Sunday 20 December 2020

Special, Sunday 20 Dec 2020, Libran


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

(COMMENTS ENTERED WITH LESS THAN THREE ANSWERS/ANNOTATIONS WILL BE DELTED WITHOUT NOTICE, UNLESS THE COMMENTER SPECIFIES THAT IT IS A COMPENSATION FOR A REPEAT)


Enjoy.

48 comments:

  1. 1A: WINDSOR...IN,WORDS*
    4D: OSCULATOR...OSCAR,LOUT*
    24A: STOMATE...MAT,TOES*

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  2. 24a: STOMATE {MAT+TOES}*
    9A: STAUNCH {ST}{(-L)AUNCH}
    10A: LAMBETH {THELMA+B}*

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  3. 12ac DOWNPLAYED: undervalued
    (Dew pond lay)*
    13ac LEAP: jump

    LE: french AP: state
    26ac FEMALE: women
    FE: iron MALE: men


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  4. REPLACEMENT FOR REPEAT
    12A: DOWNPLAYED {DEW+POND+LAY}*

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  5. 10A- Lambeth- Palace- {LAM(B)ETH}*- Anagram of Thelma takes B
    13A- Leap-Jump-(LE)(AP)
    17A- Balmoral- castle- (RAMBO ALL)*

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    1. Glad seniors like you participating. Thanks

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    2. Seniority is by solving ability and so I am still not in that list!
      Thank you for the nice puzzle including a few palaces.

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  6. 26ac correction
    FEMALES: women
    FE: iron MALES:men

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  7. REPLACEMENT FOR 12A:
    3D: DIURNAL {LUNAR+(-T)ID(-E)|*

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  8. 2D INTRO (&lit)
    3D DIURNAL (LUNAR tIDe - te )*
    18D MIMAMSA IMAMS in MA

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  9. 22A BUCKINGHAM CUB< KING H(A)M
    14D EPAULETTE E(PA)U LETTE(-r)
    19D TI(L)DE

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  10. 8 dn Extradite-supplementary-extra+diet*.
    25 ac Osborne-Robes on*.
    9 a staunch St+(-l)aunch.

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  11. 20d. Solvent made by mixing lithium, iron and a little gold (7) LIGROIN (LI + IRON + G)*
    11d. Slim college boys about to study old customs and signs (9) SYMBOLICS (SLIM + C + BOYS)*
    14a. English film back in style (5) ECLAT E + TALC <---

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  13. 5a marquee Ram reversed+queue(coulmn) leaving U one of Us
    7d qabalah q=queen +a +ba(sailor reversed) +LA (state) +h(house)
    9d Award a +ward(room)

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  14. Replacement for 3D
    16D EXTRINSIC (cistern + XI )*

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  15. 16dn : EXTRINSIC (CISTERN XII)*
    23dn : ARNIE Easy Short name.
    27ac : SCUNNER (SURE NN c)*

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  16. 16D EXTRINSIC: outside; (CISTERN+XI)*
    27A SCUNNER; dislike; (SURE+CNN)*
    22D BETHE; Nobel prize winner; (BET)(HE)

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  17. 15 & 21 Ac remaining as I find

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    1. Nice puzzle. I liked 19ac, 26ac and 7dn. Enjoyed solving. Thank you Libran

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  18. 15 A - BLENHEIM - (Sprightly) NIMBLE running around HE(MA)
    14 D - EPAULETTE - EU around old man PA, with incomplete LETTER (Message)

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  19. Ortho Paul.. still stuck with 21ac!

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    1. Needed an expert. Thank you Sir for the climax

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    2. Not able to follow. Would you please explain?

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    3. Unknown:Y
      Mistress:Leman -an

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    4. Sorry. YLNM. On googling I find it is abbreviatio for 'Yes to live and no to mining. But still I don't get the connection to antique. Are these peope antique since they resist change?

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    6. Ylem is primordial (antique) matter(stuff) - refer Wikipedia

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    7. Thank you. Though I have read a little about Big bang theory, I have not come across the term. Learned something new and interesting today.

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  20. Nice and challenging! Thank you D N M Rao Garu.

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  21. Back home at Bangalore after a month at Coimbatore. Thanks for the special Madhusudan

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    1. Thank you Sir. I am happy that my CWd has been received well by the bloggers.

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