Friday 15 October 2021

Holiday Special, Friday 15 Oct 2021, VU

HAPPY DUSSEHRA
Artwork by Prasanna

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

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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62 comments:

  1. P. Venkatesan15 October 2021 at 07:14

    25A: TRESTLE {LETTERS}*
    5D: BEGRUDGES BE{G..R..U..D..G..}ES}
    7D: CONVENT {CONVENT(-ION)}

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  2. Prasanna Rao15 October 2021 at 07:16

    1a - CREVICE - [T]
    24A - BALDY*
    3D - INOCULATE*

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  3. Remy15 October 2021 at 07:17

    1 a crevice T
    10 a grinned T
    15 Baton. dont declare-Bat on.

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  4. Remy15 October 2021 at 07:19

    compensating for 1 a
    2 dn Enneads.B(ennne)t + ads-notices.

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  5. AJ15 October 2021 at 07:21

    10a. GRINNED : smiled
    chaGRIN NEDdy

    27a SKYDIVE: drop from the blue
    Agent: rep and per when rejected
    Pesky drive - per ( leaves) gives SKYDIVE

    23d EMBER: residue
    Common to September(9), November(11) and December(12)

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  6. Padmanabhan15 October 2021 at 07:25

    10A- Grinned- T- Def. Smiled
    3D- Inoculated- (A cute lion)*
    15A- Baton- Don't declare/ Orchestrator's stick-DD

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  7. AJ15 October 2021 at 07:26

    Substitute for 10a
    6d USING:
    Employing
    Undergraduate : UG
    Vice: SIN
    With is containment indicator
    U(SIN)Gf

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    1. AJ15 October 2021 at 07:34

      Typo. There is no F at the end. It is U(sin) g

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  8. Prasanna Rao15 October 2021 at 07:27

    Happy Dussehra to all THCC members. Thanks to col.sir for posting my drawing.

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  9. AJ15 October 2021 at 07:33

    Great art Prasanna!

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  10. Padmanabhan15 October 2021 at 07:48

    +1. Duddehra completed nicely by Prasanna. Thank you.

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  11. Padmanabhan15 October 2021 at 07:54

    Read- Dussehra

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 October 2021 at 08:01

    5a : BOUNCED (B(OUNC(-E)ED)
    12a : YOUNGNESS (Young : Adolescent)(Ness : Head
    16d : CURATES (CURSE AT)*

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  13. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 October 2021 at 08:12

    18A TESTATORS - will authors
    credit = cr; the end = e; trial = test
    In creators, cre replaced by test
    28A RESISTS - repulsed {sisters}*
    16D CURATES - ministers {curse at}*

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  14. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 October 2021 at 08:20

    Replacement for 16 D
    14D INTERVENE [DD]

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  15. Col_Gopinath15 October 2021 at 08:47

    Yet to be solved
    Across - 9, 11, 13, 16, 21, 26
    Down - 1, 4, 8, 15, 17, 19, 20, 22

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  16. Padmanabhan15 October 2021 at 09:41

    Since all my entries are repeats and since so many are left,I will take a couple more-
    13A- Sashaying- Swaggering
    Sash- Band
    Paying-P=Aying

    16A- Curse- Imprecation- Curs(~)

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  17. Padmanabhan15 October 2021 at 09:42

    Enjoyable fare on a non CW day is welcome. Thank you Vu. Keep them coming.

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  18. sree_sree15 October 2021 at 09:43

    On the easier side. Noted a couple of indirects. Pls a oid in future.
    Thanks for sp.

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  19. sree_sree15 October 2021 at 09:48

    19d OO LOngs
    20d S(L)(-h)YNESS
    22 HOT EI is that: that is <=

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  20. Jacob Brahmakulam15 October 2021 at 09:50

    26A, BALANCE; POISE; (ABLE+CAN)*
    17D RICKETY; unsteady; TICKER* Y
    15D BEAN BALLS; headhunter throws; BEAN = british comic character; ... ellipsis character; ball= delivery

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  21. N Sridhar15 October 2021 at 09:51

    8D- Dodgson- aka Lewis Carroll- author- Alice in Wonderland;
    13A- sashaying- swaggering; band- sash; (-p)aying;
    11A- snafu- mess; (u)ncle (s)am (af)ghan (n) ightmare- anagram

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 October 2021 at 10:32

      11A : Anagram indicator?

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    2. N Sridhar15 October 2021 at 11:44

      Mess on double duty?

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 October 2021 at 11:52

      Could be! Can somebody throw some light on it please?!

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    4. AJ15 October 2021 at 12:10

      There are two words, mess and nightmare. Nightmare unsettled and can be taken as anagram indicator.

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    5. AJ15 October 2021 at 12:12

      Sorry, nightmare unsettles and may be the anagram indicator

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    6. Col_Gopinath15 October 2021 at 13:26

      I have removed my 'Clue is faulty comment'
      The intended anno is
      Mess = Defintion = SNAFU {US+N+AF}*
      with = Link word
      Uncle Sam = US
      in = 'N
      Afghan = AF
      Nightmare = Anagram indicator

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    7. Col_Gopinath15 October 2021 at 13:26

      It is a Semi&lit as well

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    8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 October 2021 at 15:38

      Thanks to Colonel Sir and AJ :)

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  22. D N M Rao15 October 2021 at 09:52

    8Dn DODGSON - {GODS+NOD}*
    4Dn ENTRY - DD

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    1. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 October 2021 at 11:31

      4Dn In the clue, there is a dot at the end. Is it a typo?

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  23. D N M Rao15 October 2021 at 09:55

    19Dn OOLONGS - {OO(O2}{LONGS}

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  24. D N M Rao15 October 2021 at 10:10

    For 8Dn
    1Dn COHOSTS- {COHO(-r+S)TS}

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  25. D N M Rao15 October 2021 at 10:14

    For 19Dn
    9Ac HANDOUT - DD

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  26. Murali15 October 2021 at 10:22

    21A RACEHORSE (&lit)

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    1. Vasant15 October 2021 at 11:25

      For the clue to be an &Lit, you need Wordplay. If there is no Wordplay and the whole clue reads as the definition, then it's a CD.

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    2. sree_sree15 October 2021 at 12:36

      It's a DD

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  27. VU15 October 2021 at 10:33

    Thank you to those who have participated.

    Heartfelt thanks to Col. for publishing this. COl. has been very patient with my incomplete first draft.

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  28. cdrgani2915 October 2021 at 10:57

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  29. D.Chandrasekhar15 October 2021 at 12:06

    Dussera went really well. Prasanna's artwork and VU's arrow like clues were fantastic. Immensely enjoyed the blog as well as the CW. Thanks to Col, VU. And Prasanna alike.

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  30. V Tulsiram15 October 2021 at 12:17

    11a snafu - uncle sari us afghanistan nightmare - af n

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  31. V Tulsiram15 October 2021 at 12:18

    Sam typing mistake

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  32. ramesh ss16 October 2021 at 06:39

    Superb art work! Lovely

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  33. ramesh ss16 October 2021 at 06:41

    Decent debut with some very good entries. Spoilt a bit by indirect anagrams and unusual indicators yet a good debut puzzle. VU please set more....thanks for the holiday puzzle...

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