proceed- Go on

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

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

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

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

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  11. 26ac overeats (whatsoever - w (wife) and h (husband)

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  12. 1D : DEMOCRAT {D EMOC<- RAT<-}
    3D : GULPER {GUL<- PER<-}

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  13. Mine last one

    20A : CASHMERE {CASH}{MERE}

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  14. 18d: yoghurts {yog (-i){hurts}
    24a: onus {on}{us}

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

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    2. Ou = a man (informal South African origin)

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

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  15. 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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  16. 14A: ACID HEAD (he is an addict - isnt)*, def = user
    5d: ENDOTHERMS (END OTHER MS)
    23A: RED EMPEROR (DD)

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

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

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  19. 9A - HANSOM (~handsome)
    4D - THIRTIES [CD]
    15A - THRIFT {TH(-e)}{RIFT}

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

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

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    1. Thanks Venkatesa!
      You still haven't relooked 24AC

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

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  21. Yet to be solved

    Across - 24, 25

    Down - 6, 13, 16

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

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  23. 16A FREE PORT (Free + port)

    13D KERCHIEVES KEEVES around RICH*

    25A LINEAR NIL <-- + EAR

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  24. Thanks for the entertainment KKR :)

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

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  26. Thank you KKR. Enjoyed solving.

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  27. 10a: go on(dd)
    26a: overeats - (-w-hatsoever)*
    24d: omen - (nemo<=)

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