Sunday, 16 January 2022

Special, Sunday 16 Jan 2022, IXL 2021 Preliminary No 2, Gussalufz

Rangoli by Gowri

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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  1. Anonymous16 January 2022 at 10:33

    6a - HOW TO - T 《=

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  2. Anonymous16 January 2022 at 10:37

    7d - WEIGH - contemplate
    W(ife)+ (ie + hg)《=

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  3. Anonymous16 January 2022 at 10:43

    10ac - CLIFF - steep drop
    C(elsius) +(s)li(d) + f + f

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    1. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 12:26

      Is it slid or DEC (LI) NED?

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    2. Anonymous16 January 2022 at 12:30

      Slid is a synonym for declined? Did not chk the thesaurus.

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    3. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 12:56

      True. But why go for a synonym when we get it from the word itself? More direct.

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    4. Anonymous16 January 2022 at 14:30

      Does out of bounds mean
      1. Cut the edges out (boundaries)
      2. Or take the central core?
      Was not sure. So....
      I ofcourse solved it as DECLINES first- but due to above confusion.
      If someone can clarify....

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    5. Viresh Ratnakar16 January 2022 at 18:32

      "Out of bounds" imo can be used to get rid of just the outermost edges as well as everything on the outside. In this case, I used it to get rid of everything except the central core. And yes, decLIned was the intent.

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  4. Vasant16 January 2022 at 10:43

    1D L(YR)IST
    9A REBUKEFUL UBER<+FLUKE*
    14D INTROVERT I+NT+ TREVOR<

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  5. AJ16 January 2022 at 10:44

    9a REBUKEFUL: with a lot of castigation
    REBU(Uber returned) fluke*( freakish)
    3d BAKER: one who cooks a pie
    BlAcKbErRy: regularly
    16d ILL AT EASE: lost
    sk(ill at ease)ller

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  6. P. Venkatesan16 January 2022 at 10:45

    7d: WEIGH {W}{IE<--}{HG<--}
    6A: HOW-TO {T<--}
    24D:OVULE {VOLU(-M)E}*

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  7. Anonymous16 January 2022 at 10:46

    Dear all
    With this Rangoli I end my month long journey. Thank u for travelling with me!! 😊😊😊

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  8. Anonymous16 January 2022 at 10:47

    Colonel - Special special thanx for posting daily. 😊

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  9. AJ16 January 2022 at 10:50

    Instead of 9a, a repetition,
    18d
    INSOMNIA: restlessness( sleeplessness)
    I(setter) extravagant mansion ( MANSION)*

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  10. AJ16 January 2022 at 10:52

    AJ at 9:50
    Correction: I is one, not setter

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  11. P. Venkatesan16 January 2022 at 10:59

    REPLACEMENTS:
    6D: HICCUPPED {HI}{C..C..}{UPPED}
    20A: IDOL {I DO}{L}

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  12. Orthopaul16 January 2022 at 11:06

    27ac AZURE. jAzZ quartet
    28ac NIGHTMARE..(the margin)*
    8d...OFF BREAK.. Baker anagrind

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    1. Orthopaul16 January 2022 at 12:01

      Sorry. jAzZ qUaRtEt

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    2. Ramki Krishnan16 January 2022 at 12:06

      8D: Answer is correct but there is something more in the clue!

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    3. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 12:41

      Hyphen taken off for off break?

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    4. Vasant16 January 2022 at 14:30

      A unique clue! Where 3 denotes WP(3d) and 5 the definition(5d)

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    5. Satyen Nabar16 January 2022 at 14:51

      Still not complete Vasant. You are missing something.

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    6. Viresh Ratnakar16 January 2022 at 18:33

      Will wait a bit more for someone to anno precisely...

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    7. Abhishek Sridhar16 January 2022 at 19:23

      Clue is baker delivery. It's a RA. Off break is the answer. Delivery is the meaning

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    8. Viresh Ratnakar16 January 2022 at 19:42

      Almost there... The clue as written is "3-5" though (not "3 5" or "3,5"—"baker delivery" reads awkwardly, should have been "baker's delivery")

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    9. Vasant16 January 2022 at 21:52

      What is baker delivery?

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    10. Vasant16 January 2022 at 22:21

      If the intended clue was Baker delivery, why 3-5, why not 3 space 5?

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    11. Viresh Ratnakar16 January 2022 at 23:11

      "Baker delivery" was quite not the intended middle step indeed. I've now copied my notes about this clue in a comment below, ptal.

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    12. Vasant17 January 2022 at 08:45

      Thanks Viresh. That was an amazing clue. 3-5 to be read as clues 3 to 5.

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  13. Vasant16 January 2022 at 11:30

    Check again

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 January 2022 at 11:40

    15a : REPLICA (A pC wIiL aPpEaR)<<
    25a : AQUATIC (AIM A CROQUET - MORE)*
    5dn : DELIVERY DELI(store)VERY(actual)
    Definition : Consignment

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 January 2022 at 11:43

      15 a : Anno typo. Please read alternate letters of (a pc will appear) in reverse order.

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  15. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 12:04

    24D- Ovule- (Volume-M)*- Reproductive organ

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  16. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 12:08

    23A- Pro Bonoe- Free
    Detailed test- Probe-E= PROB
    Touching-On
    Love-O
    Pro Bono is free legal aid

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  17. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 12:13

    My Third-
    17D- Supplant- Overthrow- (Sultan P P)*
    P- Power
    P- Quietly

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  18. Col_Gopinath16 January 2022 at 12:16

    To be solved
    Across - 1, 11, 12, 18, 29, 30
    Down - 2, 4, 22, 26

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  19. Anonymous16 January 2022 at 12:32

    12ac - VOUCHER
    V(ictory) + ouch + er (queen)

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  20. SandhyaP16 January 2022 at 12:54

    19A Even parts of revolting insects are in cup of soup on the table, say! (7) UNEATEN {iNsEcTs ArE iN cUp}<-

    30A Recall new Greek character replacing a setter during illness (9) ANNULMENT {A(-i){N}{NU}LMENT}
    26D In advance of Sunday, in short, losing head and turning drunk (5)UNTIL {(-s)UN}{TIL<-}

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  21. SandhyaP16 January 2022 at 12:56

    @Gowri: Beautiful rangolis!

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  22. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 13:07

    To be solved-
    11A
    Down- 2,4,22

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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam16 January 2022 at 13:09

    An intriguing and challenging puzzle. Solved though! My COD 22dn.Thank you Gussalufz for the Sunday treat. 😊

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  24. misraman16 January 2022 at 13:14

    All solved and annotated?

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  25. misraman16 January 2022 at 13:27

    11A STIRRER (tries)* <- RR (BISHOP, right reverend)
    22D ACCENT AC CE(-me)NT
    29A THEFT T HEFT

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  26. misraman16 January 2022 at 13:30

    Very nice puzzle with quite a few clues involving innovative ways of letter selection!

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  27. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 13:41

    Replacement for 24 D-
    2D- Fabricate-Form- (Bacteria F)*- F from 'of unloved' (Of-O)
    Of fits in so nicely in the surface reading and it took me a while to spot it. Well done.
    Only 4 D is left.

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  28. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 13:42

    Gussalufz has lived up to his name. Thank you and of course,Thank you Col.

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  29. Sritri16 January 2022 at 14:22

    4d oh! Furs - Offers - Deals

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    1. Padmanabhan16 January 2022 at 16:03

      Oh! Reports. Nice.
      That's another Gussalufz surprise.
      I filled if offers,but surprised now.

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    2. Viresh Ratnakar16 January 2022 at 18:36

      Thanks! But the anno is slightly off still...

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  30. Anonymous16 January 2022 at 14:27

    Thank u for a lovely grid. Which i could solve in daylight for a change.

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  31. Nick16 January 2022 at 19:45

    Actually it might be awe + furs(?) Neither work in my accent but I feel like what I supplied above might be closer to the setter's pronuncuation than oh furs(?)

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  32. Nick16 January 2022 at 19:45

    *pronunciation

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  33. Viresh Ratnakar16 January 2022 at 23:10

    Here are my notes for this crossword (mainly about 8d.)

    Notes

    This crossword has one small, extra layer of cryptic trickery. The clue for 8 Down reads:

    3-5? (3-5)

    The surface seems to be questioning the veracity of the enum! As an added distraction, 3 and 5 add up to 8, the clue number.

    The correct parsing is to take the solutions of clues 3, 4, and 5 (i.e., the clues in the range 3-5) to form the 8 Down clue as:

    Baker offers delivery? (3-5)

    This can then be solved as a reverse anagram clue to get the solution OFF-BREAK.

    This puzzle is a pangram. It was used in the second preliminary round in the finals of Indian Crossword League's (IXL) 2021 competition.

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