Sunday, 10 June 2018

Special, Sunday 10 Jun 2018, Amrita


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


ACROSS
1   Host of a ball eating bread roll (9)
6   Bear up and appear content (5)
9   Name Warne finally in ball tampering (5)
10 Cold air circulating around a carnival food court (9)
11 Mum to almost race to church by the French society (10)
12 Co-ordinate to man eastern Spanish borders (4)
14 Against the law for one to enter downtown backless! (7)
15 Old time music maker could play around at home (7)
17 Hampers chances without question (7)
19 One tried a bit of chicken and swore right away! (7)
20 Palm off genie's living quarter (4)
22 Couple of hobos on Sea Bus to re-arrange floating pads (10)
25 Nearby city had good retirement cover (9)
26 Measure a portion of ethyl - it reacts… (5)
27 Presenter at the first half of EMMY with top class speech from the heart (5)
28 Frank's broke - yet hosts first league swimming competition (9)

DOWN
1   Unfortunately without the top cartographer's work (5)
2   They could protect you from rubella most often, perhaps (9)
3   Sprinkle a sliced ice on caviar and lobster for example (10)
4   Allow kiss in advance for a piece of jewelry (7)
5   Gave off when trade suffered somewhat during recession (7)
6   Head weak, gets faint finally after losing weight (4)
7   Courage never fails (5)
8   Perhaps a web designer artist without nametag carries a couple of chits (9)
13 Martial arts expert's hopeless gamble recruited trainee (10)
14 Lack of harmony, case of idealism - perhaps can be a challenge, essentially (9)
16 Nasty lint brushed off right away (9)
18 Exhibitionist's program shelved? (4,3)
19 Lack of muscles, therefore not hot! (7)
21 Wise men can initially be mysterious (5)
23 Tailor used lace finish to make fabric (5)
24 Walked without stick getting nasty foot inflamation (4)

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63 comments:

  1. Ramani10 June 2018 at 10:31

    21d Wise men can initially be mysterious (5)MAGI C

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  2. Ramani10 June 2018 at 10:33

    16d Nasty lint brushed off right away (9)INSTANTLY*

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  3. Vasant10 June 2018 at 10:36

    5A: PANDA T
    7D: NERVE NEVER*
    10A: C+AIR* around A FETE

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  4. Padmanabhan10 June 2018 at 10:36

    1D- A(T)LAS- Cartographer's work
    7D- (NEVER)*- Nerve- Courage

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  5. Padmanabhan10 June 2018 at 10:38

    12A- Mesh- ME SpanisH- coordinate

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  6. sree_sree10 June 2018 at 10:39

    6d teak weak (-w +t)
    2d UMBRELLAS (rubella+ms)*

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  7. Ramani10 June 2018 at 10:40

    26 Measure a portion of ethyl - it reacts… (5)LITRE (T)

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  8. Unknown10 June 2018 at 10:50

    9A. LABEL
    e with "ball*
    23D SUEDE
    used* with "e"
    4D NECKLET
    allow=let
    kiss=neck

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  9. Satyen Nabar10 June 2018 at 10:51

    9A LABEL e in ball*
    22A HOUSEBOATS Ho + (seabusto)*
    23D SUEDE used* + e

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  10. Srinidhi10 June 2018 at 10:59

    1A: Host of a ball eating bread roll (9)
    Abundance
    Bun is bread roll
    inside(eating) A Dance(ball)
    14A: Against the law for one to enter downtown backless! (7)
    Illicit (against the law)
    I(one) inside(entering) Down is ill town is city without last letter(backless)
    8D:Perhaps a web designer artist without nametag carries a couple of chits (9)
    Arachnida
    RA is artist Name is N Tag is ID
    a Couple is two A
    Chits is CH
    A(RA)(CH)(N)(ID)A

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    1. Srinidhi10 June 2018 at 11:03

      8D definition is Perhaps a web designer: a spider! Nice clue!

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    2. Padmanabhan10 June 2018 at 11:04

      ...and nicely cracked.

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    3. Srinidhi10 June 2018 at 11:32

      The answers seems wrong if 19A is what I have solved

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    4. Srinidhi10 June 2018 at 11:35

      Aha! The answer is Arachnoid
      A and RA; Ch as Gopinath Sir has pointed out( couple of chits)
      without name tag is NO ID

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    5. Deepak Gopinath10 June 2018 at 11:37

      Right

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    6. Deepak Gopinath10 June 2018 at 11:39

      Still the word play for 8D is not satisfactory

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    7. Deepak Gopinath10 June 2018 at 11:44

      Looks like Amrita has taken AR for Artist to give {AR}{NO)(ID} over {A}{CH}

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    8. Srinidhi10 June 2018 at 11:46

      Yes Sir. A lot of instructions, I suppose.

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    9. Srinidhi10 June 2018 at 12:10

      Gopinath Sir@ 11:44: I suppose that was what the Setter thought.
      Is Artist Ar? I always thought it was RA(Royal Academy or Royal Artist)

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    10. Satyen Nabar10 June 2018 at 12:44

      8D anno is ARA + NO ID around CH

      Artist = ARA (abbrev for artist can be RA/ARA)
      Without nametag = NO ID
      Carries= container
      A couple of chits= CH(-its)

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    11. Satyen Nabar10 June 2018 at 12:47

      ARA = Associate of the Royal Academy

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    12. Deepak Gopinath10 June 2018 at 12:51

      Thanks Satyen, that explains it

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    13. Srinidhi10 June 2018 at 12:52

      Aha!That clinches it. Thanks Doctor Satyen.

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 June 2018 at 11:05

    20A : Palm off genie's living quarter (4) LAMP {PALM}*

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 June 2018 at 11:10

    3D : Sprinkle a sliced ice on caviar and lobster for example (10) DELICACIES {A SLICED ICE}*

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  13. P. Venkatesan10 June 2018 at 11:11

    3d: delicacies {a+sliced+ice}* = caviar, lobster, etc

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 June 2018 at 11:14

    18D : Exhibitionist's program shelved? (4,3) SHOW OFF &Lit?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 June 2018 at 11:19

      I think it could be a DD?

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    2. Vasant10 June 2018 at 11:20

      I think it is DD. Program is cancelled can be said to be show (is) off

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 June 2018 at 11:24

      Thanks Vasant. I'll take it as DD. Had to cold solve all the three solutions in the absence of Across Lite version!

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    4. Deepak Gopinath10 June 2018 at 11:30

      MB, I have sent you the Across Lite version

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 June 2018 at 11:37

      Thanks Sir. :) Will try to complete the unsolved ones!

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  15. P. Venkatesan10 June 2018 at 11:17

    14a: speechless {spee(-d)}{ch}{les}{s} = mum

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  16. Jayalakshmi arumugam10 June 2018 at 11:19

    28ac free style
    Frees (frank's) yet (anagran)+l (first letter of league)

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  17. P. Venkatesan10 June 2018 at 11:22

    28a: freestyle {free's}{yet+l}* = swimming competition

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  18. Satyen Nabar10 June 2018 at 11:27

    Compensating for label and suede

    14D IMBALANCE Im + (canbea +l)*

    17A B{ASK}ETS

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  19. P. Venkatesan10 June 2018 at 11:29

    5d: replacement for 3d
    5d: effused (T<-) = gave off

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  20. Jayalakshmi arumugam10 June 2018 at 11:35

    25ac nightgown
    Nigh (nearby) g in town (city)

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  21. P. Venkatesan10 June 2018 at 11:39

    Compensating for 28a:
    25a: nightgown {nigh}{t(g)own} = retirement cover

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  22. P. Venkatesan10 June 2018 at 11:59

    Again compensating for 25a:
    13d: blackbelts {black(=hopeless)}{be(l)ts} = martial arts experts

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  23. raju umamaheswar10 June 2018 at 12:04

    8 down: ARACHNOID - a web designer- a spider. Folloing the Col's annotation correcting Srinidhi.

    15 across; DULCINO _ asmall bassoon- an old time instrument-- anagram if COULD + at home=IN

    25 across: NIGHTGOWN-- nearby =NIGH+ city+TOWN+G=good== a retirement(bedtime) gown

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  24. Deepak Gopinath10 June 2018 at 12:28

    19A - ACCUSED {A}{C(-hicken)}{CU(-r)SED}
    19D - ABSENCE {ABS}{(-h)ENCE}
    25D - STYE {ST(-rod)E} over {(-nast)Y}

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 June 2018 at 12:47

      My COD is 25D STYE cleverly clued! I was wondering how foot inflamation could be STYE! Was late to realize Y is at the foot of nastY!
      Thanks Amrita for an enjoyable grid.

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    2. amrita majumdar10 June 2018 at 13:21

      Thank you, Sir!

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  25. Deepak Gopinath10 June 2018 at 12:28

    Last one to be solved 6D. Anyone can try it

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  26. Mukundala Balasubramanyam10 June 2018 at 12:34

    6D PATE PA[-L+ fainT]E Weak = Pale

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  27. Deepak Gopinath10 June 2018 at 12:35

    That's it then for today. Thanks to Amrita for the Special

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  28. Satyen Nabar10 June 2018 at 12:58

    Thanks Amrita for the entertainment! :)

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  29. amrita majumdar10 June 2018 at 13:18

    Thank you all for solving the grid! And thank you, Col!

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  30. Vasant10 June 2018 at 13:30

    Lovely Puzzle, AM. Simple, elegant and well constructed!

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  31. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore10 June 2018 at 13:32



    17a: baskets - b(ask)ets
    26a: litre(T)
    27a: emcee - emm̷y̷+c(l̷a̷s̷s̷)+(s̷p̷eec̷h̷)

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  32. Kolluru Koteswara Rao10 June 2018 at 14:38

    Sorry, Amrita. Couldn't participate in the entertainment. Lovely clues. Thank you.

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  33. Padmanabhan10 June 2018 at 15:09

    Lovely CW with imaginative clues and enjoyed solving. Thank you Amrita and thank you Col.

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  34. Balaji11 June 2018 at 05:25

    Super grid AM. Very crisp and elegant clues...

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  35. amrita majumdar11 June 2018 at 13:26

    thanks a lot, Balaji!

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