Sunday 22 March 2020

Special, Sunday 22 Mar 2020, Novice


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


ACROSS
1   Vibrations of hot fourth God give mental nourishment (4,3,7)
10 Just one out and out remote place (3,4)
11 Support five on a trick show (7)
12 Suffer junior government officer (7)
13 After odd hour barber moving end to start lost direction to plant (7)
15 Applause to palace on wheels without a point with roof up giving nothing away (1,4,3)
16 Spots men can spot inside returning (4)
19 Do this to the hatchet! (4)
20 Satanic and wicked to give around (8)
23 Remedy for nosy Trump missing ends (7)
24 Not game comic superhero (7)
25 Fast tempo music by metal support on endless row (7)
27 Mass measure to grow taking in direction repeatedly (7)
28 Three on danger mix with model in blockbuster film (5,3,6)

DOWN
2   Drone prepared for alarms in readiness (2,3,6)
3   Worded perhaps by poets extremely, nature’s morning pearls (8)
4   Substitute gives away starts, an idiot making contradictory speech (8)
5   Roots of tributes dodgy, lacks sex appeal (6)
6   Nothing left out of coating over teeth, nothing seen beyond (6)
7   Target student leaving state (3)
8   Pester host moving with hesitation to carry ring for fixer (7-7)
9   Heartless oaf picks odd hour to manage 007 in classic novel (2,5,7)
14 Andaman and Nicobar for one, a place rich go at sea, without a cent! (11)
17 Cop equipped thus, helped me get in taking time, but not softly (8)
18 State of Indian Airlines was unspoilt before (8)
21 Killer on vacation supresses uncontrolled urge at wildlife park (6)
22 Frictionless movement of moths around circle (6)
26 Allow to lease (3)

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57 comments:

  1. Jacob Brahmakulam22 March 2020 at 10:33

    1a food for thought hot+fourth+god*

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  2. R Nagendra Prasad22 March 2020 at 10:35

    11A: (BRA)(A)(DO)

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  3. Jacob Brahmakulam22 March 2020 at 10:35

    7d goa; state GOAl

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  4. Ramani22 March 2020 at 10:35

    26d LET (DD)
    22D SMO(O)TH *
    21D KRUGUR* (K...R)OVER (URGE)*

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  5. Padmanabhan22 March 2020 at 10:37

    7D- Goa=Goal-L

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  6. R Nagendra Prasad22 March 2020 at 10:38

    13A; RHUBARB...R(H-oU-r)BARB(-e)(R to start position)

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  7. P. Venkatesan22 March 2020 at 10:38

    14D: ARCHIPELAGO {A+PLACE+RICH+GO-C}*
    10A: FAR AWAY {FA(-I)R}{AWAY}
    5D: TUBERS {TRIBUTES-IT}*

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  8. Jacob Brahmakulam22 March 2020 at 10:39

    5d tubers; roots; tRiBUTES*

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  9. Padmanabhan22 March 2020 at 10:39

    3D- Dewdrops=Nature's morning pearls
    (Worded)*PS

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  10. R Nagendra Prasad22 March 2020 at 10:39

    28A: ENTER THE DRAGON...(three on danger,T)*

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  11. Padmanabhan22 March 2020 at 10:40

    12A-Undergo=(Under)go=Suffer
    Junior=Under,Govt.officer=GO

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  12. R Nagendra Prasad22 March 2020 at 10:42

    11A: Sorry Typo .. It should be (BRA)(V)(A)(DO)

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  13. raju umamaheswar22 March 2020 at 10:44

    2 down: ON RED ALERTS---ON RED from drone + alerts from alarms + IN readiness

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  14. AJ22 March 2020 at 10:45

    10 ac
    FAR AWAY: remote place
    Just : fair: one out: FAIR - I: FAR
    out: AWAY

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  15. Padmanabhan22 March 2020 at 10:45

    My 3rd-
    9D- Of Human Bondage=Classic novel
    Heartless oaf=Of
    HU=Odd hour
    (Manage)= Split into man & Age
    007=Bond
    Of HU MAN BOND AGE

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  16. raju umamaheswar22 March 2020 at 10:46

    12 across: UNDERGO= suffer + Junior+under +GO from government officer

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    1. Prasanna Rao22 March 2020 at 10:58

      Raju sir... I was about to post 12ac...at 10:47...just a minute ago you cracked it...nice puzzle raju sir...

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    2. raju umamaheswar22 March 2020 at 11:43

      Sorry, Prasannaji. I fill in as soon as I find an answer- NOT to beat anyone in the game. There could be repeats , but I don't mind. So long as all of us enjoy !

      Yes indeed, there are nice clue here that appealed to me: like OXYMORON and DEWDROPS, which is very poetic and imaginative !The compiler is NOT a NOVICE ! I prefer DDs and CDs. Thanks, Novice

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    3. ramesh ss22 March 2020 at 12:12

      thanks for your kind words

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    4. Prasanna Rao22 March 2020 at 14:28

      sir, I just posted my intention. all is well here...liked your comment.

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  17. raju umamaheswar22 March 2020 at 10:48

    19 across: BURY = from the saying : Bury the hatchet

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  18. Jayalakshmi arumugam22 March 2020 at 10:49

    18dn Virginia
    Virgin I(ndian) A(irlines)

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  19. Jayalakshmi arumugam22 March 2020 at 10:51

    2dn on red alerts
    (drone)* alerts (alarms)

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  20. Prasanna Rao22 March 2020 at 10:51

    26d - LET .means allow

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    1. Prasanna Rao22 March 2020 at 10:55

      22d...Moths + circle=O ....smooth*...which means frictionless

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    2. Prasanna Rao22 March 2020 at 11:02

      16a...spots = STOP <---T

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    3. Col_Gopinath22 March 2020 at 13:44

      16A is incorrect

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    4. Prasanna Rao22 March 2020 at 14:25

      yes col.sir...inadvertently spotted and posted it for today's test. but, later i got to know from Mr DNM Rao @ 11:26. Tnx. col.sir....by the by In Bhilai, complete shut down. 100% self curfew by people.....have a nice day sir

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  21. Jayalakshmi arumugam22 March 2020 at 10:52

    23ac nostrum nos(y) trum(p)

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  22. AJ22 March 2020 at 10:55

    20ac
    DEVILISH: satanic
    Wicked: evil
    give: dish
    dish around evil: DEVILISH

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  23. D N M Rao22 March 2020 at 11:12

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  24. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 March 2020 at 11:22

    4dn OXYMORON (-pr)OXY+MORON

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  25. D N M Rao22 March 2020 at 11:23

    8Dn TROUBLE SHOOTER - Trouble(pester)+Host*+O+er

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  26. Jacob Brahmakulam22 March 2020 at 11:23

    in lieu of 5d that was taken;
    6d OPAQUE; nothing seen beyond; {O}{PlAQUE}

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  27. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 March 2020 at 11:24

    27a TONNAGE {TO}{NN}{AGE}

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  28. D N M Rao22 March 2020 at 11:26

    16Ac ACNE - mEN CAn(<=)

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  29. D N M Rao22 March 2020 at 11:30

    25Ac ALLEGRO - {Al}{leg}{ro(-w)}

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  30. Yashaswini Prasad22 March 2020 at 11:35

    17D: HELMETED...[HEL(-p)(ME)(T)ED]

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  31. Yashaswini Prasad22 March 2020 at 11:36

    24A: MAGNETO...(not game)*

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  32. Yashaswini Prasad22 March 2020 at 11:39

    15A: A CLAP FOR...PALAC(-e)*,(RO-oF)<-

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  33. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 March 2020 at 11:41

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  34. sree_sree22 March 2020 at 11:44

    wow.....faater than gridman on friday. janata curfew at work.

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  35. ramesh ss22 March 2020 at 12:11

    Wow. That was quickly done < 2 hours thanks everyone for solving I hope the grid was enjoyable..

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  36. Padmanabhan22 March 2020 at 12:37

    Most enjoyable. I loved Of Human Bondage. Such a long word nicely clued.
    Thank you 'self styled'Novice.

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  37. Vasant22 March 2020 at 13:04

    Nice puzzle! Liked Of Human Bondage, Oxymoron, Food for Thought, Enter The Dragon, Trouble Shooter.
    Thanks Novice.

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  38. Padmanabhan22 March 2020 at 13:05

    A suggestion-It would have been more enjoyable if some surfaces were made more meaningful,though technically correct- eg. 13A. Gridman mentioned this once and it stayed in mind for me.May be kept in mind for future grids.

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    1. sree_sree22 March 2020 at 13:15

      1, crop instead of plant would have given better meaning.

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    2. sree_sree22 March 2020 at 13:15

      pls read +1

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    3. ramesh ss22 March 2020 at 14:15

      Thanks for the tips to improve will try

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    4. ramesh ss22 March 2020 at 14:21

      Rhubarb took me the longest time to clue, tried changing the word but no other word could be fitted into the slot with the crossed letters. Went through with it.

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  39. Col_Gopinath22 March 2020 at 13:46

    Thanks for the special Ramesh

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  40. ramesh ss22 March 2020 at 14:16

    Thanks colonel for hosting this grid.

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  41. Jayalakshmi arumugam27 March 2020 at 09:09

    6dn indentation in(antidote)*n
    1ac succeeds s(u)(cc)eeds
    2dn clepsydra (pterodactyls-t, t, o)*
    5ac hiccup (T)
    15ac determinable (rabid element)*

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