Sunday, 14 February 2021

Special, Sunday 14 Feb 2021, Sivaji

Welcome to our new setter Sivaji. Bouquets and brickbats welcome.

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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Enjoy.

36 comments:

  1. 11A: NAIL {Acrostic}
    12A: BACKGROUND MUSIC (CD)
    15a: APSE {Acrostic}

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  2. 25d MART
    20D SILE*NT
    23A SETTLEMENT*

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  3. 8a S TATES
    1d S TRATA (A+START}*
    2d AT IT; A TIT

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  4. 10A: BAT TA LIONS
    9A: STARVING RATINGS around V
    5D: PASSE DON

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  5. 8a. STATES : nations

    S(smart) TATES(art galleries)

    9a STARVING: hungry
    Ratings* : staring around five: v
    Star (v) ing

    12a. BACKGROUND SCORE: sounds in films
    Though they are background score, they may come to the fore in films

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  6. 20dn silent (lies) * nt
    15ac apse Andhra Padesh Suth East
    25dn mart (tram)

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  7. Substitute for 8a
    17ac CH(church) URN((vessel)
    CHURN : make butter

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  8. Substitute for 9a
    23a SETTLEMENT: payment
    (Steel men tt(table tennis))*

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  9. 12a CD Bacground music
    1d STRATA (a start)*
    td Entities (tie n tie) * + S

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    1. Compensation repeat of 12a by 6D EVENTUALLY Event (test sy) U (you) Ally (friend)

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    2. 7D is entities sorry for typos (watching cricket and solving!!)

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  10. For 23a repetition
    18a: LOSS : no win: direct meaning

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  11. 26a : STRIDENT (DIRTY NEST - Y)*
    27a : NARROW (N)(ARROW)
    17d : COHOSTED (CO(HOST)ED)

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  12. 19 a Go without saying.
    22 a Berg.DD
    3 dn ostler.loser+t*

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  13. Nice and smooth flowing debut puzzle.
    Keep them coming Sivaji. :)

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  14. 27A NARROW (N)+(ARROW)
    14D ULURU (UUURL)*
    24D TITO (TO IT)*

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  15. Substitute for 27A
    13D KEEPING FIT (KEEP)+(GIFT IN)*

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  16. Nice and easy solve. Good debut. Many more returns please....

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  17. Nice debut, Shivaji. Keep em coming

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    1. Thank you. I am grateful to all fellow solvers. It will be my endeavor to keep setting puzzles.

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  18. Thank you very much. I owe my first puzzle to the guidance and encouragement of Chaturvasi sir. His honest feedback helped me greatly. I hope to continue setting puzzles.

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  19. 4d Oslo solo*
    21d Nandoo nan:short grandmother
    doo(m) Fate cut.
    Definition:flightless bird

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  20. Thank you, Colonel, for the welcome. I enjoy being a part of our blog community.

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  21. Thank you Shivaji Prasad. Came in late and obviously none left. Enjoyed solving all the same. Only complaint (!!) It's over too soon! Nice debut and keep them coming. Thank you.

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  22. Good job, Prasadji! Keep them coming regularly.

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  23. Prasad sir, very nice puzzle. I solved easy 5 as acrostic and anagrams. 25d and 6d was coD...Have a gr8 day sir.

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