Sunday, 28 June 2020

Special, Sunday 28 Jun 2020, Mystique

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

(COMMENTS ENTERED WITH LESS THAN THREE ANSWERS/ANNOTATIONS WILL BE DELTED WITHOUT NOTICE, UNLESS THE COMMENTER SPECIFIES THAT IT IS A COMPENSATION FOR A REPEAT)


ACROSS
1   Charge setter crossing back door (6)
4   Hell for sailors of America (8)
10 Hot fibbing taking deeper into country (7)
11 Seventh planet from our sun -a revolving (7)
12 Pen by mythical river (4)
13 At day's close, send something for association (10)
15 Credit a burden for a Titan (6)
16  A pardon may be given to her for opening a deadly box? (7)
19 Pious Ed turned into mama's boy…. (7)
21 …he, after a good cover, sailed smoothly (6)
25 Prophetic article on Middle Eastern country almost on mark (10)
26 Sir isn't hiding flag (4)
28 Fuel kits at a throwaway cost (7)
29 Long pending end of debt (7)
30 A dozen labours he clears surprisingly (8)
31 Whisperings when Caesar was told to be beware of them (6)

DOWN
1   Postcard carrier somehow lacks aim (8)
2   Wild call is partly brutally honest (5-2)
3   Top class silver put up for mother of 15 (4)
5   In Unison, a lad's name roughly taken (2,3,3)
6   A riddle tad difficult? Bosh! (10)
7   Cowboy managed singer (7)
8   Computer operators unmasked brazen spy. SOS! (6)
9   Tag group showing violent behaviour (5)
14 A mint music played of coins (10)
17 Snip ad without bar? Fail to impress (3,2,3)
18 He wandered for a decade on endless travel to America (8)
20 He is to choose gold? No, leader! (7)
22 Made fun of when free in act (7)
23 Fix to assail with a change at last (6)
24 Simon attacked old king (5)
27 Egyptian water body rose for God (4)

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Enjoy.

53 comments:

  1. 16A: PANDORA...A,PARDON*
    19A; OEDIPUS...PIOUS ED*
    22d: DERIDED...DE(RID)ED

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  2. 14d NUMISMATIC*
    9D AGGRO (T)
    2D TALLY HO (T)

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  3. 4A: TARTARUS {TAR}{TAR}{US}
    19A: OEDIPUS {PIOUS+ED}*
    30A: HERACLES {HE+CLEARS}*

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  4. substituting for repeat
    15a: CRONUS {CR}{ONUS}

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  5. 10a. INLYING- Hot =IN + LYING= FIBBING

    12a. STYX- Pen=STY + X= by =mythical river

    2d. TALLYHO = wild call.BRUtally ho NEST

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  6. 6dn TARADIDDLE {A RIDDLE TAD}*
    7dn RANCHER {RAN}{CHER}
    21ac GLIDED {G}{LID}{ED}

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  7. 1 down MAILSACK*
    26 across IRIS(T)
    31 across AS IDES

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  8. 1A METAGE ME around GATE<<
    23D ATTACH (ATTACK with end changed - K replaced with H)
    17D CUT NO ICE (CUT + NOTICE -T, def = fail to impress)

    Very enjoyable crossword - precise wordplay helped me to identify even the unfamiliar words. Thanks Mystique! Hope to see more grids from you.

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    1. +1 enjoyable. on wordplay for unfamiliar words too.

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    2. +2 Great clues with superb wordplay.
      Most enjoyable. Thank you, Mystique.

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    3. Thank you all for your encouragement! Mr. Ramki, the Champion! Mr. Sree_Sree, MB Sir, Novice Thanks once again.

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  9. 1D: Mailsack (lacksaim)*
    22D: derided (DE(RID)ED) deed act rid when free
    26A: Iris (sIR ISn't)

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  10. 25A Prophetic article on Middle Eastern country almost on mark (10) THEOMANTIC THE (OMAN) TIC
    28A Fuel kits at a throwaway cost (7) ASTATKI (KITS AT A)*
    30 A dozen labours he clears surprisingly (8) HERACCLES (HE+CLEARS)*

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  11. Yet to be solved

    Across - 11, 13, 29
    Down - 3, 5, 8, 18, 20, 24, 27

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  12. 20D He is to choose gold? No, leader! ELECT+OR.

    3D Top class silver put up for mother of 15. GAIA AI+AG <=

    8 Computer operators unmasked brazen spy. SOS! SYSOPS (SPYSOS)*

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  13. 20D: Elector (Select-S+OR) compensating for repeat

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  14. Nice grid from Mystique themed on Greek mythology. Some known and some unknown.
    Adds to one GK. Thanks, Mystique. Come again !

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    1. yes very interesting from Mystique and great clues

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    2. Thanks very much Raju Sir!

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  15. 11A OURANOS Anagram of our son a
    13a FRI END SHIP
    29A OVER DUE

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  16. 11Ac OURANUS - {OUR SUN A}*
    24Dn MINOS - {Simon}*
    29Ac OVERDUE (DD)

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  17. Final three left...

    Dn clues : 5, 18, 27.

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  18. 27D ZEUS Suez <--
    18D ODYSSEUS Odysse(-y) + us
    5D AS ONE MAN a + son+ name*

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  19. Late entry. Happy I got Zeus & Oysseus.
    Alas! Doc. beat me to it.
    Anyway,enjoyed solving. Thank you Mystique & Col.

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  20. Looks like themed crossword based on
    Grek mythology by Mystique. Thanks for enjoyable one.

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  21. Thanks for promoting me. However the problem seems t be on your new phone. Haven't checked my mail today so haven't seen your answers

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  22. Thank you Srinidhi for an excellent themed Crossword. Please do keep sending them as and when you get time off.

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  23. Srnidhi had sent me the title for the Crossword, by mistake I didn't enter it. She had titled it "It's all Greek to Me".

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  24. She has managed to fit in twelve themed entries. See the main post

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  25. Thank you very much Colonel Sir for not only publishing the puzzle and painstakingly highlighting the themed entries but for pushing me to create the same and for the constant motivation.
    I am feeling on top of the world!

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    1. What a debut, Srinidhi! Well done!!

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    2. Thank you Rao Sir. This is my 2nd puzzle.
      My 1st puzzle was published a couple of years back and it was group solved in one of the get-togethers and reviewed in detail by Bhavan Sir here.

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    3. Rightfully n top of the world!

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  26. One is obviously a proud parent when there is effusive praise for your daughter's creation. But when the dust is settled, you look for improvement so that the next puzzle is better.
    Request constructive criticism like that provided by Bhavan for her last puzzle..

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    1. Proud of you Vasant. Your Daughter has delivered outstanding puzzles. like dad-Like daughter.

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  27. Excellent debut by shrinidhi. Unfortunately I could not sit due to exigencies of my schedule. Feel bad to for not present today. got to know new words. However I have solved your clues in offline and it was right. 1,26 and 9. Have a nice day. Thanks to col.for the special grid. Happy sunday.

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