Sunday, 17 January 2021

Special, Sunday 17 Jan 2021, IXL-2020 Prelim No 2


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IXL 2020 Prelim 2

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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ IXL & THCC
Across
1Walk across a desert, by day's end there's inertia (8)
5Begged the top dog be nabbed, jailed (6)
10Top quality beer in return for a cigar (7)
11No car in America has this instrument (7)
12Inclined to get a high over time (5)
13Dead and gone- finally one having pride gets the flower (9)
14Play game with senorita in a French household of three (6,1,5)
18Putin wings across his country, feeling sad? Maybe a shade (8,4)
21A shift midway in port (9)
23Former PM was a moor (5)
24Netherlands- send away after gaining entrance (7)
25Something to eat by noon- lots and lots of it (7)
26Old money will get you wine, about a litre (6)
27True news about a stand in feeder (3-5)
Down
1Criminal trial, with first accused getting the rope (6)
2Animal is not close to the river (6)
3They're given everything to take up and place on supports (9)
4Daily investors get protection from them (8,6)
6It's hard to get an entrance (5)
7Good for free press, or great, did you say? (8)
8Make money wearing clothes, take away allowance (8)
9Make it even, but on clearance it's odd (14)
15A bit sad to land (5,4)
16A father perhaps keeps quiet, as you can see (8)
17Help unpack and carry port wine (8)
19Everyone passes through half open gate, looking sickly (6)
20Tense in pursuit for maiden... (6)
22...for wearing an ephod (5)

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52 comments:

  1. Sandhya17 January 2021 at 10:35

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  2. Jayalakshmi arumugam17 January 2021 at 10:35

    22dn apron (a(pro)n)
    1ac lethargy (le(thar)g) (y)
    16dn apparent a(p(p)arent)

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  3. P. Venkatesan17 January 2021 at 10:38

    11A: OCARINA(T)
    1DD: LARIAT {TRIAL+A}*
    9D: COUNTERBALANCE {BUT+ON+CLEARANCE}*

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  4. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 January 2021 at 10:38

    11 A OCARINA (T)9 Def-instrument)
    18 A PRUSSIAN BLUE (P uti N , his country-RUSSIA, Feeling sad-BLUE, def- may be a shade)
    25 A NOODLES ( Noon-N, lots & lots of it-OODLES, def- Something to eat )

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  5. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 January 2021 at 10:39

    Happy birthday CV sir !

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  6. Remy17 January 2021 at 10:51

    23 a heath - moor.Edward heath
    24 a enthral.Netherlands-send.entrance.
    1 d Lariat-a in trial*

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  7. Ramani17 January 2021 at 10:51

    6d A GATE
    13A D AND E LION
    15D TOUCH DOWN (TOUCH - BIT; DOWN - SAD)

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  8. Sandhya17 January 2021 at 10:58

    14a -Menage a trois - anagram of game and señorita
    24a - enthral (remove send from Netherlands)
    11a ocarina - from n(o car in a)merica

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  9. sree_sree17 January 2021 at 11:36

    Error in 8d?

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  10. Remy17 January 2021 at 11:43

    compensating for 1d.
    29 d chas(t)e.
    .

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  11. AJ17 January 2021 at 11:46

    5a CADGED: begged
    Top dog: D nabbed and jailed: CAGED
    CA(D)GED

    16d
    APPARENT: as you can see
    A father perhaps: A PARENT
    Keeps : containment indicator
    : P quiet
    A(P)PARENT

    1d LARIAT: rope
    Criminal trial: (trial)* larit
    First accused: a
    LARI(A)T

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  12. Anonymous17 January 2021 at 11:59

    1ac - LETHARGY (inertia) - Walk - leg across Thar (desert) + y (end of day)
    1dn - LARIAT (rope) - anagram of trial with a(ccused) inside
    24ac - ENTHRAL (entrance) - anagram of Netherlands - send.

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  13. AJ17 January 2021 at 12:06

    Substitute for 1d
    10 a REGALIA: Cigar
    Top quality :AI
    Beer: LAGER
    Top quality beer in return REGAL IA

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  14. Anonymous17 January 2021 at 12:07

    Substituting
    10ac -REGALIA (cigar) returning AI(top quality)LAGER(beer)

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  15. sree_sree17 January 2021 at 12:14

    Thanks col for posting this. Liked many clues but 21a stands out. Couldn't have got 5a.( in time in the competition).

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  16. AJ17 January 2021 at 12:34

    Substitute for 16d
    7d: GRIDIRON : metal grate( great homophone)
    G(good) RID(free) IRON(press)

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  17. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 January 2021 at 12:41

    27AC WET-NURSE*
    3DN ALL+OT<+TEES
    4DN GUARDIAN ANGELS - daily=guardian; investors=angels

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  18. Chaturvasi17 January 2021 at 13:14

    2d TIGRIS :: TIG(-[th]E)R IS

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  19. Chaturvasi17 January 2021 at 13:16

    8d DEARNESS I don't understand the anno.

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  20. Chaturvasi17 January 2021 at 13:18

    OK I got it just now - R is from 'recipe' and the take is away. Too clever.

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  21. Jacob Brahmakulam17 January 2021 at 13:25

    12A ATILT; inclined {A}{LIT}<={T}
    2D TIGRIS; river; {TIGeR}{IS}
    19D PALLOR; looking sickly; P{ALL}ORtal

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    1. Jacob Brahmakulam17 January 2021 at 13:30

      substitute for 2d
      17D MUSCATEL; wine; {MUSCAT}{hELp}

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  22. Padmanabhan17 January 2021 at 13:41

    12a- Atilt- A(TIL=<)T- Inclined
    2D- Tigris- River- TIGER IS-E
    Not doing the 3rd

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  23. Col_Gopinath17 January 2021 at 13:58

    Last three
    Across - 21, 26
    Down - 7

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  24. Vasant17 January 2021 at 14:02

    21A: A R(CHANGE)L: port
    26A: T(A)(L)ENT: Old money

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  25. Padmanabhan17 January 2021 at 14:13

    21A- Port?

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  26. Padmanabhan17 January 2021 at 14:16

    I still can's understand 8D- recipe part

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  27. Padmanabhan17 January 2021 at 14:22

    Okay.Got it.

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  28. Col_Gopinath17 January 2021 at 14:35

    Unfortunately at the finals of IXL-20, these CW's did not get solved competetively as only 6 out of the 30 finalists landed up so the preliminary CWs were given to them just for practice as all 6 were in any case going on to the stage. Finally we had 7 on the stage as the 7th landed up just before the on stage round started so he was added

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    1. Vasant17 January 2021 at 20:00

      Tough times for everyone. The fact that there was a final and participants were there speaks volume of the organisers and participants will and enthusiasm.

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    2. Prasanna Rao17 January 2021 at 20:45

      I could solve only 3 puzzles . very interesting puzzles and too tricky. Thanks for the post and IXL highlights. very interesting.

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    3. Vasant17 January 2021 at 21:21

      And it doesn't take anything away from the eventual champion. He would have won with full strength as ha had done the previous four times.

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  29. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 January 2021 at 14:42

    Corona virus kept most of us away from this grand event.

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  30. Chaturvasi17 January 2021 at 15:25

    Thanks for the info, Col.

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  31. Chaturvasi17 January 2021 at 15:30

    In 12 how do we get TIL? By? reversing what word that means 'high'?

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  32. Chaturvasi17 January 2021 at 15:41

    Has 21 been solved? I have the answer but anno eludes me..

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    1. sree_sree17 January 2021 at 15:50

      Midway: between Right and Left. Solved by Vasant

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    2. Padmanabhan17 January 2021 at 16:49

      ...and shift= change. So A R(CHANGE)L

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