Friday 8 October 2021

No 13372, Friday 08 Oct 2021, Vidwan

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Nice offering from Vidwan today.

ACROSS
9   Think, linger, having some suspicion (7) INKLING [T]
10 Exploit new investment in floating shares (7) HARNESS {HAR{N}ESS*}
11 When nuisance veils boredom? (5) ENNUI [T]
12 Catching Englishmen left out at sea (9) ENMESHING ENGlISHMEN*
13 Sign in hotel lobby (4) TELL [T]
14 Occassionally support on-air brawl (6) UPROAR {sUpPoRt+On+AiR}
18 Cheat and nag for a mirror (6) CONVEX {CON}{VEX}
19 Listen out for quiet (6) SILENT*
22 Contest to capture alien sperm (6) GAMETE {GAM{ET}E}
23 Love’s not cheap (4) DEAR [DD]
27 Government intended to expunge a testimony (9) STATEMENT {STATE}{MEaNT}
28 Starts to deliver in the top order as before (5) DITTO Acrostic
29 Once in a while actor pays one small time imitator (7) COPYIST {aCtOr+PaYs}{1}{S}{T}
30 One who wanders around English countryside primarily to heal (7) RECOVER {R{E}{Co...e}OVER}

DOWN
1   Ground ticks love cattle (9) LIVESTOCK*
2   Drama over National Football League taking in a cheap fella (9) SKINFLINT {SKI{NFL}{IN}T}
3   Intense 66 days (5) VIVID {VI}{VI}{D}
4   Granite one uses is obtained by blasting this nearest rock (7) IGNEOUS [CA] Semi&lit {IGNEOUS+NEAREST=GRANITE+ONE+USES}
5   Passionately care about him? Looks like hopeless dream (7) CHIMERA {C{HIM}ERA*}
6   Right lens for shooting LGBT subject? (9) PRISMATIC [CD]
7   Some have dictated this class of scriptures (5) VEDIC [T]
8   Regularly buys bangles? That’s custom (5) USAGE {bUyS+bAnGlEs}
15 Place for animals, wild men? I agree! (9) MENAGERIE*
16 Cop changes diet etc., veg mostly (9) DETECTIVE {DIET+ETC+VEg}*
17 Celebrity poet penned first ode on the right deck (9) STARBOARD {STAR}{B{Ode}ARD}
20 Small, constant, extremely tiny number (7) SEVENTY {S}{EVEN}{TidY}
21 Colonists abandoned large dogs (7) SETTERS SETTElRS
24 Some gypsy chaps give scare (5) PSYCH [T]
25 Extremely hammy about software content (5) HAPPY {Hamm{APP}Y}
26 Political, religious leaders excluded from divine order (5) EDICT prEDICT

Reference List
New = N, Left = L, Alien = ET, Small = S, Time = T, English = E, Days = D, Large = L 


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56 comments:

  1. Dr Hareendranath8 October 2021 at 07:09

    9A INKLING(T)suspicion
    11A ENNUI(T)=boredom
    18A CONVEX=mirron,cheat=CON,nag=VEX
    2D SKINFLINT=cheap fella,drama=SKIT,over NFL(national football league)+IN.SKI(NFL+IN)T
    3D VIVID=intense,VI+VI(66)+Days

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  2. Dr Hareendranath8 October 2021 at 07:10

    18A typo,MIRROR

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  3. Krishnan8 October 2021 at 07:16

    22A GAMETE - ET inside GAME
    28A DITTO - Deliver In The Top Order
    3D VIVID - VI VI D(ays)
    8D USAGE - bUySbAnGlE
    15D MENAGERIE - anagram of men I agree

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  4. Krishnan8 October 2021 at 07:18

    Typo 8 D bUySbAnGlE

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  5. RAVI8 October 2021 at 07:43

    16d diet+etc+ve DETECTIVE

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  6. Ramesh Kosaraju 8 October 2021 at 07:45

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  7. Ramesh Kosaraju 8 October 2021 at 07:47

    2a. HARNESS {sha{n}res*}
    7d. VEDIC [T]
    16d. DETECTIVE {diet etc ve*}
    24d. PSYCH [T]
    26d EDICT predict-pr

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  8. RAVI8 October 2021 at 07:50

    28sc Deliver In The Top Order - DITTO

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  9. Suresh M S8 October 2021 at 07:50

    17D STARBOARD = right deck{STAR, celebrity+ BARD,poet taking O first Odd}
    16D DETECTIVE = cop{ diet ,etc anagram+VEg}
    30A RECOVER = heal { ROVER, wanderer around English Country.. primarily}
    19A SILENT = quiet{LISTEN anagram}
    5D CHIMERA = dream {CARE, jumbled about HIM}

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    1. Padmanabhan8 October 2021 at 09:35

      This type of giving Def.along with wp is the correct way.

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  10. sivaram8 October 2021 at 07:51

    16dn DETECTIVE. {DIET ETC VE(-g)}*
    17dn STARBOARD. {STAR}{B{O(-de)}ARD}
    12ac ENMESHING. {ENG (-L)ISHMEN}*
    26dn EDICT. {(-p)(-r)EDICT}
    20dn SEVENTY. {S}{EVEN}{T(-in)Y}

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  11. Sujatha8 October 2021 at 08:04

    11A wh(en nui)sance ennui = boredom
    23A Love, not cheap = dear, DD
    27A Government = state, intended = meant, expunge a= ment, state+ment = Statement = testimony
    29A aCtOr PaYs = COPY, one = i, small = s, time = t, copyist = imitator
    1D ticks love, anagram = livestock = cattle

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  12. Brajesh8 October 2021 at 08:26

    13a tell hoTELLobby

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  13. Brajesh8 October 2021 at 08:30

    4d igneous G from granite one and is u from uses anagram

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  14. Brajesh8 October 2021 at 08:36

    4d g.one.is .u makes igneous

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    1. sree_sree8 October 2021 at 08:40

      Where did g for granite come from! Is it standard abbreviation?

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  15. Brajesh8 October 2021 at 08:38

    25d happy software-app extreme of HammY
    H y Around App

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  16. N Sridhar8 October 2021 at 08:38

    25D- happy - content; extremely happy- hy; software- app; h(app)y;
    21D- setters- dogs; colonists- settlers-l

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  17. N Sridhar8 October 2021 at 08:40

    1D- livestock- cattle; ticks love anagram

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  18. ghaspooscurry8 October 2021 at 08:45

    14a-UPROAR=Brawl. sUpPoRt On AiR.

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  19. Orthopaul8 October 2021 at 08:49

    23ac DEAR DD
    27ac STATEMENT State(govt) meant minus a

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  20. Orthopaul8 October 2021 at 09:01

    6d. PRISMATIC..CD

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  21. Col_Gopinath8 October 2021 at 09:03

    All done, only correct annotation for 4D to be given by someone who is yet to comment

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  22. Murali8 October 2021 at 09:14

    14A UPROAR = brawl; sUpPoRt On AiR
    25D HAPPY ; software = APP, in HY from extremely HammY.
    21D SETTERS settlers -l

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  23. Rajashri8 October 2021 at 09:31

    4d IGNEOUS
    Granite one uses - nearest (characters of this word) leaves GIONUES
    Anagram of GIONUES is igneous
    L. Rajshri

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  24. Murali8 October 2021 at 09:32

    4D IGNEOUS: possible Annotation: {(granite one uses)-(nearest)}*

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  25. Gemini8 October 2021 at 09:38

    Vidwan's grid truly elevated the festive mood. A whiff of cool air from the torrid spells ...

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  26. Padmanabhan8 October 2021 at 09:40

    Possible is right. Please give def.and deletion indicator.

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    1. Murali8 October 2021 at 09:45

      4D Rock is the def; blasting is deletion indicator.

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    2. Padmanabhan8 October 2021 at 09:56

      Now,this makes it complete.

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    3. sree_sree8 October 2021 at 09:58

      Technically not deletion indicator!

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    4. Murali8 October 2021 at 10:56

      By the wordings (IGNEOUS {denoted by this} + nearest )* (GRANITE ONE USES ) is obtained. Blasting is Anagind.

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    5. sree_sree8 October 2021 at 11:26

      Yes. RA.

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    6. A-VM8 October 2021 at 12:56

      CA

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    7. Padmanabhan8 October 2021 at 13:31

      Yes

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    8. sree_sree8 October 2021 at 14:57

      Oops. These autoC's are killers sometimes.

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  27. One of the Idle many8 October 2021 at 09:41

    12A ENMESHING; Englishmen- l (Left out) Anagram meaning capturing

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  28. Col_Gopinath8 October 2021 at 09:46

    It would be nice if we could know the real names behind the exotic Pseudonym's of ghaspooscurry and One of the idle many

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  29. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 October 2021 at 10:20

    Lovely grid. My favs were 3d VIVID, 27d STARBOARD and 29a COPYIST

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 October 2021 at 10:22

      Typo : 17d STARBOARD

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    2. Prasanna Rao8 October 2021 at 10:49

      Really sir . 66 days, SEVENTY and DETECTIVE were Today’s favourite. Vidwan’s grid completely solved before 11am. Waiting for my turn to post VIVID. Thanks to Viswanathan and col. Sit for Friday special.

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    3. Prasanna Rao8 October 2021 at 10:49

      Please read it as Vidwan. Typo

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  30. A-VM8 October 2021 at 10:55

    Good clues. Very easy too

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  31. Prasanna Rao8 October 2021 at 11:42

    20D....Constant may or may not be 'even'. In mathematical it has a fixed value, either even or ODD. I got the answer as SEVENTY. some where I could not convince the word how it suits on "even". pl.correct me .

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  32. Padmanabhan8 October 2021 at 12:00

    Imagine a stream flowing in a steady constant way,would you not call it an even flow? (without turbulence)

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    1. Prasanna Rao8 October 2021 at 12:09

      Situationally it’s correct. Agreed. we can say as even flow or even surface. Since The puzzle specifically stated as number I had gone into the deep . Thanks for the clarification.

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    2. Padmanabhan8 October 2021 at 12:19

      I referred to Free dic. Unchanging,even,regular are some of the synonyms given.
      Number is def. and constant is part of wordplay.

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    3. Prasanna Rao8 October 2021 at 12:28

      Thanks Paddy sir. According to WP it’s correct. My core doubt is cleared

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  33. Suresh Panje, New Delhi8 October 2021 at 12:08

    As an ex-IAF guy, I had a smooth flight in solving this edition of The Hindu Crossword, incidentally on the Anniversary of our Air Force Day. So bountiful thanks to Vidwan...

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  34. Padmanabhan8 October 2021 at 13:34

    Enjoyable and easy. Filled up quite fast. had more variety this time with a few T's added.
    7D- I first filled in Edict and realised my mistake when I got Edict for 26D. Got it right the second time around.Good clue.
    4D was well constructed.

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