Friday 30 December 2022

No 13750, Friday 30 Dec 2022, Karaoke

Rangoli by Gowri

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ACROSS
9   Etna erupts in dog star constellation (7) CENTAUR {C{ETNA*}UR}
10 Blue dress - It starts an automobile (3,4) LOW GEAR {LOW}{GEAR}A low gear cannot start an automobile
11 Impassioned to acquire oldodge (5) AVOID {AV{O}ID}
12 Judge withdraws support to distressed sister (9) ARBITRESS {BRA<=}{SISTER*}
13 Nit with simpleton in a type of race (3-3-5) EGG-AND-SPOON {EGG}{AND}{SPOON}
16 He shoots sick tiger with camera phone mostly (15) CINEMATOGRAPHER {TIGER+CAMERA+PHONe}* 
18 This instrument translates electrode recording haphazard involuntary talk primarily (3,8) LIE DETECTOR {ELECTRODE}* over {In...y} and {Talk} Semi&lit
22 Hints of nude dancing only in public houses (9) INNUENDOS {NUDE*}{O} in {INNS}
24 Lady's fingers played koras (5) OKRAS*
25 Prying toms' eyes (7) PEEPERS [C&DD]
26 Recreated again with nothing on for audience (7) RENEWED {RE}{(~nude)NEWED}

DOWN
1   Clear off Republican involved in racket (5) SCRAM {SC{R}AM}
2   Courier in maiden voyage (5) ENVOY [T]
3   Imagine bloody Mary dead? (8) DAYDREAM*
4   Killer whale seen around in Colombia crossword (4) ORCA [T<=]
5   Unreliable airline's preferred travel time perhaps? (3-2-5) FLY-BY-NIGHT [C&DD]
6   What about wearing extremely seamless belts? (6) SWATHS {WHAT}* in {Se...sS}
7   Biblical monsters from the Eastern border invaded into the two states originally (9) BEHEMOTHS {B{E}{HEM}OTH}{St...s}
8   Foolish conspirer caught out, he goes to big house (8) PRISONER cONSPIRER*
14 Daughters struggled with laptops essentially that remain unused for a long time (6,4) GATHER DUST {DAUGHTERS+lapTops}*
15 8s bury relative as per report (9) INTERNEES {INTER}{(~niece}NEES}
16 Series of whistles after criminal is surrounded by police aggressively (8) CALLIOPE {C{AL}LIOPE*}
17 Harrison blasted devices that make powerful sounds (8) AIRHORNS
19 The cricket team's flap, initially eight for none (6) ELEVEN ELEV(-o+e)EN
20 Lot of people solving crossword, except Ross (5) CROWD CrossWORD*
21 Right-hand man gets some sops out of the way (5) ASIDE {A{Sops}IDE}
23 20-100 = irritated (4) SORE ScORE

Reference List
Blue = LOW, Old = O, Support = BRA, Only = O, Republican = R, Caught = C, Criminal = AL(Capone), 20 = SCORE, 100 = C


58 comments:

  1. 9a. Etna and dog(cur) , gives centaur which is one of constellations.
    20d. Crossword -Ross gives crowd which is the clue.
    17d. Harrison gives you air horns.
    15d. Inter is bury. Relative as per report is nees for niece. Hence internees is the clue.
    14d. Daughters + laptops essentially (t) , when rearranged gives gather dust =remain unused for a long time.

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    1. 20D- Crossword- ross gives Cword. Solution is complete only when you say how you get crowd from that.

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    2. Please don't take it as nit picking Ravi. Your answers were perfect. But we have to respect the setters who frame the clues cleverly with no redundancy of words. Solving will be complete only with correct annotations.

      PS: Definition part should be given against the Answer rather than saying 'which is the clue'.
      Definition and clue are different.

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  2. Tweak 22a. Nude does not figure as it is.

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  3. Col. may advance the time for regulars by an hour.

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  4. 10.a blue....low
    Dress....gear
    Low gear...it starts the automobile.
    24.a okras...lady fingers
    2.d courier...envoy
    MaidENVOYage
    4.d killer whale...orca
    ColombiACROssword
    Seen around ..reverse
    Orca.

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  5. Sathia- You are a regular now and will have to wait till 11 am and give 1 answer!

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  6. Please relook 18A. You need an "I". I thought you were promoted to a regular

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    1. @Sathia
      Pl see the solution. It's a combination of Anagram and Sandwich/Container.
      translates - Anind
      recording - SW indicator
      haphazard - i and t are not continuous

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  7. 13.a nit...egg
    With...and
    Simpleton...spoon slang
    Egg and spoon...type of race.

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  8. 11a avoid = o for old in avid for impassioned, means dodge

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  9. 1d scram = r in scam for racket, means clear off

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  10. 26a renewed = re for again, newed sounds like nothing on, means recreated

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    1. I do not get any special pleasure out of fault finding, as you call it. It is far from that. It is our desire that any solution should be complete. Dont we see Col.'s annos daily.

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    1. You had not seen my full response.The second one indicates the reason.Both are posted one after other but well before your message.

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  14. 21d ASIDE: out of the way
    Right-hand man: AiDE
    Some sops: S
    A(S)IDE

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  15. 18a LIE DETECTOR semi& lit?
    {i&t} in {electrode*}

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  17. 25ac PEEPERS:eyes
    Prying Tom is peeping Tom or peeper
    Prying Tom's: peepers

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  19. Gowri, thanks for a beautiful rangoli.
    Sathia, Congratulations, belated though, on your elevation- long overdue in my opinion

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  20. 23dn : SORE (SCORE - C)
    20 = Score, 100 = C (Century)

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  21. 17d-Airhorns- making lot of sounds,anagram of Harrison

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  22. 16D CALLIOPE - series of whistles. AL (criminal) surrounded by( POLICE)*

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    1. Doubt: does calliope have a verb or adjective def?
      As noun it means musical instrument!

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  23. 6d SWATHS; belts; WHAT* in S.......S

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  24. Excellent CWP by KKR garu. Thoroughly enjoyed the Wordplay.

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  25. +1. Happy I was able to solve a Karaoke puzzle fully

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  26. 7D done by Sathia@ 11.25. So only 19D is left. Though I have the solution,Ido not have the anno yet.
    A good enjoyable CW by KKR.

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  27. 19D Elevon is a flap. None (O) replaced by E(ight) is Eleven - Cricket side

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  28. My 18a was answered and deleted by Sathia. This may please be considered as replacement.

    19d. ELEVEN - cricket team
    flap - elevon
    initially eight for none = e replacing o
    {ELEV(-o)(+e)EN}

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  29. fly by night meaning unreliable. second part is cryptic definition.

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  30. +1.
    Fly-by-night in first degree arises from the old witches flying in the night legend. Someone who flies away from day responsibilities.

    Airlines prefer night flights because, noise all-around both audio-visual distractions are less. Passengers are eager to return home so turn-around times are less.
    And most importantly Business class travellers prefer night flights.

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  31. It's a D&Cd.
    First def is fly-by-night dictionary meaning unreleable.

    Second one as Jacob says is cryptic. Airlines preferred time!
    They prefer to fly by night.

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  32. 1D - scram
    Scam - racket
    R - Republican
    R involved in scam
    Sc(r)am

    21D - aside
    Aide - right hand man
    S - small sops
    A(s)ide

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  33. I took it as a DD- both being def.'s.
    Fly by night as unreliable arises from establishments which vanish overnight- not a steady dependable one.

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  34. Unreliable/ airline's preferred.....

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  35. Your first solution was just fly by night= unreliable. No mention of the other part.

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  36. Col.'s picture shows lime & spoon. For a while, I was wondering how yo fit in a lime in only 3 slots!

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  37. Unable to post in-time. Enjoyable grid by KKR. Esp. SORE,CROWD , ELEVEN. But struggled for LOW GEAR , EGG-AND-SPOON. All clues are too interesting.

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  38. Thank you all. It was a busy day and I couldn't participate.

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