Sunday 24 March 2013

Special, Sunday 24 Mar 13, Filler

INSTRUCTIONS

 1.   Three answers per commenter.
2.   Annotations to be compulsorily provided with the answer.


ACROSS
9   Talented people seem to have a lot of this (9, 6)
10 It takes approximately 3 days for Jesus to do one of these (7)
12 Therefore, turning back makes his new form grotesque (7)
13 Fuss about very absurd actor who seeks to influence (9) 
14 Lament for Pavan, executed by beheading (5)
15 The most horrible trade between stocks and bonds initially is a problem for banks (3,4)
18 Reduce first quarter of 28 held by deputy general (7)
21 A horse, rare, caught running (5)
23 Climbing a boat, he plunges right in as he ferries people (3,6)
25 Circular edited once a year at the end of December (7)
26 A State somewhat honourable is still honourable (7)
29 What invokes loathing from nudists and impatient people alike (4, 4, 5, 2)

DOWN
1   Small girl gives meat (4)
2   Revolution from Buddhist Iraqis (4)
3   Maybe eccentric relative cold at heart (9)
4   Think and understand a compilation of essays (6)
5   It’s utterly useless to fear hearing about a movie (5, 3) 
6   Reveal leaders of United Nations who revolted against Portugal (6)
7   Gardenia installs a system of pipes (8)
8   Maybe halt the final papacy of the church inside the church (2, 6)
11 Country’s old leader not right for the country (5)
15 Military building where men drink and have meat (8)
16 Can’t reed be used to hold wine? (8)
17 Like a potato, it’s cylindrical and cooked sour (8)

19 Face the endless train entering the harbour (8)
20 They fall off during old age or when surprised (5)
22 Engineer using thread reportedly passes on the message (6)
24 Game to crush (6)
27 Exam one needs to pass to gain entry (4)
28 Idiot looking up at small cans (4)




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72 comments:

  1. Shrikanth24 March 2013 at 10:41

    16D - DECANTER - Anag ( CAN'T REED )

    7D - DRAINAGE - Anag ( GARDENIA )

    6D - UNWRAP - Acrostic

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  2. CA Prasad24 March 2013 at 10:46

    2.D.STIR.T.BUDDHI(ST IR)AQIS.

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  3. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 11:08

    12A-Ogreish
    Therefore turning back- ergo<=
    His new- his*

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  4. CA Prasad24 March 2013 at 11:09

    25.D.ANNULAR.DEF.CIRCULAR. ANNUAL+R

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  5. CA Prasad24 March 2013 at 11:15

    15.D.BARRACKS.DEF.MILITARY BUILDING. BAR+RACKS

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  6. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 11:18

    24D- Squash-DD
    Game- Squash, To crush- Squash

    29A- Keep one's shirt on- DD

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  7. Rengaswamy24 March 2013 at 11:52

    26 A State somewhat honourable is still honourable (7) UP RIGHT

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  8. Rengaswamy24 March 2013 at 11:54

    19D POR(TRAI-n)T

    27D GATE (DD)

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  9. Suresh24 March 2013 at 12:06

    9A Talented people seem to have a lot of this (9, 6) POTENTIAL ENERGY (CD)
    13A Fuss about very absurd actor who seeks to influence (9) {AD{V}O}CATOR*
    14A Lament for Pavan, executed by beheading (5)P (-s)LAIN

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  10. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan24 March 2013 at 12:32

    11D Country’s old leader not right for the country (5) INDIA {IND(R)A}

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  11. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan24 March 2013 at 12:48

    8 D Maybe halt the final papacy of the church inside the church (2, 6) BY CHANCE (BAN+Y+CH+CE)

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan24 March 2013 at 12:56

      Is this just an anagram clue or any other type of clue?

      Delete
    2. Shrikanth24 March 2013 at 13:05

      This is a charade. But church inside the church may not be that correct, Because ch is followed by ce. Could have been church after church.

      Delete
    3. Col_Gopinath24 March 2013 at 13:09

      {B{Y}{CH}AN}{CE}

      Delete
    4. Shrikanth24 March 2013 at 13:14

      Colonel, I am still unable to understand the Anno. Rather the format. There is no indicator that 'y' goes inside 'ban' and also the previous point of church inside church.. Maybe I am missing something...

      Delete
    5. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan24 March 2013 at 13:15

      Thanks.

      Delete
    6. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan24 March 2013 at 13:20

      I have the same doubt like Afterdark about the anno.

      Delete
    7. Col_Gopinath24 March 2013 at 13:35

      I'll leave it to Filler to explain further

      Delete
    8. Venkatesh24 March 2013 at 13:51

      8 dn Anno:

      (the final papacy Y + the church CH) inside (halt BAN)
      the church CE
      Defn; maybe BY CHANCE

      Delete
    9. Shrikanth24 March 2013 at 13:53

      OK got it now ..

      Delete
    10. Shrikanth24 March 2013 at 13:55

      On understanding, it is brilliant

      Delete
    11. Unknown24 March 2013 at 14:05

      Sorry i'm late today. Venkatesh's anno for the clue is correct.

      Delete
  12. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan24 March 2013 at 12:52

    20 D Ans: TEETH (DD)

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  13. Shrikanth24 March 2013 at 13:59

    10 more clues to go.. Guess it has been some challenge rather.

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  14. Venkatesh24 March 2013 at 14:27

    ACROSS
    15 The most horrible trade between stocks and bonds initially is a problem for banks (3,4) (BAD) (DEB)(T)
    23 Climbing a boat, he plunges right in as he ferries people (3,6) {BUS<=} {D(R)IVER}

    DOWN
    15 Military building where men drink and have meat (8) (BAR)(RACKS)

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  15. Venkatesh24 March 2013 at 14:31

    15Dn already taken. Replacement:
    3Dn Maybe eccentric // relative / cold at heart (9) UN(ICY)CLE - a human-powered, single-track vehicle with one wheel

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  16. Venkatesh24 March 2013 at 14:32

    15A BADDE[-s](+B)T
    BADDEST with S replaced by B

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  17. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 14:33

    Venkatesh,

    Can you pl. explain 'bad debts'. I too had it, but could not get the anno and it is still not clear- the debt part.

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  18. Venkatesh24 March 2013 at 14:35

    Normally we use Bad, Worse and Worst.
    First time I have seen Baddest being used. Maybe it is mentioned somewhere.

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    1. Shrikanth24 March 2013 at 14:37

      Atleast Mike Tyson used it.. Baddest man in the planet

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    2. Deepak Gopinath24 March 2013 at 14:41

      Badder and baddest are there in Chambers, though classified as slang.

      Delete
    3. Venkatesh24 March 2013 at 14:46

      @ Col,
      Thanks.

      Delete
    4. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 14:48

      Filler just said that anno is not correct. He did not mention that 'Bad debt' is wrong.

      Delete
  19. Deepak Gopinath24 March 2013 at 14:38

    Afterdark,

    You've already put in your share of three, as such I have deleted you last comment.

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    1. Shrikanth24 March 2013 at 14:40

      Sure colonel .. :) I thought the house was open now

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    2. Deepak Gopinath24 March 2013 at 14:42

      House is not open unless specifically mentioned by me

      Delete
  20. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 14:40

    29A-
    I had earlier given it as 'keep one's shirt on'. But it looks to be 'keep your shirt on'. Filler/ anand to confirm.

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    1. Unknown24 March 2013 at 15:20

      Yeah,it is keep your shirt on. The clue doesn't make proper sense with keep one's shirt on.

      Delete
  21. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 14:44

    15A- Is "deb"- short for debenture- for bonds?

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    1. Venkatesh24 March 2013 at 14:49

      15 The most horrible BADDEST
      trade between stocks and bonds initially - change S with B
      Defn: a problem for banks {BAD DE[-s](+B)T}

      Delete
  22. Kishore24 March 2013 at 15:58

    1D S PAM
    26d RE LAYS (~lace)
    29d TIN<S

    Deepak, looks like clues after 17d have got trimmed off somewhere and are not appearing in the main post

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    1. Deepak Gopinath24 March 2013 at 17:42

      Copy paste error while publishing. Surprisingly no one noticed it earlier. I did get a msg from Ajeesh about it but he followed it immediately with another msg saying that it could be his mobile problem, so I never checked the post!!

      Missing clues added now.

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    2. Kishore24 March 2013 at 17:55

      I happened to come in late today and did not go to the Acrosslite version. Instead I looked at the left items list to cold solve them and was surprised to see some of them missing. Hence, I stumbled upon the error.

      Delete
  23. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 16:25

    Yes, I did not notice it since I was doing it on across lite. Probably it is lie that from the beginning.

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  24. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 16:51

    :-)

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  25. RameshJ24 March 2013 at 17:14

    18A Reduce first quarter of 28 held by deputy general (7) DEPLETE {DEP}{LE{T}E}

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  26. RameshJ24 March 2013 at 17:15

    21A A horse, rare, caught running (5) RACER {RARE+C}*

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  27. RameshJ24 March 2013 at 17:17

    17D Like a potato, it’s cylindrical and cooked sour (8) TUBEROUS {TUBE} (SOUR*}

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  28. Anonymous24 March 2013 at 17:19

    A puzzle forwarded to me by a friend:

    Laura and her friends have gone away for the weekend to a big mansion in the countryside. She is having a clandestine affair with, George, one of her friends and wants to pass a secret message to him. She sneaks into the kitchen and leaves the following strange list.

    sew
    val
    bead
    ice
    ben
    hop
    mat

    George adds a letter to each item in the list and instantly heads to a certain part of the house. Where does he go?

    My addendum to the puzzle: Can you also guess what they might do next?

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    1. Kishore24 March 2013 at 17:53

      Kindly do not disclose the answer here. Your solution may be sent to kishoremrao@hotmail.com

      Delete
  29. Anonymous24 March 2013 at 17:27

    Paddy, today's TH Sunday Magazine has an article about Anu Garg of AWAD

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    1. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 20:03

      Thank you Kishore. I had missed it, but read it now after seeing your note.

      Delete
  30. Raghunath24 March 2013 at 18:40

    10 It takes approximately 3 days for Jesus to do one of these (7) MIRACLE: Easter: Third day after Crucifixion

    DOWN
    4 Think and understand a compilation of essays (6) DIGEST [2]
    5 It’s utterly useless to fear hearing about a movie (5, 3) BLOOD-RED D RED ~ Dread. BLOO ~ Blow?

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  31. Padmanabhan24 March 2013 at 19:50

    Def.-Movie- Blood red
    fear (hearing)- dred
    bloo- useless? (I can't get it)Is it blow as in 'blow away' meaning waste?

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  32. Raghunath24 March 2013 at 20:07

    BLOO ~ Blue/ miserable/ utterly useless

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    1. Unknown24 March 2013 at 20:40

      It's not bloo - It's blah - utterly useless

      Delete
  33. Chaturvasi24 March 2013 at 22:46

    Kishore's insruction is incomplete.

    After inserting one letter in each of those words, you have to string together the inserted letters to form a word that is the answer.

    Hint: Think of a famous first line in a film song in a Mani Ratnam movie of yesteryear.

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  34. Chaturvasi24 March 2013 at 22:49

    The fifth word in Kishore's list is BEN.
    It will be of greater help if the given word is BENS.
    Still a letter has to be inserted there as you do in all other cases.

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    1. VMA Nair24 March 2013 at 23:13

      Sew bead and ice helped me

      Delete
    2. Chaturvasi25 March 2013 at 06:23

      My entry into the puzzle was also through BEAD.

      If anyone has still not got the answer, I can give yet one more hint.

      If that too does not help, yet another hint can be given and at thatt stage none will be without the answer.

      Delete
  35. Chaturvasi24 March 2013 at 22:51

    I mean old Tamil movie of Mani Ratnam.

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  36. Anonymous24 March 2013 at 23:28

    My apologies for missing what CV has pointed out. Since I had solved without that instruction, I did not see the need for it. One friend of ours solved with his heart and lodged the pair in some other quarters. His logic was to look for a seven letter location in the house.

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    1. Anonymous24 March 2013 at 23:30

      Unlike crossword clues which are expected give all instructions of anagram, insertions, deletions etc. most other puzzles require you to figure out the next step for yourself. Maybe that is why this puzzle did not have that specific instruction, which CV has rightly pointed out. No doubt, after solving it himself.

      Delete
  37. Anonymous24 March 2013 at 23:34

    Ajeesh has got it

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