Sunday, 9 August 2020

Special, Sunday 09 Aug 2020, Novice

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
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ACROSS
1   Present cocktail mixing bits of cocaine, ecstasy and tricks (9)
6   Wildlife's records (5)
8   CIA remain dodgy in misadventure film (4,2,7)
11 Use this for making crispy dosa observed pastor's curious devotee (6,3)
12 Setter needs help getting up for press (5)
13 Moving fourin before end of English channel say (7)
14 Russian ruler drops second to obtain objective (6)
18 Summon compulsory for engineer on vacation (6)
19 Memorised a way to win a fond one perhaps (2,5)
21 Cry of disapproval follows travel allowance ban (5)
24 Red Zone extreme Ulster rebellion freeze from here (5,4)
25 Trained and smooth management of disaster brings mental peace (9,4)
26 Detector of Farad arraigns (5)
27 Dedication of hero kid breaks hearts (2,3,4)

DOWN
2   Like Washington featured on the pony, moustache attached (9)
3   Well spread out costly model in quiet exit (9)
4   Covers Alpine central territory in boats (8)
5   A lot of energy expended during first sergeant's yeoman service (2,4)
6   Gathering in favour of returning Muslims thins out (5)
7   So that is picked out of delicious in soup? Clear (5)
9   Following a time in conviction one is left out of the outcome (9)
10 One charged after incomplete sex is cut up (9)
15 33% look at neutral opinion (1,5,3)
16 Girl left when dragged to solve algebraic equation (6,3)
17 Follows orders be, not to be, not to move around (8)
20 Weird one ending moves in by evens after a fourth of quantity is wasted (6)
22 Brought up with zero intake fed up (5)
23 Over camera control user's remotely opening flash (5)


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61 comments:

  1. Chaturvasi9 August 2020 at 10:31

    18a TARGET :: T[s]AR + GET
    12a MEDIA :: ME + rev of aid
    6a FILES :: Lift and separate! anag "wild"() of life's

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  2. Ramani9 August 2020 at 10:35

    22d B (O) RED
    7D LUCID (DELICIOUS - S O I E)*
    26A RADAR (T)

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  3. P. Venkatesan9 August 2020 at 10:36

    14A: TARGET {T(-S)AR}{GET}
    12A: MEDIA {ME}{AID<--}
    21A: TABOO {TA}{BOO}

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  4. Jacob Brahmakulam9 August 2020 at 10:37

    21A (TA)(BOO)
    1a PRETEN{C}{E}S
    5d SO MANY S---+YeOMEN*

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  5. Jayalakshmi arumugam9 August 2020 at 10:40

    22dn bored b(o)red
    6dn forum for um (muslim-slim)
    26ac radar(T)

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  6. P. Venkatesan9 August 2020 at 10:44

    REPLACEMENTS:
    6D: FORUM {FOR}{MU(-SLIMS)<==}
    18A: MUSTER {MUST}{E(-nginee)R|

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  7. R Nagendra Prasad9 August 2020 at 10:46

    26A: RADAR...T
    7D: LUCID...[DELICIOUS(-SO,IE)]*
    18A: MUSTER..(MUST)(E...R)

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  8. AJ9 August 2020 at 10:54

    14ac
    TsAR(russian ruler) - s(second)GET(obtain): objective
    TARGET

    26ac
    RADAR: detector: Fa(RAD AR)raigns

    5dn
    SO MANY: A lot
    S(first sergeant) (yeoman-e(energy expended))*

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  9. Vasant9 August 2020 at 10:58

    2D EPONYMOUS T
    7D LUCID {DELICIOUS-(so ie)} *
    19A BY HEART DD, the second one a DBE

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  10. AJ9 August 2020 at 10:58

    In the place of 14ac, a repetition
    23dn
    OCCUR: flash: acrostic

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  11. R Nagendra Prasad9 August 2020 at 11:00

    Replacement for 26A:
    4D: CANO(PI)ES

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  12. R Nagendra Prasad9 August 2020 at 11:02

    Replacement for 7D:
    3D: EXTENSIVE....EX(+T-P)ENSIVE

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  13. AJ9 August 2020 at 11:03

    In the place of 26ac
    O(orders)BE(be)DIE(not to be) NT(not to
    OBEDIENT: follows orders

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    1. sree_sree9 August 2020 at 11:26

      Some clarification req. Orders!

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    2. AJ9 August 2020 at 11:36

      Follows order order(o) as orders is plural
      This is what comes to my mind. Sorry if it is still not clear

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    3. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 12:19

      intent was (NOT* to move is anagrind) around (BE) (DIE(not to be))

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    4. AJ9 August 2020 at 12:45

      Thank you. It never occurred to me that not can be arranged around.

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  14. Vasant9 August 2020 at 11:03

    Making up for 7d repeat
    8A LOST IN AMERICA RA (CIA REMAIN) *

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  15. AJ9 August 2020 at 11:04

    The above is 17dn

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  16. P. Venkatesan9 August 2020 at 11:05

    ANOTHER REPLACEMENT
    10d: PARTITION {PART}{IT}{ION}

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  17. R Nagendra Prasad9 August 2020 at 11:07

    Replacement for18A:
    8A: LOST IN AMERICA...(LOST)(CIA,REMAIN)*

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  18. C.G. BHARGAV9 August 2020 at 11:14

    11 across FRYING PAN
    Spoonerism of PRYING FAN

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    1. Chaturvasi9 August 2020 at 11:31

      How do you like Novice's def for FRYING PAN?.A good Spoonerism with a good indication of letter switch. If the def were to be 'kitchen utensil- it would be flat. Hope a good measure of oil was used and the dosa rose from the pan.

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    2. C.G. BHARGAV9 August 2020 at 11:31

      Mouth watering. Craving for that crispy Paper Roast(your favourite).

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    3. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 11:59

      with good chutney and sambhar....awesome

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  19. R Nagendra Prasad9 August 2020 at 11:20

    replacement for i8A:
    9D: AFTERMATH...(A)[F(TERM)A(-I)TH]

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  20. AJ9 August 2020 at 11:31

    In the place of ,5dn
    18ac
    MUSTER: summon
    Must(compulsory)er(engineer on vavation of all middle letters)

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  21. Shalini9 August 2020 at 11:41

    13a Emotive E +MOT(IV) E
    27a TO THE STAR tot +(hearts)*
    20d QUAINT quantity* without TY

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    1. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 12:06

      The annotation for clues 13A and 20D isn't clear. Can you please check that. Thanks

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    2. Shalini9 August 2020 at 12:18

      13a Fourin to be read as Four in
      IV=Four in E=English
      Mote=Channel, say.
      So E MOT(IV)E

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    3. Shalini9 August 2020 at 12:19

      Definition is Moving

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    4. Shalini9 August 2020 at 12:19

      Quaint anno is not so clear. Kindly elucidate.

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    5. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 12:21

      MOAT channel HP is MOTE. Thanks and nicely solved

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    6. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 12:23

      20D will wait for comments from other solvers

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    7. Shalini9 August 2020 at 12:29

      20d Reading the clue it seems that
      we have to delete the fourth pair from the word QUANTITY(ending moves in evens after a fourth)
      So QUANTI(-ty)*

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    8. Shalini9 August 2020 at 12:30

      Definition Weird one

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    9. sree_sree9 August 2020 at 12:31

      Quantity-ty =quanti. I moves inside quaint.

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    10. Shalini9 August 2020 at 12:35

      That's a good one. Thank you Sree sree

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    11. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 13:04

      thnaks sree sree that was the intent

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  22. Jacob Brahmakulam9 August 2020 at 11:41

    replacement for repeat-21a
    25A PRACTISED EASE; trained and smooth; (DISASTER+PEACE)*; honestly I did not find this anno fitting well.

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    1. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 11:58

      oops. Sorry Jacob it doesn't work? The intent was anagram of DISASTER (management of as anagrind) and the letters from anagram of PEACE (mental as anagrind) brought in it. Thanks for the feedback will avoid this type of cluing if not clear

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  23. Murali9 August 2020 at 11:49

    24A UNDER ZERO ((Red Zone) UR )* UlsteR -lste
    25A PRACTISED EASE (disaster peace)*

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  24. Murali9 August 2020 at 12:06

    Replacement for 25A
    18A MUSTER Summon (compulsory)=MUST (engineer.....) ER

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  25. Vasant9 August 2020 at 12:15

    Nice puzzle, Novice!
    I think now a change of pseudonym is a must:-)

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    1. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 12:27

      thanks Vasant. Lots to learn...only a fistful learnt, size of the globe is still left to learn but by interaction with the stalwarts here and in 1ACross am improving

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  26. Murali9 August 2020 at 12:20

    Replacement for 18A
    16D GRADED SET (DRAGGED -G ) * SET

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  27. Orthopaul9 August 2020 at 12:30

    16d.GRADED SET. DRAG(G)ED*...graded
    SET..algebraic equation

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  28. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 12:30

    thanks all for solving the grid. Hopefully it was entertaining. Thanks to colonel for hosting

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  29. raju umamaheswar9 August 2020 at 12:58

    +1. Novice's clues are offbeat.The word play for QUAINT is a bit unclear. Enjoyed solving.Yet to get used to the new software.

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    1. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 14:12

      Thanks Raju.

      As commented by sree sree at 12:31 Quantity-ty =quanti. I (one at the end) moves inside quant two places or evens. TY deletion is from a fourth wasted 2 of the 8 letters. Kosher?

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  30. Chaturvasi9 August 2020 at 13:32

    I was thrilled to see PRACTISED EASE as a grid entry. A beautiful phrase.
    Professional setters use software which will give suggestions for solution words/phrases. Not all amateur setters will use such software (I don't know how Novice goes about his work). Most of the words/phrases may come out of their head or probably from wordfind software online where with some known and unknown letters in a string you get available suggestions.
    I opened two of specialist dictionaries that I have in my vast library but none of them has PRACTISED EASE. There were other phrases such as PRACTISED HAND and PRACTISED LIAR.(The database from which the lists were produced would not have had PRACTISED EASE. Yet it is a well-known, familiar phrase.
    Novice has just about managed to clue.
    The def is not quite accurate (from POS view).
    A proper def would be "Facility that comes out of training" which leads to PRACTISED EASE though it's a dead giveaway with no wp needed at all.

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    1. ramesh ss9 August 2020 at 14:04

      Thanks for solving and the feedback. The grid is totally done manually no software used. Picked it up from a book that I was reading. Yes not the most elegant clue, had a tough time cluing it. Tried to bury the definition in the surface and just managed it. Am Novice and with some more experience may be it will be "practiced ease". Hopefully other clues were better.

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    2. Vasant9 August 2020 at 19:02

      I think the clue was good and the other clues were very good. A setter who fills the grid manually and is conscious of how the Wordplay will seemlessly merge with the surface is bound to go places and improve consistently.

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  31. Col_Gopinath9 August 2020 at 13:46

    Thanks for the special Ramesh. Had to go out for some work so couldn't monitor it

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  32. Veeyares 9 August 2020 at 18:35

    Good show Novice. I like Spooner and 9d-outcome

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