Tuesday, 3 September 2019

Holiday Special, Tuesday 03 Sep 2019, Doppelganger (Repeat)


No paper due to Vinayaka Chathurthi.

Repeating CW No 1 from Doppelganger (without any changes so there will be goofups in the cluing) as I am out of stock of specials. KKR has sent me one which will be used next Sunday.

Each person may enter a maximum of three answers till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please submit all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
1   Father and Uncle Sam with a journalist took a break (6)
5   The company without any permit had energy to finish  (8)
9   Escape after playing an old prank in his stint (5,3)
10 The short film was not good, it was pathetic (6)
11 Indicate, whether with evidence it is resistant to the elements (12)
13 A detailed milling on the screw head becomes a knot (4)
14 Former law is suitable. Perfect! (5,3)
17 Attractive little devil (3,5)
18 God’s at home in this weather (4)
20 A clear idiot he is, dressed in muftis (5,7)
23 Wine with no heart is like a tissue (6)
24 Bearing built with one silver racer (8)
25 The operator takes time while angling for this (8)
26 Make offensive remarks about a small student who is on the border (6)

DOWN
2   A Cree owns land (4)
3   Loyal supporters like limited delay before time in battles (9)
4   They adored revolutionary growth (6)
5   Movie starring Tom at church with the setter crunching a fancy debt note (5,2,2,3,3)
6   A monument made by Doppleganger in a short while with some money (8)
7   The French had a very limited bar (5)
8   Timeless temporary shelter for the nobleman, it’s with a complaint (10)
12 The French with new Morel is cooked up with a contract at registration (10)
15 What a lathe operator does with a Mah-Jong piece to make a gate (9)
16 Each carriage sounds like an acquisition (8)
19 Silence with leftovers, are like movie trailers (6)
21 I first called in every Ranger as it got colder (5)
22 Past girl is all excited (4)

No Across Lite version as the Across Lite site is down.

Enjoy.

61 comments:

  1. 2D ACRE (T)
    21D ICIER (Acrostic)
    22D AGOG {AGO}{G}

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  2. 5A- Complete- Finish
    (Comp)(let)e
    Company without any- Comp
    Permit- Let
    Energy-E

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  3. 1a PAUSED
    2D ACRE(T)
    5D CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (DD)

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  4. 11A WEATHERPROOF (Whether (indicated) Proof(evidence))

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  5. 5D) Defn: Movie; Soln: CATCH ME IF YOU CAN; Anno: {CAT}{CV}{ME}{FANCY+IOU}*
    CAT from Tom; CH from Church; ME from setter; IOU from Debt Note;
    Is it an indirect anagram?

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  6. My 3rd-
    16D- (Pur)(Chase)- Acquisition
    Each- Per. Homonym- Pur
    Carriage-Chaise- homonym of Chase

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  7. 15D) Defn: Gate; Soln: TURNSTILE; Anno: {TURNS}{TILE};
    TILE from Mahjong piece

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  8. 15 d Turnstile -Gate Lathe operator TURNS+TILE-Mah jong piece.
    24a Bearing -Carriage.i+Ag(Silver)Racer.anag of i+ag+racer.
    26a Sledge-Offensive remark.Small student-SL+edge-Border.

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  9. My 3rd:
    Defn: Muftis; Soln: PLAIN CLOTHES; Anno: {PLAIN}{CLOT+HES}
    PLAIN from clear; CLOT from idiot; HES from he is

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  10. 6D MEMORIAL -mem(doppelganger in short)o rial(money)

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    1. For the sake of D N M Rao, a first timer.

      6D MEMORIAL {ME}{MO}{RIAL}

      ME from Doppelganger the setter, MO from a short while=moment abbreviation MO, RIAL from money, Iranian currency.

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    2. Thank you Sir. I took doppelganger's synonym - portrait or image- meme. Obviously not a good logic.

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  11. 10A MOVING : Mov(short film)ing(not good)-pathetic

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  12. 7D LEVER - LE(French)VER(limited very)-a bar.

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  13. 21D ICIER - (I)first of Called In Every Ranger as it got colder.

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  14. 19D SH(Silence)ORTS(leftovers):SHORTS (Trailers)

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    1. This is your 9th one. Thought the limit is three per person.

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    2. I thought it is three answers per comment.

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    3. It is both three answers per comment and max of three per commenter as per instruction.

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    4. Sorry. PL.see my comment below.

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    5. Welcome Raogaru!
      It was in lighter vein as I got company!
      I too did it in another forum when I was a newbie

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  15. 24A CARRIAGE (from Racer one silver - I AG)
    26A SLEDGE S(mall) L(student) EDGE (border)
    22D AGOG - AGO(past)G(girl)-excited

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  16. Please follow instructions of 3 per person, giving a chance for others to participate.

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  17. I am sorry. I am participating in this first time and mistook it as three answers per comment(I missed 'er'). Pardon me.

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  18. Just noticed that I gave a repeat of MB:
    My third:
    4DN DEODAR*

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  19. 3D STALWARTS= Loyal supporters
    like
    limited delay STALL - L =(STAL)
    before
    time( T) in battles WARS = (WARTS)

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  20. 23A: RETINA {RET(-S)INA} = tissue
    25A: STURGEON {S{T}URGEON} = large fish
    17A: HOT STUFF (DD) (Attractive /Hot Stuff the Lettle Devil is a comic boook character)

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  21. Pending Across 9,13 and Down 8

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  22. 12D ENROLLMENT (LE N MOREL NT)*

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  23. 6D- Tendinitis- complaint- ten (tent-T) don it is

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  24. 9A- Break out- Escape- B(reak)out
    reak= Prank
    Bout= stint
    Superb Col. Old is always enjoyable. Thank you.

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    1. Yes.Paddy you have jumped the gun. I thought I would go back home, solve and post my 3.

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    2. Paddy still functioning on US Time?

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    3. Sorry. Apologies.
      Since there were no comments at all, I thought everybody has forgotten about it. I did not want it to remain unsolved.
      I will be more careful in future and stick to rules.

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    4. Jet lag does not last a month!!

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    5. Please don't apologise, Paddy.It happens.
      My times of solving crosswords are weird nowadays. On good days at office, I use breaks ( Lunch, tea, snacks) to solve. Otherwise, it is in the evening. Today, during breaks, I solved 2 puzzles( from the 1 Across Gridfest, keeping this puzzle for solving in the evening. With 1 and a half hour time difference, I have a long evening)

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  25. I suggest that the rule may be reworded: Each person may enter a maximum of three answers till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
    Please submit all your answers in one comment.
    .

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  26. Thank you everyone. I will have to keep repeating Doppelganger CWs till I get more contributions. I have one for next week from KKR as mentioned above.
    From 27 Sep to 20 Oct I will be in Srinagar, in all probability there will be no blog during that period as there is no internet there as of now.

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    1. Col, if you can pre-schedule a blank post by 8am everyday, someone can copy paste the clues. And we can run Sunday format every day during that period.

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    2. Copy pasting of cues has to be done by someone who has admin rights

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    3. Moreover if there is no internet I will have to pre-schedule for a whole month before I get there

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    4. If a page is open for the day, one can post in comments section.

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  27. Replies
    1. More of a military duty? Or a long reunion?

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    2. Great!I have great memories of J&K. Visited every nook and corner. Have great friends. Partaken some wonderful dishes.. Sung Dongri and Kashmiri songs.. Been cooped up in a houseboat for 3 weeks.. Been to the borders... As close as to Muzzafarabad as possible on one hand and the closest on all sectors.. Seen bullet ridden walls, D. G. Set acoustic Chambers in our sites..
      Good Luck, Col. Hopefully by then Internet would have been restored. (it is restored on Baramullah, Handwara and Shopian as per news)

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    3. Thanks Vasant, I hope things get back to normal by the time I get there. I too have spent 3 years in the valley from 87 to 90

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