Sunday, 18 April 2021

Special, Sunday 18 Apr 2021, Ajji

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AJJI 2

By Ajji
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Please fix, or use "ignore-unclued" / "ignore-enum-mismatch" options:
  • No clue(s) provided for: 31d
Squares filled: 0/152
Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Ajji & THCC
Across
1Capone on almost horse-like bull starts with a fall to get a 12 hours day (8,7)
9Call laid back (4)
10Mother almost left to get the plant (5)
11Unconscious state, mother abandons (4)
13There is a point in the return of the casket (3)
14Nothing dances in flat? Animate (7)
15ecorate the cake with spite? – only half of it! (3)
19Celestial bear? (4)
20The floors of the building not housing unknown may be used as repositories (6)
21…..under no circumstances has the right to become a country (6)
22The first bucket with water in Paris for her admirer (4)
25The article with the unknown destroys choices (3)
26Chains are made by a canteen, not new, strangely (7)
27The Mathematical symbol around small Greek character (3)
30The retrogressive bargain losing enthusiasm is a weapon (4)
32Losing track, the biliary fluid provides an excuse to avoid blame (5)
33Colour of the aristocratic blood (4)
34The wild Satanic portion with resistance is indeed the proverbial thief of time (15)
Down
2The Indian Institute of Astrophysics function runs riot and results in what Cavour did to Italy (11)
3The fruit is an eye-sore, so they say (4)
4When the old heart becomes new, the shining acquires spiritual quality (8)
5One needs them in plenty to avoid dehydration (7)
6Shake the container of missiles (6)
7Move slowly and cautiously from home to the adjacent place of worship (4)
8Order the incomplete house and measure resistance (3)
12Father returned to East to imitate (3)
16Scour old chair excitedly to get an effect of contrasted light and shadow (11)
17An ordinary man; also of Royal blood? (5)
18Crowd, as the saying goes (5)
21Nodding, astronomically? (8)
23A poet say, Gray (7)
24Can Lady Lovelace, the mathematician and computer scientist move to this country?(6)
25Help the attack without resistance.(3)
28This blood group with spasm ends up in matters related to the ear(4)
29A challenge to assist in crime.(4)

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70 comments:

  1. Jayalakshmi arumugam18 April 2021 at 10:36

    25dn aid (raid-r)
    28dn otic (o) (tic)
    29dn abet (a) (bet)

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    1. AJ18 April 2021 at 12:15

      Thank you JA for initiating the solution

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  2. P. Venkatesan18 April 2021 at 10:37

    9a: DIAL {LAID<--}
    26A: CATENAE {A+CANTEE(-N)}*
    8D: OHM {HOM(-E)|*

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  3. ramesh ss18 April 2021 at 10:39

    16D CHIAROSCURO anagaram of scour o(old) chair
    12D APE PA (father) << E (east(
    8D OHM House = home incomplete is hom*

    Is 8D indirect anagram?

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    1. ramesh ss18 April 2021 at 10:42

      compensating repeat of 8D
      33A BLUE CD of aristocratic or royal

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  4. Vasant18 April 2021 at 10:42

    1A AUTUMNAL EQUINOX AUTUMN+AL+EQUIN(-e)+OX
    2D UNIFICATION (IIA+FUNCTION)*
    6D QUIVER DD

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  5. Vasant18 April 2021 at 10:57

    31d missing in the clue.

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    1. ramesh ss18 April 2021 at 11:06

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    2. AJ18 April 2021 at 11:06

      Yes. I owe an apology. I checked, rechecked many times. It escaped my eyes. Very sorry solvers. Very sorry Colonel.

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    3. Vasant18 April 2021 at 11:06

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    4. ramesh ss18 April 2021 at 11:13

      I filled it as AIR hence gone with the wind in lighter vein

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    5. AJ18 April 2021 at 12:04

      In fact, that was the originally intended word. I restrained myself from mentioning it because the error had been already noticed and it wouldn’ t be fair to give a word now. Anyway, thank you.

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  6. D N M Rao18 April 2021 at 11:02

    13Ac NIB- (BIN Reversed)
    7Dn INCH - {IN}{CH}
    19Ac URSA (CD)

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  7. D N M Rao18 April 2021 at 11:04

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  8. Vasant18 April 2021 at 11:07

    Nice puzzle! Loved the long ones.
    The Indirect anagram at 14A could have been avoided.
    Thank you Ajji for the entertainment

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  9. Jacob Brahmakulam18 April 2021 at 11:14

    32a ALIBI; BILIAry*
    14a ENLIVEN; NIL* in EVEN
    27a PSI {P{S}I}

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  10. ramesh ss18 April 2021 at 11:16

    Nice grid with some interesting grid entries.

    A small feedback which I got too for one of my grids. Avoid clues with only middle letter checked. e.g. 13A, 17D. Am not an expert just passed on the feedback. Please take note as appropriate.

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    1. Vasant18 April 2021 at 11:20

      Yes 17d and 18d have both middle letter checkers. To boot both are CDs making them difficult to solve.

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    2. AJ18 April 2021 at 11:27

      Thank you for the feedback. I will take care of it in my future (?) grids.

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    3. Padmanabhan18 April 2021 at 13:10

      What is 'Middle letter checker'?

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    4. Padmanabhan18 April 2021 at 13:12

      No need for a defensive ? about future grids! Expect many more. Loved the long ones. Quiver was cleverly done- I was thinking about rockets!

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    5. Vasant18 April 2021 at 14:34

      @Paddy: Only one letter is "checked" i.e. only one letter crosses with other clues, the middle one.

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 April 2021 at 11:17

    03dn : UGLI ~UGLY
    15Ac : ICE (MALICE - MAL)
    29dn : ABET (A)(BET)

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  12. Shalini18 April 2021 at 11:17

    34a PROCRASTINATION Anagram of Satanic Portion and R
    20A STORES Storeys withoit Y
    24D CANADA Can +Ada

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 April 2021 at 11:22

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  14. Vasant18 April 2021 at 11:23

    What has happened to Ram? He always was the first to post his answers on Sunday specials

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  15. Mukundala Balasubramanyam18 April 2021 at 11:30

    Compensating 29dn

    05dn : LIQUIDS CD

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  16. Remy18 April 2021 at 11:35

    4 dn Numinous.-l +n uminous.
    22 a B+eau.Eau-water.
    10 a Ma qui-t.Maqui

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  17. Murali18 April 2021 at 11:45

    21A NO(R)WAY
    NO WAY (under no circumstances)has R(ight)

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  18. Murali18 April 2021 at 11:49

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  19. Murali18 April 2021 at 11:51

    30A DART (TRADE - E)<<--

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  20. D N M Rao18 April 2021 at 11:51

    Good clues I like 4Dn and 10Ac

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  21. Murali18 April 2021 at 12:03

    Good Mathenatical/astronomical offering in some clues/answers.
    Thank you AJJI JI.
    The 3 lettered answers could be reduced in the construction of the grid to make it nice.

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    1. AJ18 April 2021 at 12:10

      Thank you. It is something I myself felt after sending the grid. No 3 letter words for my future grids.

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  22. AJ18 April 2021 at 12:34

    The remaining ones are:
    Across. 11, 25
    Down 17,18,21,23

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  23. ramesh ss18 April 2021 at 12:46

    23D lovely clue ELEGIST CD def by example

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  24. AJ18 April 2021 at 12:49

    Thank you Sir.

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  25. sree_sree18 April 2021 at 13:05

    11a ,= comma -m COMA
    18d THREE is a crowd they say.
    21d NUTATION CD
    Liked 25a, def is cryptic!

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    1. AJ18 April 2021 at 13:11

      Thank you sree_sree, well solved. Thank you!

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  26. Dr Hareendranath18 April 2021 at 13:06

    11A COMA, ,=comma -m(mother)
    25A ANY article=an ,unknown = Y

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  27. AJ18 April 2021 at 13:11

    Thank you Doctor, well solved.

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  28. AJ18 April 2021 at 13:12

    Only 17d remains.

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  29. Orthopaul18 April 2021 at 13:17

    11ac. AN(Y)
    25ac. CO(M)MA
    18ac. THREE.CD 3 is a crowd

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  30. Padmanabhan18 April 2021 at 13:20

    17D- A nice DD- Prince harry/ Tom,Dick and harry!

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    1. AJ18 April 2021 at 13:24

      Thank you very much Mr. Padmanabhan for coming in to have the last word!
      Just in time.

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao18 April 2021 at 13:48

      +1 Paddy.
      But I missed to note that it was not solved yet.
      Well done, AJ. I liked this clue besides some more.
      Keep it up.

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    3. AJ18 April 2021 at 13:51

      Thank you KKR ji. It is quite encouraging.

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  31. Padmanabhan18 April 2021 at 13:20

    Glad I was able to get one though late.

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  32. AJ18 April 2021 at 13:28

    I must thank all the solvers for treating my grid as worthy of considering to crack. I am humbled.
    My big thanks to the Colonel for accommodating my grid in the blog.
    Thank you Colonel.

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  33. Col_Gopinath18 April 2021 at 19:32

    Thanks for the special AJ. I don't know how 31D slipped my check also.
    I've been busy settling into the new apartment so I haven't been monitoring the blog.

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    1. Vasant18 April 2021 at 20:32

      31d:Doesn't Exolve take care of that?
      Hi Viresh: Can Exolve warn of non clued lights?

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    2. Col_Gopinath18 April 2021 at 21:41

      It should have, maybe it didn't detect it as it was the last down clue

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    3. Viresh Ratnakar19 April 2021 at 07:57

      It doesn't warn currently, but I'll add that as a feature very soon. Will also add a similar warning for the case when an enum does not match the light length.

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    4. Vasant19 April 2021 at 19:20

      Great. Thanks Viresh.

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    5. Viresh Ratnakar20 April 2021 at 04:03

      I've added this feature now.

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  34. AJ18 April 2021 at 19:36

    Thank you very much Sir.

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  35. Col_Gopinath18 April 2021 at 19:36

    Besides what Novice has mentioned, consecutive unches as in 17D and 18D should be avoided in grid construction.

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    1. Vasant18 April 2021 at 20:30

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  36. AJ18 April 2021 at 19:41

    Okay Sir, will take care.

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