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ACROSS
1 Ideal doctor patients revere (14) REPRESENTATIVE*
10 Relishes spices without root (5) LOVEScLOVES
11 Dare to reform, adopting measure from the East (9) CHALLENGE {CHA{ELL<=}NGE}
12 Invited to join around fall (8) WELCOMED {WEL{COME}D}
13 Studied bank following trainee model (6) LEARNT {L}{EARN}{T}
15 Slowdown sees drop in supply (10) DEPRESSION*
16 A police wing, one that neutralises basic threats? (4) ACID {A}{CID}
19 Band has broken up after a bit of soul-searching (4) SASH {So...g}{HAS*}
20 Breeds untruths after incomplete review with counsel (10) MULTIPLIES {LIES} after {MULl}{TIP}
23 Weakened sailor feasted with daughter (6) ABATED {AB}{ATE}{D}
25 Places where the stove burns, liquid thickens? (8) KITCHENS*
27 Press covering violent riot killing one in institute (9) INTRODUCE {IN{RiOT*}DUCE}
28 Collect advance around first of August (5) RAISE {R{Au...t}ISE}
29 Calmest chimp on ground gives performance (14) ACCOMPLISHMENT*
DOWN
2 Unending desire to run away with money covers (9) ENVELOPES {ENVy}{ELOPE}{S}
3 With time running out, hit back, getting top spot sewed up (8) RESTORED {REtORTED} over {Spot}
4 Cycle regularly in work out — Mostly very effective! (10) SUCCESSFUL {SU{CyClE}SS}{FULl}
5 Undiluted gin finally put away (4) NEAT {giN}{EAT}
6 “Everything is revolving around energy, friends!” (6) ALLIES {ALL}{I{E}S}
7 Secret meal in leader’s absence (5) INNERdINNER
8 Chosen decathlete runs without funny looking hat (7) ELECTED DECathLETE*
9 Dramatically flew down, getting start of operation moved (6) FLOWED {FLEW+D}* over {Op...n}
14 Chaotic reaction on admitting player, last of coronavirus cases (10) CONTAINERS {CO{N}TAINER*}{c...uS}}
17 Caught rioter misbehaving with one on introduction of new law (9) CRITERION {C}{RIOTER+1}*{New}
18 In retrospect, rumours spread! (8) SPECTRUM [T]
19 It’s a man’s organised resilience (7) STAMINA*
21 Extremely shady stay order (6) SYSTEM {ShadY}{STEM}
22 One who holds the cards basically oversees rough men’s refinement (6) REFORM {REF}{Ov...s}{Ro..h}{Men}
24 Web is endless in space underneath ceiling (5) ATTIClATTICe
26 Investor’s decision’s rubbish (4) BULL [DD]
Reference List1 Ideal doctor patients revere (14) REPRESENTATIVE*
10 Relishes spices without root (5) LOVES
11 Dare to reform, adopting measure from the East (9) CHALLENGE {CHA{ELL<=}NGE}
12 Invited to join around fall (8) WELCOMED {WEL{COME}D}
13 Studied bank following trainee model (6) LEARNT {L}{EARN}{T}
15 Slowdown sees drop in supply (10) DEPRESSION*
16 A police wing, one that neutralises basic threats? (4) ACID {A}{CID}
19 Band has broken up after a bit of soul-searching (4) SASH {S
20 Breeds untruths after incomplete review with counsel (10) MULTIPLIES {LIES} after {MUL
23 Weakened sailor feasted with daughter (6) ABATED {AB}{ATE}{D}
25 Places where the stove burns, liquid thickens? (8) KITCHENS*
27 Press covering violent riot killing one in institute (9) INTRODUCE {IN{R
28 Collect advance around first of August (5) RAISE {R{A
29 Calmest chimp on ground gives performance (14) ACCOMPLISHMENT*
DOWN
2 Unending desire to run away with money covers (9) ENVELOPES {ENV
3 With time running out, hit back, getting top spot sewed up (8) RESTORED {RE
4 Cycle regularly in work out — Mostly very effective! (10) SUCCESSFUL {SU{C
5 Undiluted gin finally put away (4) NEAT {
6 “Everything is revolving around energy, friends!” (6) ALLIES {ALL}{I{E}S}
7 Secret meal in leader’s absence (5) INNER
8 Chosen decathlete runs without funny looking hat (7) ELECTED DEC
9 Dramatically flew down, getting start of operation moved (6) FLOWED {FLEW+D}* over {O
14 Chaotic reaction on admitting player, last of coronavirus cases (10) CONTAINERS {CO{N}TAINER*}{
17 Caught rioter misbehaving with one on introduction of new law (9) CRITERION {C}{RIOTER+1}*{N
18 In retrospect, rumours spread! (8) SPECTRUM [T]
19 It’s a man’s organised resilience (7) STAMINA*
21 Extremely shady stay order (6) SYSTEM {S
22 One who holds the cards basically oversees rough men’s refinement (6) REFORM {REF}{O
24 Web is endless in space underneath ceiling (5) ATTIC
26 Investor’s decision’s rubbish (4) BULL [DD]
Measure = ELL, Trainee = L, Model = T, Sailor = AB, Daughter = D, Money = S, Time = T, Energy = E, Down = D, Player = N(North in Bridge), Caught = C
Dr RKE's TalePiece
A spider's biography
Srivathsan Santhanam (SS) was the ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE of the literary club of NIT, Trichy. He was known for his SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT in word puzzles. He WELCOMED the chance to INTRODUCE his friends to a wide SPECTRUM of word puzzles. They had until then only been building a BULL like physical STAMINA in the gym, but now they LEARNT to LOVE the mental CHALLENGE that the puzzles posed. The pastime was a good antidote to the DEPRESSION caused by a low CGPA, much better than taking ACID.They would sit in front of their SYSTEMs all night, solving puzzles, fueled by the tea, that FLOWED unendingly from the night KITCHEN in the mess.The exercise RESTORED the confidence in their vocabulary. To RAISE the bar further, SS introduced a game, in which his friends would pick out an ENVELOPE from a CONTAINER, which had one word penciled in. They had to make 3 cryptic clues for that word. The CRITERION was not just the time they took but also the NEAT surface reading and fairness of the wordplay. His ALLIES participated with unABATED enthusiasm. They crowned SS with the title 'The spINNER', for he had drawn them in to the web of word puzzles.
1A def Ideal=REPRESENTATIVE ,anag of patients revere
ReplyDelete10A def: relishes=EPICS!anag of spices-s(root of spices)
ReplyDeletepls check
Delete10A:LOVES,(-c)loves
Delete15A DEPRESSION=slow down;anag of sees drop in
ReplyDelete6D- ALLIES: everything =all,I(e)s- is around Energy
ReplyDelete2Dn ENVELOPES - {Env{elope}(-y)(+e)s}
ReplyDelete10AcLOVES - (-C){loves}
16Ac ACID - {A}{CID} - Acid neutralizes base
In 2Dn anno pl. Ignore (+e)
Delete23Ac ABATED - {AB}{ATE}{D}
ReplyDelete29Ac ACCOMPLISHMENT*
29Ac anno - {Calmest+chimp+on}*
Delete15a- (Slowdown+sees)* = DEPRESSIONS
ReplyDelete19d...It’s a man * = STAMINA
29A - Calmest chimp on * = ACCOMPLISHMENT
15a see solution above
Deletesorry col.typo. error. ...tnx. for the correction
DeleteDef:chosen=ELECTED, anag of decathlete-had
ReplyDeleteTypo:8d chosen= ELECTED
ReplyDeleteDecathlete-hat
11ac
ReplyDeleteCHALLENGE: dare
reform: change
Measure: ll
East: e
Charged(ll(e))nge
relook pls
DeleteSorry typing error
DeleteCha((ll)e)nge
Your anno is still not correct
DeleteMeasure is ELL
DeleteFrom the East: LLE
CHA(LLE)NGE
7dn
ReplyDeleteMeal: dinner
In leader's absence it becomes
INNER: secret
19ac
ReplyDeleteSASH : band
Bit of soul- searching: s
Has broken up: ash
SASH
26 d Bull-investor.Rubbish.
ReplyDelete25 a kitchens-anag of thickens.
18d spectrum-retroSPECT RUMours.Spread
28 a Raise R(a)ise.advance-rise.
21 a System-order ShadY Sy+stem-stay
24dn
ReplyDeleteATTIC: space underneath ceiling
Web: lattice - endless: attic
1A: REPRESENTATIVE. Anag.of Patients revere. Anime: doctor Def: Ideal
ReplyDelete15A: DEPRESSION. Anag. of sees drop in. Anime: supply. Def: slowdown
19D: STAMINA. Anag. of its a man. Anind: organised. Def: resilience
6D: (ALL)I(E)S...Def: friends
23A: (AB)(ATE)D...Def: weakened
Correction 1A: Anind: doctor
ReplyDelete9dn
ReplyDeleteFLOWED
FLEW D(own) getting O(start of operation)
Flew D o - anagram
FLOWED: moved
3D RESTORED; sewed up; {RE{Spot}TORtED}
ReplyDelete12A WELCOMED; invited; {WEL{COME}D}
20A MULTIPLIED {MULl}{TIP}{LIED}
relook 20a pls
Delete20A MULTIPLIES; breeds; {MULl}{TIP}{LIES}
Delete5 d neat- undiluted giN
ReplyDeleteeat - put away
25a kitchens anagram of thickens
ReplyDelete4D SUCCESSFUL; effective {S{CyClE}SS}{FULl}; SUSS= work out very=full
ReplyDeleteYet to be solved
ReplyDeleteAcross - 13, 27
Down - 14, 17, 22
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ReplyDeleteYou are allowed only 5 answers
Delete22D REFORM; refinement; {REF}{O}{r}{M}
ReplyDelete14 CREATION + Player N + last of coronaviruS
ReplyDeleteCases = CONTAINERS
As per your anno above the answer is CREATIONNS?
DeleteForgot to mention anagram
Delete14d. 'Chaotic reaction' - anagram of reaction, 'admitting player' - having N, 'last of c..s'- S = 'cases' which gives CONTAINERS
ReplyDelete17d. 'Caught' - c, 'rioters misbehaving' - anagram of rioters, 'with one' - I, 'introduction of new' - first letter of new, answer being 'law' giving CRITERION
wow. well solved....tried a lot.
Delete14 A.CONTAINERS..anagram of reaction and last of coronaviru S.
ReplyDeleteAnno incorrect. See solution in CPC's post above
DeleteLast two
ReplyDelete13A and 27A
13 A
ReplyDeleteL (earn)t
Learnt
27 a
ReplyDeleteIN(tro) DUCE
Introduce
Anno is incorrect
DeleteRiot misses i
DeletePlease remember that the reason behind asking for the correct annotation is that there are a number of beginners who are following the blog, they need to know exactly how the answers are derived.
ReplyDeleteSo please follow the conventions being followed in the blog while giving out the annotation especially when indicating Anagrams, Reversals, Deletions etc
27ac introduce In(riot-)*duce
ReplyDelete27ac introduce in(riot-i)*duce
ReplyDeleteSpinner,
ReplyDeleteThought we missed you in this round. Thank you for the entertaining grid. Several enjoyable clues. Liked Kitchen,containers,system and envelopes to mention a few. Thank you.
Thank you Paddy
DeleteCol. Talepiece?
ReplyDeleteTailpiece can be put up only after the solutions are posted. Otherwise it will a spoiler
DeleteI too waiting for the same....coz eager to see how Dr.addressing the puzzles w.r.to [14d] COVID-19
DeleteAll solutions are in.
DeleteSorry to disappoint you, Prasanna Rao. This overexposure to corona virus made me averse to writing about it. Slipped into a nostalgic reverie instead about college days!
DeleteNice tale piece. Didn't solve the grid today. Pleasant surprise to learn spinner is NITT alumni. Am RECT alumni too...
DeleteYes RKE. you are abs. right. I just written with curiosity. Well said.
DeleteNice Tale piece doc. and Tnx to Col.too for all time support. have a gr8 day
ReplyDelete3d which time ran out?
ReplyDeleteT
DeleteFirst or second!
Delete26d MD? Papal Bull:decree/decision.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a very enjoyable grid, Spinner! Loved the long anagrams and smooth surfaces.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteThanks Ramki and Vasant :)
Delete20A what gives Muli? Sorry, didn't understand. Could someone please help?
ReplyDeleteIncomplete Review = MUL(-L)
DeleteWow, the talepiece invokes so many memories of college litfests , thanks for that :)
ReplyDelete