A maximum of three answers per solver. Annotations must be given.
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Across
1 Desi who's running a carnival attraction (8)
5 He gets no big bell (6)
9 Extremely heady priest with no relative in sleepy state (8)
10 Agitated, Poles drop fish (4)
12 Exploit amid central lack to extreme limits (4)
13 Hip fellow (unknown) reportedly considers using several methods (2,4,4)
15 Unthinking umpire's law (6)
17 Land document (5)
19 Jet's big remiss (5)
20 Mark: one who is sick is one who posts (6)
23 Gallant Greek character's brave, giving up nothing (10)
26 Staff expressed regret to captain first (4)
28 Scoff at female not admitting boorish fellow (4)
29 Fighter, with others, to yell: "No armless choli!" (8)
30 Partially worsens experimental pointer (6)
31 With real effort, part of play's full of pep without a trace of levity (8)
Down
1 Nothing different for a revolutionary plot (6)
2 Daughter's fruit marked with spots (6)
3 Set eyes on dresses flying up (4)
4 Gathering up are refusals around one vegetable (5)
6 First of all, itinerants to avoid low-end yatras in European country (5)
7 Try! It in eastern direction vanishes (4,4)
8 I strive studiously to call again (7)
11 Bogus communication about university (4)
14 Kepler avoided sides and managed to look-see (4)
16 Hesitate over a long period (3)
17 Affiliations around one fixed up (4)
18 Bells ring around middle of trip over new leader (8)
19 Supporters, achanging, bring up initially intriguing quarrels (7)
20 English author's extra (4) 21 Sick during exam. Grating! (6)
22 The wire in Raichur's local yard starts spiralling (6)
24 Maltreat sailor with American substance at last (5)
25 Ends of guru reviving poor middling sick language family (5)
27 Street in top-class wine region (4)
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Excerpted from Cryptic Crossroads - Volume 2: Crosswords from 1ACross.org - Fifth Anniversary Issue, compiled and edited by Sowmya Ramkumar . (Self Published). Kindle Edition. By permission of the compiler and editor
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Thanks to Viresh Ratnakar, GitHub
Please click on the letter L to go to the program.
27d A (ST) I
ReplyDelete24D AB US E
ReplyDelete8D REVISIT*
ReplyDelete8d: REVISIT {I+STRIVE}*
ReplyDelete30A: SENSEX {T}
2D: DAPPLE {D}{APPLE}
1 AC SIDESHOW*
ReplyDelete9AC HY P NO SIS
23 AC CHI VAL[-o]ROUS
REPLACEMENT FOR REPEAT
ReplyDelete16D: ERA {ER|{A}
Any comment on 2d and 3d!
ReplyDeletePersonifies Gridman ‘ s style. Subtly ribald!
Delete10A : HAKE s(HAKE)n
ReplyDelete26A : CREW (C-aptain)(REW ~Rue)
28A : LOUT -fLOUT
24A...SAILER = AB ; AMERICAN = US + substancE = ABUSE
ReplyDelete30A....worSENS EXperimental....SENSEX---> T
1D Nothing different = Same-a+CHE = SCHEME
ReplyDeleteMY 3RD ONE....
ReplyDelete16D....Hesitate over a long period --ERA---->T
3D dresses = TOPS <= SPOT
ReplyDeleteThird:
ReplyDelete14D {Kepler - l,r}* = PEEK
13A IN + MAN + Y + WAYS (~weighs)
ReplyDelete29A W + REST + (-hol)LER
31A ACT + (-l)IVELY
25D UGRIC GU<- +R+IC
ReplyDeleteR from?
DeleteTook it from crossings (wRestler). Thought it was from poor but not sure.
DeleteU G R are the endings.
DeleteOh! Thanks Sree_Sree garu. Then the annotation is U+G+R+IC.
Delete6D ITALY - Itinerants To Avoid Low-end Yatras - European country
ReplyDelete12 Ac MILK - lack of central & extremes of L(ac)K & (li)MI(ts)
ReplyDeleteRecheck
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Delete12Ac Anno. Central Amid - MI, Extremes Lack -LK =MILK - Exploit.
Delete9Ac. HYPNOSIS -H(ead)YP(riest)NOSIS(relative)
ReplyDelete20Ac MAILER - M(ark)AIL(sick)ER -one who posts
ReplyDeleteIn lieu of 9 Ac
ReplyDelete1Dn SCHEME- CHE(revolutionary) in S(a)ME (nothing different) Defn. Plot
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DeleteMy third.
ReplyDelete22D TWIRLY T+W+I+R+L+Y (first letters)
My 3rd
ReplyDelete21Dn. GRILLE - Sick(ill) during exam(GRE)
UNSOLVED ONES...
ReplyDeleteAcross : 5, 15, 17, 19
Down. : 4, 7, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
21 done by D N M Rao
DeletePlease note...In 19Dn clue 'achanging' to be read as 'a changing'...
ReplyDelete5A) Defn: Bell
ReplyDeleteSoln: RINGER
Anno: {-B}RINGER}; BRINGER from he gets
18D) Defn: Bells
Soln: CARILLON
Anno: {CA{RI}LL}{O}{N} ; CALL from ring; RI from middle of trip; O from over; N from new
19D) Defn: Supporters
Soln: BACKERS
Anno: {B(-A)(+I)CKERS}; BICKERS from quarrels; 'A' changing to 'I'
5a. (-B) ringer.
ReplyDelete17 across. B -LACK = jet lack = remiss
4 down. ONION = vegetable. Refusals= no + no around I (1)
Despite having done the whole book, one doe find it difficult to solve all over again, due to failure of memory recall !
ReplyDeleteBeauty of cryptic crossies that one can revisit any time, even after months, or years ! Good exercise for memory !
Raju garu, you can have one more in place of 5A.
Delete27d....street = ST & Top class = A one (I)...A (ST) I = ASTI
ReplyDeleteThat was the first one solved by Ram @ 8:30 am.
DeleteToday's clues were too interesting. I perceive lot of substitutions and Telescopic.....Thanks to col.sir and Chaturvashi sir......
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DeleteLAST FEW TO BE SOLVED..
ReplyDeleteAcross : 15, 17.
Down : 7, 11, 17, 20.
15A REFLEX (REF)(LEX)
ReplyDelete7D: GOES AWAY GO(E)(SA)(WAY)
11D: FA(U)X
Having done the puzzle earlier, did this just three out of memory.
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle was one of the puzzles put up in Gridfest, a 21 day Grid fest put up in 1 Across. There wew a number of outstanding puzzles. All these puzzles have been collated and put up in a book, "Cryptic Crossroads-2". Other outstanding feature of the book is the interviews with the setters, who are from all over the world.
DeleteIf you don't own the book, grab a copy now. It's worth it. You can get it at Amazon.
Thanks Vasanth. Vasanth. I will get soon
DeleteThe interesting aspect of this puzzle is that there are not one, not two but 8 Ninas!
ReplyDeleteCan you find them all?
Yes, found them all.
DeleteI lost the competition on NInas and extra questions.
DeleteLAST THREE TO GO...
ReplyDeleteACROSS : 20.
DOWN : 17,20.
Thanks MB Garu. Let others have a chance.
ReplyDeleteThank you Raju- I could do some.
DeleteTotally missed everything. Somehow, of all the confusion, I did not expect anything today and Cv took me by suprise!
ReplyDelete17D-Ties- Affiliations- TES=< around I
20A- Mailer- one who posts
ReplyDeleteM Ailer
Paddy my mistake! It was 17A unsolved and not 20A. So try 17A and 20D.
Delete20D- More- Extra
ReplyDeleteMor E(nglish)
On googling, I found Mr to be an American author. Until then not sure of anno.
I took it as a DD. English Author(Thomas More) and Extra
Delete+1
DeleteLAST ONE TO GO..
ReplyDeleteACROSS : 17
How come yesterday's comments have disappeared from the blog ? These are for our archives?
ReplyDeleteSettings probably. Same-day 2 posts. And cool must have set day before as second page to display.
DeleteWhy should it disappear??? Can it be restored?
DeleteIt has been magically restored!
DeleteI think one of mine is a repeat- assuming that I am performing the closing ceremony.
ReplyDelete17A-Tract- DD- Land/ document
Thank you MB.
Thanks to all participants.
ReplyDeleteThe eight Ninas in the puzzle are....
ReplyDeleteWringer, shake, kin, extract, blackmail, screw, out wrestle, exact.
Quite an enjoyable grid. Thanks to CV sir, Viresh Ratnakar and 1Across.
ReplyDeleteThanks MB for conducting the solving and the credits. Though you have mentioned 1 Across, this book and grid fest has largely been because of Sowmya who worked tirelessly from conception to execution. She still is. Daily posting clue from one of the puzzles.
DeleteThanks Sowmya to you for making this happen.
+1
DeleteEnjoying 'Can you solve this clue?' daily.
In the interactive version please press SHow Ninas.
ReplyDeleteNote that MILK IN MANY WAYS was a hint that the grid has synonyms of milk (v.)
Each of the other lines has a synonym.
Thank you, sir.
DeleteThanks Chatur Vasi sir for contributing to the Cryptic Crossroads Volume 2. It is admirable how CV sir is almost always one of the first to join in any of our group initiatives.
ReplyDeleteI hope you all enjoyed this grid. When CV sir requested that he would like to run it at this blog, even though the book is just recently published, I had no hesitation, mainly because of it is for Colonel's blog and considering all that he does for furthering crosswords. It is also always nice to interact with the solvers here.
I hope all of you do support our initiative in any one of the following ways - Buy the book at either at Amazon.com or the link for the edition available above in the main post. You can also find our page on Facebook (look for 1ACCC2).
Thanks for the kind words Vasanthji. Much appreciated. After all, these are small initiatives taken by a niche group of people with similar interests and so the more support we have, the more chances of doing this in future too.
If you still need convincing, do check out our reviews. You can also still access a number of innovative crosswords every other week on our 1Across.org blog.
@Gridman, your gaffe of quoting GitHub as GiftHub couldn't have been more apt :)
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Thanks. Now corrected.
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