Friday 3 March 2023

No 13803, Friday 03 Mar 2023, Karaoke

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ACROSS
1   Mostly lawsuit firm accepts currency basically or plastic money (4,4) CASH CARD {CASe}{H{Cu...y}ARD}
6   People stock gold in principle (6) THEORY {THE{OR}Y}
9   Go off, break off, heads off, drop off (6) CATNAP {sCAT}{sNAP}
10 Prisoner going around public house before noon for spicy flavour (8) CINNAMAON {C{INN}{AM}ON}
11 Au pair gets bread and breakfast mainly in my building (4-6) BABY-MINDER {BREAD+Br...t+IN+MY}* 
12 Egyptian goddess, maybe Osiris or not? (4) ISIS oSIrIS*
13 More erotic pairs heartily board ship (8) STEAMIER {STEAM{paIrs}ER}
15 Heroin sounds croaky (6) HOARSE (~horse)
16 Kind nurse (6) TENDER [DD]
18 Arthurian knight's local net collapsed (8) LANCELOT*
20 Narrative piece surprisingly lacks content (4) EPIC PIeCE*
21 Bad guys are on the rise unexpectedly (10) ANTIHEROES {A}{ON+THE+RISE}*
23 Repeated musical phrase lost in a toccata partly (8) OSTINATO [T]
24 Blindworm maybe suffering mostly (6) ANGUIS ANGUISh
25 Indian killed in shooting close to Chinese border (6) FRINGE {FiRING}{c...sE}
26 Need a key to reveal the body part with no outside help? (5,3) NAKED EYE*

DOWN
2   Resolute parents abducted by worker (7) ADAMANT {A{DA}{MA}NT}
3   Isolated childline unit (5) HENRY {HEN}{RY} Hen/Child?
4   Almost huge fire broke out engulfing institute's electronic equipment (9) AMPLIFIER {AMPLe}{IF{I}RE*}
5   Match winning action when cryptologist took one for zero (7) DECIDER {DEC(-0+1}IDER
6   Male voice heard in decade (5) TENOR (~tenner)
7   Kill time ignoring Troy rule (9) ERADICATE {ERA}{DICtATE}
8   New recruits lost money in the room and keys reportedly (7) ROOKIES {ROOm}{(~keys)KIES}
14 Perhaps an idiot could remove contents for the thing (9) ADDICTION {AN+IDIOT+CoulD}*
15 Spooner's group saw abnormal curvature (9) HUNCHBACK (~bunch hack to hunchback)
17 He brings to light one-time model (7) EXPOSER {EX}{POSER}
18 Gate-crashed in frustration (3-4) LET-DOWN {LET}{DOWN} Let/Gate?
19 Overweight playboy conceals adulterous ties! (7) OBESITY {OB{TIES*}Y*}
21 Promotion time "Maybe better late than never" (5) ADAGE {AD}{AGE} Definition by example
22 Firm is free to capture soldier (5) RIGID {RI{GI}D}

Reference List
Prisoner = CON, Are = A, Indian = I, Worker = ANT, Line = RY, Institute = I, Troy = T, Promotion = AD


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  1. RR3 March 2023 at 08:27

    6A, in principle = Theory
    People= They
    Gold = or
    [The(or)y]

    8D, new recruits = Rookies
    Room(-m) + keys, reportedly
    Roo + kies

    10A, spicy flavour = Cinnamon
    [ C (inn) (am) ON]

    12A, Egyptian Goddess = ISIS
    Osiris - or

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  2. RR3 March 2023 at 08:33

    6 d, male voice = Tenor
    Tenure = Decade (HI)

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  3. RR3 March 2023 at 09:04

    Is it Ten year

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  4. RR3 March 2023 at 09:10

    Ten y(ear)

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  5. Rajan3 March 2023 at 10:18

    Very quiet here today

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  6. Kripa singan3 March 2023 at 10:35

    11 ac baby minder bread and in my anagram

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  7. Kripa singan3 March 2023 at 10:41

    26 ac naked eye, anagram of need a key

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  8. Kripa singan3 March 2023 at 10:42

    19 down obesity anagram of boy and ties

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  9. Kripa singan3 March 2023 at 10:42

    17 down exposer, one time is ex and model is poser

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  10. Kripa singan3 March 2023 at 10:43

    22 down rigid, free is rid and soldier is gi

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  11. Kripa singan3 March 2023 at 10:45

    5 down cryptologist is decoder, o replaced with I which is decider meaning match winning

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  12. Kripa singan3 March 2023 at 10:46

    5 down is decider replacing o with i

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  13. Ramesh Kosaraju 3 March 2023 at 11:00

    21d ADAGE - Better late than never - Definition by example
    Promotion - ad
    time - age
    {ad}{age}

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  14. AJ3 March 2023 at 11:02

    1ac CASH CARD
    Mostly lawsuit: CAS: case-e
    firm: HARD
    Currency basically: C
    (CAS)(H(C)ARD)

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  15. D N M Rao3 March 2023 at 11:02

    13Ac STEAMIER – {STEAM{(-pa)I(-rs)}ER}

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  16. Rajashri3 March 2023 at 11:07

    9ac CATNAP: drop off
    go off: SCAT
    break off: SNAP
    heads off for both
    SCAT-S, SNAP-S
    CATNAP

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  17. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 March 2023 at 11:13

    15dn HUNCHBACK = Abnormal curvature
    Spoonerism of Bunch Havck
    Group: Bunch
    Saw:Hack

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  18. Murali3 March 2023 at 11:13

    23A OSTINATO ==>T = repeated musical note.
    (l OST IN A TO.....)

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  19. Rajan3 March 2023 at 11:18

    24A: Suffering = anguish. Remove the "h" (suffering mostly) = ANGUIS = Blindworm

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  20. Padmanabhan3 March 2023 at 11:21

    Thank you KKR for a nice CW- to do after a gap of 3 days (had an enjoyable outing with friends) Trying to catch up on arrears.

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  21. N Sridhar3 March 2023 at 11:49

    25A-fringe- border; f(-i)ring(+e)

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  22. Ramki Krishnan3 March 2023 at 11:56

    7D ERADICATE
    Time = ERA
    Ignoring Tory (T) rule = DICTATE -T = DICATE
    Def = Kill

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  23. H Ramachandran3 March 2023 at 12:34

    14d ADDICTION= The thing
    Anagram of An idiot and cd (could with contents removed)
    Perhaps anagrind

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  24. Sriku3 March 2023 at 13:05

    16A - TENDER which means both kind and nurse
    18A - LANCELOT who was an Arthur ian knight; anagram of localnet. Collapse indication of anagram
    20A - EPIC meaning narrative. Anagram of PIECE minus e (lacking content) surprising is anagram indication
    2D - ADAMANT meaning Resolute.DA and MA are parents who are abducted by ANT (worker)
    7D - ERADICATE meaning kill. Time is ERA and rule is DICTATE (-T for Troy) ERA+DIC(-T)ATE

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  25. Sriku3 March 2023 at 13:08

    Since7D already solved.. replacement is 15A - HOARSE meaning croaky. One of slang for heriloin is Horse which rhymes with hoarse

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  26. Jacob Brahmakulam3 March 2023 at 13:35

    21A ; ANTIHEROES; bad guys {A} {ON THE RISE}*; A is abbreviation for are.

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  27. Jacob Brahmakulam3 March 2023 at 13:38

    3d HENRY; unit; isolated child/line child = HEN? line=RY

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    1. Padmanabhan3 March 2023 at 15:03

      Is 'isolated;' an instruction to split Childline into 2 words?

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 March 2023 at 16:04

      child [specifically girl child]'s synonyms are kid, hen beside others. It's also a familiar form of addressing woman or girl as hen.

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    3. Sree Sree3 March 2023 at 16:20

      I object your honour.
      That's def stretched. A girl when called hen has a very different connotations than child.

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  28. Srivathsan3 March 2023 at 14:05

    All, I'll be hosting the IITM Open Crossie event tomorrow at IITM Campus, prelims from 1030am onwards. Do come if you are in Chennai!

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  29. Padmanabhan3 March 2023 at 14:58

    Thank you Spinner. How long the event is likely to be?

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  30. Padmanabhan3 March 2023 at 14:59

    I mean the duration

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  31. AJ3 March 2023 at 15:43

    18d also remains to be solved

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  32. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 March 2023 at 16:21

    I intended it as a charade. gate=barrier=let; crash=down [as in computer is down[crash]

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  33. Gowri3 March 2023 at 22:25

    Thanx KKR for a lovely cw. CATNAP, ERADICATE my cod.

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  34. Kolluru Koteswara Rao4 March 2023 at 09:50

    Many thanks to you all.

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