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Here is the solution grid:
BONUS QUESTIONS:
Q1. What connects an aspect of this grid to the title (7)? ANS: PANGRAM
(Alternate answers that identified that all letters of the alphabet were present in the grid but did not specifically mention “Pangram” were awarded 1 point)
Annotations
| ACROSS | CLUE | ANSWER | Annotation |
| 8 | Sure, remove charge including income tax (8) | DEFINITE | Def- sure, remove-de, charge-fine, including- insertion indicator, income tax- it |
| 9 | Lizard from Antigua running after tip of tail is cut off (6) | IGUANA | Def- lizard, tip of tail- t, is cut off- deletion indicator, running- anagram indicator for (antigua- t)* |
| 10 | Paper finally not a concern (6) | TISSUE | Def- paper, finally- last letter picking indicator for t from not, a concern- issue |
| 11 | By accident harm logo and three dimensional picture (8) | HOLOGRAM | Def- three dimensional picture, by accident anagram indicator for harm logo |
| 12 | The role showing celebrity (4) | HERO | Def- celebrity, showing- telescopic indicator for the role |
| 13 | Forewoman resolves matters without question (10) | TASKMASTER | Def- forewoman, resolves- anagram indicator for matters, without- containment indicator for ask from question |
| 15 | I have to follow strangers roaming outside society concerned with a violation (13) | TRANSGRESSIVE | Def- concerned with a violation, i have- ive, to follow- positional indicator , roaming- anagram indicator for strangers, outside- containment indicator, society-s |
| 19 | Spoiling hotel suite shape (10) | SILHOUETTE | Def- shape, spoiled- anagram indicator for hotel suite |
| 23 | Note puzzlers heartlessly giving hints (4) | TIPS | Def-hints, note-ti, heartlessly- deletion indicator for puzzlers – ps |
| 24 | Commandos at first stealthily applying red soil (8) | SOLDIERS | Def- commandos, at first- first letter picking indicator for s from stealthily, applying- anagram indicator for red soil |
| 26 | Arrive with disheartened father for light entertainment (6) | COMEDY | Def- light entertainment, arrive- come, father- daddy, disheartened- middle letters deletion indicator for daddy |
| 27 | Intended to drop first name from fund (6) | FIANCE | Def- intended, fund- finance, to drop- deletion indicator for first name- first n in finance |
| 28 | Taste a bit of peach little later (8) | APPETITE | Def- taste, a bit of- first letter indicator for p from peach, little- petite, later- positional indicator |
| DOWN | CLUE | ANSWER | Annotation |
| 1 | Army unit leading routine meeting perhaps (8) | REGIMENT | Def- army unit, leading- first letter picking indicator for r from routine, perhaps- anagram indicator for meeting |
| 2 | So a rapid spreading and dispersion of a community (8) | DIASPORA | Def- dispersion of a community, spreading- anagram indicator for so a rapid |
| 3 | Princess turns up checking direction furthest from mark (6) | WIDEST | Def-furthest from mark, princess-di, turns up- reversal indicator for down clue, di-<-id, checking – insertion indicator for id, direction- west |
| 4 | Expression of boredom about starting of series in net (4) | MESH | Def- net, expression of boredom- meh, about- containment indicator, starting of- 1st letter picking indicator for s from series |
| 5 | Certificates from ambassadors lacking time-stamp basically (8) | DIPLOMAS | Def- certificates, ambassadors- diplomats, lacking- deletion indicator for t from time- stamp basically |
| 6 | Authorities from Japan not opening stalls (6) | JUDGES | Def- authorities, japan-j, not opening- first letter deletion for stalls- fudges- udges |
| 7 | Natural local tea is concocted (6) | INNATE | Def- natural, local-inn, is concocted – anagram indicator for tea |
| 14 | Sailor with American raised in Indian city (5) | SURAT | Def- Indian city, sailor-tar, american-us, raised- reversal indicator , su rat <- |
| 16 | Twisted stories primarily on Zee, maybe editor framing queen (8) | SQUEEZED | Def- twisted , stories primarily- s, maybe- anagrind for zee, editor-ed, framing- insertion indic, queen-qu |
| 17 | Familiar signal (8) | INTIMATE | Double Definition |
| 18 | Speed up old exercise with fresh diet (8) | EXPEDITE | Def- speed up, old- ex, exercise=pe, fresh- anagram indic for diet |
| 20 | Mocking officers from centre led by press (6) | IRONIC | Def- mocking, press- iron, from Centre- middle letters picking indicator for ic from officers, led by- positional indic |
| 21 | Severe beating for concealing something (6) | HIDING | Double Definition |
| 22 | Flee from police, at last near small headland (6) | ESCAPE | Def- flee, at last- last letter picking indicator for e from police ,small-s, headland-cape |
| 25 | Injure a boy supporting holy man (4) | STAB | Def-injure, a-a,boy-b, supporting- juxtaposition indicator, holy man-st |
Here’s the list of Top Scorers (For the full list, please check the Leaderboard in the Hall of Fame)
Each of the following scored 147 points (Grid Score = 145 and Bonus points =2)
Aashwina Mouli
Al Sanders
Arvind Kannabiran
Arvind Ramaswamy
Ashit Hegde
Bhalchandra Pasupathy
Deepak Gopinath (Col.)
Harish T.K.
Ian VanderSchee
Koteswar Rao
Kumaresh K R
Lakshmi Prakash
Madhup Tewari
Max Jackson
Mukundala Balasubramanyam
Narayanan Rangamani
Nilesh Parmar
Ramesh Swaminathan
Ramki Krishnan
Ranjani Srikanth
Rathnakumar V
Samit Kallianpur
Sandhya paruchuri
Sohil Bhagat
Suresh Dorbala
Tejas Siddharth
Veena Venkataraman
Veera Raghavan and
Venkatraghavan S.
Congrats to the toppers and to all the solvers who participated.
Grid Rating: The puzzle got a good score of 7.87. It got 6 perfect 10s (12% of those who rated). The lowest score was 6.
Favorite Clues: The Top clues were
- Forewoman resolves matters without question (10) – 16 votes
- Taste a bit of peach little later (8) – 13 votes
- Sure, remove charge including income tax (8) – 11 votes
- Speed up old exercise with fresh diet (8) – 11 votes
Thanks Saral for a smooth grid which was a very pleasant solve. Look forward to more grids from you.
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Here’s what our solvers said..
| Name | Comments / Feedback on the puzzle – Please provide specific com |
|---|---|
| Kabir Firaque | Simple and fun. Not sure if I got the bonus question correct. |
| Mukundala Balasubramanyam | A gentle walk in the park! Lovely grid. |
| Jyothish Balakrishnan | Beautifully designed. |
| Veera Raghavan | Real saral grid. Other extreme from Bingo’s pyrotechnics! |
| Veena Venkataraman | Quite an easy grid |
| Bhalchandra Pasupathy | Nice and straightforward, enjoyable |
| Melissa McSeismal | Thanks. Some lovely misleads with meanings of words. Lovely surfaces. |
| Sparsh Sinha | Fun and enjoyable |
| Debasmita Basu | Nice one. |
| Al Sanders | Very clean puzzle, lots of fun! |
| Nagendra Prasad R. | Too Easy. |
| Maya Sharma | The word plays were very clear , so annotations were a joy |
| Rengaswamy N. | Easy and enjoyable puzzle |
| Venkatesan P. | Relatively easier clues. Enjoyed solving |
| Rathnakumar V | Nice puzzle, i expected the NINA in the grid. |
| Tejas Siddharth | Nice puzzle. On the easier side. Some surfaces were nicely constructed, such as escape, transgressive, taskmaster, fiancé etc, but on the other hand proper nouns like Zee seem out of place unless it is a specific well known reference. |
| Binay Kumar Patra | The title is significant. |
| Avtaar SSv | Simple and easily solvable. Enjoyable, overall. Thought some surfaces could have been improved . In 10A “a” disturbs the cryptic reading. |
| Madhusudan H | The grid is elegant in its simplicity. Thank you ! |
| Prakash Arumugam | Not very hard but still enjoyable |
| Venkatraghavan S. | A lazy Sunday afternoon solve. Nice grid. |
| Harish T.K. | Very Good, not qualified to criticize. |
| Ashit Hegde | A bit too Saral |
| Narayanan Rangamani | easy one |
| Samit Kallianpur | Nice and easy grid! |
| Arvind Kannabiran | fun puzzle. thanks lv. |
| sandhya paruchuri | Good one! |
| Raja | Good entertainer |
| Suresh Dorbala | A real quickie |
| Arvind Ramaswamy | Easy breezy Saral Grid |
| Max Jackson | Not too difficult apart from the obsure bonus question. |
| Mona Sogal | Easy grid 🙂 |
| Anantakrishnan N. | Nice and simple |
| Ramki Krishnan | Pretty easy and smooth clues. Not sure about the anno for 6D. |
| Ramesh Swaminathan | Nice and smooth |
| Koteswar Rao | GOOD ONE |