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Sunday, 13 May 2018

Special, Sunday 13 May 2018, Raju Umamaheswar


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


ACROSS
1   Noble's song sung in church for some bishops. (5, 9)
9   Sort of sketch one dares not to put under the hammer (9)
10 Unusual type that stops disturbance early before copper (5)
11 Funds  could be hard to trim in the NSE (5)
12 Surprised expression caught by a robber for this rodent (9)
13 Steps taken to honour our star  ( 3-5)
15 Lose one's nerves on the carpet.  (6)
17 Tool to rid of the snow round front of the vehicle (6)
19 Cerripedic  rock-bottom sticker--   (8)
22 Do Russian reforms show organisations  unable to adapt? (9)
23 Wipe the floor and clear the nuisances . (3,2)
24 Done ! pronouncement on the radio! (5)
25 Original kind of popular star reaching high point  (9)
26  Her lover was booked for salaciousness ( 4,10)

DOWN
1   Embarrass the team? (3,3,4,4,)
2   Suddenly attack with bullet to leg? (5,2)
3   Poor bears rattled by a bully? (5)
4   Contribute to defence by a recorder?  (8)  .
5   This far and no further ? so says the judge! (6)
6   A general direction of strategy? He does it. (9)
7   Whence number left for aeroplanes? (7)
8   Did  politicians throw this Port and non-alcoholic drink in tax protest? ( 6,3,5)
14 Is this inessential equipment for a criminal's sidekick? (9)
16 Composer adding note to sacred music - clear? (8)
18 House containing a new  orchid - yummy! (7)
20 Topical changes for American politics? (7)
21 Home erected in great European city (6)
23 Western manoeuvre to capture island. (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at RAJU 12

Enjoy.

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57 comments:

  1. Ramani13 May 2018 at 10:32

    8d Boston tea party cd

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  2. Vasant13 May 2018 at 10:42

    12A:BANDI(COO)T
    20D: CAPITOL (TOPICAL)*
    23A: MOP UP DD

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  3. Satyen Nabar13 May 2018 at 10:43

    26A LADY CHATTERLEY (CD)

    12A BANDI{COO}T

    10A CURIO CU + RIO(-t)

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  4. Satyen Nabar13 May 2018 at 10:49

    Compensating for 12A

    23D MOV{I}E

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  5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao13 May 2018 at 11:07

    22AC DINOSAURS*
    25AC IN NOVA TOR
    7DN AIR PORT

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  6. raju umamaheswar13 May 2018 at 11:14

    14down: While rechecking, I discovered an error in cluing 14 down: Please read as : Inessential equipment for criminal's SIDEKICK (9) My sincere apologies to ye-all. Go on and complete the grid.

    Throw as many brickbats as you can . I am already ducking against the barrage of missiles !

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao13 May 2018 at 12:36

      Ha ha, thanks for making my life easy!

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    2. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 13:00

      14D- I got ACCESSORY as the solution and was nonplussed to see it in the clue.
      Now I am an 'accessory after the fact'
      Thank you Raju for helping me to get one.

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  7. P. Venkatesan13 May 2018 at 11:16

    21d: MUNICH {IN<-} inside {MUCH} = city

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  8. Srinidhi13 May 2018 at 11:43

    1D:Embarrass the team? (3,3,4,4,)
    Let The Side Down :Easy, I thought, mildly cryptic
    9A:Sort of sketch one dares not to put under the hammer (9)
    Thumbnail; Cryptic definition
    4D:Contribute to defence by a recorder? (8)
    Playback; again Cryptic Definition

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    1. raju umamaheswar13 May 2018 at 15:02

      Good show, Srinidhi; you are a solver after my heart. I love cryptic definitions !

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  9. P. Venkatesan13 May 2018 at 12:16

    16d: Massenet {mass(=sacred music)}{e(=note)}{net(=clear)} = composer

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    1. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 12:49

      Is not clear= nett?

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    2. P. Venkatesan13 May 2018 at 13:14

      Clear (verb) - profit - net.
      http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/clear

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    3. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 13:26

      Thank you. I always thought it was 'Nett Profit'.

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  10. KARTHIK13 May 2018 at 12:23

    13A) SUNDANCE - CD
    11A) H from hard; to trim = EDGE; Soln: HEDGE

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  11. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 12:34

    20D- Capitol- (Topical)*

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  12. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 12:37

    8D- Boston Tea Party- Did politicians throw this?
    Port- Boston
    Non Alcaholic drink- Tea
    CD?

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  13. KARTHIK13 May 2018 at 12:49

    3D) {BEARS}*=SABRE

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  14. P. Venkatesan13 May 2018 at 13:04

    18d: vanilla {v(a)(n)illa} = orchid yummy
    Villa=house

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  15. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 13:28

    24A- Wildo- (Will Do)- Radio

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    1. Satyen Nabar13 May 2018 at 14:37

      Paddy,I think it is 'Wilco'. That's the term to signal agreement on radio.

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    2. Deepak Gopinath13 May 2018 at 14:46

      WILCO is short form of Will Comply

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    3. raju umamaheswar13 May 2018 at 15:00

      Right you are , Doc & Col.

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    4. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 15:49

      Thank you for the correction. I seem to be way behind in such terms. I could only think of 'will do'.

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  16. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 13:28

    Def.- Done

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  17. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 13:32

    17A- Devi(-S+C)e- Devvice- Tool

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao13 May 2018 at 14:11

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao13 May 2018 at 14:13

      I am afraid it is incorrect.
      To get rid of the snow - DE-ICE
      Front of the vehicle - V
      DE[V]ICE - tool

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    3. Vasant13 May 2018 at 14:31

      +1

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    4. raju umamaheswar13 May 2018 at 15:06

      Exactly ! KKR & Vasant. I like suchn tools as clue in crossies !

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao13 May 2018 at 15:12

      Super crossie, Raju.
      It took time to crack

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    6. raju umamaheswar13 May 2018 at 17:15

      I almost cracked my cranium to create it !

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  18. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 13:37

    yet to be done-
    Across- 1,15,19
    Down- 2,5,6,

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  19. Nadathur Rajan13 May 2018 at 14:13

    1A Noble's song sung in church for some bishops. (5, 9) (LORD'S) (SPIRITUAL)
    26 bishops of the established Church of England who serve in the House of Lords
    5D This far and no further ? so says the judge! (6) RULING (CD)
    6D A general direction of strategy? He does it. (9) (TACTIC)(IAN)

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  20. Nadathur Rajan13 May 2018 at 14:16

    19a Cirripedic ... (NOT Cerripedic)

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  21. RameshJ13 May 2018 at 14:31

    15a WILT ON (wilton is a carpet)
    19A Barnacle (Easy)
    2D ROUND IN ( Bullet=Round, Not sure why leg=IN),

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  22. Deepak Gopinath13 May 2018 at 14:52

    All done and dusted. Thank you Raju

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  23. raju umamaheswar13 May 2018 at 15:10

    Thank YOU, Col. Always at your s(OS)ervice !

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  24. Satyen Nabar13 May 2018 at 15:11

    Thanks for the entertainment Raju!

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  25. raju umamaheswar13 May 2018 at 15:17

    Thanks Doc. My cranium is still atached where it should be !

    Cirripedic rhymes well with Cervipedic that you are ; hence I used it in place of the easier crustacean !

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  26. Padmanabhan13 May 2018 at 15:56

    Thank you Raju & Col.

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  27. C.G. BHARGAV13 May 2018 at 16:48

    The bouncer and the dancer - Part 34

    SS and the two dancers got down and hailed a taxi. Take us quickly to Lublin AIRPORT.
    Even as the taxi was speeding to the airport SS heard a ping. The message was: DCC.
    After a minute or so SS typed: Roger. WILCO.

    He at once knew that the RULING was direct from CAPITOL Hill. He just can't LET THE SIDE DOWN. Yet again for the last time we went for a PLAYBACK of the THUMBNAIL sketch of "V".
    He headed to the counter: Three tickets to MUNICH.

    The flight took off and at last he could relax a bit. He switched on the MOVIE.
    Oh No. Not again! Butch Cassidy and the SUNDANCE kid.

    What happened nex?

    Note: DCC: DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP

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  28. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore13 May 2018 at 18:06

    12a: bandicoot: bandi(coo)t
    19a: barnacle(dd)
    20d: capitol - (topical)*

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