Sunday 23 June 2019

Special, Sunday 23 Jun 2019, The Zodiac


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


ACROSS
8   Breakdown of maltose releases energy, more or less (6)
9   People go live here (2,3,3)
10 I, for one, make a molten necklace initially (3-5)
11 Some part of test at Eden Gardens (6)
12 One grows these flowering plants (6)
14 Reverend's absolutely offensive expression! (5,3)
16 Kill chief for territory (6)
18 Boy died in explosion; journalist survived (6)
21 Say, Xi Jinping's style of delivery (8)
23 Surprisingly, Uber's first patent is excellent (6)
24 Check-box? (6)
26 Church built by scholar with glass (8)
28 Bill about to enter election; gets support (8)
29 Scientist's work is done (6)

DOWN
1   Can doctor be seen in bed with Scarlet? (5-3)
2   Type of document (4)
3   Perhaps Andhra Pradesh's and Telengana's tastes may be different (6)
4   Hitting double-century is possible (5-2)
5   Essential protein recreated without R&D and suchlike (2,6)
6   First time an English batsman retires, exhausted (4)
7   Brother's first restaurant (6)
13 Spooner says, "M'boy is a saint!" (5)
15 Trap pets running around university (3-2)
17 Setter's message, containing some truth, is memorable (8)
19 Chairman's bad credit backed by gold (8)
20 Doctors seen around new lab, getting licenses (7)
22 Saves groups of people, reportedly (6)
23 Relative's internal sickness is terminal (6)
25 Story location (4)
27 Around one, boy rested (4)

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Enjoy.

52 comments:

  1. 8A..almost..maltose-e, anagram

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  2. 27d LA (I) D
    25D PLOT
    7D B(IST)RO

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  3. 6D BEAT Reverse Acrostic
    11A ESTATE T
    3D STATES Tastes*

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  4. 27d..laid..lad i( around 1)

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  5. Making up for 3d
    18A (-b)LAST+ED

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  6. 5D: ET CETERA from (T, rECREATEd-rd)* T from centre of proTein

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  7. 5D: ET CETERA {..T..}+REC(-R)EATE(D)}*
    19D: DIRECTOR {CREDIT}*{OR}
    15D: SET UP {PETS}* AROUND {U}

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  8. REPLACEMENT FOR REPEAT
    23A: SUPERB {UBERS+P...}*

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  9. 14A BLESS YOU Yes blue spooner

    20D ENABLES seen* around lab*

    28D AD + VO{CA}TE


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  10. ANOTHER REPLACEMENT
    8A: ALMOST {MALTOS(-E)}*

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    1. THIS IS ALSO REPEAT.
      COMPENSATING..
      26A: BASILICA {BA}{SILICA}

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    2. There was a agreement sometime ago. We put in our 3 and wait for replacements till the end that way we give chance to more people. Has it changed!

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  11. 23A SUPERB {UBER'S + P-stent}*
    29A EDISION {IS DONE}*
    23D SISTER{T}

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  12. In place of SUPERB

    My third

    2D FORM (DD)

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  13. 26AC BA SILICA
    29AC EDISON*
    23DN SISTER T

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  14. 1DN BLOO[DR]ED can=LOO; BED;DR
    10AC NO[N]-METAL i for iodine, which is not metal
    compensating repeats

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  15. 5D is missing an anagrind. Sorry about that :(

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  16. 13D Spooner says, "M'boy is a saint!" (5)
    Simon a saint
    Spoonerism of My Son

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  17. 4D Hitting double-century is possible (5-2)
    Could-be meaning is possible
    Anagram(hitting) of double and C(century)

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  18. Very entertaining grid. Thanks Zodiac!

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  19. 9A People go live here (2,3,3)
    On the air Literal definition. Live as in Live broadcast.

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    1. Yeah I was attempting a CD, where "live" is meant to be read as live meaning reside, but it actually means live broadcast
      Hope it worked

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  20. Thanks for a very nice grid Kumaresh! :)

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  21. Compensating for 26A solved by KKR
    4D: COULD BE {DOUBLE+C}*

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  22. +1 = Latecomers have a disappointment. Only 24 a is left out. Any takers ? Can be ranked as a speedy cryptic crossie ! Within an hour ? Good job , Kumaresan !

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    1. 16A and 17D are also pending

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    2. Thanks Raju!
      yeah looks like this was on the easier side

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  23. Yet to be solved

    Across : 12, 16, 24.
    Down. : 17, 22.

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  24. 12A IRISES (I+Rises)
    24A HAMPER (DD)
    22A HOARDS (Homophone - HORDES)

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  25. 16a: domain(territory) - (do=kill)+(main=chief)

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  26. Thanks for the special Kumaresh

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  27. Nice grid Kumaresh. Smooth surfaces and a good mixed bag of clues. Edison was my COD👍🏻

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