Sunday, 16 February 2020

Special, Sunday 16 Feb 2020, Novice

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



ACROSS
6   Search reveals a curve (3)
8   Instigating trouble awkwardly headless brings a mess about (6-7)
9   Ghost! Husband lets out a gasp and recites mantra (7)
10 Vapour magic we hear is from the stomach (7)
11 At home, right inside, no more out of fear (2,5)
12  Pirates dare sir at sea  (7)
13 Publication, reportedly of a time when sun there never sets, on a time when the sun had set! (2,3,2,8)
18 Experts of investigation agency return dull (7)
19 Mostly vocal in a party about pulpy fruit  (7)
22 Fragmented trace after topless sex remains (7)
23 Be all ears listen to kiwi skipper (7)
24 Indian politician on operations research takes time out and has his throat operation (6,7)
25 Snowman has no one so far (3)

DOWN
1   Traveling sailor on bumpy road (6)
2   Dress of revolutionary going around a great deal  (6)
3   Unfairly blamed for housing picture (6)
4   Country of endless projection by area say (8)
5   Make up defeat convincingly as tips go wrong inside (8)
6   Oppress giver to break within a period (8)
7   A derogatory way to address women? Fowl (6)
8   Agent of insurance company gets a copy (7)
14 Spirits driver to be around most core operations (8)
15 Route to impress mother? Prepare first (1,4,3)
16 Old British comic to confront pain (8)
17 Person mixed up around circle mixes words for special effects (7)
18 Somewhat small to house royal (6)
19 Image of Andhra Pradesh getting warm over capital (1,5)
20 Operating space during sabbatical (2,1,3)
21 Request internal task force (3,3)

Across Lite version can be accessed at NOVICE 2

Enjoy.

65 comments:

  1. 12a: RAIDERS {DARE+SIR}*
    6A: ARC (T)
    19A AVOCADO {VOCA(-L)}A+DO}*

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  2. 1d : ABOARD {AB}{ROAD*}
    2d : CLOTHE {C{LOT}HE}
    8d : REPLICA {REP}{LIC}{A}

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  3. 18 Across Prosaic experts PROS investigation agency CIA returning AIC so (pros+aic)

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  4. 14a Shashi tharoor { has+His+throat-t*}{OR}

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  5. 6 Down Replica Agentv (rep) insurance agency (lic) +a (REP LIC A)

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  6. 18d Pretty {p{r}etty}
    14d exorcist {Ex{cor*}ist}

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  7. 19 Down A Photo Andrapradesh AP getting warm HOT over capita I (A PHOTO) image

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  8. 1- across:: GASTRIC--- Vapour + magic= TRIC(K)- pertaining to stomach

    12 across: PIRATES= RAIDERS - anagram of dare sir

    6 down: AGGRIEVE= break- giver+ period - AGE - anagram of age and Giver

    Taken by surprise ?! is that why few comments ? Thanks Col and Novice .

    W

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    1. 1a no deletion
      6d not total anag!

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    2. thanks for solving Raju. hopefully a pleasant surprise

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  9. 8a Instigating trouble awkwardly headless brings a mess about (6-7)
    Rabble-rousing meaning instigating
    anagram of trouble without t (awkwardly headless) inside anagram of brings a

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  10. 24a Indian politician on operations research takes time out and has his throat operation (6,7)
    Shashi Tharoor Indian Politician
    OR( Operation Research) after an anagram of Has his throat without t

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  11. 5d Make up defeat convincingly as tips go wrong inside (8)
    Lipstick part of makeup
    Lick is to defeat convincingly around anagram of tips

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  12. 9AC P(H)ANT+OM
    11AC IN D(R]EAD
    4DN BULG[-e]+ARIA~area

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  13. 13A AN ERA OF DARKNESS (charade of 'a time when the sun had set') Defn= publication...(book by Mr Tharoor)

    16D FACEACHE(old British comic) FACE+ACHE

    7D CHICKS DD

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    1. thanks for solving dr X! nowhere near your standards....but we try

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  14. Yet to be solved
    Across - 10A(Anno), 22, 23, 25
    Down - 3, 6D(Anno), 15, 17, 20

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  15. How many of us here have a subscription to the e-paper or the Interactive Crossword page?

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  16. 17d
    Person mixed up: SPONER a circle (O)
    SPOONER mixes words with special effects

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  17. around a circle enables O to be taken inside in 17 d

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  18. 6d
    Giver to break: griev
    Period : age
    GRIEV within AGE
    AGGRIEVE: Oppress

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  19. 22A EXCRETA; remains {sEX}{TRACE*}
    10A GASTRIC; from the stomach; {GAS}{TRiC} ~trick
    23A HEARKEN; be all ears; {HEAR}{KEN}; listen ~Kane (Wiliiamson); imo the homophones are not sitting pretty;

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  20. 25a
    Snow man: YETI
    One : I
    YETI has no one: YET
    So far: YET

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  21. 15d
    Route: A ROAD
    Mother: MA
    Prepare first: P
    A ROAD MAP

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  22. Late in entering- glad I had at least one.
    15D- A Maze Map- Route- Amaze (impress) MA (Mother) P (Prepare first)

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  23. Thanks for the entertainment on Sunday Ramesh!

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  24. 1ac...Traveling sailor on bumpy road - Sailor=AB ; Road* = AB+oard = ABOARD
    21 Request internal task force ----ask for ---> [T]

    too late due to tight sch @ site....

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    1. maybe you took a sabbatical

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    2. I tried...and got 1, 2 (on a)...but the magic 3 letters i got by ppt.could not get anno....but Mr DNM perfectly posted. Thanks for the sunday treat by Novice.....

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  25. that completes all. Many thanks to colonel our gracious host. Mr sree sree for the reviews of all solutions.

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  26. Operating- On
    Space - a gap
    Sabbataical- on a gap

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  27. Thank you Ramesh & Col. Had a good time though I started late.

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