Sunday, 8 November 2020

Special, Sunday 08 Nov 2020, Veeyares

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
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ACROSS
1   Hopes at home for initially achieving motivations (12)
10 Agents sacking man accepting wrong order for fans (7)
11 Channels in wrong use after State going back, dismissing attorney (7)
12 Extra insurance covers coaches (6)
13 The French house in a church, a blooming family (8)
15 Can English not fully organise sanitising? (9)
16 Establishment vacated after a month maybe for the G8 (5)
17 Solicit fling with loveless youngster (5)
19 Faulty starter removed without force producing results (9)
22 Promotors cry over locking ravaged store (8)
24 A king perhaps less overwhelming pleases (6)
26  Romantic in a pout somehow (7)
27 Ask attender about missing diamonds (7)
28 All right to have reorganised Science Department initially affiliated (3, 2, 1, 6)

DOWN
2   Another new one had just delivered (7)
3   Publicity agency getting direction, prepared condition leading up to confinement (9)
4   Stop the balance (4)
5   Ingrate running away? (7, 3)
6   Love another game in closing (5)
7   Bolt despatched without first speaking to Scholar (7)
8   Uncover black tankard; its content primarily is of milk (6)
9   Proclaim when King enters assemblage (6)
14 Discharge makes rebels (10)
16 Kissed, had clouds floating all around (9)
17 Initially list all buildings on use regularly for workmen (6)
18 Abandon due to blast not working (4, 3)
20 Writing aid has no opening to attach fully (7)
21 Dubiously stare at unknown substitute (6)
23 Change game involving not fully knowledgeable (5)
25 Blade mostly thin with fine edge (4)

Enjoy.

43 comments:

  1. 25D LEA(-N) F
    27A ENTREAT (Attender-d)*
    28A FIT AS A FIDDLE (affliated+s+d)*

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  2. 6D: OMEGA {O}{GAME*}
    8D: LACTIC {(-B)LAC(-K)}{T..}{I..}{C..}
    15A: CLEANSING {CAN+ENGLIS(-H)}*

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  3. 10a : ADORERS ORDER* in AgentS
    12a : TRAINS(T)
    08d.: LACTIC I-ts C-ontent in -bLAC-k

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  4. 21d ERSATZ: substitute
    Ersat( dubiously stare) z( unknown

    17d LABOUR: workmen
    Acrostic

    16d: OSCULATED: kissed
    Had: ate
    (Clouds)*: osculd around ate
    Oscul(ate)d

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  5. 26A Anagram of (in a pout) UTOPIAN
    28A Anagaram of ( S D affliated) FIT AS A FIDDLE SD initial letters of science department
    12A ExTRA INSurance - Hidden - TRAINS

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  6. Promoter is one thing. Promotor is another. Anyone pl. check if the sp used in a clue above is correct in the given context.

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    1. I did not know if there is a word spelt promotor. And if so, what it means

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  7. 11A AVENUES
    NEVA(-da)<+USE*
    13A: VITACEAE
    VIT(A)(CE)AE
    14D FIRE BRAND

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    1. 13a multiple answers? L(in a ce a)e

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    2. I think it is LINACEAE as VITAE doesn't anno

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  8. 2d..NEONATE....neo..new (on)e are...had
    17d.LABOUR..acrostic & lit
    26ac..UTOPIAN..in a pout*

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  9. Lovely puzzle! Thanks for the entertainment, Veeyares

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  10. 22ac..BOLSTERS ..SOB in reverse around Store*
    Instead of 17d

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  11. 1A Inspirations=motivations
    In(at home) and (a)Spirations
    Is there a missing deletion indicator?
    3D Pregnancy=condition leading up to confinement
    N inside PR and Agency*
    7d Student=scholar(?)
    Stud +(s)Ent

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    1. For = in place of. Relook for deletion

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    2. Veeyares here. For is the replacement indicator.
      I am suddenly unable to comment as a blogger

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  12. 19ac EFFECTIVE..(d)ef(f)active
    Instead of 26ac

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  13. 9d ASSERT; proclaim; {AS}{SE{R}T}
    20d INKWELL; writing aid; {lINK}WELL}

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  14. 16A OCT ET (from establishment vacaed)
    17A LOB BY (Boy-o)
    24A SLAKES (LESS* around A K)

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  15. Entertaining Sunday fare! Thanks Veeyaares.

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  16. To be solved
    Across - 22
    Down - 5, 18

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  17. 5D TEARING OFF = running away (RA) of (ingrate)*

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  18. 18D- Blow out- DD- Abandon/ Blast not working
    22A- Boosters- Promoters
    BO(OSTER)*S
    But Bos=Cry?

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  19. Should it be Boos? Then we miss an O.
    Am I missing something?
    I ventured since it is the last one in and I am late.

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  20. Enjoyed solving; a nice puzzle

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  21. Thanks to all participants. Thank you Colonel for hosting the CW. Thanks to Dr.Satyen for his help in formatting the grid

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    1. Welcome. Raghavan. Now that I am using the exolve software there is no requirement of formatting the grid in Crossword Compiler or AcrossLite. You can send me the text file with the clues and an image of the blank grid

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    2. Thank you Col. Will do so henceforth

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  22. May I expect an answer to my specific question above. Is promotor an alt sp of promoter? If yes, is the meaning the same or different?

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    1. promoter
      /prəˈməʊtə/
      Noun
      noun: promoter; plural noun: promoters; noun: promotor; plural noun: promotors

      in the sense catalyst. More like Alt word from Latin.

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  23. Promote means boost. So promoter is booster. Promotor is one who floats a scheme or project.

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  24. Thanks. I am away from home and home library. Will check myself later when I get back from Selaiyur.

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