Sunday, 8 December 2024

Special, Sunday 08 Dec 2024, Ghaza

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 

Please submit all your answers in one comment.  

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89 comments:

  1. 7D- Narasimha- He (God)- )a man's hair)*

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  2. 21A- I came first- (misfit race)*
    Def.- Winner's announcement

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  3. 25a INDIRA
    sIgNeD (even) + I + ReAd (odd)

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    2. 21d INDER
      hampe(RED NI)kita's <=
      def: Inder kumar Gujral

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    3. 20a LATA
      (ATAL <=) (he refers to atal bihari vajpayee)
      def: nightingale

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  4. My third- 13A- Leant
    Meadiw- Lea
    Books- NT
    Def.- Reclined

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  5. Nice! You all have got the theme. That should help filling many other answers

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  6. For 20 across, "He returned as a nightingale" is better

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  8. 19D. Aviator= pilot
    He= GOD= AVATAR
    I= A

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  9. 4 ac charan cha-tea managed-ran.
    charan (singh)

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    1. 6dn runs dry-exhausts
      dry runs-rehearsals.

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    2. 14 ac cocoyams.gauff-coco+yams

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  10. 13d L B SHASTRI; L (AT HIS RIBS)*
    12A DESaI; Paki in US
    1d GOWDA; Got Ousted Woefully During April; Acrostic &lit

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    1. 13d - Annon has two I's. But Shashtri has only one I.

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    2. Thank you Kiran, for pointing out.
      The correct anno is LBS ( ATHISRibs)*

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  11. 20A: nightingale =lata
    He is Atal returning to become Lata
    Lata Mangeshkar nightingale
    Sathia

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  12. 15D: got infected =choleraic
    Tailless bird is chic(-k)
    Time is era
    G(ol)d strips
    Ch(ol)(era)ic
    Sathia

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  13. 9A: Indian moon God= Chandra
    Ex prime minister Chandra (-Shekhar) going with the theme.
    Sathia

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  14. 11A- JAWAHARLAL - first PM

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  15. 11ac.. JAWAHARLAL.. definitely the first one..pms

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  16. 24a, second-rate = w(ant)ing
    Annexe = wing
    Worker = ant

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  17. 26a, zip = scorch
    fiaSCoes – tORn satCHels, needing focused attention

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  18. It is 3:20pm and still a lot of them left to be solved!
    Sathia

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  19. Here's my list of what's remaining:
    Across: 1, 8, 16, 18, 23
    Down: 2, 3, 5, 10, 17, 22

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  20. Today it like trying to bite a hardened CHEGODI( a savoury from AP/ TG)

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  21. 8a, national = [R(wand)an]
    Fled = ran
    Thrice with = wi + the = wand
    Thrice means to a large degree
    Don't know whether annotation is right. Not convinced myself

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  22. Hi RR, the intended anno is different. Ran for fled is good.

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  23. The anno for this is a bit complicated, or one may say it is twisted. We can debate later.

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  24. With = and ?
    Does with define 'w' as well as 'and'

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  25. It is 4 PM now. So many left. Should be open to anyone.

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    1. Hi Jacob,
      Colonel has defined the rules.
      I think it is open after 6:00 pm

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  26. Yes, that's it. That's what "thrice with" is supposed to indicate. And one "with" is a containment indicator.

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    1. Annos are a bit twisted for sure. I got all the answers(I hope so). But 3-4 annos I am not sure.

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  27. Mentioning the theme explicitly, though many of you have figured it out:

    "She", "He", etc. wherever they appear, represent an Indian Prime Minister.
    And all of our PMs make an appearance.

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    1. I assume Gulzarilal Nanda doesn't count as he was only an acting prime minister.

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    2. ok thanks. Becuase of the twisted annos, at one point I was trying to fit in "nanda" in one of the clues :-)

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    3. Then 22D must be Singh, though I am unable to parse.

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    4. 22D refers to "they". So, i guess it includes both the singhs - vp singh and manmohan singh.

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  28. 3D- 'Guarantee' fits in wit the crossings. I think it must be a clue which is part of the theme and without specific definition. But which leader? I am unable to spot the leader who gave a guarantee.

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  29. 2D- Omniana- Miscellaneous (def)
    Everything- Omni
    Articles- An,A
    I got this after a lot of google search.
    ...and with the crossings,- except GG is a horse.
    1A- Groggy. Def.is lethargic. Wordplay not clear.
    My best efforts to clear up a few.

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    1. I too got groggy sir.though gg( gee gee is horse). This far n no further

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  30. 23a STOUNDS = Pains
    (- a) STOUNDS = endless surprises

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  31. 17d PLAGUED = Beleaguered
    PLA = Army
    G(-l)UED = Stuck together when left out

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    1. I also thought the same as it fits the grid. But ghaza told wherever HE appears, it refers to an Indian prime minister. Who is being referred here ?

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    2. He is an intruder into the grid from West

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  33. Yes, 18a is Obama. That's why the clue refers to him as an intruder. No personal offence intended.

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  34. Here's what's left:
    Across: 16
    Down: 5, 10, 22

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  35. Oh, 22d has been solved by Paddy-Sir at 16:54

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    1. But I could not parse. Help needed.

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    2. As Kiran mentioned, it alludes to V. P. Singh and Manmohan Singh.
      My interpretation is V. P. Singh's biggest claim to fame was implementation of the Mandal Commission, and Manmohan Singh's was the Nuclear Deal.

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    3. Mandal commission was for Backward Classes.

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  36. 5d HOHOL
    a little liquid = L
    hydrogen peroxide = H2O2 = HHOO
    (LHHOO)* = HOHOL
    def: a word used to hurt Ukranians

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  37. 5d HOHOL; primarily used to hurt an East European (a derogatory term for an UKranian); a litt;e liquid=L hydroger peroxide is H2O2 (HHOO). Solution is the anagram indicator.

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  38. 10d BLOCKHEAD; mug; HOCK BLED for Spooner

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  40. 16a ISOPLETH: contour: Do not know how it specifically relate to oximeter.

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    1. standard = ISO
      oximeter = pleth
      Pleth is an abbreviation for plethysmograph, which is a graphical representation of the signal from a pulse oximeter over time

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  41. In 1ac, senior is gray, no = o (for zero), I think I've seen that usage in clues sometimes, and horse is gg

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  42. All clues have been solved.
    Thanks everyone who spent time on this puzzle.

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  43. Do tell me if there are any questions about intended annotations.

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  44. Now I feel this puzzle was far more twisted than I earlier thought it was.

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  45. The anno for 19d is pending.
    Anyone wants to give that one ??

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  46. Who else but Rajiv Gandhi?
    Unfortunate he was assassinated.

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  47. Isopleth- some indication about the abbreviation should have been given.
    Actually, Geegee is a horse and again a hokonym indicator us needed. I was able to get that part ot it anyway.
    As you said quite a few clues were twisted.

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  48. 19D, this clue is for Rajiv, who was an aviator before joining politics.
    My parsing is aorta is vessel which is reverse of raj, jar is vessel along with it.
    A(vi)ator. Not sure!
    Sathia

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    1. Hi Sathia,
      I hadn't thought anything more than pilot is the meaning, it's a clue to include Rajiv Gandhi in the puzzle, and the surface reading says he was a trained pilot once

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