Sunday, 1 September 2019

Special, Sunday 01 Sep 2019, K Koteswar Rao


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


ACROSS
1   Second class advocate’s off-time activity is to improve language skills (5)
4   Number? No, nothing returns nothing taking nothing! (9)
9   Dirty evil move on dry nurse (3-6)
10 Niagara without repeat of a polished texture (5)
11 Stabbed with weapon and tore to blush (2,3)
12 Paper room in part of church (5,4)
13 Babylonian God is in agreement with the monument (7)
15 It is most orderly to have a bite in retreat (7)
18 Sailor’s violent treachery about to be overlooked (7)
20 Utopian plant (7)
21 It's most intelligent to take drug. It detects cancer (5,4)
23 Requests make happy in brief (5)
25 Commandeer hot pursuit ignoring appeal (5)
26 Strangely 20? Setter once! (4,1,4)
27 Mae West in World War II, a life-saver (3,6)
28 Throw out consultant from engineering project (5)

DOWN
1   Log in secretly to enter into alter ego (9)
2   Paint company showed 50% deficit on distemper finally (5)
3   It is easy to understand when it’s not cryptic clue! (5,4)
4   System went off. Alternative, Kelvin? (7)
5   Trouble during lunchtime with figure (7)
6   Gain access with credentials of brand name (3-2)
7   Shortly, I’m not mean-spirited (2,1,6)
8   What would you say when your broadband connection is lost in group performance? (5)
14 Treasury’s former queen is overwhelmed by ovation (9)
16 Water level helps the board to slide on wet surface (9)
17 Intranets working here today and gone tomorrow! (9)
19 Stag has unpleasant smell to fight, as per spooner (7)
20 Spot settlement (7)
21 Sri Lanka puts back some domed structure (5)
22 Skin disease is up in the upper air (5)
24 A periodical on 4down maybe (1-4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 28

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105 comments:

  1. Ramani1 September 2019 at 10:34

    17d TRANSIENT*

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  2. Ramani1 September 2019 at 10:35

    7D IN A MOMENT*

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  3. Chaturvasi1 September 2019 at 10:35

    10a GRAIN (anag of NIGRA after deleting aa "repeat of a" from NIaGaRA).
    Attractively written clue. I like "without repeat of a" for letters deletion.
    I think in 'repeat of a' the intention is to take one repeat of a and not the second repeat for which the instruction might have been 'repeats of a'.
    'Polished' is a nice anag ind.
    However, IMO, the clue lacks in overall sensible surface.

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  4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 10:38

    Answer is right, Gemini. But anno is not pleasure.
    Make happy=please

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  5. Ramani1 September 2019 at 10:39

    14D EX (CHEQU) ER - Ovation part I am unable to bring

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  6. Chaturvasi1 September 2019 at 10:40

    15 It is most orderly to have a bite in retreat (7) N(EAT)EST

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  7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 10:47

    It looks you are in dilemma! It is wrong answer

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  8. Chaturvasi1 September 2019 at 10:48

    Many clues read well, 4 is intriguing. I am yet to get it cold, though.

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  9. Chaturvasi1 September 2019 at 10:53

    27 Mae West in World War II, a life-saver (3,6) SEA JACKET ?Usuall known as life jacket.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 10:55

      Your answer is not properly stitched, for the first time.

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    2. Chaturvasi1 September 2019 at 11:01

      I had a doubt. The answer occurred to me just now. AIR JACKET? (Sorry, I am still cold-solving.)

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 11:02

      Right on!
      I know you will always cold solve, a skill many of us have yet to imbibe

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 11:09

      Thanks CV Sir, I hope you have got 4 too

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    5. sree_sree1 September 2019 at 11:17

      Got it cold.

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    6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 11:18

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 11:23

      So you took the chill off the puzzle, Prasad!

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 10:58

    25A USURP {PURSUIT - IT}*

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  11. R Nagendra Prasad1 September 2019 at 11:00

    28A: EJECT from (E)(-proJECT)

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  12. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 11:01

    Incorrect, again, Gemini

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  13. R Nagendra Prasad1 September 2019 at 11:01

    20A: OPUNTIA from utopian*

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  14. R Nagendra Prasad1 September 2019 at 11:05

    13A: OBELISK from [O(BEL)(IS)K]

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  15. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 11:06

    Cold solving. Across Lite version not working!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 11:07

      Oh, that is good experience for a change!

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    2. sree_sree1 September 2019 at 11:11

      Ditto. Had to take a printout and do. Thanks KKR.
      In a get together. Comeback latter and post if lucky.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 11:13

      I am waiting, Prasad!

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 11:11

    20D OUTPOST (RA) Out as anindi for spot.

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  17. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 11:22

    My third

    6D LOG ON {LOGO}{N}

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  18. raju umamaheswar1 September 2019 at 11:24

    As MB has complained, Acrosslite is not opening the grid for some reason ! I have been struggling for the last 5 minutes in my laptop, smartphone and the IPad ! Help !!

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  19. raju umamaheswar1 September 2019 at 11:24

    45 minutes

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 11:28

      I sent you the soft version for solving, Rajugaru

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    2. raju umamaheswar1 September 2019 at 12:26

      Thanks for your kindness. I have no printer facility and hence, cannot do , as no interactive version is available. However, now the fun is lost and I will do it at leisure, without looking at the answers given in the blog, which I will see after 6pm today.

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  20. P. Venkatesan1 September 2019 at 11:26

    6D: LOG ON {LOGO}{N}
    21D: STUPA {T<--)
    16D: AQUAPLANE {AQUA}{PLANE}

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  21. Jayalakshmi arumugam1 September 2019 at 11:26

    21ac smear test sm(e)artest

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  22. Jayalakshmi arumugam1 September 2019 at 11:27

    4dn network (went)* or k(elvin)

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  23. P. Venkatesan1 September 2019 at 11:29

    REPLACEMENT FOR REPEAT (6D):
    20A: OPUNTIA {UTOPIAN}*

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  24. Jayalakshmi arumugam1 September 2019 at 11:36

    4dn nonagon no(nag)on

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  25. Chaturvasi1 September 2019 at 11:58

    4ac NONILLION :: NO NIL LI(O)N<-
    Great!

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  26. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 11:58

    STILL TO GO:
    ACROSS 1,4,9,11,12,26
    DOWN 1,2,3,8,19,22,24

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  27. Chaturvasi1 September 2019 at 12:00

    Future visitors can use partly filled grid in separate post to complete this crossword. That temporary post will not be updated further and it will be removed later.

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  28. sree_sree1 September 2019 at 12:09

    2d co lo(-ss) r
    22d r(up)ia
    24 E-ZINE

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  29. sree_sree1 September 2019 at 12:18

    CV sir, 13d is entered in 19d in the partial grid.

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  30. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 12:34

    STILL TO GO:
    ACROSS 1,9,11,12,26
    DOWN 1,3,8,19

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  31. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 12:35

    It's no way!

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  32. Vasant1 September 2019 at 12:45

    12A ORGAN LOFT
    26A UPON A TIME (OPUNTIA)*+ME
    19D ROEBUCK Spoonerism of BO RUCK

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  33. Satyen Nabar1 September 2019 at 13:17

    9A ILL-GOTTEN ill go tt en

    1D VAINGLORY LOGIN* in VARY

    16D AQUA + PLANE

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  34. raju umamaheswar1 September 2019 at 13:52

    6 down. Nonet= group performance. No broadband= no net.

    Good wordplay !

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  35. raju umamaheswar1 September 2019 at 13:53

    11a.GO RED. To blush Stabbed =

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  36. raju umamaheswar1 September 2019 at 13:56

    1 a. VOCAL. VOCA + L

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  37. raju umamaheswar1 September 2019 at 13:57

    Struggled juggling with a laptop . IPad and smart phone

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 14:18

      I understand Rajugaru
      Nonet is already solved.
      1AC needs fine tuning.

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  38. Padmanabhan1 September 2019 at 14:19

    +1

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  39. Padmanabhan1 September 2019 at 14:21

    3D- Lloyd list- Marine intelligence
    I could not quite understand the cryptic part, except that it is clear and not cryptic (easy to follow)

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 14:30

      3dn is incorrect
      Still correctly to be annotated: 1AC and 3DOWN

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  40. Padmanabhan1 September 2019 at 14:23

    Started late with CV's partially filled grid and without the grid,I tried to copy on paper, trying to fit in clue nos.
    Should have mailed you. I woke uo only when there were already 68 entries!

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  41. Padmanabhan1 September 2019 at 14:27

    I have almost completed.
    In anything is left out,pl. let me know.
    I will also check.

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  42. Padmanabhan1 September 2019 at 14:29

    No, all done.
    Good one KRK and thank you.

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  43. Padmanabhan1 September 2019 at 14:40

    Got 1A- Advocate off time= Advocate- date=Voca
    Second class is L (cLass)
    (Voca)L
    improve language skills Def.

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  44. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 14:45

    STILL TO GO:
    ACROSS 1
    DOWN 3

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    1. sree_sree1 September 2019 at 17:14

      Col to do the closing honors.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 17:15

      I think so, if MB doesn't

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 17:36

      Shall I take at least one of the two remaining unsolved?

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    4. sree_sree1 September 2019 at 17:37

      You can't really do one without giving away the other!

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 17:42

      MB,
      Since there is only a fine tuning involved, I think you can take 1AC
      Leave 3DN to others

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 17:43

      That's correct, Prasad. So the wait continues till 6:00 pm! Wish somebody would solve them before the deadline!!

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    7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 17:52

      KKR @ 17:42...

      1A : VOCAB {B+(ADVOCATE-DATE)}*

      B=Second class, Time off i.e Advocate-date=VOCA. Anindi is 'activity'

      {B+VOCA}* VOCAB(Vocabulary)

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    8. sree_sree1 September 2019 at 18:21

      Getting B to the otherside by other means than anind would have been better.

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    9. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 September 2019 at 00:01

      Sorry for not seeing the above points.
      Let me clarify that there is no anagram intended/involved in this clue.
      What I have wished was B [second class] on A [advocate-date gives voca]

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  45. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 18:06

    3D BROAD HINT (CD)

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 18:09

      I think it's BROAD HINT by definition.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 18:11

      My intention is:
      not cryptic=broad; clue=hint

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    3. sree_sree1 September 2019 at 18:17

      A hint about "broad" always helps!

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 September 2019 at 18:18

      Thanks KKR for the clarification. On the whole had an enjoyable solve for the day. Nice grid. Keep them coming.

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 18:20

      Thanks MB

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  46. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 September 2019 at 18:23

    Thanks to you all for the interest shown in the grid.
    Thanks Vasi Sir for your timely help when the acrosslite version didn't work.
    Thanks to the blog and Col, as always.

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  47. Deepak Gopinath1 September 2019 at 18:43

    Thank you for the special KKR.
    It appears there is a problem with the icrossword site(Across Lite) it worked properly when I uploaded, however I too am unable to access the site now.

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  48. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 September 2019 at 06:36

    I forgot to mention. And no one perhaps noticed. The grid is a pangram

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