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Friday, 5 April 2019

No 12592, Friday 05 Apr 2019, KrisKross


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ACROSS
1   Face mask? (8) CONFRONT [DD]
5   "Boo" to welcome small bar entertainer (6) JESTER {JE{S}{T}ER}
9   Comic grips me with a set of funny statements (8) EPIGRAMS {GRIPS+ME+A}*
10 Criticized media over camouflage (6) CHIDED {CD} over {HIDE}
12 I enter ashram, troubled, greeting a sage (9) MAHARISHI {I} in {ASHRAM}* {HI}
13 True — I designed homes for children (5) UTERI*
14 Chief builder leaves foundation unchanged (2-2) AS-IS bASIS
16 Model's depressed — resulting in refusal to work (3-4) SIT-DOWN {SIT}{DOWN}
19 Musician's starting to dance with stranger (7) DRUMMER {Da..e}{RUMMER}
21 Shoots friends (4) BUDS [DD]
24 After a breather, get energy to push forward (5) LUNGE {LUNG}{E}
25 Perhaps when beginning to toss coin, I'd cunningly switch position (9) CONDITION {Toss+COIN+ID}*{ON}
27 One's against getting into a never-ending case for unimportant matters (6) TRIVIA {TR{1}{V}IAl}
28 Musical composition in cool bar — mostly Indian perhaps (8) FANTASIA {FAN}{T}{ASIAn}
29 Home appliances, essentially dirty, painted by workmen (6) DRYERS {D{diRty}YERS}
30 Sounded cheerful when crossing road to meet date (8) WHISTLED {WHI{ST}LE}{D}

DOWN
1   Select parts of area, centrally covered by security devices (6) CREAMS {C{aREa}AMS}
2   Beastly noises from Doctor Singh injected with drug (6) NEIGHS {N{E}IGHS*}
3   Members from Hardwar are relatively more difficult to find (5) RARER [T]
4   Terrible mess in England's capital — it's a curse (7) NEMESIS {MESS+IN+En...d}
6   Old girlfriend loathed going around America, tired (9) EXHAUSTED {EX}{HA{US}TED}
7   Editor of "Mad" is very attractive (2,3,3) TO DIE FOR*
8   Tragedian, unfortunately not a shining star (3,5) RED GIANT TRaGEDIAN*
11 Flies in hotel's pizza counter (4) ZIPS [T<=]
15 Smile more, working as a waiter (9) SOMMELIER*
17 Praised mature newspaperman covering article (8) ADULATED {ADUL{A}T}{ED}
18 Measure knots regularly if entering harbour (8) QUANTIFY {QUA{kNoTs}{IF}Y}
20 Some music to lull a baby to sleep (4) ROCK [DD]
21 Advice to a child with a bit of homework not over? (7) BENEATH {BE NEAT}{Ho...k}
22 Vanishes with extremely economical fuel (6) DIESEL {DIES}{Ec...aL}
23 Finally, the Indus in spate becomes silent (6) UNSAID {A} in {INDUS}* Seems to be an error in the origin of 'A' (Revised clue posted by Ramki on the blog "Silent area, covered by Indus in spate")
26 Attack is cut at sea (5) ICTUS*

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46 comments:

  1. Prasanna Rao5 April 2019 at 07:18

    26-D Attack is cut at sea ...is+cut = ICTUS
    7-D Editor of "Mad" is very attractive - EDITOR+OF = TO DIE FOR

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    1. Prasanna Rao5 April 2019 at 07:29


      11d Flies in hotel's pizza counter ZIPS <-----T
      13 a True — I designed homes for children ...TRUE+I = uteri

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    2. Deepak Gopinath5 April 2019 at 07:43

      26D IS+CUT = ISCUT How did you get ICTUS?
      7D Sme for 7D and 13A

      Please indicate annotations correctly

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    3. Prasanna Rao5 April 2019 at 07:55

      ok.sir..i was in hurry to leave for site......typo error. let me correct it.

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  2. Srinidhi5 April 2019 at 07:25

    28A Musical composition in cool bar — mostly Indian perhaps (8)
    Fantasia-A musical Composition
    Fan-Cool
    T-Bar
    Asia(n)-mostly Indian perhaps

    29A Home appliances, essentially dirty, painted by workmen (6)
    Dryers-Home Appliances
    R the central letter of diRty (essentially dirty) inside (painted by) Dyers(workmen)

    30A Sounded cheerful when crossing road to meet date (8)
    Whistled-sounded cheerful
    St-Street,road inside(crossing) While(when) add(too meet) D(date)

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  3. Jacob Brahmakulam5 April 2019 at 07:34

    19A DRUMMER musician {Dance}{RUMMER}
    13A UTERI; homes for children (CD)
    29A DRYERS; Hhome appliances; {D{diRty}YERS}
    24A LUNGE; push forward; {LUNG}{E}
    8DN RED GIANT; not a shining star; TRAGEDIAN*

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    1. Deepak Gopinath5 April 2019 at 07:45

      Recheck your anno for 8D

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    2. Ramki Krishnan5 April 2019 at 07:47

      13D is not a CD Jacob

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    3. Jacob Brahmakulam5 April 2019 at 08:40

      8D RED GIANT; shining star; TRAGEDIaN*;
      13A UTERI; home for children {TRUE*}{I}
      apologies for the oversight

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  4. Jayalakshmi arumugam5 April 2019 at 07:39

    5ac je(s)(t)er

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  5. Jayalakshmi arumugam5 April 2019 at 07:43

    17dn adulated adul(a)t (ed)
    14ac as is (b)as is
    19ac drummer D(ance)+rummer (stranger)
    8dn red giant (tragedian-a)*

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  6. Jayalakshmi arumugam5 April 2019 at 07:47

    8dn red giant (tragedian-a)*

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  7. Remy5 April 2019 at 08:00

    15 d Sommelier-Waiter= ANAG of smile+more.
    12 a Maharishi- Sage Ashram+I+hi-(greeting)
    3d rarer-hardwaR ARE Relatively.
    4 Nemesis-Curse ANAG of mess+in+E in England.

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  8. Remy5 April 2019 at 08:09

    22 d Diesel Dies-Vanishes,el extremely .EconomicaL=Dies+el.

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  9. Ramki Krishnan5 April 2019 at 08:12

    Apologies - there is a mistake in 23D
    Please read the clue as
    Silent area, covered by Indus in spate (6)

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  10. Jacob Brahmakulam5 April 2019 at 08:45

    substitute for 29A
    25A CONDITION; perhaps; {Toss+COIN+ID}*{ON}

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  11. Brajesh5 April 2019 at 08:59

    6d exhausted ex - old girl friend, America-is and loathed - hated anagram of ex-is and hated

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    1. Deepak Gopinath5 April 2019 at 12:10

      Recheck your annotation, it's not a total amnagram

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  12. Brajesh5 April 2019 at 09:00

    16a sit down depressed - down and model,s s+it

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  13. Brajesh5 April 2019 at 09:06

    20d rock DD rock a baby to sleep

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  14. visa5 April 2019 at 09:59

    4d: terrible mess in England’ capital: MESSINE: nemesis

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  15. Murali5 April 2019 at 10:40

    EPIGRAMS =(grips me a)*= funny statements

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  16. Murali5 April 2019 at 10:41

    It is 9A

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  17. Jayalakshmi arumugam5 April 2019 at 10:51

    compensating for 19ac
    18dn quantify
    kNoTs qua(nt+if)y

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  18. Jayalakshmi arumugam5 April 2019 at 11:08

    21dn beneath
    Advice to a child=be neat h(omework)

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 April 2019 at 11:12

    21A : BUDS (DD)

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  20. Sujatha5 April 2019 at 12:04

    10A media = CD, camouflage = hide, C(hide)D = criticized.
    2D Singh + e (drug), anagram = neighs = beastly noises.

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  21. KARTHIK5 April 2019 at 12:14

    27A) Defn: unimportant matters; Soln: TRIVIA; Anno: TR{I)(V)IA(-L);
    TRIAL from CASE and L to be deleted; I from ONE; V from AGAINST

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  22. Deepak Gopinath5 April 2019 at 12:19

    Yet to be solved

    Across - 1

    Down - 1, 23 and correct anno of 6D

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  23. Vasant5 April 2019 at 12:27

    1D C(RE)AMS RE from Central part of area & Cams=security devices

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  24. Padmanabhan5 April 2019 at 12:29

    23d- Unsaid- silent
    A in (indus)*, but the clue says finally 'the' which leads to 'e'?

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 April 2019 at 12:45

    10A media = CD. CD for?

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  26. N Sridhar5 April 2019 at 13:04

    1A - Confront (DD)

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  27. Dr. Lakshman Prasad5 April 2019 at 13:17

    24A..After a breather( lung) E for energy..LUNGE.to push forward.

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  28. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore5 April 2019 at 13:28

    6d: exhausted(tired) - {ex(old gf)+ha(us)ted=loathed}

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  29. kalsri19525 April 2019 at 13:29

    Across 1; confront

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  30. Padmanabhan5 April 2019 at 15:42

    21A- forgot t mention an old joke that I was reminded of on reading this clue.
    One was asked to punctuate the following sentence-
    "eats shoots and leaves"
    Here is an answer-
    'eats,shoots and leaves"!

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