Friday 26 January 2024

No 14081, Friday 26 Jan 2024, Avtaar

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ACROSS
1   Besieged by dystrophySickness is natural (6) PHYSIC [T]
5   Fine grey cross-bred ducks seen in 5 Down (4,4) VERY GOOD {GREY}*{OO} in {V}{D}
9   Beneath one island close to Northern France, Russia evacuated mine (5,3) INFRA DIG {I}{N}{FR}{Ru..iA}{DIG}
10 Credit repeatedly starting to stifle small land holdings (6) CROFTS {CR}{OFT}{St...e}
11 Cutting edge tool for artists? (7,5) PALETTE KNIFE [CD]
13 Long bag, trimmed on either side (4) ACHE sACHEt
14 Spooner says, "Try dance bar" (4,4) BEER HALL {~ hear ball to beer hall)
17 Corner, perhaps, in steep ice rocks (3,5) SET PIECE*
18 Regular helpings of creacake and cut of meat (4) RACK {cReAm+CaKe}
20 Hindi novel about a daring, dynamic woman leader (6,6) INDIRA GANDHI {HINDI}* over {A+DARING}*
23 One absconding European recalled by king (6) ELOPER {POLE<=}{ER}
24 Country detective arrests judge before international match (8) DJIBOUTI {D{J}I} and {I}<=>{BOUT}
25 Bright pink 2-wheel vehicle carrying a Frenchman and woman at the rear (8) CYCLAMEN {CYCL{A}{M}E}{w..aN}
26 Stylish shot over boundary (6) TRENDY {TR{END}Y}

DOWN
2   Spook killed a hound (4) HUNT HaUNT
3   Junkyard fight - the chap gets a punch at the start (9) SCRAPHEAP {SCRAP}{HE}{A}{Pu..h}
4   Clue about stealing theologian's pet (6) CUDDLE {CU{DD}LE*}
5   Where you may find heads of eggplant growing amidst very large beet and bananas (9,6) VEGETABLE GARDEN {Eg...t}{Gr...g} in {V+LARGE+BEET+AND}* Semi&lit 
6   Shot upwards, ends of the drills oscillated (8) ROCKETED {ROCKE{ThE}D}
7   Adult actress, completely nude, dons robe (5) GROWN {G{actRess}OWN}
8   Repaired pool faucet is not fitting (3,2,5) OUT OF PLACE*
12 Yes-man strangling nation's leader is part of murder script (10) SCREENPLAY {CREE{Na...n}P} in {SLAY}
15 Heading out from the Ob river, after getting muddied like an elephant (9) HERBIVORE {tHE+OB+RIVER}*
16 Small drink bottles, say, containing circa 10g (8) DECAGRAM {D{E{CA}G}RAM}
19 Commercial break without anchor (6) ADRIFT {AD}{RIFT}
21 Force India's leading politician to join Oriental league (5) IMPEL {In..a}{MP}{E}{L}
22 Boss in daze after note is sent out by head of Department (4) STUD {STUn}{De...t}

Reference List
5 = V, Down = D, Island = I, Northern = N, France = fR, Credit = CR, King = ER, etective = DI, Judge = J, International = I, Frenchman = M, Theologian = DD, Very = V, Circa = CA, Commercial = AD, Oriental = E, League = L, Note = N


61 comments:

  1. 1 ac Physic - natural
    Beseiged - telescopic indicator
    dystroPHY SICkness
    9 ac Infra Dig - beneath one
    Island - i
    Close to northern- n
    France- f
    Russia evacuated- ra
    Mine- dig
    13ac ache- long
    Bag trimmed on either side-
    S(ache)t
    2dn hunt- hound
    Spook killed a - h(a)unt
    3dn scrapheap- junkyard
    Fight- scrap
    The chap- he
    A
    Punch at the start- p

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  2. 8down - out of place - from 'pool faucet'

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  4. @krishna: appreciate you cracking 11A, but let us also understand how you cracked it by giving your annotation.
    Sathia

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    1. I am an artist, as a passion I do paintings and pencil sketching hence, I cracked it. To be frank I do not know how to give annotations.

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    2. Please learn how to annotate and make an attempt. Just posting an answer is of no use.

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    3. You just have to say it is an anagram and find the anagram indicator. Watch the blog, read the annotations therein and learn. That is what all of us did.

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    4. Please note solving crossword puzzle is not a rocket science. If you are good at language, it is easy to solve. I do not believe in all these annotations. I have been solving crossword puzzles since last 50 years.

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    5. The end justifies the means.

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    6. Krishna. Nobody said it is Rocket science. If you do not believe in annotations, then how do you solve it. Please enlighten us.

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    7. Basic understanding of the puzzle.

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  5. 21d- impel
    India leading politician - imp, oriental league - el

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  6. 8a.
    Cut of meat=rack.
    Regular helpings of cream cake =r a c k

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  7. 5a VERY GOOD: fine
    V(five) ERY G grey : cross-bred) OO(ducks) D( down)
    ERYGOO in 5(v) d(down)

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  8. 5.d
    Heads of eggplant growing....e g
    Amidst...in
    Very....v
    Large beet...anagrind(bananas...crazy)
    Vegetable garden

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  9. 20A INDIRA GANDHI =dynamic woman leader
    (HINDI +A+ DARING)*

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    1. There are two anagrams. HINDI* around ADARING* with novel and dynamic as indicators

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  10. 16D DECAGRAM
    Small drink: Dram
    Say: eg
    Circa: CA
    D(E(CA)G)RAM
    Containment indicators: bottles, containing
    Definition: 10g

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  11. 7D: adult= grown
    Robe is gown
    Actress completely nude gives r
    Dons containment indicator
    Hence, g(r)own
    Sathia

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  12. 12 d screenplay
    creep-yesman
    slay-murder.
    N-nation.s(cree n p)lay

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  13. H for heading and E for elephant are not ok

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  14. 25A CYCLAMEN- deep pink(def) CYCLE (2 wheeler) around AM (a frenchman) +N (womaN at rear)

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  15. 5d- vegetable garden
    Very - v, heads of eggplant - eg, anagram of large beet and.

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  16. 24a. DJIBOUTI = Country
    DI = Detective (Inspector)
    J = Judge
    I= International
    BOUT = Match
    D+J+I+BOUT+I
    Arrests = Containment ind.

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  17. 19d - adrift
    Commercial - ad, break - rift

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  18. Replies
    1. In daze - Stun. Note - n sent out by D - head of dept. Hence, Stud

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  19. 14a BEER HALL spoonerism of heer(~hear= try) ball

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  20. 26a, stylish = trendy
    Shot = try
    Boundary = end
    [TR ( end) Y]

    23a, one absconding = eloper
    European recalled = pole <= elop
    King = er
    ( eloper)

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  21. 4D: Anagram of "clue" around DD (theologian) = CUDDLE = pet

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  22. 4d, pet = cuddle
    THEOLOGIAN = DD, doctor of divinity
    Stealing is container indicator
    about = anind
    Clue = fodder
    [CU (DD) LE]

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  23. 15d- Herbivore- Like an elephant
    Heading out from The= The- T= he
    (HE OB RIVER)*
    Getting muddled is the angrind.

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  24. 6d, replacement for 4d
    Shot upwards = rocketed
    Oscillated = rocked
    Ends of THE drills = TE <=
    [Rock (te<=) ed)

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    1. Drills is the insertion indicator and there is no reversal.
      Rocke(te)d

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  25. IMO 10a & 17a are still to be solved.
    Sathia

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  26. Thank you Avarar. You seem to have turned a new leaf. Not a single convoluted clue

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  27. 10a. CROFTS = Small land holdings
    CR = Credit
    OFT = Repeatedly
    S = start to Stifle

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  28. 17A-set piece-corner,perhaps; set piece is a difficult manoeuvre in a film etc. ; here it is comparable to a corner in football or hockey perhaps

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  29. Lovely grid. Lot of favourites - VERY GOOD, INDIRA GANDHI, HUNT, OUT OF PLACE, GROWN, SCREENPLAY, ADRIFT, TRENDY (my COD)
    CROFTS and ROCKETED were the last ones to fall.

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  30. Nice puzzle. Trendy is very good.

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