Sunday, 17 May 2020

Special, Sunday 17 May 2020, Veeyares

Day 54 of 54 Stay safe at home
Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please submit all your answers in one comment. 
(COMMENTS ENTERED WITH LESS THAN THREE ANSWERS WILL BE DELTED WITHOUT NOTICE, UNLESS THE COMMENTER SPECIFIES THAT IT IS A COMPENSATION FOR A REPEAT)


ACROSS
1   Remove brats frolicking in a court (8)
5   Party with verve leads to napping (6)
10 Scholar, tired wandering around University, takes first exit (7)
11 Inclined to show off to make aunt fly off (7)
12 It is chilly back in the land I legalised (5)
13 Pecking order decided by playing archery with current husband (9)
14 Dine around at stall, alternatively end at church. It is your liberty! (12)
18 Covering pinch? Where one keeps one’s wallet (6, 6)
21 Firm engages, assuming acceptance for chef’s reference (9)
23 May be Cholesterol present in slip identified by me (5)
24 No good in being angry. It is thankless (7)
25 If sense is composed, it is skill (7)
26 Prods new referees scratching head (6)
27 Speak to group without notice on item issued to recruit (5, 3)

DOWN
1   Hunt to chop off heads of some criminals to take retribution (6)
2   Blow for the stocky giving off shirt for a couple of students (6)
3   Act to please God Varuna by Nair? (4, 5)
4   Nurseryman regularly renewed Hero cycle redesigned to carry politician (6, 8)
6   Alumnus, mother about a President (5)
7   Fresh notice with new point finds him not criminal (8)
8   Those of a happy disposition (3, 5)
9   Another free source off unknown to give reason (5, 6, 3)
15 Indecent sent up cryptic sign involving student at lodgings (9)
16 Dismissal? Not right. It is discharge (8)
17 Deed by divinity is a natural process (3, 2, 3)
19 Jerks initially seen prowling about since morning. Scary! (6)
20 Commercial release is coming! (6)
22 Prepare to face British champion (5)

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63 comments:

  1. Ramani17 May 2020 at 10:33

    22d BR ACE
    20D AD VENT
    19D SPASMS (ACROSTIC)

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  2. P. Venkatesan17 May 2020 at 10:36

    26a: NUDGES {N{p(-J)UDGES}
    23A: LIPID (T)
    25A: FINESSE {IF+SENSE}*

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  3. R Nagendra Prasad17 May 2020 at 10:39

    11A: FLAUNTY...AUNT FLY*
    7D: INNOCENT...NOTICE,N,N*
    13A: HIERARCHY...ARCHERY,I,H*

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  4. Padmanabhan17 May 2020 at 10:40

    1A- Subtract- Remove
    (SUBTR)* A CT

    12A- Gelid- It is chilly- T=<
    lan(D I LEG)alised

    23A- Lipid- May be cholestrol-T
    sLIP IDentified

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  5. raju umamaheswar17 May 2020 at 10:40

    1 across: ABSTRACT- BRATS + A COURT= ACT = ABSTRACT= remove

    5 across: DOZING- = napping party=DO+ ZING= verve

    7 down: INNOCENT-not criminal -NOTICE+newpoint = NN

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  6. Prasanna Rao17 May 2020 at 10:55

    22D - British=BR ; Champion=Ace ----BRACE
    19 D - SPASMS - Acrostic (seen prowling about since morning. Scary) Initial letters of each word)

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  7. C.G. BHARGAV17 May 2020 at 10:56

    My three
    24 across I(NG)RATE
    16 down (-R)EJECTION
    17 down ACT OF GOD (DD)

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  8. Vasant17 May 2020 at 11:01

    1A ABSTRACT BRATS* around A CT
    13A HIERARCHY(I H+ARCHERY)*
    4D CRECHE EMPLOYEE MP inside (EEE (from rEnEwEd)+HEROCYCLE)*

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  9. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 11:05

    Right Gemini

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  10. sree_sree17 May 2020 at 11:05

    nice and easy. thanks VEEYERAS

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  11. ramesh ss17 May 2020 at 11:08

    compensating for repeat 3D obama OB (old boy or alumnus) MA around A

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    1. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 11:15

      Right Novice. You are right about scholarly. Thank you for pointing out

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  12. Vasant17 May 2020 at 11:11

    Making up for 1A and 13A
    18A JACKET POCKET (covering=jacket, pinch=pocket)
    24A I(NG)RATE

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  13. Orthopaul17 May 2020 at 11:14

    10ac ERUDITE...scholar (tired) around (u)ni taking first (e)xit.
    17d. ACT OF GOD...CD
    22d. BRACE..(br)itish (ace) champ...prepare to face

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  14. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 11:17

    All done Orthopal. Thanks for your solving

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  15. Col_Gopinath17 May 2020 at 11:21

    Please note answers entered singly will be deleted unless it is specifically mentioned as a compensatory answer for a repeat

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  16. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 11:27

    10a, 3d, 9d solved

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  17. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 11:28

    21a also done

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  18. Srinidhi17 May 2020 at 11:29

    9 Down Another free source off unknown to give reason (5, 6, 3)
    Offer Excuse for meaning to give reason
    Anagram of Free Source off and X for Unknown
    14 Across Dine around at stall, alternatively end at church. It is your liberty! (12)
    Independence meaning It is your liberty
    Anagram of Dine , add Pen for Stall again anagram end and add CE for church
    8Down Those of a happy disposition (3, 5)
    Gay Types an Easy type of clue.

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  19. Col_Gopinath17 May 2020 at 11:30

    Veeyares, I have deleted answers given singly so they are not yet solved

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  20. Srinidhi17 May 2020 at 11:35

    In Place of 9 Down
    15 Down Indecent sent up cryptic sign involving student at lodgings (9)
    Dwellings meaning Lodgings
    Put L for student inside Dwel, Lewd for indecent reversed(sent up) and anagram(cryptic) of Sign.

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  21. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 11:35

    27a and 1d, 2d only to be done

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  22. Jacob Brahmakulam17 May 2020 at 11:36

    21A COOKBOOKS; chef's reference; {CO}{OK}{BOOKS}
    9D OFFER EXCUSE FOR; reason; anagram of FREE SOURCE FOR and X
    3D RAIN DANCE; act to please God Varuna; RA of NAIR

    with apologies for piecemeal posting in spite of the directive

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    1. sree_sree17 May 2020 at 11:41

      21a References is usually used for plural.

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  23. sree_sree17 May 2020 at 11:40

    27a Dress set , address set -ad
    1d Avenge, scavenge (hunt) - s -c
    2d squall, squat -t +ll

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  24. ramesh ss17 May 2020 at 11:41

    15D Dwellings LEWD<< + SIGN*
    21A Cookbooks (CO) company (OK) acceptance (BOOKS) engages

    Sorry colonel earlier comment had less than 3 and had put one single as replacement sending only two now to complete quota of 3

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2020 at 11:42

    1dn AVENGE S(-ome)C(-riminal) (SCAVENGE-SC)
    27ac DRESS SET (-AD)DRESS SET

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  26. Col_Gopinath17 May 2020 at 11:53

    All done. Thanks for the special Veeyares

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  27. Nadathur Rajan17 May 2020 at 11:57

    10A ERUDITE (Tired* around U)+E

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  28. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 May 2020 at 11:58

    Nice grid, Veeyares. Hope you would raise the bar next time! Thank you.

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  29. ramesh ss17 May 2020 at 12:15

    Thanks for the Sunday special grid with FINESSE from an ERUDITE setter we enjoyed solving from our DWELLINGS. However (like me) some skipped the HIERARCHY (so to speak) of three in a go, despite NUDGES and rightly faced (R)EJECTION. We Can OFFER NO EXCUSE FOR breaking the rule as aren’t INNOCENT and need no CRECHE EMPLOYEE to check. Simply a wee bit FLAUNTY and joyful GAY TYPES (as in happy lot!!).
    An ACT OF GOD or the crime of being INGRATE perhaps, has kept us all in the last two months. BRACing ourselves we now look out for INDEPENDENCE from the virus and seek to AVENGE it. Hope a statesman like OBAMA guides us out. Then with the ADVENT of monsoon we can perform a RAIN DANCE celebrating exotic dishes from the wife’s COOKBOOKS. But watch out for the LIPID profile as our talepiece master doctor would probably advice.

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    1. Vasant17 May 2020 at 12:30

      Wow! Nice one Ramesh.

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    2. Vasant17 May 2020 at 12:32

      Maybe time to change your profile from Novice?

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    3. C.G. BHARGAV17 May 2020 at 12:40

      Very nice.

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    4. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 13:09

      Nice tale Novice. Thank you

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    5. Padmanabhan17 May 2020 at 15:44

      +1

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    6. Prasanna Rao17 May 2020 at 18:54

      Nice Novice. glad to see different version of tale piece. BTW, today's grid was very interesting. Thanks to Veeares and Shri. Col. for make the as joyful. Have a nice day.

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  30. Ramki Krishnan17 May 2020 at 12:40

    Thanks for the special Veeyares.
    BRACE, AVENGE, EJECTION were favourites.

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  31. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 13:06

    Thank you MB, Ramki. cGB, Thanks to all solvers. Looks like we have a ‘Novice’ for tale piece. Thanks to Colonel for hosting the CW and Dr Satyen Nabar for helping to create the grid.

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  32. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 13:29

    By the way, this CW is a pangram. Or have I missed something?

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  33. raju umamaheswar17 May 2020 at 13:46

    Thanks, VRS for a very well constructed grid, in particular, the long and unusual phrases. As MB has commented, the bar needs to be raised ( or lowered ?) to make the mental limbo dance more lithsome. i really enjoyed your creation.

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  34. Veeyares 17 May 2020 at 14:20

    Thank you Raju Umamahswar. This is only my second CW. I will certainly try to raise the bar.

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