Sunday 2 January 2022

Special, Sunday 02 Jan 2022, IXL 2021 On Stage Final No 1, Dr. X


Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
Please submit all your answers in one comment.  

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  1. Vasant2 January 2022 at 10:38

    12A ANIMOSITY (IN MAOIST)*+Y
    8D PREVENTS V(-illa) inside SERPENT*
    9D ARGYLE LAYER* around G

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  2. P. Venkatesan2 January 2022 at 10:44

    7d: TRAIN {T}{RA{..I..}N}
    8D: PREVENTS {SERPENTS*} around{V...}
    21A: ASPECT {A}{S{P}ECT}

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  3. Padmanabhan2 January 2022 at 10:50

    6D- Out of the Picture- DD
    8D- Prevents- Avoids- (SERPENT V)*
    16D- Bandolier- (Debonair L)*- Cartridge belt

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    1. sree_sree2 January 2022 at 11:45

      As col would say 8d and 16d not total anagram.

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    2. Padmanabhan2 January 2022 at 12:02

      You can also say that! Agreed.
      Saw Vasant's solution for 8D and thought so immediately.
      16D- L inside (Debonair)*

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  4. P. Venkatesan2 January 2022 at 10:57

    Replacement for 8d:
    15a: EXHIBIT {EX}{H{B}{I}IT} - EXPOSE

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  5. Murali2 January 2022 at 11:32

    22a. PANGA
    Stab = PANG
    with A
    broad African knife = PANGA
    26A UNITE= couple
    f(un ite)ms =>T

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  6. sree_sree2 January 2022 at 11:44

    Thanks col for sharing this.
    On the easier side from DOC.
    Nice one to solve on leisure Sunday.

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  7. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 January 2022 at 11:51

    10a : DHOTI. (D(HOT)In)
    17a : LOGICAL (LO(GIn)CAL)
    26a : UNITE (Telescopic)

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 January 2022 at 11:54

    In place of 26a

    14a : DIVEST (DIVE)(ST) Club=Dive

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  9. AJ2 January 2022 at 11:58

    It is 18a not 17a.

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  10. AJ2 January 2022 at 12:09

    23d NASTY: obnoxious
    Dynasty - dy
    3d POISONED CHALICE: curse in disguise
    Cops: police
    Police ache din so *


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  11. Padmanabhan2 January 2022 at 12:14

    23D- Good one. I did not get the removal part.(crossing)
    Getting police from cops- does it make it an indirect anagram or it is part of wordplay?

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    1. Jacob Brahmakulam2 January 2022 at 12:21

      POLICE is not part of anagram

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 January 2022 at 12:22

      Part of word play. Police are welcoming 'ache din so'* (PO(ISONED CHA)*LICE)

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  12. Jacob Brahmakulam2 January 2022 at 12:19

    1A BEANPOLE; tall thin person, B AN in EPOLE <<
    25A ABSTINENT; celibate; IT<< + oN in ABSENT
    28A IN SECRET; clandestinely; {I...t} {N SE{C}RET*}

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  13. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 12:21

    1a - BEANPOLE - B + (elope)《= containing AN
    1d - BEDLAM B + (male) 《= containind d

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  14. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 12:23

    10a DHOTI D(hot)i(n)

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  15. Nick2 January 2022 at 12:35

    5A HOT TIP H(OTT)IP
    2D AGONISING AG(O NIS<-)ING
    17D SLAPDASH S LAP DAS<- H

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  16. VU2 January 2022 at 12:35

    17D SLAPDASH -S(mall) LAP (Drink) DAS (SAD<--) H(usband)
    24 A - CAPACIOUS - C(old) APACIOUS - RAPACIOUS (Greedy) without R
    27 A - HOYDEN - O (close to gigolo) in (S)HY (modest topless) with DEN (Joint)

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    1. VU2 January 2022 at 12:47

      Compensating for 17D..
      13A FENCE - Criminal - Killing OF in OFFENCE (Anger)

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  17. AJ2 January 2022 at 12:42

    11 a FIRST RATE: supreme
    Excitement: fire
    Pastries: tarts
    In retreat, strat
    FI R( ST RAT)E

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  18. AJ2 January 2022 at 12:42

    11a is my third one

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  19. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 12:44

    5a - HOT TIP - h(ott)ip

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  20. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 12:49

    4d - LEFTIST (turning up in red)
    LE(f(sit)=《)T

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  21. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 12:49

    That was replacement

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  22. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 January 2022 at 13:04

    Last three left

    20A, 19D, 20D

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  23. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 13:15

    20a - COPING C + go=《 WITH PIN
    REPLACEMENT

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  24. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 13:17

    I always thought CW competiotions will be v v tough. Far beyond my capacity.
    Glad that i could finish today. & annotate all.
    Thanx to Dr.X & ofcourse the blog.

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    1. sree_sree2 January 2022 at 15:12

      It's the time pressure. Masters would have finished this under 15min. I still get into solvers block 20-25min and waste about 5-10min in getting back the flow.

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    2. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 15:18

      I fully agree.
      But just being able to solve with full comprehension is a GIANT LEAP for me.

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    3. Vasant2 January 2022 at 16:02

      It was on stage one. So you had to solve all clues cold.

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  25. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 13:20

    20d - CAPSTAN - captain - i + s

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  26. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 13:24

    19d - LICHEN Lic(h)e + n

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    1. sree_sree2 January 2022 at 15:10

      3 per commentator!

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    2. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 15:16

      Almost everything is a replacement. Since all my answers already done.

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  27. Anonymous2 January 2022 at 13:26

    Colonel - do post my rangoli when u find time. Thanx

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  28. Orthopaul2 January 2022 at 13:27

    19d. LICHEN ..Lic(h)e(n) h from hard
    N from shi(n)

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  29. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 January 2022 at 13:29

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  30. Padmanabhan2 January 2022 at 15:19

    That completes it.
    Thank you Col. & Dr.X. It is always a pleasure to do a special sitting at home without any time constraint and knowing all the crossings.

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    1. Prasanna Rao3 January 2022 at 08:04

      unable to participate sunday grid. instead I have compensated by solving Incognito grid completely.
      9a - was my favorite
      Leaving a group of musicians on Indian galley initially - (A)(BAND)(ON)(IN)(G)

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