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Thursday, 8 November 2018

No 12466, Thursday 08 Nov 2018, KrisKross


ACROSS
1   Buy mushroom, indeed! (6) ACCEPT {AC{CEP}T}
4   Sam's upset about English student in neighbouring building (8) ASSEMBLY {ASS{E}M*}{B{L}Y}
10 Grave puzzle — Hercule Poirot's stumped in the beginning (9) SEPULCHRE {HERCULE+Po...t+St...d}*
11 26, say could be one from Punjab (5) SINGH (~sing)
12 Husk of burnt cocoa plant (7) TOBACCO {BurnT+COCOA}* What's the Anind? See comments
13 Cloak’s lapel is sewn in part (7) PELISSE [T]
14 Star-studded side had led at mid-game (1-4) A-TEAM {ATE}{gAMe}
15 Dull colour — blue (4,4) TONE DOWN {TONE}{DOWN}
18 Common man without ego is mournful (8) PLANGENT {PLAiN}{GENT}
20 Region in France (west coast of Riviera) is more pleasant (5) NICER {NICE}{Ri...a}
23 Criminal spared — I lose hope (7) DESPAIR*
25 Report of how the universe was created? (3,4)  BIG BANG [DD]
26 Noel's vehicle, not quite past its prime (5) CAROL {CAR}{OLd}
27 Woman almost overwhelmed by joy getting raise (9) ELEVATION {EL{EVe}ATION}
28 South American ship bearing German author (8) SALINGER {SA}{LIN{G}ER}
29 Cabbage skin — authentic breakfast food (6) CEREAL {Ca...gE}{REAL}

DOWN
1   Dog modelled in a pin-up (8) ALSATIAN {A}{L{SAT}IAN<=}
2   Fit guy holding a piano (7) CAPABLE {C{A}{P}ABLE}
3   I'm essentially tailing Capone, perhaps (9) POLICEMAN {IM+taiLing+CAPONE}* &lit
5   It may be required for a comfortable retirement (8,6) SLEEPING TABLET [CD]
6   Let leader move to the end and stand (5) EASEL (-l)EASE(+l)L
7   Observed to be carrying reportedly illegal tool (7) BANDSAW (~banned}{BAND}{SAW}
8   God fell on grass while climbing (6) YAHWEH {HEW}{HAY}<=
9   These three bozos, mostly drunk, indulge in idle chat (5,3,6) SHOOT THE BREEZE {THESE+THREE+BOZOs}*
16 Eating red bananas? Rubbish! (9) DENIGRATE*
17 New apparatus to separate an oil compound (8) ORIGINAL {RIG} between {AN+OIL}*
19 Cleaning all rust away (7) LUSTRAL*
21 Tooth injected with a bit of yellow or blue dye (7) CYANINE {C{Ye...w}ANINE}
22 Bank upset over court's orders (6) EDICTS {EDI{CT}S<=}
24 Everyone at home is tired (3,2) ALL IN [DD] (Addendum - {ALL}{IN} - See comments)

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19 comments:

  1. Ramki Krishnan8 November 2018 at 08:31

    Sorry for the boo-boo in 12A. The clue was originally "Throw husk of burnt cocoa" but I somehow missed out the first word while submitting it. My sincere apologies.

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    1. Shrikanth8 November 2018 at 14:57

      For me, in the online version the clue reads as Throw husk of burnt cocoa only.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao8 November 2018 at 15:05

      My online version of the paper still shows without THROW. See the link:
      https://www.thehindu.com/crossword/the-hindu-crossword-12466/article25435689.ece?homepage=true

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    3. Ramki Krishnan8 November 2018 at 15:33

      The online version has been corrected now. KRK - you can clear your browsing history and try again, and see the updated clue.

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    4. Deepak Gopinath8 November 2018 at 20:50

      Subscription e-paper not corrected

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  2. sree_sree8 November 2018 at 08:33

    24d simple charade, IMU. Single def:tired.

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  3. sree_sree8 November 2018 at 08:39

    11a i took noel "given name of a male"

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    1. Deepak Gopinath8 November 2018 at 08:41

      There are no Noel's in Punjab

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    2. Deepak Gopinath8 November 2018 at 08:44

      Moreover 26 is CAROL and not NOEL

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    3. sree_sree8 November 2018 at 08:47

      Singh is name given after a sort of baptism in Sikhs like noel

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    4. Ramki Krishnan8 November 2018 at 15:36

      Col's anno is what I had intended. Noel as the def for 26, to give CAROL - and 11A to be read as "Carol, say, could be one from Punjab"

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  4. Padmanabhan8 November 2018 at 09:13

    I learnt that Noel refers to carol also in addition to just Christmas.
    In quite a few others the wp led easily to the word though I did not know its orignal meaning. Well constructed- simple and enjoyable. Thanks for the interesting fare after a day's break.

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  5. Vasant8 November 2018 at 10:28

    Lovely puzzle with smooth clues!
    28A reminded me of Catcher in the rye, a book read long back. Favourite was 3D. Thanks KrisKross.

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  6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 November 2018 at 10:45

    Enjoyable as always!

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  7. raju umamaheswar8 November 2018 at 22:16

    NAUL is a name I have come across among North Indians, maybe Punjabis. May be from NAULAKHA ?

    I enjoyed this Kriskross compilation and had connected Noel to Carol, Xmas and the related festivities .

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