Sunday, 29 March 2020

Special, Sunday 29 Mar 2020, Jiyararajume

Day 5 of 21 Stay safe at home

Welcome to Jiyararajume. Comments and brickbats welcome.

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


ACROSS
1    A difficult walk I had, that's clear!  (6)
5    Something used in the lists, by many a knight (8)
9    Girlfriend embraces you, finally -- at regular intervals (8)
10 During match, turn over a new leaf, and tread very carefully (6)
11 Well fitted, be addressed, you idolater (8)
12 New Books, after ten years, rotting (8)
13  Boy meeting maiden, on the contrary! (7)
16 Invention created by US agents in a sudden burst of activity (7)
20 Does the traffic cop tell you to do this, if you wear one? (8)
22 They have a belief that is strange-- saintism (8)
23 One relocated from a South America region - this reptile! (6)
24 After entry of snake, went ahead and ran! (8)
25 Nervecentre of rogue organization found next to a hero! (8)
26 Some whippersnapper, scallywag-  from 25 across! (6)

DOWN
2    Snub the region! (6)
3    Plant tree with land round (8)
4    Consignment of French uniform (8)
5    Still wearing the former outfit, the first one had! (7)
6    Find most of the country's heath frighteningly cold! (8)
7    Learned to repeat first line (8)
8    At sea, weed two tars used to keep afloat! (5,5)
12 Tug of war? No, cars setting off up a road, originally (4,6)
14 Without saying much, (like our Col ?) whip up island to revolution! (8)
15 Race in public (8)
17 I blacken Andamans, for instance! (8)
18 Convert so solemn and dark! (8)
19 First of 21, old records, I left on (7)
21 I have found!  recently in the news followed by this dusky actress, without a husband (6)

Across Lite version can be accessed at JIYARARAJUME 1

Enjoy.

90 comments:

  1. 18d MOONLESS*
    17D I SLANDER
    8D DE LIVERY

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  2. 12 A DECADE NT
    17D I SLANDER
    18D MOONLESS (SO SOLEMN)*

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    1. 12A - Book or books for NT?

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    2. Book is ok, used in UK crosswords, though some insist it should strictly be books as OT or NT has books.

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    3. Chaturvasi sir.....OT stands for Old Testament?

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  3. 22A: ANIMISTS (SAINTISM)*
    23A: IGUANA {(+I)GU(-I)ANA}

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  4. Replies
    1. couldn't figure out the you in the clue. could you explain. thanks

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    2. Padmanabhan, How do you account for 'you'?
      Also, 'tailored' is not = 'well-fitted'
      Ask any woman who has got a blouse tailored.

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    3. CV. The fit of the blouse depends upon the breadth in the date of order and the date of delivery!(literally)

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  5. 9Ac ANNUALLY - {Ann}{u}{ally}

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  6. 5D- LA(YET)TE- the first one I had

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  7. 1ac
    LIMPID: clear
    limp : difficult walk
    I'd: I had

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  8. Making up for all three
    21d EUREKA EU+REK(-h)A
    19d EPS I L ON
    20A PULLOVER CD

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    1. 20A D& CD Does the traffic cop tell you to do this/if you wear one? (8)

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    2. Vasant, 19a....I could not get the def.and anno. for EPS pl.comment.

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    3. EP=Extentended playing(record)
      LP=Long Playing record

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  9. Replacement for repeat
    24a: LADDERED {L{ADDER}ED}

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  10. 21D- Eureka- I've found
    EU (REK A). Rekha- H

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    1. reka doesnt need a husband anyway!!

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    2. Ha ha ! Hsasya rasa ! Ask Dr. Nabar ! He always weeds out wives and husbands !

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    3. Probably that's what the setter meant!

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  11. Probably 'Recently in the news' giving EU for European Union

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  12. Of course the famous words of Archimedes.

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  13. 26 across RASCAL(T)
    A is missing....

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  14. 17d Does the def Andamans lead to the singular ISLANDER? Should the def have been Andamanese, which could be sing. or pl.?? Would 'Andaman' refer to a person from these islands?

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    1. had the same doubt with ref to smalia national today's everyman. somali is ethnic group/language.
      proper english says somalian.
      however i have not come across andaman to refer to any population. its andamanese.

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  15. 11a... idolater- Anagram = TAILORED*
    1a...difficult walk = LIMP (I) D = LIMPID

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  16. Replacement for repeat
    16A: FIGMENT {FI{GMEN}T}

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  17. My third

    8dn TREAD WATER {WEED TAR tar}*

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  18. Replies
    1. I saw it as
      Something used in the lists : Lance
      By many: lot
      A knight: Lancelot

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  19. 18d..... so solemn = MOONLESS*

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  20. 10A TIPTOE;tread very carefully; {TI{PTO}E}

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    1. got it from letters crossing. Unable to explain new leaf...

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    2. PTO- Please Turn Ovfer a new page/leaf.

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    3. oh yeah, of course. thanks

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  21. To be solved
    Across - 10
    Down - 12

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  22. 12D DRAG RACING (DD) tug of war?/ cars setting off up a road originally

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  23. Muje Raja Yari wonderful lagi!
    (Muje Raja Yari) *=Jiyararajume & Lit

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  24. ALL FINISHED AND DUSTED ?

    Any guess who's Jiyararajume ?

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    Replies
    1. He is right now busy, threatening all of us with his keedes !

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  25. Thanks for the special Jiyararajume

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  26. Raju is in the middle- Jiya & me?

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  27. Raju stands out obvious both as heart of the name as well as the aside of 14D clue!

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  28. I just remembered 'Me' of cartoon fame!

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  29. Thanks, Col, from Jiyararajume.

    Vasant almost got me. It is from the
    song from Milan sung by Mukesh. Saawan ka mahina, pawan Kare shor, jiyarara jhoome aise jaise manma
    naache mor.
    Paddy got the inner Raju out !
    This was my pseudonym in Nairobi, as I was denied prizes knowing my many wins.

    CGB was almost there.

    Cryptic solvers know the inner soul contained in all of us !

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    1. Wow! Rajugaru, you are donning the hat of a newbie?
      I was busy today and had no time to solve it. But after seeing it, I thought it was definitely not from a new hand.
      Nice entertainment.

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    2. Thanks you KKR garu. Missed you and a few other regulars.
      Next time, you don't miss me. Is Dr. Nabar too on warrior duty ?
      Stay safe and indoors ye-all.

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  30. Replies
    1. Thanks Raju for the puzzle.
      Jiya rare jhume.indeed!

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    2. I'm glad your jiya went on twirl.

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  31. @col. today's puzzles are significantly different from the regular ones. I have learned many things from experts viz., you, Paddy, kkr, Vasanth & others. Thanks for providing outstanding GRID. Have a good Day!!!

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  32. Thanks Prasanna Rao.Hope you felt the intensity of lock down less.

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  33. Thank you Raju- man of many hats!

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  34. Raju,
    You have not clarified about the 'You' in 11A. I still feel the solution has to be tailored,in spite of this doubt.

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  35. Sorry, Paddy, you have a falcon's eye! it was a typo . I must have keyed in you instead of to. I stand corrected.

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