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Sunday, 5 August 2018

Special, Sunday 05 Aug 2018, Karthikeyan


Welcome to our new setter, Karthikeyan. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.

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


ACROSS
1   A vessel first for aid (6)
4   Abnormal waiter shook extremely  a surface sport (5,3)
10 Pet race announced anyhow in acrobatics (7)
11 Produce lot more trill (7)
12 Score single digit (6,3)
13 Swelling in suede mat board (5)
14 Overide king, a ruler (7)
16 Only without money collected by railway employee becomes cylindrical in cross-section (6)
19 Pass by the spanish church feature (6)
21 Regret raising capital in Rupees all over east (7)
25 Aussie general takes part in prolonged assault (5)
26 Will fluid disinfectants fade away? I have a feeling it might (9)
28 One-time recidivist holds back this anti-social individual (7)
29 Semidiapente almost commonplace to have single interval (7)
30 We writers going into sea nearly in a state of anxiety (8)
31 Fathers, say, absorbed in gambling (6)

DOWN
1   Shrewd pupil finally drops English after getting good grades (6)
2   Rush to dispute point (5)
3   Ghost creeps shapelessly around the centre of Patna (7)
5   Then, maybe, in the morning's a national song (6)
6   Heartily vexed annoy English scripture interpreter (7)
7   Sergeant major fine with English lower in rank in such a zone (9)
8   One very delayed daughter put in quarantine (8)
9   Dear resting place gets zero score (7)
15 Quite brazen,  offering fake drug in smaller quantity (9)
17 Have another look at most of the actual engineering found in two ships (8)
18 Body found in squat surrounded by refuse (7)
20 Litres split, with lemonade finally lacking vitality (7)
22 Old eleven with new team goes rusty (7)
23 Lags inside facing endlessly rigourous sentences initially (6)
24 Current ship permitting license leading to small islands (6)
27 Made a decision about stockings (5)

Across Lite version can be downloaded from KARTHIK 1

Enjoy.

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60 comments:

  1. P. Venkatesan5 August 2018 at 10:35

    25a: seige (T)
    8d: isolated {i}{so}{late}{d}

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  2. Vasant5 August 2018 at 10:36

    19A EL APSE
    25A SIEGE T
    20D STERILE (LITRES)*+ E

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  3. ramani5 August 2018 at 10:36

    8d One very delayed daughter put in quarantine (8)I SO LATE D

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  4. Vasant5 August 2018 at 10:38

    Making up for 25A
    28A EREMITE T<

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  5. ramani5 August 2018 at 10:38

    5D Then, maybe, in the morning's a national song (6)A (NTHE)* M

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  6. P. Venkatesan5 August 2018 at 10:40

    4a: water ski {waiter+s...k}*

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  7. ramani5 August 2018 at 10:40

    30 We writers going into sea nearly in a state of anxiety (8)S {US}{PENS} E

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  8. ramani5 August 2018 at 10:42

    1 A vessel first for aid (6)A SS IST
    For isolated

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam5 August 2018 at 10:43

    13 ac edema (T)
    1ac assist a ss (vessel) ist first)
    8 dn isolated I so (very) late(delayed) Daughter

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  10. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 August 2018 at 10:53

    12AC TWENTY ONE
    21AC R[EMOR<]S E
    7DN S M OK E LESS

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 August 2018 at 10:53

    12A ; TWENTY ONE [Score= Twenty][Singel=One] Def : Digit
    3Dn : SPECTRE Screep* around paTna Def : Ghost

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  12. Jayalakshmi arumugam5 August 2018 at 10:57

    10ac trapeze (pet race)*

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  13. Jayalakshmi arumugam5 August 2018 at 11:03

    11ac tremolo (lot more)*

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 August 2018 at 11:05

    In place of 12A done by KKR

    2Dn : SPATE [SPAT+E] Def ; Rush

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  15. R Nagendra Prasad5 August 2018 at 11:16

    3D : SPECTRE FROM Creeps around T - centre of paTna
    24D : ISLETS from (I)S(LET)S
    17D : REASSESS from REA(-L)SS(E)SS

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 August 2018 at 11:25

    My last one

    15A : Quite brazen, offering fake drug in smaller quantity (9) SHAMELESS [SHAM+E+LESS]

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  17. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan5 August 2018 at 11:32

    22 D OXIDISE ( old-O, eleven -XI, team - SIDE * , def: rusty )
    Indirect anagram

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  18. Murali5 August 2018 at 12:41

    6D Heartily vexed (EXE) annoy (GET)Engl ish (E) (Scripture interpreter) = EXEGETE

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  19. Deepak Gopinath5 August 2018 at 12:45

    26A - INSTINCTS - {DISINFECTANTS-FADE}*
    31A - BEGETS {B{EG}ETS}
    27D - CHOSE {C}{HOSE}

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  20. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 August 2018 at 13:14

    MB and Nagendra Prasad!
    Your 3D needs correction

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 August 2018 at 14:46

      Not able to annotate it differently. Seek help.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 August 2018 at 16:37

      Ok. Got it courtesy sree sree @ 15:24 pm.
      It is SPECTER. Correction in spelling with respect to other crossings.

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  21. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 August 2018 at 13:18

    Well done Karthikeyan..

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  22. Ganesan Pancharatnam5 August 2018 at 13:25

    29 AC Semidiapente almost commonplace to have single interval
    Tritone = Semi + dia + pente (musical interval composed of three adjacent whole tones)

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  23. Srinidhi5 August 2018 at 13:33

    16A Only without money collected by railway employee becomes cylindrical in cross-section (6)
    TERETE
    Only is Mere Remove M (without money)
    Put inside TTE(railway employee)
    18D Body found in squat surrounded by refuse (7)
    DENSITY
    Sit is squat
    inside Deny (refuse)
    23D Lags inside facing endlessly rigourous sentences initially (6)
    LIFERS
    Acrostic semi&Lit

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    1. KARTHIK5 August 2018 at 13:43

      Well done Srinidhi....

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    2. Srinidhi5 August 2018 at 13:49

      Thanks Sir. Very nice puzzle.Didnt look like a debut puzzle.

      Delete
  24. Murali5 August 2018 at 13:50

    9D Dear=BELOVED (resting place)= BED gets (zero score)=LOVE

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  25. Deepak Gopinath5 August 2018 at 14:11

    Last 2
    Across - 14
    Down - 1

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  26. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore5 August 2018 at 14:34

    1a: assist - (a)(ss)(ist)
    26a: instincts - (d̷isinf̷e̷cta̷nts)*
    22d: oxidise - {(o)(xi)(side*)}

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  27. Ganesan Pancharatnam5 August 2018 at 14:46

    For 29 ac what could be the correct annotation. Anyone please

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  28. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 August 2018 at 14:51

    Superb debut puzzle. Keep them coming Karthikeyan.

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  29. sree_sree5 August 2018 at 15:24

    14a USURP ER
    1d A'S TUTE (-e).

    Nice one karthikeyan. Had guests so ca!me in late.
    MB, 3d would be specter.

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    1. KARTHIK5 August 2018 at 15:27

      Thanks Sree

      Delete
    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 August 2018 at 15:38

      @ sree sree

      Free Dict shows specter as the variant of spectre. Maybe specter suits the grid better!

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    3. Deepak Gopinath5 August 2018 at 17:40

      Specter is the American spelling, so an indicator would be required

      Delete
  30. Deepak Gopinath5 August 2018 at 17:38

    Thanks for the special Karthikeyan.

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  31. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore5 August 2018 at 18:14

    14a: usurper - (pursue+r)*

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  32. Padmanabhan5 August 2018 at 19:57

    Excellent CW. Enjoyed solving,though late

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  33. raju umamaheswar5 August 2018 at 21:08

    KARTHILKEYAN: Excellent debut. Come again. I liked EXEGETE and the use of SEMIDIAPENTE clue. Are you into music by any chance ?

    I am yet to get used to the time span between India and the US. I wish I had actively participated . Missing ye-all !

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    1. KARTHIK5 August 2018 at 22:03

      Thank you sir. Not into music though love to hear soft music.

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    2. Vasant5 August 2018 at 22:41

      We miss you too Raju..your unique comments..your sane madness(!)..your encouragement to all setters..
      Wish you a super stay in USA alongwith your family

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  34. Ramki Krishnan6 August 2018 at 15:33

    Enjoyed the puzzle Karthikeyan! Could solve it only late yesterday.
    Looking forward to more.

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