Sunday 7 February 2021

Special, Sunday 07 Feb 2021, Saral


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  1. Ramani7 February 2021 at 10:35

    21a A (ST) I
    26D EG RE T
    28A EAG (L) E (-R)

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  2. Jacob Brahmakulam7 February 2021 at 10:42

    1d OPEN SLOT; job vacancy; {O}{PEN}{LOST*}
    10a ENSEMBLES;TROUPED {rE{N}SEMBLES};
    3d LEMURS; red animals; R around MULES*

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  3. P. Venkatesan7 February 2021 at 10:42

    21a: ASTI {A{ST}I}
    7D: OKAPI {T}
    27D: INVADES {IN}{SAVE+D}*

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    1. P. Venkatesan7 February 2021 at 10:51

      replacement for repeat (21A)
      14a: OWLS {OW(-N)(+L}S}

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  4. Jacob Brahmakulam7 February 2021 at 10:43

    10a 10a ENSEMBLES;troupes; {rE{N}SEMBLES};

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  5. Debasmita Basu7 February 2021 at 11:00

    12a SPARROW DD
    20a FRESH MEAT RA TEAM
    13a LAPWING L(PAW*)ING

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  6. ramesh ss7 February 2021 at 11:06

    13a L (PAW*) ING = LAPWING
    5d OUSEL contained in houseleek
    27a INVADES IN (at home) D daughter in SAVE*

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  7. Ramani7 February 2021 at 11:13

    Nice offering Lakshmi with birds as theme. Enjoyed solving.

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    1. Vasant7 February 2021 at 11:15

      +1

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    2. sree_sree7 February 2021 at 11:26

      +3

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 February 2021 at 11:35

      +4

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    4. ramesh ss7 February 2021 at 12:07

      +5

      Good to come back to Sunday specials after a long time for the birds theme. The setter says 'saral' grid is far from easy. Nice challenge like Archer's pace....

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    5. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan7 February 2021 at 12:12

      Thank you Ramani sir,Vasant, Debo, Sree sree, MB sir & Ramesh sir 🙂

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  8. Vasant7 February 2021 at 11:13

    4A NOSE JOBS ~KNOWS+JOB+S
    22D FOR+E+GO (E from onE finally)
    24A OUT(R)AGE

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  9. Remy7 February 2021 at 11:26

    8d SLedge
    11 a C(ran)e
    25 d tigre.Tige<>r.

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 February 2021 at 11:47

    29a : RIGMAROLE (RIG)(MA)(ROLE)
    02d : INSTALLER (I)(NS)(TALLER)
    31a : USES UP (US)(E)(SUP)

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam7 February 2021 at 11:52

      31a : Anno : Fine tuned by Shalini in her post below!

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  11. Shalini7 February 2021 at 11:47

    30a OMELETTE O(From drop of Oriental), Mel=honey, ET=And in French and TE from T(hym)E
    17d INSIDIOUS INVIDIOUS(Envious) with Valuablescat first replaced by S (son)
    31A USES UP US(American) +E (first Eats) +SUPs(drinks endlessly)

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  12. Col_Gopinath7 February 2021 at 11:53

    Yet to be silved
    Across - 15
    Down - 6, 9, 18, 19, 23

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  13. ramesh ss7 February 2021 at 11:59

    Compensation for repeats

    18D AS S(-i)AMESE As - like Cat = siamese
    23D A VIA NS A way is via N S opp directions

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  14. AJ7 February 2021 at 12:08

    6d
    ESCAPADE : lark( an activity for amusement)
    Flight: escape
    Bill: ad
    ESCAP(AD)E

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  15. AJ7 February 2021 at 12:13

    15a
    CONFIDE IN: to share a secret with
    Almost sure: confident - t: confiden
    Taking one(I) in, it becomes
    Confide (I)n

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  16. sree_sree7 February 2021 at 12:15

    9d GLOW WORM (groom L W W)*
    19d DIG S(DEE)P

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  17. Col_Gopinath7 February 2021 at 12:20

    Thanks for the Special Lakshmi

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  18. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan7 February 2021 at 12:48

    Thanks to all for solving & feedback !

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  19. Padmanabhan7 February 2021 at 13:21

    Late solve,nevertheless enjoyed. Not scary like Hitchcock's!
    Thank you LV.

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan7 February 2021 at 13:32

      Thank you Paddy sir .
      Thank god 🤣 (After watching The birds I was so scared of crows 😂 . Not now. 😂)

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  20. Avtaar7 February 2021 at 15:15

    My grid is featured in the Sunday online only edition of THC. Do have a go - Am posting here as that grid has options to reveal solutions and will not be blogged. Feedback aprpeciated. PLese have a go at my grid in the THC Sunday online. pdf file above. The online link is here https://crossword.thehindu.com/crossword/hindu-cryptic-sunday?utm_source=thehindu&utm_medium=mainmenu

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    1. sree_sree7 February 2021 at 17:46

      Done it in the usual time. Seemed tough given the objective of sunday cryptic. Liked the liqueurs among others.

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  21. Padmanabhan7 February 2021 at 15:44

    Yes,looked at it- not yet solved.

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  22. Argo7 February 2021 at 17:27

    15A : (CONFIDENT)-(NT) + IN
    = CONFIDE IN
    19D : {DIGS+ P + DEE}*(Dy InspectorS General of Police)
    = DIGS DEEP
    6D = ESCAPADE (=lark, flight) - not sure of the full anno here though

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  23. Argo7 February 2021 at 17:32

    Sorry , didn't realise that the clues were already solved till after I published (looks like a late refresh on my browser)

    One question - how does GLOW WORM connect to "drunkard unstable" please ? Would appreciate the decoding of the same

    Very enjoyable puzzle , thanks a lot !

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    1. sree_sree7 February 2021 at 17:42

      A Glow worm is a drunkard. Unstable is anind.

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    2. Col_Gopinath7 February 2021 at 17:46

      It is there in the Free Dictionary, however I am unable to find the origin of this usage

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    3. sree_sree7 February 2021 at 18:18

      It's related to alcohol flush(a sideffectcondition actually "drinking even small amounts causes a person’s face or skin to flush".)

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    4. Padmanabhan7 February 2021 at 21:37

      Very interesting- hyphenated glow-wrm is the glowing insect,whereas if it is an 8 letter word it becomes a drunkard!

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    5. Argo7 February 2021 at 22:00

      Thanks for the info 👍

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  24. Gops7 February 2021 at 18:13

    11A : CRANE for bird .. RAN for managed in CE for Church
    3D: LEMURS for animals .. anagram of mules around r for red

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