Saturday, 15 January 2022

Special, Saturday 15 Jan 2022, IXL 2021 Preliminary No 1, Fraz


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  1. Padmanabhan15 January 2022 at 07:15

    15A- Umbra- Dark Section- T
    22A- Evening Dress- Formal Clothes- Even ING(D)RESS
    Ingress- Entrance,D- Diamonds
    20D- Tingles= Thrilling Sensation- T

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  2. AJ15 January 2022 at 07:17

    1d BOSOM BUDDY:: a close friend
    homophone of boo somebody
    Audibly is home indicator
    15a UMBRA: dark section
    Muse UM BRA nah
    20d TINGLES : gives thrilling sensation
    skaTING LESsons

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  3. AJ15 January 2022 at 07:22

    Instead of15a
    19d FINESSE: subtlety
    Fines(penalties) se(outwardly simple)

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  4. AJ15 January 2022 at 07:28

    Instead of 30d, a repetition
    17d: ACCIDENT: mishap
    Occidental : group of countries in the west
    O( nothing) changes for a
    -o+a ccident

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    1. Padmanabhan15 January 2022 at 07:38

      It looks like (+O-A) going by the crossings,Occident being the solution word.

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    2. AJ15 January 2022 at 07:47

      You are right Paddy. Mishap( accident) changes O for A.
      So it is OCCIDENTAL. Oversight.

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    3. AJ15 January 2022 at 07:49

      I typed Occident. Al is added by the system. Sorry.

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  5. Prasanna Rao15 January 2022 at 07:30

    15a - UMBRA ------> [T]
    29A - MINER(-S) australia capital - sydney

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  6. Veena15 January 2022 at 07:34

    13D
    Definition: nut, e.g.
    Confused: Anagrind
    Extreme lifelike: LE
    {Bees died}* around LE: Edible seed

    16A
    Short rest: Res
    Reflect: ponder
    Definition: person giving answers
    RESPONDER

    27A
    Second: S
    I'll minus l (save the last) : IL
    Record: ENTER
    SILENTER+A: SILENT ERA
    Definition: time in the history of film

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  7. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 January 2022 at 07:34

    12A: MODIFICATION - change
    Leader of India - Modi
    invented a story - fiction
    about 'a'
    {Modi}{fic(a)tion}
    13D: EDIBLE SEED - nut, eg
    extremely lifelike - le
    {bees died}* circling {le}
    24D: SPAT - sputtered
    faucets - taps <=

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  8. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 07:39

    Sorry 3ac
    3dn - EOLITHS
    (shoe +lit)*

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  9. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 07:41

    16a - RESPONDER - Person giving answers
    RES(T) + PONDER

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  10. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 07:44

    3ac - PILEDRIVER
    PLED - Responded in court
    I Current
    RIVER - Waterway

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  11. Ramesh Kosaraju 15 January 2022 at 07:48

    Replacement for 13D
    5D: EOLITHS - crude tools
    illuminated - lit
    lit inside {shoes}*

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  12. Nick15 January 2022 at 07:48

    7D. VANE (VAIN hp)
    9D. AS OF LATE A(SOF[L]A)TE
    14D. PERFUNCTORY (PER FUNK [hp] TORY)

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  13. Nick15 January 2022 at 07:51

    Sorry. No. 14D is 10 letters. Correction: 8D: RUNT RU(N)T

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  14. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 07:54

    8dn - replacement
    RUNT - Pipsqueak
    RU(N)T

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  15. Vasant15 January 2022 at 08:16

    2D OVERDUBBED DROVE*+(-r)UBBED
    18A DEEMED FIT (MED)inside FEED reversed+IT
    16A RES(-t)+PONDER

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  16. Vasant15 January 2022 at 08:21

    Replacement for 16A
    4D I CONCUR
    ICON+CUR

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  17. Padmanabhan15 January 2022 at 08:24

    4D is very good and well solved.

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  18. Nick15 January 2022 at 08:49

    Got all except can't anno 1A. Hoping 'left' on its own isn't being used as a reversal indicator..

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  19. Nick15 January 2022 at 08:50

    Or maybe 'in a competition, left' is somehow a reversal indicator?

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  20. Sarathi15 January 2022 at 08:59

    29 A
    Answer ADIT
    Australian capital A
    Parisian said = DIT
    so the answer is ADIT, entrance or exit for miners

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  21. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 January 2022 at 08:59

    14DN P[ROTE+STAN]T
    part=PT
    Jazzman Getz=STAN
    Mechanical repetition=ROTE

    1dn B+UOY<=
    British=B; Solver in a competition=YOU<=
    left=reversal indicator

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    1. Prasanna Rao15 January 2022 at 09:10

      good solve KKR Garu. Tried a lot. IXL puzzles are quiet tough to understand.

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  22. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 January 2022 at 09:03


    10AC STEP<= STOOL<=
    cute housemates=PETS flipping=reversal ind.
    sacks=LOOTS backward=reversal indicator.

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  23. Nick15 January 2022 at 09:07

    Lol guys. Please refresh and look at previous solves before posting. Ok. Since 29A was taken:
    28A: THE FAR EAST THEF(AREAS)T

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  24. P. Venkatesan15 January 2022 at 09:08

    28a: THE FAR EAST {AREA} in {THEFTS}*
    11A: TENON {NO}{NET}<--
    10A: STEP STOOL {PETS<--}{LOOT<--}

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  25. Nick15 January 2022 at 09:18

    Oh well. At least I get to keep posting answers haha.
    Replacement:
    21A. CABOT TO BAC(-k) <-

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  26. P. Venkatesan15 January 2022 at 09:22

    Replacement for 28a:
    21a: CABOT {TO}{BAC(-K)}<--

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  27. N Sridhar15 January 2022 at 09:25

    10A- step stool; housemates- pets; sack- loot; sacks- loots; anagram

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  28. N Sridhar15 January 2022 at 09:25

    Assistance in reaching- definition

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  29. Nick15 January 2022 at 09:32

    Not sure if setter sees this but since I criticised 1A, only fair to list ones I liked. Actually a tremendous grid :D
    Favourites: 3, 21, 26, 28 and 29A and 5 and 9D :) Oh, someone has copied my answer again haha. Um, 26A: PEDAL PE(D)AL.

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  30. N Sridhar15 January 2022 at 09:39

    6D- retro- going out; baggage handler-(p) orter turned back

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  31. Jacob Brahmakulam15 January 2022 at 09:47

    23D VOLGA; European flower; A GLOVe << ; hand covering= glove;

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  32. Jacob Brahmakulam15 January 2022 at 09:50

    1A BUOY; LIFT; B {YOU}<<; solver in a competition = you; left is reversal indicator

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  33. Jacob Brahmakulam15 January 2022 at 10:01

    14D PROTESTANT; religious individual; {P {ROTE} {STAN} T} PT=part abbreviation; ROTE= mechanical repetition; STAN Getz = Jazzman

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  34. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 January 2022 at 10:08

    Last one yet to be solved :
    25dn

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  35. Sritri15 January 2022 at 10:26

    25D Heard as Ads (as in Radio/TV spots) ADZE

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 January 2022 at 10:36

      Spots meaning Ads for Advertisements?

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    2. sree_sree15 January 2022 at 11:00

      Brit specific, a spot is more a ad-break in desi lingo.

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    3. Sritri15 January 2022 at 11:01

      Yes.

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    4. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 11:12

      I got all after some difficulty in parsing ADZE.
      Lovely Grid.

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    5. Padmanabhan15 January 2022 at 11:17

      Looks like it.
      I am awaiting proper anno for 26A.
      I had it as pedal. Missed seeing something?

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    6. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 January 2022 at 11:18

      Thanks Prasad aka sree sree and Sritri.

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    7. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 14:50

      It is PEAL around D -PEDAL - cycle is what i think too

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  36. Padmanabhan15 January 2022 at 11:18

    Just saw- PE(D)AL

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  37. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 January 2022 at 12:10

    Wonderful grid, worthy for a competition. Thanks Fraz!!!

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  38. Sarathi15 January 2022 at 13:00

    Anno not given for 25 D, ADZE
    How?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao15 January 2022 at 13:36

      Sarathi,
      Ads=spots and adze sounds like [in the auditorium-homophone indication] ads

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    2. Sarathi15 January 2022 at 13:49

      Thanks🙏

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  39. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 16:10

    ROMANCE AFTER A GAP
    Calina VOLGA, was a forty plus single woman. Born in THE FAR EAST of Siberia, her family migrated to the States when she was around 10. A Historian by profession, she was currently researching on the EOLITHS found in Greece. Her research partner was Bill Hayden, an archaeologist, who had repeatedly professed his romantic interest in her.

    Calina, somehow, felt that her Russian roots prevented her from aligning with an OCCIDENTAL mate. Though her wardrobe of EVENING DRESSES, reflected the FINESSE of her acquired taste, her heart was still Russian preferring her land's elaborate operas & SILENT ERA movies to Hollywood's OVER DUBBED Glitz. More over, she still belonged to the Russian Orthodox Church, while Bill was a true blue PROTESTANT.

    Living in a beautiful semi detached house, complete with a barn, AS OF LATE, she had been wanting to do some MODIFICATIONS to her Interiors. Her VANE required replacement, she needed a new STEP STOOL & she wanted to give her Porch a RETRO look. Bill had suggested a carpenter he knew, adding in jest that he was a Russian, who seemed to have difficulty in understanding the American accent.

    Waiting for the carpenter to arrive, she snacked on some EDIBLE SEEDS while practising her out of use native tongue. She RESPONDED to the first ring of the bell & actually wondered at the TINGLING in her heart. Was she so excited to meet a fellow country man?

    On opening the door, she found a tall middle aged man, carrying a Carpenter's tool kit complete with an ADZE. He introduced himself as Vladimir CABOT & the name seemed to ring a bell. As she put her hand out & saw his hand, she was stunned.

    `Vlad! Is that really you?' her voice refused to come out. He looked equally stunned. Her mind raced back to one of her last images of leaving home. Saying Good Bye to her BOSOM BUDDY on the ADIT leading to the salt mine in their home town. Both their faces streaked with tears, they knew they might never meet again.

    How could she not recognise the stubbed little finger, broken irreparably, as her friend had saved her, when she fell from a tree, all of 8 years old? The agonising pain that he endured & the humiliation amongst the boys as they ribbed him for his 4 finger right hand.

    And here he was, all grown up & greying at the temples. With her spirits BUOYING up, she jumped & hugged him tight. She did not want to let go at all. Gently disengaging himself Vlad PEDALLED back by almost a yard. Well aware of the difference in their current status, he did not DEEM IT FIT, that they should behave like old buddies.

    Ms. Volga! Can we discuss the repairs you want?' he asked in a gruff voice. Taken aback, she composed herself & called him in. He told her about his tough life back home, his migration to America just 3 years back & last but not the least, his single status.

    A daytime carpenter, he supplemented his income by operating a PILE DRIVER at night. When he tried to explain, why their friendship could never be revived, her Russian temper flared & she SPAT out - 'I CONCUR with all you say. But I am no longer the same RUNT, who you said Goodbye to, 30 years back. I am a woman who knows her mind. I know what I have waited for. Not even you can dissuade me now. Let us take one day at a time. But don't deny me my happiness. My friendship.' So saying, she TENONed into him.

    A man is yet to be born, who can deny a beautiful woman, her heart's desire - especially when it is well within her reach.

    Suffice to say, in less than 3 months Ms. Volga became Mrs. Volga CABOT & no UMBRA could cloud the radiant rainbow of her remaining life.

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  40. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 16:11

    My story today. After a gap. 😊

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  41. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 16:12

    CGB - Now u know what happened next to Vladimir. 😊😊😊

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  42. Padmanabhan15 January 2022 at 17:00

    It may be a different Vladimir,after all!!!
    Thank you for resuming the story.

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  43. Anonymous15 January 2022 at 17:22

    I know it is the same Vladimir. Becos i plucked him out of CGB's limericks. 😊

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