Crossword conducted during NITTFest '17 - the annual inter-departmental fest of NIT Trichy.

1. Count Dokku, JalRAMax, Say “Hm”, eKanS, 11-6, Zara, feat. 3D
and Sibi :

2.  4 dries of 9 clues each, 2 themes, and 1 grid
round.
 Pounce / bounce format.
 + 10 / – 10 on pounce. + 10 / 0 on bounce.
 Have fun solving!

3.  Overthrow the French duo (6)

5.  Coup + le

6.  Endless dark hours approaching (4)

8.  night - t

9.  Record of a Joker (6)

11.  DD

12.  Dog on dog by curb? (7)

14.  Cur + tail (on dog = tail)

15.  Tired from suspicious intake of drug (5)

17.  E  (wary)

18.  Beautiful girl, extremely loving (9)

20.  gl + amorous

21.  Perfections of plan: it is shrouded in fibs (9)

23.  idea + it  (lies).

24.  Hurriedly tape around edges of crack baggie
(6)

26.  ck  (tape)*

27.  Bad sense takes setter to a monster (6)

29.  (sense)* + i

31.  There are 6 themed clues in the following slides.
 Definitions are not provided, except in one case.
 3 minutes for filling in your answers.
 + 5 for each correct answer. + 5 if you get all
correct.
 No negatives.

32. 1. Criminal agent has eastern support (7)
2. Clue about identification (6)
3. News about Greek associate (8)
4. Treacherous Mr. Fate (6)
5. Count Chiller (6)
6. Fifty at clinic (1'8)

34.  Criminal agent has eastern support (7)

35.  Al + g + e + bra

36.  Clue about identification (6)

37.  (Clue)* + ID

38.  News about Greek associate (8)

39.  (Intel)  (gr + a)

40.  Treacherous Mr. Fate (6)

41.  (Mr. Fate)*

42.  Count Chiller (6)

43.  DD

44.  Fifty at clinic (1'8)

45.  L + hospital

47.  Cast away a colour (6)

49.  DD

50.  Fraud journeys along curves (8)

52.  con + tours

53.  Salesman essentially explains concrete
substitute (11)

55.  rep + la + cement

56.  Power to advocate? (8)

58.  DD

59.  Shoes for furtive people? (8)

61.  CD

62.  Anticipate talk to clear out the lungs (11)

64.  expect + orate

65.  New image has new mystery (6)

67.  (image)* + n

68.  Journeys back with setter for alcohol (6)

70.  trips  + i

71.  Extremely gay fantasy about anal with tip of
dick inside a wizard (7)

73.  G(an(d)al)F

75.  A series of clues is given without enum.
 All clues are kosher, containing both
wordplay and def.
 All the answers form a valid addagram set,
starting from a three-letter word.
 Addagrams are sets of words where, to a word, a
letter is added and anagramming is done to
obtain the next word in the set.

76.  1. Check out partners for compound.
 2. Most recent rent disbursed by the German
good guy.
 3. Primarily name, espousal ended.
 4. Citizen beheads leader.
 5. Doom of French prong.
 6. Need ravished vale.
 7. Study points with setter for contests.
 8. Discourage traveling in mist with fatalist.
 9. Losses mistook compound interest,
discounting coupon.

77.  1. Canvas is oddly spatial
 2. Insides of English paths.
 3. Mollusc missing input/output liaison at sea.
 4. Details of primary care about teeth work on
setter.
 5. Principal setter in transaction of holy book.
 6. Lay to rest student experts at Locks.
 7.This visitor destroyed clarinets.
 8. Afflict bloody Ali.
 9. A son with claim of strangers.

79.  1. DIENE (5)
 2.TRENDIEST (9)
 3. NEE (3)
 4. RESIDENT (8)
 5. DESTINE (7)
 6. DENE (4)
 7. DENIES (6)
 8. DETERMINIST (11)
 9. DETRIMENTS (10)

80.  1. SAIL (4)
 2. ENTRAILS (8)
 3. SNAIL (5)
 4. CREDENTIALS (11)
 5. SALIENT (7)
 6. INTERLACES (10)
 7. LARCENIST (9)
 8. AIL (3)
 9. ALIENS (6)

82.  This doctor gives head to headless man-eater
(8)

84.  h + cannibal – c

85.  Criticise about oriental survivor (6)

87.  (E + liver )

88.  Transition Indian currency into new model, as
per norm (10)

90.  Transition = Conversion and then 'rs' replaced
with 'nt‘.

91.  Last in on train to a movie (4,2,11)

93.  RA – (last in on train)*

94.  It's upright before tonic is digested (8)

96.  ere + (tonic)*

97.  Cut head of slimy bugs (5)

99.  S + lice

100.  Alone, a mole enters, peeps slyly, leaves
silently (8)

102.  (a rat)  (peeps - p)*

103.  He transforms the French area (7)

105.  La + place

106.  Contemporary poetry's terrible! (7)

110.  Wine where there's water (4)

112.  DD

113.  What a lawyer might do when he has too
much luggage (4,3,4)

115.  CD

116.  Say, story is revealing (8)

118.  Tell + tale

119.  Tea leaves are wanted badly for stroll (6)

121.  (are wanted - tea)*

122.  Watching closely, lead performer is no good,
initially (7)

124.  star + ing

125.  Mischievous child with fucked up roots is a
cheat (8)

127.  imp + (roots)*

128.  System for aid with some communication (8)

130.  Pro + tool  c

131.  Assembling 76 to 80, for example (8,2)

133.  DD

134.  Go sod with punctured blow-up doll perhaps
(7,5)

136.  RA – (Go sod)*