Sunday 8 March 2015

No 2831, Sunday 08 Mar 2015


ACROSS
1   Is numb, I suspect, in exploration vessel (7) MINISUB*
5   Practise in heat (4,2) WARM UP [DD]
9   Suffer later, toe broken (8) TOLERATE*
10 Drunk on port? At once! (6) PRONTO*
12 Loud argument with knight makes one scowl (5) FROWN {F}{ROW}{N}
13 Duke, duke wife ignored (9) ELLINGTON wELLINGTON
14 Sailor giving evidence? He may spring a surprise (4-2-3-3) JACK-IN-THE-BOX {JACK}-{IN-THE-BOX}
17 French governess forced one to go in river (12) MADEMOISELLE {MADE}{MO{1}SELLE} I always thought this was spelt as MADAMOISELLE
20 Comic strip character, perhaps getting petrol on her overalls, initially? (9) SUPERHERO {SUPER}{HER}{Ov...s}
22 Out of place down in Italy (5) INAPT {I{NAP}T}
23 Artist is at home portraying dried fruit (6) RAISIN {RA}{IS}{IN}
24 In New York City borough, see tailless cat by stream (8) BROOKLYN {BROOK}{LYNx}
25 Heather describing trendy piece of waistcoat material (6) LINING {LIN{IN}G}
26 Rot shown in elm, primarily, and two other types of tree (7) EYEWASH {Elm}{YEW}{ASH}

DOWN
1   Provided in most new designs (6) MOTIFS {MOT{IF}S*}
2   Admiral in hold (6) NELSON [DD]
3   Show violence towards powerful member (9) STRONGARM {STRONG}{ARM}
4   Items of cutlery in trunk, best I've touched (6,6) BUTTER KNIVES*
6   Boy in short anorak, wound up (5) AARON ANORAk*
7   Boatman drifting round one Canadian lake (8) MANITOBA {MAN{1}TOBA*}
8   Legendary bird in part of Arizona (7) PHOENIX [DD]
11 Place for opera - NY one burgled, unfortunately (12) GLYNDEBOURNE* Thanks to Google
15 Golfing feat in difficult situation, popular on last in game? (4,2,3) HOLE IN ONE {HOLE} {IN} {ON}{gamE} I wonder if I'll ever score one!
16 Notice alternative selection (8) ADOPTION {AD}{OPTION}
17 Bad hearing the second I popped out in wind? (7) MISTRAL MISTRiAL
18 Friend entertaining the Spanish with a rice dish they like? (6) PAELLA {PA{EL}L}{A}
19 Awful smell coming from small fish (6) STENCH {S}{TENCH}
21 Check about first of Georges to rule as monarch (5) REIGN {REI{Ge...s}N}

GRID

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18 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath8 March 2015 at 08:30

    Special at 10:30 by Ramki

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  2. VMA Nair8 March 2015 at 08:39

    Very easy today

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    1. Deepak Gopinath8 March 2015 at 08:40

      GLYNDEBOURNE also?

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    2. VMA Nair8 March 2015 at 08:47

      :-) No

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    3. SandhyaP8 March 2015 at 08:49

      Too many anagrams today. No wonder, it was easy!

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    4. Padmanabhan8 March 2015 at 08:56

      Tongue twister and pen twister too with that kind of spelling.

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    5. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 March 2015 at 09:07

      Easy, no doubt. Yet missed out on 12A and 1D :-( Reason : I had 1D as {MET}{HOt}{D} Method for Design. Missed the plural part!

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 March 2015 at 09:11

      Some more thought given to 'Defrinition' part would have helped me in getting the correct answer.

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  3. Padmanabhan8 March 2015 at 08:41

    Yes, but still waited for the blog to clear a couple of clues.
    Wishing Col. to have a 15D soon and tell us about it.

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  4. Richard8 March 2015 at 08:59

    Happy International Women's Day!

    But, come to think of it, why today alone? Every day is Women's Day for that matter.

    A big salute to all mothers, sisters, daughters and the entire womenfolk. Where would the world have been without them?

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  5. Raghunath8 March 2015 at 09:48

    @Sandhya.

    There are just 7 anagrams, so not too many. It's because the left hand top corner has most anagrams, so the start became easy.

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