Sunday, 24 January 2021

Special, Sunday 24 Jan 2021, K Koteswar Rao


Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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KKR 37

By KKR
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Squares filled: 0/150
Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ KKR & THCC
Across
1Revolutionary army order is kept in obscurity (6)
5Difficult book describes flammable substances (8)
9Convincing counter offer concealed in exotic creel (8)
10It goes after all and some (6)
11Footwear seller paid off (10)
12Problem with power bank (4)
13Scraps associate in dispute – fraudulent case dismissed (5)
14Musical instrument felt over and again (3-3)
17Injected with a drug and raced around one kilometer (6)
19The meaning of number, first one and last four! (5)
22Stun when cycling well (4)
24The environment-friendly group interrupted pager entry (5.5)
25What would you do to register your arrival? (4,2)
26The phrases of humorous stories let in gas funnily (8)
27Star-shaped flower over one dead (8)
28Drunken Chinese stopped primarily Hong Kong relatives (6)
Down
2A trial not here really! (6)
3The liquid that draws desi drinker essentially (6,3)
4Model at nightspot entertainment caught out revealing silk fabric (7)
5Plant supporting network installer damaged destroying a notebook initially (7)
6Look into opening player in cricket, say (7)
7Bodily cavity upset African antelopes (5)
8Lip lock in samba dances with percussion instruments (8)
15Arm-twisting paper circulates in India with energy spread (9)
16Buzzers' places kept by a Holy Ram! (8)
18Explored endless longitude problem (3,4)
19Dealt with Togolese Banks in the illegal trade (7)
20Worry persistently during lunchtime for figure (7)
21Goddess from Teheran ignored rule strangely (6)
23Cat at one time ate urchins initially (5)

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58 comments:

  1. Ramani24 January 2021 at 10:33

    22a -O KAY +O
    23D O (U) NCE
    25A SIGN UP (cd)

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  2. Vasant24 January 2021 at 10:36

    13A IOTAS {ASSOCIATE-(case)*}*
    17A SP(I)(K)ED
    16D A PI ARIES

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  3. Padmanabhan24 January 2021 at 10:37

    12A- Sump-Bank- SUM P
    25A- Sign in- CD
    23D- Ounce- Cat- O(U)NCE

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  4. Padmanabhan24 January 2021 at 10:42

    Replacement-
    27A- Asteroid- flower- ASTER O I D

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  5. Chaturvasi24 January 2021 at 10:42

    The surface reading of some clues is very good! Kilometer is US sp.

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  6. Manas24 January 2021 at 10:44

    26a - TAGLINES {let in gas}

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  7. P. Venkatesan24 January 2021 at 10:49

    9A: CREDIBLE {BID<--} IN {CREEL*}
    19d: TREATED {T(-ogoles)E+TRADE}*
    3D: INDIAN INK {INDIAN}{(-DR)INK(-ER

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  8. AJ24 January 2021 at 10:49

    24a GREEN PARTY: environment friendly
    (Pager entry)*
    26a TAGLINES: phrases in humorous stories
    (Let in gas)*
    21d ATHENA: goddess
    (Teheran - r(rule))*
    Sstrangely is anagram indicator

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    1. AJ24 January 2021 at 12:22

      21d ATHENE: Greek goddess
      (Teheran-r)* gives ATHENE not Athena

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  9. Chaturvasi24 January 2021 at 10:59

    19a TENOR :: TEN O R
    20d NONAGON :: NO(NAG)ON figaru figarudhaan

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  10. AJ24 January 2021 at 11:13

    Replacement for 26a
    5d TRELLIS: network supporting plant
    (INSTALLER - A N (otebook))*

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  11. Prasanna Rao24 January 2021 at 11:14

    26 a - let in gas - TAGLINES*
    12A - CASE - DD
    6D - BATSMAN - DD

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  12. Padmanabhan24 January 2021 at 11:18

    27 A- Precise Def. is Star shaped

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  13. Orthopaul24 January 2021 at 11:19

    Ortho Paul
    27ac..ASTEROID..Aster (o)very I (d)ead
    9ac..CREDIBLE..bid is offer dib is counter offer ...DIB in CREEL*
    3d. INDIAN INK.. desi is Indian + dr(ink)er

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    1. Orthopaul24 January 2021 at 11:34

      Ortho Paul
      Oh my..all my answers are already there? Replacements allowed?

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 January 2021 at 12:26

      Yes sir, you can try.

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  14. Shalini24 January 2021 at 11:38

    1A MAOIST AO inside MIST
    22A KAYO Okay(well) with O cycled to last position
    2D ACROSS A+Cross(trial) with a cryptic def. Since this is a down clue, hence it is not here(in down set of clues)

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  15. Vasant24 January 2021 at 12:05

    18d needs correction

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  16. AJ24 January 2021 at 12:15

    I have a number of favourite clues today:5a: I toiled for a few minutes to parse it
    10a: nice clueing
    2d, 6d and 7d are all superbly clued
    Thank you KKR.

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  17. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan24 January 2021 at 12:17

    11 A ESPADRILLE ( def-footwear, sellerpaid* off - anagrind)
    4 D TABARET (Model-T, Night spot entertainment- Cabaret, caught-C, out Abaret , def- silk fabric)

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  18. Vasant24 January 2021 at 12:21

    Sathia: Only 3 answers are allowed.

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  19. Jacob Brahmakulam24 January 2021 at 12:26

    10A SUNDRY; some; from all and sundry
    26D ATHENE; goddess; TEHrAN*
    4d TABARET; silk fabric {T}{cABERET}

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  20. AJ24 January 2021 at 12:26

    Sathia, we are permitted to answer only three. You have solved 7! Please read the instructions at the beginning.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 January 2021 at 12:32

      Yes, Sathia. Please note to restrict your answers to THREE clues only in future. Give chance to others too.

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  21. Murali24 January 2021 at 12:33

    7D SINUS = bodily cavity. SUNIS =
    african antelopes (upset)
    The clue could give either of the answers and grid accommodates both!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 January 2021 at 12:36

      Good observation. I was waiting for this comment too from you.
      Thanks for concluding this.

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  22. Vasant24 January 2021 at 12:34

    Thanks KKR for an excellent puzzle.

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  23. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 January 2021 at 12:34

    Yet to be solved:
    7DN
    18DN [correction needed]

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  24. Padmanabhan24 January 2021 at 12:54

    18D is Dug into (given earlier as dig into)
    Superb puzzle.Excellent cluing. Inspect with cricket is great. I did not get it though cricket as an insect crossed my mind.

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  25. Padmanabhan24 January 2021 at 12:56

    It is actually Mat <=(felt) over.

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  26. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 January 2021 at 13:12

    Thanks to you all for solving the grid.
    Thanks Col for the opportunity again.

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  27. Col_Gopinath24 January 2021 at 13:42

    Thanks for the Special KKR

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  28. Ramani24 January 2021 at 16:20

    Pl see the instructions always. Generally it is THREE for a fifteen square grid and TWO for thirteen square grid.

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  29. Col_Gopinath24 January 2021 at 17:22

    Have not heard from MB for a while.

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    1. Vasant24 January 2021 at 22:54

      I have written to his son about his well being

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam25 January 2021 at 07:04

      Am perfectly alright Sir. Couldn't participate because of guests at my place. :)

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    3. Col_Gopinath25 January 2021 at 10:06

      Good to hear that MB

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  30. Col_Gopinath24 January 2021 at 17:25

    There is no question of 'under 4' or 'will try'. The limit is 3 and that's it. Unfortunately I was not monitoring the posts today or else I would have deleted your answers beyond the limit of 3.

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  31. Vasant24 January 2021 at 22:07

    I think he is fine . Otherwise I would have received some information from his son , Chaitanya.

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