Sunday, 4 April 2021

Special, Sunday 04 Apr 2021, The Zodiac


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  1. P. Venkatesan4 April 2021 at 10:35

    21a: TORQUES (T)
    3D: MAIN (DD)
    4D: SPAM (T)

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  2. Vasant4 April 2021 at 10:41

    15A WITHIN EARSHOT*
    8A APPEALED APP+E+A+DEl(-l)*
    5D JAVELINS JA+VILE*+NS(from Extremely NefariouS)

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  3. Jayalakshmi arumugam4 April 2021 at 10:42

    18dn assent as(when) sent(dispatched)
    26dn stem (acrostic)
    7ac being b(e)e(r) ing(gin)*

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  4. Orthopaul4 April 2021 at 10:57

    Ortho Paul
    15ac WITHIN EARSHOT (I wont hear this)*
    26ac SUPREME ..M(ango) in Ruppe*..
    13d. CANDY..C(runchy) and (jell)y

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  5. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan4 April 2021 at 10:58

    19 A WRONGLY (wide-W, long off-long*,line-RY,def-by mistake)
    26 A SUPREME ( purees M*,made_ angrind def- top quality )
    4 D SPAM ( T clue- thiS PAMphlet )

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  6. Orthopaul4 April 2021 at 11:02

    Ortho Paul
    Replacement for 15ac
    23d. UNEVEN ..venue* N(ew)

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  7. sree_sree4 April 2021 at 11:03

    Thanks zodiac. An entertaining one with some teasers.

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    1. Kumaresh K R4 April 2021 at 18:29

      Thanks sree sree! Glad to know you liked it!

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  8. ramesh ss4 April 2021 at 11:11

    2D AGHAST AG silver HAS T from some tarnish
    8A APPEALED APP software (E engineer A DELL - l)*
    6D SEXTET TEXTS+E*

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    1. ramesh ss4 April 2021 at 11:21

      20D OFFEND OFF funy END conclusion Compensation of repeat 8A

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  9. D N M Rao4 April 2021 at 11:43

    15Ac WITHIN EARSHOT - {I WONT HEAR THIS}*
    21Ac TORQUES (T)
    7Ac DENMARK {DEN}{MARK}

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  10. D N M Rao4 April 2021 at 11:46

    Correction
    10Ac DENMARK {DEN}{MARK}

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  11. D N M Rao4 April 2021 at 11:49

    For 15Ac
    7Dn BADGER - {BADGE}{R}

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  12. Jacob Brahmakulam4 April 2021 at 12:01

    12A ELASTIC; that an bounce back; 1 in TALES* {C}
    1D ZINNIA; plant; {vIsIt+tanZANnia}*
    27A INTIMATE{DD}

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    1. Jacob Brahmakulam4 April 2021 at 12:49

      1D correction; ZINNIA: plant; {vIsIt+taNZANia}*

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  13. D N M Rao4 April 2021 at 12:02

    For 21Ac
    22Dn REPOSE (CD)

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  14. cdrgani294 April 2021 at 12:17

    cdrgani29 name cdr. Ganapthi
    10A DENMARK study=DEN feature=MARK
    2D AGHAST silver=AG hHAS T=Tarnish
    4D SPAM in clue itself thispamplet
    ----
    26D STEM ist letter from State........money
    18D ASSENT AS=when SENT=despatched
    6D SEXTET Anagram TEXTS and E (for English)

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  15. Argo4 April 2021 at 12:54

    28A {WASTE}* = SWEAT
    17d A + WAR + D = AWARD
    3D RANK (DD) // not too sure

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  16. Satyen Nabar4 April 2021 at 13:22

    16D HIGHTAIL High + tail

    11A MAESTRO (AMONSTER)* - (-slytheri)N

    24A REFUTED Featured* - a

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  17. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 April 2021 at 13:25

    11ac : MAESTRO (A+MONSTER-N)*
    24ac : REFEUTED (FEATURED-A)*
    16dn : HIGHTAIL (HIGH)(TAIL)

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  18. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 April 2021 at 13:38

    Compensating 11ac and 24ac

    14ac : GLISTEN (G(LIST)EN)
    24dn : GRAFT (G)(RAFT)

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  19. AJ4 April 2021 at 13:39

    14d
    G(mid night) RAFT(boat) : GRAFT: fix

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  20. Mukundala Balasubramanyam4 April 2021 at 13:42

    In place of 16dn

    25dn DRAW (DD)

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  21. D N M Rao4 April 2021 at 13:54

    Enjoyed

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  22. Padmanabhan4 April 2021 at 16:18

    25D- Draw- DD
    Late entry. Noticed this is still not done.

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  23. Col_Gopinath4 April 2021 at 18:16

    Thanks for the special Kumaresh

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    1. Kumaresh K R4 April 2021 at 18:30

      You're welcome, Colonel! Happy to contribute, as always!

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    2. Vasant4 April 2021 at 22:23

      Nice puzzle. Clues are simple and enjoyable..very difficult to compose such a puzzle..hats off

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    3. Kumaresh K R5 April 2021 at 06:56

      Thank you! :)

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  24. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan5 April 2021 at 13:05

    Nice grid Kumaresh. Enjoyed solving. Liked Wrongly, Sweat & Within earshot a lot. :)

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