Sunday, 13 February 2022

Special, Sunday 13 Feb 2022, Novice

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

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NOVICE 11

By Novice
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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Novice & THCC
Across
9Imbibing a dash of Fenni lost focus and consumed snuff (9)
10Mexican native’s dulcet zapping in retreat (5)
11You and I in to prepare grids, lovely (5)
12Stuck winning spree working with everyone around regional office (2,1,4)
13Plant sardar reportedly left sodden (3)
14Dad’s life a good health certificate! (3,2,1,6)
16Famous artist alone in a COVID treatment gets doctor back (8,2,5)
19Operating while moving about not very easy in irregular job (12)
22Whats App group head's a joker (3)
24Found London’s top two with Tom on England vacation (7)
25Left a radical communist dry? No the opposite (5)
27Poet caliber workshop is back (5)
28Ploughing land alone for universal benefit (3,3,3)
Down
1Benefits American and English soldiers primarily (4)
2Love drama about two fellows’ ecstasy (9)
3Those ran turbulently in European waters (5,3)
4Cash settlement or no wages? (3,3)
5Again battle? Dread not even compensated (8)
6Grass on isle regularly plucked for fuel (3,3)
7This writer's endless elegance and prose essentially (5)
8Cooked steak with cream outside for Winter Olympic fare (3-7)
14Chap’s posterior in intimacy (10)
15Against rival distributing Remdesivir like drug (9)
17Don’t take a charge from gift (8)
18Powerful machos let out outside lost direction (8)
20Standby study cycling everything (2,4)
21Popular act you bet! (6)
23Odd blog on energy sphere (5)
26Count ring (4)

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64 comments:

  1. Vasant13 February 2022 at 10:33

    16A Leonardo da Vinci Dr< inside (Alone in a Covid)*
    22A WAG Acrostics
    14D FELLOW'S HIP

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  2. Jacob Brahmakulam13 February 2022 at 10:34

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  3. R Nagendra Prasad13 February 2022 at 10:35

    19A:AZTEC..REV T
    15D: ANTIVIRAL..(ANTI)+RIVAL*
    23D:GLOBE..BLOG*+E

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  4. P. Venkatesan13 February 2022 at 10:36

    22; WAG (Acrostic)
    1d: USES (US}{E}{S}
    6D: GAS OIL (Odd letters of 'GrAsS On IsLe)

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  5. R Nagendra Prasad13 February 2022 at 10:37

    Compensating for 19D,
    21d:IN(DEED)

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  6. Ramesh Kosaraju 13 February 2022 at 10:38

    3D: NORTH SEA - European waters
    {Those ran}*
    5D. REWARDED - Compensated
    {re}{war}{ded}
    Again - re battle- war;
    dread not even - ded
    28A: ONE AND ALL - universal benefit
    {land alone}*

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  7. Argo13 February 2022 at 10:40

    1D US+E(nglish)S(oldiers) =USES
    12A ON A(RO)LL
    22A W(hats) A(pp) G(roup) =WAG

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  8. Jayalakshmi arumugam13 February 2022 at 10:42

    9ac suffocate. (f)enni in (Focus) * ate
    22ac wag (acrostic)
    24ac located lo(ndon) cat(tom) e(nglan)d

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  9. VU13 February 2022 at 10:50

    18d VEHEMENT - VENT (Let) outside (HE MEN)machos without direction N VE(HEME) NT. VEHEMENT is powerful?

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  10. Shay13 February 2022 at 10:56

    17D-DONATION=Gift; Charge =Ion {DON{A}T{ION}}

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    1. Shay13 February 2022 at 11:02

      8D-ICE SKATING=Winter Olympics fare; cream = icing + steak = ice skating

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  11. Padmanabhan13 February 2022 at 11:01

    10A- Aztec- Mexican native- dulCET ZApping =<
    6D- Gas oil- Fuel- GrAsS On IsLe- alt.letter picking
    8D- Ice Skating- Winter Olympic event- IC(E SKAT)*ING (Crem= Icing)

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  12. P. Venkatesan13 February 2022 at 11:02

    14A: FIT AS A FIDDLE {DAD'S+LIFE+A} RA*
    2d: AFFECTION {A{FF}{E}CTION}

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  13. Shalini13 February 2022 at 11:05

    19A Moonlighting Light inside Mooning
    27A Iqbal IQ+ LAB<
    2d Affection FF×E in Action.

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  14. Remy13 February 2022 at 11:15

    26 d Toll-Dd
    26 a moist M-(a)oist
    11 a sweet s(we)et

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  15. sree_sree13 February 2022 at 11:17

    Nice and teasing Novice. Thanks for the special

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  16. Vasant13 February 2022 at 11:22

    Lovely clues all round. Thank you Novice for the Sunday special.

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  17. sree_sree13 February 2022 at 11:26

    13a, 19a and 7d remaining!

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  18. ramesh ss13 February 2022 at 11:33

    Thanks all for solving probably the fastest solve ever!

    13A 7D and 20D are the only ones to be solved

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  19. Satyen Nabar13 February 2022 at 11:45

    13A OAK SOAKING - SING (~singh)
    7D STYLO STYL(-e) + (-pr)O(-se)
    20D ON CALL CON cycling = ONC + ALL

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  20. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 February 2022 at 11:46

    13a OAK Sodden = (s)OAK
    7dn STYLO STYL(e)(prOse)
    20d ON CALL (CON C shifting down)(ALL)

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  21. Anonymous13 February 2022 at 11:47

    19a - MOONLIGHTING
    moving - v = moing
    Mo(on)(light)ing

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  22. Argo13 February 2022 at 11:48

    Replacement for 1D and 22A
    20D ON+C(ycling)+ALL =ON CALL (STANDBY)
    13A Sodden = soak, minus (s)ardar
    = OAK

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  23. Nadathur Rajan13 February 2022 at 11:48

    13a. Definition: Plant OAK
    sardar reportedly ~sing, left - Deletion Indicator
    sodden sOAKing
    7d. This writer STYL[-e].O
    endless elegance STYL[-e}
    prOse essentially O
    20d. Definition: Standby ON CALL
    study CON cycling ONC
    everything ALL

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    1. sree_sree13 February 2022 at 11:50

      Technical doubt 13a can we use a hp for deletion when the letters are separate/cut

      Delete
    2. ramesh ss13 February 2022 at 12:01

      interesting question. Wait for experts to comment

      Delete
    3. Vasant13 February 2022 at 13:00

      IMO, we can. No technical problem.

      Delete
    4. Padmanabhan13 February 2022 at 13:40

      I also see no problem. It is just a deletion of a homonym.

      Delete
  24. ramesh ss13 February 2022 at 11:49

    All done. thanks everyone for solving and colonel for hosting the puzzle.

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam13 February 2022 at 11:49

    Thanks Doc for 13a anno!

    Thank you Ramesh for the Sunday special.

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  26. Anonymous13 February 2022 at 11:59

    14ac - FIT AS A FIDDLE
    (dads life a) anagram - Fit shows that it is an anagram.
    Dont know the type of clue.

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  27. Anonymous13 February 2022 at 12:00

    I think all done.
    Ramesh Great Grid.
    Great for my confidence after yday.

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    1. ramesh ss13 February 2022 at 12:02

      thanks. Glad you liked it. I did say an easy one is coming in my comment yesterday

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  28. Anonymous13 February 2022 at 12:01

    In yday - CARMELITE
    Setter intoxicated is MELIT
    CARE - is in distress? Is that right?
    Can someone explain?

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    1. Col_Gopinath13 February 2022 at 12:08

      When in doubt, look up a dictionary

      care (noun)
      1. A troubled or anxious state of mind:
      angst, anxiety, anxiousness, concern, disquiet, disquietude, distress, nervousness, solicitude, unease, uneasiness, worry.

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    2. Anonymous13 February 2022 at 12:13

      Thanx Colonel. You sound like Gridman & i asked for it.
      Thanx once more.

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    3. Padmanabhan13 February 2022 at 13:34

      Yes indeed. I thought of Gridman only when I read Col.'s comment.

      Delete
  29. Col_Gopinath13 February 2022 at 12:03

    Thanks for the special Ramesh

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  30. Anonymous13 February 2022 at 12:10

    Surrounded by FELLOWSHIP & always in the middle,
    Ramesh even today is FIT AS A FIDDLE;
    Needed no STYLO to set this PUZZLE,
    His AFFECTION for us, evident, as we could solve it with no hassle.
    😊😊😊

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  31. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan13 February 2022 at 12:13

    Nice grid Ramesh :)

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  32. cdrgani2913 February 2022 at 12:31

    27A IQBAL Top clue Surely!

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  33. Padmanabhan13 February 2022 at 13:33

    Thank you Ramesh. Elegant (no short-fully) clues. Enjoyed solving but distracted because of IPL auction.

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  34. cdrgani2913 February 2022 at 14:37

    v nice clues to solve! Grid is completed, thank U ,Ramesh!

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  35. Ramki Krishnan13 February 2022 at 18:01

    Solved the grid just now. Thanks for the Special, Ramesh and Col.

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    1. ramesh ss14 February 2022 at 11:35

      Thanks for solving. Hope you liked the grid

      Delete
  36. Usha Rammohan14 February 2022 at 08:25

    4d answer not seen

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  37. Padmanabhan14 February 2022 at 09:07

    Yes,seems to have been left out.
    4D- Pay Off- Cash settlement
    Wages-Pay, No wages-Pay off

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    1. ramesh ss14 February 2022 at 11:36

      It was answered earlier but that comment has been deleted

      Delete

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