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BONUS QUESTIONS:
- Q1: Anagram of the circled letters yields an annual event that is observed in March. Identify. (5,5,3) ANS: WORLD SLEEP DAY
- Q2: Solve this clue for an activity connected to Q1: Shut eye and revise paper now (5,3) ANS: – POWER NAP
Annotations
| Across | Clue | Answer | Annotation |
| 7 | Young guy abandoning female is coward (6) | YELLOW | Def-Coward, young-y, guy-fellow, abandoning- del indic, female-f |
| 9 | Losing regularly,angered the Indians, in retrospect needing one to score (8) | NINETEEN | Def- needing one to score,losing regularly-del indic of alternate letters-angered the Indians, in retrospect-rev indic of picked letters |
| 10 | Ponders about specialist, one who goes to court (10) | RESPONDENT | Def- one who goes to court, about- anagrind for ponders, specialist-ent |
| 11 | Sheep from the west (4) | EWES | Def- sheep, from- hidden word indic for thE WESt |
| 12 | Channel condemned artist (6) | STRAIT | Def-Channel, condemned-anagrind for artist |
| 14 | Rate negotiated, decided for valuables (8) | TREASURE | Def-valuables, negotiated- anagrind for rate- trea,decided- sure |
| 15 | Initially bang open lemonade tin, gulp (4) | BOLT | Def- gulp, initially- acrostics indic |
| 17 | Non-liberal ladies changing views (5) | IDEAS | Def- views, changing- anagrind , non- liberal- no l in ladies |
| 18 | Every now and then fells xmas trees (4) | ELMS | Def- trees, every now and then- letter picking indic for fells xmas |
| 19 | Damage gear badly including one in union (8) | MARRIAGE | Def-union, damage=mar, badly- anagrind for gear, including-insertion for one-i |
| 21 | Office taking in record for agent (6) | DEPUTY | Def-agent, office-duty, taking in-insertion indic, record-ep |
| 23 | Originally fantastic Indian language musical movie (4) | FILM | Def- movie, originally- acrostics indic |
| 24 | Introduce listener’s award for programme (10) | ENTERPRISE | Def-programme, introduce- enter, listener’s – hp indic for prize-~ prise |
| 26 | Victor moving away from clear mark (8) | INDICATE | Def-mark, victor-v, moving away from- del indic for v, clear- vindicate |
| 27 | Time to replace right side of signboard in mall (6) | MARKET | Def-mall, time-t, to replace- letter exchange indic,signboard- marker, right side of-r, |
| Down | Clue | Answer | Annotation |
| 1 | Say, jumbo the plane is flying (8) | ELEPHANT | Def- say, jumbo, DBE, flying- anagrind for hte plane |
| 2 | Small white and tailless bird (4) | SWAN | Def- wading bird, small-s, white-w, tailless- and- an |
| 3 | Sick from flu. Finally doctor treated when he got initial reports (5,3,7) | UNDER THE WEATHER | Def- sick, finally- last letter picking indic for flu-u,doctor- anagrind for treated when, he-he, initial-1st letter picking for reports-r |
| 4 | Cake without topping and sweet dishes returned to chill (10) | UNSTRESSED | Def- chill, cake- bun, without topping-bun-un, sweet dishes-desserts, returned- rev indic |
| 5 | Man leaving parents to get rest (6) | OTHERS | Def-rest, man-m, leaving- del indic for m, parents- mothers |
| 6 | Streetcar without electronic support message (8) | TELEGRAM | def-message, streetcar-tram, without- containment indic, electronic-e, support-leg |
| 8 | Competition opening after second of December (5) | EVENT | Def-competition, opening-vent, after- positional indic,second of- 2nd letter picking indic -december-e |
| 13 | Former Republican involved in lawsuit having three parties (10) | TRILATERAL | Def- three parties, successively- later, entering-containment indic, lawsuit- trial |
| 16 | Leader of opposition shares lectures (8) | ORATIONS | Def- lectures, leader of- first letter picking indic for opposition-o, shares- rations |
| 18 | English politician ushering queen with heads of Oman, Romania, Sudan rulers (8) | EMPERORS | Def- rulers, english-e, politician-mp, ushering- positional indic, queen-er, heads of- 1st letter picking indic- o r s |
| 20 | Stay behind short mariner at sea (6) | REMAIN | Def- Stay behind, short- del indic for last letter in mariner-r,at sea- anagrind for marine |
| 22 | Sample of Kolkata’s tea (5) | TASTE | Def- sample, of- hidden word indic, kolkaTAS TEa |
| 25 | Drives roofless public transports (4) | RAMS | Def- drives, roofless1st letter del indic, public transports- trams-t |
Here’s the list of Top Scorers (For the full list, please check the Leaderboard in the Hall of Fame)
| Participant | Total | GridScore | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Sanders | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Anantakrishnan N. | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Arvind Kannabiran | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Arvind Ramaswamy | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Ashit Hegde | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Bhalchandra Pasupathy | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Binay Kumar Patra | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| C Varun | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Deepak Gopinath (Col.) | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Hawk Crossword | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Himanshu Rajurkar | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Ian VanderSchee | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Jyothish Balakrishnan | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Kabir Firaque | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Koteswar Rao | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Krishnan Anantheswaran | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Kumaresh K R | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Lakshmi Prakash | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Madhup Tewari | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Max Jackson | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Melissa McSeismal | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Mona Sogal | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Nagendra Prasad R. | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Narayana Swamy D | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Narayanan Rangamani | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Prakash Arumugam | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Ramki Krishnan | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Rathnakumar V | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Ratna Rao | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Samit Kallianpur | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| sandhya paruchuri | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| santha | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Satyen Nabar | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Sparsh Sinha | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Sree Sree | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Supriya Mithal | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Suresh Dorbala | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Tejas Siddharth | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Veena Venkataraman | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Veera Raghavan | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Venkatesan P. | 149 | 145 | 4 |
| Venkatraghavan S. | 149 | 145 | 4 |
Congrats to the toppers and to all the solvers who participated.
Grid Rating: The puzzle got a solid score of 8.02. It got 8 perfect 10s (15% of those who rated). The lowest score was 5.
Favorite Clues: The Top clues were
- Sick from flu. Finally doctor treated when he got initial reports (5,3,7) – 25 votes
- Losing regularly,angered the Indians, in retrospect needing one to score (8) – 17 votes
- Victor moving away from clear mark (8) – 13 votes
- Former Republican involved in lawsuit having three parties (10) – 13 votes
Very entertaining puzzle from Saral and loved the interesting theme suggesting just what my tired self needed – a power nap. Had a terrific response from the solvers as well. Here’s what they said.
| Participant | Comments / Feedback on the puzzle |
|---|---|
| Jyothish Balakrishnan | Highly entertaining |
| Venkatesan P. | Relatively easier. Wonderful clues. Enjoyed the fun. |
| Mukundala Balasubramanyam | Simple and elegant. Not much taxing! |
| Debasmita Basu | Saral’s clues are becoming craftier 🙂 |
| Rathnakumar V | ANOTHER GREAT GRID .Enjoyed a lot |
| Al Sanders | Very clean puzzle, no obscure answers |
| Suresh Dorbala | Straightforward |
| Nagendra Prasad R. | WALK IN THE PARK CROSSWORD. TO MAKE IT TOUGHER. |
| Krishnan Anantheswaran | Very well done puzzle. Fair, not too easy (for me at least), not too tough |
| Priya Shyam | Lovely themed grid. Enjoyed solving. |
| Nilesh Parmar | smooth grid |
| Venkatraghavan S. | Lovely clues and surfaces |
| Supriya Mithal | Very enjoyable ,Saral and, some really nice clues . |
| Veena Venkataraman | Smooth and easy |
| Ian VanderSchee | Some clever clues with nice surface. Loved it! |
| C Varun | Excellent puzzle overall. Loved solving it! |
| Veera Raghavan | Breezed through. Many good clues. |
| Samit Kallianpur | Nice, easy, and smooth! |
| Tejas Siddharth | Nice one |
| Narayanan Rangamani | Easy and enjoyable |
| Ramki Krishnan | Nice and easy grid. Relaxed way to spend a Sunday afternoon! All answers fell in place quickly. UNDER THE WEATHER – answer was immediately obvious but took time to anno. Thanks Saral! |
| Prakash Arumugam | Very enjoyable clues with a good surface. |
| Padmanabhan | Enjoyable puzzle. Easy as usual for Saral. |
| Arvind Kannabiran | fun. haven’t solved one by lv for a while. |
| Prasad RV | Solvable |
| sandhya paruchuri | Simple, neat clues! |
| Irwin Appel | Enjoyed it a lot! |
| Sparsh Sinha | Good puzzle |
| Kumaresh K R | Simple puzzle with some very nice clues (under the weather, taste, to name a few). |
| Steve Gunter | This puzzle seems easier than usual. Most of the clues are accessible for an American solver. Thank you. |
| santha | Many with good surface |
| Bhalchandra Pasupathy | Simple and straightforward, have fun and be done |
| Maya Sharma | Nice puzzle |
| Satyen Nabar | Nice, quick and easy. Thanks LV. |
| Ashit Hegde | Nice simple puzzle |
| Mona Sogal | extremely easy…. |
| Arvind Ramaswamy | Nice and easy as the name Saral implies! |
| Deepak Gopinath (Col.) | Good one |
| Binay Kumar Patra | Quite enjoyable grid to solve |
| Anantakrishnan N. | Nice and Saral |
| Max Jackson | Easier than usual. Presumably these spurious days are invented by those out to profit: world bed council? |
| Narayana Swamy D | Easy clues |