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ACROSS
1 Small fly circling apainting (8) SEASCAPE {S}{E{A}SCAPE}
5 Limitless dosa and chutney as supplements (4,2) ADDS ON {DOSa+AND}*
9 One living underwater in canoe runing mostly self-propelled? (8) OCEANAUT {CANOE*}{AUTo}
10 Exit with a second person at the end of act (3,3) WAY OUT {W}{A}{YOU}{acT}
12 Nobles revolting, say, meet Lenin regularly in disguise (9) GENTLEMEN {EG<=}{MEET+LeNiN}*
13 Subsequently, both sides drink fresh tea (5) LATER {L}{TEA*}{R}
11 Opposing anarchy, nation tries incompetent leaders (4) ANTI Acrostic
15 They are wicked to keep ducks as pets (9) CANOODLES {CAN{OO}DLES}
17 American is terrified packing a cylinder of gunpowder (8) CANISTER [T]
18 Doctor said “All OK. No sugar, for starters, and caffeine, maybe” (8) ALKALOID {sAID+ALL+OK}*
20 A man held up for a long time (4) YUGA {A}{GUY}<=
21 Evangelist cycling east with the French guitar (7) UKELELE {(-l)UKE(+l)L}{E}{LE}
22 Sailor about to attack? On the contrary — he is a man of discrimination (6) RACIST {T{SIC}AR}<=
23 Escort protecting short maiden gets tipped (6) LEANED {LEA{NEe}D}
26 Kid happily eats last bit of chocolate (5) TEASE {EATS*}{c...tE}
Reference List
Small = S, With = W, Hot = IN, Run = R, Husband = H, River = R, Tense = T, Horse = GG, A in German = EIN, John = CAN, Left = L, East = E, The in French = LE
Solution to 26Ahas been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.
Tough going today.
ACROSS
1 Judge releases leader of common people to society (6) ASSESS{mASSES}{S}
13 Agreed — boring Public Relations employer... (5) PAYER{P{AYE}R}
14 ... insolent in character, should be put back to storage (8) ENTREPOT{EN}{PERT<=}{TO<=} Not sure of Anno (Addendum - {TO{PERT}NE}<= - See comments)
16 Parcel from sandwich shop — so... (8) DELIVERY{DELI}{VERY}
18 ... check it has all users’ desired starters first (5) AUDIT {IT}<=>{All}{Us..s}{De...d}
20 Not losing love for aliens... that’s the bottom line (4) NETTN(-o+et)ETT
21 Helping to trade in New York and London, the English are in dexterously-made clothing? (5,5) SHARE INDEX [T]
23 Puerto Rico’s gold taken at America at a certain rate (3,4) PRO RATA {PR}{OR}{AT}{A}
24 What didn’t come from abroad during the Ever Given crisis? Setter’s wines (7) IMPORTS{I'M}{PORTS}
25 Ask Democrat along with... (6) DEMAND{DEM}{AND}
26 ... thousand stuck-up leadership to leave? That’s difficult (6) ?N?T?Y (Addendum - KNOTTY {K}{sNOTTY} - See comments)
DOWN
1 Gold pinned on maiden often to decorate (5) ADORN {mAiD{OR}eN}
2 Bullpen’s instincts to rally at the back with support (7) SUBSIDY{SUBS}{ID}{rallY}
3 Additional price increase includes coal (9) SURCHARGE{SUR{CHAR}GE}
5 Spy after years got new assignment, finally (5) AGENT {AGE}{N}{a...nT}
6 INXS takes drug to be great(7) INTENSE {IN}{TEN}{S}{E}
7 If returns on Rupee/dollar over time is put on most of stock exchanges, it could be an initial investment (5,4) FIRST COST {IF<=}{R}{S}{T}{STOCk}*
10 Employee’s body part has many parts (9) LIVERYMAN {LIVER}MANY*}
13 Peter looked up to favourite (9) PREFERRED {P}{REFERRED} P/Peter?
15 Merchant from Madras’ often tense & confused (9) TRADESMAN{MADRAS+TeNsE}*
17 Hot period one’s stuck in is temporary (7) INTERIM{IN}{TER{1}M}
19 How eater becomes dater? That’s what usually happens on a date... (4,3) DINE OUT {D IN E OUT}
21 Organised protestis going up — supported by money (3-2) SIT-IN {IS<=}{TIN}
22 Gate guard starting to stray away (5) ENTRYsENTRY
Reference List
Society = S, Identify Friend or Foe If and Only If = IFF, Time = T, Dead = D, Public Relations = PR, Character = EN, Aliens = ET, Puerto Rico = PR, Gold = OR, America = A, Thousand = K, Democrat = DEM, New = N, Drug = E, Rupee = R, Dollar = $, Peter = P, Hot = IN, Money = TIN
Solution to 25Ahas been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.
ACROSS
1 Fancy setters consume a drink (7) IMAGINE {I}{M{A}{GIN}E}
5 Important holy book contains verse about origin of life (7) PIVOTAL {PI}{V}{OT}{A}{Life}
9 Reportedly snaps flowers (5) PICKS (~pics) Iffy definition in my view
10 Up-and-comingPrince played morsing with essential skill (9) PROMISING {P}{MORSING+skIll}*
11 End discussion of a bill — look into the wrongdoing and penalise without initial fears (10) GUILLOTINE {GUIL{LO}T}{fINE}
12 Humorous scenewithout money, without comedian finally (4) SKIT SKInT
14 Grafts to coaches without initial inhibitions at workshops (11) TRANSPLANTS {TRAiNS}{PLANTS}
18 It gives a facelift when plain story is cooked up with some heroine (11) RHINOPLASTY {PLAIN+STORY+He...e}*
21 Deadly weapon uncovered in exchange of 500 to 1000 (4) NUKE NU(-d+k)KE
22 Recurring advantage with initial expenses in lease withdrawal (10) RETIREMENT {RE{MERIT<=}{Ex...s}NT}
25 Loss of self-respect when sailor lost initial right-of-way (9) A?A?E?E?T (Addendum - ABASEMENT - {AB}{eASEMENT} - See comments)
26 Enclosures for animals of landowners have no guard in the end (5) LAIRS LAIRdS
27 Die out or regularly seek support (7) ENDORSE {END}{OR}{SeEk}
28 Troublemakers’ chain loses power (7) ROWDIES {ROW}{DIES}
DOWN
1 Criticise one politician’s note about union government (6) IMPUGN {1}{MP}{U}{G}{N}
2 Drug? No, not relating to the North (6) ARCTIC nARCoTIC
3 Quarantine about nuclear radiation (10) INSOLATION {I{N}SOLATION}
4 Maybe Indian in Bangladesh is old loyalist, boycotting riot (5) EXPAT {EX}{PATriot}
5 Poor signs flawed prediction (9) PROGNOSIS*
6 Unproductive blood vessel, it is said (4) VAIN (~vein)
8 Most insubstantial cock-and-bull story narrated at trial (8) LIGHTEST (~lie){LIGH}{TEST}
13 Childhood companion’s drama casts elf and owl (10) PLAYFELLOW {PLAY}{ELF+OWL}*
15 Eels learn swimming like everything as it should be (3,6) ALL SERENE*
16 There is no escape from it with the introduction of carbon in historic period (4,4) IRON CAGE {IRON {C}AGE}
17 Naughty Malik is cuddled by mid field hand (8) MILKMAID {MI{MALIK*}D}
19 They always come together before Big C (6) GEMINI [C&DD]
20 Irregular siestas? Stop taking drug, it stops flow of blood (6) STASIS SIeSTAS*
23 Season not beginning, lay to rest (5) INTER wINTER
24 It’s a sign of grief, RIP! (4) TEAR [DD]
Reference List
Holy = PI, Verse = V, About = A, Prince = P, Look = LO, 500 = D, 1000 = K, Sailor = AB, Note = N, Union = U, Government = G, Nuclear = N, Carbon = C, Drug = E
TalePiece
by Dr RKE
Srivaani, the PROMISING young star, was at the GEMINI studios for a screentest. She had to play the PIVOTAL role of Radha-the MILKMAID, in a TV serial ‘Gokulam”. ENDORSEd by none other than the owner of the studio, the director could not IMAGINE rejecting her- the problem was only the prominent beak that Srivaani had. He called Srivaani’s mother and said “I will cast your daughter. Just get her nose a little flattened. You have 3 weeks before I start shooting”.
Srivaani had grown up THINKING that her aquiline nose was what set her apart from her PLAYFELLOWs in Chennai and was rather VAIN about it. “This is not a mere SKIT, it is a megaserial that may lead me to big screen roles” she consoled herself, “so let me face the GUILLOTINE''. Bracing herself, she went to Mr.Ram Chander FRCS, the famous cosmetic surgeon. He took the photos of the nose and fed it into his laptop and after a few mouse clicks, he had 3 pictures of the girl with 3 different types of noses. “PICK your choice, A here is preferred at Hollywood, B at Bollywood and C at Kollywood.” Srivaani’s mother took over and said, “Doctor, it should be B. My daughter’s destination is Bombay, Chennai is only the stepping stone”. Srivaani, still coming to terms with the surgery, sat silently wiping the TEAR in the corner of her eye. Her mother asked “Is it some kind of TRANSPLANT, there will be no scar on the nose, no?”. The doctor said “oh, not that complicated, all I will be doing is a RHINOPLASTY from within”. “Just sign the forms and make sure you read the part on the PROGNOSIS before you give consent” advised the doctor, “you may have a little STASIS of secretions for a few days”, knowing full well that no one ever reads the fine print.
That very afternoon, Srivaani was wheeled into the operating room. “Why is this place freezing cold as if in the ARCTIC '', she thinks shuddering. The anaesthetist sticks in a needle into her forearm and in a few minutes, it is ALL SERENE. The next thing she knows is someone slapping her cheek saying “it’s all over, wake up, wake up”. “Why am I feeling like I’m in an IRON CAGE?” wonders the girl. “Take a deep breath” urges the doctor but she can make only the LIGHTEST of effort, as she has delayed recovery from the muscle relaxant effect. A few more minutes of assisted breathing and she feels she has been let out of a choking LAIR into the open to breathe fresh air, a new life with a new nose!
Need I mention that the master sculptor, Mr.Ram Chander, has once again delivered a nose that will be zoomed on in close-up romantic scenes, a nose about which lyricists will write poetry, a nose that fans are going to root for, a nose that will keep appearing on the cover of glossies all the way to her RETIREMENT from cinema?
Solution to 22Dhas been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.
ACROSS
1 European leaves Asian behind (6) ASTERNeASTERN
4 Boxes having old-fashioned fasteners (8) PADLOCKS {PA{OLD*}CKS}
3 They were seen wandering in USSRand Siberia, chiefly (8) RUSSIANS {IN+USSR+And+Siberia}* &lit
5 Web media broadcast featuring runaway hit devotional number (5,4,2) ABIDE WITH ME {WEB+MEDIA* over {HIT}*
6 Story about Count’s boy (6) LADDIE {L{ADD}IE}
7 Harry turned florid, drinking hot stew (7) CHOWDER{C{H}OW}{RED<=}
8 Essay describing book by one European in a prominent manner (9) SALIENTLY {SAL{1}{E}{NT}LY}
12 India stalls spreading plants like theSpanish moss (11) TILLANDSIAS*
13 Beds with hollow wheels seen around ancient part of England (9) COTSWOLDS {COTS}{Whe{OLD}elS}
15 One in Cologne street — a German scientist (8) EINSTEIN {EIN}{ST}{EIN}
17 Convinced now? (7) WONOVER {NOW}* [RA]
19 Pennies, surprisingly, are about 67% Indian (7) DENARII {ARE+INDIan}*
20 Android — for the people, ultimately a source of enlightenment (2,4) BOTREE {BOT}{foR}{thE}{p...lE} Enu should have been (2,4) See comments
22 Does fine, giving up yield (4) ?E?R (Addendum - DEER DEfER - See comments)
Reference List
European = E, Popular = IN, With = W, Harry = COW, Hot = H, Book = NT, One and A in German = EIN, Street = ST, Fine = F
TalePiece
By Dr RKE
Jim Smith heard the PADLOCKS click after the Arab prison guard shoved him into the cell. He had been off-loaded from the ship on which he was a stowaway at the TANGIER port. The HONEST captain of the ship did what was right in getting rid of the LADDIE at the first port-of-call after he was discovered hiding behind a mast ASTERN, while crossing the English Channel. The young man from a small TOWN in COTSWOLDS, the Captain admitted, had WON OVER many hearts among the deckhands, with his eager face and friendly banter. They had shared their quota of CHOWDER with the boy and that was all he had to eat since boarding the ship at Dover. While the Moroccan police came aboard for Jim, the Captain whispered something into his ears “DEARIE, ................." So saying, he had thrust a few PENNIES into Jim’s pocket. He could not bear to see the worry WRIT over the boy’s face.
Left alone in his cell, Jim fell asleep on the floor. He dreamt of the English summer, when he would go hunting WILDFOWL and DEER, the local tavern where he would play the COR ANGLAIS and further back in time, when as a small boy he would play PIG IN THE MIDDLE with his friends. This idyllic world around him had collapsed when his dear papa, his only living relation, blew his brains out with the hunting rifle one night. Jim just wanted to get away from the pain of it all and like all true blood English laddies, he took the next train to Dover. After some months of doing odd jobs at the port, bitten by the eagerness to sail, he boarded the MV EINSTEIN sailing to Alexandria via Tangier.
Jim hadn’t heard the expression, but the next day at the court was a BAD HAIR DAY. He could not make out what the police and the magistrate asked him in some foreign tongue. He shut himself out with the only prayer song he knew that was repeatedly playing in his mind “ABIDE WITH ME”- particularly the lines..
The darkness deepens Lord, with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me
Suddenly, he heard a clear voice ring out in English. “Jim, I am here to take care of things”. With some whispers from the stranger to the right ears, some oiling of hands at the right places and some discreet phone calls, the man arranged for Jim to be released soon from detention. Jim still thinks it is the Lord who abided with him when the darkness deepened.
Now, you don’t have to sit under the BO TREE to be enlightened on how this magic came about. He was the brother of the captain of the ship, working in the British Embassy at Morocco. But as they say, we are all instruments of the Lord, aren’t we? And the Lord chooses which instrument to use and when!
Solution to 8Dhas been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.
ACROSS
1 Perhaps light, funny and something hilarious (5-7) THIGH-SLAPPER*
10 Wyatt to carry silencer (7) EARPLUG {EARP}{LUG}
11 Firm working through this evening (7) TONIGHT {T{ON}IGHT}
12 Have a hunch aboutArctic people keeping time (6) INTUIT {IN{T}UIT}
13 End of girl’s answer (8) DISSOLVE {DI'S}{SOLVE}
15 Speaking of Titanic — extremely depressing — it’s sad (9) DICTATING {TITANIC+De...nG}*
22 With ease swimming in these waters (5,3) WHITE SEA*
24 What a writer may use to eliminate characters (6) ERASER [CD]
26 Place and day to wear a robe (7) ADDRESS {A}{D{D}RESS}
27 European guy worried to come out (7) EMANATE {E}{MAN}{ATE}
28 Stop after large train had got derailed (5,2,1,4) GRIND TO A HALT {L+TRAIN+HAD+GOT}*
DOWN
2 Woman’s quote about a nonconformist (7) HERETIC {HER}{CITE<=}
3 Good home/retreat and a new town basically to roam (9) GALLIVANT {G}{VILLA<=}{A}{N}{Town}
4 Indication of warnings ignored (4) SIGN [T]
5 Terrible strain man finds severe (10) ASTRINGENT {STRAIN*}{GENT}
6 Pressure on workers to make clothes (5) PANTS {P}{ANTS}
7 Symbols of royalty relating to celebration around India (7) REGALIA {RE}{GAL{I}A}
8 It means the end time (6) ?E?I?D(Addendum - PERIOD [DD] - See comments)
9 Authenticate an examination, say (6) ATTEST (~ a test)
14 Upset it’s poorly garnished on the outside (10) DISTRESSED {D{ITS*}RESSED}
16 Go too far past a stretch of water (9) OVERREACH {OVER}{REACH}
17 Expose one in Paris with clout (6) UNWRAP {UN}{W}{RAP}
18 Climb to go for a party (7) SHINDIG {SHIN}{DIG}
20 Establish a booth at home initially (7) INSTALL {STALL}<=>{IN}
21 Student starting off a profitable venture (6) EARNER lEARNER
23 Adhesive ultimately found in tree, one kind of resin (5) ELEMI {EL{a...vE}M}{1}
25 Vulcan gets second reminder (4) MEMO {ME}{MO}
Reference List
Time = T, Girl = DI, Old = O, Day = D, European = E, Large = L, Good = G, New = N, Pressure = P, India = I, One in French = UN, With = W, Second = MO
TalePiece
By Dr RKE
ELEMI Dickens is
always UPSET and DISTRESSED when people misspell and mispronounce her first name
as Emily. TONIGHT, she is at a SHINDIG, thrown by Alex Johnson, one of her
batchmates from the Chicago Art School, where they are studying OP-ART. Not one
known to GALLIVANT, she is wishing she could simply DISSOLVE from the scene but
Alex is a dear friend and it would break his heart to vanish. She wishes that
she had EAR PLUGs to shield herself from the noisy band and even more to shut
out the inane THIGH-SLAPPERs from the emcee. She finds a bar-stool and sits
holding a glass of TANGERINE juice and is covertly playing an ERASER challenge
game on her phone.
So, she is surprised
when a young man EMANATEs from the crowd, walks up to her and says, “Hi, Ms.
Elemi Dickens, I’m Chris EARNER” and offers his hand. She is uncertain if
this was a SIGN asking her to join in dance or simply a pick-up line and she hesitantly
shakes the hand. Chris INTUITs that she is feeling totally out-of-place and
says “shall we take a walk in the garden?”. She normally declines such proposals,
but her interest is kindled by his ADDRESSing her by her proper first name. She
thinks that ATTESTs a thoroughness of mind, something that is also evident from
the starched PANTS he is wearing and a T-shirt that says “Save the WHITE SEA
beluga-WWF”. They take a stroll in the garden and within a short PERIOD, Elemi is
seen holding hands with this new acquaintance. The loud music, the noisy shouts
from those partying hard and in fact the whole world around her seems to GRIND
TO A HALT. ‘This is not my Prince Charming with all his REGALIA’, says an
ASTRINGENT rational voice from within her. But the emotional voice quells that
objection saying ‘look, he has UNWRAPped me from the shell I have been hiding
in’.
A final MEMO to the
dear reader: you are free to choose the ending of your choice:
1.ED & CE have a lasting relation
2.ED & CE have a brief relation and then they go
their separate ways
3.ED & CE never meet each other
Note: The ending
you choose will DICTATE your character respectively as
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1 Opinions of studentlacking principles(5) IDEAS {IDEAlS} 4 Buyfrom both sidesto exchange(5) BANDY {B{AND}Y} 11 Artist’s photo behind ocean(7) PICASSO {PIC}{ASS}{O} 12 Meticulously reboot computer starting this month(7) OCTOBER {REBOOT+Computer*} 13 Condition of one on a horse(5) RIDER (DD) 14 Discover profile’s public(6,3) FIGURE OUT {FIGURE}{OUT} 15 Captures blackdiamondsopening bids(10) ADBUCTIONS {A{B}{D}UCTIONS} 17 Requests timeaway from assignments(4) ASKS {tASKS} 19 Partner of footballer, say with Engineer’ssalary(4) WAGE {WAG}{E} 21 Heard Spooner collect support forold music ensemble(6,4) STRING BAND {(-b+ST)RING (+B-st)AND} 25 Litigant’s proposal restricting international dispute(9) PLAINTIFF {PLA{I}N}{TIFF} 27 Works for Bush(5) PLANT (DD) 28 Minor, 6, introduced to pilot(7) TRIVIAL {TRI{VI}AL} 29 Fearful swine flu frequently around vacation(7) LEISURE {fEaRfUl SwInE fLu<=} 30 In France, it is guardingroyalinsignia(5) CREST {C{R}'EST} 31 Bury dad lost by 11, perhaps(5) INTER {paINTER}
DOWN
2 Firm contract to recruitdetectives(7) DECIDED {DE{CID}ED} 3 Separate summary(8) ABSTRACT (DD) 5 Flower season’s finallyback(6) ASTERN {ASTER}{seasoN} 6 Suspect friend returned promissory notes(7) DUBIOUS {BUD<=}{IOUS} 7 Like drinking gin upin ancient city(6) SPARTA {A{TRAP}S<=} 8 Study to pass quickly without constantstruggle(8) CONFLICT {CON}{FLI{C}T} 9 Carol reducing size in hope!(4) SONG {(-l+S)ONG} Reducing Size= Large (L) replaced by Small (S) 10 Free big rat isn’t underground(6) GRATIS (T) 16 Handy tool?(4,4) NAIL FILE (CD) 18 African counterpart, essentially payingerratically over time(8) EGYPTIAN {countErpart}{PAYING*} around {T} 19 Animal twisting foot with one twig oddly(6) WAPITI {PAW<=}{I}{TwIg} 20 Hot garlic sauceultimately kept inice(7) GLACIER {GARLIC*} around {saucE} 22 Generally, a student’s firstrealuniformgets crumpled(2,1,4) AS A RULE {A}{Student}{REAL+U*} 23 Proper rag picked upfor chores(6) DUTIES {~ DUE TEASE} 24 Rock singers without resistanceto change(6) GNEISS{SINGErS*}
26 Covid: Lesser cases while away(4) IDLE (T)
Reference List
Student=L, Ocean=O, Black=B, Diamonds=D, Time=T, Partner of footballer=WAG, Engineer=E, International=I, 6=VI, In France, it= C'est Royal=R
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TalePiece
By Dr RKE
This is to warn you of a certain type of person like Mr.Sharma. By the time you finish reading this you will FIGURE OUT why I say so. AS A RULE, you will find this type of person sitting on the stone bench, adjacent to the petunia PLANT, in the park in your housing society, never mind that it is OCTOBER and the sky is overcast. He has a NAIL FILE in hand but no one has ever seen him use it on his nails. He is ostensibly there watching his grandson, a RIDER of a baby scooty. But his real motive is to ensnare one person every day into a conversation. It all starts quite TRIVIALly as he ASKS you, “you are in Flat 805 in H block, right?”. Please be warned that even if you reside in the said flat, it would be better to mumble something to the contrary and not pause. If you make the mistake of saying, “yes, Uncle”, be prepared to collect the WAGEs of your sin. You might as well forget all IDEAS of completing the shopping, picking up the Amazon delivery from the watchman and dropping your daughter for her STRING BAND practice. He has the DUBIOUS distinction of not letting anyone go away when he has DECIDED to perform this seeming act of ABDUCTION.
The difference between you and him is you have DUTIES and no LEISURE and he vice versa- and therein lies the CONFLICT. In an IDLE act of thoughtlessness, if you sit by him on the bench, within the next 10 minutes he will extract all the info about you, maybe even about your Aadhaar card (on which your name is misspelt). He would say, “O, Gopalan is your father, I know him back from the days when he was an AGM in State Bank.” There is no use telling him, “No, my father has retired from ISRO”. It is best to maintain an ABSTRACT silence because either way he is going to BANDY about how he bulldozed his way to a loan (for a SONG of an interest rate) from Gopalan of State Bank 20 years ago and how he got the gift of a clock GRATIS from him. Probably poor Mr.Gopalan just wanted to tear himself away from this motor mouth. INTER alia, he will launch into how he had a run-in with the promoter of the building society. If you want to escape, the only strategy is to maintain a GNEISS like rock-silence or the cold countenance of a GLACIER atop a Himalayan CREST, making him wonder if you have a sound hearing. You can also draw some modern art like PICASSO on the sand with your toes. Results not guaranteed, but what is the harm in trying?
My advice is let your favourite SONG play in your head, loud enough to drown out this monumental bore. And while at it, just pray for Mr.Sharma’s daughter-in-law to come along, because she is the only one known to be capable of freezing a charging Mr.Sharma on his tracks.
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