Friday 14 April 2023

No 13839, Friday 14 Apr 2023, Vidwan

Rangoli by Gowri

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ACROSS
9   Creature possesses endless, overwhelming appetite (5) HYENA {H{YEN}As}
10 Creature natural at flying (9) TARANTULA*
11 Little hero is terrible show off (7) ROISTER [T]
12 Bulk of mass transport with a dark eye-catching colour (7) MASCARA {MASs}{CAR}{A}
14 Love being cuddled by lover? Sigh! (4) MOAN {M{0}AN}
15 A secret oil in a pickle is not everyone's cup of tea (10) ESOTERICAL*
20 City in Netherlands, one without joy (5) ZEIST {ZE{1}ST}
21 Path followed by turning car (3) ARC*
22 Naked Hulk in large slip (5) FAULT {FA{hULk}T}
23 Zaire and Japan essentially flipped out for a Central Asian state (10) AZERBAIJAN {ZAIRE+JA(p flipped to b)BAN}* If 'p' is flipped vertically it becomes 'b'
26 Place or lair, suitable for everyone (4) LIEU {LIE}{U}
28 Rob leaves quietly after bold misjudgement (7) BLUNDER {pLUNDER}<=>{B}
31 No ordinary covering - just regularly consumed fruit (7) COCONUT {COCoON}{jUsT} Semi&lit
32 Turning into a grim demographic phenomenon? (9) MIGRATION*
33 Novel by Agatha Christie, initially set standards (5) NORMS {N or M}{Set}

DOWN
1   Aura around his head, first man returned embodying Zoroastrianism's principal deity (5,5) AHURA MAZDA {A{His}URA}{AD{Zo...n}AM<=} Semi&lit
2   Sort of a vivid tree by-product (10) DERIVATIVE*
3   It is spoken in parts of suburban Turin (5) BANTU [T]
4   It makes us? True! (6) UTERUS*
5   Powerful doctor and a mother almost click (8) DRAMATIC {DR}{A}{MA}{TICk}
6   Unconventional skin colours (4) INKS*
7   Occasionally seen cloud near moon (4) LUNA {cLoUd+NeAr}
8   Art represented by a divinity in Tibet (4) TARA {ART*}{A}
13 Cold and hot current that flows throughout human body (3) CHI {C}{H}{I}
16 Widespread disastrous fire (4) RIFE*
17 Complain about deal going cold without a warning (11) CAUTIONARY {C{AUcTION}{A}RY}
18 Basic chemistry paper checking? Finding it's not 'basic' perhaps! (6,4) LITMUS TEST [CD]
19 Small but wasted remnant (4) STUB {S}{BUT*}
21 Basic fallout of atmospheric pollution! Not basic, actually! (4,4) ACID RAIN [CD]
24 Stretch one out! Break! (3) RUN RUiN
25 A trail of success? (6) ASCENT {A}{SCENT}
27 Small cannot mean insignificant (5) SCANT {S}{CAN'T}
28 Hit bottom quietly (4) BUMP {BUM}{P}
29 Guard goes off occasionally for drive (4) URGE {gUaRd+GoEs}
30 Face ring (4) DIAL [DD]

Reference List
Suitable for everyone = U, Quietly = P, Bold = B, Ordinary = O, Cold = C, Hot = H, Current = I, Small = S


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  1. Brajesh14 April 2023 at 08:31

    1d Ahura Mazda aura h from head first man Adam in reverse with z

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    1. Padmanabhan14 April 2023 at 08:50

      With no punctuation, it is difficult to make out.

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  2. Brajesh14 April 2023 at 08:31

    21a arc from car

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  3. Brajesh14 April 2023 at 08:35

    32a migration from into a grim

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  4. Brajesh14 April 2023 at 08:38

    5d dramatic from doctor- Dr a ma and tic for a click

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  5. Brajesh14 April 2023 at 08:40

    12a mascara eye colour from MASs transport - car and a

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  6. Brajesh14 April 2023 at 08:43

    12a mascara from MASs +transport -car and a eye colour

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  7. Ravi14 April 2023 at 08:47

    10a. Creature is tarantula. Anagram of natural at.
    18d. Litmus test. Litmus is paper strip. Not basic is acid.
    23a. Zaire and Japan essentially flipped out gives Azerbaijan, which is a central Asian state.
    6d. Dr=Dr. Mother is ma. Almost click is tic(k).Hence clue is dramatic
    1a. Overwhelming appetite is yen. Hungry possessing endless is h....y. hence hyena is the clue.
    21d. Clue is acid rain. Not basic is acid. Fallout is rain. Atmospheric pollution is acid rain.

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    1. samit kallianpur14 April 2023 at 09:35

      where is the B in azerbaijan coming from?

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    2. Rao Pilla14 April 2023 at 09:36

      23 A is not clear.

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    3. Rao Pilla14 April 2023 at 09:54

      I think jaPan essentially flipped gives us b(p flipped). So anagram of Zaire jaban.

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    4. Rao Pilla14 April 2023 at 10:28

      1A- possesses =has. Endless gives us HA. Appetite is YEN.
      HA overwhelms YEN giving us creature = H(YEN)A

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    5. Padmanabhan14 April 2023 at 11:37

      Interesting explanation for B. But p flipped becomes d, isn't it?

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    6. Rao Pilla14 April 2023 at 11:48

      Depends on how you flip it 🙃

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    7. Padmanabhan14 April 2023 at 12:11

      I tried all including mirror image, Some mistake there. Setter to clarify.

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    8. Sree Sree14 April 2023 at 13:05

      Flipping does give b and i toi think its how the setter intended but tbats a treasure hunt trick and not cryltic crossword trick imho.

      But as CV used to say, an occassional trick may be allowed and should be used sparingly.

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  8. Ramanathan Ranganathan14 April 2023 at 08:55

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  9. Ramanathan Ranganathan14 April 2023 at 08:56

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  10. Ramanathan Ranganathan14 April 2023 at 08:57

    Bantu is hidden in Suburban train
    Uterus is anagram of us true

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  11. DrBhanuMurthy14 April 2023 at 09:18

    11.a heRO IS TERibble
    Show off....roister

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  12. DrBhanuMurthy14 April 2023 at 09:19

    20.a joy....zest
    With one...I
    Zeist ...city in netherlands

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  13. soonya14 April 2023 at 09:20

    15 a
    Anagram of a secret oil
    Esoterical

    30 d face ring = dial dd

    27d small= S
    Cannot = can't

    Scant

    13 d
    Cold = c
    Hot= h
    Current = I

    Chi

    16 d

    Anagram of fire

    Rife

    Def widespread

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  14. DrBhanuMurthy14 April 2023 at 09:21

    28.a rob...plunder
    P replaced by b
    Blunder....misjudgement.

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  15. DrBhanuMurthy14 April 2023 at 09:22

    28.d bottom...bum
    P...quietly
    Hit...bump

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  16. DrBhanuMurthy14 April 2023 at 09:24

    14.a love...o
    Lover...man
    Sigh...moan

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  17. Rao Pilla14 April 2023 at 09:43

    7D - occasionally seen 'cLoUd NeAr' moon
    Answer- LUNA
    19D - small(s) but* wasted(anagram indicator) remnant = STUB

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  18. Rao Pilla14 April 2023 at 10:13

    22A - naked hULk in Large(fat)
    =Fa(ul)t
    Slip means FAULT

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  19. Rao Pilla14 April 2023 at 10:19

    8D- art*+a
    Divinity in tibet = TARA

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  20. Radha14 April 2023 at 10:19

    2d
    By product= derivative
    Anagram of - a vivid tree

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  21. Radha14 April 2023 at 10:22

    6d
    Colours=inks

    Skin*

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  22. Radha14 April 2023 at 10:25

    Drive=urge

    guard goes off occassionally

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  23. Suresh M S14 April 2023 at 11:00

    33A NORMS = standards { N or M, novel by Agatha Christie + S, initially Set}

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  24. Gowri14 April 2023 at 11:03

    1d - A(H)URA(MA(Z)DA <--)
    Head -H* - over Aura
    first man - ADAM (returned)MADA
    Zoroastrianism - Z
    chief deity of Zoroastrianism
    From Prasanna

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  25. Ramesh Kosaraju 14 April 2023 at 11:03

    24d RUN - stretch
    {ru(-i)n}

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  26. AJ14 April 2023 at 11:04

    25d ASCENT: success
    A scent(trail)

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  27. Mukundala Balasubramanyam14 April 2023 at 11:06

    17dn : CAUTIONARY = Warning
    (C(AU(-C)TION)(A)RY)

    Complain : CRY
    Deal : AUCTION
    Cold :C

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  28. AJ14 April 2023 at 11:07

    Beautiful Rangoli by Gowri for Tamil new year! Thanks Gowri!

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  29. N Sridhar14 April 2023 at 11:08

    26A-Place of(or)-lieu: lair-lie; suitable for everyone-U; Should it be place of or place or?

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  30. Mukundala Balasubramanyam14 April 2023 at 11:10

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  31. Sriku14 April 2023 at 11:12

    31A - COCONUT = Fruit. Covering is Cocoon. No Ordinary means COCO(-O)N. UT from jUsT regularly. So COCON+UT

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  32. Padmanabhan14 April 2023 at 16:27

    Thank you Col for the link on N or M. I had missed it.

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  33. Gowri14 April 2023 at 22:39

    Nice puzzle from Vidwan. My cod - LITMUS TEST, COCONUT
    Thanx

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  34. Gowri14 April 2023 at 22:41

    Wish all of u & ur families - A very Happy New Year!
    Thanx AJ, Prasanna, Paddy, MB & Colonel!

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