Sunday 31 May 2020

Special, Sunday 31 May 2020, Doppelganger

Day 68 of 68 Stay safe at home
(Last day of Lockdown 4.0)

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)


Starred clues are undefined but they belong to the same category.

ACROSS
5   *51 Queen's men ... (6)
7   * ... my French flyer arrested in shelter (8)
9   Different date mix-up holds back Nobel laureate (8)
10 Make certain it's seen mysteriously over the ancient city (6)
11 *Best fruit held back to be offered to a Holy man at first (5-7)
13 *Scratch a wedge used to prevent motion (6)
15 *A high priest of Shiloh detained nine Romans initially (6)
18 *A reprimand over an unhealthy area given after this epidemic (12)
21 *Bowled over with no energy to a novice (6)
22 *Reap if it's in a bad way (8)
23 Continent after follower's model composition (8)
24 *Pontiff without a fight got support (6)

DOWN
1   *Give a name on World Wide Web (8)
2   Court order makes him squirm (6)
3   Fool! An order held returning parasite (8)
4   In agreement peacekeepers have an issue (6)
6   USA since corrected provision (8)
7   The French comic died for a young Scotsman (6)
8   Missile thrown back during extradition (4)
12 Brae skin without complaints (8)
14 Hard limb to a small extent is benign (8)
16 I twice held back some money but had to start off (8)
17 *Restrained animal, a Gaur? (6)
18 Troubled start across layer (6)
19 City's parish priest held by a sign (6)
20 *Scrollsaw cut oddly! (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at DOPPELGANGER 30

Enjoy.

54 comments:

  1. 10A: ENS(UR)E
    4D: (UN)I(SON)
    8D: DART <---T

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  2. 4D: UNISON {UN{I}SON}
    6D: ISSUANCE {USA+SINCE}*
    10A: ENSURE {UR} in {SEEN}*

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  3. 8d DART <- T
    6D ISSUANCE*
    22A APERITIF*

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  4. My three undefined clues
    5A LI QU OR
    15A EL(IX)I+R
    17D MALAGA T

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  6. Replacements
    8d: DART {T<--}
    14D: HARMLESS {H}{ARM}{LESS}

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  7. 2 down: WRITHE = court order= writ+he

    4 own: UN+I SON= in agreement

    8 down: DART = missile . extradition = DART in reverse

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  8. Another replacement:
    23a: FANTASIA {FAN}{T}{ASIA}

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  9. 4D: Unison.UN= peacekeeper.A=I.issue=son
    2D: Writhe. Writ= court order.Mahes him= He
    14D..Harmless. H(arm=limb).less=to some extent..

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  10. 23A- Fantasia- composition- FAN T ASIA
    20D- Cola (bear) sCrOlsAw
    17D- Malaga-T- Starred clue

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    1. Dear Padmanabhan, oddly means, starting with the first letter( in 20D..Please enlighten me

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    2. What is the bear in brackets for?

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    3. Not necessarily Gemini. Oddly can also mean alternate letters

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    4. Need not start with the first letter, then..A new thing learnt. Thanks Colonel

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    5. The clue reads as cut oddly. Meaning you need to remove the odd letters to get the answer

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  11. 18 *A reprimand over an unhealthy area given after this epidemic (12)
    Sarsaparilla-a themed drink
    A and RAP reversed(A reprimand over)
    Ill is unhealth
    A is area
    all after Sars an epidemic
    11 A *Best fruit held back to be offered to a Holy man at first (5-7)
    Saint-Emilion-another themed drink
    NO1 and Lime ( Best fruit) reversed(held back)
    after Saint, holy man
    1d *Give a name on World Wide Web (8)
    Dubonet another themed drink
    Dub is give a name
    On is On
    Net is www

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    1. Well solved Srinidhi.

      No crosswords from you during these lockdown days?

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    2. Sir, I have a few but the clues are so atrocious, can't have them published!
      Shall work on them.( Though we are having on line classes and from tomorrow zon line 2nd Sem exams-so not all that free during lockdown)

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    3. Ok, send it as and when you get free time to finish it

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    4. Yes,lockdown is free only for some- probably most of them are already free!

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    5. brilliant solve by shrinidhi. learned a lot from the puzzle 18a. hats off to setter. heavy stuff concealed.

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  12. Correction- Cola drink,not bear as mentioned above

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  13. Yet to be solved

    Across - 7, 9, 13, 21, 24
    Down - 3, 7, 12, 16, 18, 19

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  14. 7A {LE{MON}{AD]E}
    9a ASSORTED (Date* around Ross reversed)
    13a SCOTCH (MD)

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  15. 3D Imbecile I {MB(LICE<)E}
    7D Laddie LA +DIED*
    12D H(ILLS)IDE

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  16. Can I try Colonel?. Though I am not sure of the anno?

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    1. You can as all your answers were repetitions. However you have to give the annotations.

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  17. Please note I have been deleting submissions with less than three answers unless they are compensations for a repeat

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  18. Col, do we have options to solve less than 3 in one go?

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  19. 9Ac ASSORTED - {A{SSOR{Ross<=)TED}-
    13Ac SCOTCH -(CD)
    16Dn INITIATE - {I(NIT(TIN<=))I}{ATE}

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  20. 18d STRATA (start)*A
    19d ALEPPO a le(pp)o
    24a POTEEN PO(TEE)N-tiff

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  21. For 9Ac
    18Dn STRATA - {START*}{A}

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  22. I put in one answer w/o intention of adding two more in another comment. Isn't that allowed?

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    1. Nope, how will I see that unless you specify that no more answers are being attempted. :-)

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    2. The reason for asking all answers in one comment is for ease of monitoring

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    3. I have always been for all three answers in one Comment. That is, not more than one post by one person/
      However, I don't see why one cannot post just one or two as long as they don't enter a third separately.

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    4. You can enter one or two answers however one should also specify that no more will be added later. I added this rule based on your observation a few weeks ago

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    5. Thank you.all three must be in one post, yes. I think one may be allowed to podt less than three with a PS saying they won't post any insin a second Comment.

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    6. Yes that is the general idea

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  23. 16D I (TIN<)I (ATE) = initiate Tin = some money Had = ate
    12D H (ILLS) IDE ills = complaints hide = skin

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  24. Last one to be solved by someone who is yet to answer or someone taking a compensatory answer

    Across - 21

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    1. By the time I came here, the bowls are empty except this. So, I lapped it up against my liking! :(

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  25. That is a wrap. Thanks to everyone for attempting

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    1. Thanks Col for the sumptuous offering!
      Starred clues made it tougher.

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    2. Stared clues made it easier IMO

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  26. Initially I wasted time misguessing the theme.
    Thank you Col.

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  27. Very entertaining and enjoyable. For me very challenging too...cheers!

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