Sunday, 23 January 2022

Special, Sunday 23 Jan 2022, Veeyares

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

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VEEYARES 10

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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Veeyares & THCC

Across
7Company established without leader, outside state, in walled premises (8)
9Two blacks leaving frenzied squabble could be identical (6)
10Engineer starting to fault everybody leading to strike (6)
11Film editor on vacation taking in nurse (8)
12Doctor losing initially forearm getting new elbow (5)
13Somehow can’t see pictures initially in browser (8)
15No one with Mother Teresa prepared to deal with difficult situations (7,3,5)
18Alien creates confusion leaving behind some shoes and other things (2,6)
20Expel emigrant smuggling unguent (5)
22Properly boil over mostly stone, some coals to prepare vegetable (8)
24Poles encountered drunk outside after returning (6)
25Middle Easterner baffling two thirds of policemen when caught off the end of alley (6)
26Rubber reopened afresh, Namibia at the start replacing Germany (8)

Down
1Received crushing, bare allegation over new ministry (10)
2Parking charge under university is rising (6)
3Busy students need endlessly working to achieve target (8)
4Petunia not one producing edible seed (6)
5Tom’s choosy first off entering into unusual pact (8)
6Plant consumed by buffalo everyday (4)
8Show engaging first timer in devil’s part (13)
14Dad, for one, accepting returned letter in House (10)
16Fires, men shot, ditches (8)
17Flawed notice implicating the French for choosing a candidate (8)
19Starting with drug, toxic perhaps is strange (6)
21English flag for all (6)
23Part of untrue deposition deplored (4)

Enjoy.

65 comments:

  1. 9A: EQUALS...squa(-bb)le*
    13A: NETSCAPE...cant+see+p*
    6D: ALOE..t

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  2. 13a: NETSCAPE {CAN'T+SEE+P..}*
    18A: ET CETERA {ET+CREATES-S}*
    23D: RUED (T)

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

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  4. 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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  5. Good Venkatesan. You can submit one more for 13A

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  6. 10A BE F ALL
    2D U P WARD
    24A TOTEMS S(MET)OT reversed

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  7. 4d. Peanut... anagram of petunia- I
    18ac. Et cetera.. et creates* minus s
    20ac. Elemi..t

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  8. 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. Repl for 20A already answered.

      19D EXOTIC E drug + TOXIC* DEF:strange

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

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

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

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

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

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  13. 14D- parliament- house; par(Liam)ENT;
    21D- entire-all; en(tire);
    25A- exotic - strange- e(toxic)*

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  14. 7a COMPOUND:walled premises
    CO( company) MP(state) ,(SOUND-S: established, headless)

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    1. Well done Rajshri. My word for established was found

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

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  15. 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. Good Shalini. Anno for 7A is not fully stated

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  16. 7a COMPOUND CO MO fOUND

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

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

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

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



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

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  21. 3D- Bullseye- Target- (Busy LL EE)*
    I hit the Bullseye at last!
    Thank you VRS for an interesting Sunday.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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    2. Congrats to you Gowri. Well done

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  31. Late for the party :) Loved the long ones.

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