Sunday, 10 April 2022

Special, Sunday 10 Apr 2022, Coolcat


Ramnavami artwork by Prasanna

 

Ramnavami rangoli by Gowri

Welcome to our new setter Coolcat. Bouquets and brickbats welcome.

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

(COMMENTS ENTERED WITH LESS THAN THREE ANSWERS/ANNOTATIONS WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE, UNLESS THE COMMENTER SPECIFIES THAT IT IS A COMPENSATION FOR A REPEAT)

COOLCAT 1

By Coolcat
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Squares filled: 0/156
Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Coolcat & THCC
Across
1Legendary rodent catcher (4,5)
6Chlorine gets snake to grab? (5)
9Symbols worn on jackets loosely spell pain (5,4)
10Some are gone endlessly inert (5)
11Producing greater sound as setter gets more curious? (7)
12Moneys replace love with energy, to manipulate sycophants (3-3)
14Gives cues again, quits (7)
15Comfortable, like an easy, well-paid job (5)
17Go west in settlement to thaw (4)
19Most dull bishop lands with wandering ET (8)
23Expels villains in court's terse sentence primarily (6)
25Share out amount (7)
27Student to make money, get knowledge. (5)
28Equestrian game mired in confused aegis, "say sorry" (9)
29Some hide laymen lingering (5)
30She mends dress, not hers, giddily dispatches drugs (5, 4)
Down
1Friend in latter part of a small airport reads the same forwards or backwards (10)
2Vacates, but not by court order as in 23A (7)
3Recording opinions in (not on phone) booth (7)
4Proper flower adorns the proverbial path of pleasure and destruction (8)
5Corroded, out of practice (5)
6Of high-quality, like Shakespeare’s works? (7)
7Rod wielders exercising right angles? (7)
8Healthy hue (4)
13Onlookers somehow arrange standbys with hesitation (10)
16Take a chance with change? (4, 4)
18Universal compassion for a 0-0 score (4, 3)
20One lost in souvenir worried, anxious (7)
21Complex building initiated by editor if rice did not start (7)
22Very little achieved by depositing container in a home for pigs (6)
24Monarchs perhaps succeeded before time to shine sky-high (5)
26Girl takes boy to become happy (4)

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49 comments:

  1. P. Venkatesan10 April 2022 at 10:34

    17a: MELT {T<--)
    23A: EVICTS {Acrostic)
    27a: LEARN {L}{EARN}

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  2. Vasant10 April 2022 at 10:35

    Welcome Coolcat.
    19A BLANDEST B+(LANDS+ET)*
    20D NERVOUS SOUVEN(-i)R*
    21D EDIFICE ED+IF+(-r)ICE

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  3. Prasanna Rao10 April 2022 at 10:37

    10A - (AR)(GON) - ARGON
    29A - DELAY [T]
    26D - (G)(LAD) - Girl-G ; Boy-LAD

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  4. R Nagendra Prasad10 April 2022 at 10:37

    6A: CL(ASP)
    26D: G(LAD)
    5D: RUSTY..DD

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  5. AJ10 April 2022 at 10:38

    1ac.PIED PIPER
    From Pied Piper of Hamelin who played pipe to make all the rats follow him as per legend
    1d. PALINDROME: reads the same forward and backward
    PAL(friend) IN(in) DROME( latter part of aerodrome, a smaller airport)
    3d POLLING: voting to express one's opinion about who should be elected
    It is done in polling booth

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  6. R Nagendra Prasad10 April 2022 at 10:39

    Replacement for 26D,
    8D: PINK..DD

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  7. Remy10 April 2022 at 10:43

    9 ac lapel pins -spellpain*
    12 ac yesmen m(-o)+eneys*
    28 ac apologise. a(polo)egis*

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  8. sree_sree10 April 2022 at 10:49

    Asymmetric grid!

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    1. Vasant10 April 2022 at 11:13

      Perhaps the grid fill at 17A, 22D necessitated that. But with no 3 consecutive unches, it is OK, I think.

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    2. sree_sree10 April 2022 at 14:03

      Mallu, uncanny and longest would have given a symmetric grid.

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  9. Padmanabhan10 April 2022 at 10:54

    5A- Clasp- To grab- Cl ASP
    11A- Noisier- NO(I)SIER
    7D- Anglers- ANGLE(R)S- Rod weilders
    Welcome Coolcat

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  10. Jacob Brahmakulam10 April 2022 at 11:09

    4d PRIMROSE; proverbial path of pleasure and destrtuction; PRIM ROSE

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  11. Jacob Brahmakulam10 April 2022 at 11:12

    16D FLIP COIN (E)

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  12. Murali10 April 2022 at 11:12

    13D BYSTANDERS=onlookers. (standbys + ( with hesitation )=er)*
    14A RESIGNS=quits. (cues=)signs <<=>> +(again=)re

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  13. Jacob Brahmakulam10 April 2022 at 11:19

    2D EMPTIES; vacates

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  14. Murali10 April 2022 at 11:19

    15A COSEY =comfortable. defn by example

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  15. ramesh ss10 April 2022 at 11:21

    6D CLASSIC DD
    15A COSEY is it a DD?
    30A SENDS MEDS nnagram

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    1. ramesh ss10 April 2022 at 11:24

      30A SENDS MEDS anagram with deletion of hers from 'she mends dress'

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    2. Jacob Brahmakulam10 April 2022 at 11:37

      15A CUSHY fits as well

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    3. Padmanabhan10 April 2022 at 13:08

      I think it is cushy. It is Cosy and not coshy.

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  16. ramesh ss10 April 2022 at 11:21

    Easy one this Sunday. Welcome coolcat!

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  17. B N Acharya10 April 2022 at 11:35

    15A is it CUSHY?

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  18. Vasant10 April 2022 at 11:38

    TSARS with S(succeeded) before T(time)

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  19. Vasant10 April 2022 at 12:16

    TSARS=monarchs perhaps
    Succeeded before time, S precedes T.
    (+S-t)(-s+T)ARS=STARS=Shine sky high.

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  20. Kolluru Koteswara Rao10 April 2022 at 12:19

    Welcome, Coolcat!!!

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  21. vijaya10 April 2022 at 12:40

    Thank you to all of you for the encouragement. Just began, and appreciate all responses very much! Grateful to Col Gopinath for the opportunity…

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  22. vijaya10 April 2022 at 13:03

    25A, 18D, 22D remain to be posted

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    1. sree_sree10 April 2022 at 13:28

      25a Portion DD
      18d love all DD
      22d s(can)ty

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  23. AJ10 April 2022 at 13:19

    Nice beginning, Vijaya. Give us more.

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  24. Deepak Gopinath10 April 2022 at 13:32

    Thanks for the special Vijaya. Hope to see many more

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  25. sree_sree10 April 2022 at 13:42

    Perhaps was not needed!. Monarch is Tsar as per OED.

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  26. sree_sree10 April 2022 at 13:52

    3d recording opinions is polling. Can someone explain the rest of the clue please.

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    1. Padmanabhan10 April 2022 at 14:23

      ..in (not on phone) booth = Polling booth.
      BTW,phone booths have gone missing a long while back like the black dial telephone,STD desks etc.

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  27. Argo10 April 2022 at 14:12

    Very enjoyable Sunday Fare ! My favourite was 18D(Love All)

    And beautiful Ramanavami artwork by Prasanna and Gowri !

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  28. WrdPlougher10 April 2022 at 15:21

    Perhaps is indeed apropos in this case, since a Tsar is only one of the many instances/examples of a monarch. Tsar in the general sense is only used for any controlling authority or tyrant.

    Very interesting also to understand what kind of clues appeal to our THCC community, and what it takes for a setter to gain popularity and recognition easily among the group. Aristotle equated democracy with mob rule and said it should be mixed with oligarchy. Of course, this was much before the Russian revolution ended the reign of Tsars and gave rise to oligarchs. But look at Russia today. Aristotle’s recommended blend of democracy and oligarchy twisted into an unholy poisonous nexus like the hemlock he refused to drink when charged with defying conventional wisdom.

    Oh well, while they crossed swords, we can always do crosswords :)

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  29. vijaya10 April 2022 at 15:40

    Thank you:) 🙏

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  30. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan10 April 2022 at 16:30

    Happy Rama navami !
    Artwork by Prasanna & Gowri, WOW superb :)

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