Sunday 24 January 2021

Special, Sunday 24 Jan 2021, K Koteswar Rao


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

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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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