Sunday, 1 August 2021

Special, Sunday 01 Aug 2021, Crux


Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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44 comments:

  1. 8a PREMIER: rating
    Acrostic, first letters
    26 ac ETHICAL: related to moral principles
    (Iteach)*l(lessons primarily
    3d GENOCIDE : mass murder
    Gen( General, military officer)
    O(old)
    Cod( detectives)
    E(direction)

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  2. 8a: PREMIER (Acrostic)
    25a: WENT OFF {NEWT} RA*
    19A: MOLLYCODDLE {COLLIE}{MODEL} (sPOONERISM}

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  3. 12A PIECE OF CAKE ( C is Piece of Cake)
    5D IMPRECISE (-t)IM(PRECIS*)E
    6D REMARKING RE MA(R)KING

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  4. replacement for 8A:
    15A: ZEST (T)

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  5. 8A: PREMIER (first letters of Position...Rating)
    26A: ETHICAL (from I teach and L from lessons).

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  6. 25a WENT OUT: died
    Reverse anagram for NEWT

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  7. 1d Tulip TU Contents of eTUi(ornamental box) Lip(edge)
    7a Quartet QUiET, still no interest around Art pARTy heartily
    9a Killjoy sKILL, expertise first off
    Jo sweetheart
    Y unknown

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  8. 22 D ESSAY &LIT ( th ES is, put into words- SAY )
    21 D VIVID (- L + V IVID, Telling - def )
    17 D TOLLGATE ( spoonerism of GOAL TATE . def- proceed with payment here)


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  9. Thanks for the sunday fare Crux. Liked 18a, 4d and 14d specially.

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  10. Yet to be solved
    Across - 10, 16, 18, 23
    Down - 2, 4, 11, 13, 14

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  11. 22d. Thesis essentially put into words (5)
    thESis put=SAY ESSAY

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  12. 16A : EXERT EXE RT
    18A : ON PAPER (On : Working)(Daily : Paper)
    11D : SCREEDS (S(CR)EEDS)

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  13. cdrgani1929
    8A PREMIER means leading, the first letters of words from position
    3D GENOCIDE GEN-military off. OCID mrans old detectives
    5D IMPRECISE anag. of PRICE and TME from TIME without I from impact
    Very nice clues!

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    1. Thank you on behalf of Crux, glad you liked them :)

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  15. 24a. Without earnings, sat irritated in the opposite direction (7)
    earnings=gain sat AGAINST

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  16. 10A ETERNAL: [e-learning - I N G (acrostic) + T]*
    18A SAND: CD? (fine material that covers a bed, like river bed?)
    13D RENOUNCED: creed* around NOUN (thug is an example of a noun)

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    1. Replacing 13D that was already done
      4D GROTTO: fantasy series is Game of thrones (GOT), around R (right) + TO (middle letters of actors)

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    2. You're right 18a is a CD. Bed like river bed, correct.

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  17. 24A- A GAIN ST- in the opposite direction
    Without earnings- Gain
    Within
    (SAT)*- AST

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  18. Is 16A- Exert or Erect.
    My take for Erect-
    English- E
    River side finally- RE
    CT?
    Erect is put to use

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    1. EXE is the English river, R (-pu)T.def use.

      That's what we had in mind.

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    2. English river Exe, Side - R (right side) - Put finally - t EXERT

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  19. Sorry. English river seems to be EXE, but how do we get RT from side finally? Right side?

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  20. Good Sunday exercise. Thank you Crux.

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  21. Done and dusted. Thank you Col for publishing our grid. Thank you all for participating and commenting. Means a lot to us.

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  22. Thanks for the special Debasmita and Atanu

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    1. Our pleasure. Thank you one again, for publishing our grid.

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  23. Though i am late without participating Sunday special won't be good. thanks to crux and col. sir.
    15d - zest ----> [T]
    8a - PREMIER - Acrostic
    22d - TH(ES)IS....essentially (es) , WORDS - SAY ----ESSAY

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