Sunday, 21 June 2020

Special, Sunday 21 Jun 2020, Novice

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

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ACROSS
1   Member in front opening a way to get out (3,6,6)
9   Boundary or out he must verify without under hand beginnings (9)
10 Leg side stroke taking off top edge to pierce (5)
11 Apply or ask to follow on (7)
12 Number five to look intently around fast (6)
15 Substitute gold cross airily? (9)
17 Ad placed on and next odd location in unit misses a point of inspection (5)
18 A title not applicable and an old coin (5)
20 Revolutionary to be around new term (9)
22 Brief tweet announcing retirement! Without addition (2,4)
23 Way to punish this setter, for wrong clue! (4,3)
26 Required run rate is one, share without  tail (5)
27 Elevation in batting order for one cat to go up charged (9)
28 Desperate we sell late, burst investment sing in grief (4,6,5)

DOWN
1   Announces no use can be made of unpredictable person (5,6)
2   E-tag appropriately set for ageless comical character (7)
3   Stumble on operations research a mistake (5)
4   Protective shield for area to hatch with hesitation following duck (5,5)
5   Takes each task oddly (4)
6   Like a debutant perhaps, a tease (3,2,4)
7   Close relatives on fear we hear (7)
8   Draw a connection (3)
13 Holding chaps in properties surrounding bar for records (1-10)
14 Costly manoeuvre left is out of range for diagnostic tool (10)
16 American delivery on debts is strenuous (9)
19 Two strips joined to say farewell reportedly with model during dinner (7)
21 Perhaps the way a Japanese poet proposes! (2,5)
24 A round of the globe takes sex appeal away (2,3)
25 Kept as reserve lost energy to fight (4)
26 Like a debutant starts ready and willing (3)

Across Lite version can be accessed at NOVICE 5

Enjoy.

68 comments:

  1. 3D- Error- ERR OR- Def. mistake
    10A- Lance- Pierce- Glance- G
    7D- Kindred- Kin dred(`dread)

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  2. 26d R A W (ACROSTIC)
    16D LABOR IOUS
    1A LEG BEFORE WICKET

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  3. 26dn
    RAW : debutant (acrostic)

    16dn: LABORIOUS: strenuous
    Labor ( American delivery: labour- u) ious (debts)

    3dn
    ERROR: mistake
    Err( stumble on) or(operations research)

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  4. 12a> STARVE= fast. STARE + V for five

    5 a> EATS . Takes . odd letters from each task

    8d. TIE= connection or tie =draw

    8d>

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  5. 3d TIE Acrostic
    19d BIMETAL BI~Bye ME(T)AL
    18a NABOB NA BOB. NA =NOT AAPLICALE

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  6. Instead of 3dn a repetition
    27ac
    PROMOTION: elevation
    For: PRO cat t(Tom)go
    Charged: ion
    up MOT

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    1. isnt there an extra I (one cat=itom) here. "for a cat" would have been better,imo.

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    2. Isn't charged just ON?
      For ion it has to be a charged particle.

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    3. Correction for 27ac
      For: PRO
      one cat going up is itom going up
      That is MOTI
      Charged : ON
      PRO MOTI ON
      Thank you Mr. Padmanabhan

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  7. 26A RATIO ( RATION- N)
    5D EATS ( Odd letters)
    6D ILL AT EASE

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    1. Thanks Mickey for solving. Anno for 6D please?

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  8. 8d: TIE (DD)
    5D: EATS {EA}{TaSk}
    13D: E-STATEMENTS {ESTATE{MEN}{T}S}

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  9. Replacements:
    25D: SPAR {SPAR(-E)}
    18A: NABOB {NA}{BOB}

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  10. 22ac
    NO MORE: retired straight meaning

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  11. 22ac
    NO MORE: without addition, and retired

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  12. The about is in the place of 26 dn a repetition

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  13. replacement for repeat (NABOB)
    20a: EXTREMIST {EX{TERM*}IST}

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  14. 28a WALL STREET BLUES; WE SELL LATE BURST*; assume it should be 'song' ilo 'sing'
    15a AUXILIARY; AU(gold) X(cross) AIRILY*
    14d CYSTOSCOPE; COSTLY-L* + SCOPE(range)

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    1. Yup! Tune in occasionally. Did the SS after ages

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    2. Thanks Bhala for solving. Hope it was worth coming back

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  15. 9Ac OUTERMOST - {{OR OUT (-h)E M(-u)ST}*
    11Ac ENFORCE (DD)
    4Dn OZONE LAYER -{O}{ZONE}{LAY}{ER}

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  16. 2D = GETAFIX {E-TAG}* + FIX(=SET)
    24 D = IN ORB (IN ORBIT - IT)
    1D = LOOSE CANNON {ANNOUNCES-USE}* LOOSE=UNPREDICTABLE

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    1. thanks Argo for solving. 1D is RA as noted by another solver

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    2. Checking again - can you kindly explain the solution of LOOSE CANNON - the CANNON part of it is clear, but the LOOSE part not. What does RA/CA mean ? (sorry for the basic question - am also a novice :-) )

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  17. 1d : LOOSE CANNON (announces - can)* RA/CA
    2d: GETAFIX (e-tag)*+ Fix
    24d: AN ORB (an orbit - it)

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  18. Yet to be solved
    Across - 17, 23
    Down - 21

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  19. thanks Gemini for solving. 11A is done by another solver

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  20. 17A AUDIT A & D placed on and next odd in UNIT-n

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  21. Incorrect. Please mention that you are compensating for a repeat

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  22. That complete the special. Thanks Ramesh

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  23. 2 dn Getafix-etag*+fix-set.
    20 a extremist.Term*exist-
    be.ex(trem)ist.
    15 a Auxiliary-Au+x+airily*

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  24. thanks Ramesh for a nice wake-up (woke up at 1035) coffee side puzzle

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  25. Thank you Ramesh. Bar is going up slightly.

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  26. NOVICE: A very refreshing, out of the way set of clues. Enjoyed !Thanks.

    OZONE LAYER, LOOSE CANNON, WALL STREE BLUES )song sung blue ! are very unusual costructions.
    None dare slap you or slam you, Novice

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    1. Thanks for your very encouraging comments

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  27. Came in just now and went through the clues. Well done Ramesh, nice clues.

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