Sunday, 27 June 2021

Special, Sunday 27 Jun 2021, Saral


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  1. Vasant27 June 2021 at 10:32

    1A GALA Acrostic
    9A MACARONI ACORN* inside I AM<
    2D A BASEMENT

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  2. Jacob Brahmakulam27 June 2021 at 10:33

    1A GALA, acrostic
    3D ABOLISH A B pOLISH
    9a MACARONI ACORN* in {I AM}<=

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  3. P. Venkatesan27 June 2021 at 10:34

    1a: GALA (Acrostic)
    3A; MACARONI {I{ACORN*}AM<--}
    10A: ALLEGE {ALL}{EG}{..E}

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  4. P. Venkatesan27 June 2021 at 10:37

    Replacements:
    23a: NEPALI {N{E}{PAL}I}
    14A: EARNER {(-L)EARNER}

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  5. AJ27 June 2021 at 10:39

    1a GALA. Acrostic first letters
    11a HEREDITARY red hair yet*
    18a AGE SPOTS soaps get*

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  6. Debasmita Basu27 June 2021 at 10:39

    12A EFTS telescopic
    14A EARNER (-L)earner
    5D ANALYSE A N SEAL*<Y

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  7. Debasmita Basu27 June 2021 at 10:40

    Replacement for 14A
    26A: AGNI hidden word

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  8. ramesh ss27 June 2021 at 10:43

    11A: HEREDITARY red hair yet*
    26A: AGNI emebedded in mAGNIficent
    16A: BISTRO IST first in BO branch office

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam27 June 2021 at 10:43

    7dn eighteenth hole (the high note Lee) *

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  10. AJ27 June 2021 at 11:01

    Substitute for 1a
    15d REPAIRMAN: mechanic
    RE(again) PAIR( communicate) MAN (worker)

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  11. Vasant27 June 2021 at 11:08

    Terrific Puzzle! Enjoyed the long ones. Thanks for the Special, Saral.

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  12. Orthopaul27 June 2021 at 11:11

    23ac. NEPALI..Northern Ireland (ni) e(ngland) pal friend
    17d. OCARINA..O(ld) carina
    15d REPAIRMAN.. re pair man

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  13. Orthopaul27 June 2021 at 11:13

    Replacement
    6d. A CLUE .. mAlCoLm UsEd

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  14. Shalini27 June 2021 at 11:14

    8d TAKE A RAIN CHECK
    Take=Recive
    Then middle letters of cARd, mAIl
    N=Name
    Check=Verify

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  15. Shalini27 June 2021 at 11:16

    13A BREECHES sounds like Breaches=arguments
    4d SPIRAL STAIRCASE A cryptic definition where wind=spiral amd flight is staircase

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  16. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 11:22

    Why?

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  17. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 11:23

    1 & 9 A already done .

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  18. Orthopaul27 June 2021 at 11:24

    Replacement
    I9d. EURASIA..rue in reverse ASI A

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  19. C.G. BHARGAV27 June 2021 at 11:29

    4 across SE(A FAR)ER

    Elegant crossword on the easier side. Thank you Saral. The name says it all!!

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  20. Prasanna Rao27 June 2021 at 11:30

    11a - HEREDITARY*- red hair yet
    1a - GALA - acrostic ---->
    4a - ALBACORE - sailor-(AB + Oracle)*

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 11:33

      4 A is not correct .

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    2. Prasanna Rao27 June 2021 at 13:55

      oracle - see ; a distance - a Far
      sea(far)er.
      hope this will be right answer

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  21. Remy27 June 2021 at 11:31

    16 ac Bistro B(ist)r O.
    25 ac Skincare.S(k)(in)care.
    22 ac air freight.Blast-air.f(re)ight.

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  22. Prasanna Rao27 June 2021 at 11:33

    Nice puzzles. thanks To Saral & Col.sir for Sunday special.

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  23. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 11:38

    20 A, 24 A & 21 D yet to be solved

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  24. ramesh ss27 June 2021 at 11:45

    Terrifc puzzle. Aha moments from 4D 8D especially. Saral mixed easy ones with challenging clues with cool surfaces.

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  25. ramesh ss27 June 2021 at 11:50

    24A - compensation for repeat

    ASSEMBLE

    AS when MB doctor L pounds in SEE witness

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  26. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 11:52

    Only 20A & 21 D left

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  27. VU27 June 2021 at 11:54

    21 D ETAIn - TIN in french. Stranger ET sources of Aluminim, Iron and Nickel AIN
    24 A Assemble - When (AS) , SEE (Witness) traps Doctor (MB) & L pounds)

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  28. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 June 2021 at 11:56

    Great puzzle and the bar has been raised.
    Yet a real entertainer. Got stuck on 20A and 21D. Thanks LV for the Sunday fare.

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 11:57

      Thanks MB sir :) Was waiting for your feedback :)

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  29. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 11:58

    20 A is still there to solve

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  30. Murali27 June 2021 at 12:02

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  31. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 June 2021 at 12:04

    20A : PREACHER (PREACHER - PRE -R = ACHE)

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  32. Mukundala Balasubramanyam27 June 2021 at 12:05

    Typo : 20A ACHE Anno shown above

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  33. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 12:08

    All done.Thanks all for solving & your feedback :)

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  34. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 12:08

    Thanks a lot Col sir !

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  35. cdrgani2927 June 2021 at 12:21

    cdrgani29
    1A GALA ist letter of words in sequence
    11A HEREDITARY red hair yet Anagram
    23A NEPALI N from Northern E from English PA from friend
    6D A CLUE alternate letters in Malcolm used strating from a
    Nice enjoyable clues Thanks!

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  36. Col_Gopinath27 June 2021 at 12:43

    Please read the instructions on top of the page

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  37. Col_Gopinath27 June 2021 at 12:49

    Thanks for the special Lakshmi. Your 13th on my blog

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    1. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan27 June 2021 at 12:55

      Yes Sir - 13 th. Still I remember my 1st grid :) Thanks a lot for the encouragement & feedback from you. I miss CV sir so much who gave feedback promptly for my grids.

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  38. Padmanabhan27 June 2021 at 13:47

    Late solver. No less pleasure. Enjoyed thoroughly,esp.the long ones. Very neatly done.
    Spiral staircase takes the cake. For a long time I was reading it as wind instead of (~wynd) and trying to connect with aircraft.
    Thank you LV & Col.

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