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Sunday, 5 May 2019

Special, Sunday 05 May 2019, 2nd Delhi Open Crossword


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

Thanks to Mr Vivek Singh and EXTRA-C for sharing this with us.
Please try and guess who the setter is after all the answers are in.


ACROSS
1   Brief broadcast about new breed in preliminary event (7-6)
10 Stand topless? Shame! (5)
11 Finish University contest securing top numbers showing tenacity (9)
12 Wise guy conceals parcel at ramshackle retreat (5, 4)
13 Makes fun of loose outer garment from head to foot (5)
14 Brief act at stalls gets worse (7)
16 Be fond of batch when an opponent loses all six games (4,3)
18 Briefly unite in heartfelt dissent (7)
20 Drug on a barge in Mexican state (7)
22 Starts to tentatively register offensive post (5)
24 Rascal in terrible riot at restaurant (9)
26 Adjusting to Far East gin cocktail (9)
27 Supporter will heartlessly fight (5)
28 Aids treachery cunningly and wins (7,3,3)

DOWN
2   With extraordinary precaution, avoid cop perhaps to relieve oneself (7)
3   Military police enters riotous streets showing siren (9)
4   Plan starts to look perfect (5)
5   Relieve in-charge of university who commanded and was laughed at (9)
6   Anger about new member’s lawsuit against a property (2,3)
7   Ineffectual people on ecstasy dash topless with such frenzy (7)
8   Deceive team to control payment (13)
9   Shockingly hit co-worker (13)
15 Gem of a game (9)
17 Quite shortly, one to submit what’s real (9)
19 State of flamboyant adult (7)
21 Rock group has ecstasy (7)
23 Protective cover for ship (5)
25 Part of gang stuttering in apprehension (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at DELHI OPEN CW

Enjoy.

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55 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 10:34

    4D- Ideal-(IDEA) L (starts to look)
    Def. Perfect

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  2. Vasant5 May 2019 at 10:34

    Solving cold while travelling
    25d ANGST T
    2d URINATE {PRECAUTION-(cop} *
    4d IDEA L

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  3. P. Venkatesan5 May 2019 at 10:35

    11a: endurance {END}{U}{RA{N}CE}

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  4. Vasant5 May 2019 at 10:36

    Making up for 4d
    8d CON SIDE RATION

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  5. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 10:36

    11A- Endurance- Tenacity- END U RA(N)CE
    Race- contest securing N

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  6. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 10:39

    16A- Love Set- Loses all 6 games- (LOVE) (SET)

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  7. P. Venkatesan5 May 2019 at 10:41

    3d: TEMPTRESS {MP(=MILILATLRY POLICE)} IN {STREETS}*

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  8. Ramani5 May 2019 at 10:42

    25d ANGST (T)
    2D URINATE (PRECAUTION-COP)
    12a SMART ALEC <-T

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  9. P. Venkatesan5 May 2019 at 10:47

    28a: CARRIES THE DAY (AIDS+TREACHERY)*

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  10. Ramani5 May 2019 at 10:49

    3D TEMPTRESS M(-ILITARY)P(-OLICE) IN STREETS*

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  11. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 May 2019 at 10:53

    26AC ORIENT ING*
    15DN SOLITAIRE DD
    24AC T[RAT]TORIA*

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  12. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 11:03

    Making up for 11A-
    9D- (Sensation)(Ally)- shockingly

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  13. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 11:04

    Hit is sensation.

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  14. raju umamaheswar5 May 2019 at 11:04

    24 across: TRATTORIA -- Restaurant.-- Rascal= RAT+ anagram of riot at

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  15. Ramani5 May 2019 at 11:04

    6D IN REM I(N) RE M

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  16. raju umamaheswar5 May 2019 at 11:06

    5 down:: RIDICULed= - Laughed at. relieve= RID + Incharge= IC+ U from university+ commanded = led.

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  17. Ramani5 May 2019 at 11:09

    7D EUNUCHS - E (-R)UN UCHS*

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  18. raju umamaheswar5 May 2019 at 11:09

    15 down: SOLITAIRE= gem. also a game

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  19. Jayalakshmi arumugam5 May 2019 at 11:22

    20ac brawl bra+w(il)l
    24 ac Durango (drug on a)*

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  20. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 May 2019 at 11:26

    8D : CONSIDERATION {CON}{SIDE}{RATION}

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  21. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 May 2019 at 11:29

    10A : ODIUM {-pODIUM}

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  22. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 May 2019 at 11:34

    In place of CONSIDERATION

    18A : REFUSAL {RE{FUS-e}{AL}

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  23. sree_sree5 May 2019 at 11:35

    Thanks EXTRA-C and COL for nice Sunday fare.

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  24. raju umamaheswar5 May 2019 at 11:38

    I have a vague idea of the MAN who has built up this GRID !!

    nicely structured and enjoyable.

    We must be spared the trouble of posting the three answers all together or one by one. Or else, while we check whether we have repeated anyone else's , we lose the fun by coming across solutions for other than the three answers . Since there is a race to post the soonest.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 May 2019 at 11:43

      Rajugaru,
      you entered in the Trattoria after me and started playing Solitaire after me!! ha ha

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    2. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 11:50

      Raju,
      Don't worry about what others have posted. You put in your three and let it rest there. Posting is for our pleasure and satisfaction only.

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 May 2019 at 11:42

    19D : FLORIDA {FLORID}{A}

    That was my third.

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  26. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 11:50

    Simple, elegant and enjoyable points to someone we know well. Let us wait and see.

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  27. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore5 May 2019 at 11:56

    5d: ridiculed(laughed at) - {(rid=relieved)+(ic=in charge)+(un̷i̷v̷e̷r̷s̷i̷t̷y̷)+(led=commended)}

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  28. Deepak Gopinath5 May 2019 at 11:59

    My 3

    13A - MOCKS (-s)MOCK(+s)S
    22A - TROLL {T(-entatively)}{ROLL}
    23D - LINER [DD]


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  29. Deepak Gopinath5 May 2019 at 12:00

    Yet to be solved at Noon

    Across - 14
    Down - 17, 21

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  30. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 May 2019 at 12:03

    It's a great grid. Wish such setters come more in IXL

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 May 2019 at 12:10

      +1

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    2. Ramki Krishnan5 May 2019 at 12:28

      If my guess is correct, this setter has already set for the IXL :)

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 May 2019 at 19:47

      Well, my first guess was Ramki, followed by Doc and Incognito.

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  31. Murali5 May 2019 at 12:14

    21D NIRVANA (DD)(Rock group )(ecstasy)

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  32. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore5 May 2019 at 12:16

    17d: veritable(real) - {(very̷ ̷)+(i)+(table=submit)}

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  33. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore5 May 2019 at 12:24

    21d: nirvana(American rock band) CD

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  34. Ramki Krishnan5 May 2019 at 12:26

    Wrapping up
    14A: DEEPENS (DEE(-d) + PENS)

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  35. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore5 May 2019 at 12:34

    14a: deepens - {(deed̷=brief act)+(pens=stalls)}

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  36. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 12:40

    Now ...
    On to the guessing game.

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  37. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 May 2019 at 12:46

    I waited so long for someone's anno.
    Your answer is right, Gemini! But you should attempt to annotate by understanding each and every word in the clue, as a beginner. Hope you will start doing that from now on.
    CURT AI[N RAISE]R
    brief=curt
    broadcast =air
    about=containment indicator
    new=N
    breed=raise
    definition is= Preliminary event

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  38. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 12:59

    Raju has given a hint!
    So has Ramki, but less specific.

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  39. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore5 May 2019 at 13:04

    1a: curtain raiser - {(curt=brief)+ai(ne̷w̷)(raise=breed)r=broadcast}

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  40. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 May 2019 at 16:23

    No one revealed the setter! Col, can you please disclose?

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  41. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 17:58

    +1

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  42. ranger5 May 2019 at 18:06

    Drum rolls please...

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  43. Col_Gopinath5 May 2019 at 18:28

    Well it's none other than Dr. X

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  44. Satyen Nabar5 May 2019 at 19:39

    Thank you all for the kind comments! Glad you folks enjoyed the puzzle :)

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  45. Padmanabhan5 May 2019 at 20:55

    Absolutely. Thank you Doc.
    I felt the humour in surfaces was rather missing, or was it just my imagination?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 May 2019 at 21:21

      Since it is a competition round, the humour element was avoided by intent, perhaps?

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  46. Ramani6 May 2019 at 05:24

    Paddy, I think Ramki has guessed the setter correctly and stated cryptically as setter in I X l.

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