Sunday 16 May 2021

Special, Sunday 16 May 2021, Driver

Lockdown Day 18 of 26 Stay Safe

Welcome to our new setter DRIVER. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.

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  1. Debasmita Basu16 May 2021 at 10:33

    14 A USEFUL US FUEL*
    11 D AMLA Ambala-ba
    20D FIGURER FIG U R ER

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  2. P. Venkatesan16 May 2021 at 10:35

    14a: USEFUL {US}{FUEL*}
    16A: ALBANIA (T<--)
    22A: SEASONING {EASING+SON}*

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  3. Gemini16 May 2021 at 10:38

    14A..useful us fuel
    27A. Bottle...
    11D..Amla.ambala- BA

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    1. Gemini16 May 2021 at 10:51

      23D. As replacement to 14A..
      Asset.. As set. Asset- advantage.6-4 set

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    2. Gemini16 May 2021 at 10:58

      19D.. as replacement to 11D.
      29D. Stir. Sir with Time

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    3. Gemini16 May 2021 at 11:00

      19D.stir. sir with time
      Replacement for 11D

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  4. P. Venkatesan16 May 2021 at 10:39

    REPLACEMENT FOR REPEAT
    6D: UTTERABLE {BRUTE+TALE}*

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  5. Vasant16 May 2021 at 10:42

    1d (-im)POSTER
    9a STRAIGHT DD
    1a PONDERER P+ON+ERRED*

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  6. Shruthi16 May 2021 at 10:50

    5A - Bunsen (telescopic)
    2D - Nervous (anagram of overruns without r)
    18D - Nose job (anagram of jo's bone)

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  7. Remy16 May 2021 at 10:51

    2 dn Nervous-overruns-r*.
    18 dn Nosejob-jos bone*.
    5 ac Bunsen-moBUNSENt.

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  8. Jayalakshmi arumugam16 May 2021 at 10:53

    18 dn nose job (jos bone) *
    1ac pondered pon(pawn) (erred) *
    2ac Bunsen (T)

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  9. C.G. BHARGAV16 May 2021 at 10:55

    4 down ETHANOL*

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  10. Remy16 May 2021 at 10:55

    Compensating...
    4 d Ethanol.Not hale*
    17 d Narration.Ran<ration.
    24 dn S+ALLY.Pun

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  11. Padmanabhan16 May 2021 at 10:59

    14A- Useful- (Fuel US)*
    6D- Utterable-(Brute tale)*
    Not doing the third now.

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  12. sree_sree16 May 2021 at 11:01

    Crisp and easy. Thanks Driver.
    Grid construction ( 2 extra lights!).
    And unch in 18a.

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    1. sree_sree16 May 2021 at 11:07

      And I have a small doubt about "media" in 25a. But will wait for answer and anno.

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    2. Jacob Brahmakulam16 May 2021 at 11:40

      +1

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    3. Abhishek Sridhar16 May 2021 at 11:51

      Thank you :) Please provide any feedback on the clues and the grid. Would be happy to take inputs :)

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    4. Abhishek Sridhar16 May 2021 at 11:59

      As mentioned below, I intended removal of ad for media from adjusting (-g)

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  13. Shalini16 May 2021 at 11:05

    15d FACTORIAL defined by!
    F=fellow
    Actor(I) AL

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  14. Prasanna Rao16 May 2021 at 11:05

    12a - first lady - EVE ; fine - OK
    EV(OK)E

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    1. Prasanna Rao16 May 2021 at 11:16

      11d - Bachelor - BA , moved from AM (-BA)LA = AMLA
      24A - Absurd tales is flat - STALE*

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    2. sree_sree16 May 2021 at 11:34

      Relook 24a

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    3. Prasanna Rao16 May 2021 at 11:46

      anagram of Tales.....STALE

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  15. AJ16 May 2021 at 11:06

    10a ATMOST : maximum
    A(-l(left) +t(right end))most
    Almost: nearly
    8d NATIONAL: federal
    5ac BUNSEN: mo(B UN SEN)t: burner, equipment

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  16. Shalini16 May 2021 at 11:06

    26A TROLLING
    (s) Trolling
    23D AS SET

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  17. Murali16 May 2021 at 11:14

    13A NUMERO UNO ( menu '{sur}roun{ded}' +o)*
    28A CRAYONED (C+RAY+ ON + DE<-)

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  18. Orthopaul16 May 2021 at 11:20

    7d.SHOYU..acrostic
    21d. BEGGED..b(ishop) egged
    17d. NARRATION..ran<= ration (supply)

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  19. AJ16 May 2021 at 11:20

    Compensating for 5ac
    3D ELITE : first class
    E(oriental) LIT(bright) E(energy)

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  20. cdrgani2916 May 2021 at 11:23

    cdrgani29
    5A BUNSEN inside clue
    14A USEFUL anag. of US FUEL
    24A STALE anag. of tales
    Good set of clues!

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  21. Prasanna Rao16 May 2021 at 11:32

    Hearty welcome to DRIVER. Nice Grid .

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    1. Abhishek Sridhar16 May 2021 at 11:53

      Thank you Prassana :) Please provide any feedback you have ;)

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    2. Prasanna Rao16 May 2021 at 12:35

      Good start Abhishek. Many more grids to come. nice debut

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  22. ramesh ss16 May 2021 at 11:35

    23D: ASSET 6-4 gives a set asset hp
    22A: SEASONING easing son*
    20A: FLEER Flee escape + r royal

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  23. AJ16 May 2021 at 11:35

    Smooth and easy grid. Enjoyed solving.

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  24. Jacob Brahmakulam16 May 2021 at 11:36

    20A FLEER; lauugh; laughimpudently; {FLEE}{R}

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  25. C.G. BHARGAV16 May 2021 at 11:36

    18 across NOTICES (DD)

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  26. Jacob Brahmakulam16 May 2021 at 11:43

    25A JUST in new; adJUSTINg;
    Not sure of anno; ad=media?

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  27. Jacob Brahmakulam16 May 2021 at 11:49

    24D SALLY; pun; s ALLY

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  28. ramesh ss16 May 2021 at 12:00

    thanks for a smooth grid, a very good first one.

    not sure of 25A, and why are two squares left unshaded and blank?

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    1. Abhishek Sridhar16 May 2021 at 12:02

      Thank you sir :)

      The blanks might have been an overlook from my end. Sorry about that.

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  29. Abhishek Sridhar16 May 2021 at 12:02

    Only clue remaining is anno for 8D

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  30. Abhishek Sridhar16 May 2021 at 12:07

    Thanks Col for the opportunity to publish a grid. Extremely grateful :)

    And I thank each and everyone for taking time and solving the grid :)

    All your feedback on the clues and the grid would be immensely helpful for me. Please feel free to let me know your thoughts on the grid :)

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  31. Veeyares 16 May 2021 at 12:50

    Excellent debut Driver. Enjoyed following the parsings.

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  32. Padmanabhan16 May 2021 at 13:33

    Very good debut. Clues are all nicely worded. Keep churning out.
    I have a doubt about 10A-
    At (the) most is min.(least) in the sense 'at least' and not max. Utmost is max.

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  33. Padmanabhan16 May 2021 at 13:41

    Sorry. I stand corrected. But still I feel 'the' is essential.

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  34. Padmanabhan16 May 2021 at 14:22

    Incognito appears in today's Sunday cryptic on TH. Link in the panel.

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  35. Suresh16 May 2021 at 14:31

    Very nice crossword.

    Couldn't find the def for 15D. Something is missed out

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  36. Padmanabhan16 May 2021 at 14:40

    ! is the def. Factorial is represented by ! in Mathematics. See solution in post above by Shalini at 11.05. (eg) 5! = 5 factorial= 5x4x3x2x1
    Cleverly done!

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  37. Col_Gopinath16 May 2021 at 16:15

    Thanks for the special Abhishek

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  38. Padmanabhan16 May 2021 at 18:05

    Thank you Col. & Abhishek.

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  39. Maya Kamath16 May 2021 at 22:01

    Filled in 26A as dreaming though was iffy about why it is an undesirable activity. Then was stuck at 24D :-(

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  40. Maya Kamath16 May 2021 at 22:07

    Nice clues - hadn't heard or read fleer before.

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