Monday 30 August 2021

No 13339, Monday 30 Aug 2021, Arden

JANMASHTAMI GREETINGS
Artwork by Prasanna Rao

Solution to 2D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS
1   OK, shifted as ordered but it’s sure to fail (4,2,5) KISS OF DEATH*
7   Doctor comes right away, is prompt (3) CUE CUrE
9   All exposed, deny one quit due to boredom (5) ENNUI {dENy}{oNe}{qUIt}
10 Try to limit deprivation with very short skirt (5,4) GLOSS OVER {G{LOSS}O}{VERy}
11 Give politician the money collected in church (9) OFFERTORY {OFFER}{TORY}
12 Land or farm machinery? (5) TRACT TRACTor
13 Exotic scenes covering oriental spirit (7) ESSENCE {ESS{E}NCE*}
15 Winger caught in sheer neglect (4) ERNE [T]
18 Affirm a pledge (4) AVOW {A}{VOW}
20 Open an airline? That would be a bloomer (7) FREESIA {FREE}{SIA}
23 Love to get protection right away (5) AMOUR ArMOUR
24 Herb crossing lunar crater is a violation (9) SACRILEGE {SA{CRILE}GE}
26 Tick off money, collecting record margin (9) REPRIMAND {R{EP}{RIM}AND}
27 Fire wall, finally it doesn’t make any sense (5) DRIVE DRIVEl
28 Where it’s odd to be small (3) WEE WhErE
29 Hat of straw rejected by crazy follower (11) DEERSTALKER {REED}{STALKER}

DOWN
1   Growing vegetable done — turn upside down (4,4) KEEL OVER {LEEK<=}{OVER}
2   Group singing, choir’s assembled for “sign of the cross” (8) S?N?F?S? {Addendum - SONGFEST [CA] {SONGFEST+CHOIRS}* = SIGN OF THE CROSS
3   More comfortable, Charlie’s willows? (5) OSIER cOSIER
4   Almighty flower? (3,4) DOG ROSE {GOD}<=
5   Bridge convention yet to be used by novice (7) ACOLYTE {ACOL}{YET*}
6   Before a perch, stop — so full of self doubt (9) HESITANCE {A}<=>{SIT} in {HENCE}
7   Eggs go through in a vehicle (6) CAVIAR {CA{VIA}R}
8   Wrong list changes the heart rate (6) ERRATA [CA] ERRATA+THE = HEART RATE
14 Take up study about parasites? Forget it (5,4) NEVER MIND {NE{VERMIN}D<=}
16 Criminal tries to mediate, invite star (8) ASTERISK {A{TRIES*}SK}
17 He pilots a ship of sorts (8) CAMELEER [CD]
19 Refuse salary, get away (7) WASTAGE {W{A}{ST}AGE}
20 Breaking safe, the rascal enters wearing masks (7) FACADES {FA{CAD}ES*}
21 Dolly’s local scene (6) BARROW {BAR}{ROW}
22 Dead body found close to border, in the forest (6) CORPSE {CO{b...eR}PSE}
25 Chosen to help from the south of the country (5) INDIA {IN}{AID<=}

Reference List
Right = R, Oriental = E, Lunar crater = CRILE, Record = EP(Extended play), Charlie = C, Bridge convention = ACOL, Way = ST


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35 comments:

  1. sree_sree30 August 2021 at 08:44

    4d first time in my memory a sysnonym for RA. plus the pun is on almighty and not flower, so shouldnt the question mark be after almighty?

    8d is the anind placed right for a CA? imu, it should be after the. the wrong list changes heat rate!

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    1. Prasanna Rao30 August 2021 at 08:55

      could not get annotation 4d. for reversing . Almighty - GOD ...DOG <---
      Thanks to shri.col. sir for recognizing my art work.

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    2. AJ30 August 2021 at 08:59

      A nice art work prasanna

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  2. N Sridhar30 August 2021 at 08:47

    Beautiful portrait of Lord Sri Krishna! Well done Sri Prasanna Rao garu!

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    1. Vasant30 August 2021 at 08:53

      +1

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam30 August 2021 at 09:23

      +2

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    3. Padmanabhan30 August 2021 at 10:00

      +3. Talent aplenty.
      What a way to say Happy Janmashtami/ Sri Jayanthi!

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    4. ranger30 August 2021 at 12:02

      Kudos to Prasanna Rao for the beautiful painting. It's beautiful!

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    5. sree_sree30 August 2021 at 14:05

      +5

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    6. Prasanna Rao30 August 2021 at 14:49

      My sincere Thanks to everyone for showered your wishes. Thanks once again for the recognition. With respects, Prasanna

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  3. N Sridhar30 August 2021 at 08:47

    Beautiful portrait of Lord Sri Krishna! Well done Sri Prasanna Rao garu!

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  4. AJ30 August 2021 at 08:57

    2d The answer is only an 8 letter word. The enu is also given as 8. Why does the hint contain 10 letters?
    It should be actually S?N?F?S?
    ?G? Right in the middle should be removed.

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  5. AJ30 August 2021 at 09:00

    Sorry-typo. G? Only must be removed.

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  6. Jacob Brahmakulam30 August 2021 at 09:27

    29A typo REED<=

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  7. ghaspooscurry30 August 2021 at 09:40

    2d - SONGFEST. "Sign of cross" minus choirs.?

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    1. Padmanabhan30 August 2021 at 10:03

      Why have you left out 'the' in the middle?
      As per your anno,only 5 letters will be left out.

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    2. AJ30 August 2021 at 10:06

      I too noticed Paddy, that the word 'the' has been left out. Without that, we won't get the answer.

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    3. Vasant30 August 2021 at 11:15

      It is actually a CA.
      (CHOIRS+SONGFEST)*=Sign of the cross

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    4. Padmanabhan30 August 2021 at 11:54

      Now I get it.
      I was trying it as (Sign of the cross)- Choirs

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    5. Vasant30 August 2021 at 12:49

      @Paddy at 11:54: That is also another way of getting the answer.

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    6. Padmanabhan30 August 2021 at 13:00

      "assembled" is an indicator for CA,right?
      As per my anno deletion indicator will be missing.

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    7. Vasant30 August 2021 at 13:40

      Yes, you are right but in a CA, we usually work out the answers by deleting (word/words) from the fodder and then anagramming. We confirm the answer by adding (word/words) to the solution to get the fodder.

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    8. Padmanabhan30 August 2021 at 14:29

      Thank you Vasant

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    9. Mukundala Balasubramanyam30 August 2021 at 16:41

      +1 Well explained Vasant!

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  8. Kolluru Koteswara Rao30 August 2021 at 09:48

    Never knew about your painting skills. Really superb, Prasanna Raogaru!

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    1. Suresh Panje, New Delhi30 August 2021 at 15:12

      You said it dear Mr. Koteswara Rao... And I trust that Mr. Bhargav is fine since his artistic inputs have been absent for almost a month...

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  9. Padmanabhan30 August 2021 at 13:07

    Prasanna Rao will be in Chennai on 13th/14th Sept. I am trying to fix up a meeting with him. Time and place to be finalised on his arrival. Anyone interested in joining can get in touch with me to have a mini S&B meet. My contact-
    padmanabhan.pb@gmail.com

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    1. Suresh Panje, New Delhi30 August 2021 at 15:08

      Dear Mr. Padmanabhan,
      So sad that I am far away in Delhi. Noneheless, I wish that you are able to dispatch a 'Free Home Delivery' of a gist of this S&B meeting, and in the process enrich me with novel notions on playing with words.
      As for the 'Free Home Delivery', my contact is panjesuresh@gmail.com.
      Take Care-n-Stay Safe... Cheers!!!

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    2. Padmanabhan30 August 2021 at 17:07

      Thank you. will keep you posted.

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  10. Suresh Panje, New Delhi30 August 2021 at 14:59

    Dear Mr. Devnathan,
    At times I wonder whether you were a cricketer, fond of bowling googly at the batsmen with tricky deliveries and today's your compilation of THCW has proved this.
    Of course, other THCW setters are also the same, bewildering CW addicts like me with fantastic clues.
    All said and done, thank you since I could learn two new words today - CAMELEER and DEERSTALKER.
    And finally, let me conclude by saying "Hats off to you Col. Saab....." for the illustrative mode of solving!!!

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  11. Padmanabhan30 August 2021 at 15:06

    19D is a good example of a googly- to split 'away' as a way and get AST.

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  12. Ritik Prakash Nayak31 August 2021 at 02:05

    Why is "E" used for "oriental"?

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