Sunday, 3 January 2021

Special, Sunday 03 Jan 2021, IXL-2020 Final No 1


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48 comments:

  1. 4D GAB ON
    6D ELA <- N
    9A BU (C) (HARE) ST

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  2. 8a PILAF hidden in pupiL AFFectionately
    13a UNFORESEEN anag of none refuse
    27a UNDER THE NOSE (Col or II should know!)

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  3. 8ac pilaf (T)
    26ac Ester. fester-f
    23dn outre. (o(u) (t) re)

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  5. Advisory
    No compensatory answers allowed.
    One attempt with all new answers or with repeats from any already put in by someone else.

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  6. 27A: UNDER ONE'S NOSE (CD)
    13D: UNFORESEEN { NONE+REFUSE}*
    23D: OUTRE {ORE+U+T}*

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  7. 14ac APRONED (padrone)*: covered by protective garment

    16 ac IGNORED: turned a blind eye
    I(one) GORED(stabbed) N( NOON)
    IG(N)ORED

    17ac OUTLET: shop
    Disallowed: OUT permit :(LET

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  8. Correction for 17ac
    OUTLETS: shops
    Permits LETS

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  9. 27A- Under one's nose- DD
    8A- Pilaf-T
    13D- Unforeseen-Astonishing- (None Foreseen)*

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  10. 1A AT LOGGERHEADS AT(LOG)GER*+HEADS
    8d PISCATORIAL O+AIR< inside PLASTIC*
    10d TRENDSETTER T(R)ENDS+(-b)ETTER

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  11. 15D DESPERADO D ESPER* ADO; def: ga...
    18D TREASON = T REASON; def: rebellion
    24D SHOE = SHO(-R)E def: one ... casino

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  12. 2d t(all)ier
    3d (off)s(p)inner def:cricketer
    7d d(well)er<-

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  13. 11AC S[LIPPING]UP
    12AC [-b+G]LUE
    25AC LO+SE[H]E+ART

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    1. Agreed, technically. It should be G+[-b]LUE
      Thanks for pointing out.

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  14. tallier - one who keeps tally - one who keeps couunt (New to me)

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  15. Still to go
    Ac: 19 21 22
    Dn: 5 20

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  16. Question to any visitor
    Today, I, as self-appointed moderator, imposed some restrictions. Thanks to solvers for co-operating with me.
    I entered the solutions in the given grid. I would like to know whether they are seen by others too on their respective machines.
    It depends on cookies, I believe.

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    1. Hi CV Sir, having a blank grid is anyway better for solvers who wish to crack the entire crossword.

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    2. Yes, that's exactly why I asked the question. I didn't want a partially filled in grid to be available to others. My filling it enabled me to keep track of slots still available.

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  17. Sir, I, for one, had only a blank grid. I think it will be the same for others also.

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    1. Thanks. So I had thought. Just wanted to be sure.

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  18. 5d RECLUSIVE; isolated; {Room} {E{Covid}LUSIVE}
    24d SHOE; one seen in casino; SHOrE
    19a EMOTIVE; controversial; {chinesE}{MO{sTIrVE}

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  19. 20D Ideates.. Conceives
    I+D(sEx)ATES
    21A IDEM (IDE)M.. The same as previously mentioned
    22A DENOUMENT.. Conclusion
    DEN +OU(E MEN)T

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  20. Puzzle completed before the return of Col..
    Thanks to all participants.
    Any comments on clues welcome.
    11a 20d The surface reading causes concern. Young ones need to be cautious.
    Surface reading of 5d is excellent.
    Some such...

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    1. 11A & 20D- Yes CV, but probably ones commonly come across these days!

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  21. My CW is published in 1Across. The link to the same is at the left side of this blog. Please do solve & give feedback. TIA 🙂

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    1. Nice and enjoyable one. Someone should have cross Checked the continent.

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    2. Enjoyed solving. Thanks LV.

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    3. Thanks for solving Sree Sree, Paddy sir :)

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  22. Catch the train before LV leaves the platform.

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  23. We call it Pulav,but hpw did the English version become Pilaf?

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  24. Enjoyed 3D. Though I filled in after getting 'off',it took a while to parse wrong 'un. Coming as it does with cricketer one's thinking goes towards googly and some such. Cratfty!

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  25. CV thanks for monitoring the comments.

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