Friday 5 November 2021

Special, Friday 05 Nov 2021, Driver


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  1. AJ5 November 2021 at 07:11

    12 ac CYST abnormal growth
    Pregnancy(CY ST) age

    1d CANOPY cover
    CA: Canada NO: Norway PY: P( aragua)Y on vacation
    16d FULL STOP: complete halt
    Direct meaning

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    1. Col_Gopinath5 November 2021 at 07:20

      There is more to 16D than just Direct Meaning

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  2. Ramesh Kosaraju 5 November 2021 at 07:17

    1A: PATRIARCHY - male dominated society {a rich party}*
    12A: CYST - abnormal growth [T]
    16D: FULL STOP - complete halt and .

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    1. AJ5 November 2021 at 07:27

      Complete is FULL
      Halt is STOP
      What else?

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    2. Ramesh Kosaraju 5 November 2021 at 08:02

      The dot at the end of the clue is also FULL STOP

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    3. AJ5 November 2021 at 09:31

      The dot was not visible to me at all. But I saw Vasant's comment.

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  3. P. Venkatesan5 November 2021 at 07:17

    27a: TOOL {LOOT<--}
    17A: AMOUR {A}{MOUR(-N)}
    14D: STOIC {STO(I)CK~}

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  4. Ramesh Kosaraju 5 November 2021 at 07:20

    Replacements
    4D: ICON [DD]
    25 D: ONUS - responsibility [T]

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  5. Rajashri5 November 2021 at 07:21

    8a PATRIARCHY: male dominated society
    Anagram of ' a rich party'
    23d POLICE: protect
    Half of Poland is pol
    Iceland devoid of soil is ice
    25d ONUS: responsibility
    S(ON US)ually

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  6. Vasant5 November 2021 at 07:32

    2d TRADITIONALISTS TRADITION+A-LISTS
    11A:ANNO DOMINI (AD expanded)
    16D FULL+ STOP (Definition "." given at the end of clue)

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    1. Prasanna Rao5 November 2021 at 12:17

      16D......Excellent solve Vasanth. not concentrated the "." it impacts a lot. similarly yesterday's puzzle 12A. answer is TWELVE and ac. serial number also 12.

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  7. Shruthi5 November 2021 at 08:03

    21D - Amalfi (acrostic)
    15A - afro (for a*)
    5D - Fyodor (DD)

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  8. ShankarG5 November 2021 at 08:24

    18d RESISTOR
    RE (about), SIS (half sister) T (time) OR

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    1. Ramesh Kosaraju 5 November 2021 at 08:38

      And a RESISTOR also acts as "a potential (or voltage) divider" (in a network).
      Excellent clue!

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    2. Abhishek Sridhar5 November 2021 at 12:14

      Thank you :)

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  9. Shay5 November 2021 at 08:34

    1D-CANOPY =Cover from CanadA NOrway and ParaguaY
    3D-MARADONA =Legend From Don Bradman - D +A and -B and -N
    21D-AMALFI - coastal town in Italy. First letters after basically

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  10. Ravoori5 November 2021 at 08:41

    I have not received online today's crossword. What is happening?

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  11. sree_sree5 November 2021 at 08:58

    20a I think "central defender" needs relook.
    Also anno of 28a is (4,6)?

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    1. sree_sree5 November 2021 at 09:38

      13a too. One?

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    2. Abhishek Sridhar5 November 2021 at 12:15

      Clarified my intended anno for 20a below.
      Yes. 28a should he 4,6
      13a was an oversight from my end. Apologies

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  12. Padmanabhan5 November 2021 at 09:04

    7D- Blankets- BLANK(ET)S- Surrounds.
    Late and tried to avoid repeats- stop with one.

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  13. VU5 November 2021 at 09:12

    9 A HILL Chill (Cool) without Cold - C
    22 A OOPS - Blunder and Programming concept
    28 A FOUR o'Clock plant - refers to time also

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  14. sree_sree5 November 2021 at 09:37

    6d Chemical formula (almost sick: SiC silicon carbide formula)
    19&26 LAST MILE (lasith Malinga -h, -again)*E

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  15. sree_sree5 November 2021 at 09:39

    Thanks Driver for the special.

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  16. AJ5 November 2021 at 09:48

    10ac solved at 9:16 by Shay.
    Is 6d solved?

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  17. Col_Gopinath5 November 2021 at 09:55

    Last three to be solved
    Across - 13, 20, 24

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    1. Prasanna Rao5 November 2021 at 11:56

      late entry .....I am keen on substitutions so I am considering 20a,
      CLEARANCES
      Captain-C
      King - LEAR
      First-Class -ACE
      Multiple times ACES
      (C(LEAR)(A(N)CES)

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    2. Prasanna Rao5 November 2021 at 12:06

      Sir, I considered "n" central defender . i.e def(en)der, taken back from center off "n". Please correct me if I am worng.

      hence (C(LEAR)(A(N)CES)

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    3. Abhishek Sridhar5 November 2021 at 12:16

      Hello Prasanna sir,
      The intended annotation for 20a was this.
      Captain - C
      King - lear
      First class saves - cs
      Central defender - en
      Along with a
      Makes is the anagram indicator
      Clear (csaen)* clearances
      Menaning kicking the ball away multiple times

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    4. Prasanna Rao5 November 2021 at 12:26

      oh. noted my error. Thanks Mr. Sridhar. well solved. since I passed half way I assumed the meaning other way. searched google and taken the anno. as

      ( A centre-back (also known as a central defender or centre-half, as the modern role of the centre-back arose from the centre-half position)

      But somehow, I spotted that I am wrong in anno part. Thanks

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  18. Abhishek Sridhar5 November 2021 at 12:13

    Thanks for publishing the crossword.
    The intended anno for 20@ is
    Captain - C
    King - lear
    First class saves - cs
    Central defender - en
    Along with a
    Makes is the anagram indicator
    Clear (csaen)* clearances
    Menaning kicking the ball away multiple times

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    1. sree_sree5 November 2021 at 13:12

      that would be too close to an indirect. long winding.

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    2. sree_sree5 November 2021 at 13:14

      makes first class as aces with central defenders would made a better reading in my view

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  19. Padmanabhan5 November 2021 at 12:45

    Thank you Sridhar. Enjoyed doing the CW,but could have avoided a few very long clues. But I enjoyed the jump from a cricketing legend to a football one. I was still searching around in cricket until I saw the solution in the blog. Bradman's average of 99.96 (If I remember right) is something unthinkable. Thank you for recalling it.

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    1. Abhishek Sridhar5 November 2021 at 13:47

      That clue was little convoluted for its surface meaning. Bradman was dismissed on the second ball of first innings when he just needed 4 runs to get to average of 100.

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  20. Padmanabhan5 November 2021 at 12:46

    Last mile delivery was also different.

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  21. Padmanabhan5 November 2021 at 13:09

    Col.,
    TH print edition at Chennai declares holiday only today. So there may be paper & CW tomorrow. But specials are always welcome.

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  22. Kolluru Koteswara Rao5 November 2021 at 18:55

    Good to see the grid, Sridhar!
    A doubt about 1down clue:
    1D-CANOPY =Cover from CanadA NOrway and ParaguaY
    The construction leads to CA+NY+PY, right?

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    1. sree_sree5 November 2021 at 19:05

      Vacation is only for Paraguay. The rest two ild codes for resp countries.

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