Friday, 15 January 2021

Special, Friday 15 Jan 2021, IXL-2020 Prelim No 1


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  1. P. Venkatesan15 January 2021 at 07:10

    13a: ECHELONS {CLONES+HE}*
    15A: COURAGE {CU~}{AG~}
    1A: BUFF (DD)

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    1. AJ15 January 2021 at 07:52

      Sir, please check 15a for enu.

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    2. P. Venkatesan15 January 2021 at 08:03

      Yes AJ. I did not check Enum initially and applied homophone in a different way but later realised my mistake on filling the grid. Vasant has solved it correctly

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  2. P. Venkatesan15 January 2021 at 07:12

    15: {CU~}{OR~}{AG~}

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    1. P. Venkatesan15 January 2021 at 07:55

      15a - Enum is 6. Seems I am wrong. Not attempting replacement.

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  3. AJ15 January 2021 at 07:40

    25a OBSESS OVER: be preoccupied with
    (Boss ever so)*
    4dn RESONANT: causing echo
    R(ESON(turn nose up))ANT:
    Rant: angry tirade
    20dn STUDIO: artist’s workplace
    Stud(virile man) i(I) o(love)

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  4. Padmanabhan15 January 2021 at 07:48

    15A-Echelons- Ranks- (Clones he)*
    26A- Axis- WW II alliance- A (SIX)=<
    22D- Index- I(End=<)X- A section of book

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  5. Vasant15 January 2021 at 07:52

    6d I CAN DREAM CANT I
    MARINA ACCIDENT*
    7d INCUBATES IN CUBA SET reversed
    15d METTLE ~METAL

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  6. Suresh M S15 January 2021 at 07:56

    20D STUDIO = artists work place (STUD, virile man + I + O love)
    6D I CAN DREAM CANT I = let me have my fantasy ( MARINE ACCIDENT, anagram)

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  7. Balaji15 January 2021 at 07:58

    4D. Turn up nose amid angry tirade causing an ECHO. RESONANT. {R{nose<=}ant}
    17D. Salt infiltrates exposed MARINE CRUSTACEAN. BARNACLE. {Bar{Na Cl}e}
    22D. SECTION OF BOOK IX includes loose end. INDEX
    {I{end}*x}

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  8. D N M Rao15 January 2021 at 08:08

    2Dn FATWA - {FAT}{WA}
    24AcCITADEL - {CIT{AD}EL}
    22Dn INDEX - {I{END*}{X}}

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  9. Balaji15 January 2021 at 08:09

    Replacements for 4d and 22d.
    11A. WEAK young elephant recalled police agency. FLACCID. {Calf<=}{cid}
    24A. Mention about endorsement by head of Large FORTRESS. CITADEL. {CIT{AD}E}{l}

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  10. Superbabu15 January 2021 at 08:10

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  11. Balaji15 January 2021 at 08:12

    Replacement for 24a

    8D. Second unproductive MOVE LATERALLY. SIDLE. {S}{idle}

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  12. D N M Rao15 January 2021 at 08:15

    22Dn replacement
    17Dn BARNACLE - {BA{NaCl}RE}

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  13. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 January 2021 at 08:36

    3AC PRIOR[IT]IES
    21AC DISCO+N[TINU<]ATION dance venue=disco; one=unit; state=nation
    5DN OXFORD telescopic

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  14. Superbabu15 January 2021 at 08:38

    12ac. That's incredible - I'm amazed
    T- Trents first
    Hats - boaters
    Inc - incorporated
    R - rice
    Edible - fit to eat

    9 dn. Whistle Blowers - Informants
    W - Ultimately kne'w'
    His - the man's
    Tleb- belt rises
    Lowers - drops down

    3 ac. Priorities - most important things
    It - Italian within Priories - monastries

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  15. Padmanabhan15 January 2021 at 08:39

    Replacement for Echelons-
    12A- That's incredible- I'm amazed
    Trent's first- T
    Boaters possibly- Hats
    Fit to eat- Edible
    T HATS INC R EDIBLE
    Yes,it is!
    Incorporated- Inc
    Bit of rice- R

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  16. Orthopaul15 January 2021 at 08:48

    Ortho Paul
    5d OXFORD..T
    I7d.BARNACLE...DD
    11ac. FLACCID..calf in reverse + CID

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  17. sree_sree15 January 2021 at 09:00

    23a AN(I see)D
    19a MAR MOS(E)T
    1d BA (byte)(E) TH

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  18. Shalini15 January 2021 at 09:11

    18A HEREBY spoonerism of Beer High
    5D OXFORD Hidden inside bOX FOR Dancer's

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  19. Ramani15 January 2021 at 09:17

    14d A RD'S HIPS after H (HARDSHIPS)
    21D DRAC O <-
    18D HEREBY gets you beer high spoonerism

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  20. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 January 2021 at 09:22

    5dn : OXFORD (T)
    11ac : FLACCID (CALF<<)(CID)
    19ac : MARMOSET (MAR)(MOS(E)T)

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  21. Col_Gopinath15 January 2021 at 09:26

    Last one to be solved 16D

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  22. Remy15 January 2021 at 09:36

    16 d pentangles-P.Entangles.

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  23. Deepak Gopinath15 January 2021 at 09:45

    That completes the Grid

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  24. Vasant15 January 2021 at 19:18

    Fantastic puzzle. The long ones were delectably clued. Thanks to the setter.

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  25. Anonymous15 January 2021 at 21:42

    Sir - is this grid supposed to point out if u have an error?
    I think i got all correct after checking the comments.
    But just for clarification - since i normally solve pen & paper only.

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    1. Vasant15 January 2021 at 22:16

      The grid always take you to the correct solution .
      I think IXL 2020 had the best puzzles, carefully chosen from the best setters across the globe..India, Australia and Canada..the clues were carefully whetted and what we had was one of the puzzling seasons of all time..credit to the organising team, Colonel and Satyan Nabar

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    2. Vasant15 January 2021 at 22:19

      I forgot America

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    3. Vasant15 January 2021 at 22:23

      One of the best puzzling seasons

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    4. sree_sree15 January 2021 at 22:53

      Na. Probably she meant like the IA version of THC, today's one also would throw up any errors.(so one can correct).


      It doesn't.

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    5. Chaturvasi16 January 2021 at 07:11

      Viresh Ratnakar's sw has the facility to check this/check all answers but the Col has disabled those buttons here.

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  26. Anonymous16 January 2021 at 08:16

    Yes. What i meant was if i would know my answers r wrong - like in the IA version. Thanx for pointing out otherwise.
    As already mentioned - i already went thru the comments. I guess i got all correct. 😊

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  27. Anonymous16 January 2021 at 08:20

    Thanx Vasant - for letting me know how good & professional these puzzles r. I am still a novice whose only achievement is cracking all the THCs - in hard copy.
    Only now - on some days, like today, i am venturing into outside territory.
    Hence the obvious trepidation & qs.

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