Sunday, 9 January 2022

Special, Sunday 09 Jan 2022, IXL 2021 On Stage Final No 2, Buzzer


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33 comments:

  1. 11a IN CHORUS (T)
    20A: IMPOTENT {TIP+TO+MEN}*
    24A: OKRA (T)

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  2. 13D - SUN BONNET anagram of nun best to
    11A - IN CHORUS T from p(inch or us(urp
    25A - WITH RESPECT TO - anagram of "epic test worth"

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  3. 12A repl 11A repeat
    CRUSADING - ICARUS* around D + NG

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  4. 6dn isle if man (foam lines)*
    22dn shoot (DD)
    2dn label (L) (Abel)

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  5. 15A: OINK - sound from pen
    nothing - o
    write with - ink
    6D: ISLE OF MAN - British Island
    {foam lines}
    22D: SHOOT - open fire
    shoot ~ chute

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  6. 4d IN FRIENDLY TERMS: sternly informed*
    Contrary to inform sternly

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  7. 4d correction ON friendly terms, not IN

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  8. My second
    1a COLLABORATION: joint effort
    COL( every other school) LAB( location for practical science) ORATION( discourse)

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  9. 1A {COL} + {LAB} + {ORATION}
    22D SHOOT (sounds like Chute)
    15D OHMS LAW

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    1. Replacement for 1A
      23A PLAN +E.T.(out of this world) + ARIA = PLANETARIA

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    2. 23A: Anno needs correction
      space essentially - a
      atmosphere around - air<=
      {plan}{et}{a}{air<=}

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  10. My third
    1d CONQUER: humble
    CON( conservative) QUE(queen) R(king)

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  11. Replacement for 22D
    8A {BUNS}*<
    SNUB

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  12. 18D UNDERGO; experience; ERG (bit of work) in UNDO(open)
    16A PLAYING UP; faulty process; LAYING in PUP
    5D ALPACA: woolly beast: ALP and AC on top of A

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  13. 9A SOFT PALATE (SO F T PA LATE)
    10A MUSLIM (MU SLIM)
    19D FETTER (F (-l)ETTER)

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  14. Yet to be solved
    Across - 14, 21
    Down - 3, 7, 17

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  15. 10ac MUSLIM..MU(SLIM)
    14ac EMMY.. emm +y -a
    22d SHOOT.. sounds like chute

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  16. Lovely to see Buzzer after so long.

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  17. 14a EMMY (ME<<)(MY)
    21a RESIDE (BESIDE -B +R)
    7dn NOT BUSY (TON<<)(BUS)(Y)

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  18. Replacement
    17D: YARDAGE - distance
    {Ray<=} {d} {age}

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  19. Assumed= False. Took a while (though it had to be 'assumed' with crossings.

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  20. Very nice puzzle. Some excellent clues. Is the setter Buzzer or does it denote the round in IXL?

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  21. Buzzer is the setter. Earlier,he was one of the best setters of TH. Now too busy to be a regular. Has set 157 puzzles for TH as per panel on the left.

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    1. Thanks....yes saw that too. No doubt he would have been one of the best

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  22. Lovely puzzle.
    My fav - IMPOTENT. Really tongue in cheek.

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