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Friday, 5 October 2018

No 12439, Friday 05 Oct 2018, Afterdark


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ACROSS
1   Indulge in frivolous activities at shore (5,6) HORSE AROUND {SHORE}* [RA]
9   Ideal future husband is one who has ability to buy a posh car (2,5) MR RIGHT {M{RR}IGHT}
10 These days, life gets new beginning with money (7) CENTIME {CE}{N}{TIME} Life/Time? See comments
11 Greetings from husband, sensational to the core (5) HELLO {H}{yELLOw}
12 Respect for authority is earned when force is not used to gain victory (9) REVERENCE {RE(-f+v)VERENCE)
13 Criminal's last and first sins foremost in records (5) LISTS {c...aL}{1ST}{Sins}
15 Launch/opening of a famous college (9) DARTMOUTH {DART}{MOUTH}
18 Undo/Save .w file related to acoustics (5,4) SOUND WAVE {UNDO+SAVE+W}* File as AInd? See comments
21 Survival of insurers is in following second and third premium (5) RELIC {pREm..m}{LIC}
22 Get a label pasted on trifle (9) BAGATELLE*
24 Overgrown slum also known as leading city (5) OSAKA Acrostic
26 Scoop on stand-up comic (7) DUSTPAN*
27 Sherry is acting sullen, almost odious from the beginning (7) AMOROSO {A}{MOROSe}{Od...s}
28 Source for intense training (5,6) CRASH COURSE {SOURCE}* [RA]

DOWN
1   Man has zero manners primarily, he'll mostly collect half the tips from maids (4,5) HOME HELPS {H{O}{Ma...s}E} {HELl}{tiPS}
2   River and a lake in countryside (5) RURAL {RUR}{A}{L}
3   Arrested offensive oriental in the end (9) ENGROSSED {EN{GROSS}{E}D}
4   Ex-lover at the end was on drugs and was whacked (7) RETIRED {l..eR}{E}{TIRED}
5   Reveal officer's version after initial understanding (7) UNCOVER {Un...g}{NCO}{VER}
6   Portal hires new contributor (5) DONOR {DO{N}OR}
7   Twice a year, one attends Bar on a ramshackle Luna... (8) BIANNUAL {B{1}AN}{LUNA*}
8   ... to dole out amnesties evenly (4) METE aMnEsTiEs
14 Slow horse, one that fell in snow (8) SLUGGISH {SLU{GG}{1}SH}
16 One of earliest visitors beat back by policeman frivolously, to the core (5,4) MARCO POLO {RAM<=}{COP}{f..vOLOu..y}
17 Saw a new headgear... (9) HACKAMORE {HACK}{A}{MORE} More/New? See comments
19 ...at Los Angeles, worn by worker in a state (7) ATLANTA {AT}{L{ANT}{A}
20 Notice to attack part of spectators, say (7) EYELASH {EYE}{LASH}
22 Lad has many an association (4) BODY {BO{D}Y}
23 Subject is Egyptian perhaps, returning after touring India (5) TOPIC {TOP{I}C<=} AD seems to have erred here Egyptian is COPT and not CPOT. Will work though if taken as an indirect anagram. See comments
25 Letters from Laila mourning about Majnu, perhaps (5) AMOUR [T] Semi&lit

GRID

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65 comments:

  1. Brajesh5 October 2018 at 08:28

    18A sound wave anagram if undo/save and w

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  2. Uma Sundar5 October 2018 at 08:35

    1d home helps h(om)e hel(ps)
    Man-eating he
    Zero - o
    Manners primarily - m
    Hell mostly hel
    Half the tips - ps

    19d Atlanta. At (LA) ant

    11a hello h (Ello)
    Husband - h
    Sensational to the core - y(ello)w

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  3. Brajesh5 October 2018 at 08:43

    7d Bi annual,Luna attends (in) b from bar And a from a ramshackle?

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  4. Sujatha5 October 2018 at 08:44

    22a get+a+label, anagram, bagatelle = trifle
    6D portal = door + new = n, anagram, don't = contributor
    7D one = I, bar = ban, I+Ban+Luna, anagram, biannual = twice a year

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    1. Deepak Gopinath5 October 2018 at 08:56

      Sujatha, recheck 6D

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    2. Deepak Gopinath5 October 2018 at 08:59

      As per your Anno for 7D, the answer is {I}{BAN}{LUNA*} which is not correct

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    3. Sujatha5 October 2018 at 12:16

      Donor = contributor. Typed from my phone. Didn't notice the spello. Sorry.

      Delete
    4. Sujatha5 October 2018 at 13:07

      As for 7D, I have mentioned that it is an anagram of i+ban+luna = biannual.

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  5. Brajesh5 October 2018 at 08:49

    2d Rural R from River and lake ural

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    1. Deepak Gopinath5 October 2018 at 08:58

      Incorrect anno. There is no Lake Ural

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    2. Chaturvasi5 October 2018 at 09:25

      Ural lake might be OK.
      https://www.shutterstock.com/search/ural+lake

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    3. Chaturvasi5 October 2018 at 09:30

      But no crossword dictionary records 'Ural' under Lakes.
      I am confused.
      Of course, there will be lakes amnong a range of mountains.
      I may have to rewrite a clue as I think I used 'lake' for URAL.
      I did that after some Internet checking but this is very unreliable until we are very careful.
      Mistype a word and search, you will get a result as some prakruthi may have used that nisspelling.

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    4. Deepak Gopinath5 October 2018 at 09:39

      The river is RUR see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rur

      Delete
  6. Prasanna Rao5 October 2018 at 09:13

    18a.....sound wave ....from UNDO+SAVE+W

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  7. Balaji5 October 2018 at 09:17

    9A. IDEAL FUTURE HUSBAND is one who has ability to buy a posh car
    MR. RIGHT. {m{RR}ight}
    21A. SURVIVAL of insurers is in following second and third premium. RELIC. {pREmium{LIC}}
    5D. REVEAL officer's version after initial understanding. UNCOVER .{un{co}{ver}}

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  8. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 10:02

    2018 at 10:00
    13. Criminal's last and first sins foremost in records {L+IST+S}= LISTS is records
    L from last of criminal
    IST = first
    S foremost of sins

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  9. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 10:11

    24 Overgrown slum also known as leading city {OSAKA} is city {Acrostic}

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  10. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 10:18

    8 ... to dole out amnesties evenly {METE} is dole out . (even letters of amnesties)

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  11. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 10:20

    Col Sir , If postings are few Can the rookie take the liberty of posting more than 3 ?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath5 October 2018 at 10:28

      Go ahead take two more. Next week I shall change the quota to 5

      Delete
  12. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 10:31

    First and last clues of Across seem to be of type RA

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  13. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 10:48

    1A HORSE AROUND = Indulge in frivolous activities , {shore}* RA
    28A CRASH COURSE =

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  14. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 10:49

    28A CRASH COURSE = intense training , { source}* RA

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  15. Dr. M. Murugan5 October 2018 at 10:59

    1A-:Horse Around- shore anag Horse..
    3D- Engrossed - offensive- Gross,
    6A - Donor - Portal -Door..N from new

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  16. KARTHIK5 October 2018 at 11:00

    14Dn) Defn: Slow; Soln: SLUGGISH; Anno: {SLU{GG}{I}SH}
    SLUSH from snow; GG from horse; I from one

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  17. P. Venkatesan5 October 2018 at 11:05

    16d: Marco Polo {ram(=beat)<-}{cop(=police)}{(-friv)olo(-usly)} = one if the earliest visitors

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  18. Deepak Gopinath5 October 2018 at 11:10

    Yet to be solved

    Across - 10, 12, 15, 26, 27
    Down - 2, 3, 4, 7, 17, 20, 22, 23, 25

    Correct Annotations for 2D and 19D

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  19. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 11:23

    10A CENTIME {CE+N+TIME}
    these days = CE ( Col used this )
    new= N
    life = TIME
    N in the beginning of life

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    1. Deepak Gopinath5 October 2018 at 11:26

      Chandrashekar I allowed you two more and not three

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  20. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 11:26

    12A REVERENCE = Respect
    autjority = REFERENCE - F(force) + V= victory

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  21. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2018 at 11:27

    OOPS Sorry sir ..did not see your comment..

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  22. B N Acharya5 October 2018 at 11:28

    22D BODY. Boy-lad has D-many. Def association

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  23. B N Acharya5 October 2018 at 11:31

    25D amour. Lail AMOUR ni--.def Majnu

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  24. Vasant5 October 2018 at 11:36

    3D EN(GROSS)(E)D

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  25. KARTHIK5 October 2018 at 11:36

    Solution to clue 23D isn't fitting the grid IMHO

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    1. sree_sree5 October 2018 at 12:04

      I also had the same doubt. Returning anind? Or mistake?

      Delete
    2. KARTHIK5 October 2018 at 12:18

      Then it becomes an indirect anind.
      I in {COPT<=} gives only TPOIC. My guess is it's a mistake.

      Delete
  26. Murali5 October 2018 at 11:44

    17D HACKAMORE = headgear Saw= HACK A new=MORE headgear.

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  27. Bhuvaneswari Younus5 October 2018 at 11:46

    22 bagatelle anagram of get a label
    26 dustpan anagram of standup
    28 crash course for intense training

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  28. KARTHIK5 October 2018 at 11:47

    Yet to be solved

    Across - 15, 26, 27
    Down - 4, 17, 20, 23

    Correct Annotations for 2D, 7D and 19D

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  29. Bhuvaneswari Younus5 October 2018 at 11:50

    23 d topic but is copt a short form?

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    1. Vasant5 October 2018 at 12:01

      Copt are member of christian people of Egypt but as per clue the answee would be TPO(I)C

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  30. B N Acharya5 October 2018 at 11:51

    15A Dartmouth university. DD

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  31. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 October 2018 at 11:52

    19D ATLANTA {AT}{L(ANT)A}

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  32. Vasant5 October 2018 at 11:56

    4D making up for 3D already answered
    R E Tired (R from loveR)
    Def:Ex

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  33. earl5 October 2018 at 12:01

    26A scoop on standup comic
    Dustpan

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  34. sree_sree5 October 2018 at 12:51

    27a sherry:amoroso
    Acting:a
    Sullen:moros(-e)almost
    Odious begining:o

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  35. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore5 October 2018 at 13:09

    20d: eyelash(part of eyes) - (eye=notice)+(lash=attack)

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  36. KARTHIK5 October 2018 at 13:14

    Pending

    Correct Annotations for 2D, 7D

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    1. sree_sree5 October 2018 at 14:05

      since it is past 2pm, col has given 2d
      2d rural: rur(river) a l(lake).
      7d b(i)an luna* correcting Sujatha@844

      Delete
  37. sree_sree5 October 2018 at 14:07

    10a life sentence (time in jail)
    18a file:categorise/arrange, imu

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  38. sree_sree5 October 2018 at 14:09

    17d more:additional:new

    want to add something more:

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  39. Shrikanth5 October 2018 at 14:10

    Both life=time and new=more are in Chambers as synonyms. File - I used it in the sense of scrape / grate (maybe throwback to Smithy days)

    Copt was oversight. Apologies

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  40. Sundarram5 October 2018 at 16:37

    Great learning value - long way to go

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