Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please submit all your answers in one comment.
Enjoy.
(COMMENTS ENTERED WITH LESS THAN THREE ANSWERS/ANNOTATIONS WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE, UNLESS THE COMMENTER SPECIFIES THAT IT IS A COMPENSATION FOR A REPEAT)
Starred clues do not have a definition. They have a common theme.
Enjoy.
22D HINDI = {First letters of Primarily heard India's northern dialect indeed
ReplyDelete20 A URDU = { Readers Digest, RD inculcated in UU, universities}
Delete17D GUJARATI = (JGUAR, fancy angarid, + IT appeal}
DeleteAll ** clues
JAGUAR + IT
Delete6D, Nice clue
DeleteThank you, Suresh
Delete16 a ICON: Celebrity
ReplyDeleteI , con: cheat
23d TELUGU: cu(TE) st b(LU)e sea ( GU)lls
DeleteHearts of the three words
20 a URDU
DeleteU(Readers Digest) U
U, U: universities
Replacement for 20a
Delete26a TENON: wooden projection
TON: 100 divided by E: base N : nine
3d: TEACH (T)
ReplyDelete4D: ENIGMA (EN)(IG)(MA)
28A: A FIRM HAND..man+hid+far*
ReplyDelete14A: SINDHI...sin+hid*
Delete26A: TAMIL..alternate letters
Delete12ac - NOTCH - nick
ReplyDeleteTelescopic
10ac - PRIVATION - poverty
DeletePrivatisation - is - at (half that)
8dn - SPANISH
DeleteS (pan)ish
Sis - sibling
Pan - criticize
H - hotel
* clues are languages.
12a: NOTCH (T)
ReplyDelete9d ORIYA (reverse telescopic)
ReplyDelete19d KANNADA (king = k, elder bro = anna, lawyer = da)
23d TELUGU (cu{te}st b{lu}e sea{gu}lls)
REPLACEMENT
ReplyDelete11a: GONER (GONE)(R)
18A- Icon- Celebrity- I con
ReplyDeleteCheat- Con
21A- Angora- Top class fabric
Acrostic- A Nice Goat.....
11A- Goner- One beyond hope
Dead- Gone; Romeo- R
16 ac icon - celebrity i con -cheat.
ReplyDelete13 ac making hay.Cd
5 d sanskrit sans -without kit+r
ReplyDeleteappa(r)atus sans k(r)it
This is incorrect. The 22A and 23A are already solved to be hindi and telugu
ReplyDeleteI mean 22D and 23D
ReplyDeleteA few of the answers here are not quite right, should I point them out?
ReplyDeleteOr better still, other solvers can.
yeah 27A cannot be BRACE as 22D and 23D alredy solved
ReplyDeletereplacement for 23D
ReplyDelete15d HORSEMEAT
codename = morse
passion = heat
morse heat ~ horse meat (spooner)
def: non-veg ingredient
29a can have two possible answers. Very close meanings. Not too sure though.
ReplyDelete26A: wooden projection= tenon
ReplyDeleteT(en)on
Base nine is me, atop becomes en
24D: line = string
St+ring
Sathia
Ne not me
ReplyDeleteHere's my list of what's left:
ReplyDeleteAcross 1, 13, 27, 29
Down: 2, 6, 7, 18
compensating
ReplyDelete1dn omitting-excluding
mit -college can-tin go<
o mit tin g
2D: excluding= omitting
ReplyDeleteTop college is MIT
Can is tin, go back becomes og
Hence, o(mit)ting
Sathia
6D Eight Down (Spanish - a thematic outlier , being a foreign language)
ReplyDeletefeather = down, hp of a synonym of chewed = eight, I think.
That's the answer, but my anno is different
ReplyDeleteReplacement for Goner-
ReplyDelete27A- Bustling along- RA- (Logan)*
Bustling is Anagraind
Maybe Kiran can give his other option. Maybe that's what I have in my list.
DeleteWe are discussing 29a
Deleteok, now we have three options :-)
Deletebustling, hustling, hurtling
I think you had "hustling" in mind.
I went for 'Bustling' since it is better as anagrind.
DeleteSorry. I meant 29A.
DeleteHustling also may be ok.
DeleteI think HURTLING is more suited for 29A
DeleteI had hurtling along in my list
DeleteI solved it as HURTLING ALONG
DeleteIn lieu of 2D,
ReplyDelete1A: Chennai’s monsoon= north easterly
Nice surroundings is north east
E(-age)rly without time
Hence, north east(early)
Sathia
I solved it as "south easterly" thinking chennai is in the south-east region of India. And was breaking my head for anno :-)
DeleteNorth easterly is wind, north east is monsoon.
DeleteI also got it as North Easterly. Though last to fall.
DeleteChennai's monsoon is Northeast monsoon.
ReplyDeleteYes. But clue leads to this. May be Gaza can throw light on it.
DeleteSathia
I had it as North Easterly
DeleteIf 6d is EIGHT DOWN,
ReplyDelete13a cannot be "making hay"
As shakespeare is mentioned answer for 13a is MAKETH HAY
maketh is old usage of make.
7D-lunchy-carefree; lunch(y)
ReplyDelete18D-fountain-; breithorn-mountain sex change from M to F
All solved, except for the anno for 27a
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone who spent time on this puzzle.
ReplyDeleteAre there any pending questions for me?
ReplyDelete18D- I think the solution should be mountain.
ReplyDeleteSource (fountain) with a change of F to M.
Say, 'Breithorn' is the def.at the start of the clue.
Yes, you are right.
DeleteI missed that the solution was given the other way around.
27A- Cacophonously is homonym of some word meaning clubs?
ReplyDelete(Deu) ce, Ce being church.
Not really
DeleteI think you can give the anno 27A
DeleteDwf:two clubs
DeleteComing:due
Church:ce
Yes
DeleteDeuce is just 2 and not necessarily 2 clubs. 2 D,H or S or any 2 for that matter. That is how 2 40's become deuce in tennis.
ReplyDeleteThat is what had me confused.
I saw one of the meanings as a playing card with 2 on it.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but not necessarily clubs.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the special Ghaza
ReplyDeleteNice puzzle Ghaza.
ReplyDeleteMy fav - MAKETH HAY, EIGHT DOWN, NORTH EASTERLY.
Thanx.
Thank you, Colonel & Gowri
ReplyDelete