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Sunday, 27 January 2019

Special,Sunday 27 Jan 2019, Amrita


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


ACROSS
4   Even the greatest ultimately involved in speculation (6)
6   One group within found divided (8)
9   Take away outlet behind Modern Centre (6)
10 Couple of nitwits, edges away, baits maniac gunman (8)
11 Rip in ill-fitting corset on the side showed fat (11)
15 Seduced by Edward getting nearly bare (7)
17 Nuisance receiving rubbish object (7)
18 Most colourless one from the subcontinent got diamond stolen by the Arab (11)
22 Ian for one, has bed sore marks initially in hospital (8)
23 Oft-repeated words in human tragedies (6)
24 Totally engrossed, son caught in playing Abbey Road without a last bit of worry (8)
25 Avoiding extremes of heat in polluted Delhi, I left to get cured (6)

DOWN
1   Group of novel cricketers on the rise (6)
2   No! Large slippers isn't worn with suits! (10)
3   Al Gore is unfortunately found in women's quarters (8)
4   At the first signs of absolute bedlam, upstanding detective had to step down (8)
5   Dream locations on retirement? (8)
7   Say, losing side gets small commission (4)
8   Depression in daughter losing weight fast (4)
12 Tsunami devastated Latvia and 2/3 of Sweden (5,5)
13 Harry later crosses Tim heading North with payment (8)
14 Basic colours (8)
16 Go after a pest ruining a decorative rug (8)
19 Ideas of one devising games (6)
20 Borders of Saudi Arabia formed here? (4)
21 Boat's first officer's introduction on board to the captain (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at AMRITA 6

Enjoy.

69 comments:

  1. 23A- Mantra-T
    Def.- Oft repeated words

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  2. 24A- Absorbed- totally engrossed
    {(abbey-ay)s(road)} or (BBE S ROAD)*

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    1. i think the clue might be better with an "and" to indicate a&y

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  3. Col.
    Ram & me are in the same boat- trying to put in our answers before they are taken away by other entries. In any case we make sure we don't put in more than 3. Request permission.

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  4. 1D A B DIC< ATE
    11A CHOLESTEROL HOLE inside CORSET*+L
    17A P(ROT)EST

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  5. My 3rd and last-
    20D- Asia- SaudI ArabiA- (SIAA)*,formed is Anind. 'Here' is the def.

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  6. 12dn tidal waves (latvia+swed)*
    23ac mantra (T)
    25ac healed (EA+DELH)*

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  7. 9 A-Delete Modern centre -DE Out LET

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  8. 18A Most colourless one from the subcontinent got diamond stolen by the Arab (11)
    Palestinian gives Arab as definition
    Palest is Most colourless
    Indian is one from the subcontinent
    Remove D (got diamond stolen)
    13D Harry later crosses Tim heading North with payment (8)
    Remittal meaning payment
    Annagram(Harry) Later crossing Tim reversed(heading North)
    22A Ian for one, has bed sore marks initially in hospital (8)
    Scotsman is Ian for one
    Cot is bed
    S M is Sore Marks Initially
    Put all these in San (hospital)

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    1. 14d colour/flag/standard as noun is singular. Colours as noun is plural. Am I missing something.

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    2. I too felt so.
      See the link:
      https://www.thefreedictionary.com/colours

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    3. chambers.co.uk has it under "plural noun" while standard/flag is "singular noun.

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  10. 3D- SERAGLIO Al Gore is - scrambled

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  11. Images have been taken away,MB.

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  12. 4A  Even the greatest ultimately involved in speculation (6) AL BE(I)T (last letter of ALI is inside BET)
    2D  No! Large slipper isn't worn with suits! (10) PINSTRIPES (slipper isn’t – L anagram...note that “slippers” should read “slipper”)
    7D  Say, losing side gets small commission (4) TASK (L-to-S in TALK)

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  13. 9A DEDUCT Centre of modern is DE; outlet is DUCT

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  14. thanks Amrita and Col for a nice sunday.

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  15. 6AC B[I SECT]ED
    5DN BEDROOMS CD
    15DN T[EMPT[-y]ED

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  16. Thank you KKR for 15D. I was struggling, having taken ED for Edward. Ted makes seducing simple!

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    1. Thanks Paddy!
      I thought you all left it because it is easier

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  17. 22A SCOTSMAN {S{COT}{S-ore}{M-arks}AN}

    In place of 19D, my third

    8D DENT {D}{(-L)lENT} Weight = Pound = L
    Fast = Lent. Def : Depression.

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  19. Lovely grid. Enjoyed solving it. Thanks Amrita.

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  20. Yet to be solved. Last one.

    10A : Couple of nitwits, edges away, baits maniac gunman (8)

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  21. I take the liberty since it is the last one-
    Assassin
    Couple of nitwits- ass ass
    'edges away maniac' leads to 'ni' & I suppose baits is the anind or reversal indicator.
    Ass ass in

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    1. i took baits=feints and def as "maniac gunman"

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    2. Couple of nitwits= ASS ASS, Edges away from ba(I)ts ma(N)ic =IN

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    3. Thanks Amrita.
      But there seems to be a typo in the original clue. It was MANIAC. So, we were into kite flying on annotation.

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  22. ? seINes
    SEINES are fishing nets which hang vertically in the water with floats at the top and weights at the bottom edge, the ends being drawn together to encircle the fish (= baits)

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    1. That's a fantastic anno, NR. Let us wait for AM to clarify.

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  23. Surprisingly, I find full stop mark in the clues in today's Everyman grid. Did anyone notice this? I am not sure if I saw such thing in earlier weeks.

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    1. It is a new setter who seems to be drawing a lot of flak. I also found the standard of clues to be much lower than the regular Everyman.

      https://www.facebook.com/groups/172141099634385/permalink/1141660736015745/

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    2. I tried today's Everyman and could solve in a jiffy, an unprecedented thing for me. Yes the full stop was quite distracting

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    3. I am yet to see it. I think the compiler who was setting until recently passed away and so we now have a new setter. But When it is a prize puzzle that is live, how can it be discussed in FB? Did the comments refrain from giving answers but spoke in general terms?

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    4. I have plenty of questions also, as you will see when it comes out in the blog on Sunday 31 Mar

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    5. I have done it now. The full stop at the end of each clue did not bother me. The Times used to publish clues this way. THC, which followed the venerable UK newspaper, followed the practice for some years. Later setters started using punctuation mark as part of clue and so the period annoys present-day solvers.
      The easiness of the puzzles doesn't matter. But the style does. I will upload my review when the puzzle appears here.

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    6. Chaturvasi sir, the comments did not disclose any of the answers - they were generally about the quality of the clues. IMHO I found a couple of the clues to be even incorrect wrt wordplay.

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    7. Please see my Comment here
      http://www.fifteensquared.net/2019/01/27/everyman-3771/

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  24. Message from Col. says that he has not received annos from Amrita and so he is himself not clear about it.

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