Sunday 24 February 2019

Special, Sunday 24 Feb 2019, Supriya Mithal


Welcome to Supriya as an Independent setter this time.

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


ACROSS
8   Deliver auditor's child (4)
9   Say, Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are a little bizarre! (10)
10 A hostess ,essentially caught between two alternatives for a speaker (6)
11 Charge : wife and husband are endlessly loud with advancing years (8)
12 Pose provocatively for money (4)
13 Chef Banner cooked  green vegetable (6,4)
17 River leaves putrefied sludge (4)
18 A sailor returns around lunchtime for dish (5)
19 Sympathy's brief when husband leaves (4)
20 Possibly remind Stew of U.S. region (10)
22 Rifle fire (4)
23 Sequential notes one stored in strange room (8)
27 Model wrote society columns (6)
28 Michael Jordan perhaps kicked ball for Shetland Argus (6,4)
29 Support others (4)

DOWN
1   Illegal residence? setter gets court order (6,4)
2   Exotic tree in Wellington for one, is a source of food colouring (8)
3   They have neat products? (5,5)
4   Dispatched a large number (4)
5   English soldier ascends volcano (4)
6   Quietly,husband leaves rehab for a bit of fun, finds something ready-made (6)
7   Oriental exits theatre unaccompanied (4)
14 Former partner mostly lies about separation (5)
15 Jewellery shop perhaps,or one of many (5,5)
16 Worker ,one at church , gets religious instruction with saint- a  false prophet (10)
19 Father and son get weapon - it's for additional security (8)
21 Woman nags and hits (6)
24 Old friend's a gem (4)
25 Bit into tikka from the sides (4)
26 Say, Wolverine's not an idiot! (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at SUPRIYA 1

Enjoy.

35 comments:

  1. 10ac orator or+a+(hosTess)+or
    13ac French bean (chef banner)*
    29ac rest (DD)

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  2. 24d O PAL
    21d W HACKS
    16d ANT I CH R I ST

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  3. 5d: ETNA (E)(ANT<==) = VOLCANO
    24d:OPAL (O)(PAL) = GEM
    39A: REST (DD)

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  4. 5D E+TNA<
    6D PREFAB P+RE(-h+F)AB
    13A: FRENCH BEAN (Chef Banner)*

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  5. Substitutes:
    14D EXILE EX +(LIE(-s))*
    18A RA(I)T A <

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  6. Replacements
    19a: PITY {PIT(-H)Y) = SYMPATHY
    14d: EXILE {EX}{LIE(-S)}* = SEPARATION

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  7. Another replacement
    20A: MIDWESTERN (REMIND+STEW)* = US REGION

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  8. 15D CHAIN STORE (CD)
    20A MIDWESTERN; a reion in US {REMIND+ STEW}*
    7D stag {STAGe}

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  9. 27A TOWERS (Wrote*)(S)
    19D PASSWORD (PA)(SWORD)

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  10. replacement
    1D court order; DECREE NISI {RESIDENCE}{I}*

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  11. 9A Say,Kim,Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian are a little bizarre! (10)
    Alliterate a figure of Speech in which letters are repeated ( K in this case)
    Anagram of Are A Little
    3D They have neat products? (5,5)
    Dairy Farms A cryptic definition with neat meaning Cows
    19D Father and son get weapon - it's for additional security (8)
    Password : it's for additional security.
    Pa Father-S Son-Sword Weapon

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  12. My third

    25D IOTA First and last letters of Tikka and Into.

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  13. Replacement for 19D
    28A Michael Jordan perhaps kicked ball for Shetland Argus (6,4)
    Basket Star or Shetland Argus
    Michael Jordan is a Basketball Star kick ball out to get Basket star

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  14. 11A: WHARFAGE (W+H+AR(-e)+F+AGE)
    23A: SOLARIUM (SO+LA (sequential notes) + R(I)UM), def = room
    26D: MUTT (MUTANT (Wolverine was a mutant) -AN)

    Thanks for the fun grid Supriya!

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  15. thanks for the sunday fun Supriya

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  16. 2D BEETROOT BOOT around TREE*

    7D STAG(-e)

    22A SACK DD

    Thanks for the entertainment Supriya :)

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  17. Yet to be solved

    Across - 8, 12, 17
    Down - 4

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  18. 8 across . CEDE = eeed = child deliver

    12 @across . PESO = money anagram of pose

    4 down . SLEW past tense of slay = despatch = kill

    Too many fast minds and fingers today.

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  19. SUPRIYA has pleased many today. MiTTAL has alerted many minds. swagatham

    to this blog as a compiler. Simplicity to please everyone is thy name, Supriya. .

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  20. Who is the taker for the last one ? Last come first served !

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  21. That completes it. Thanks for the Special Supriya

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  22. Late for the last one also.
    Would have enjoyed it more if I could have participated early.
    Thank you Supriya & Col.

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  23. Thank you everyone for playing and for your kind comments.
    Thank you Col Gopinath sir for featuring my grid

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  24. Great grid Supriya.. loved 3d, 2d, 10a and many others:)

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