Sunday, 17 March 2019

Special, Sunday 17 Mar 2019, Puzzle Lovers XI


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


ACROSS
1   Ali possibly depressed after daughter is indisposed (4, 3)
5   Couple chases drink wholeheartedly (7)
9   Civil landscape conceals chateau (5)
10 Hits bug! It's funny (9)
11 Shelving responsibility typical for him? Sign in advance, run off (9)
12 Counter babble by essentially creepy beneficiary (5)
13 Model with skirt, in good shape (4)
15 Catastrophic bang! MIG pilot essentially taking a risk (8)
18 Pilot eating candyfloss - it can be sticky (8)
19 Won't demolish municipality (4)
22 Very old skill makes a comeback (5)
24 Five hundred miles fencing spacious remote ranch (5, 4)
26 One block, trimmed, rounded by assistant to make it overlap (9)
27 To the French, eating well, to the Hawaiian it's love (5)
28 Falsely disgruntled about long broadcast (7)
29 Thrash Trump endlessly in fit of anger (7)

DOWN
1   Winning short cut extremely long for runner finally (6)
2   After President at Centre quits, African country is seized by evil Conservative (9)
3   Spitting labourer from Peru? (5)
4   What's done after dinner or before surgery perhaps? (7-2)
5   Shower after the exercise (5)
6   Flyer to evaluate and toil with first of planes newly made (4, 5)
7   Ordinary people in Italy converted (5)
8   Young adult with revolting look largely babbled on (6)
14 Parents and relatives - about thousand, head to Greece to get Ptolemy's art (9)
16 Royal overcome by virtue arrests fellows in high spirits (9)
17 Brawl with EU on controversial political movement in UK (3, 6)
20 Survey contest hosted by band without leader (6)
21 Male doctor could be treasure (6)
23 Hook up followed by love; nothing is forbidden (5)
24 Lifted rifle bravely at last to make history (5)
25 Sigh! Discrimination in New York rising (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at PUZZLE LOVERS XI 2

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58 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi17 March 2019 at 10:37

    Starters picked up
    9a VILLA :: patent in "ciVIL LAndscape"
    19a TOWN :: anag of WON'T
    7d LAITY :: ITALY*

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  2. Ramani17 March 2019 at 10:39

    7d LAITY*
    19A TOWN*
    9A VILLA (T)

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  3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 March 2019 at 10:45

    9A : VILLA (T)
    6D : TEST PILOT {TEST}{TOIL+P(-lane)}*

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  4. Ramani17 March 2019 at 10:49

    12A PAY EE (YAP <- Essentially crEEpy)

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  5. Ramani17 March 2019 at 10:51

    13a T RIM (MODEL - T; SKIRT - RIM)

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  6. Ramani17 March 2019 at 10:52

    15A GAMBLING (BANG MIG L)*

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV17 March 2019 at 11:06

    17 down (NEW LABOUR)*

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 March 2019 at 11:07

    5A TOTALLY {TOT}{ALLY}
    5D TRAIN {T}{RAIN} In place of 9A

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  9. C.G. BHARGAV17 March 2019 at 11:08

    10 across SLAPS TICK

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  10. raju umamaheswar17 March 2019 at 11:15

    29 a== TANTRUM== Thrash=TAN TRUM(-P) fit of anger

    17 d= NEW LABOUR-- anagram of brawl+Eu+on

    6 down== TEST PILOT-- evaluate= TEST +TOIL and P of first Pilot( anagram)== flier

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  11. sree_sree17 March 2019 at 11:17

    25d y(ear)n
    24d Diar(<=)y
    20d (-c) re(vie)w

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  12. C.G. BHARGAV17 March 2019 at 11:20

    28 across WR(ONGL)*Y

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  13. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 March 2019 at 11:22

    1AC LAI*[D] LOW
    22AC EX TRA<
    23DN TAB<= O O

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  14. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore17 March 2019 at 11:35

    1a:laid low(indisposed): {(ali*+da̷u̷g̷h̷t̷e̷r̷)+(low=depression)}

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  15. raju umamaheswar17 March 2019 at 12:00

    Puzzle Lovers XI: If this is a team work, there are lots of sixers and boundaries to be hit ! Excellent spread of the field and fantastic tricks in the clue. Congrats ! Come for a replay of an away match !!!

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  16. Chaturvasi17 March 2019 at 12:11

    Raju
    Indeed it's teamwork. Last time the members were:
    Ami Deokar, Paediatrician
    Amit Mehta, Orthopaedic surgeon
    Ashit Hegde, Intensivist
    Ashwini Nabar, Gynaecologist
    Harshad Argekar, Orthopaedic surgeon
    Jyostna Deo, Dermatologist
    Mukund Jagannathan, Plastic Surgeon
    Paul Ferreira, Pilot
    Satyen Nabar, Orthopaedic surgeon
    Suresh Hemrajani, Ophthalmologist
    Vishnu Madhav, Orthopaedic surgeon
    I wouldn't know if there is any change now.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 March 2019 at 12:13

      It's a surgical strike with pilot on board!

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    2. Satyen Nabar17 March 2019 at 12:15

      Same team CV Sir, thanks for posting :)

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    3. Satyen Nabar17 March 2019 at 12:17

      Ha ha KKR! :)

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    4. Col_Gopinath17 March 2019 at 13:55

      Forgot to add the names in the post. However CV has done the honours and Satyen has confirmed the surgical strike with pilot onboard

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  17. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore17 March 2019 at 13:09

    21d:embalm(treasure) - {ma(mb)le*}

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  18. Prasanna Rao17 March 2019 at 13:09

    9a.... Civil landscape = VILLA-----t>
    19A.... Won't demolish municipality = town....---->T
    15a....BANG+MIG+ P from pilot = GAMBLING

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  19. raju umamaheswar17 March 2019 at 13:10

    Doc: Who is the captain? One who knits up the team or one who scores the highest? Anyway, Congrats to THE TEAM. Ye-all have brewed up a heady ( read cerebral - why no neurologist ?) concoction I thoroughly enjoyed the game. Outside the crossword world, are you also a cricket team?

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    1. Satyen Nabar17 March 2019 at 13:18

      No captain per se Raju. I made the grid and distributed 3 words to each to set independently. No cricket team... as yet! All of them, of course love puzzles :)

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  20. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore17 March 2019 at 14:06

    21d:merriment(in high spirits) - {mer(ro̷y̷a̷l̷)i(men=fellows)t=virtue}

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  21. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore17 March 2019 at 14:12

    27a:aloha(dd)

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  22. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore17 March 2019 at 14:20

    26a:imbricate(overlap) - {(i)+m(brick̶)ate)}

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  23. KARTHIK17 March 2019 at 14:43

    14D) Def: Ptolemy's art; Soln: MAPMAKING; Anno: {MA}{P(M)A}{KIN}{G}; MA and PA from parents; Thousand=M; KIN from relatives; G from head to Greece
    18A) Def: it can be sticky; Soln: FLYPAPER; Anno: {FLY{PAP}ER}; FLYER from pilot; PAP from candyfloss; containment indicator = eating
    24A) Def: overlap; Soln: DAIRYFARM; Anno: {D{AIRY}{FAR}M}; D from five hundred; M from miles; AIRY from spacious; FAR from remote; containment indicator = fencing

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  24. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore17 March 2019 at 14:56

    2d:illiberal(conservative) - { il(liberia-p̷r̷e̷s̷id̷e̷n̷t̷)l=evil}

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  25. Vasant17 March 2019 at 15:06

    Any left? Couldn't find time to get to the puzzle. Can only try to solve cold as I am travelling.

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    1. sree_sree17 March 2019 at 16:27

      Go for 27a and 1d. Lovely scoops left for you.

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  26. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore17 March 2019 at 15:08

    11a:librarian - {libra=zo.sign+r(in̷)an}

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  27. Jacob Brahmakulam17 March 2019 at 15:11

    11A LIBRARIAN; shelving responsibility typical for him; {LIBRA} ({IN}{Advance}{R})*

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  28. Satyen Nabar17 March 2019 at 15:16

    Still to go.

    27A anno

    1D, 3D, 4D, 8D

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  29. Jacob Brahmakulam17 March 2019 at 15:18

    26A IMBRICATE; overlap; {I{M{BRICk}ATE}

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  30. Jacob Brahmakulam17 March 2019 at 15:20

    4D WAShING UP (DD)

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  31. Jacob Brahmakulam17 March 2019 at 15:22

    5D LLAMA (CD); do not know why there is spitting and hence not sure the anno is right

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  32. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore17 March 2019 at 15:29

    3d:llama(animal of burden from Peru) (CD)

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  33. Jacob Brahmakulam17 March 2019 at 15:30

    1D LOVELY; winning; anagram of {OVERLY - runneR + Long}

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  34. Jacob Brahmakulam17 March 2019 at 15:38

    8D YAKKED; babbled on; {Young}{Adult} {DEKKo}<

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  35. Satyen Nabar17 March 2019 at 16:41

    Only anno of 27A pending.

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  36. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore17 March 2019 at 17:18

    1d:lovely(winning) - {(lop̷=cut)+(vi̷n̷e=runner)+(le̷n̷g̷t̷h̷y)

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  37. Deepak Gopinath17 March 2019 at 18:02

    Thanks for the special to all the members of The Puzzle Lovers XI

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    1. Satyen Nabar17 March 2019 at 18:05

      On behalf of all the setters, thank you all and thank you Col as always!

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  38. sree_sree17 March 2019 at 18:05

    27a to French:a
    The French:LA
    Well:oh
    A l(oh)a

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  39. raju umamaheswar17 March 2019 at 21:14

    Fantastic teamwork, Doc. Keep the show going !

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  40. KARTHIK17 March 2019 at 22:25

    DR.Excellent teamwork. Enjoyed very much.

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