Sunday, 25 August 2019

Special, Sunday 25 Aug 2019, Raju Umamaheswar


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


ACROSS
1   Bill gets free bitter (5)
4   Supporter concealing piece of malicious chatter (9)
9   Revolutionary led island to overwhelming victory (9)
10 Substitute chocoholics are really outraged by, initially (5)
11 It's allowable, but shocking, when laid on the line (6)
12 Stable with one acceptable horse (8)
14 A number impair the efficiency of probation (9)
16 Belief in sacred objects (5)
17 Seaman returning to deck, sort of (5)
19 Identified tune with help, backing by newspaperman (9)
21 Someone questioned when an explosive device is found in river (8)
22 One leaving home  before catching plane (6)
25 I had quickly found island, in a manner of speaking (5)
26 Celandine flourished every so many years (9)
27 Observes way in which advertisement's introduced make-up (9)
28 Give a  termination to pain? (5)

DOWN
1   Where you can see washing at every point (3,5,3,4)
2   Restore Frenchman to wife (5)
3   Annoyance expressed by "Hell" and "Blast" (7)
4   Gathering to cook (4)
5   Beanstalk wouldn't indulge in gossip (4,3,3)
6   Rustic with a lot of objection in pain (7)
7   Sailor Head contains the Princess for unpunctuality (9)
8   Fairy's dressing of wool led to change (5,10)
13 Without regard to the consequences, like an  American preying bird ? (4-6)
15 Adaptable relatives adapted. (9)
18 Victory (with valuable card I held) over Helen ( 7)
20 He may hold shares in pit, in one that's fraudulent (7)
23 Beaver skin after completion of dressing (5)
24 Almost lower boat (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at RAJU U 17

Enjoy.

42 comments:

  1. 1A AC RID
    9A LANSSLIDE (LED ISLAND)*
    2D RENE W

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  2. 1D ALL ALONG THE LINE CD

    14A NO+VITIATE

    11A L+AWFUL

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    1. NO= nitrous oxide (a numbing agent/number)

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    2. Unless Raju only intends abbrev of number as 'no'. But then 'a' number would not be required?
      Thanks Raju for a nice Sunday fare :)

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  3. 20D NOMINEE {NO{MINE}E*} i.e Mine in One*

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  4. This was put together manually by me in a hurry , using a graph paper, on Thursday after seeing the +Col ‘s call. So any omissions and commission may please be pardoned.

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  5. 3D: DISGUST {DIS}{GUST}
    2D: RENEW {RENE}{W}
    4D: BOIL (DD)

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  6. 19a- Diagnosed- Identified
    Dia gnos ed- (Aid=<)(Song=<)ed

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  7. Take a second look. raft is not skin.

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  8. My third-
    22A- E(MIG)RE- one leaving the country
    Plane- MIG

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    1. 19a has been done already.

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    2. Replacement? Thank you. Here it is.
      8D- Robin Goodfellow- Fairy
      Dressing- Robing
      (Robing of wool led)*

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    3. https://www.google.com/search?q=robin+goodfellow&oq=Robin+Goodfellow&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.12728j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

      This link leads to the Fairy.

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  9. Thank you Raju. It does not look like one assembled at short notice.
    Enjoyable. Thank you.

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  10. No. It is (Scowl-L) leading to Scow,a boat.
    Scowl is to wrinkle/ contract/lower

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  11. 27 AC :EYES + H{AD}OW
    = EYESHADOW (=makeup)

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  12. 4AC : BACK(supporter) + BIT (piece) + ER (malicious chatter) ????

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  13. 21 AC: EX{ A MINE}E = EXAMINEE (=Someone questioned)

    (Exe is a river in England)

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  14. 4A) Defn: malicious chatter; Soln: BACKBITER; Anno: {BACK{BIT}ER}; BACKER from supporter & BIT from piece
    12A) Defn: horse; Soln: STALLION; Anno: {STALL{I}{ON}}; STALL from stable, I from one & ON from acceptable
    25A) Defn: manner of speaking; Soln: IDIOM; Anno: {ID}{IOM}; ID from I had & IOM from island

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  15. 28ac endow end(termination)ow (expression of pain)
    23dn grind (dressin)g rind(skin)

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  16. Thank you for the special, Raju

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  17. 6D- Bucolic- Rustic
    Lot of objection- BU (BUT-T)
    Pain= colic
    That completes it. Thank you Col. & Raju.

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  18. Thanks every one. Glad that ye-all enjoyed. Thanks Col for posting this. I thought you will have difficulty in reading on a graph paper done manually.

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  19. Sorry Raju, missed all the entertainment as I was away on family function.
    Solved it leisurely now. Many good clues.
    Good show!

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