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9A frog= Amphibian
ReplyDeleteFr= France
Og= go back ( reverse of go )
1ac - PLEBBY - vulgar
ReplyDeleteAcrostic
1dn - PIRANHA - aquatic predator
Delete(Hairpin - I +a)*
Twisted angrind
11ac - ANNEAL - toughen
DeleteAnne - Frank Diarist
Al - criminal Al capone
Replacement
Delete7dn - ANIMALS - DD
3D: BACILLI...(bac<)(i)(lli)?<
ReplyDelete21D: IMPALA...IM(PAL)A
Delete2D: EAGLE...(-b)eagle
Delete21D. Impala= Antelope
ReplyDeleteIMA= ind medic assn
Pal= friend
In the is containment indicator
Im( pal) a
My second
2D EAGLE = under par { bEAGLE, dog minus B}
ReplyDelete11A ANNEAL = toughen { ANNE, Diarist ANNE FRANK + AL , criminal}
Delete12A ICE CREAM = child's favourite dessert { Diamond ICE + elite CREAM}
Delete8D HOMING PIGEONS = erst while postmen { Coming, arriving minus C + H, HOMING , IG police Officer Surrounded by PEONS orderlies}
Delete(As replacement)
5D. Ibexes= herbivores
ReplyDeleteIB= int bureau
Exes= former lovers
16a: HERON (HER)(ON)
ReplyDelete28A: ADORES AnD fOuR gEmS
21D: IMPALA (IM(PAL)A)
12A: child’s favourite dessert= ice cream
ReplyDeleteElite is cream
Diamonds are ice
Hence, ice cream
5D: herbivores = ibexes
Intelligent bureau is ib
Former lovers are exes
Hence ib+exes
Sathia
28ac adores AnD fOuR gEmS
ReplyDelete21dn impala (I)ndian ( m)edical (pal)
(a) ssociation
12ac ice cream
Ice(diamonds) cream(elite)
18a MINCEMEAT: slaughter
ReplyDelete( ice man met)*
17d EXOGAMY: marriage outside one’s clan, may be love marriage
DeleteA MY: a setter’s
EG: say
X: kiss O: hug?
14d THOUSANDS:M,G, K
DeleteTHOU: you long ago
SANDS: beaches
14d anno: M is the Roman numeral for thousand
DeleteG stands for grand(thousand)
K: kilo: thousand
17d - kiss is o
DeleteHug is x
18A- The whole def.is the clue? CD?
DeleteLove Marriage is the definition.
Delete@ Gowri: kiss is x and hug is o. I was sure about x. I have since verified for o.
Delete@Gowri
DeleteThe X represents a kiss, while the O represents a hug. This is most likely because the X is a stylized way of showing two mouths kissing, and the O looks like two pairs of arms connecting for a hug
Extracted from net.
7D: thematic pink floyd album = animals (CD)
ReplyDeleteSathia
Replacement for 22d
ReplyDelete27a: YES-MAN (YES)(MAN)
27A- Yes-man= Sycophant.
ReplyDeleteYes Man. Approval-Yes.
Man from manage? Or M from manage and an from A.
21D- Impala- IM(PAL)A
Friend= Pal and IMA from Indian Medical Assn.
I stop with 2.
In lieu of 5D,
ReplyDelete22A: soup= consommé
Cheats are cons
Old monk is om
Plus me
Hence, cons+om+me
Sathia
20 dn actuals law-cat u-universal a house-LS lok sabha.
ReplyDelete26 ac toad -towed
13 a partridge-game bird
Deletepart -bit crest -ridge
20 dn typo law-act
Delete14d. THOUSANDS
ReplyDeleteYou long ago- Thou
Beaches- sands
Definition: M.G.K (M G K represent 1000)
19d. CRAWDAD
ReplyDeleteCold - C
Rough - Raw
Parent - Dad
Definition - swimmer
6 Down AS PER NORMS.
ReplyDeleteAGENT - REP REVAMPS MANORS
8d. HOMING PIGEONS
ReplyDeleteArriving-Coming
Hot rather than cold - H replacing C in Coming
Police officer - IG
Orderlies - Peons
Ig surrounded by peons: Pigeons
Definition: Erstwhile postmen
Nice grid. Though could not parse Yes Man.
ReplyDeleteLoved THOUSANDS, EXOGAMY, CONSOMME, CRAWDAD.
Thanx Ghaza for a nice Sunday fare!
8D: HOMING PIGEONS H(-C) OMING + IG in PEONS
ReplyDelete23A: AGOUTI GOUT in AI
I think all other clues are solved. Good crossword
15A is not yet done. I have got a doubt there.
ReplyDeleteAnyone to the rescue?
Chocolate dessert.....
The clue is it sounds like chocolate dessert.
DeleteSathia
Ramesh can do.
ReplyDelete4A, 25 A solved ?
ReplyDelete25a MAINTAINED = Provided
ReplyDeleteMAIN = Sea
Stained= coloured (-) S , for dropping S= TAINED
MAIN+TAINED
"Separately" may also indicate dropping and S are to be apart
ReplyDelete23a, rodent = agouti
ReplyDeleteDisease = gout
Artificial intelligence = A I
[ A (gout) i]
Not done to my knowlrdge. Since I had done only 2 I will take 25A
ReplyDeleteMaintained. Def.- Provided
Sea- Main
Coloured- Tainted.
Droppings separately leads to omitting T. Not quite sure how.
Main (Tainted-T)
20d, physical commodities = actuals
ReplyDeleteLawc= act
Universal = u
A house = A LS ( lok sabha)
Ramachandran has given the correct solution. It is stained- S- Tained
ReplyDeleteDropping S (Separately)
4a CICADA = Computer language on electronics chip
ReplyDeleteAlso an insect?
DeleteYes, Crawler
DeleteCAD is computer language. But CIA is electronic chip?
DeleteNo. Faulty container!
DeleteCicada language is a dependently typed programming language and an interactive theorem prover.
DeleteADA is a computer language.
DeleteC is computer
IC is electronic chip.
So can we say C and ADA(computer languages) over IC giving (C)(IC)(ADA) - crawler(defn)?
DeleteWe can. You have nailed it. I had my doubts but indeed ADA is a comp language. Good solve there!!
DeleteAda is a language as is C.
DeleteCad is not a language. It's an application using Lisp & other languages.
We can call it a team effort. @Geetha almost solved it. I just put the anno together.
DeleteMy third
ReplyDelete10a CLOSED PAIR = Connected bodies
CD = cryptic definition, about LOSE = Fail
PAIR = Two
C+LOSE+D PAIR
Yet to be solved 15A and 24D
ReplyDeleteIt's been ages since I solved something from the specials so let me solve the last two
ReplyDelete15A - MOOSE (~ mousse)
24D - OTTER (-p)OTTER
Hooray!!
DeleteColji, Back to form like “Thala” of CSK.
DeleteSathia
'Thala' of the blog!
DeleteCol. 15A- Is ordered a proper homophone indicator?
ReplyDeleteWould not 'heard' have been better?
+1
DeleteOrdered may also mean "SAID"
Deletemmm.... some justification!
ReplyDeleteCol, I request again that the setter's annotations be published after the grid has been filled by the solvers. 🙏
ReplyDeleteAsk if you have a doubt. Today Ghaza us in the US and is unable to answer.
DeleteCol - I had a q. What's the parsing for YES MAN?
ReplyDelete‹ ›27a. Approval(YES) to manage(MAN) a sycophant(defn) - YES-MAN
DeleteNot a great clue.
Thanks everyone for spending time on this puzzle. Thanks for the discussion and all the comments. I'm in a different time zone, so I was asleep while you all were solving this.
ReplyDeleteHere are some of the intended annotations
ReplyDelete4a. Yes, C and ADA are the computer languages
ReplyDeleteWhats the container?
Delete"running" and "on an" were supposed to convey it
DeleteDont think "on" Is a container. Running over would have been better.
DeleteWell, I tried to phrase that one exactly as someone like me (someone who works with computer programs) would say it. I agree it defies cryptic crossword styles. And we have crawlers also in our domain, they can be helpful or harmful in a deadly way.
DeleteBut then, a crawler would run computer programs, not languages, on the hardware.
Delete15a. Ordered was the homophone indicator, as in when one orders food by telling the waiter. In case it is not a good way to clue, do tell me.
ReplyDelete"Homophone indicators: These words give a sense of something being listened to or said aloud. They can include words such as on the air, broadcast, I hear, said, declared, audibly, outspoken, reportedly, sounds like and vocal."
DeleteOperative word:
being listened to. (Something said aloud would be listened to).
Ordered here need to be understood as a verbal order.
And even so it is so definitive that it implies that what is said is understood correctly and implemented.
No scope for ambiguous understanding which is a requirement for hp indicator.
Hi Sree Sree,
DeleteDoesn't the waiter get it wrong quite often? At least it happens to me a lot.
I do see the point that ordered is not used as a homophone indicator in cryptic crosswords, there are plenty of terms used commonly, as you have listed.
A pro waiter always repeats and confirms what he heard!
DeleteSome NY restuarants taught me that "customer is expected to ask the waiter to repeat and confirm. Thats part of ordering process"
18a. Slaughter was on double duty, meaning as well as anind
ReplyDelete27a. Rao's explanation at 16:08 is as intended.
ReplyDelete17d. I was trying to use the XOXO terms used in short messages these days. I'm looking at the Wikipedia link again now. XO is hugs and kisses. But now I am getting confused, is X the kiss or is O the kiss, or is XO just together hugs and kisses ???
ReplyDeleteACRONYMS DICTIONARY
DeleteXOX
or XOXO
May 22, 2018
WHAT DOES XOX MEAN?
XOX, or XOXO, means hugs and kisses, with the x representing kisses and the o representing hugs. It’s usually used as a lighthearted way of expressing affection, sincerity, or deep friendship.
Maybe, to be more precise, the clue should have been "Say, hugs and kisses within . . . "
ReplyDeleteChristians (x) kiss, jews hug. (Just a way to remember)
DeleteI thought in gen z language -
DeleteX is hugs showing crossed arms
O is kiss - showing a puckered mouth.
My understanding is a hug is when our hands go around another person. - O
DeleteKiss is crossing of lips. Also when the word is reduced to a single letter, it becomes X.
All in all, precision is what is needed in cryptic CW and not doubts and guesses.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Computer wizards (as I would like to call them) assume what they know is known to everybody- not necessarily.