Sunday 20 March 2022

Special, Sunday 20 Mar 2022, Afterdark

Congratulations for the Double Century.

'Ghar Wapisi' by Afterdrak for his 200th Crossword. His first CW on this blog was published as a Special on 16 Mar 2013, followed by his debut in The Hindu with No 10748 on 16 Apr 2013. He has contributed 20 Specials to the blog.  How many of you here remember his Quadruple Pangram special, if not check out No 11335 published on 06 Mar 15.


Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
Please submit all your answers in one comment.  

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58 comments:

  1. P. Venkatesan20 March 2022 at 10:38

    31A: RIB CAGE {BIG+CARE}*
    9D: SYNDROME {S..Y}{MODERN*}
    28D: LUBE (acrosti)

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  2. Vasant20 March 2022 at 10:39

    1D CH OR US
    4D ORIOLE O inside ORIEL with E moving to end.
    5D I SO LATE D

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  3. Remy20 March 2022 at 10:40

    12 ac ri(sot)to*
    17 ac crass it* racists
    29 ac Gestapo-T

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  4. Jayalakshmi arumugam20 March 2022 at 10:47

    31ac rib cage (big care) *
    4ac opine op in e(ngland)
    11ac risotto. (Ro(sot)ti)*

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  5. ramesh ss20 March 2022 at 10:55

    Congrats on 200 wish you many more. Enjoyed your tamil grids too...

    20A: DEADEYE DEAD is gone EYE watch def: Marksman
    18D: CAPONISE acrostic fist letters
    11A: SOCIETY SO very C first letter of cool IE that is T...Y def: people

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  6. Anonymous20 March 2022 at 11:01

    10ac - HAUTEUR - arrogance
    H + director

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  7. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 March 2022 at 11:04

    Happy to see your 200th grid, Afterdark!
    Wish to see many more wonderful grids from you.

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  8. Kolluru Koteswara Rao20 March 2022 at 11:08

    7DN E[-gg+CC]LES(-s) CAKE

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam20 March 2022 at 11:09

    Replacement for 31ac
    14ac statement (state) (men) (t)ense

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  10. Shalini20 March 2022 at 11:09

    7d ECCLES CAKE E(-gg+CC)LES(-s)+CAKE
    22a UNBLESSED UN+ B(LESS)ED
    27a UNLOOSE UN+ (-c)OUNSELO(-r)*

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  11. Anonymous20 March 2022 at 11:09

    6dn NO - number + not

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  12. Shalini20 March 2022 at 11:11

    Replacement 7d
    2d RUSSIA R(USS)I+A Missouri is an example of US State

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  13. Anonymous20 March 2022 at 11:12

    11ac - SOCIETY

    SO+C(ool) + IE+ T(ripp)Y

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  14. AJ20 March 2022 at 11:16

    14ac STATEMENT: announcement
    State:country men:people tense:t

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  15. AJ20 March 2022 at 11:19

    32ac NINNY: fool
    Annoying - Goa = nniyn*( angry is anagram Ind)

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  16. Anonymous20 March 2022 at 11:23

    13ac - LILY PAD - leaf
    (Special deliveries - receives)*
    Substitute

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  17. AJ20 March 2022 at 11:24

    My third
    23d BLURRy: obscure
    Colour almost: BLU red primarily:R the of rust and yellow: R Y

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  18. Anonymous20 March 2022 at 11:24

    (Special delivery - receives)*

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  19. Anonymous20 March 2022 at 11:27

    Congrats!!! That is awesome!!!

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  20. Anonymous20 March 2022 at 11:31

    8dn - substitute
    NEOPHYTE - upstart
    (Phoney + t(yp)e)*

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  21. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 March 2022 at 11:37

    26a HUNDRED (T)
    15d EAST GERMAN MA in SERGEANT*
    25d DIETER (D(I)ETER)

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  22. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 March 2022 at 11:42

    Enjoyble solve and Congrats on your 200th grid, Afterdark!

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  23. Jacob Brahmakulam20 March 2022 at 11:46

    21A UNPEG; remove UN PEG

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  24. Jacob Brahmakulam20 March 2022 at 11:48

    16A SAY-SO; decision making power; {SO AS You}*

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  25. Jacob Brahmakulam20 March 2022 at 11:52

    19D SQUADRON; division S Q bOUNDARy*
    Is the question in 'boundaries?' necessary?

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  26. Jacob Brahmakulam20 March 2022 at 11:59

    only 3d is left?

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  27. Shrikanth20 March 2022 at 12:09

    Thanks Sathia

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  28. AJ20 March 2022 at 12:13

    Congratulations Shrikanth on your double century. Go on batting.
    Today's grid was enjoyable, thank you

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  29. Padmanabhan20 March 2022 at 12:18

    Congrats Shrikanth!! Two exclamations for the double hundred. Way to go":-)
    Joined late. Want to do it at leisure and enjoy.

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  30. Deepak Gopinath20 March 2022 at 12:19

    3D and Anno for 2D yet to be solved

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  31. Sritri20 March 2022 at 12:21

    3D PERT - PERT & CPM used in projects

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  32. Sritri20 March 2022 at 12:23

    USS (MIssouri) in RI , A - RUSSIA

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  33. Shrikanth20 March 2022 at 13:14

    Thanks AJ

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  34. Anonymous20 March 2022 at 14:07

    Thanx Shrikanth!!!
    Congrats!!! May you complete several more centuries!!!

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  35. Anonymous20 March 2022 at 14:52

    21a - i thought is un (one) + peg (measure of drink)

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  36. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 March 2022 at 15:03

    A small correction please in 21A.

    One = UN, Measure of drink = PEG.
    Definition 'remove' = UNPEG.

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  37. Mukundala Balasubramanyam20 March 2022 at 15:06

    Oops! Didn't notice your post, Gowri.

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  38. Ramki Krishnan20 March 2022 at 16:53

    Congratulations AD on the double century!

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  39. ranger20 March 2022 at 17:02

    Congratulations Shrikanth on reaching this milestone. All the best!

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  40. Col_Gopinath20 March 2022 at 17:53

    Thanks for the special Shrikanth

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  41. Shrikanth20 March 2022 at 18:19

    Thanks to you Colonel Saab. Feels like old days

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  42. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan20 March 2022 at 18:33

    Congratulations AD !

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    1. Shrikanth20 March 2022 at 20:18

      Yay Lakshmi how many friends I have earned like you. Thats the awesome thing about being here after all. A family. And of course thanks:)

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    2. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan21 March 2022 at 18:23

      True a big family :)

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  43. Prasanna Rao20 March 2022 at 19:24

    Hearty congratulation Srikanth sir!!! for your double century. due to on line meetings I couln't visit blog esp. on sundays. Gothrouhg all your puzzles. puzzle 3D perfectly matching for projects. Thanks for the interesting one. Congratulations once again.

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  44. Ramesh Kosaraju 21 March 2022 at 12:26

    (Shrikanth) 200 not out!!!
    👏👏👏 sir.

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