Sunday 14 July 2019

Special, Sunday 14 Jul 2019, Sceptic Cryptic


Welcome to our new setter Sceptic Cryptic. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.

As this is a 13x13 only 2 ANSWERS PER COMMENTER till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
7   Fan, with hesitation, following English batsman (6)
8   Outstanding batsman David Warner surprisingly dismisses Warne (6)
9   Restrict some runs temporarily (4)
10 First person in pubs to welcome opening batsman (8)
11 Epic? Yes! Back after initially overcoming disease - Yuvraj Singh! (7)
13 Maybe Big Ben caught left-handed opener on naught at midwicket (5)
15 Stick with playing Faf after slugfest ends (5)
17 Swagger of West Indian batsman, having amassed boundaries (7)
20 Fastest rate dips badly (8)
21 Arrest Indian leader for Afghanistan player (4)
23 Movies with shots on the leg side (6)
24 Tell, maybe, that he is an English bowler (6)

DOWN
1   Run after knocking off New Zealander's middle stump (4)
2   Wickets at end of day's play (6)
3   Specialist opening bowler Mel returns causing difficulty (7)
4   Acknowledge Imad spinning first time (5)
5   Somehow Dale contains Dhoni initially with a maiden (6)
6   Did move cover inside, but got separated (8)
12 Spooner purchased toys for those that gave nothing away (3,5)
14 South Africans in favour of drink with a bit of sugar (7)
16 Recoil instinctively after captain has left (6)
18 Vince all at sea outside English city (6)
19 End line on pitch right away (5)
22 Reportedly purchases extras (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at SCEPTIC CRYPTIC 1

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54 comments:

  1. Ramani14 July 2019 at 10:31

    14d PRO TEA S

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  2. R Nagendra Prasad14 July 2019 at 10:32

    8A: DRAVID from (DAVID WARNER - WARNE)*

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  3. Ramani14 July 2019 at 10:33

    4D ADMIT (IMAD)*T

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  4. R Nagendra Prasad14 July 2019 at 10:33

    9A : STEM ...(T)

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  5. P. Venkatesan14 July 2019 at 10:33

    3D: PROBLEM (PRO)(B)(MEL<-)

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  6. Gemini14 July 2019 at 10:35

    20 AC Traipses

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  7. Gemini14 July 2019 at 10:36

    21A NABI. Nab I

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  8. Gemini14 July 2019 at 10:36

    G'men. If my two cents are fine, I shall go home happily. Else try again

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  9. Gemini14 July 2019 at 10:37

    22DN..Buys( byes..reportedly)

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  10. P. Venkatesan14 July 2019 at 10:40

    13a: CLOCK {C}{L}{O}{..CK..}

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam14 July 2019 at 10:47

    10A BAIRSTOW {BA{I}RS}{TO}{W}
    6Dn : DIVORCED {DI{VORCE*}D}

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  12. sree_sree14 July 2019 at 10:56

    Nice one SC. Had to cold solve since travelling. Enjoyed it.

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  13. Ramki Krishnan14 July 2019 at 10:59

    5D DAMSEL (DALE* around MS - Dhoni's initials)
    15A STAFF (FAF* after S-T)

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  14. Ramki Krishnan14 July 2019 at 10:59

    Very nice and topical grid - enjoyed solving it. Thanks SC!

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  15. raju umamaheswar14 July 2019 at 11:05

    15across. STAFF= stick. Faf + s& t crom slugfest

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  16. raju umamaheswar14 July 2019 at 11:07

    18 across. VENICE= Vince+ e.City.

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  17. Jayalakshmi arumugam14 July 2019 at 11:07

    14dn proteas
    Pro(in favour)
    Tea(drink)
    S(ugar)

    15ac staff s(lugfas)t faf*

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  18. raju umamaheswar14 July 2019 at 11:10

    Nicely derived from the flavour of the cricket season. Thanks Sceptic Cryptic. Too small a grid & too little two comments from too many persons.Sundays special should always be 15 ×15.

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  19. Jayalakshmi arumugam14 July 2019 at 11:15

    20ac rapidest (rate dips)*

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  20. Gemini14 July 2019 at 11:16

    23A..Flicks in place of 20 AC, which is incorrect

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  21. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore14 July 2019 at 11:18

    20a: rapidest: (rate+dips)*

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  22. Satyen Nabar14 July 2019 at 11:31

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  23. Satyen Nabar14 July 2019 at 11:35

    12D DOT BALLS Spooner of Bought dolls

    16D F(L)INCH

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    1. Satyen Nabar14 July 2019 at 11:36

      Thanks for the nice cricket-related theme puzzle SC!

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 July 2019 at 11:44

      +1
      Initially, I thought of giving up solving as I am not a very big fan of the game.
      But it proved otherwise.
      Thanks SC for the wonderful entertainment. Would have been much happier, had it been 15X15

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  24. Mukundala Balasubramanyam14 July 2019 at 11:35

    Super topical puzzle. My COD is 24Ac.
    Thanks SC!

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  25. Kolluru Koteswara Rao14 July 2019 at 11:42

    11AC O D[YS]SEY<=
    19DN C[-r]EASE

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  26. Vasant14 July 2019 at 11:48

    17A BRAV(AD)O
    24A ARCHER DD, the 1st is Definition by example (William Tell, the legendary Archer)
    Lovely topical Puzzle! Fantastic Debut!

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  27. Murali14 July 2019 at 11:49

    24A ARCHER (ENGLAND BOWLER AND WILLIAM TELL THE ARCHER)

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  28. Mukundala Balasubramanyam14 July 2019 at 11:59

    Yet to be solved

    Across 7

    Down 1 and 2.

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  29. Murali14 July 2019 at 12:02

    7A ROOTER = FAN (ROOT + ER)

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  30. Unknown14 July 2019 at 12:03

    7A ROOT ER
    1D BO(u)LT

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  31. Unknown14 July 2019 at 12:04

    2d STUMPS. A DD

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  32. Murali14 July 2019 at 12:06

    2D STUMPS ( DD) (in place of 24A already solved.

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  33. Col_Gopinath14 July 2019 at 16:53

    Thanks for the special Anantakrishnan. Hope to see many more from you in future. I hope you are enjoying watching the Finals live at Lords. Have a great day.

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    1. N Anantakrishnan14 July 2019 at 17:36

      Thank you for the oppurtunity, Col. Gopinath. Yes, at Lord's - hoping NZ put up a defendable score.

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  34. Padmanabhan14 July 2019 at 18:04

    Thank you Ananthakrishnan. Enjoyed the brush up of World Cup, while following the Finals. Belated solving.
    Have a great time at Lord's.

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  35. Vasant14 July 2019 at 23:49

    An epic world cup final following an epic Wimbledon finsl

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  36. Vasant15 July 2019 at 00:10

    Heartbreaks for NZ and Federer

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