Sunday, 9 February 2020

Special, Sunday 09 Feb 2020, Doppelganger


Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please submit all your answers in one comment.



ACROSS
1   Function over street expenditure (5)
4   Custody of the French charged item without temporary accommodation (9)
9   Neeson perhaps returned to win a sack of letters (7)
10 Give birth to the short German organ (7)
11 Countryside of a large river not hot on the contrary (5)
13 Switch positions over a tear jerker (5)
15 Setter came yesterday initially frozen (3)
16 Idiot is happy regularly (3)
17 Wonderful small merchandise (5)
19 University writer died causing a great state of confusion (5)
21 Say you ought to sail in this (5)
23 Choose from some lectures … (5)
24 ... they are over a period of time (3)
25 3/8th of the solution is hot stuff (3)
26 Initially a boy at first travelled towards the stern (5)
28 General caught his first parasite (5)
29 Disgusting, revolting emission is eliminated for nothing (7)
31 Football club's magazine (7)
33 Capable part had an alien. Not on! (9)
34 Relative's fashionable act (2-3)

DOWN
1   Acting chary as me but he cannot become a model if … (6-3)
2   Auditory ossicle provides support (7)
3   Initially some old boys blubber (3)
4   Depart after pet is out of sight (5)
5   At last a dime for a small boy ... (3)
6   ... destroyed only love fabric (5)
7   Present and come out with bill (7)
8   Headless exotic Wyvern is jumpy! (5)
12 Walk sanctioned by law (5)
14 Susie's illegitimate child (5)
18 Artist replaces novice at first in open theatrical presentation (5)
19 Peacekeepers tipsy, went back upto the point (5)
20 Passing stroke delivered the coup de grace (9)
22 Devotion to extremes of light music for a change  (7)
24 Immortal headless bird held another (7)
25 Boy in charge of audible sound} (5)
26 A flower sprang up!(5)
27 Extra items had quality (5)
30 Period of time at the brink  (3)
32 Flat runner held by this killer (3)

Across Lite version can be accessed at DOPPELGANGER 27

Enjoy.

41 comments:

  1. Answers are leaked in Down clues

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  2. 18D OPE (-n + RA) RA
    14D ISSUE*
    12D LEG IT

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  3. 24A: ERA {ARE<--}
    24D: ETERNAL {TERN} IN {(-T)EAL}
    28A: LEECH {LEE}{C}{H}

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    1. Since I read the clues in Across Lite version, did not notice the revealed answers from 22d onwards.
      My replacement for 24d (revealed)
      8d: NERVY {{-W)YVERN}*

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  4. 1 down: CAMERA SHY-- anagram of CHARY AS ME- a model cannot be camera shy

    1 across COSTS -sign+ COS + Street ST ( rev)

    12 across_ LEGIT = walk__short form of Legitimate= sanctioned by law

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  5. 1A- Costs- CO(ST)S
    2D- Stirrup- Support (for a rider) is a bone in inner ear
    3D- SOB- Initial letters of Some Old Boys

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  6. Eraly enough to give all 3 in one go,but not early enough to beat Ram!

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  7. making up for LEGIT already done by Ram.

    8down NERVY= JUMPY. (-W)YVERN- anagram

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  8. 31a: ARSENAL (double definition)
    8d: NERVY (-wYVERN*)

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  9. 9AC - Mailbag Neeson perhaps is Liam << to win is bag
    10Ac - Deliver Der - a + liver
    15AC - ICY I (setter) Came Yesterday

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    1. Sorry 10AC anno is incorrect. Der - r + liver

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    1. def is implied in "cannot become a model if...". Nice clue

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  11. 26ac abaft a b(oy)a(t)f(irst)
    t(ravelled)
    25ac sol(ution)
    8dn nervy (wyvern-w)*

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  12. 20D DEATH+BLOW

    19D UNTIL UN + LIT <--

    23A ELECT (T)

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  13. Just the fare for a Sunday morning . Thanks , Doppelganger. You must have been also in an easy mood/mode.

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  14. 27d...TRAIT ----> [T]
    32D....SKI ----->[T]
    14D... Susie's illegitimate child (SUSIES*) = ISSUES

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    1. 34A....IN-LAW k(IN- ; ACT = LAW) COL.SIR....answers are revealed in down...so taking a replacement for 32 & 27.
      15a.. Setter (I) (C)ame (Y)esterday - ICY ...Acrostic

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  15. Solver friendly from Doppelganger! Thank you Col.

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  16. 4a Detention {de}{tent}{ion}
    4d Doggo {Dog}{GO}
    13a Onion {on}{I}{on}

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  17. ,4ac
    French DE
    Temporary accommodation: TENT
    Charged item: ION
    DETENTION: custody

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  18. 7dn
    Present: IN
    Come out: VOICE
    INVOICE : bill

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  19. 6d : NYLON {ONLY+O}*
    25d :SONIC {SON}{I C}
    26d: AROSE {A}{ROSE}

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    1. You are right MB it's an error it should have been
      "... destroyed only new fabric"

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  20. 11A RURAL - A L <RU(-h)R< (guess on the contrary indicates moving the RU(h)R to the front of AL)
    16A SAP (I)S(h)A(p)P(y)
    29A NOISOME, {EM[-is+O]SION}<<

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  21. 33ac
    Part: COMP(on)ENT: not on gives
    COMPENT
    Alien: ET
    COMPENT had ET
    COMPETENT: capable

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  22. Yet to be solved
    Across - 17, 19, 21, 34
    Down - 5, 22, 30

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  23. 22d Devotion to extremes of light music for a change (7)
    Cultism meaning devotion
    Take l and t ( extremes of LighT) and music and anagram (for a change)

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  24. 21a Say you ought to sail in this (5)
    Yacht If you have a Yacht you might well sail in it
    Homophone of you ought

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  25. 19a University writer died causing a great state of confusion (5)
    Upend meaning causing a great amount of confusion
    Simple charade of U for University, Pen writer and D died.

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  26. One more from me in place of Cultism
    5d At last a dime for a small boy ... (3)
    Tad a small boy
    T from the last letter of aT( at last)
    a is a
    d is dime.

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  27. extremely well srinidhi..the way you present the anno..

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  28. 30Dn EVE - (DD) time at the threshold(brink)

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  29. That completes the grid. Thank you everyone

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