Sunday, 9 January 2022

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


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IXL 2021 ONSTAGE FINAL No 2

By Buzzer
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Squares filled: 0/151
Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Buzzer & Extra C & THCC
Across
1Joint effort from every other school location for practical science discourse (13)
8Retrograde hairstyle's to cut short (4)
9Mouthpiece very loud with tense publicity agent behind (4,6)
10Greek character, scant follower of religion (6)
11As one content to pinch or usurp (2,6)
12Flying Icarus no good, caught dead on a daring expedition (9)
14Author knocked back writer's TV award (4)
15Sound from pen having nothing to write with? (4)
16Faulty process of egg production in young animal (7,2)
20Useless tip to men in conflict (8)
21Bishop killed by rook seen next to board (6)
23Intention being out of the world (space essentially) atmosphere around these buildings? (10)
24Cook ravioli stuffed with green veggie (4)
25Epic test, worth raving about (4,7,2)
Down
1Humble, conservative queen and king (7)
2Name of ultimate biblical murder victim (5)
3False thought (7)
4Sternly informed perhaps? To the contrary (2,8,5)
5On top of a high mountain, cooler for woolly beast (6)
6Unusual foam lines British island (4,2,3)
7Overturned heavyweight vehicle on highway finally free (3,4)
13Head covering on nun, best in order (3,6)
15Act of resistance? (4,3)
17Distance light beam travelled over day time (7)
18Open to gain a bit of work experience (7)
19Following unopened mail chain (6)
22Open fire chute as told (5)

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33 comments:

  1. P. Venkatesan9 January 2022 at 10:34

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

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  2. ramesh ss9 January 2022 at 10:43

    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. ramesh ss9 January 2022 at 10:46

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

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  4. Jayalakshmi arumugam9 January 2022 at 10:53

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

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  5. Ramesh Kosaraju 9 January 2022 at 10:58

    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. Jayalakshmi arumugam9 January 2022 at 10:59

    6dn isle of man (foam lines) *

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  7. AJ9 January 2022 at 11:01

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

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  8. AJ9 January 2022 at 11:15

    4d correction ON friendly terms, not IN

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  9. AJ9 January 2022 at 11:18

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

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  10. Argo9 January 2022 at 11:24

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

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    1. Argo9 January 2022 at 11:31

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

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    2. Ramesh Kosaraju 9 January 2022 at 12:19

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

      Delete
  11. AJ9 January 2022 at 11:25

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

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  12. Argo9 January 2022 at 11:35

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

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  13. Jacob Brahmakulam9 January 2022 at 11:40

    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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  14. Nick9 January 2022 at 11:40

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

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  15. Col_Gopinath9 January 2022 at 11:44

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

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  16. Orthopaul9 January 2022 at 11:47

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

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  17. Suresh9 January 2022 at 11:47

    Lovely to see Buzzer after so long.

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  18. Mukundala Balasubramanyam9 January 2022 at 11:51

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

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  19. Ramesh Kosaraju 9 January 2022 at 11:54

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

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  20. Kolluru Koteswara Rao9 January 2022 at 12:02

    3dn ASSUMED DD

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  21. Padmanabhan9 January 2022 at 13:12

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

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  22. ramesh ss9 January 2022 at 13:16

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

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  23. Padmanabhan9 January 2022 at 13:20

    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. ramesh ss9 January 2022 at 15:32

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

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  24. Anonymous9 January 2022 at 19:57

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

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