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Annotations
ACROSS
8 Rush to online meeting place (4) ZOOM. DD
9 Useful software’s likely to allow customization initially
(10) APPLICABLE. Def: Useful; software= APP, likely= LIABLE, allow
= container indicator, customization initially= C; APP
LI(C(-ustomization))ABLE
10 Screen information having essentially overstepped right (6)
FILTER. def: screen; information=FILE, essentially overstepped=T,
right=R; FIL((-overs)T(-epped))ER
11 Send back one in party with emergency room assistant (8)
RELIEVER. Def: assistant; Send back= reversal indicator, one=I,
party=REVEL, emergency room=ER; REVE(I)L ER<<
12 Melt a bit of snow time and again (6) SOFTEN. Def: Melt; a bit of
snow=S, time and again=OFTEN; S(-now)OFTEN
14 Celebration – source of fun after the beginning of summer (8)
FESTIVAL. Def: Celebration; source of fun=F,of summer=AESTIVAL, after
the beginning= removal of first letter; F(-un) (-a)ESTIVAL
16 Off the record, anger issues can be this? (6,3,6) BEHIND THE
SCENES. CD, wp based on anger issues leading to scenes
18 Finding silver in pot is basically mentioned in ancient practices (8)
PAGANISM. Def: Ancient practices; finding in=cont ind, silver=AG,
pot=PAN, is=IS, basically mentioned= M; P(AG)ANISM
19 Crush rustic orange, say (6) CITRUS. Def: Orange, say,
DBE; rustic= anagram fodder, crush = anagram indicator
20 Traps emu swimming against the current (8) UPSTREAM. Def:
Against the current; traps emu= Anagram fodder, swimming= anagram
indicator
22 Silent about caste regularly? Evolve (6) MUTATE. Def= Evolve;
Silent=MUTATE, about= container indicator, caste regularly= A T;
MUT((-c)A(-s)T(-e))E
24 Breeds occasionally prepared to be kept on a leash (10)
RESTRAINED. Def: kept on a leash; Breeds occassionally= R E S,
prepared=TRAINED; (-b)R(-i)E(-f)S TRAINED
25 Almost ruin model’s skirt (4) KILT. Def=
skirt; Almost= deletion indicator for the last letter; ruin=KILL,
model=T; KIL(-l)T
Down
1 Sound instrument breaking pen. Time for light-hearted musical
(5,5) COMIC OPERA. Def: Light-hearted musical; Sound instrument=MIC,
breaking= insertion indicator, pen=COOP, time=ERA: CO(MIC)OP ERA
2 Letters from victim of recurrent neglect (4) OMIT. Def: Neglect;
Letters from= hidden word indicator, fodder= vic(TIM O)f, recurrent=
reversal indicator
3 Watch student leaving for new guardian (6) PATRON. Def:
Guardian; watch=Patrol, student=L leaving for=substitution ind, new=N,
PATRO(-l)N
4 Hemp softens tumor perhaps, removing last bit of cancerous
rash (4-2-3-6) SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT. Def: rash; Hemp softens tumor=
anagram fodder, perhaps= anagram indicator, removing=deletion
indicator, last bit of cancerous=S; HEMPSOFTENSTUMOR*-(cancerou)S
5 Ring ultimately haughty sibling for medical procedure
(8) DIALYSIS. Def: medical procedure; Ring=DIAL, ultimately
haughty=Y, sibling=SIS; DIAL (-haught)Y SIS
6 Harmful man, on return, provided money (10) MALEFICENT. Def:
harmful; Man=MALE, on return= reversal indicator, provided=IF,
money=CENT; MALE IF< CENT
7 Leave brownie boosted with drug (4) FLEE. Def: Leave;
brownie=ELF, boosted=reversal indicator, drug=E; ELF< E
13 Fall attire altered in three pieces (10) TRIPARTITE. Def: in three pieces;
fall=TRIP, attire= Anagram fodder, altered= anagram indicator; TRIP
ATTIRE*
15 Drunken lady at Queens getting rid of partners modestly (10)
ADEQUATELY. Def: modestly; drunken= anagram indicator, lady at
Queens= Anagram fodder, partners=NS, getting rid of= deletion
indicator; LADYATQUEENS*-NS
17 Split with wife within twenty-four hours in private road
(8) DRIVEWAY. Def: private; Split= RIVE, wife=W,
within= containment indicator, 24 hours= DAY; D(RIVE W)AY
19 Perform later, attend to skin condition (6) COMEDO. Def: skin
condition; perform=do, later=position indicator, attend=come; COME DO
21 See mountain, say (4) PEEK. Def: see; say=homophone indicator,
mountain=peak; PEAK~PEEK
23 Pointless to hold a currency (4) TAKA. Def: currency; hold=TAKA,
pointless= deletion of E; TAK(-e)A
BONUS QUESTIONS
- Jumble the circled letters to find 2 words (6,4) that go together with one of the lights (solution words) in the Grid for a topical event
ANS: CANNES FILM -
Identify the Light (solution word) that was referred to above
ANS: FESTIVAL
Scorecard
| Name | Total | Grid | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Sanders | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Arvind Ramaswamy | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Ashit Hegde | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Bhalchandra Pasupathy | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| BINAY KUMAR PATRA | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Dave Williams | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Deepak Gopinath | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Ganesh Nayak | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Himanshu Rajurkar | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Ian VanderSchee | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Jyothish Balakrishnan | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Kabir Firaque | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| kolluru koteswara rao | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Krittibas Dasgupta | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Kumaresh K R | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Lakshmi Prakash | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| LesY | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Madhusudan H | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Max Jackson | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Mohsin | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| MONA SOGAL | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Narayan M | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| NARAYANAN R | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Nilesh Parmar | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| prakash arumugam | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| R Nagendra Prasad | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Ramki Krishnan | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Ranjani Srikanth | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Ratna Rao | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Samit kallianpur | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| sandhya paruchuri | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Shyamala Natraj | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Sree Sree | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Supriya Mithal | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Suresh Dorbala | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Tejas Siddharth | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Veera Raghavan | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| VENKATESAN P. | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Venkatraghavan S | 152 | 149 | 3 |
| Avtaar | 151 | 148 | 3 |
| RATNAKUMAR V | 151 | 148 | 3 |
| Sparsh Sinha | 151 | 148 | 3 |
| Ganesh Raman | 149 | 149 | 0 |
| LV | 149 | 146 | 3 |
| Ramesh Swaminathan | 147 | 147 | 0 |
| shrikanth | 145 | 144 | 1 |
Note: 1 person (Veena Venkatraman) had submitted the bonus form but not the grid and this entry has been disregarded.
Congrats to the 39 solvers who maxed the score and to every one who participated. Very well tried.
Grid Rating: The puzzle got an excellent score of 8.41. It got 8 perfect 10s. The lowest score was 6.
Favorite Clues: The Top 3 clues were
Hemp softens tumor perhaps, removing last bit of cancerous rash (4-2-3-6) – 17 votes
Useful software’s likely to allow customization initially (10) – 16 votes and
Breeds occasionally prepared to be kept on a leash (10) and Harmful man, on return, provided money (10) – 7 votes each.
Comments / Feedback: Here’s the feedback from our solvers
| Comments / Feedback on the puzzle |
|---|
| Loved the clues and the theme |
| Beautiful puzzle. |
| Easy grid .Great fun to solve. |
| Interesting |
| I enjoyed solving the puzzle. Some of them I got easily but loved the tough ones because they gave me the thrill of solving. |
| Nice clues. |
| Interesting |
| Excellent grid, nice surfaces |
| Just the right level of challenge for a Sunday morning. Excellent clues! |
| Clues were very good. A little on the tougher side, but solvable with some thought |
| Very good clue construction, and nicely misleading wp made this an entertaining grid. |
| Good puzzle |
| Awesome Grid |
| Lovely clues! |
| Simple and elegant clues ,very enjoyable grid.Nice,topical bonus |
| Toughie |
| Nice enjoyable puzzle |
| Fun solve, some nice clues |
| Some fun surfaces. Would be interested to know if there was a reason for the choices of more obscure words at 19d & 23d when common ones would have fitted just as well. PEEK is surely ‘look’ rather than merely ‘see’ but that’s a minor quibble. |
| Good |
| Pleasant solve! |
| Nice theme! Felt the clues were a little on the tougher side (or I’m probably just rusty); smooth surfaces for most |
| For 19D I haven’t seen perform used as a synonym for come. I sort of had to back into it. I really liked the clue for 6D — splitting “provided” and “money” very much went against the surface sense and made for a great challenge. |
| Good puzzle |
| I couldn’t make any sense of the circled letters until told it went with an answer. |
| Fun puzzle.. could not really annotate Behind the Scenes.. |
| Festival : clue should read “source of fun before” not “…after”, otherwise pretty good. |
| topical theme; good one. |
| nice one – some beautiful clues |
| Lovely set of clues and very enjoyable |
| Very enjoyable grid. Variety of clues – reversal, substitution, letter-picking – all smoothly done. Also the long anagram. 14A should be “before” and not “after” (F before ESTIVAL)? |
| Nice grid! |
| good |
| ‘Behind the’ doesn’t make sense with the second part of the clue in behind the scenes. Anger issues = scenes, but how does the second part of the clue indicate ‘behind the’?Otherwise a very nice puzzle. |
| Nice and easy. |
| Nice easy puzzle. Surfaces could be improved |
| Good puzzle with precise wordplay. Surfaces are good overall as well. Not too many Aha! moments though |
| Very nice word play and surfaces |
| Good puzzle. Enjoyed making it. If a few errors that are there could be avoided, it will be a perfect puzzle. |
| Good surfaces, enjoyable puzzle |
| Nice puzzle, topical theme |
| Great cluemanship |
| GOOD AND EASY |
| Neat clues |
| Simple fun grid. Could not anno 10A & 14A. Also the bonus Qs I just guessed. Did not understand what was being referred as “Light(s)” in the Qs. |
Thanks to “Metacryptix” for a neat and entertaining puzzle. Looking forward to more puzzles from you.
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