Friday 11 March 2022

No 13501, Friday 11 Mar 2022, Avtaar

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ACROSS
1   See, nowadays someone else, perhaps, is ahead (6) NOTICE {CE}<=>{NOT I}
4   Tail’s tip, say? (8) FOLLOWER (~ fall over = tip)
9   Wall in premium complex beginning to peel away (6) IMMURE pREMIUM*
10 The evil barbarian island tribe that fought Caesar (8) HELVETTI {THE+EVIL}*{I}
11 Forward played with solid tactical brilliance at the start to open the scoring (4,5,5) DRAW FIRST BLOOD {FORWARD+SOLID+Ta...l+Br...e}*
13 State bar on clearing house’s chief after closure of banks (10) BANGLADESH {BAN}{GLADE}{Ho..e}<=>{b..kS}
14 Loopy boomerangs? Wow! (4) STUN<=
16 Fencer’s exclamation when pushed back twice (4) SASA {AS}{AS}<=
18 Perfect humming of “You can kiss me on a Sunday...”? (10) IMPECCABLE (~i'm peckable)
21 With this beastly behaviour, genii harassed men sailing in “Titanic” (6,8) ANIMAL INSTINCT {MeN+SAILINg+in+TiTANIC}* [CA]
23 Authoritarian tribal leader invited to performance of magic at the end of party (8) DOGMATIC {T} in {MAGIC}*<=>{DO}
24 Run down, absorbing slow, endless mountain race (6) SLALOM {SLA{sLOw}M}
25 Rebel killed a general, strangling from behind (8) RENEGADE [T<=]
26 Wild, heartless love (6) DARING DARlING

DOWN
1   Collar of Alsatian frequently falling off (4) NAIL {aLsAtIaN}*
2   Monkey cut fruit (7) TAMARIN TAMARINd
3   Wife going after old marine during visit to coastal region of England (8) CORNWALL {C{O}{RN}ALL}
5   New interpretation of Tennyson’s poems streaming on new national networks accessible by all (4,7) OPEN SYSTEMS {TENnYSonS+POEMS}* 
6   Holy John left a very old, captivating seaman (6) LAVABO {L}{A}{V}{AB}{O}
7   Organisation concerned about COVID acquires data processing technology but initially goes wanting (7) WITHOUT {W{IT}HO}{bUT}
8   Ceremonial steps leading to a shower, possibly? (4,5) RAIN DANCE [CD]
12 Mind if I need cooks insured? (11) INDEMNIFIED*
13 Customer avoiding posh clothing stall is a window-shopper (9) BYSTANDER {BuY{STAND}ER}
15 A cool East Australian plant (8) ACHILLEA {A}{CHILL}{E}{A}
17 Trace diamonds stolen by fighter involved in crime (7) SMIDGIN {S{MI{D}G}IN}
19 Source of infection from carrier returning with sick Avtaar (7) BACILLI {CAB<=}{ILL}{I}
20 Siamese coin buried in remains at Angkor (6) SATANG [T]
22 Sooty mist over ground’s entry points causing pollution (4) SMOG Acrostic &lit

Reference List
Nowadays = CE, Island = I, When = AS, Wife = W, Old = O, Marine = RN, On = O, New = N, National = N, Left = L, Very = V, Seaman = AB, Posh = U, East = E, Australian = A, Diamonds = D, Fighter = MIG 


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  1. Badri11 March 2022 at 07:07

    10a. tribe that fought caesar = HELVETII, I=island, barbarian=anagrind {THE EVIL}*+I
    13d. window shopper=bystander, customer=BUYER, avoding posh (-U), stall =STAND, clothing = containment ind, BY+STAND+ER
    26a wild=DARING, Love=DARLING heartless (-L)
    20d. Siamese coin=SATANG, buried=telescopic indicator remainS AT ANGkor.
    22a. pollution=SMOG, acrostic Sooty Mist Over Ground

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  2. gxdxr11 March 2022 at 07:35

    9A. IMMURE. {p REMIUM}*
    25A. RENEGADE. T<=
    12D. INDEMNIFIED. {MIND IF I NEED}*
    17D. {S{MI{D}G}IN}
    20D. SATANG. T

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    1. gxdxr11 March 2022 at 07:48

      Replacement for 20D:
      23A. DOGMATIC. {T} in {MAGIC}* after {DO}

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    2. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 09:25

      All correct Mohan

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  3. Orthopaul11 March 2022 at 08:33

    11ac.DRAW FIRST BLOOD ..T(actical) B( rilliance) in ( forward + solid)*

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  4. Orthopaul11 March 2022 at 08:35

    16ac. SA SA.. as as in reverse

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  5. Orthopaul11 March 2022 at 08:36

    9ac..IMMURE .P(REMIUM)*

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  6. Orthopaul11 March 2022 at 08:37

    22d. SMOG.. ACROSTIC

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  7. Orthopaul11 March 2022 at 08:42

    25ac. RENEGADE..Reverse T

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  8. Orthopaul11 March 2022 at 09:08

    Replacement for 25ac
    21ac.. ANIMAL INSTINCT..(Men sailing in titanic)* minus genii

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  9. John George11 March 2022 at 09:20

    18 Ac I'M PECKABLE perfect IMPECCABLE

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  10. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 09:27

    Small edits in final version which aren't mine

    5D.'New" is not needed. Clue works better without it
    22D. "Causing pollution" is not needed.

    As 22D is solved, it was an &lit .

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    1. gxdxr11 March 2022 at 11:32

      5D. which "new" Srini, there are two

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    2. Deepak Gopinath11 March 2022 at 11:36

      First new

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    3. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 12:26

      The second one.

      Streamimg on national deletes O,N,N (N for national in Chambers and others). TENNYSONSPOEMS-ONN*. Definitoon is networks accessible by all.

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  11. Orthopaul11 March 2022 at 09:35

    Replacement for 22d
    19d. BACILLI.. sick avatar is ILL I
    after CAB in reverse

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  12. DrBhanuMurthy11 March 2022 at 09:36

    19.d.
    Carrier returning____bac,sick .....ill,avatar...I
    Bacilli.

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    1. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 09:40

      Please take another Dr. Just solved by Orthopaul

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  13. Orthopaul11 March 2022 at 09:41

    Replacement for 9ac
    6d..LAVABO..L(eft) A V(ery) O(ld) carrying AB..

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    1. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 12:27

      Right. Holy John (monastic lavatory ) is the definition

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  14. DrBhanuMurthy11 March 2022 at 09:42

    15.d.a....a,cool....chill,east....e,australian....a
    Achillea.

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    1. sree_sree11 March 2022 at 09:53

      Isn't Achilles a Genus!

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    2. sree_sree11 March 2022 at 09:57

      Pl read Achillea

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    3. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 12:30

      Well solved Dr.

      The dictionary definition is

      any plant of the genus Achillea, having toothed or divided leaves and flat-topped clusters of flowers, and including the yarrow and sneezewort.

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    4. sree_sree11 March 2022 at 13:24

      Any member of a family will have the same name. Doesn't mean a member is the family?

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  15. DrBhanuMurthy11 March 2022 at 09:54

    8.d
    Shower...rain,steps...dance
    Rain dance

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    1. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 12:31

      It is a cryptic definition. Dance by native Americans for gettimg ratings

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    2. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 12:31

      Sorry rains not ratings

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  16. DrBhanuMurthy11 March 2022 at 09:57

    12.d
    Indemnified ...insured
    Anagram

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  17. AJ11 March 2022 at 10:59

    1 ac NOTICE: see
    Some one else: NOT I
    Nowadays : CE ( Current Era)
    NOT I is ahead
    (NOT I) (CE)

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  18. P. Venkatesan11 March 2022 at 11:00

    3D: CORNWALL {C{O}{RN}{W}ALL}

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  19. CPC11 March 2022 at 11:06

    2D. Tamarin - monkey. Anno Tamarind minus D (cut fruit)

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  20. Padmanabhan11 March 2022 at 11:39

    5D- Open Systems- Accessible by all
    (Tennyson's poems- son)*
    Son probably comes from Streaming ON)

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  21. sivaram11 March 2022 at 11:45

    13ac BANGLADESH. {BAN} {GLADE}{bankS}{House}
    5dn OPEN SYSTEMS. {TENNYSONS POEMS (-On)(-New)(-National)}*

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    1. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 12:33

      Correct annotation is

      TENNYSONSPOEMS-ON,N

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  22. Prasanna Rao11 March 2022 at 12:02

    1D - NAIL -DD i.e Collar - Taken into custody.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath11 March 2022 at 12:07

      What's the role of Alsatian frequently falling off?

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    2. Prasanna Rao11 March 2022 at 12:14

      sir, used in vigilance work as a guide. I perceive the band around the neck. informally take into custody.

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    3. Prasanna Rao11 March 2022 at 12:50

      w.r. to the word 'Alsation' even letters are picked. but searching for the reverse indication. by referring Dic. got the definition.

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    4. Prasanna Rao11 March 2022 at 13:24

      my take was DD . But the word insists 'OFF' from a particular thing to be positioned. Hence, I guess the anno. would be (-A(L)-S(A)-T(I)-A(N)) LAIN* - NAIL.

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  23. Kolluru Koteswara Rao11 March 2022 at 12:03

    7 DN WITHOUT - W[IT]HO+[-b]UT

    Organisation concerned about COVID =WHO
    data processing technology=IT
    [-b]ut [initially goes]
    DEF: wanting

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    1. Sreeni11 March 2022 at 12:34

      My version was but initially left wanting

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    2. Col_Gopinath11 March 2022 at 14:24

      I wonder why The Hindu makes such changes without consulting the setters

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  24. Deepak Gopinath11 March 2022 at 12:09

    Yet to be solved
    Across - 4, 14, 24
    Down - 1, 7

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  25. VU11 March 2022 at 12:17

    14A STUN - Loopy (NUTS) - boomerangs - reverses - STUN
    24A RUn down -SLAM with endless (S)LO(W) - SLA LO M
    1D ALSATIAN - Frequently falling - L A I N - Off(Jumble) - NAIL - Means collar

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  26. D N M Rao11 March 2022 at 12:20

    7Dn WITHOUT -{W{IT}HO}{-bUT}

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  27. Jacob Brahmakulam11 March 2022 at 12:22

    4A FOLLOWER; TAIL: (~ fall over = tip
    24A SLALOM; mountain race; {SLA{sLOw}M}
    7D WITHOUT; WANTING {W{IT}HO}{bUT}

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  28. Padmanabhan11 March 2022 at 12:25

    I think that completes it.

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  29. Veeyares 13 March 2022 at 06:52

    Testing

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  30. Veeyares 13 March 2022 at 06:52

    Testing

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