Sunday 23 January 2022

Special, Sunday 23 Jan 2022, Veeyares

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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  1. R Nagendra Prasad23 January 2022 at 10:33

    9A: EQUALS...squa(-bb)le*
    13A: NETSCAPE...cant+see+p*
    6D: ALOE..t

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  2. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 10:37

    Good going Nagendra Prasad

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  3. P. Venkatesan23 January 2022 at 10:38

    13a: NETSCAPE {CAN'T+SEE+P..}*
    18A: ET CETERA {ET+CREATES-S}*
    23D: RUED (T)

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  4. P. Venkatesan23 January 2022 at 10:41

    REPLACEMENT:
    4D: PEANUT {PETUN(-I)A}*

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  5. AJ23 January 2022 at 10:41

    9a EQUALS: identical
    (Squabble-BB (2 blacks))*
    18a ET CETERA: other things
    ET: alienCREATES-S(shoes) anagram CETERA
    22a BROCCOLI: vegetable
    Anagram of boil: BOLI over
    Stone mostly is ROC some coals:c
    B (ROC) (C) OLI

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  6. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 10:42

    Good Venkatesan. You can submit one more for 13A

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  7. Vasant23 January 2022 at 10:46

    10A BE F ALL
    2D U P WARD
    24A TOTEMS S(MET)OT reversed

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  8. Orthopaul23 January 2022 at 10:50

    4d. Peanut... anagram of petunia- I
    18ac. Et cetera.. et creates* minus s
    20ac. Elemi..t

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  9. ramesh ss23 January 2022 at 10:52

    26A NEOPRENE (Reopened-de+n)* de Germany N Namibiadef:rubber
    17D ELECTION NOTICE* around LE def: choosing candidate
    20A ELEMI T expELEMIgrant

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    1. ramesh ss23 January 2022 at 10:56

      Repl for 20A already answered.

      19D EXOTIC E drug + TOXIC* DEF:strange

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    2. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 10:59

      Well done Ramesh. In 26a, d, not de for Germany

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    3. ramesh ss23 January 2022 at 11:13

      Yes

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  10. AJ23 January 2022 at 11:02

    Replacement for 9a
    14d PARLIAMENT: house
    PAR (LIAM: returned letter) ENT
    Dad for one is parent

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  11. Vasant23 January 2022 at 11:09

    Excellent puzzle! Loved the long ones, 5d, 11A, 7A.

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  12. AJ23 January 2022 at 11:13

    Tell. For 18a
    8d : DEMONSTRATION : show
    DEMONS( devil’s) T( first timer) RATION( part)

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  13. Argo23 January 2022 at 11:34

    25A : 2/3 of POLICEMEN =ICEMEN
    (ICEMEN -(C)aught + Y(end of alley))*
    =YEMENI
    14D =(PARENT+(LIAM)<)* =PARLIAMENT
    21D ENTIRE (not sure of anno
    EN + TIRE)

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    1. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 11:43

      Well done Argo. Can wait for 21D anno by somebody

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  14. N Sridhar23 January 2022 at 11:37

    14D- parliament- house; par(Liam)ENT;
    21D- entire-all; en(tire);
    25A- exotic - strange- e(toxic)*

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  15. Rajashri23 January 2022 at 11:45

    7a COMPOUND:walled premises
    CO( company) MP(state) ,(SOUND-S: established, headless)

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    1. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 11:57

      Well done Rajshri. My word for established was found

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    2. Rajashri23 January 2022 at 12:07

      I thought it should be founded for established. That's why I chose sound.

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  16. Shalini23 January 2022 at 11:45

    15a WEATHER THE STORM
    {W(-i)TH MOTHER TERESA}*
    7a COMPOUND
    COMP and (-f)OUND
    11a MINISTER
    M(IN)IST E(-dito)R

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    1. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 11:58

      Good Shalini. Anno for 7A is not fully stated

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  17. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 January 2022 at 11:46

    7a COMPOUND CO MO fOUND

    11a MINISTER MI(IN)ST E(-DITO)R
    5d PUSSYCAT (-F)USSY in PACT*

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  18. Padmanabhan23 January 2022 at 11:48

    Late. Trying to take whatever is left.
    16D- Trenches-Ditches- Retrenches (fires)- RE. RE from men?

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  19. N Sridhar23 January 2022 at 11:51

    Replacement for 14D:
    12A- nudge- elbow; doctor- fudge-f+n

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  20. Rajashri23 January 2022 at 11:52

    My second:
    1d : GOVERNMENT: ministry
    GO (aVER(N)MENt)T
    Got: received
    Allegation: averment, bare, vermen
    New is N



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  21. N Sridhar23 January 2022 at 11:55

    Replacement for 14D:
    1D- Go(ver(n)men)t- ministry; received- got; allegation- averment; new-n

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  22. Padmanabhan23 January 2022 at 11:56

    12A- Nudge- Elbow- Fudge- F+N

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  23. Padmanabhan23 January 2022 at 12:00

    3D- Bullseye- Target- (Busy LL EE)*
    I hit the Bullseye at last!
    Thank you VRS for an interesting Sunday.

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  24. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 January 2022 at 12:02

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  25. Rajashri23 January 2022 at 12:03

    My third
    3d BULL'S-EYE
    Busy, ll: students, endlessly need ee
    (BUSY LL EE)*

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  26. N Sridhar23 January 2022 at 12:04

    Replacement for 14D:
    3D- bullseye- target; (Busy)+(ll)+(ee); students- ll; need endlessly- ee

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  27. N Sridhar23 January 2022 at 12:05

    Replacement for 14D:
    3D- bullseye- target; (Busy)+(ll)+(ee); students- ll; need endlessly- ee

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  28. N Sridhar23 January 2022 at 12:06

    Replacement for 14D:
    3D- bullseye- target; (Busy)+(ll)+(ee); students- ll; need endlessly- ee

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  29. N Sridhar23 January 2022 at 12:06

    Replacement for 14D:
    3D- bullseye- target; (Busy)+(ll)+(ee); students- ll; need endlessly- ee

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  30. N Sridhar23 January 2022 at 12:06

    Replacement for 14D:
    1D- Go(ver(n)men)t- ministry; received- got; allegation- averment; new-n

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  31. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 12:11

    Right

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  32. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 12:15

    I think that completes the lot. Thank you all. Thanks to Colonel for putting up the grid. And thanks to Nicholos Loader for vetting the clues

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  33. Ramesh Kosaraju 23 January 2022 at 12:23

    25A: YEMENI - Middle Eastern er
    Two thirds of policemen - icemen
    Caught off -c
    End of alley - y
    {iemen y}*

    21D: ENTIRE - all
    English - En
    Flag - tite
    {En}{tire}

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    1. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 12:36

      Correct Rameshji

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    2. Anonymous23 January 2022 at 15:36

      Very late today. Glad i completed the grid & got all correct after checking.
      Thanx for a great puzzle.

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    3. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 15:47

      Congrats to you Gowri. Well done

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  34. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan23 January 2022 at 16:06

    Late for the party :) Loved the long ones.

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  35. Veeyares 23 January 2022 at 16:41

    Thank you LV

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