Sunday, 4 April 2021

Special, Sunday 04 Apr 2021, The Zodiac


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ZODIAC 7

By The Zodiac
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Squares filled: 0/145
Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ The Zodiac & THCC
Across
7Surviving on regular doses of beer and gin cocktail (5)
8Requested software engineer to programme a Dell? Not quite (8)
10Study feature of country (7)
11Wizard from Slytherin eventually killed a monster at war (7)
12One engrossed by wonderful tales about being able to bounce back (7)
14Record information about flash (7)
15Surprisingly, I won't hear this at close range (6,7)
19Wide long off kept inside the line by mistake (7)
21Some dictator questioning forces (7)
24Rejected article removed from featured novel (7)
26Top quality puree's made with mango topping (7)
27Secret signal (8)
28A form of waste? (5)
Down
1Regularly visit central Tanzania, perhaps, to get this plant (6)
2Shocked that silver has some tarnish (6)
3Absolute importance (4)
4Unwanted message seen in this pamphlet (4)
5Germans agree to make vile, extremely nefarious weapons (8)
6Rewrite texts describing English group (6)
7Symbol carried by Republican leads to trouble (6)
9Deep voice (5)
13Sweet, a bit crunchy, with jelly in the bottom (5)
14Fix boat past midnight (5)
16Move quickly from drunk detective (8)
17A campaign supported by Democrat gets grant (5)
18Confirm when dispatched (6)
20Funny conclusion to outrage (6)
22Quiet place (6)
23New venue is rigged? That's odd! (6)
25Capture plot (4)
26Arrest leaders of state - they extort money (4)

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38 comments:

  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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