Friday 15 April 2022

No 13531, Friday 15 Apr 2022,Vidwan

HAPPY VISHU

Rangoli by Gowri

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ACROSS
1   Gold may finally come after this kind of discipline (7) HISTORY {OR}{maY}<=>{THIS*}
5   This teacher with gun makes arguments (6) MASTER {MASTER+GUN=ARGUMENTS} [CA]
10 A tight brotherhood controls organised crime run from Washington (7) AMERICA {A{CRIME*}A}
11 A male Bond’s significance (6) IMPACT {1}{M}{PACT}
14 Labour love Marx (5) HARPO {HARP}{O}
15 Fuss about pending tasks (2-2) TO-DO [DD]
16 Bet he wrote Inferno after losing his head (4) ANTE dANTE
18 Army man’s mental state (7) MYANMAR*
19 Changing room with tiniest space over somewhere in Sahara (7) MOROCCO {ROOM*}{CC}{O}
20 Evidently Hollywood actress ate South-Indian delicacy mostly (7) LUCIDLY {LUC{IDLi}Y} 
22 Structure a military alliance, extremely motley (7) ANATOMY {A}{NATO}{Mo..eY}
23 Somebody keeping in-house bar (4) DYKE [T]
24 Not having a licence? Time for surreptitious summoning (4) PSST {PaSS}{T}
25 Thomas Edison’s super legendary adversary basically (5) TESLA Acrostic &lit
28 A law that is partly disregarded is kind of smart (6) ASTUTE {A}{STatUTE} Which part to disregard? See comments
29 First Lady’s place at summit (7) EVEREST {EVE}{REST}
30 Sound of trill in melody (6) STRONG {S{TR}ONG}
31 Imagine! Universal subjugation by strange female spirit (7) GODDESS G(-u+odd)ODDESS

DOWN
2   Setter cries reportedly over cold, unwrapped, baked desserts (3-5,5) ICE-CREAM CAKES {I}(~screams) over {C}{bAKEd} 
3   Ideal material, melted with gold occasionally (10) TAILORMADE {MATERIAL+gOlD}*
4   He deals in structures of concrete raised on pile of rocks (7) REALTOR {REAL}{TOR}
6   Range covered in Social Psychology (4) ALPS [T]
7   Alien grabbing a snack (3) EAT {E{A}T}
8   Spots wave (4) RASH [DD]
9   Mostly want party men’s insight (6) WISDOM {WISh}{DO}{M}
12 No success is built around working knowledge (13) CONSCIOUSNESS {NO+SUCCESS+IS}* over {ON}
13 My entertaining, lifting gift of music (6) MELODY {M{DOLE<=}Y}
17 Provide milk to family hosting happy feast (10) BREASTFEED {BR{FEAST*}EED}
18 Fine woman setter overcoming a disease (6) MILADY M(-a+i)ILADY
21 Servile chaps preferred by ladies? (6) YESMEN [CD]
22 Trade company developed 1920s aesthetic style (3,4) ART DECO {TRADE+CO}*
26 Hot! Latest retro singer (4) ALTO [T<=] Telescopic indicator missing
27 Shape of you? As heard and seen for example (4) TURN No idea how to classify this. Shape of you as heard is = U,  and seen as an example it's a U-Turn. Maybe a [C&DD]?
28 Hill-dweller and half-shirker (3) ANT truANT

Reference List
Alcoholics Anonymous = AA, Male = M, Over = O, Time = T, Trill = TR, Universal = U, Alien = ET, Men = M


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101 comments:

  1. Badri15 April 2022 at 07:07

    5a. MASTER=teacher, {MASTER+GUN} = arguments makes=anagrind, so reverse anagram?
    11a IMPACT=significance, I=A M=male, PACT=bond I+M+PACT
    12d. CONSCIOUSNESS=knowledge, built=anagrind, ON=working {NO+SUCCESS+IS+ON}*
    25a. TESLA - CD and acrostic basically=acrostic indicator
    29a. EVEREST=summit, EVE=first lady REST=place EVE+REST

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  2. Rajashri15 April 2022 at 07:16

    Happy Vishu to all.

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  3. AJ15 April 2022 at 07:19

    Wish you all a happy Vishu. Beautiful Rangoli Gowri!

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  4. sivaram15 April 2022 at 07:22

    2dn ICE CREAM CAKES. defn- desserts. {I}{~scream {bAKEd} s}
    9dn WISDOM. defn- insight. {WISh}{DO}{M}
    19ac MOROCCO. defn- somewhere in Sahara.{ROOM}*{CC}{O}
    22ac ANATOMY. defn- structure. {A}{NATO}{MotleY}
    13dn MELODY. defn-music. {M {DOLE<==} Y}

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  5. Gowri15 April 2022 at 08:07

    Wish everyone here a very happy VISHU!

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  6. Prasad15 April 2022 at 08:33

    16A-ANTE (Dante without D)
    23A- DYKE (someboDY KEeping)
    6D- ALPS(sociAL PSychology)


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  7. Prasad15 April 2022 at 08:35

    18D- MALADY (fine woman MA+LADY)

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    1. VU15 April 2022 at 09:05

      The words "Setter", "Overcoming" in the clue, have to be accounted for

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    2. Deepak Gopinath15 April 2022 at 09:15

      Answer is incorrect

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    3. Manoj15 April 2022 at 09:24

      Setter overcoming={am<=}, fine woman=lady?

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  8. H Ramachandran15 April 2022 at 08:40

    20a LUCIDLY = Evidently
    LUCY = Hollywood actress
    IDL(Y) = S I delicacy mostly
    Ate = containment ind

    24a PSST = Surreptitious summoning
    P(A)SS = Licence, not having a
    T = time

    PSS+T

    28a. ASTUTE = kind of smart
    S(TA)TUTE = Law partly disregarded
    A+STUTE

    28D. ANT = Hill dweller
    (TRU)ANT = Half shirker

    7d. EAT = Snack
    ET = Alien
    E+ A+ T
    Grabbing = containment ind

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    1. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 10:29

      28a can be fine tuned.

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    2. Jacob Brahmakulam15 April 2022 at 10:36

      28a Looks like "thAT" is partly disregarded fits as well.

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  9. Kiran15 April 2022 at 08:44

    15A TO-DO (pending tasks)
    26D ALTO (Hot! latest retro singer) (hOT LAtest)

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    1. Kiran15 April 2022 at 09:08

      3D - Tailormade (material+od) od from "gold occassionally"

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  10. Steadyhands9215 April 2022 at 08:52

    22D. ART DECO. anagram of trade and co.
    26D.ALTO reverse telescopic.

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  11. Brajesh15 April 2022 at 09:01

    22d art deco from anagram of trade and COmpany

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  12. Unknown15 April 2022 at 09:03

    18ac. MYANMAR..army man*
    22ac. ANATOMY.. A NATO M(otle)Y
    21d. YESMEN.. DD
    23ac. DYKE..T
    25ac..TESLA..T

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 April 2022 at 09:19

      Please mention your name.
      TESLA is not a Telescopic

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    2. Unknown15 April 2022 at 09:30

      Ortho Paul
      25 ac..TESLA..acrostic

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  13. Brajesh15 April 2022 at 09:04

    18d melady -disease from setter- me and fine woman is lady

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    1. Kiran15 April 2022 at 09:10

      I think it is milady (malady is disease. setter(I) overcoming disease means i replacing a). so milady.

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    2. AJ15 April 2022 at 09:30

      Kiran's solution at 9:10 is right.

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    3. Manoj15 April 2022 at 09:35

      Overcoming disease for replacing e sounds redundant.

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    4. Kiran15 April 2022 at 09:36

      Also, Milord and Milady are words that were used to address English noblemen and women.

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    5. Manoj15 April 2022 at 09:38

      Got it now, thanks

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    6. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 09:42

      @kiran910. Need fine tuning.

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  14. Unknown15 April 2022 at 09:13

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  15. Unknown15 April 2022 at 09:23

    Unknown person is ortho Paul. I am typing in my wife's mobile as I misplaced my mobile in Bangalore airport and will get it only on Monday 😀

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    1. Padmanabhan15 April 2022 at 09:30

      Best of Luck to get back your mobile!
      Always make sure to mention your name in the post if not blogging from your ID.

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    2. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 09:44

      Open another tab in the browser and login to gmail with your Gmail ID. That will give back your blogger profile.

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  16. Vin15 April 2022 at 09:30

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    1. AJ15 April 2022 at 09:33

      @ Vin
      There are two A's in America apart from the letters of crime.

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  17. Vin15 April 2022 at 09:31

    10 a

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    1. VU15 April 2022 at 10:13

      Think of a grouping for people who get "tight"

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  18. AJ15 April 2022 at 09:53

    Overall a nice grid from Vidwan. My favourites are 1ac, 31ac, 17d and 22ac

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  19. Padmanabhan15 April 2022 at 10:20

    +1.Enjoyable CW.

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  20. Murali15 April 2022 at 10:45

    1A HISTORY discipline
    gold=or, may finally= y after this, kind of = anagind ; (this)*ory

    8D RASH dd(spots, rash) DD

    14A HARPO (Marx); labour = harp(?) + love =o

    27D TURN ; shape of u (~you) and seen

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    1. AJ15 April 2022 at 10:55

      @KRM
      I too had the same doubt about harp.
      But the crossings point to the famous comedians Harpo Marx.
      Hope someone would clarify.

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    2. Jacob Brahmakulam15 April 2022 at 10:58

      Looked up and to find harp has a shade of meaning as labour.

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    3. Jacob Brahmakulam15 April 2022 at 11:00

      KRM, can you bit elaborate on 27D? Anno not clear to me.

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    4. AJ15 April 2022 at 11:00

      Thank you JB

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    5. Murali15 April 2022 at 11:10

      You as heard is U. U as seen eg is turn. Shape of U is turn.

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    6. Murali15 April 2022 at 11:16

      8D RASH ( spots, wave) DD : correction to wave left out.

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    7. Suresh15 April 2022 at 11:24

      If you harp on something you are sort of labouring the question

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    8. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 11:51

      Given that Marx is not a straight ref to harpo, and harpo being a psuedonym it should have been indicated with a "perhaps"! Also the psuedonym originated (as told) because he played harp (harp-o). Root issue?

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    9. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 11:58

      27d relook definition.

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  21. ghaspooscurry15 April 2022 at 10:57

    1a- HISTORY = A discipline; Gold = OR: Ma(Y) finally; After THIS anagram.

    4d - REALTOR = he deals in structures; REAL = concrete; TOR = pile of rocks

    30a - STRONG = sound; melody = SONG; Trill => tr?

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    1. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 11:17

      Relook 30a

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 April 2022 at 11:23

      trill (trɪl)
      n
      1. (Music, other) music a melodic ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between a principal note and the note a whole tone or semitone above it. Usual symbol: tr. (written above a note) or tr

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    3. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 11:43

      +1. It's &lit

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    4. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 11:56

      4d role of raised!!!

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  22. AJ15 April 2022 at 10:59

    17d BREASTFEED: Provide milk
    Family: breed
    Happy(anagram indicator) feast: feast*: eastf
    BR(EASTF: feast*)EED

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  23. Jacob Brahmakulam15 April 2022 at 11:01

    31A GODDESS; female spirit; ODD replacing U in GUESS

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    1. Jacob Brahmakulam15 April 2022 at 11:02

      subjugation as a substitute indicator?

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    2. AJ15 April 2022 at 11:14

      Subjugation is domination especially by conquest. So that which subjugates may effectively destroy the victim.

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  24. AJ15 April 2022 at 11:02

    Only 31ac remains

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 April 2022 at 11:03

    31A GODDESS strange ODD in imagine GUESS - U = GESS

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  26. Deepak Gopinath15 April 2022 at 11:21

    10A is yet to be solved

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    1. Sujatha15 April 2022 at 11:43

      A tight brotherhood - refers to the brotherhood of alcoholics - Alcoholics Anonymous - AA. Crime organised = Meric. A(meric)a = American = run from Washington.

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    2. Sujatha15 April 2022 at 11:45

      3 down is not solved either.

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    3. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 11:53

      3d done by kiran@908

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  27. VU15 April 2022 at 11:33

    10A AA (ALCOHOLICS' ANONYMOUS) - Grouping for "drunk" (tight) , around Crime* - AMERICA - Governed (run) from Washington

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  28. Murali15 April 2022 at 11:38

    10A AMERICA = A(CRIME)*A ; run from Washington
    a tight brotherhood = AA (alcoholics anonymous)
    controls= contains
    organised crime = (crime)*

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  29. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 11:55

    18d anno?

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  30. samit kallianpur15 April 2022 at 13:14

    Does 26d need a container indicator, or does retro serve as reversal + container indicator?

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  31. Padmanabhan15 April 2022 at 13:24

    Retro is the reversal indicator and that's enough. No need for another container indicator.

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  32. samit kallianpur15 April 2022 at 13:30

    Thanks..Was wondering, since generally reverse telescopic clues have a reversal and a container indicator, right? or am i missing something?

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  33. Usha Ramaswamy15 April 2022 at 13:40

    I ve re-started doing HCW after a long gap and found today’s grid very enjoyable . Thanks Vidwan for giving me the josh to continue daily

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  34. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 13:48

    Waiting for Col anno for 27d

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    1. Deepak Gopinath15 April 2022 at 14:46

      Why?

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    2. Jacob Brahmakulam15 April 2022 at 16:05

      anything wrong with KRM @ 11:10? except perhaps that definition is shape.

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    3. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 16:44

      Capital A in as???
      You as heard is U
      Couldn't understand seen, for example.
      Def is shape. Is all i could get.

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    4. Jacob Brahmakulam15 April 2022 at 17:18

      Isn't U an example of turn? U-turn

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    5. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 17:51

      U, for example would suffice. Why seen?

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    6. Jacob Brahmakulam15 April 2022 at 18:05

      Right

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  35. Rajan15 April 2022 at 13:58

    3D: Ideal = Tailormade. Anagram of material plus O and D from the word gold (gold occasionally)
    Rajan

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  36. Padmanabhan15 April 2022 at 14:01

    Turn is shape of U- both to look at and hear (U turn) as I see it.
    Anyway let us wait and see if Col. has anything better.

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  37. sree_sree15 April 2022 at 16:57

    28a that partly at.
    Wouldn't it work,Col?

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  38. Vasant15 April 2022 at 20:26

    Beautiful puzzle on Vishnu. Thank you Vidhwan

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  39. Padmanabhan15 April 2022 at 21:54

    Friday century of entries!

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