Sunday, 19 January 2020

Special, Sunday 19 Jan 2020, Puzzle Lovers XI

The XI 
Dr Ami Deokar, Dr. Amit Mehta, Dr. Ashit Hegde, Dr Ashwini Nabar, Dr. Harshad Argekar, Dr. Jyotsna Deo, Dr. Mukund Jagannathan, Paul Ferreira, Dr. Satyen Nabar, Dr. Suresh Hemrajani, Dr. Vishnu Madhav 

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


ACROSS
1   Wet and muddy army shuffled around quietly (6)
4   Ophthalmologist's solution for nonsense (7)
8   Glorify all the rage after tumultuous rows (7)
9   Crooked seer admits depression for stay of execution (7)
11 You and I will concoct (in code) what Shakespearean phrases typically are? (4-6)
12 Characters snog lewdly and stare lecherously (4)
13 Stop disturbing lewd looks primarily (5)
14 Dropping ball in last inning, edging glove (8)
16 Suspend and give someone the boot for delay (4, 4)
18 Advertisements for tampons (5)
20 Head of narcotics is right! Dog's smart (4)
21 Face having dreadful boil with medication essentially! That's awful (10)
23 Wise guy on walk changes sandal at last (4-3)
24 Poor sap, aroused and relevant (7)
25 Regal guy disheartened! Silly goose (7)
26 Knock back a couple of drinks and get bellyache (6)

DOWN
1   Near sighted person, part of stormy operation (5)
2   Firmness perhaps to clarify again (7)
3   In Ohio, dancing nude Greek God essentially thrills the crowd (3, 6)
5   Female is young to play! Concede (5)
6   Sweep away to total destruction (7)
7   Putting pound in with dollar deposit (9)
10 Annual duty on return? (6, 3)
13 To kill a fly, corner with hand and beat it (2, 1, 6)
15 Setter is quick, essentially blunt and spontaneous (9)
17 Flight freebie I've foregone for endless chai in return (7)
19 Old boys' meeting, essentially being without variety (7)
21 Greek character, one at the mouth of a river (5)
22 Romeo needed protection for intimacy (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at PUZZLE LOVERS XI - 4

Enjoy.

60 comments:

  1. 8A- Worship- (WORS)*HIP- Glorify

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  2. 4A EYEWASH DD
    11A WELL-COINED WE'LL+(IN CODE)*
    2D RE SOLVE

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  3. 12A- OGLE- Stare lecherously- T

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  4. 24a: APROPOS {POOR+SAP}*
    22D: AMOUR {A(-R)MOUR}
    26A: MURMUR {RUM}{RUM}<--

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  5. 24a...Poor+sap *, aroused and relevant = APROPOS
    18a....Advertisements for tampons = PLUGS (DD)
    21d...Mouth of the river is DELTA (E)

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  6. 15d I'M PROMPT U
    In a function Posting through mobile

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  7. 21A: DIABOLICAL...(DIAL,BOIL,CA)*....FACE=DIAL,and CA from mediCAtion

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  8. 4 across: EYEWASH-- lotton ; also means nonsense CD
    12 ACROSS: OGLE= to starel lecherously. SNogleWDLY

    3 down: HOI POLLOI - = CROWD. HOI from OHIO and APOLLO = Greek God(-A) + O

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  9. 9ac respite (seer)* around pit
    15dn impromptu
    im (setter) prompt (quick) bl (u)nt

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  10. 10d Annual duty on return? (6, 3)
    Income Tax -a Cryptic Definition with a play on words suggesting Income Tax returns

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  11. 13d To kill a fly, corner with hand and beat it (2, 1, 6)
    Do A Runner meaning beat it or run away
    Do is to kill
    a is a
    Run is fly
    NE is corner( North East Corner)
    R is hand( Right hand)

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  12. 16a Suspend and give someone the boot for delay (4, 4)
    Hangfire meaning delay
    A simple charade of Hang meaning suspend and fire meaning give someone the boot.

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  13. 23A KNOW ALL =(Wise guy) (ON WALK)* L (sandaL at last)

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  14. yet to be
    A 13,14,20
    d 3,5,7,17,19

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  15. 7dn SETTLINGS {SETT(L)ING}{S} S=$ Dollar

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  16. 3D HOI POLLOI; crowd; aPOLLo in OHIO*
    13A DWELL stop;{LEWD*}{lOOKS}
    20A NIRD; smart; (acrsotic)

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    1. 17dn is GETAWAY as vasant suggests to MB's attempt.
      If so 20A above is incorrect

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    2. Yes 20A is not correct.. It is a letter substitution clue..

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    3. could not parse 3d yet.
      substitute for 3d
      19D UNIFORM; without variety; {reUNIon}{{FORM}

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    4. 3d the last "i" is from essentially thr"i"lls

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  17. 13A DWELL =Stop {disturbing} (LEWD)* ( L) looks primarily

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  18. col, new mail id below (deepakatportblair@gmail.com): was it always there!

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  19. 20A- NIRD does not go with crossings of 13& 17D

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  20. closing off
    20a: dog:hunt -n +r hurt:smart
    5d to play:field -f +y yield:concede
    19d: uniform: without variety reUNIon:old boys meeting essentially. being:FORM

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  21. Thanks to the Puzzle Lovers XI for the special

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  22. Thanks all, thanks to Col for putting this up. Hope all had fun.
    From all the puzzle solvers

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  23. I think today is Doctors'special. Thanks to all Dr's and col. Have a nice day....

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  24. Thanks Puzzlers X! . made my Sunday relaxing. Any one can trace DR. Nabar.

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    1. Hi Raju my only contribution is making the crossword and setting 1 clue. The rest are all set by my esteemed colleagues, taking time off from their very busy schedules. Thanks to them, the Col and the solvers!

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