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Here is the solution grid:
BONUS QUESTIONS:
Q1# What is the thematic definition from extra letters?
ANS: TYPES OF HANGOVERS
Q2# What is the title from extra letters?
ANS: MATING SEASON
Q3# Who is the author featured in extra letters?
ANS: PG WODEHOUSE
Q4# What is the sixth thematic term defined by circled letters in the grid? (6,7)
ANS: SEWING MACHINE
Annotations
| Across/ Ref | Clue/Annotation | Answer | Term with Xtra Ltr. | Ltr. | ||||||
| 1 | Spirit of girl men abandoned (7) | GREMLIN | ||||||||
| spirit; girl men* | ||||||||||
| 7 | Sentimentality from East India in last dance (6) | BOOGIE | ||||||||
| dance; rev. goo(sentimentality) i(india) inside be(last) | ||||||||||
| 11 | Covert choking hiss in guard’s van (7) | CABOOSE | COVER(T) | T | ||||||
| guard’s van; cover(case) outside boo(hiss) | ||||||||||
| 12 | No one shot in the army edging close to sniper, waiting tips being shared (5) | TRONC | ARM(Y) | Y | ||||||
| waiting…shared; tonic(shot in the arm, less i) outside r | ||||||||||
| 14 | Correct move from the flanks blocking Gopal (5) | EMEND | GO(P)AL | P | ||||||
| correct; m(ov)e inside end(goal) | ||||||||||
| 15 | Florid style of resistance with introduction from Olof Palme (6) | ROCOCO | PALM(E) | E | ||||||
| florid style; r+o+coco(palm) | ||||||||||
| 16 | Cosmic diversion in the middle creating flutters (6) | WAGERS | CO(S)MIC | S | ||||||
| flutters; wag(comic) (div)ers(ion) | ||||||||||
| 18 | Time when Achilles originally comes out to Troy in consequence (4) | ERGO | TR(O)Y | O | ||||||
| in consequence; er(a)(time, less a, Achilles originally) go(try) | ||||||||||
| 21 | Crafter’s back clogging a junction? The very opposite (8) | ANTIPODE | CRA(F)TER | F | ||||||
| the…opposite; rev. pit(crater) inside a node(junction) | ||||||||||
| 24 | Ark builder from Hanoi cutting shelf badly (4) | NOAH | S(H)ELF | H | ||||||
| ark builder; hanoi-i(self)* | ||||||||||
| 26 | Ashy American to catch one that’s clicked in flamenco (8) | CASTANET | (A)SHY | A | ||||||
| one…flamenco; cast(shy) a(american) net(catch) | ||||||||||
| 27 | Dirt on linen in gurney regularly ignored, weird (9) | UNEARTHLY | LINE(N) | N | ||||||
| weird; earth(dirt) l(line) inside (g)u(r)n(e)y | ||||||||||
| 30 | Molecular chains in calm area being liberated, glee is ruined (8) | MICELLES | (G)LEE | G | ||||||
| molecular chains; calm-a(area) lee is* | ||||||||||
| 31 | Shoot evacuated unit for joint complaint (4) | GOUT | SHO(O)T | O | ||||||
| joint complaint; go(shot) u(ni)t | ||||||||||
| 32 | Seven hot air fans in the Bard’s tomb (8) | INHEARSE | SE(V)EN | V | ||||||
| Bard’s tomb(ref Shakespeare); seen h air* | ||||||||||
| 35 | Foreign money turning piety to unbounded joy (4) | EURO | PI(E)TY | E | ||||||
| foreign money; rev. rue(pity) (j)o(y) | ||||||||||
| 37 | Most antique diamonds kept by lover in case (6) | OLDEST | LOVE(R) | R | ||||||
| most antique; d(diamonds) inside o(love) lest(in case) | ||||||||||
| 42 | Sense a smelter covers part mark with a weld (6) | ENSEAM | (S)MELTER | S | ||||||
| mark…weld; hips | ||||||||||
| 43 | Indian laundryman’s daughter coming to husband with stash (5) | DHOBI | S(T)ASH | T | ||||||
| indian laundryman; d(daughter) h(husband) obi(sash) | ||||||||||
| 44 | Repeat rigmarole voided by chad (5) | RECUR | C(H)AD | H | ||||||
| repeat; r(igmarol)e cur(cad) | ||||||||||
| 45 | Amine, perhaps toxic, leaving ten running crazy (7) | IDIOTIC | AMIN(E) | E | ||||||
| crazy; idi(amin perhaps) to(x)ic* | ||||||||||
| 46 | Heavenly body twisted to grasp bust (6) | BROKEN | ||||||||
| bust; bro( rev. orb, heavenly body) ken(grasp) | ||||||||||
| 47 | Scope to seize fool’s hidden money (7) | COMPASS | ||||||||
| scope; cop(to seize) ass(fool) outside m(money) | ||||||||||
| Down/ Ref | Clue/Annotation | Answer | Term with Xtra Ltr. | Ltr. | ||||||
| 2 | Incline baby carriage moving top to mend (4) | RAMP | (M)END | M | ||||||
| incline; pram(baby carriage) with p at the end | ||||||||||
| 3 | A number amass around lake in Michigan (4) | MONA | (A)MASS | A | ||||||
| Lake in Michigan; rev. a no(number) m(mass) | ||||||||||
| 4 | Stay retired after tossing old position (5) | LODGE | S(T)AY | T | ||||||
| position; old* rev. eg(say) | ||||||||||
| 5 | His liens to some extent may be key (4) | ISLE | L(I)ENS | I | ||||||
| key; hips | ||||||||||
| 6 | Gent cycles close by (4) | NEAR | GE(N)T | N | ||||||
| close by; earn(get) cycling n/ear | ||||||||||
| 7 | Pop’s rung in police raid (5) | BURST | RUN(G) | G | ||||||
| pop; r(run) inside bust(police raid) | ||||||||||
| 8 | Stony concretes breaking this stool (8) | OTOLITHS | (S)TOOL | S | ||||||
| stony concretes; this tool* | ||||||||||
| 9 | Quiet, duck by fellow essentially buoys up Bravo! (4,2,3) | GOOD ON YOU | QUI(E)T | E | ||||||
| bravo; go(quit) o(duck) don(fellow) rev. (b)uoy(s) | ||||||||||
| 10 | Measure aisle in Scotland (4) | INCH | (A)ISLE | A | ||||||
| dd | ||||||||||
| 11 | Auditor’s nose picking up mistake cleared in binder (6) | CEMENT | ||||||||
| binder; cent(hp scent, nose) outside m(istak)e | ||||||||||
| 13 | Space traveller to regain consciousness when oxygen’s delivered (5) | COMET | ||||||||
| space traveller; comet(o) (regain consciousness less o, oxygen) | ||||||||||
| 17 | Sold friend’s gem (4) | OPAL | (S)OLD | S | ||||||
| gem; o(old) pal(friend) | ||||||||||
| 19 | Bird lifting beak to omen (5) | ROBIN | (O)MEN | O | ||||||
| bird; rev. nib(beak) or(men) | ||||||||||
| 20 | Conch usage in performance of South American cowboy verse (9) | GAUCHESCO | CO(N)CH | N | ||||||
| of South…verse; coch usage* | ||||||||||
| 22 | Particle under opening in nose? Relax without closing nostrils (5) | NARES | (P)ARTICLE | P | ||||||
| nostrils; n(ose) a(article) res(t)(relax, less last letter) | ||||||||||
| 23 | Bloody huge rising embodying Greek character’s protest (5) | DEMUR | HU(G)E | G | ||||||
| protest; rev. red(bloody hue) outside mu(greek character) | ||||||||||
| 25 | State of America: reportedly down supporting snubbed retard (8) | DELAWARE | DO(W)N | W | ||||||
| state…America; ware(hp wear=don) after dela(y)(retard less last letter) | ||||||||||
| 28 | Boron, dust primarily being the requirement? (4) | NEED | BOR(O)N | O | ||||||
| the requirement; nee(born) d(ust) | ||||||||||
| 29 | Nuclear bombing disheartened Tampico (6) | ATOMIC | ||||||||
| nuclear; tam(p)ico* | ||||||||||
| 30 | Extrovert problem solver undergoing sex change (5) | MIXER | ||||||||
| extrovert; fixer(problem solver) with m for f | ||||||||||
| 33 | Type of ‘shed’ making wife start to rage (5) | ROMAN | SHE(D) | D | ||||||
| type; woman(she) with r for w | ||||||||||
| 34 | Obscure beginnings of Bushmen, early drifters in emigration (5) | BEDIM | (E)MIGRATION | E | ||||||
| obscure; acrostic | ||||||||||
| 36 | Hover beside a less outstanding person (4) | ONER | (H)OVER | H | ||||||
| outstanding person; o(over) ne(a)r(beside less a) | ||||||||||
| 38 | Secular institute stopping soon missing day college (4) | LAIC | SO(O)N | O | ||||||
| secular; i(institute) inside la(d)(son less d, day) c(college) | ||||||||||
| 39 | Skirting Papua on heel of archipelago (4) | DADO | PAP(U)A | U | ||||||
| skirting; dad(papa) o(last letter of archipelago) | ||||||||||
| 40 | Hostel opening concession store (4) | SHOP | HO(S)TEL | S | ||||||
| store; h(hotel) inside sop(concession) | ||||||||||
| 41 | Wader withdrawing kine to island (4) | IBIS | KIN(E) | E | ||||||
| wader; rev. sib(kin) i(island) | ||||||||||
Here’s the list of Top Scorers (For the full list, please check the Leaderboard in the Hall of Fame)
Out of 51 solvers, 36 got the full score. Each of the following scored 173 points (Grid Score – 169, Bonus – 4).
Aashwina Mouli
Al Sanders
Anantakrishnan N.
Anirudh Sahni
Arvind Ramaswamy
Ashit Hegde
Debasmita Basu
Deepak Gopinath (Col.)
Harish T K
Himanshu Rajurkar
Jyothish Balakrishnan
Koteswar Rao
Lakshmi Prakash
Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
Madhup Tewari
Madhusudan H
Max Jackson
Mona Sogal
Nagendra Prasad R.
Narayana Swamy D
Narayanan R
Nilesh Parmar
Prakash Arumugam
Ramki Krishnan
Rathnakumar V
Ratna Rao
Samit Kallianpur
Sandhya Paruchuri
Satyen Nabar
Sohil Bhagat
Sparsh Sinha
Supriya Mithal
Tejas Siddharth
Veera Raghavan
Venkatesan P.
Venkatraghavan S
Congrats to the toppers and to all the solvers who participated.
Grid Rating: The puzzle got a spectacular rating of 9.29. It got 23 perfect 10s (56% of those who rated). The lowest rating was 7.
Favorite Clues: The Top clues were
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- Most antique diamonds kept by lover in case (6) – 9 votes
- Amine, perhaps toxic, leaving ten running crazy (7) – 9 votes
- Crafter’s back clogging a junction? The very opposite (8) – 7 votes
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What a grid Bingo. It was so much fun although being challenging with so many layers to unfold. Absolute treat especially as it was a tribute to my all time favourite author.
Here’s what our solvers said..
| Participant(s) Name | Comments / Feedback on the puzzle |
|---|---|
| Anantakrishnan N. | Another excellent puzzle by Bingo with multiple layers, as usual. |
| Anirudh Sahni | An expertly crafted puzzle as usual from Bingo. Superb clues and perfect presentation. Unfamiliar words and theme made it impossible for me to solve without online tools but it was enough of a challenge even with them. Nice to have easier clues in the NW quadrant to start off quickly. |
| Arvind Ramaswamy | What an Amazing Puzzle!!! BRILLIANTLY crafted to fit the entire Theme. After cracking this grid and the Theme, the thrill I felt was.. no words to describe it. BINGO, this is one of the BEST thematic puzzles I have ever solved. Thank you so much for the thrill and Super Fun.. Just WOW! |
| Debasmita Basu | Excellent, as always. |
| Ganesh Nayak | Thoroughly enjoyable, loved the theme featuring a favorite writer! |
| Harish T K | Cracked the bonus without solving the grid just from the first two clues. |
| Ian VanderSchee | Loved it!! Very well crafted!! The theme wasn’t obvious to me until about half way, and then I felt drunk with power! (I’m sure I’ll regret it tomorrow morning though. 🙂 ) |
| Jyothish Balakrishnan | Superbly crafted as always and each clue a treasure. |
| Lakshmi Prakash | Brilliant grid as always. There is a real sense of accomplishment on completion of Bingos grid and the bonus questions |
| Lakshmi Vaidyanathan | Wow Bhala ! Wonderful grid with smooth clues & theme . |
| Madhup Tewari | What can one say about this puzzle?! It is an absolute masterpiece with an intricate theme and amazing clues. The brilliance of setting and perfection is breathtaking. It appears that this entire theme was written decades ago just so that this crossword would be possible one day. |
| Mona Sogal | Good mental workout! Happy to see my name in the grid 🙂 |
| Nagendra Prasad R. | INGENIOUS, DEVILISHLY HARD AND MIND BOGGLING. WONDER HOW MUCH TIME HAS GONE INTO CONSTRUCTING THIS CROSSWORD. |
| Narayana Swamy D | Wonderful construction of grid, clues and thematics |
| Prakash Arumugam | Another gem from Bingo. Very clever clues offering a lot of Aha moments for the solver. |
| Rathnakumar V | Another classic from BINGO. Very interesting , keep coming often |
| Sandhya Paruchuri | Entertaining brain-teaser! |
| Supriya Mithal | Challenging and enjoyable ,loved the theme as well. Sheer genius to have so many extras in the grid ,along with some fantastic clues. The only issue with a grid like this is there are a few uncommon words ,which made it tougher to solve. Could not annotate 19D,36D |
| Veera Raghavan | Brilliant structuring with well crafted clues. This is my first completed puzzle by Bingo as well as my first barred grid. Good fodder for the brain |
| Venkatesan P. | Fantastic puzzle. Great job. |
| Venkatraghavan S | Superb as usual from THE MASTER |
| Al Sanders | Very nice theme, quite the challenge! |
| Ashit Hegde | Another brilliant puzzle from Bingo . His puzzles are getting a bit easier though (or I am getting better). Only minor quibble is that for some of the clues the definition wasn’t cryptic enough and answer could be guessed from definition itself (Dhobi for e.g) . Took the fun out of solving the cryptic clue. |
| Koteswar Rao | Nothing to say when it is Bingo. Great amusement. |
| Madhusudan H | Out of words, brilliant puzzle and a thorough joy to solve. Exercised every cell of the brain. Learnt new words and concepts, as always. |
| Max Jackson | A nice more difficult barred puzzle. I managed to find the story online fortunately. |
| Narayanan R | wonder how much effort the setter would have put in. Amazing. |
| Ramki Krishnan | Easier than Bingo’s usual puzzles. Quite a few aha moments when discovering the letter to be dropped. The bonus theme was luckily from my favourite author, so had no problems with that! |
| Sohil Bhagat | Great puzzle, as is usual from Bingo. The clueing was quite tricky at times and I found myself arriving at the answer first from the definition and the identified missing letter and then struggling with the parsing. Unable to parse 12A even now! Loved the challenge though – and would be up for more such tricky puzzles in the future |
| Sparsh Sinha | A mind boggler this one. Wordplays to some were very difficult to anno. Hopefully all correct |
| Samit Kallianpur | Good one with a nice theme! |
| Steve Gunter | I am not going to guess at 12-across and 42-across. These words and letter patterns do not appear my dictionaries. Otherwise, a very challenging and enjoyable puzzle. |
| Tejas Siddharth | Tough one but challenging as usual |
| Aashwina Mouli | Challenging one ! Good mind workout |
| Ramesh Swaminathan | Brilliant setting. A very unique style. A combination of many not oft used words in grid entry, devious word play and hard to detect definitions made it very challenging. The extra letter dropping too. Some surfaces appear forced though. Not sure if am equal to the task. Could solve many entries only by definition and crossing letters. Real brain teaser! This will separate “men from the boys”(like me). |