Thanks for the response to the 10th Anniversary Crossword Community Special Jumbo.
In all I received 26 solutions of which there were 21 all correct entries. Details as under
All correct
With errors
Ramani
Sreenivasan S
Venkatesan
Padmanabhan
Jacob Brahmakulam
All correct
| Dr Mukund Jagannathan |
| Prasad |
| Dr Satyen Nabar |
| Bhavan |
| Ramki |
| Vasant |
| Bhala |
| Sowmya |
| Rishi |
| KKR |
| Vinayak |
| Supriya |
| MB |
| Neelima |
| Mona |
| Raju |
| Nagendra Prasad |
| Lakshmi Prakash |
| VA George |
| Dr Krishnamoorthy |
| Srinidhi |
Ramani
Sreenivasan S
Venkatesan
Padmanabhan
Jacob Brahmakulam
31 clues attracted votes towards the top three clues. Dr Satyen Nabar's clues (54A&9D) got 10 votes followed by Bhavan's clues (62A&17D) with 8 votes and Bhala's clues (29A&5D)with 7 votes.
The other setters whose clues got mentioned were Shrikanth (6 votes), Supriya (5 votes), Aakash (5 votes), Ashit Hegde (4 votes), Koteswara Rao (4 votes), Ramki (4 votes), Fraser (4 votes), Devanathan (3 votes), Srinidhi (2 votes), Jyotsna (2 votes), Ramesh (2 votes)
Clues by Mona, Self, Abhay, Kishore, Sudarsan, Lakshmi and Ashwini got one vote each.
Winner from the all correct entries randomly picked using the 'Rand feature' of excel is Bhalachandra Pasupathy Congratulations. Your prize is winging it's way to you.
The winner for the top clue is Dr Satyen Nabar for his clue "Spreading intolerance and extremes of bias! Not new for parties (12)" which garnered 6 votes. Congratulations. Your prize is also winging it's way to you.
The Crossword is reproduced below for your solving pleasure.
5 answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.
ACROSS
1 Sad miss by winger (8)
6 Vicious retort left by retired comic is second to none (10)
13 Never break bottle! (5)
14 Time to retire staff with debts at firm (9)
15 The next symphony Beethoven might have written? (5)
16 Lasting defeat I’d brought about among nubile cast (12)
18 Type of gun lacking energy's used around university to produce another type of gun (4)
19 Believe God lies within self (3)
21 Ice pan lifted in exceptional praise (5)
23 Woman asked for time husband left Church (5)
25 Many abandoned failure for bright young thing (3)
27 Setter, asked to assess, got angry (5)
29 Regrettably about to kiss cousin, practically dashed bawdy (9)
31 Initially the work over for a number (3)
32 Will 's asleep ? Not exactly! (6)
34 Mature libertine Pirandellian looking inward in retirement (5)
35 Empty garret accommodates first class carriage (4)
36 Wind cord around wide joint (4)
38 Paramount, say, wants set cleared out for advanced recording (5)
40 Almighty Bolt blows away amateur in trial (6)
41 Disgusting! Revolutionary habit without appeal (3)
42 Longshoreman and Jobs party again (9)
45 Dress material for pretty daughter (5)
46 Sure, they equalize scores in closing stages (3)
47 Store auditor's money (5)
49 Doctor Alan's way of speaking (5)
50 Members of playschool, obviously shy (3)
52 Look high and low for company doctor (4)
54 Spreading intolerance and extremes of bias! Not new for parties (12)
59 Pace maintained by a contemporary (5)
60 Clear about life after spending half of it being unaware (9)
61 Former religious head (5)
62 They illuminate V-8's casing evenly in grey line (4,6)
63 Bird that's half bacon (8)
DOWN
2 Brilliant learner surprisingly hired after he's dismissed by university (5)
3 Adam's wife is in the vehicle (3)
4 Start from the centre of peppermint roll (5)
5 Romeo and Juliet, not taking sides in feud, found flirting (3,4)
6 Very old conservative gangster is forthright (5)
7 Some witch-owned Chinese dog (4)
8 Actors act here in the beginning (5)
9 Invite nice nurse at busy hospital department (9,4,4)
10 Bones turned up in soybean lunch (5)
11 Birthday girl arrives, maybe by Sunday latest (11)
12 Video about recoiling gun (7)
17 Cost-friendly car to rent? Seemingly impossible (4-13)
20 Lounge for a haircut (4)
22 Exercise is permitted to recover and sharpen the dog and bone (9)
23 Perhaps question married couple on order (3)
24 Don't love heat generation (4)
26 Father overjoyed to emerge quickly (3-2)
28 Thorough fool takes one pair to America (9)
30 Sports equipment obtained by secretly asking (3)
33 Transfer of property in favour of poor recluse having nothing (11)
35 Awkward week had by the composer of “The Beggar’s Opera” (5)
37 Man’s worth isn’t innate (3)
39 Smart watch I can text from (4)
41 Silence follows bachelor's party (4)
43 Gaze at some grey egrets (3)
44 Female leaves vanity,finds purpose (7)
48 Leading man found in bed with cigar (7)
51 Returning alumnus receives honour? Sweet! (5)
53 Low Long Island radish (5)
55 Oriental Vase rolls to edge of roof (5)
56 Some seawater is eroding vertical pipe (5)
57 Old kind of biscuits kept in reserve (2,3)
58 Boring leaders babble like absurd humbugs (4)
61 Discharge patients under supervision for starters (3)
Enjoy.
Congrats Dr. and Bhala! Some Excellent clues and a great grid!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations all .. a great grid :)
ReplyDelete49 A slang- alans*
58 D blah - acrostic
39 D chic - telescopic
9D intensive care unit invitenicenirseat*
Thank you Deepak Sir, for this wonderful grid :)
11D anniversary- Ann arrives* y
If ICU is right, then 49A 'SLANG' does not fit in Mona Madam
DeleteSorry
Delete49 a is nasal. Alans*
21A: EXTOL
ReplyDeleteCA: (ICE PAN+EXTOL)*=EXCEPTIONAL
22D: TELEPHONE (Cockney rhyme slang Dog and Bone=Telephone)
(LET+PE)<+HONE
40A: SORROW SO+(-a)RROW; Almighty=So and Bolt=Arrow
38A: AUDIO
(-st+A)UDIO
17D: SELF-CONTRADICTORY
(COST-FRIENDLY CAR TO)*
14A: TENACIOUS {T}{CANE<==}{IOUS} = FIRM
ReplyDelete16A: INDISSOLUBLE {NUBILE}* around {LOSS<==}{ID<==} = LASTING
54A: CELEBRATIONS {INTOLERANCE(-N)+{B..S}* = PARTIES
17D: SELF-CONTRADICTORY {COST-FRIENDLY+CAR+TO}* = SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE
63A: THRASHER {TH(-AT)}{RASHER(=BACON)} = BIRD
Congrats winners!
Replacement for 17D:
ReplyDelete41d: BASH {BA(=BACHELOR)}{SH(=SILENCE)} = PARTY
Congratulations Satyen, Bhavan and Bhala!
ReplyDelete+2
Delete+3
Delete+4
DeleteCongrats Bhala on the double win and Satyen for two really nice clues.
ReplyDeleteWow quite thrilled! Congrats Bhavan Bhala and all the setters. Lovely to be part of such a great grid. Thanks Col:)
ReplyDeleteCol: A typo to be corrected in the results - '55 A' as 55 D?
ReplyDeleteSorry it's 54 A. I've corrected it.
Delete29A SALACIOUS, ALAS <-- + {COUSI-(n)}*
ReplyDelete62A VERY LIGHTS; V-E {(-g)R(-e)Y + L} IGHTS
5D DON JUAN; {AND + J + (-f)OUN(-d)}*
44D (-f)UTILITY
42A STEVE+DO+RE
I am at Delhi attending a wedding. Someone could please monitor periodically as to how many are left to be solved
ReplyDelete11D:Birthday girl arrives, maybe by Sunday latest (11)
ReplyDeleteAnniversary meaning Birthday
Ann is your regular crossword girl
Then anagram(maybe) Arrives
Add Y last letter of sundaY
33D Transfer of property in favour of poor recluse having nothing (11)
ReplyDeleteForeclosure meaning Transfer of Property
For is In favour of
Insert(having) O(nothing) in Anagram of(poor) Recluse
28D Thorough fool takes one pair to America (9)
ReplyDeleteAssiduous meaning Thorough
Ass is Fool
Add I Duo US (one pair America)
23D Perhaps question married couple on order (3)
ReplyDeleteWho which is perhaps a question
Married couple are Wife & Husband represented by W and H they are on O(order)
Nice Clue!
23A Woman asked for time husband left Church (5)
ReplyDeleteWench meaning Woman
H( Husband) leave When ( asked for time). Add Ch( Church)
8D Actors act here in the beginning (5)
ReplyDeleteOnset meaning in the beginning
Actors act On Set
61A PRIOR
ReplyDelete3D EVE
Anno please
DeleteCongrats to Bhala & Dr. Satyan Nabar. Well- earned. Would love to know what prizes are being winged by the Blue bird ! Who but 5 are the all - correct or vice- versa?
ReplyDeleteIf there were 26 entrants, for whose benefit is the repeat today.?
In any case, it was fun .
Remaining.
ReplyDeleteAcross: 1,6,13,15,18,19,25,27,31,32,34,35,36, 41,45,46,47,50,52,59,60
Down:2,4,6,10,12,20,24,26,30,35,37,43,48,51,53,55,56,57,61
61a : former religious head
ReplyDeleteformer = prior = relgious head
3d : adam's wife is in thE VE hicle (EVE is hidden)
can someone pls help with steps to download the .puz file and load it in Across Lite ?
ReplyDeleteI have downloaded Across Lite, but after multiple attempts still not able to losd the puz file in the same
thanks in advance
Right Click on the Link given at the end of the clues.
DeleteChoose Option Open in New Tab.
Click on the image of Across Lite
Two options will come: Open with Across Lite or Save. Choose the former.
thanks, works in safari but not in chrome
ReplyDelete1a- Bluebird-Winger
ReplyDeleteSad=blue
Miss=Bird
13a- Nerve-(Never)*
15A- Tenth-CD
19A-Ego-T
27A-Irate-Angry
Setter-I
To assess-Rate
Thank you Col. for the interesting contest and congratulations on the Tenth Anniversary Celebrations 9as mentioned in the grid)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to all prize winners,more particularly for the clue writers. Thank you all.
24 D HATE (anagram of heat)
ReplyDelete26 D pop up (father = pop, overjoyed = up, emerge quickly = pop up)
14 = tenacious?
Time to retire = ten
Staff = ac(account) ( not fully sure of this)
Debts at firm = IOUs
That's 14 A
DeleteRefer Venkatesan's comment for solution of 14A.
ReplyDeleteIt is T for time and staff to retire is CANE=< T(ENAC)IOUS
Done after vasan's listing at 12.16
ReplyDeleteAc.- 1,13,15,19,27
Dn.- 24 & 26
Rest are still pending.
Thanks , and missed that 14A was already done-apologies
ReplyDeleteSo will go with one more
6D = VOCAL
(V)ery (o)ld (c)conservative (AL) (gangster = AL Capone)
to complete 6D, Vocal=forthright
DeleteThanks to Deepak for the puzzle and to all setters and solvers for the community effort. Enjoyed this one
ReplyDelete1ac bluebird (blue) (bird)
ReplyDelete15ac tenth
19ac ego (T)
27ac irate i+rate(assess)
24dn hate (heat)*
All 5 previously done; you can take 5 more
Delete34ac ripen reverse T
ReplyDelete30ac gait ai in gt (GareT)
30ac whip w(ide)+hip (joint)
6ac oblivious li(fe) in obvioudeal
5ac tempo con(tempo)rary
Gait is 35A
ReplyDeleteWhip is 36A
Oblivious is 60A
Tempo is 59A
A few keys not working in your computer,mam?
Remaining at 2:30 PM:
ReplyDeleteAcross: 6,18,25,31,32,41,45,46,47,50,52
Down:2,7,10,12,20,30,35,37,43,48,51,53,55,56,57,61
Still pending at 2.39-
ReplyDeleteAc.- 18,25,31,32,41,45,46,47,50,52
Dn.- 2,4,10,12,20,30,35,37,43,48,51,53,55,56,57,61
I will check again at 15.00
ReplyDelete45AC TWEE D
ReplyDelete47AC CACHE ~cash
12DN SHOOT ER<=
35DN GA[WK]Y
48DN C[HERO]OT
left over at 3.30 pm-
ReplyDeleteAc.- 18,31,32,41,50,52
Dn.- 2,4,20,30,37,43,51,53,56,57,61
Congratulations Doc & Bhala !
ReplyDelete41 A BAH ( Habit -it <-)
ReplyDelete50 A LOB ( T )
2 D LURID ( Learner-L, (hired-he)* around university-U )
4 D - INTRO (T)
30 D SKI (T)
Left over- at 4.40 pm-
ReplyDeleteAc.- 18,25,46,52
Dn.- 10,20,37,43,51,53,55,56,57,61
25A FOP( flop-l)
ReplyDelete10D ULNAR (reverse telescopic)
43D EYE (telescopic)
55D EAVES (e+vase*)
61D PUS (1st letter selection)
Just check up 10 D. The def.is bones in plural and ulnar does not match with crossings.
DeleteSry.... I typed ulnar by mist
DeleteAnswer is ULNAE
18a:stun(gun) – st(-e+u)n
ReplyDelete46a:yes(sure)(acrostic with end letters)
52a:comb(lo….low) – (co+mb)
20a:afro(haircut) – (for+a)*
37d:his(T)
53d:mooli(radish) – {(moo=low)+l+i}
56d:riser(Vertical pipe)(T)
57d: on ice(in reserve) – {(o)+(nice=Biscuits)}
The special message(it cannot be called a Nina as it is not hidden) is
ReplyDeleteTenth Anniversary Celebrations.
Apposite message.
51D seems to be left out. Anyone can take it and complete.
ReplyDeleteYes,Tenth Anniversary celebrations can easily be seen and rightly so!
Anyway, I have cleared my doubt.
ReplyDelete51D- Bombe which is a dessert.
Returning alumnus is OB=< & honour is MBE.
That completes it and thank you all.
Thank you Paddy for keeping the scores!
DeleteI just followed you.
ReplyDeleteThat brings down the curtains of the Tenth Anniversary.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone once again
Received the prize! Thank you Col and everyone :)
ReplyDeleteReceived mine too and a very thoughtful one. Thanks Deepak and to all others once again.
ReplyDelete