Sunday 19 April 2020

Special, Sunday 19 Apr 2020, Amrita

Day 26 of 40 Stay safe at home

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


ACROSS
6   Some powerful trainers needed for this kind of marathon? (5)
7   Cliff engaged in dispatch of meat (5,3)
10 Tiny detail on essentially insignificant first class trivia (7)
11 Touch base of nail polish filling (5,2)
12 Burger King follows World Health Organisation’s original purity exercise (7)
13 The mace can be used as a weapon (7)
14 How to solve a problem like Maria? If she at first comes in and scrapes her front knee? Get used to it! (11)
19 Animal full of energy, caught in this area (7)
21 Round grain made by carbon is pesticide free (7)
23 State holds university heads extremely responsible for clean up (7)
25 Hide local leader as Britain leaves rest (7)
26 Messenger saves last request page (8)
27 Set off initially dropping anxious IIT student (5)

DOWN
1   Draw fireants with distinctly oval fuzzy foreheads (5,3)
2   Device clip to carry a passport case (6)
3   Model paid seller for fancy footwear (10)
4   Confine inhabitants of Sparta uprising (4)
5   Onset of swollen joints reportedly cause people to panic thesedays? (6)
6   A French lament heard when lawn hasn’t been trimmed (6)
8   Good sources of nutrient on cheap, energy giving food (7)
9   Arrive from Shenzhen, terrified (5)
13 Bird shows a marked change around another bird (6,4)
15 Handyman tackles a snake (7)
16 In OLX, he gets one busted out of nothing (2,6)
17 Bomb capital of Syria, a place of misery (5)
18 First signs of sailor contracting upper respiratory virus yielding disease (6)
20 Feat working to redeem one of these? (6)
22 Free to bring back sailor restrained by soldiers (6)
24 Sally reflects on unfinished journal (4)

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74 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi19 April 2020 at 10:32

    6a ULTRA :: hid in 'powerful trainers'
    13a MACHETE :: anag of themace
    3d ESPADRILLE :: anag of paidseller

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  2. R Nagendra Prasad19 April 2020 at 10:33

    25A: LEATHER...(L)[(-BR)(EATHER]

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  3. R Nagendra Prasad19 April 2020 at 10:35

    4D: TRAP..s(<-PART)a

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  4. R Nagendra Prasad19 April 2020 at 10:36

    9A: ENTER...T

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  5. R Nagendra Prasad19 April 2020 at 10:37

    Make 9A as 9D

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  6. sree_sree19 April 2020 at 10:37

    24d RAID def:sally DAIRY(-y)<-
    22d GRATIS tar<- in GI's
    20d COUPON feat:coup working:on

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  7. P. Venkatesan19 April 2020 at 10:37

    9d: ENTER (T)
    13A: MACHETE {THE+MACE}*

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  8. Ramani19 April 2020 at 10:39

    17D S HELL

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam19 April 2020 at 10:41

    25ac leather l(ocal) (br)eather
    17dn she'll s(yria) hell
    9dn enter (T)

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  10. Gemini19 April 2020 at 10:42

    4D.. TRAP Inhabitants of Sparta.S(PART)APart..Trap

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  11. P. Venkatesan19 April 2020 at 10:46

    8D: SCURVY (Acrostic)

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  12. AJ19 April 2020 at 10:46

    18dn
    SCURVY
    First letters of 'sailor cont..upper resp...virus disease'

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  13. Jayalakshmi arumugam19 April 2020 at 10:46

    5dn sneeze s(wollen) neeze(knees)

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  14. AJ19 April 2020 at 10:48

    SCURVY is diseinitial letters of sailor.......yielding'


    .

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  15. ramesh ss19 April 2020 at 10:49

    6A - powerf UL TRA iners
    12A – (WHO) (P) (PE) (R)
    13A – MACHETE (the mace)*

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  16. AJ19 April 2020 at 10:49

    SCURVY: disease
    First letters of ' sailor.....yielding'

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  17. Ramani19 April 2020 at 10:49

    2D L (A PT) OP

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  18. P. Venkatesan19 April 2020 at 10:49

    First replacement
    21: ORGANIC {O+GRAIN+C}*

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  19. Vasant19 April 2020 at 10:52

    14A FAMILIARISE {LIKE MARIA IF (+S-k)}*
    16D EX NIHILO (IN OLX HE +I)*
    6D UNMOWN UN+~MOAN

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  20. Prasanna Rao19 April 2020 at 10:54

    13a - the mace = MACHETE* - kind of heavy knife
    9d - ENTER ---->T
    4D - part <----TRAP

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  21. P. Venkatesan19 April 2020 at 10:54

    2nd replacement
    13d: MEADOW LARK {A+MARKED+OWL}

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  22. Ramani19 April 2020 at 10:55

    21D O (RGANI)* C

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  23. D N M Rao19 April 2020 at 11:01

    27Ac INLAY - Initially(-IITL)=INALY*

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  24. C.G. BHARGAV19 April 2020 at 11:02

    6 down UN MOWN (hp moan)

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  25. Padmanabhan19 April 2020 at 11:06

    8D- Gnocchi-Food- G (NOC)CHI
    G followed by first lettersof N....O...C and CHI (energy)

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  26. Gemini19 April 2020 at 11:06

    13A. The mace..anagram machete= weapon

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  27. C.G. BHARGAV19 April 2020 at 11:06

    1 down STAN* D O F F
    STAND OFF

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  28. raju umamaheswar19 April 2020 at 11:07

    7 ACROSS.SCRAG END - MEAT-- CLIFF-CRAG DESPATCH- SEND

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    1. Col_Gopinath19 April 2020 at 11:08

      Your anno is not understood. Please indicate properly

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  29. Srinidhi19 April 2020 at 11:10

    15d Handyman tackles a snake (7)
    Meander means to snake
    Mender is a handyman, insert a

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  30. Srinidhi19 April 2020 at 11:11

    26A Messenger saves last request page (8)
    Courtier a page
    Courier is a messenger, insert T from the last letter of requesT

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  31. C.G. BHARGAV19 April 2020 at 11:11

    S(CRAG) END

    Was reminded of Eagle..

    He clasps the crag with crooked hands...

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  32. Srinidhi19 April 2020 at 11:13

    19a Animal full of energy, caught in this area (7)
    Hectare defined by in this area
    Hare is animal
    insert E for Energy and Ct for caught.

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  33. Col_Gopinath19 April 2020 at 11:15

    To be solved
    Across - 10, 11, 23

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  34. ramesh ss19 April 2020 at 11:16

    MINUT (IA) E IA – first class
    replacement for repeated comment

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  35. C.G. BHARGAV19 April 2020 at 11:17

    Enjoyable crossword MAM AM.

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  36. raju umamaheswar19 April 2020 at 11:18

    26 ACROSS: messenger= courier + REQUES(t) courtier pAGE OR ATTENDANT

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    1. amrita majumdar19 April 2020 at 11:25

      Yes .. COURIER around T

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    2. Col_Gopinath19 April 2020 at 11:45

      Raju please make an effort to indicate the anno properly

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    3. Chaturvasi19 April 2020 at 13:11

      He is such an experienced solver that even with a cryptic puzzle he solves only with the def and wouldn't care much for the nitty-gritty anno acc to certain arcane notation. He would say :"I saw it, I got the answer. Bus." and then he will move on to the next crossword waiting on his pad on the table. To each his or her pleasure.
      Even after I saw the answer LAUNDER by two persons with annos, it took me some mins to figure out LAND is from State. I was restless until I figured that out. My mind was fixated on State = LA

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  37. Vasant19 April 2020 at 11:24

    Thanks Amrita for an Entertaining puzzle.

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  38. raju umamaheswar19 April 2020 at 11:24

    bOMB CAPITAL OF sYRIA , A PLACE OF MISERY S + HELL + bomb

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    1. Col_Gopinath19 April 2020 at 11:45

      Which clue?

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    2. raju umamaheswar19 April 2020 at 13:13

      Thanks, Col. Once I got the answer, I fill in hurry up slowly . Invariably, I find my answers are already taken earlier . Further, my impatience is with my laptop which is very whimsical and has very vague background and scripts. I see that after I have keyed in, some letters end up in upper case and some in lower. The clue for eg. for Maria , 14 across. is absolutely bleak in my screen.

      Sorry for the annoyance I am causing you, and I"ll try and be more diligent in my annotations.

      cv is right. I have no patience once the answer clicks in and that;s it. I couldnt bother more !




      CV is right. Once my answer clicks in my mind , thats it ! I jst

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    3. sree_sree19 April 2020 at 13:47

      its most likely the keyboard cable connector is off. or the keys have become (shift/cap keys) become sticky so pressure of hands is causing the toggle.
      try to type with only the typing finger in contact or
      alt, open online key board and see if it makes any diff

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    4. raju umamaheswar19 April 2020 at 13:58

      Thanks Sri-Sri. Advice well taken. You are right. Yhe screen also expands and shrinks at will.Once the unit is tampered with, by anyone else the system goes awry. I use the lap top essentially only for Sunday specials once a week. iPad is another story as it doesnt pick up windows or Actodslite except what Mukund garu sends from Vasant.Story of my life !

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    5. Chaturvasi19 April 2020 at 15:57

      I have used AcrossLite on iPad.

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  39. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 April 2020 at 11:24

    23ac LAUNDER {LA{U}ND}{E}{R} E R from first letters of 'extremely responsible'

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  40. D N M Rao19 April 2020 at 11:25

    23Ac LAUNDER - {LA}{UND}{ER}

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  41. Padmanabhan19 April 2020 at 11:25

    26A- Courtier- COUR(T)IER- T from last request

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  42. Padmanabhan19 April 2020 at 11:26

    Def.- Page

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  43. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 April 2020 at 11:39

    11ac PHONE IN {P{HONE}IN} Definition : Touch base. Polish=Hone, Nail=Pin.

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  44. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 April 2020 at 11:42

    Enjoyable Sunday fare! Thank you, Amrita.

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  45. Col_Gopinath19 April 2020 at 11:47

    Thanks for the special Amrita

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  46. Padmanabhan19 April 2020 at 13:13

    Thank you Amritha for the enjoyable CW keeping us engaged during lockdown.
    Thank you Col.

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  47. Prasanna Rao19 April 2020 at 14:58

    read all clues and annos. nice grid and spent my precious time with CW. sincere thanks to shri.Col. and Amrita.

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  48. Vinod Sharma20 April 2020 at 17:22

    13d mirror site

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  49. Vinod Sharma20 April 2020 at 17:23

    3d espadrille

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