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The Tramp<<< Click Here for the Puzzle Post
Here is the solution grid:
BONUS QUESTIONS:
Q1.Five themed entries ANS: MODERN TIMES, PAY DAY, VAGABOND, LIMELIGHT, PILGRIM
Q2. Name of person found in the grid who is central to the theme ANS:CHAPLIN (NINA)
Annotations
| Across | Clue | Word | Annotation |
| 1 | Dad improperly guided the confused (6) | Addled | add* led. Def: confused |
| 5 | Current approach right. No? (6) | Modern | MODE R N. Def: current |
| 10 | Abuse making metropolis lose appeal as most ex-students come in (8) | Calumny | CITY-IT over ALUMN(I). Def: abuse |
| 11 | Tourist crowd restricted by border guards at the entrance earlier (7) | Pilgrim | PIL(e) RIM<=>G(uards). Def: tourist |
| 12 | New capital destroyed in trouble and paralysed (8) | Moveless | (N)OVEL in MESS. Def:Paralysed |
| 14 | Get first of all full and clear instructions about learning cosmetic treatment (6) | Facial | Acrostic |
| 16 | Gesture of husband involved in spilling sugar, not alert at first (5) | Shrug | SUGAR*+H-A |
| 17 | Tramp avoiding drug, gave a fresh promise (8) | Vagabond | GAVEA*-E BOND. Def: tramp |
| 19 | No bar to rent berth possibly for kinfolk (9) | Brethren | REN(t)BERTH*. Def: kinfolk |
| 20 | Keys in families (5) | Types | DD |
| 24 | Way investigators initially enquire about orders (6) | Edicts | ST CID E<-. Def: orders |
| 26 | After leaving home at last, somehow, I can leave Spanish city (8) | Valencia | (I CAN LEAV(e))*. Def: Spanish city |
| 28 | Directions by woman perhaps make one ‘Frosty’, maybe (7) | Snowman | SN(WOMAN)*. Frosty is name of Snowman in TV show |
| 29 | Plum with traces of aniseed, hing, coriander pickled for artist (4,3) | Pham Luc | (PLUM A H C)* |
| 30 | No need initially to testify about being active (7) | Feisty | TES(t)IFY*. Def: being active |
| 31 | Gives up gains (6) | Yields | DD |
| Down | Clue | Word | Annotations |
| 2 | Be enthralled by rising revolutionary’s address (7) | Deliver | LIVE in RED<-. Def: address |
| 3 | Working girl right away let him get prominence (10) | Limelight | [GI(r)L LET HIM]*. Def: prominence |
| 4 | 24 hours in retraction of faulty advertisement (3) | Day | Reverse Telescopic |
| 5 | Charts initially marked as patently special (4) | Maps | Acrostic |
| 6 | City in US handled agitators initially moving to the Southern end (5) | Delta | A moved to bottom in DEALT. Def: city in US |
| 7 | Ring up before going in to take charge again (8) | Rereign | ERE in RING*. Def: take charge again |
| 8 | Rogues in bunk on board (6) | Scamps | CAMP in SS. Def: rogues |
| 9 | Do this to ones abnormally emotionless (5) | Smile | (SMILE TO ONES)*=EMOTIONLESS. CA |
| 13 | Fictional planet Parasara Vasudev revealed on returning (6) | Savara | Reverse telescopic |
| 15 | Go up North wandering by a Nigerian river (6) | Ogunpa | (GO UP N)*A. Def: Nigerian river |
| 18 | British actively regulate duty on wine (9) | Butlerage | B REGULATE*. Def: duty on wine |
| 21 | Ginger say, right by his home, it is said (8) | Rhizome | R ~HIZOME. Def: ginger say |
| 22 | Showed the way cream initially is preserved (7) | Pickled | LED<=>PICK. Def: preserved |
| 23 | Millions lost in game after the Poles take hold (6) | Snatch | (m)ATCH<=>SN. Def: take hold |
| 25 | Come to end of lawsuit over drug (5) | Cease | CASE over E. Def:come to end |
| 27 | Note setter initially scribbled for the paper (5) | Times | TI(note) ME(setter) S(cribbled). Def: Paper |
| 28 | Bitterness of diplomat not getting top office (4) | Envy | ENV(-O)Y. Def: Bitterness |
| 29 | No initial restrictions in appeal for wage (3) | Pay | P(r)AY. Def: wages |
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 160 points (Grid Score = 154 and Bonus points = 6)
Name
Bhalchandra Pasupathy
Harish T.K.
Jyothish Balakrishnan
Kabir Firaque
Koteswar Rao
Lakshmi Prakash
Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
Madhup Tewari
Madhusudan H
Mona Sogal
Mukundala Balasubramanyam
Nagendra Prasad R.
Narayana Swamy D
Narayanan Rangamani
Nilesh Parmar
Priya Shyam
Ramesh Swaminathan
Ramki Krishnan
Ranjani Srikanth
Rathnakumar V
Ratna Rao
Samit Kallianpur
Tejas Siddharth
Veena Venkataraman
Venkatesan P. and
Venkatraghavan S.
Congrats to the toppers and to all the solvers who participated.
Grid Rating: The puzzle got an excellent score of 8.29. It got 5 perfect 10s (14% of those who rated). The lowest score was 5.
Favorite Clues: The Top clues were
- Bitterness of diplomat not getting top office (4) – 8 votes
- Do this to ones abnormally emotionless (5) – 8 votes
- Gives up gains (6) – 7 votes
- Directions by woman perhaps make one ‘Frosty’, maybe (7) – 7 votes
- Tourist crowd restricted by border guards at the entrance earlier (7) – 7 votes
Thanks Veeyares for a nice tribute including a NINA to an amazing actor. Hoping to see more grids from you.
Here’s what our solvers said..
| Name | Comments / Feedback on the puzzle |
|---|---|
| Jyothish Balakrishnan | Beautifully engineered tribute to ‘The Tramp’ |
| Mukundala Balasubramanyam | Smooth flowing themed grid |
| Rathnakumar V | While referring the film names let it be in full, otherwise it confuses, eg, THE PILGRIM |
| Harish T.K. | Good Puzzle |
| Ian VanderSchee | Some challenging clues, but all accessible with a bit of thinking. Nice puzzle! |
| Kabir Firaque | Mildly challenging. Liked the theme |
| Lakshmi Vaidyanathan | Nice puzzle |
| Madhup Tewari | Very enjoyable puzzle with tough clues and some very unusual words. |
| Nagendra Prasad R. | CHALLENGING GRID |
| Narayana Swamy D | Nice puzzle |
| Veena Venkataraman | Entertaining themed grid |
| Koteswar Rao | Good show Veeyares. You have included many Chaplin movies. |
| Mona Sogal | Fun theme 🙂 |
| Narayanan Rangamani | Good one |
| Prakash Arumugam | Some clues were tricky it was fun to solve |
| Priya Shyam | Interesting theme, enjoyed solving ! |
| Ramki Krishnan | Nice grid with easily gettable theme. |
| Samit Kallianpur | Nice and easy grid with a good theme! |
| Tejas Siddharth | Did not recognise movies for quite some time |
| Venkatraghavan S. | Decent puzzle. Can improve surfaces |
| Bhalchandra Pasupathy | Interesting puzzle taking us down Memory Lane |
| Max Jackson | The theme was clear from the title, but some thematic elements I didn’t know. Not sure of 31ac. |
| Ramesh Swaminathan | Good one. |