Please submit all your answers in one comment.
(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)
Part-B: Find the remaining characters hidden in the puzzle.
Enjoy.
28A. Blithe= pleasant, light- hearted. It's a DD.
ReplyDeleteMy first
25dn subway (bus) < way(road)
ReplyDelete8ac beta (son)
4dn omicron o(micron)
14D. Alpha= Dominant Male Character
ReplyDeleteMy second
25D. Subway= Underground
ReplyDeleteBus returned is sub
Way= Road
My third
30A: FUND (F(UN)D)
ReplyDelete16D: THETA (THE)(ThAt)
25D: SUBWAY (BUS<-)(WAy)
1d: TEAL: bluish green colour
ReplyDelete( delta - d:no mud at the bottom)*
9a: GAMMA: ray emanating from radio active decay
Delete3d: AGEISM: discrimination depending on age( since birth)
Delete( a mg is e:enough at first)*
Remedy is anagrind
5d: substitute for 3d answered by Trent at 10:52
DeleteGAMESOME: merry
(some game)swapping the two words: played is the indicator
Answered by Remy not trent
Delete30A sub for 25D
ReplyDeleteFund= capital
F,D= borders of Finland
UN= peacekeeper
Within is containment indicator
F(un)D
Venkatesan has been spoiling my party-)
ReplyDelete11 ac alumni old student character mu in popular
ReplyDeletegangster -ak al um,< ni<
3 dn ageism a mg is e*.
9 ac gamma -rays
11A:alumni is plural of alumnus,
Deleteold student.
A note about the clue-
DeleteAlumni is plural and the singular for old student is Alumnus.
Yes, I agree.
DeleteAlumni should be old students.
I've spent too much time in a hostel where the term "alumni" was used for singular old students. My brain has been wired incorrectly. Sorry.
12a CHEERFUL (happy)
ReplyDelete(ch)(free <-)(unless - ness)
17a EPSILON (character)
Delete(e n spoil)*
e from extreme usage, n from can ultimately
28a BREEZY
DeleteDD. Pleasant, light hearted
23D. Sub for30A
ReplyDeleteEmblem= character
El= spanish
Mb= doctor
EM= lawyer. Abbreviation for Maitre, which is a formal title for lawyers.
Showed is anagrind
Not really
Delete1d TEAL Bluish green
ReplyDelete(-d ELTA)*
No mud at bottom Del Ind
Surging Anagrind
7d BIHU. Festival in north east
HU ( homophone of who)
B. Big + B + HU
30a FUND. Capital
FD Borders of Finland
UN. Peacekeepers
Within. Insert ind
7d Big B Amitabh
DeleteB sounds BI (homophone too)
The anno for 7d can be improved upon
DeleteHi Colonel,
ReplyDeleteThe last line of this puzzle has not been published here.
Part-B: Find the remaining characters hidden in the puzzle.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Colonel
Delete23d LAMBDA. Character
ReplyDeleteLA Spanish The
MB Doctor
DA Lawyer
Replacement for 1d
Please avoid using "find" or "search" for Part-B.
ReplyDeleteLate comer. Anything left unsolved?
ReplyDelete10Ac CHIP - {CH}{PI<=}
ReplyDelete15A- Orbits- Goes around- OR BITS
ReplyDeleteGate- OR
Engineering College at Pilani- BITS
Not necessarily Engg.college. They have arts & Science too as the name suggests- Birla Institute of Technology & Science.
In front- positioning
Delete31a Character = Kappa
ReplyDelete1002 fathers = 1000 -> K , 2 fathers -> Pa Pa Only one returned -> ap pa
29d Character = Zeta
DeleteOften ~ every third character from puZzlE a sTreAky
6d Scarab = A beetle
DeleteAcrostic
29D ZETA = sixth letter of Greek alphabet { letters from puZzlE a sTreAky}
ReplyDelete32A IOTA = little bit {telescopic reverse in VendetTA TO Include}
Delete27D TAUT = firm { old king TUT over A, Abyssinia originally}
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ReplyDelete6Dn SCARAB - Acrostic
ReplyDeleteInterested people, please do give answers for Part-B after most of the grid has been solved.
ReplyDeleteColonel, can we allow 3 extra answers per commenter for Part-B only?
ReplyDelete2d RASMALAI. Sweet
ReplyDelete(SMA(- l)LRAI(- T)A)*
Lt. Left
Out. Del Ind
Ordered. Anagrind
Replace for 30d
11A: old student= alumni
ReplyDelete(Al)(<mu)(in)
Both popular in and character mu reverses.
Sathia
2d RASMALAI; sweet dish; ( SMALL RAITA - L..T)*
ReplyDelete21d TRICEPS; muscle; TREICE P Supp...
Delete26a STOMATIC; of the mouth; auTOMATIC <=>Spa..
typo in 21d anno TRICE P S.......
Delete18Dn OVERTAKE - {TAKE OVER restructure terms}
ReplyDelete13A Mamlambo
ReplyDeleteAnagram of Blam(e)+A+Mom
20D: former nation = Rhodesia
ReplyDelete(Rhodes)(I)(a)
Sathia
27D: firm= taut
ReplyDeleteT(a)Ut
Sathia
Only 3 left.
ReplyDeleteAcross: 19, 22, 24
26A:stomatic=of the mouth.
ReplyDeleteSpontaneous=automatic
{(automatic)-(au)+(s)}
22A:callee=recipient of a call
ReplyDeletebottlegourd in Lucknow=laukee
spoonerism=callee.
Solutions to Part-B, anyone ??
ReplyDeleteDelta, Mu & Nu are a few of the missing letters.
ReplyDeleteRHO in 20d
ReplyDeleteTAU. 27d
ETA 29d
ReplyDeleteCHI. 10a
PSI 17a
PI in 10a CHIP <=
ReplyDeleteMU seen up in column 3
Omega in 5D
ReplyDeleteOMEGA seen cycling in GAMESOME
ReplyDelete24A:restoral=renovation.
ReplyDeletepeak=crest, just=moral
{(crest)(-c)(moral)-(m)}
never starts=deletion ind.
👍
DeleteSathia
Great going Jacob, Paddy and Ramachandran
ReplyDeleteSome characters are hiding in the clues.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping one energetic and benevolent solver would list all the characters yet to be identified
ReplyDeleteHere's my listing:
ReplyDeleteGamma, delta, iota, nu, xi, sigma, upsilon, phi
Two appear directly in the grid.
ReplyDeleteSo, only six left.
3d sigma appears in reverse "..a mg is..."
ReplyDelete18a phi appears in "usurP HIs...."
Delete19A: breed = terrier
ReplyDeleteAnno probably from,
More the merrier (more than a dozen)
(-m+terrier)
Sathia
The answer is right. The fodder is right. But I'm not sure if you got the fodder from the intended place.
DeleteMerrier=more than a dozen
DeleteSathia
Not exactly
DeleteMore the merrier.
DeleteT (The first) replaces M in merrier to get Breed.
But I am not able to fit in the dozen (More?)
More than a dozen- 13th letter M?
Delete