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Clue for 8D The type of Chesterton’s initials (7,9) (Expand only first initial to match the grid. However the same is not to be actually entered in the grid)
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Clue for 8D The type of Chesterton’s initials (7,9) (Expand only first initial to match the grid. However the same is not to be actually entered in the grid)
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This one's quite experimental. Do send all your brick-bats. I would like to hear all the feedback
ReplyDeleteIs 8D an intentional part of your experimentation?
DeleteGrid connectivity between the top half and bottom half could be better.
DeleteAlso connectivity between the left half and right half could be improved.
DeleteI really don't know how to create grids. So I take a grid I see in The Hindu when I start creating a puzzle and just start filling in answers :P
DeleteThere is nothing wrong in the grid connectivity
DeleteFortunately I need not expend much effort in explaining my point. This article (below) gives an example of a "weakly connected grid". The example is 99% similar to the grid published above for Sunday Special.
Deletehttps://www.crosswordunclued.com/2009/09/crossword-grid-connectivity.html
+1 thats a pretty close one to islands.
DeleteIf i remember corectly, its one of those NJ 2.0 grid.
22d UNCOCK - gun safety action
ReplyDelete{un}{cock}
3d ANNO?
ReplyDelete😂
DeleteANNO (in capitals) is the answer, which I was not very sure of. Hence the ?
Delete😊
4d FREEZE
ReplyDelete{free}{ze(-ro)}
1d ASTANA: capital of kazhakstan
ReplyDeleteA(a) ST( good man) AN(and-d, dropped date) A(a)
Rather similar to THC 13931 by Karaoke: 12 American jerk (4) YANK [DD]
ReplyDeleteAnagram is 7 characters but the clue is for 8.
ReplyDelete2D and 6D: DOUBLE DEFINITION [CD]
ReplyDelete9A SPOONER(-ism), though I'm not sure of the anno. Seems like a C&DD.
Delete26A & 6D CRYPTIC DEFINITION [CD]
Delete9A def = type (self referential clue)
DeleteSpoonerism of SPOONER would be NOO SPUR
NOO = NOO(-n) = shortened midday
SPUR = incentive
Bit stretched IMHO. Normally the spoonerized version is given as direct synonym and not to be derived through additional wordplay (like deletion in this case)
Thank you sir for your explanation. I agree regarding your sentiments.
Delete12a GRIMACE: ugly expression
ReplyDeleteGRIM(sad) ACE( expert)
"The" is redundant in this charade clue?
DeleteLast time I got the feedback that I should tighten the clueing. I am trying to do that. But my attempts will reflect in Submission 12 onwards. In case you all want me to re-work the clues and re-submit Submissions 7 - 11, do tell me.
ReplyDeleteI had set and submitted this puzzle well before 31st July :) Maybe this is quite common
ReplyDeleteNo implication of plagiarism, Ghaza. Great minds think alike.
ReplyDelete24d DICAST : ancient juror ( of Athens)
ReplyDeletenoma(DIC AST)igmatism
13a AT EXTREMA
ReplyDelete"Natural" numbers from 1 to infinity.
25a IN SHORT
Deletetin horse clipped = tin hors
(tin hors)*
def: briefly
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ReplyDelete10a NEEDFUL = Required
ReplyDeleteNEED (knead for squeeze) + FUL (full for whole) Noisily homophone ind.
28 ac haitian ha (it) (a)n
ReplyDelete25 ac in short- tin horse-e*
7d EFFACING = Removing
ReplyDeleteEF consecutive letters +
FACING. Opposite
14 d telescopic T
ReplyDeleteWhere is the telescopic indicator, and what is Kiran Bedi madam doing in this clue?
Delete3d. ANNO..CD
ReplyDelete4DFREEZE..free( without cost) ZE(RO)
25. Ac. IN SHORT.. ( TIN HORS)* E ( tail cut)
18d RESITING Changing the location
ReplyDeleteSITE (Ties crooked) in RING = Circle
Orthopaul Sir, you can give more answers. These are repeats.
ReplyDeleteAnagram indicator appears to be missing in 5D.
ReplyDelete14d, The type =Telescopic, (T)
ReplyDeleteHere's my list of clues yet to be solved:
ReplyDeleteAcross: 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 29
Down: 16, 17, 23
The anno for 9ac is also open
ReplyDeleteShortened midday = (N)OON
DeleteIncentive = SPUR, SPER homophone
SP+OON+ER
15a IMIDE
ReplyDeletesetter = i'm
fish = ide
def: compound
21 ac squinched-puckered.
ReplyDeletetart-quiche
should fringe -sd n-noon.
s qui(n)che d
17 d ACROSTIC: clue type
ReplyDeleteacrostic first letters
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ReplyDeleteRR Sir, 7d has been solved by Ramachandran at 11:27
ReplyDeleteOK, thanks. Got it.
Delete23d. HATTER.. the mad Hatter... eccentric person
ReplyDeleteI6D. STRAIGHT CD
ReplyDelete24d, ancient juror = dicast (T)
ReplyDeleteAnyone can give an answer for the extra clue.
ReplyDeleteIf I could, I would have tried to fit it into the grid.
E1. The type of Chesterton’s initials (7,9)
GK G.K.Chesterton. General Knowledge.
ReplyDeleteGeneral Knowledge ?
ReplyDeleteGilbert Keith: G K
ReplyDeleteYes, that's the intended answer and anno
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info. I didn't know his full name, only the initials :)
ReplyDeleteStill open:
ReplyDeleteAcross: 16, 19, 20, 29
Just a try, 16a,
ReplyDeleteSaner = stabler
[ST (+ABLE ) (-A) R]
MORE TALENTED = able
Able replaces a in Star.
19a STINGES = Eats less
ReplyDeleteSTINGS Punishes with E (east)
9a anno, request see 12.04 / 13.09
above
For 19a my answer and anno is different. Not by much.
ReplyDeleteYes Ramachandran, your comment reply at 13:09 is what is intended for the anno
ReplyDeleteWhen I had set this puzzle, I had clued 9ac as - A type of fresh incentive.
ReplyDeleteThinking of it as new spur. In the last round of feedback I got, I learnt that Spoonerisms need to sound like the answer. Then I made a late correction yesterday, and Colonel accomodated the change
ReplyDeleteIn 14d. Kiran Bedi is extraneous. She just fit in with the flow, and I added her on the spur of that moment.
ReplyDeleteI'm trying hard to avoid anything extraneous nowadays while setting clues.
ReplyDeleteThis puzzle has an implicit theme. I am guessing most of you have figured it out, and I need not reveal it explicitly.
ReplyDelete9ac. is Noo + spur becoming Spooner. Noo is noon without the last letter.
ReplyDelete(14D ) Living person's proper names are discouraged/prohibited by many crossword publishers. In this clue, it does not contribute anything towards the solution.
ReplyDeleteApologies in advance if my comments are pretty harsh and adverse
ReplyDeleteIn this grid, most of the clues are not cryptic. To call out a few clues explicitly
1) 11a, only people who watch cricket would be able to answer this.
2) 13a, whole clue is the definition, where is the word play?
3) 26a & 6d, what is the word play here?
4) 5d, what is the angram indicator here? Where is the definition
5) 14d, what is the telescopic indicator? What does Kiran Bedi have to do here?
6) 16d, There is no wordplay or definition here
7) 17d, what is the indicator to pick up the initial letters?
8) 8d, I have nothing to say about the clue. If this is an experiment from your end, I am sorry, it has failed miserably with me.
These are some of the examples. Most of them can be at best classified as GK clues, but to be honest, none of these clues follow how a THCC cryptic crosswords are.
I can understand your enthusiam to set grids that have a theme around it, but my humble advice would be set clues first that has the following.
1) A precise definition
2) Word play leading to definition
There is no point in setting cryptic crossword if everything is all over the place and clues have almost nothing cryptic and does not follow cryptic clue writing standards
While you start off, there will be difficulty with extraneous words, clues that do not have a great surface reading etc, but that can be refined over time. But setting themed grids without conforming to cryptic clue standards is not advisable as solvers would not be able to enjoy solving the grid (which is the whole point of a setting a crossword grid imo)
Happy to discuss and debate on this.
It appears that 8D is the word CLUELESS. Clever, but perhaps too literally cryptic.
DeleteThanks abhishek for taking time out to write.
DeleteI repeat enthusiasts to read crosswordunclued before venturing nto cluing.
Living room cooking rarely works out. Much rare in crypric crosswords. Like the only one i liked is the Natural for natural numbers where 1 and infinity are at extrema.
A good test i follow actually is set a grid, put it innhsybernation and try to solve it independently after a week or so. See if I can pick my brain before asking others to.
And IXL being around,the break for sunday specials should provide enough time.
Looks like the setter had assumed that the word "type" in the clues would be interpreted by the solver as "type of clue" and would contribute to the theme!
ReplyDeleteTaking help of experienced setters as evaluators of the clues would contribute a lot to the honing the skills of setters Embellishments of the crossword as a whole(like Nina, theme, pangrams and the like ) need not overshadow the fundemental grammar of cluing.
20A (-p)(+R)ORTS = frauds (verb)
ReplyDeleteRio & Bombay are Ports
PR change transforms p->r
29A CANCELS? scratching my head on the anno.
DeleteShould I give the intended answer for 29ac?
ReplyDeleteIt's past 6 pm. I think all others have been solved.
ReplyDelete19ac. Swinges. Swinge means beat, flog, punish, etc. The direction is SW for South West. Eat a little less was meant to indicate ingest without the last letter.
ReplyDelete29ac. Centers. Comes from central letters of access wanted every Thursday
ReplyDeleteApologies that many of you did not like this puzzle.
ReplyDeleteIs there an option to get a Submission reviewed before it is published on a Sunday? I just email my stuff to Colonel.
ReplyDeleteI am ok if some of the grids I submit get rejected. Hopefully some will get through.
Thanks to everyone who spent time on this puzzle. A thumbs up to all of you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the special Ghaza
ReplyDelete