Saturday, 8 August 2020

No 13009, Saturday 08 Aug 2020, Spinner


ACROSS
1   Perhaps, will might be restored by a real, virus-conquering team (9,5) AUXILIARY VERBS {BY+A+REAL+VIRUS*} around {XI}
10 Killed one essentially in the midst of wrong deed (5) ENDED {oNe} in {DEED*}
11 Perpetrators of bloody crimes? (9) NEPOTISTS (CD)
12 Laser, taser, maser — a friend, how you would preface her! (8) ACRONYMS {A}{CRONY}{MS}
13 Tenant fees selectively withheld, in retrospect (6) LESSEE (T<=)
15 Things that fly around heart of outer space, lacking volume? (10) PLANETOIDS {PLANE}{ouTer}{vOIDS} &lit
16 Rewrite stock, losing crores (4) EDIT {crEDIT}
19 Bird disease in America killing one half (4) RHEA {RHEsus}{A} Anno correct? (Addendum - diarRHEA - See comments)
20 More amicable farmer takes money with hesitation (10) PLEASANTER {P{L}EASANT}{ER}
23 Dismiss cop shielded by absurd lie following deaths, firstly (6) DISPEL {Deaths}{LIE*} around {SP}
25 Contract unclear on time of completion after delayed start (8) DIMINISH {DIM}{fINISH}
27 Questionably chose path of unsportsmanlike conduct (5,4) CHEAP SHOT {CHOSE+PATH*}
28 It's about setter’s reflection giving rise to stories (5) ITEMS {ITS} around {ME<=}
29 Use all creative moves that you possess, for instance? (8,6) RELATIVE CLAUSE {USE+ALL+CREATIVE*}

DOWN
2   Set about receiving opinion (9) UNDERTAKE {UNDER}{TAKE}
3   Depressed from revolting, independent writer quits (8)  INDENTED {INDEpenDENT*}
4   Any online broadcast gets money? Not really! (2,4,4) IN NAME ONLY {ANY+ONLINE*} around {M}
5   Thrilled by genre of music that’s ahead of time (4) RAPT {RAP}{T}
6   Assessed and rejected model for nothing (6) VETTED {VET(-o+T)ED}
7   Registered applications for schemes (5) RUSES {R}{USES}
8   Group’s competitive advantage becoming fishy (7) SUSPECT {S{USP}ECT}
9   Last month, a backtracking head of government beat a hasty retreat (6) DECAMP {DEC}{A}{PM<=}
14 Engineer elicits aid for castle building (10) IDEALISTIC {ELICITS+AID*}
17 Ones responsible for imprisonment are instead violent, having no empathy at heart (9) DETAINERS {ARE+INSTEaD*}
18 Element’s important part of glass architectural form (8) BASILICA {BA}{SILICA}
19 It breaks down swollen boil, releasing liquid (7) REDUCER {RED UlCER}
21 Partly, judicature has heralded change (6) REHASH (T)
22 In return, stop sedition cases, dictator! (6) DESPOT (T<=)
24 Talk someone into accepting wife’s amazing (5) SWELL {S{W}ELL}
26 Indian god’s weapon (4) SHIV (DD)

Reference List

Team=XI, Volume=V, Crores=Cr, America=A, Money=L, Hesitation=Er, Cop=SP,  Setter=Me
Writer=Pen, Money=M, Time=T, Model=T, Nothing=O, Last month=Dec, Head of government=PM, Element=Ba ( Barium), Liquid=L, Wife=W

Colour/Font Scheme

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34 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan8 August 2020 at 09:08

    Unusually struggled for a Spinner Special. 'Perhaps will might' not have been there to get the auxiliary verbs- that was great! Clean bowled me.

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    1. Ramani8 August 2020 at 09:47

      Struggled in North West Corner.

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 August 2020 at 10:20

      Spinner raised the bar!

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao8 August 2020 at 10:29

      For me it was no-holds-barred!ha ha!
      Became very tough as 1AC prevented for a loooong time!

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    4. Srivathsan8 August 2020 at 14:15

      For 1A, (will, might and be) are all auxiliary verbs. intended 'be' also to be part of the definition :)

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  2. Vasant8 August 2020 at 09:25

    Super duper puzzle! Loved Aux. Verbs, Relative Clause, Acronyms among other clues.

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    1. Padmanabhan8 August 2020 at 12:15

      1A & Acronym were both superb clues. Felt sad since I could not get both. But 'relative clause'- Yes.

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    2. Srivathsan8 August 2020 at 14:11

      Thanks Vasant and Paddy

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  3. Vasant8 August 2020 at 09:27

    19A Anno is correct, Ramesh

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    1. RameshJ8 August 2020 at 12:11

      I could not account for in and deletion of Rhesus before adding America. The clue seems to suggest half of (Rhesus+A) which does not really lead to Rhea. Hence my question.

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    2. Vasant8 August 2020 at 12:39

      Yes the half portion indicator should have been beside the fodder.

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    3. sree_sree8 August 2020 at 13:04

      i read it as "A killing" half: as in overthrowing (replacement)

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    4. Suresh8 August 2020 at 13:28

      I thought it was half of diarrhea

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    5. Suresh8 August 2020 at 13:29

      American because else it would be Diarrhoea

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    6. Padmanabhan8 August 2020 at 13:40

      Interesting.

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    7. sree_sree8 August 2020 at 13:43

      Must be.

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    8. Padmanabhan8 August 2020 at 13:46

      You are right Suresh. Chambers records it as American spelling.
      That fits in perfectly here. But how you can think of 'Diarrhea' is another question. Probably fix rhea and go back.

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    9. Suresh8 August 2020 at 13:55

      That is the first word that came to mind after I got Rhea

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    10. Suresh8 August 2020 at 13:57

      Also I did not know that there was a disease called Rhesus. I thought rhesus was a monkey.

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    11. Srivathsan8 August 2020 at 14:11

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    12. Kolluru Koteswara Rao8 August 2020 at 14:11

      Sureshji, your interpretation is correct.

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    13. Srivathsan8 August 2020 at 14:12

      Suresh has the Anno right for this one. Disease in america is the American spelling, diarrhea. When killing the first half, gives Rhea

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  4. sree_sree8 August 2020 at 10:21

    Anyone accessed IA version, yet!

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    1. D N M Rao8 August 2020 at 12:30

      This is second time IA version is delayed in the last few months.

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  5. Sudarshan8 August 2020 at 11:06

    Been trying since early morning. No IA version today as of now.
    Will someone at The Hindu wake up and take notice?
    Wish to tackle Spinner today !!

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    1. Vasant8 August 2020 at 11:32

      Please send your email id. Shall send you both pdf and Acrosslite version.

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    2. Sudarshan8 August 2020 at 11:39

      Thanks for the gesture. Email is lamboo@gmail.com

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    3. Vasant8 August 2020 at 12:11

      Email sent.

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    4. Padmanabhan8 August 2020 at 12:12

      Hi! How are you Sudarshan?
      Apart from today's problem you are getting IA version regularly?

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    5. Sudarshan8 August 2020 at 14:13

      I am fine Sir - in Dubai.
      And thanks to you (and others), I get the daily IA version of THC.
      But today was a let down - I think for all subscibers.

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  6. Amita Baviskar8 August 2020 at 16:13

    Enjoyed this! Could get everything except 1A, despite filling in the crosses, and then went aha after seeing the answer here. Thanks, Spinner. 12A: nepotists was my favourite.

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  7. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 07:48

    Lovely puzzle yesterday. As intriguing as Yasir Shah's loopy deliveries. 1A and five more foxed me. Spinner on a roll...nice

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