Sunday, 2 May 2021

Special, Sunday 02 May 2021, Crux

Lockdown Day 5 of 14 Stay Safe

Welcome to our new setter duo CRUX. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.

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

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  1. P. Venkatesan2 May 2021 at 10:38

    23a: CALENDAR {CLEAR+AND}*
    11A: FENCE {FEN}{CE}
    1D: CHALLENGE (T)

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  2. Jacob Brahmakulam2 May 2021 at 10:39

    25A NEEDLE; sting; ~KNEAD LE
    22A BYPASS {BY}{PAS}{bosS}
    20D NYLON; fabric YeLlOw in NeoN

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  3. ramesh ss2 May 2021 at 10:46

    23A CALENDAR and clear*
    17A ESPRIT priests anagram. Byzantine nice anagram indicator!
    15 ELEGANCE E english EG example in LANCE weapon

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    1. ramesh ss2 May 2021 at 10:53

      14A AGREE TO DISAGREE eager to* + say no = disagree

      Compensating of 23A repeated

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  4. Manas2 May 2021 at 10:50

    10a-TAILOR- re{TAIL} {OR}ganisation
    12a- SAFARI- {AS{FAR}I}*
    5d- UPRISING- {PU<=}RISING

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  5. AJ2 May 2021 at 10:57

    16d TAPES(records) TRY(attempt)
    TAPESTRY : textile art

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  6. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan2 May 2021 at 11:00

    8 A BALLPARK ( b uilding ALL P lan A R acetrac K , Def-Sports stadium )
    14 A AGREE TO DISAGREE ( A GREE D IS AGREE ( EAGER*) , Def- politely say no )
    8 D BITS AND PIECES ( BAN PESTICIDES *, PLASTIC- ANAGRIND, def- stuff )

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan2 May 2021 at 12:33

      14 A correct anno is A GREE TO D IS AGREE (EAGER*)

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  7. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan2 May 2021 at 11:03

    Nice grid Crux !

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  8. AJ2 May 2021 at 11:09

    3d AT (near) OL (almost old) L( lagoon's western border) : island
    ATOLL

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  9. D N M Rao2 May 2021 at 11:18

    4Dn FLYTRAPS - Spoonerism for TRYFLAPS

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  10. sree_sree2 May 2021 at 11:27

    Nice crossy crux. Thanks.

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  11. AJ2 May 2021 at 11:35

    21d PLANT: elder
    Short trousers: PANTs without:around
    L(grill at the end)

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  12. AJ2 May 2021 at 11:36

    Very nice crossword. Thank you for the entertainment.

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  13. Orthopaul2 May 2021 at 11:42

    13d. DEBATABLE..bed* a table..( a board)
    23ac CALENDAR.. (clear and)*
    8d. BITS AND PIECES...(ban pesticides)*

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  14. D N M Rao2 May 2021 at 11:50

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  15. D N M Rao2 May 2021 at 11:54

    19Dn TENDER - T(-i+E)NDER

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  16. C.G. BHARGAV2 May 2021 at 11:59

    9 across
    P(LATE L)ET

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  17. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 May 2021 at 12:01

    11a : FENCE FEN CE
    18a : STEAK S TEA K
    06d : BRROK (DD)

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  18. D N M Rao2 May 2021 at 12:02

    18Ac STEAK - Tea inside S & K (sides of snack)

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 May 2021 at 12:05

    Lovely grid Crux! Thoroughly enjoyed.

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  20. Orthopaul2 May 2021 at 12:06

    19d.TENDER..T(+e-i)nder

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  21. ramesh ss2 May 2021 at 12:07

    Very good crossword especially for debut. Interesting anagram indicators and nice word play. Liked agree to disagree, bits and pieces, tapestry among other clues. Keep it up Crux. thanks for the entertaining grid

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    1. Debasmita Basu2 May 2021 at 12:37

      Thank you for your kind words. On behalf of crux

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  22. sree_sree2 May 2021 at 12:28

    7a THIRd ST
    9a P (late)(l) ET
    2d CR ITIC (citi<=)

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  23. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan2 May 2021 at 12:30

    Only one left- 24 A .

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  24. Orthopaul2 May 2021 at 12:41

    24ac. CONCORDS..cd

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  25. C.G. BHARGAV2 May 2021 at 12:58

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  26. Atanu D2 May 2021 at 13:00

    Yes had that in mind!

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  27. Atanu D2 May 2021 at 13:01

    Thank you for the encouraging words, on behalf of Crux

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  28. Debasmita Basu2 May 2021 at 13:05

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  29. Debasmita Basu2 May 2021 at 13:06

    Thank you all for participating, commenting and encouraging. Means a lot to us.

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  30. RameshJ2 May 2021 at 13:32

    Doing a Sunday grid after a long time. Nice entertaining crossword. Well done Crux.

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    1. Atanu D2 May 2021 at 13:41

      Thank you so much for taking time out to solve our grid - on behalf of Crux

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  31. ranger2 May 2021 at 13:49

    Who is Crux? That is the crux of the problem

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    1. Atanu D2 May 2021 at 14:14

      The setter duo of this grid is myself Atanu Debnath & my friend Debasmita Basu. This our first and we wish to set many more, Thank you.

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  32. Padmanabhan2 May 2021 at 14:12

    Solved at leisure and enjoyed the good CW. Thank you Crux. Waiting for more.

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    1. Atanu D2 May 2021 at 14:15

      Thank you for participating. We are glad you enjoyed solving - on behalf of Crux

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  33. Col_Gopinath2 May 2021 at 16:14

    Thanks for the special Debasmita and Atanu

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  34. cdrgani292 May 2021 at 17:15

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    12A SAFARI ISA and FAR (=miles away) Anag.
    5D UPRISING PU (for Punj. Uni) Rising makes it UP RISING (=revolt)
    16D TAPESTRY TAPES =Records TRY=Attempt

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