Sunday, 28 February 2021

Special, Sunday 28 Feb 2021, Arden Jumbo


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

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

ARDEN BIG 6

By Arden
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Squares filled: 0/292
Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Arden & THCC
Across
10Cheap booze emptied, after emptying feeling sad (3-8)
11Back other plan before daughter gets engaged (9)
13Travelling briefcase, remove, see the material (6)
14These are different diamonds outside continental glaciers (3,6)
15Call some of them back in the same manner (4)
16Soldier's limited choice, without leg his mobility is restricted (10)
19Laughter as changes at the top give visual range (10)
20Correct and false insect (4,4)
21Stress on partner, I would interfere by chance (12)
23See classic coin in circulation- all about politics and economics, perhaps (6,8)
25Messenger's silent and mature (4)
27Withered seconds before (4)
28Close to Hobart, another Asian man lived with a resident of Australia (9,5)
31Cook was terrible-introduced hot dish (5,7)
33Lively movement and move caught in tape (3,5)
34A parent gets a choice, for example to assemble (10)
36Material to follow rabbit (10)
37Honey is expensive (4)
38Reported damages to garden tool- it'll wear down eventually (5,4)
40At home strive to save time-that's a request (6)
42Change in actress, get the screenwriter (9)
43Noblewoman's strength by number, one third needed (11)
Down
1Get excited and spit on the fruit (2,7)
2Bandicoots from South used to rule once (4)
3Told to get a flower from the garden- that's hot stuff (10)
4Commotion over being last to move pieces of furniture (6,6)
5Entertain with ironclad movie (4)
6Case gone, truly gone (8)
7British like small book and small musical ensembles (5,5)
8Sat on a lazy boy, a bit keyless, perhaps (6)
9Greatly mood altering branch of medicine (11)
12"Daily do it" cries Harry- that's typical (14)
17No danger altering principal sex hormones (9)
18Fancy club car he ran or was it used to cook? (8,6)
22He wants a job in a big tech company, in short one has inclination (9)
24Voters forming nicest county (12)
26Kindness has been misused- showing no interest in rough stuff (11)
28Worn the clothes, go through lawyers (10)
29Constructing house in UP, nothing can sound so sweet (10)
30Small child is on toes, perhaps like having layers of rock (9)
32Practice is on, listens to final cue (8)
35Mess up with commission (6)
39He got it coming from the Irish (4)
41It represents the principal voice of the electorate (4)

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48 comments:

  1. sree_sree28 February 2021 at 10:38

    2d clue ok?

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    1. Ramani28 February 2021 at 10:39

      I too had the doubt and hence skipped it

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    2. Padmanabhan28 February 2021 at 11:49

      Looks to be anagram complication.

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    3. ranger28 February 2021 at 13:41

      Why do you think so, Paddy?

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    4. Padmanabhan28 February 2021 at 18:16

      Then it has to star and not Tsar (as we thought.
      Could it be Elvis Presley who was considered king of pop?

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  2. Ramani28 February 2021 at 10:38

    35d ERR AND
    26A S ERE
    15A NAME <-(T)
    37A DEAR (DD)
    13A FABRIC (BRIEFCASE - SEE)*

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  3. Vasant28 February 2021 at 10:39

    20A Sand Flea (AND FALSE)*
    23A SOCIAL SCIENCES (SEE CLASSIC COIN)*
    28A TASMANIAN DEVIL T+(ASIAN MAN LIVED)*
    17D ANDROGENS (NO DANGER)*+S
    24D CONSTITUENCY (NICEST COUNTY)*

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  4. Jacob Brahmakulam28 February 2021 at 10:41


    2d TSAR
    13A FABRIC BRIeFCAse*
    9d DERMATOLOGY GREATLY+MOOD*
    15A NAME (T<=)
    37A DEAR (DD)

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  5. R Nagendra Prasad28 February 2021 at 10:42

    11A: (BET)(ROTHE*)D
    8d: ATONAL..T
    9D: DERMATOLOGY..GREATLY+MOOD*
    15A: NAME ..<T
    7D: (BR)(AS)S-B(AND)S

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  6. P. Venkatesan28 February 2021 at 10:45

    34A: FOREGATHER {F{OR}{EG}ATHER}
    37A: DEAR (DD)
    42A: SCENARIST {IN+ACTRESS}*
    9D: DERMATOLOGY {GREATLY+MOOD}*
    17D: ANDROGENS {NO+DANGER+S..}*

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  7. R Nagendra Prasad28 February 2021 at 10:46

    Compensating for two repeats
    41D: VOTE..first letters
    40A: (IN)[VI(T)E]

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  8. AJ28 February 2021 at 10:49

    37a
    DEAR: honey
    DEAR: expensive

    25a
    PAGE messenger
    P: silent. AGE: mature

    27a
    SERE: withered
    S(seconds) ERE( before)
    S

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam28 February 2021 at 10:51

    25 ac Sage. S(ilent) age(mature)
    39dn heir (T)
    41dn vote (acrostic)
    15ac name (reverse T)
    37ac dear (DD)

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  10. AJ28 February 2021 at 10:57

    24d: CONSTITUENCY: voters
    (Nicest county)*
    9d: DERMATOLOGY: branch of medicine
    Greatly mood*

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  11. P. Venkatesan28 February 2021 at 11:02

    REPLACEMENTS:
    18D: CHARCOAL BURNER {CLUB+CAR+HE+RAN+OR}*
    21A: ACCIDENTALLY {ACC{ID}ENT}ALLY}
    22D: APPLICANT {APPL(-E)(I){CANT}

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  12. Orthopaul28 February 2021 at 11:14

    Ortho Paul
    23ac. SOCIAL SCIENCES..(see classic coin)*
    1dn. GO BANANAS.. Spit on..go fruit bananas
    28ac. TASMANIAN DEVIL..(Hobar)T(Asian man lived)*
    24d. CONSTITUENCY..(nicest country)*
    41d. VOTE..acrostic

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  13. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 February 2021 at 11:15

    16AC PARA+P[LEG]IC(-k)
    23AC SOCIAL SCIENCES*
    4DN DIN+ING TABLES*
    9DN DERMATOLOGY*
    17DN ANDROGEN*+S

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  14. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 February 2021 at 11:16

    20AC SAND FLEA*
    in compensation for repeat

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  15. Satyen Nabar28 February 2021 at 11:29

    12D Characteristic char+act+(itcries)*
    31A Welsh rarebit(wasterrible)*around h
    26D Benevolence been* + v(-i)olence
    3D Picalilli (~pick a lily)
    10A Low-spirited Low+spirit+e(-mptie)d

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  16. Padmanabhan28 February 2021 at 11:47

    13A- Fabric- (Briefcase- see)*- Material
    27A- Sere- S(ere)-Withered
    17D- Androgens- (No danger)*s- Hormones
    21A- Accidentally- Acc(id)ent ally- By chance
    5D- Fete- F (et) e- Entertain. Ironclad- Fe on the outside

    Excuse repetitions if any

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  17. sree_sree28 February 2021 at 11:57

    Good solid one hour workout on a Sunday. Thanks Arden.

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  18. Orthopaul28 February 2021 at 12:09

    Ortho Paul
    38ac BRAKE SHOE brakes hoe

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  19. Jacob Brahmakulam28 February 2021 at 12:29

    Substitutes
    38A BREAK SHOE {BRAKE S} (~ breaks) {HOE}
    30D SCHISTOSE; layers of rock; {S}{CH}{IS}{TOES*}

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  20. Murali28 February 2021 at 12:36

    21A ACCIDENTALLY = ID(I wouls) in ACCENT(Stress)+ALLY(partner).

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  21. Murali28 February 2021 at 12:45

    14A ICE CHARMS (CD)

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  22. Remy28 February 2021 at 12:51

    29 d euphonious-house in up+o
    19 ac risibility--v+r isibility.

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  23. Remy28 February 2021 at 12:52

    Houseinup+o*

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  24. Murali28 February 2021 at 12:52

    19A RISIBILITY - laughter ( When R is replaced by V gives visual range)

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  25. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan28 February 2021 at 13:01

    14 A ICE SHEETS ( ICE THESE* S, Diamonds-ICES,THESE * -SHEET , DEF- CONTINENTAL GLACIERS )
    40 A INVITE ( def- it's a request, at home- In, strive- VIE, time - T )
    34 A FOREGATHERS ( a parent- FATHER, choice - OR, for example-EG , F OR EG ATHER, def-assemble )
    6 D DECEASED ( case - CASE*,Truly- INDEED, CASE* in DEED, def- gone)
    7 D BRASS BANDS ( British-BR, like-AS, small-S, book-B, and - AND, Small- S, Def- musical ensembles )

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  26. sree_sree28 February 2021 at 13:19

    33a TAP (Dan* C)E
    43a VIS COUNT ESS(ent ial)

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  27. Viresh Ratnakar28 February 2021 at 13:28

    Happy to see that my interactive solving software (Exolve) is up to the challenge of presenting this jumbo grid in the blog :-)

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 February 2021 at 14:11

      Yes, it stood the tolerance test!

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    2. sree_sree28 February 2021 at 16:11

      +1,

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    3. Vasant28 February 2021 at 17:56

      It is an excellent software. Very easy to create too.
      I still have to get the hang of the crossword making software that you created. And also the multilingual crossword making software.
      It is a great service to the cruciverballist's community.

      Delete
  28. ranger28 February 2021 at 13:40

    Yes, it's very nice. Thank you

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  29. Ramki Krishnan28 February 2021 at 13:48

    I think only 3 left?
    2D TSAR (RATS <<)
    43A VISCOUNTESS (VIS + COUNT + 1/3 of ESSENTIAL)
    35D ERRAND (ERR + AND)

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    1. Suresh28 February 2021 at 14:04

      Only proble that reversal of rats is star

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  30. Shalini28 February 2021 at 14:14

    8d ATONAL reverse hidden
    15d Name reverse hidden

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  31. Col_Gopinath28 February 2021 at 20:42

    Thanks for the Jumbo special Arden. Was engaged elsewhere whole of today

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao1 March 2021 at 10:13

      When it is Arden, it is always a special entertainment! Thank you Arden!

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