Friday 16 December 2022

No 13738, Friday 16 Dec 2022, Vidwan

Margazhi Day 1 Rangoli by Gowri


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ACROSS
1   Most staple South Indian food and dance (5) SAMBA SAMBAr 
4   Spears Spooner's mean thugs in Sydney (8) HARPOONS {~par hoons to harpoons}
11 Limpid and deceptively real CNstunt? Not new! (11) TRANSLUCENT {REAL+CNn+STUNT}*
12 One hundred percent more! (3) TWO {1+1=2} &lit
13 Large drug injected, overdosed after party, moved aimlessly (7) DOODLED {L}{E} in {OD'D} after {DO}
14 Model thieves? No current merchants! (7) TRADERS {T}{RAiDERS}
15 Songs like 'Ek Do Teen...'? (7,7) NATURAL NUMBERS [C&DD]
19 Che's grave crises involved extra cost for food provision (7,7) SERVICE CHARGES {CHE+GRAVE+CRISES}*
25 Competitive corporate world may care about following art movements (3,4) RAT RACE {CARE}*<=>{ART}*
27 Bothersome! Unemployed black men ushering in crime (7) MUGGING {bUGGING}<=>{M}
28 Sense of identity that exists before essence of ignorance gets dissolved (3) EGO ErGO
29 Live with a clean good kind of missionary (11) EVANGELICAL {LIVE+A+CLEAN+G}*
30 Scorers shifting syllables in mind (8) TALLYMEN (~mentally to tallymen)
31 Part of Tour Alsace spanning Europe and Asia (5) URALS [T]

DOWN
2   Roaming satrapOur Jurassic Park giant! (9) APATOSAUR* (There is an extra R and an A short in the fodder)
3   Intellectual lady's beginning to build usable careers (3,4) BAS BLEU {Bu..d}{USABLE*}
5   Persian 'birds' train regularly (7) AVESTAN {AVES}{TrAiN}
6   Modi possess peculiar art of holding, growing, something intoxicating (3,4) POT FARM {PM} over {ART+OF}*
7   Odd unusual type! Real eccentric basically! (5) OUTRE Acrostic &lit
8   20 Across? Small South-Eastern director (8) SCORSESE {SCOR{S}E}{SE}
9   Look at solid runs scored (5) STUDY STUrDY
10 Some hard nuts on way back to Siberia (6) TUNDRA [T<=]
16 No banks to put hundred thousand (3) LAC pLACe
17 Lamenting call that is age inappropriate (9) ELEGIACAL {CALL+IE+AGE}*
18 Greedy English certainly shackled India with new taxes at start (8) ESURIENT {E}{SUR{I}E}{N}{Ta..s}
20 Description of mega changes in Indian Railway (7) IMAGERY {I}{MEGA*}{RY}
21 High society girl dismisses one's advance (7) ELEVATE {EL(-i+eva)EVATE}
22 Respect a good inspiring environment (6) HOMAGE {HOM{A}{G}E}
23 Kind of largeruniversal standard (7) REGULAR {LARGER+U}*
24 Acute angle? Drawing one? No...No! (5) AGILE {AnG{1}LE}
26 Damage involving Republican abuse online (5) TROLL {T{R}OLL}

Reference List
New = N, Large = L, Drug = E, Overdosed = ODD, Party = DO, Current = I, Black = B, Men = M, Good = G, Birds = AVES, Small = S, South-Eastern = SE, Runs = R, English = E, India = I, Railway = RY, Universal = U, No = N, Republican = R 



65 comments:

  1. Thanks Gowri, for a colourful start of Margazhi!

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  3. Looking forward to annos of 27,28 A and 21D. Well formed clues

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  4. 12a Two hundread percent more of one

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  5. 20d imagery from anagram of mega and I ry(I-ndian Railways -ry)

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  6. At Bhopal at present and travelling to Sanchi. Will update the blog later at night only

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  7. 15a. Ek,do,teen clue is these are natural numbers.

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  8. 29.a evangelical....kind of missionary
    Live a clean g*...evangelical.

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  9. 19.a service charges...
    Che grave crises*....service charges

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  10. 19a. Che's grave crises , when rearranged gives you "service charges".

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  11. 11.a limpid....translucent
    Real cnn stunt-n....translucent.

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  12. 25a. Care and art gives you rat race which is the clue for competitive corporate movements.

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  13. 17d. Anagram of call that is (ie) and age gives you elegiacal which is lamenting.

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  14. 18.d greedy...esurient
    E(SUR(I)E)NT
    english...e
    Certainly...sure
    Shackled india...I in sure
    New...n
    Taxes...t
    Esurient

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  15. @ Gowri....
    Classic Rangoli. Nicely done .

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  16. 12.a ton
    One hundred percent....ton
    More.....ton.

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  17. Doctor, please see Brajesh at 8:40.

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  18. 4A: Spears = HARPOONS. Spoonerism of PAR (mean) and HOONS (Australian slang for thugs)
    30A: Scorers = TALLYMEN. Shifting the syllables in MENTALLY (in mind)
    3D: Intellectual lady = BAS BLEU. B (beginning of "build) + anagram (careers) of "usable:
    6D: Growing something intoxicating = POT FARM. PM (Modi) holding anagram of "art" and "of"
    8D: Twenty = SCORE across SSE (Small South Eastern) = SCORSECE, the director

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  19. 21d ELEVATE: advance
    ELITE: high society
    Girl: EVA. One: I
    Girl dismisses one
    EL (-I+EVA) TE

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  20. 16d LAC: hundred thousand
    Put: PLACE- P,E (no banks)

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  21. Imo

    Environment - home
    Inspiring is containment indicator
    {HOM(AG)E}

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  22. 28A EGO; sense of identity; ErGO; r from ingnoRance

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  23. 26dn TROLL (T(R)OLL)
    Troll = Abuse online
    Damage = Toll
    Republican = R

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  25. 26 D damamage_toll, r Republican troll-abuse online

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  26. I think 7d is Telescopic and &lit clue

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  27. Closing 13a

    Doodled: moved aimlessly
    OD' (L E) ED<=>DO

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    1. There is an extra e. It is L E in OD'd after DO

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    2. Both Od'd and od'ed are valid.

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    3. Sure. But your anno results in DOODLEED. OD'd fits better

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    4. Oops. Yes. Blame it on the flight delay in Mumbai.

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  28. 2D: Anagram of (satrap our) is not apatosaur. Fodder is missing an 'a' and has an extra 'r'

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    1. Did the movie have apatosaur Or apatosaurus!

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  29. satrap+our has two Rs. Apatosaur has only one R. An extra A is missing here.

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  30. Beautiful Andal Rangoli, Gowri.

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  31. 15A - Could the answer be Popular Numbers? Songs = Popular?

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  32. If 2d is Apatosaur only natural fits. But if the spelling had been taken ad Apatosour, 'Popular' fits in.

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  33. Nice one from Vidwan. Could not get TWO..had put in as TOO.

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  34. @Col Happy birthday sir 🎈🎉

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  35. Col - Kindly check ur mail..

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  36. Happy Birthday & Many Happy returns of the Day.
    Good way to enjoy your Birthday- Travel.

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