Holiday, Tuesday 11 Oct 2016, Raju Umamaheswar

No paper today as well, which means the regular fix is not available.

I am posting below some clues sent to me by Raju. As these are in a 25 x 25 grid which he sent me I cannot make an Acroos Lite version.

Each commenter may answer 2 per head and provide annotations with your answers. After 6 PM this restriction is null and void.

Questions, brickbats if any be directed towards Raju.

Please be warned the answers are literally a mouthful in some cases.

ACROSS
2   If you don't like this crossword, you suffer from it! (10)
5   Not a dislike for Shah Rukh Khan! (7)
7   King in a part for this recent separation (6)
8   Tree grown in the city periphery?  No, here the elderly found predominantly (11)
9   This does not mean that you are somnolent about crosswords! (7)
12 To girdle the loins?  No let the man wear this for a slimmer look (6)
16 He create his millions by choosing stock (10)
17 Blessing containing the last word? A single unit to denote that you are unable to solve this! (5)
18 From TT to alcohol back! (5)
19 Locum material? (5)
22 Setter is serious, what a head ache! (6)
24 Not jallikattu but a harried child who commits suicide (9)
26 Not half the French world but fringe elements (9)
28 The insect in your hearing aid that refuses to get unstuck-- song syndrome (7)
29 Can Kejriwal's rule be termed thus? (13)
30 Manliness turns out little and drops in for greenliness (8)
31 Law against whistle blower? Go - GAG GA! (2-3)
32 Old hag wants a get into a Management degree for this abbreviation in the reverse (8)

DOWN
1   Exclaim without the fifth letter and hurl (8)
3   Continental poison related to 39 across (11)
4   Jet set- highly string! (10 )
6   To  embrace like mad , muggers rule the country (10)
10 Use this to produce low temperature (7)
11 Can this US PresIdential contestant be called one? (12)
13 Not  overhang  but  to peruse  but to do so over the head of another. (9)
14 Not an illness catalogue? Yes? No!  but a literary genre (7)
15 Irrationsl fear without one's cell (10)
20 Not a pyromaniac but poisonous quality (9)
21 Ageing degeneration (10)
23 Dodge out of trickery (7)
25 Not threetimes per gratefulness-but a collection of petty data (8)  :
27 Father laced with soft drinks? (7)

Enjoy!

PS: Don't curse me :-)

No Post, Tuesday 11 Oct 2016

No CW in the online edition

Detox today without the daily fix.

PS: Too busy at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of my Army unit at Secunderabad, so cannot post a Holiday special.

No Post, Friday 16 Sep 2016

No CW in the paper as well as in the online edition

Detox today without the daily fix.

Holiday, Monday 02 May 2016

No CW today in the online and print editions. Presumably due to May Day yesterday. Too late to set up a special for today.

PS: The blog may not appear on 4th and 5th as I am off to Bandipur on a holiday where internet connectivity may not be there as per the advisory given on the website of the resort. I am not asking anyone else to blog on those days as some setters have complained about other setters blogging/commenting on their CWs, which I personally feel is unwarranted.

Holiday, Thursday 12 Nov 2015, No Paper

No CW in the paper as well as in the online edition

Detox today without the daily fix.

Holiday Special, Wednesday 11 Nov 2015, Dr Satyen Nabar

HAPPY DIWALI

Welcome to our new setter, accolades and brickbats can accompany your comments.

Three answers per commenter as usual (Annotations compulsory) till 6 PM.

Please try and post all your answers in one comment.

ACROSS
1   Strong desire to hit, a means of protest? (6, 6)
10 Pertains to one invested in fruits (7)
11 Absurd vagrant tantrum causes offence (7)
12 Assault rifle back to rock within this country (5)
13 Revolutionary internet ruler perhaps talking impertinently (8)
15 Avoid cunning ploy (5)
16 Express confusion after we meet exploiter (4)
17 Put up with display (4)
19 Religious leader to proclaim a miracle (4)
21 Expressions of delight backfiring to frighten one away (4)
22 Wear this on your head to welcome injection (5)
24 Substance causing inflammation, a source of annoyance (8)
26 Foot lever to provide handicapped a legitimate alternative (5)
28 See 30 Across
29 A long step to show way to sit on a horse (7)
30 and 28 I am a flirt! A sex rat far slyly having these (12, 7)

DOWN
2   Made many calls? (7)
3   Frowns at austere experts (8)
4   Woke up and rebelled (4)
5   Plant celibate philosophy (5-2-3)
6   Inculcate what’s revealed by slim Buenos Aires lady (5)
7   Study separated protein (7)
8   Careless not to have this flower, I hear in California (13)
9   Mendicant’s opinion too extraordinary to be plausible (7, 6)
14 Auntie has a convulsion, is allowed to go away painlessly (10)
18 It is returned after tea is served with piece of this food (8)
20 A small amount of a dessert (1, 6)
23 Firstly just understand discipline and inherent culture attracting Jewish life and customs (7)
25 Distort change in plot (5)
27 Deranged singer (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at Dr SN 1

Enjoy.

Thursday 22 Oct 2015

No Crossword in any edition including the e-paper today so give your grey matter some rest :-)

Sunday, 18 Oct 09

No paper today as yesterday was a Holiday for Diwali

Monday, 28 Sep 09, HOLIDAY NO PAPER