Sunday, 18 August 2019

Special, Sunday 18 Aug 2019, K Koteswar Rao


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


ACROSS
6   Saint leaves in hurry to acquire seminary apostle spoon, say (7)
7   Glamour look restored by sacrificing mother with reasoning (5)
9   Personate false tongue (9)
10 It will be a no-win situation here, bingo! (5)
12 Armistice in brief is broken. Get the sword. (8)
14 Missile scam replaced aviation head by order (6)
16 Perspiring offspring is a graceful girl. (4)
18 Cleaner - Now a lost attraction! (5)
19 Administered department of money (4)
20 Arm-twisting is acceptable in outfit (6)
21 Die in hidden danger from a bird (8)
24 "No big deal!" said by winning player (5)
26 People from lower strata get bluecoat (9)
29 Mineral energy restores distinction (5)
30 It is an interesting piece of attack about prime politician by foreigner (7)

DOWN
1   Mineral water in set design shake up (10)
2   Nit-picker's nameless adornment (6)
3   It sounds like an act of violence for peasant (4)
4   If you see it in the ointment, it irritates you (3)
5   Fit out of tiredness brings fever (4)
6   Did you say “Goodbye for now.” on time rate of flow? (5)
8   Restaurant for John Major? Quite contrary (7)
11 Endless excitement for money (4)
13 Oppose criminal racket, depose king (5)
15 Cape reproduction (6,4)
17 Difficult to find keys around visual coming up outside area (7)
18 Lawsuit is not hot pursuit (4)
22 A1 French connection for BBC perhaps! (6)
23 Share out a tax refund (5)
25 Riches leave Lord (4)
27 Something like a human body without limbs/without head (2,2)
28 Greek character had returned (3)

Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 27

Enjoy.

75 comments:

  1. 3D- Ryot- Peasant- homonym of Riot

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  2. 11D- Dram- Money- Drama- A (end)

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  3. 12A- Scimitar- Sword- (Armistice-E)*

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  4. 13d: REACT {RACKET-K}*
    5D: AGUE {FATIGUE-FIT}
    14A: ROCKET {R(-A)(+O)CKET}

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  5. 8d CAN TEEN
    29A ECLAT {TALC+E}<
    16d PERI PERSPIRING(-spring)

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  6. 17D- Elusive- Difficult to find
    Visual-A with EE (keys)

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  7. Thank you KKR for the nice CW and giving me one more.

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  8. You felt it was 'Difficult to find'?!
    Normally I am stumped by keys.

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  9. Thanks KKR ji for keeping the Sunday spirit going.

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  10. Well solved Gemini. I am sure you will be ace solver soonest

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  11. 15D CARBON (C) + COPY (ape)

    9A ESPERANTO personate*

    1D STREAMLINE mineral* in set*



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  12. 25 down. GOLD= Riches.leave= go + old for lord.

    24down. BINGO.winning player's call. anagram of no big

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    1. 25d beautiful clue. KkR ji, am I right!

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    2. You have to say!
      For me, all are good, right?
      There was a small typo in Raju's answer.
      Lord=LD [not old]

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    3. I read riches (monies £ & $) leave lord =or= gold.

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  13. 22. AUNTIE= BBC's moniker. A+ French 1= un + connection = tie

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  14. KKR - Usually we had better avoid using a gridfill (solution word in grid) in ay of the clues in the puzzle. I think that rule has been breached here/

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    1. Sir,
      Can you highlight the clue for my understanding?

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    2. And I guess you are talking about bingo here?

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    3. It is not about this clue, Paddy. There is one more clue elsewhere which contained the solution word there. He felt it was revealing.

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    4. Yes, I get it. Bingo (solution word) is used as part of clue in 10A.
      I have to learn a lot!

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    5. Actually, I thought of giving 24! [the clue number] in 10AC. But forgot in the process.
      Thanks Vasi Sir for pointing out.

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  15. Good & entertaining, KKR Gary. Nice time solving this !

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  16. STILL TO GO:
    ACROSS
    6,7,10,20,21,26,30
    DOWN
    6,27

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  17. 6d C U sec
    26a down scale blue/coat
    21a tra(go)p an

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  18. Replies
    1. Answer is downscale
      blue=down; coat=scale
      People from lower strata =def

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    2. Thank you KKR.
      Missed coat= scale part.

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  19. 7A LOGIC Glamour = Magic... Look =Lo replaces Ma.
    10A BEANO (BE A NO) Telescopic

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  20. 30a: snippet(piece) - {(snip)+(po̷l̷i̷t̷i̷c̷i̷a̷n̷)+(et=foreigner)}

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  21. 27d: or so(something like) - {t̷orso=trunk of a body, without limbs or head)

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    1. Torso: human body without limbs

      Without head, remove top of torso: orso

      Just annotating.

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  22. Yes, answer part is ok but the problem lies in annotating it!

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  23. Hurry: scuttle -st
    Seminary: semi nary: ry
    Cutle ry

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  24. Apostle spoon
    noun
    a teaspoon with the figure of an Apostle or saint on the handle.

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  25. Thank you Col. & KKR.
    Had a nice time.

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  26. Thank you all..Had to go for a one-year old's birthday party!
    Thanks Prasad for annotating the leftover clues.
    Thanks to Col and the blog.

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