Friday, 28 January 2022

No 13465, Friday 28 Jan 2022, Vidwan

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ACROSS
1   Wavy ‘New Jazz’ gig lacks original jauntiness (6) ZIGZAG {jAZZ+GIG}*
4   Topic for an egotist? (5) THEME {THE ME}
9   Country song about soldiers (7) ARMENIA {AR{MEN}IA}
10 Where vagrants hang out and derelict kids fight (4,3) SKID ROW {KIDS*}{ROW}
12 Oddly costliest brand of a machine (4) OTIS {cOsTlIeSt}
13 Rock star big as lead in U2, supports harmony (4,6) BASS GUITAR {STAR+BIG+AS+U2}* 
15 She waxed eloquently, impressed many VIPs (7) TUSSAUD [CD]
17 Install software on it freely (7) APPOINT {APP}{ON+IT}*
19 Master returns, has bread and some steamy stuff (7) EROTICA {ACE<=} over {ROTI}
21 It flows with energy regularly, in tizzes (7) YANGTZE {YANG}{TiZzEs}
23 Song about old flame in country town (10) ALEXANDRIA {A{L{EX}AND}RIA}
26 Immense desire — not new, not right (4) HUGE HUnGEr
28 One trapped in a blood curdling game (7) DIABOLO {1} in {A+BLOOD}*
29 It is about better management of the races (7) EUGENIC [CD]
30 It is a nightmare! Of course! (5) BOGEY [C&DD]
31 Dull, sickly dog confined in a filthy place (6) STODGY {ST{DOG*}Y}

DOWN
1   Lifeless ones seen on Zoom, expressing nothing! Pricks wasting time! (7) ZOMBIES {ZOoM}{BItES}
2   Nucleotide regularly found in Green Tea (4) GENE {GrEeN+tEa}
3   Posture like a half-Cobra (5) ASANA {AS}{A}{NAja}
5   Japanese work with very few words (5) HAIKU [CD]
6   Myself and Rajinikanth are basically this (almost) (7) MARATHI {My...f}{And}{Ra...h}{Are}{THIs} Semi&lit Presuming Vidwan is a Marathi?
7   How Nadal felt about due process? (3,2,3,4) LAW OF THE LAND*
8   Very boring, say it’s sort of geological equilibrium (8) ISOSTASY  {SO} in {SAY+ITS}*
11 Upwardly mobile, fresh B.Tech men working hard to stay on the sidelines (4,3,5) WARM THE BENCH {RAW<=}{BTECH+MEN}*{H}
14 Racist person? A Zionist? To some extent (4) NAZI [T]
16 Unreasonable time spent for total messaging system in underground (8) DEADDROP {DE(-t+add)DDROP}
18 Unopened bottle and a delinquent (4) PUNK sPUNK
20 Mint gold and silver in one round (7) OREGANO {OR} and {ON{AG}E}<=
22 Collection of sports ties (7) TOURNEY [CD]
24 Promotion and honour for a reader (5) ADOBE {AD}{OBE}
25 Write about boring sex cowboy! (5) INEPT {PEN<=} in {IT}
27 Grey, broken wall’s gone (4) AGED damAGED

Reference List
Old flame = EX, New = N, Right = R, Time = T, Hard = H, Promotion = AD, Sex = IT


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87 comments:

  1. Yours Politely28 January 2022 at 07:31

    May pl read 13A as...

    Rock star's big, a lead in U2, supports harmony (4,6)

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  2. Col_Gopinath28 January 2022 at 08:05

    Driving back to Coimbatore from Kannur today. Post will be updated Only after I reach Coimbatore and not at 4 PM.
    Regulars may watch the progress of comments and point out errors if any.

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  3. Sujatha28 January 2022 at 08:28

    1A. (-j)azz gig, from - lacks original (j)auntiness, new as anagram indicator, zigzag = wavy.
    10A. Derelict kids = skid, fight = row, skid row = where vagrants hang out.
    12A. Oddly c-O-s-T-l-I-e-S-t = Otis = brand of machine.
    17A. Software = app, app+on+it, freely anagram indicator = appoint = install.
    21A. Energy = yang, regularly in tizzes = tze, yang+tze = Yangtze = it flows.

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  4. Badri28 January 2022 at 08:34

    13a: def: supports harmony, BASS GUITAR, (stars+big+a+U)* (from lead in u2)
    15a: def: She waxed eloquently, impressed many VIPs (7) (CD) Tussaud, founder of Madame Tussauds wax museum
    21a. def: It flows, yangtze river yang+tze energy=yang tze from tizzes regularly
    31a def: dull. Stodgy, (sty+dog)* sty=filthy place
    7d. def: due process, Law of the land {how+nadal+felt}*

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  5. gxdxr28 January 2022 at 08:41

    4A. {THE}{ME}
    9A. {AR{MEN}IA}
    22A. {A{L{EX}AND}RIA}
    26A. HUGE. {HUnGEr}
    28A. DIABOLO. {I} in {A BLOOD}*

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  6. Shay28 January 2022 at 08:49

    9A-ARMENIA=COUNTRY; Song-{ARIA} about Soldiers- {MEN} {AR{MEN}IA}
    3D-ASANA=POSTURE (DD)
    6D-MARATHI - Rajnikanth is one. The setter too?
    1D-ZOMBIES=Lifeless ones; Zoom-o, could not get ‘bies’

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    1. gxdxr28 January 2022 at 08:51

      6D incorrect/incomplete annotation.

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    2. Padmanabhan28 January 2022 at 08:56

      3D- no explanation for half cobra?

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    3. Shay28 January 2022 at 08:57

      6D- M+A+R+A(basically)+{THI} from this (almost)

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    4. Shay28 January 2022 at 08:59

      Half cobra is a yoga pose hence ASANA

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    5. Sujatha28 January 2022 at 09:00

      I have already given 5 answers above. Am I allowed to explain in others' posts or no?

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    6. Shay28 January 2022 at 09:04

      Sub for 9A
      2D-GENE=Nucleotide; regularly GrEeN tEa

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    7. Padmanabhan28 January 2022 at 09:05

      Please wait for others to have a go.

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    8. Shay28 January 2022 at 09:11

      My last one
      14D - NAZI = Racist; telescopic persoN A ZI onist

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    9. Sarathi28 January 2022 at 11:50

      3 D
      Like a =AS A

      Half cobra = NA(JA)
      So the answer us ASANA = POSTURE

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    10. Shay28 January 2022 at 11:52

      Thanks, Sarathy:-)

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    11. Sarathi28 January 2022 at 11:58

      🙏

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    12. CPC28 January 2022 at 12:01

      Nice one Sarathi..didn't know Naja b4

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    13. Sarathi28 January 2022 at 12:15

      🙏

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    14. sree_sree28 January 2022 at 12:49

      3d semi&lit half-cobra is a asana.

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    15. Ramesh Kosaraju 28 January 2022 at 13:32

      I parsed half-Cobra (= Naga) as 'na'

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  7. Padmanabhan28 January 2022 at 08:51

    23A and not 22A.

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  8. Padmanabhan28 January 2022 at 08:54

    1D- incomplete. Please give only complete annos.

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    1. Shay28 January 2022 at 11:55

      Apologies, Padmanabhan. Noted for next time. Thanks!

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  9. Brajesh28 January 2022 at 08:54

    6d Marathi myself M A R from rajni and Thi

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  10. Padmanabhan28 January 2022 at 09:00

    6D is incomplete

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  11. Brajesh28 January 2022 at 09:02

    6d. M. A R from my and rajani Are and incomplete THI s

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  12. ghaspooscurry28 January 2022 at 09:18

    19a- EROTICA = steamy stuff: Master= Ace returns =>ECA; contains Roti= bread

    8d- ISOSTASY = geological equilibrium: Very = SO; boring inside 'say it's ' jumbled

    11d WARM THE BENCH = stay on the sidelines : Fresh = RAW (upwardly mobile => reverse) ; 'BTech men'+ H(ard) jumble

    20d OREGANO = mint: OR = Gold:AG = silver: in 'ONE' round.

    5d HAIKU = short Japanese poetry- direct clue.

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  13. Neeladri Rao Munagala28 January 2022 at 09:19

    27D. Grey = AGED
    Broken = DAMAGED, Wall (DAM) is gone, leaving AGED

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  14. balaji28 January 2022 at 09:32

    17 a
    Software =app
    On it

    Anagram appoint =install def

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  15. balaji28 January 2022 at 09:34

    28 d

    Game def

    I a blood

    Diabolo

    7 d due process

    How Nadam felt anagram

    Law of the land

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  16. balaji28 January 2022 at 09:35

    Nadal not nadam apologies

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  17. Neeladri Rao Munagala28 January 2022 at 09:36

    24D A Reader = ADOBE
    Promotion = AD (As in advertisement), Honour = OBE
    AD + OBE = ADOBE

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  18. Neeladri Rao Munagala28 January 2022 at 09:44

    30A Nightmare = BOGEY

    "Of Course" in Golf gives BOGEY (from Bogey Course Rating)

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  19. balaji28 January 2022 at 09:45

    20 d mint

    Oregano.

    Gold= OR
    Silver = AG one,

    Round is indicator to turn around.

    Or e (ag)no

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  20. balaji28 January 2022 at 09:56

    11. D. Stay on sidelines

    Warm the bench

    Fresh =raw, upwardly mobile, war,
    B.Tech, men, h(ard) anagram

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  21. Ravi28 January 2022 at 10:31

    19a. Master is ace. Bread is roti. Steamy stuff is erotica. E( roti)ca.

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  22. sree_sree28 January 2022 at 10:42

    Still remaining
    19a,29a
    D 1&3 anno,5,8,16,18,25

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 10:48

      22dn also left unsolved

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    2. Ravi28 January 2022 at 10:53

      19a. Master is ace. Bread is roti. Something steamy is erotica.

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  23. Espee28 January 2022 at 10:56

    19A Erotica
    Master is ace reversed
    Bread is roti
    5D Haiku Japanese poem
    8D ISOSTASY ?cryptic def geological equilibrium
    11D - upwardly mobile is reversal indicator, fresh is warm, btech men anagram, hence WARM THE BENCH

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  24. AJ28 January 2022 at 10:58

    8d ISOSTASY: geological equilibrium
    I (SO) STASY
    Very: SO boring into (SAY ITS)*: sort is anagram indication: I STASY








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  25. Vasant28 January 2022 at 11:00

    1D ZOMBIES ZO(-o)M+BI(-t)ES

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 11:10

      Expressing nothing means deletion of letter O ?

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    2. Vasant28 January 2022 at 11:17

      Yes.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 11:23

      Thanks Vasant. 👍

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 11:28

      Express = To squeeze or press out, as juice from an orange!

      So says Free Dictionary.

      Fully satisfied now! 😊

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    5. sree_sree28 January 2022 at 11:28

      Express juice out of a lemon (squeeze out)

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 11:31

      Thanks Prasad garu! 😊

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    7. Shay28 January 2022 at 11:53

      Thanks, Vasant! Was wondering how to solve bies:-)

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  26. Prasanna Rao28 January 2022 at 11:00

    19a E(ROTI)C A <----
    Master - ACE , Returned as ECA <----
    Bread - ROTI

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  27. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 11:02

    18d: PUNK (-S)PUNK

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  28. N Sridhar28 January 2022 at 11:03

    25D-inept-cowboy; write-pen; sex-it; I(PEN)*T

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 11:06

      Anno for PEN needs correction

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    2. N Sridhar28 January 2022 at 11:31

      I took write to mean pen and about as anagram indicator.

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    3. CPC28 January 2022 at 11:36

      About is reversal indicator

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 11:48

      About can be taken as anagram indicator too but in this case it's reversal ind.

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  29. Rajashri28 January 2022 at 11:04

    5d: HAIKU: Japanese short verse, 17 syllables, just 3 lines of five, seven and five.

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    1. sree_sree28 January 2022 at 11:07

      Trivia: full form of haiku means "light verse" (cryptic ref of few words?)

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  30. CPC28 January 2022 at 11:18

    16Dn DeadDrop - messaging system in underground. Anno could be detrop (meaning unreasonable) minus t plus add

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  31. Jacob Brahmakulam28 January 2022 at 11:26

    29a EUGENIC. Easy type of clue?

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    1. CPC28 January 2022 at 11:56

      Yes, looks like easy type clue only

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    2. Ramki Krishnan28 January 2022 at 11:59

      I think it is a CD with play on the word "races" (which refers to the human race here)
      EUGENIC is about improvement i.e. better management of the (human) race.

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  32. Murali28 January 2022 at 11:29

    22D TOURNEY = &lit

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    1. CPC28 January 2022 at 11:50

      Tourney is correct - i wonder if it can be classified as an &lit though as WP seems not present in any cryptic form

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 11:53

      +1

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    3. Ramki Krishnan28 January 2022 at 12:00

      Could be CD - "tie" referring to the neckwear in surface reading. Tourney is a collection of ties (i.e. matches)

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    4. Yours Politely28 January 2022 at 12:17

      It is a CD. CD clue works on difference between literal/ obvious surface reading v. cryptic reading of the same surface.

      Sports ties are specific categories of ties mostly related to a specific team or club . Many also collect such ties.

      Hence the normal reading points towards physical collection of actual sports ties.

      Cryptic reading requires ' sports ties' to be read as sports matches. Tourney/Tournament = many sports ties.

      Same principle applies to 'management of races'. Normal reading points towards horse racing or car racing or similar event management.

      Cryptic reading requires reading of races = ethnic groups and hence Eugenic.

      CD's success lies divergence between the literal or normal reading and cryptic reading. In that aspect, both clues divergence is not wide i.e. solver will come to cryptic reading quite soon.

      Nevertheless that doesn't take away CD tag of the clue!

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    5. Prasanna Rao28 January 2022 at 20:32

      Management Race we have not come across in any situation. It seems competition w.r.to one another. we perceive from your post and understood that, we need to correlate the word to other discipline. education versus sport.

      In fact, I solved this by getting vertical ones. Regards,

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  33. CPC28 January 2022 at 11:52

    Does 6Dn assume that everybody knows Vidwan is a Marathi or is there more to it?

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    1. CPC28 January 2022 at 11:53

      We all know Rajnikanth, for sure :-)

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 11:59

      CPC @ 11:52

      Only 'Yours Politely' can answer that!

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    3. sree_sree28 January 2022 at 11:59

      With the clue being clear. We have to assume the setter is declaring (relevant only because the clue is &Litt)

      But then it should be marathis!!

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    4. Yours Politely28 January 2022 at 12:16

      I like Rajinikanth am a Non-Resident Marathi (hence almost). Like Thanjavur Marathi, even Kannadiga Marathi (save Belgaum) a regular marathi speakers wouldn't understand or even identify as Marathi.

      Poli and Sambhar in Tamil Nadu are Marathi contribution. How people migrated over centuries across the world creating new dialects and cultural variants is absolutely fascinating.


      Vinit Dev Wankhede

      That is my name...acronymised as Vidwan.

      Regards

      Also both We are marathi or marathis are ok usages in my humble opinion.

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    5. CPC28 January 2022 at 12:27

      🙏 Nice Vinitji. Always great to hear from the setter!

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    6. sree_sree28 January 2022 at 12:37

      +1

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    7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam28 January 2022 at 13:08

      +2

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    8. Padmanabhan28 January 2022 at 13:57

      +3
      Thank you for the clarifications- from the horse's mouth,if I may say so.

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    9. Prasanna Rao28 January 2022 at 17:43

      +4
      well explanation vidwan ji. Kannada Poli and TN sambar Vs Kannadadiga and marathi a perfect scenario captured. Yes this is a true one. Glad to solve all puzzles. anticipating more.....

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  34. Padmanabhan28 January 2022 at 14:39

    Nicely explained.

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  35. VMA Nair30 January 2022 at 06:14

    Good clues. Thanks Vidwan Ji

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