Sunday, 15 November 2020

Special, Sunday 15 Nov 2020, K Koteswar Rao

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
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69 comments:

  1. 5A- (Past)(Oral)-Poem
    10A- Hot Air-DD- What balloon carries/Nonsense
    7D- O(P)tic- Visual power

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  2. 17a PROP UP (PRO PUP)
    22A O N C E (ALTERNATIVE LETTERS IN CONNECTED)
    16D IRON CAGE*

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  3. 8D; AB INITIO...(abolitionist-lost)*
    2D: IC(K)IER
    17A:PROP UP..PRO(PUP)

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  4. Replacement for 17A
    18D : PLACEBO...T

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  5. 14A: RAFFIA {cRAFt}{FAI(-R)}*
    22A: ONCE {cOnNeCtEd}
    10a: HOT AIR (CD)

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  6. REPLACEMENTS:
    23D: EVILS {-WE}EVILS}
    19A: AKINESIA {A{NIKE*}SIA}

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    1. Col, where is the problem with the solution? I am not able to find the error.

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    2. I was misled by the clue number. It is 9A and not 19A

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    3. Oh, sorry Col. I didn't look properly at the clue no. given by Venkatesan.

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  7. 11A VERY PI STOL(-e)
    4d SESSION {NOIS(S)E+S}<
    16d IRON CAGE (ORGANIC)*+E

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  8. Replacement for 16d
    6d S(CH)OLAR

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  9. Haha Ramani! For once I beat you.

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    1. Paddy, I have been telling that I am not at all in the race. Congrats on your first position.

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  10. Liked the way in which 26a and 20d are related!

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  11. Enjoyed solving the grid KKR. Wishing many more to come.

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  12. 24A Admittance
    Mitt inside A Dance
    Defintion :Letting in
    26A Tincture
    Tin and T(ablet) inside Cure
    Defintion Alcoholic solution
    20D Extinct
    Ex +Ur e(old cit is Ur, e is base) eliminated in Tincture(26a)

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  13. 3D HONEYTRAP =( No therapy)*
    12A CHIP -- DD

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  14. 12a : CHIP (PHYSICAL - LAYS)*
    24a : ADMITTANCE (A)(D(MITT)ANCE)
    05d : PRATTLE (P)(RATTLE)

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  15. 15D FANTASTIC ( TA in FANS ) +TIc

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  16. 1ac RICHES *coheirs minus o ...second consort
    3d HONEYTRAP *no therapy
    12ac CHIP..DD

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  17. In place of 24a Admittance

    29dn : SYMPTOM (SY)(M)(P)(TOM)

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  18. Enjoyable Sunday offering. Thanks KKR garu.

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  19. Yet to be solved
    Across - 13, 19, 25, 27, 28
    Down - 21

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  20. 13A RINSE; wash gently; SIREN* indirect anagram
    19A STERN; tail: TERNS cycled
    28A TOCSIN; ~toxin; &lit

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    1. Regarding 13A, I would suggest you to take a deeper look before commenting. You should have properly seen whether SIREN would at all give rinse on cycling.

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    2. 13A RINSE: bird = SERIN cycled

      Thanks KKR.

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    3. BTW, I haven't intended 28Ac as &lit

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  21. 21dn : OCTROI (DOCTOR IN - D N)*
    Definition Duty. D N are first and last letters of 'doctor in'

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  22. 25 ac. CANINE nine is constant number
    CA(tches) NINE means Dog tooth
    Instead of 12 ac

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    1. Doctor, your solution is correct. But the explanation needs relook

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  23. 27Ac NEWSROOM - {NEW{SROOM}} - New-Modern, Moors<=

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  24. I got it after a long struggle,but still could not parse it. Thank you.
    But I still have got a doubt- what is the role of beginning in the clue? That confused me- thinking of M alone (in stead of moors)
    Organic place will be the def.,isn't it?

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  25. Oh! I get it now. 'Modern beginning' is to take new to the front.

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  26. Thank you. Otherwise can't solve it. Good one. Newspaper is generally called an organ.

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  27. C A Nine- C from constant and nine from number.
    Solution- Canine- dog tooth.
    But I can't get A.Missing or I am missing something.

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    1. You too are close to Dr. Orthopaul. But would like you to take a relook. There is no missing letter here, fyi.

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  28. 25Ac Anno: CANINE - {CA{N}INE} - Caine is a numbing agent catches N is coonstant.

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  29. On a search I could not locate caine as an anaesthetic,but lidocaine and more such.

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    1. Caine, as I understand, indicates that that drug (Dibu-caine) is a numbing medicine. So IMO the anno satisfies the clue. Experts to clarify.

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    2. Appreciate your efforts Raoji.
      But this clue doesn't go to that side.

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    3. +1. (Not completely satisfied but ) you are right. Caine is a common suffix for synthetic alkaloids (probably from Latin) used as aneathetic.

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  30. A homophone of K nine? Not particularly convincing though

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    1. Yes, Sureshgaru, Paddy and Raogaru
      Constant=K
      number=nine
      catches=hears
      canine is pronounced as "key nIn" and k=key number=nIn

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    2. As mentioned in my 15:48 it would read better if caught was used in place of catches

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    3. Thank you KKR Sir, there is lot to learn.

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    1. If my anno is right I think catches should have been caught

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