Sunday 3 September 2017

Special, Sunday 03 Sep 2017, Raju Umamaheswar


Three answers per commenter (annotations compulsory) till 6 PM
Please provide all your answers in one comment.


ACROSS
1    Working class secure in depression at the outset (4-6)
6    Leaders of Bangladesh Legion old comrades association (4)
9   Money deposited in dance centre gaining unquestioned admission (10)
10 A saintly band ? (4)
12 Flag in the eye? (4)
13 Violent sort of force needed to get acknowledgements of debt (9)
15 Censure as river fish suffers record inroads (8)
16 Fluff emptied in heap of rubbish (6)
18 Cool reception for eminence in outskirts of Cauvery (6)
20 Malice reflected in story not to be relied on (8)
23 Deplore fall in value after single withdrawal (9)
24 Irrational and stupid sailor dismissed (4)
26 Lack of authorisation for retreat (4)
27 Our multi-talented medic gives suitable reward for dog (4-6)
28 Girl with new uniform (4)
29 With support, hand down authority to abandon ship (5,5)

DOWN
1   Stiff substance (4)
2   Release peacemakers - scrap's over (7)
3   A slight ailment to bear (4-8)
4   Suffered humiliation in  ruining of castle (4,4)
5   Atmosphere in which soldiers fixed skylights (6)
7   Begin to lose one's temper (4,3)
8   Terribly derelict, so kept from public view ( 10)
11  Sole weakness of a Greek hero? Yes and no! (8,4)
14  Church support for writer introducing revision of creed as priority (10)
17  Driver in desert arrived with sly look (8)
19  Little rascal learning to beg (7)
21  Holy man's headgear seem at tribe's assembly (7)
22  It's hard to prop up girl with outsize footwear (6)
25 Amerindian has fishing gear but no line! (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at RAJU 10

Enjoy.

41 comments:

  1. 19d Little rascal learning to beg (7)IMP LORE

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  2. 8d CLOISTERED*
    11d ACHILLES HEEL - CD
    14d PRECEDENCE :: P(RECEDE*)N CE

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  3. 11D: ACHILLES HEEL CD with pun on "sole"
    13A:FEROCIOUS FORCE*+IOUS
    16A:PIFFLE F(-luf)F in PILE

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  4. 17D Driver in desert arrived with sly look (8)CAME LEER

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  5. Making up for 11D:
    10A: HALO CD

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  6. 14D Church support for writer introducing revision of creed as priority (10){P(RECED)*EN}CE

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  7. 4D - LOST FACE*
    26A - NOOK {NO}{OK}
    28A - EVEN {EVE}{N}

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  8. 24A Irrational and stupid sailor dismissed (4) (ab)SURD
    2D   Release peacemakers - scrap's over (7) UN + STRAP<
    3   A slight ailment to bear (4-8) COLD + SHOULDER
    I enjoyed the surface readings of these clues. Favorite was probably 20A. Nice puzzle, Raju.

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    1. Thanks , Fraser. Still in Canada? Great place,isn't it?

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    2. Still in Canada? He is a Canadian citizen!

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    3. Oh, I thought , he was visiting !

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  9. 23A DEPRECATE DEPRECIATE-I
    18A C{HILL}Y
    3D COLD-SHOULDER DD

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    1. Compensating for 3D

      20A FALLIBLE ILL rev in FABLE

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    2. Sorry 3D not DD It is Cold + Shoulder... Almost instinctively I was thinking of Frozen Shoulder! :) Thanks for the entertainment Raju... Great set of clues!

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    3. Thanks, Doc, It is my pleasure to see you have been entertained 1

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    4. Frozen shoulder ? Thank God, it was not a Brain- freeze !

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  10. 1A BLUE-COLLAR
    12A IRIS [DD]
    15A R(EP)ROACH

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  11. 21D Holy man's headgear seem at tribe's assembly (7) BIRETTA {AT+TRIBE*}
    22D It's hard to prop up girl with outsize footwear (6) GALOSH {GAL}{OS}{H}
    25D Amerindian has fishing gear but no line! (5) CREE {CREE(-l}

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  12. Lovely Puzzle Raju. LOI was 27A as enu in AL was 5-5 instead of 4-6.
    Lots of beautiful clues: 1A, 3D, 4D, 11D, 20A,27A.
    Keep going!

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    1. LOI? AL? I'm abbreviated in my thinking? Please expand or expound !

      Thanks !

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    2. LOI=Last One In
      AL=Across Lite

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  13. 29A With support, hand down authority to abandon ship (5,5) [SHORE] [LEAVE]
    22D It's hard to prop up girl with outsize footwear (6)[GAL][OS]H

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    1. 5D Atmosphere in which soldiers fixed skylights (6) AUR[OR]A

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  14. 9a disc(L)o sure
    6a B L O C
    26a NO OK

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  15. Late and I missed all the fun, though I did fill in on my own. I have a doubt about 27A and that does not seem to have been done. Waiting for it.
    As Raju says "There is always a next time".
    Thank you Raju for the enjoyable CW.

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    1. The enu in the AcrossLite version is wrong. It should be (6-4). The clues for 19D & 21D in the Across Lite version also have been wrongly entered

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    2. Thanks Paddy, My next time is yet another one, yet another one, and yet another one ! Gl Sad , you missed all the fun. Glad you enjoyed.

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  16. 7D- Lead off.DD?
    Begin/ lose one's temper

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  17. Wrapping up with 27A:
    BONE SETTER (a nod to our multi-talented Dr Nabar!)
    Nice grid, Raju - thanks!

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    1. Tx Ramki:) Thanks to the blog, we have become acquainted with so many multi-talented friends!

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  18. Thank YOU, Col. I knew that BONE_SETTER would be the last one to fall. When you had alluded to Dr. Nabar as a multi- talented person, some time ago, I had this clue pigeon-holed in my mind. I don't know under what category this would fall as a clue, referring to one amongst us. You gave me an opportunity to use it as your comment was made very recently and all our fellow-bloggers would recall it promptly. The hint was 'medic'.

    Thank-ye all for your support and encouragement . God bless ye-all.

    Thanks Ramki & Dr. Nabar.

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  19. 21 Holy man's headgear seem at tribe's assembly (7)
    Here, 'seem' appears to be a typo for 'seen'. Please check with the original.

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  20. Great entertainment Raju,
    Late entry but started solving the Acrosslite version, unmindful of the glitches there and got stuck for ever!
    Sensed trouble looking at the repeats in 17DN and 19DN and came to the comments area. Only then, I noticed the bone of contention in 27AC. Good clue!

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  21. Thank you , KRK-ji. I am glad that you enjoyed the puzzle set by me, despite the technical typos in the Acrosslite. 27 across clue was an inspired clue for me ! God bless.

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