Sunday, 1 March 2020

Special, Sunday 01 Mar 2020, K Koteswar Rao


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


Instructions: Something vital is not clued uniformly and deliberately in the wordplay of a dozen clues. It may be in any place of  the solution. You have to presume it wherever necessary

ACROSS
1   Without man? No, without the lower jaw (8)
5   It may not be for school-goers. Maybe ENT? (6)
9   Applicable currency settled in payment (8)
10 A Bond movie takes energy relating to glands (6)
12 Reverse floater (5)
13 Grandmother's parent, without hesitation! (7)
14 Experiment of day nursery is poor and directionless (3,3)
16 Went on a binge with a Greek alphabet (7)
18 Blister gets hot for primarily sound organ (7)
20 It relates to government dues in lacs, if recovered (6)
22 Selfless compassion in narrow circumstances (7)
23 Drink cold duck, it needs energy (5)
24 The evening primrose is along the capital of Mogul empire once (6)
25 Suspend protrusion (8)
26 Fears surface when empty bowel is removed from damaged bladders (6)
27 Clings to eats in box (6,2)

DOWN
1   Foreigner leaves creature paralysed by poisonous substance (6)
2   It’s lethal building site in disorder (3,4,3,5)
3   Left significant other (5)
4  He puts the children to sleep by sprinkling grit? (7)
6   Sack saint placed after premier continental quilt (9)
7   Deeply immersed in shady Saharan deed (4,4,3,4)
8   Break weeds (8)
11 Projectiles are stored by the God of riches, ignoring banks (4)
15 Pulled through cold cutting organ (9)
17 A feudal superior left ignored in comic setup  (8)
19 Premature closure misses the nobleman (4)
20 Designing bridge (7)
21 Monster lecturer contains badger (6)
23 Dairy products have answer for union jacks (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 34

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66 comments:

  1. Ramani1 March 2020 at 10:34

    19d EARL (-Y)

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  2. Ramani1 March 2020 at 10:35

    11d -m AMMO -n

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  3. P. Venkatesan1 March 2020 at 10:36

    20a: FISCAL (T<--)
    1D: CURARE {CREATURE-ET}*

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  4. P. Venkatesan1 March 2020 at 10:37

    12A: ROVER {DD}

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  5. Jacob Brahmakulam1 March 2020 at 10:43

    18A; VEHICLE; organ; h for s in VESICLE

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  6. Jacob Brahmakulam1 March 2020 at 10:46

    20a FISCAL; it relates to government. hidden in reverse.

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  7. Ramani1 March 2020 at 10:48

    26A DREADS (BLADDERS-BL)*

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  8. AJ1 March 2020 at 10:52

    26ac
    DREADS : fears
    Empty bowel: bl
    Damaged bladders: bldreads
    after bl is removed it is dreads

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  9. D N M Rao1 March 2020 at 11:04

    17Dn OVERLORD - (-l)overlord (a feudal superior)

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 11:13

      It needs correction.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 13:02

      Now that it is known what is missing, I must point out that your answer is correct. But your anno is incorrect.
      Please take a relook.

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  10. Jacob Brahmakulam1 March 2020 at 11:04

    21D DRAGON; monster; {D{RAG}ON}

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  11. Jacob Brahmakulam1 March 2020 at 11:08

    in lieu of 20a;
    25a OVERHANG (DD)

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  12. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 11:14

    I am not commenting for now about the type of clue opined by you. Will comment after sometime.

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    1. Jacob Brahmakulam1 March 2020 at 12:59

      need to add the missing word OVER. by now it is clear from the several answers. 25a may not be DD

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 13:01

      Yes, you got it right.

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  13. Padmanabhan1 March 2020 at 11:16

    16A- Overate- went on a binge
    With=over
    Greek alphabet is 'Eta'.(Eta)* gives ate?

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  14. D N M Rao1 March 2020 at 11:17

    14Ac DRY RUN -{D-ay){NUR)S(-E)<=}RY}

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  15. D N M Rao1 March 2020 at 11:21

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 March 2020 at 12:01

    9a RELEVANT {RE{LEVA}NT} Leva Bulgarian currency.

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  17. D N M Rao1 March 2020 at 12:22

    13Ac MAMMOTH - MA(M)+MOTH(-ER) - (defn. Grand)

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  18. raju umamaheswar1 March 2020 at 12:26

    24 across: ONAGRA= evening primrose/ ON AGRA (capital of Mogul empire once

    23 across: CIDER - drink (EIDER= duck)

    23 down:: CARDS= jacks. dairy products= CURDS) -U)+A

    KKR garu: Thanks for chippingin atthe lastmoment. For moment, I thought my Sunday morning will go without any cerebral activity. Thanks also to the COL. welcome back without any hitch in your trip.

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 March 2020 at 12:29

    23d : CARDS C{-U}{+A}RDS

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  20. Priyadarshan1 March 2020 at 12:31

    3D) LOVER = {L} + OVER = significant other
    2D) ALL OVER THE PLACE = OVER inside {LETHAL}* + {PLACE} = in disorder
    4D) SANDMAN = cryptic def

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  21. Padmanabhan1 March 2020 at 12:34

    20D- Flyover- Bridge
    Is it one of those clues where we have to assume something? I think so.

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  22. Padmanabhan1 March 2020 at 12:43

    My third-
    15D- Recovered- RE)COVER)ED-Pulled through

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 March 2020 at 12:57

    22a POVERTY {P{OVER}(-I)TY}..I.e I = Self(less) from PITY=Compassion.

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  24. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 March 2020 at 13:14

    My third in place of 23dn

    7d OVER HEAD AND EARS {OVER}{Saharan deed}*

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  25. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 13:25

    STILL TO GO:
    ACROSS 1,5,10,27
    DOWN 6,8

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  26. Padmanabhan1 March 2020 at 13:58

    Still so many to go. Notch raised a bit?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 14:00

      I don't think so. Just sufficient for two. Srinidhi and one more.

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  27. Prasanna Rao1 March 2020 at 14:04

    20a....lacs+ if = FISCAL

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 14:07

      Welcome Prasanna

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    2. Prasanna Rao1 March 2020 at 14:47

      sorry kkr garu.....too busy with site works....thought of sitting at 10 am...have a nice day. for strong puzzles delivered by KKR....

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 15:10

      I understand.
      Thanks

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  28. Suresh1 March 2020 at 15:02

    1A CHAPLESS (CD)
    27D [T(RUSTS)IN]
    8D STOPOVER (Pots reversed,with over being for reversal - meaning break) not a theme word

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 15:07

      Superb, Sureshigaru! Thanks for taking time in this busy season for auditors.

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    2. Suresh1 March 2020 at 15:20

      Good crossword Koteswara Rao.

      Do share your number. I visit Hyderabad often

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 15:22

      My number is 8374882418

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    4. Suresh1 March 2020 at 15:59

      Will call on my next visit, probably second week of March

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 16:22

      Oh, I wait for your call. Let me have your number too, in whatsapp.

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  29. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 15:09

    STILL TO GO:
    ACROSS 5,10
    DOWN 6

    Anno for 17DN incomplete

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    1. sree_sree1 March 2020 at 19:08

      Just for the record.
      17d over DROL(-l)<=

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 19:55

      Yes, Prasad. I too forgot about it.
      You are correct. Thanks

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  30. sree_sree1 March 2020 at 15:12

    5a ebooks e,NT
    10a ADRENO A DR(E)NO
    6D BEDCOVERS S <=> BED(C) with over

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 15:17

      Thanks Prasad!
      Where were you all along?

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    2. sree_sree1 March 2020 at 15:20

      home after a long time. domestic works caught up

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  31. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 15:19

    That brings us to the end.
    Thank you all for sparing time.
    Thanks to Col and our blog!

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  32. Murali1 March 2020 at 16:14

    All OVER now, lOVERs of cwds are treated with many words with OVER all over the place even OVER the head and ears without any stopOVER. A rOVER goes on a flyOVER and OVERhangs on the cliff.

    Enjoyable cwd on a SUNDAY KKR GARU.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2020 at 16:21

      Thank you very much, Muraleedharan! Wonderful talepiece. Can we expect more in the next days too?

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    2. Murali1 March 2020 at 17:09

      Not on the regular days. There are other veterans doing this.
      Today i joined late to attempt cwd by which time everything is completed. So I just put my observations.
      Hope youe stock is not over as yet.
      Thanks KKR GARU

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  33. Col_Gopinath1 March 2020 at 17:04

    Thank you KKR

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