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Sunday, 26 May 2019

Special, Sunday 26 May 2019, Amrita


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


ACROSS
6   Captain's wicket caught in the middle (5)
7   These kind of flights are a struggle? (4,4)
10 Device to translate texts featuring Mann essentially (7)
11 Chapter with a short story and small poem (7)
12 Make a mess of playing Schubert without introduction (7)
13 Heinous murder without any outside help (7)
14 Cease to be of any consolation? (4,7)
19 In front, doctors check on patients here? (7)
21 Fried meal mostly said to cause a feeling of unease (7)
23 Bill's often tired when traveling a little bit (7)
25 Fight over lead poisoning? It's an outrage! (3,4)
26 Cooked apples without pits essentially for a kind of soup (5,3)
27 Tear off green detail (5)
DOWN
1   Romantic endless banter turns toxic (8)
2   Cover mum having fever (6)
3   Spooner suggests standard trophies as stands (5,5)
4   Stake in Vietnam raised (4)
5   Regular squadron United Kingdom sent back - It’s a puzzle (6)
6   Couple of wannabes, say, bimbos - could be green and hot! (6)
8   Drunk carries drug to head office? Oh, dear! (5,2)
9   Harry abandons society to become the leader of the church (5)
13 One claims note / Currency of yore (10)
15 Lake Erie, essentially cold, turbulent is a danger for boatmen (7)
16 One entered tenantless, vacant property for bathroom items (8)
17 Dungaries over white dotted yellow tops are drab (5)
18 On the rebound, marry friend from the South with a double chin (6)
20 Flexible within, partly hollow? (6)
22 Bonafide first lady's repulsive (6)
24 Site to return items of clothing (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at AMRITA 7

Enjoy.

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38 comments:

  1. Ramani26 May 2019 at 10:38

    5d S U D O (KU)
    4D ANTE <- (T)
    13A IN HOUSE*

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  2. P. Venkatesan26 May 2019 at 10:44

    5d: SUDOKU {SqUaDrOn}{UK<==} = puzzle
    4d: ANTE {(-vi}ETNA(-M)}<-- = stake
    12a: BUTCHER {(-S)chubert| * = make a mess off

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  3. P. Venkatesan26 May 2019 at 10:54

    replacement FOR 5D:
    1D: QUIXOTIC {QUI(-Z)}{TOXIC}* = ROMANTIC

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 May 2019 at 10:54

    1D QUIXOTIC {QUI-p}{Toxic}*
    10A SEXTANT {mANn}in{Texts}*

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  5. P. Venkatesan26 May 2019 at 10:58

    replacement for 4d:
    SEXTANT {TEXTS+{(-M)AN(N)}* = DEVICE

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  6. P. Venkatesan26 May 2019 at 11:13

    REPLACEMENT FOR 10A:
    17D: DOWDY {ACROSTIC} = DRAB

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 May 2019 at 11:15

    11A EPISODE {EPI-c}{S}{ODE}

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  8. Satyen Nabar26 May 2019 at 11:19

    2D S(HEAT)H

    6D WA+SA+BI

    6A W+ -c(AUGH)-t

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  9. Ramki Krishnan26 May 2019 at 11:35

    21A: MALAISE (MEAL + SAI)*, fried as anagrind, def = feeling of unease
    23A: DRIBLET (B-L + TIRED)*, when travelling = anagrind, def = a little bit
    18D: DEWLAP (WED<< + PAL<<), two reversal ind (on the rebound, from the South), def = double chin

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  10. Kolluru Koteswara Rao26 May 2019 at 11:45

    7AC LONG HAUL CD
    14AC COLD COMFORT CD
    25AC RAW<DEAL*

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    1. Ramki Krishnan26 May 2019 at 11:49

      14A is not a CD IMO, there is some more wordplay involved!

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao26 May 2019 at 11:53

      I too thought so Ramki. But expected the first word to be different

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao26 May 2019 at 12:23

      OK, now I correct it:
      C+EASE where C=Cold; Ease=Comfort

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  11. Deepak Gopinath26 May 2019 at 12:02

    To be solved at 12
    Across - 14, 19, 26, 27
    Down - 3, 8, 9, 13, 15, 16, 20, 22,24

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  12. Unknown26 May 2019 at 12:03

    27 ac : STRIP DD
    6 d : W + AUGH (CAUGHT - C -T) = WAUGH

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam26 May 2019 at 12:12

    My third in place of 1D done by P.Venkatesan.

    26A : SPLIT PEA {p'IT's} in {APPLES}*

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  14. Deepak Gopinath26 May 2019 at 12:13

    My 3

    8D - HEIGH HO {H{E}IGH}{HO}
    16D - TOILETRY {TO{1}LET}{R(-ealt)Y}
    22D - LAWFUL {L(-ady)}{AWFUL}

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  15. raju umamaheswar26 May 2019 at 12:20

    I6 down. TOILETRY- Bathroom items - tenantless TO LET + I + TRY

    13 down. IIMMEMORIAL - Of yore. IM claim + NOTE = MEMO + RIAL currency,

    8down. HEIGH HO . Drunk = HIGH + Drug = E HO = Head Office. Oh dear

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  16. Unknown26 May 2019 at 12:28

    27 ac STRIP what i posted seems to be wrong because i feel
    22D = LAWFUL (L + AWFUL)

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  17. Murali26 May 2019 at 12:47

    24D TOPS : Site=SPOT<= (to return) DEF =items of clothing

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  18. Murali26 May 2019 at 13:01

    15D Lake Erie, essentially cold, turbulent is a danger for boatmen:
    LORELEI (L+ERIE+COLD-{CD})*

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  19. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore26 May 2019 at 13:01

    24d: tops(clothing) - (spot<=site)

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  20. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore26 May 2019 at 13:12

    27: unrip(tear off) - unripe̷(green de-tailed)

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  21. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore26 May 2019 at 13:19

    19a: onwards(dd)

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  22. sree_sree26 May 2019 at 15:37

    12a c-ease cold comfort
    20d with-w, in-hip, PartlY WHIPPY:FLEXIBLE
    9D PEsTER

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  23. Col_Gopinath26 May 2019 at 15:40

    Last one 3D

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  24. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore26 May 2019 at 16:09

    3d: plate racks - spoon rest (spooner+st̷a̷n̷d̷a̷r̷d̷+tr̷o̷p̷h̷i̷e̷s̷)*

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    1. Deepak Gopinath26 May 2019 at 16:22

      Annotation is incorrect Doc. It is a spoonerism

      Delete
  25. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore26 May 2019 at 16:16

    plate racks and spoon rest, both are stands

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  26. Col_Gopinath26 May 2019 at 17:01

    3D RATE PLAQUES to PLATE RACKS

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  27. Col_Gopinath26 May 2019 at 17:02

    Thanks for the special Amrita

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  28. Ramki Krishnan26 May 2019 at 20:07

    Enjoyed the Sunday Special - thanks Col and Amrita!

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