Sunday, 19 December 2021

Special, Sunday 19 Dec 2021, Guns


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  1. P. Venkatesan19 December 2021 at 10:34

    10a: ROSE {R(-I)(+O)SE}
    12A: TRAITORS {ARTIST+OR}*
    30A: SAGA {SA..}{GA..}

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  2. AJ19 December 2021 at 10:36

    9a: glare: angry stare
    Lager*
    GLARE
    10a RISE: get up
    Flower: r(-o+I)se (I (one) for o( nothing))
    12a TRAITORS: betrayers (artist or)*

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  3. Vasant19 December 2021 at 10:39

    2d DUMB BELL
    3d EGGNOG EG+GONG<
    4d L(ATTIC)E

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  4. Jayalakshmi arumugam19 December 2021 at 10:42

    19ac insipid (acrostic)
    10ac rise (r(o)-(I) +se)
    12ac traitors (artist or) *

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  5. AJ19 December 2021 at 10:43

    Substitute for 12a
    19a INSIPID: uninteresting
    Acrostic( first letters)

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  6. AJ19 December 2021 at 10:47

    Subst for 19a
    26a TOGETHER: at the same time
    (TO)(GET)(HER)

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  7. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 10:51

    15a- Irreal- It's fanciful- T
    19A- Insipid- Uninteresting- Acrostic
    16D- Adieu- Farewell- A Dieu (God)

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    1. sree_sree19 December 2021 at 11:54

      16d Dieu is noun(as in there is a god with the name dieu or french for God?)

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  8. Anonymous19 December 2021 at 10:59

    1d - FARE (similar to FAIR)
    8ac - SABU (abus)*
    9ac - GLARE (lager)*

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    1. Vasant19 December 2021 at 11:04

      Gowri, check 1d.(with crossing of 11A)

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    2. Anonymous19 December 2021 at 11:23

      Is it FAIR - instead of FARE becos i could not fill 11ac.

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    3. Vasant19 December 2021 at 11:24

      Yes, it is

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  9. Jayalakshmi arumugam19 December 2021 at 11:03

    replacements
    27ac Oman (om ) (a) (n)ame
    18dn elephant (the plane) *

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam19 December 2021 at 11:04

    5d RELATION. (R)(ELATION)
    20d INNOCENT (IN)(NO)(CENT)
    21d OPERATE (OP)(ERA)(T)(E)

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  11. Shalini19 December 2021 at 11:11

    13A SYNERGIC
    (e)NERGY* in SIC(thus)
    24A POLONIUS
    POLO NI US
    22A ALPINE
    tall PINE

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  12. Anonymous19 December 2021 at 11:16

    13a - SYNERGIC - Working together.
    SIC - thus quoted - containing ((e)nergy)*

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  13. Anonymous19 December 2021 at 11:24

    17ac - SKILLED s+killed

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    1. Vasant19 December 2021 at 11:26

      Bus bus! only 3 comments per person!

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    2. Anonymous19 December 2021 at 11:27

      This was a sub for GLARE done by AJ before me.

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    3. Vasant19 December 2021 at 11:27

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  15. ramesh ss19 December 2021 at 11:32

    6D CRATER CREATuRe - eu * def: cavity
    13A SYNERGIC ENERGY* in SIC def:working together
    25D LOVELY sLOVEnLY - sn* def: pretty

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  16. ramesh ss19 December 2021 at 11:38

    repl for repeat 13A

    23D ICEMAN ICE in case of emergency MAN male def: killer

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  17. Jacob Brahmakulam19 December 2021 at 11:47

    31A NATAL native of// this city

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  18. Jacob Brahmakulam19 December 2021 at 11:48

    11a ARABIN; sticky substance ARAB IN

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  19. Ambi Subramanian19 December 2021 at 11:48

    5D RIGHT = R
    Jubilation = Elation
    R+elation = Relation = connection


    18 D. Anagram of the + plane = Elephant = Animal


    32 A. Noon = either way at the time of the day

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  20. sree_sree19 December 2021 at 11:50

    Nice one guns.
    7d indirect? (Initial turmoil/confusion would have been OK)
    23d kill is ICE! Though ice is clued diff but still, the break up could have been better

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    1. Anonymous19 December 2021 at 12:55

      I thought ice - is in case of emergency.
      + man - ice man?

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    2. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 13:10

      Obviously,that is the parsing. But since ice itself may mean killer,Prasad feels it could have been clued differently.

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    3. cdrgani2919 December 2021 at 14:04

      Comment on 23D noted.

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  21. Jacob Brahmakulam19 December 2021 at 11:50

    14D YOKEL ; country cousin; YOKE L

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  22. ramesh ss19 December 2021 at 12:14

    Question: Are Sunday special setters not SKILLED to merit RISE with a talepiece?
    At least a small one if not a SAGA. The special contributors are like YOKEL. For TOGETHER with the regular daily expert setters their LATTICEs entertain too. These grids may not reach ALPINE heights of regulars or profound like a speech of POLONIUS. But surely they help pass what would be an INSIPID morning. Like a dash of EGGNOG on Sunday at NOON.
    Probably on Sundays with none to OPERATE, taking time to meet RELATIONs or exercising with the DUMBBELL regular writer is busy elsewhere. Here this an attempt to fill this CAVITY least these setters think of us as TRAITORS! INNOCENT we are and FAIR to all.
    (This piece is IRREAL fun and hopefully does not invite GLARE of the admin.)
    Thanks Guns for a LOVELY grid. ADIEU!

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  23. ramesh ss19 December 2021 at 12:15

    Thoroughly enjoyed solving this nice Sunday special. thanks Cdr Ganapathiji and Colonel for publishing.

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  24. AJ19 December 2021 at 12:33

    Nice CW Guns. Enjoyed solving. Thank you for reminding me of James Shirley’s poem. Can’t elaborate further as the clue is yet to be solved. But the clue has entered my list of favourites along with a few others. Thank you.

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  25. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 12:41

    You have a list?! That's interesting.

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    1. AJ19 December 2021 at 12:54

      Why this question Paddy?

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    2. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 13:03

      You had said the nice clue had entered your list of favourites. I thought if you do have such a list it should be interesting. I read,solve and forget. Maybe,if some connection comes up I may recall.

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    3. AJ19 December 2021 at 13:16

      Not a long list. But I like 21down for the way it has been clued. 28 a and 24ac for the literary connection. Particularly 28a for referring to a line in the poem to get the solution. You think I am funny?

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    4. cdrgani2919 December 2021 at 13:50

      Why funny. On the other hand it's an interesting pastime. To see some of mine in the list, I feel nice, AJ! thank you!

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    5. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 13:54

      Why funny? I find it interesting.
      I am a little weak in literature since I have not studied much in my academics. What little I know,is what I have learned out of interest. Thanks to your mention,I googled and read the poem, a part of which I had quoted above. I take every opportunity to read up. CV used to provide many such instances. I miss him.

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  26. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 12:42

    A commanding CW!
    Enjoyed the CW along with Ramesh special.

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  27. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 12:45

    Prasad-
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieu
    A long unfinished epic by Victor Hugo.

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  28. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 12:59

    Only the actions of the just
    Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.
    Nice lines from James Shirley's poem.
    Thank you Commander & AJ.

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  29. AJ19 December 2021 at 13:50

    28ac and 29dn are yet to be solved

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  30. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 14:03

    I have a replacement and so...
    28A- Victim- from James Shelley:

    Upon death’s purple altar now
    See where the victor-victim bleeds.

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  31. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 14:04

    That leaves 29D for anyone who comes in late.

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  32. Murali19 December 2021 at 15:29

    7D TSAR = monarch
    Lead performer = star
    Confused = anagram indicator *
    29D IRON (DD)

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  33. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 15:31

    Yes,the monarch remains.

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  34. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 15:32

    Oh! Just solved.

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  35. cdrgani2919 December 2021 at 16:00

    Thanks a lot Solvers for entertaining my work!

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  36. Padmanabhan19 December 2021 at 17:33

    Thank you Com, & Col. for the entertaining time we had.

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  37. Col_Gopinath19 December 2021 at 19:20

    Thanks for the special Cdr Ganapathi

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  38. cdrgani2919 December 2021 at 19:42

    Thanks, Col!

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  39. Vasant19 December 2021 at 22:13

    Thanks Commander Ganapathi for the special

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    1. Vasant19 December 2021 at 22:15

      Wish only the indirect anagram could have been avoided

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