Sunday, 15 September 2019

Special, Sunday 15 Sep 2019, K Koteswar Rao


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


ACROSS
7   You will never bat it when you are motionless! (6)
8   Trying experience of alternative arrangement (6)
10 This mammal’s hideout is in the Eastern gallery (8)
11 What is cooking with the pressman who became friendlier? (6)
12 Bird has no role on the hill (5)
14 Plugs contain small error committed by buffs (7)
15 Thenceforth Adam was conceived as illegal dealer of weapons (8,2,5)
18 Greatly pressed urn (4-3)
19 Information about mutilated tile removed (5)
20 Senseless seaman spurred occasionally (6)
21 Left work in time of party at a place of abundance (2,6)
23 Undernourished gets filled (6)
24 Setter is on a party at secluded Whitefield (6)

DOWN
1   Without toxic element, fared badly, in general (4-4)
2   Beloved reverend is dismissed by knight as head of the cathedral (4)
3   Asteroid, not so deadly, fell on broadside (6)
4   Cancel a debt immediately, I say (5-3)
5   Fed up with expert who reportedly proposed act of damaging the appearance (10)
6   Foreigners in America have right to retain senate (6)
9   The member’s high alert about death? It cannot be declined in liquidation (5,6)
13 Appropriately mix dye with flying colours (10)
16 Book is free in Times Digests (8)
17 Do this with guitar when playing in rainy city, as per spooner (4,4)
18 Extremely happy honeymooner is somewhat of mixed character (6)
19 Bumper car to move suddenly by metre (6)
22 Pedaled and paddled reportedly (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 29

Enjoy

67 comments:

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    1. Thanks Ram! I expected you will be the first to take your quota.
      But 19A anno is slightly different. It is not intended as an anagram. It is reversal and about is reversal indicator in the clue.

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    2. Thanks for the enlightenment

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  2. 20A: ABSURD {AB}{SpUrReD}
    18d: HYBRID {H..Y}{BRID(-E)}
    8D: ORDEAL{OR}{DEAL}

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  3. 12A RIDGE {Partridge - Part}
    15A MERCHANT OF DEATH {Thenceforth Adam}*
    5Dn DEFACEMENT {FED<<}{ACE}{ME(-A)NT}

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  5. 10A: E(DEN)(TATE)..toothless mammal like Anteater

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  6. 7Ac EYELID (CD)
    4Dn WRITE OFF (CD?)
    6Dn ALIENS - A LIEN(Right)S(senate)-in US foregners are aliens.

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    1. 4dn Anno : {WRITE ~ Right OFF = Immediately} 'I say' is the homophone indicator. It's not a CD.

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    2. Thanks MB for scrupulously following! I missed the track

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  7. 18d Extremely happy honeymooner is somewhat of mixed character (6) HYBRID :: H...Y BRID[e]
    22d Pedaled and paddled reportedly (4) RODE ("rowed")

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  8. Apologies for typo in enu in 23AC. The enu is (3-3) and not (6). Sorry about it.

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  9. 18A- Hard Run- RA-(URN)*
    Hard Anind
    Def. Hard pressed

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  10. 18D- Hybrid- Mixed character
    Extremely happy- Hy
    Honeymooner somewhat= Bride- E

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  11. Replacement-
    1D- Lead-free- without toxic element
    L(FARED)*EE

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  12. Late. Lucky to get my 3 in and all correct!
    Thank you KKR. You seem to have good stock (both quantity & quality!) of CW's to keep us enthralled.

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  13. YET TO BE SOLVED:
    ACROSS: 11,14,19,24
    DOWN: 9,16,17,19

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    1. 19A was taken by Ram. Anno correction given by you.

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    2. Thanks MB, you are right. I didn't notice that.

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  14. YET TO BE SOLVED:
    ACROSS: 11,14,24
    DOWN: 9,16,17,19

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  15. 9d LEGAL TENDER :: LEG AL T(END)ER
    16s ABRIDGES :: A (B RID)GES

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  16. YET TO BE SOLVED:
    ACROSS: 11,14,24
    DOWN: 17,19

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  17. 17d TAMP DOWN damp town
    19d DODGE M
    24a ME A DO W

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    1. Sir, if you don't mind, are you the same KKR who sets CW "gaDinuDi" in web magazine "eemATa". I am just curious

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    2. You are perfectly right Sir! I have been setting for almost three years there

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    3. I used to solve Arudra's padabaMdha prahELika (?) and gaDinuDi in AMdhraprabha weekly. eemATa thing I came across afew days back. Thank you.

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    4. Yes, I used to solve SriSri's పదబంà°§ à°ª్à°°à°¹ేà°³ిà°• some forty years ago.

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  19. 11A THAWED what* + ed

    14A ADORERS ads around erro*

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  20. Thank you all for taking time solving the grid.
    Thanks to our blog and Col

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  21. Missed out on the fun. Had an outing.
    Shall solve now at leisure.

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    1. Finished the puzzle now. Loved it!
      Favourites were Lead-Free, Merchant of Death, Legal Tender.
      Thanks KKR. Keep em coming.

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    2. Now to start tackling Metamorphosis which look quite daunting.

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  22. KKR garu, lIke Vasant, much that I detest missing my usual on on a Sunday morning, I had to attend an AGM of our Association at our club house and could not actively be here. UGH ! No sooner than I returned, I got on to this and finished solving all the clues as it was fairly easier today. It erased the humdrum and inane palavers of a meeting. I particularly liked LEGAL TENDER and MERCHANT OF DEATH . Thanks a lot.

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  23. I believe IXL is starting in which case there will be no specials when the online rounds take place. However CWs may please be still sent in so that I can build up my stock which is NIL at prrsent.

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