Monday 28 October 2019

Special, Monday 28 Oct 2019, HalliBilly


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


ACROSS
1   Fire catapult into one thousand to reach London area (9)
6   Shell company replaced one in step (5)
10 Space traveller loses holy verses and gets confused by bird (6)
11 Timer ran backward and got lost in one chaotic church? Unworldly! (8)
12 Emperor was found playing with Tower of London occupant (5)
13 Ate a bit of rice and felt like a king (7)
16 Key ingredient in coloured Soviets (6)
17 Someone like Wilde loves Joyce’s collection endlessly (8)
18 Host went back before method for famous Roman (8)
21 Model king with no attachments; succeeded 12A (7)
23 Almost add small vessel to get something like rain (7)
24 Omnipresent medium that puts people to sleep? (5)
27 Novice member of secret society? Let’s begin (8)
28 It’s phoney to mix money with 6th letter (6)
29 Treat plaque by cleaning its end and rinsing with natural perfume (5)
30 See ships carrying cosmetics (9)

DOWN
2   Mix notes with mother, child and craftsman (10)
3   Commoner lacks a chaotic sense of boorishness (7)
4   Water source trades off between Procter & Gamble for tribe (4)
5   A rope ran down continuously to be part of the equation (7)
7   Stravinsky had to scramble before French friend to learn art (7)
8   Firm conditionally wears tight hat (4)
9   Another eulogy? (9)
14 One valid man might become a type of Asian (9)
15 New age Guinea pig? (4,6)
19 Armed men placed at the disputed border before Iowa (7)
20 Formal figure at the Spanish yard sale (7)
22 Blind follower loses head to become a crafty person (7)
25 Native lost one to become one (4)
26 Colour me like a lemon tree, so to speak (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at HALLIBILLY 2

Enjoy.

68 comments:

  1. surprise gift, thanks col and HalliBilly

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  2. 30A: Eyeliners (eye)(liners) = cosmetics
    14D Maldivian (I+valid+nab)* = Asian
    4D: gond {(-p)(+g)ond} = tribe

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  3. 24A-Ether- DD?
    Omnipresent/ puts people to sleep
    5D- Operand-T-rOPE RAN Down
    8D- Coif- Co if Def.- Hat

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  4. Had confidence in Col.
    Thank you Col. & HillyBilly

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    1. 17Ac Anno: DUBLINER(-S)- Book by James Joyce& Oscar Wilde was from Dublin.

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  6. 1Ac ISLINGTON - Sling(catapult)+into*

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  7. 6AC +CO[-i]NCH shell=def
    18AC COM<+MODUS moc=master of ceremonies [although the recognised one for host=MC]
    7DN ORIG*+AMI stravinsky IGOR AMI=french friend [indirect anagram]

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  8. 18Ac COMMODUS - Com(moc<=?)Modus(method).

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  9. In place of 18Ac
    25Dn UNIT - (-I)NUIUT*. - A native American

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  10. 23 across. PLUVIAN = like rain. almost add=plu(-s) + vial= small vessel

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  11. 10A TOUCAN {COSMONAUT - OMS}* Definition BIRD

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  12. 23 across above: please correct spelling error; PLUVIAL

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  13. What is the (TM) thing in a few clues?

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    1. Forget it.when 's used it comes in acrosslite

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    2. Copied the clues and grid in a word file and solved pen on paper; so no problem for me.

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  14. 20 down: STATELY.= formal---Stat=figure+EL, spanish the+ Yard

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    1. yup. we had a long discussion somtime back on this forum.

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  16. 5 across; OPERAND. container within a rOPE RAN Down

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  17. OK. I'll take another. 27across: INITIATE- a novice member of a seret soceity. also means to begin. The mystrious symbols confused me !

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    1. With KKR's guidance I have learned that when we are foxed like this look at the original clue not its Acroslite version.

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  18. 19Dn MILITIA {LIMIT}*{IA}. BORDER=Limit, Iowa=IA Definition=Armed men

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  19. 1a is also done but for a small correction in anno.
    one thousand is I TON & sling into it.
    I(SLING)TON

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    1. Overwhelmed by cricket a 'ton' seems a hundred rather than ten of them.

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  20. 7d is also again done by KKR.
    So still pending-
    Across- 12,13,21,28,29
    Down- 3,9,15,26

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  21. 29A) Defn: Natural Perfume
    Soln: ATTAR
    Anno: {TARTA(-R)}*
    TARTAR from plaque; another indirect anagram
    3D) Defn: sense of boorishness
    Soln: INCIVIL
    Anno: {CIVILI(-A)N}*
    CIVILIAN from commoner; another indirect anagram
    9D) Defn: another eulogy
    Soln: RETRIBUTE CD

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  22. Still pending-
    Across- 12,13,16,21,28
    Down- 15,26

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  23. across
    12: NERVA, raven*
    13 HADRIAN HAD R (-ian suffix: like/resembling)
    28 ERSATZ (rs+ZETA)*

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  24. 13A HAD R IAN
    15d BETA TESTER CD
    12A NERVA Indirect anagram of RAVEN?

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  25. For repeats:
    21 A T R AJAN
    26d TEAL ~Tilia

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  26. HalliBilly, if you are seeing the comments, please note that there are too many indirect anagrams in your CW. Indirect anagrams are not to be used in CWs

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  27. Sorry sir just seeing this. Noted! Thanks for the feedback

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    1. Hi Halli Billy, the Setter's art is difficult, one has to be creative and innovative yet set clues within the rules laid down. While your first puzzle had an assymetrical grid, your second puzzle had many indirect anagrams. From these two grids, I understand you are an enthusiastic yet a new setter. Please do continue to set.. But do focus on the basics of Cryptic Crosswords..
      Best wishes for further grids!

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    2. Hello sir

      Thank you for the feedback. I'll make sure to apply these learnings in the next grid.

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  28. I have heard of being UNcivil and never INcivil ! Incivility , yes.

    HalliBilly has to answer all the comments. He has only acknowledged the Col's note.

    He has taken a compiler's licence and hence many must have found his grid a bit on the outre' side, though it was challenging, yet enjoyable.

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    1. Hello sir,

      Sorry I've been travelling without proper access to mails and hence didn't know this was getting published. I'll make sure to check the blog and answer comments immediately next time. Thank you for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it

      Regarding incivil: I agree that it's not used regularly. I wasn't sure of it myself before I confirmed

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  29. The grid was tough due to the large presence of indirect anagrams.
    There are good clues too which made it much more cryptic.
    If you can avoid the indirect anagrams, I am sure we will be seeing a really tough grid from you next time. Good luck!

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    1. Thank you sir will make sure to avoid indirects next time. Thanks a lot for solving the grid today :)

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