Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Anokha's Crossword Puzzle No. 04, Wednesday, May 13, 2009


Across

1 Reportedly two of these needed to kiss flowers (6)
4 Radicals involved in 14ac (8)
9 Removers starting without note (6)
10 Building fine inns for Irish party (4,4)
11 Discoverer lost and found head in a bubble (6)
12 Rigged door bell in a house (8)
13 Vocal high-five, infectious (3)
14 Polish 'Das Kapital'? (6)
17 Examining unknown colouring (1-6)
21 Ma has bone disorder (6)
25 Can Mandela party? (3)
26 A ham coming back with Indian princess (8)
27 Meal for a Royal bunch (6)
28 Immortal Indian man sick with love in US city (8)
29 Becomes one with i-tunes (6)
30 Complaints sent with mail (8)
31 Intimidate with love, crazy! (6)

Down
1 Warmonger after Kitty for a weapon (8)
2 Is he or she one of them needed to kiss in 1ac? (8)
3 Spanish article replaced by weapon in a plane (8)
5 Russian doctor admitted by return visa (6)
6 Unknown girl at Delhi university, an idyllic place? (6)
7 Stinky sly elm (6)
8 Guns do kill star dog turning both ways (3,3)
12 Brainy one prepared Indian dish for 26 ac (7)
15 Whiskey, Rum, Yorsh - dry, initially (3)
16 Artificial intelligence returned from evidence in trial of Diana (3)
18 Gravity draws woman's undergarments (1-7)
19 Twitch after ring related to sound (8)
20 4ac displaying exaggerated masculinity (8)
22 Ride for 26ac or lion's lunch, maybe (6)
23 Human Resources in tall bondage (6)
24 Diamond used with 15dn to cool (3,3)
25 Sock joint bone (6)

12 comments:

Chaturvasi said...
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Chaturvasi said...

Sorry, Anokha.
I put in some answers but removed them later so they may not act as spoilers.

CT said...

26 across - Maharani
29 across- unites
7 down- smelly
15 down- wry
12 down - biriany

Deepak Gopinath said...

ACROSS
1 TULIPS
4 MARXISTS
9 MOVERS
10 SINN FEIN
12 BORDELLO
13 HIV
14 WARSAW ?
17 X-RAYING
21 ASTHMA ?
25 ANC
26 MAHARANI
28 AMARILLO
29 UNITES
30 AILMENTS

DOWN
2 LOVELORN ?
5 ASIMOV
6 XANADU
7 SMELLY
8 SUN GOD ?
12 BIRYANI
15 WRY
16 DNA
18 G-STRINGS
23 THRALL
24 DRY ICE
25 ANKLET ?

Nimish V Adani said...

tulips, marxists, movers, sinn fein, hubble, bordello, hiv, warsaw, xraying, asthma, anc, maharani, brunch, amarillo, unites, ailments, psycho

tomahawk, lovebird, parallax, asimov, xanadu, smelly, sun god, biryani, wry, dna, g-strings, phonetic, machismo, impala, thrall, dry ice, anklet

Nimish V Adani said...
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Nimish V Adani said...

a majority of your clues are not proper... to improve ur clue-setting, do read the art of the crossword by ximenes... you could borrow it from me if you are in bombay... or join the headbanger's den group over on facebook... i have put in the key aspects from most chapters on the group.

anokha said...

Thanks everyone & Welcome CT!

anokha said...

Hi Nimish,

Unfortunately, I'm neither in Bombay nor on Facebook but I'm in the process of getting hold of Mr. Macnutt's masterpiece.

Your feedback is exactly what I'm looking for here being just 3 xwords old. I would really appreciate it if you could show by example the improprieties in a clue. I understand that this may involve some effort on your part but I would be really really delighted.

I am already learning a lot in this creative pursuit and being self-critical. For example, I missed the def in 3dn!

In fact, this has given me a nice idea - invite people to rewrite the clues in a better way. I will write more about this in the main section.

BTW, where have you been hiding all this time??????

anokha said...

No problem, Vasi Sir! Needless to say but I'm just honored by your presence!

Nimish V Adani said...

Sure will redo some clues which I think need reworking. BTW, I haven't been clued in to solving much and haven't been on the circuit thanks to a few other pursuits. But getting back again.

anokha said...

Thanks, Nimish - appreciate it!