Sunday 27 March 2022

Special, Sunday 27 Mar 2022, Ajji

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73 comments:

  1. 26A WWEATHERPROOFING WE AT HER P ROOFING
    22D ZONE Z ONE
    21D IMAGE {I{MAG}E}

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    1. A means one/single.
      Unknown on a region, could have sufficed

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  2. 1a - WARMHEARTEDNESS
    (s)warm + hea(r)ted+ ness

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  3. 2dn - AFTERWARDS
    after (chasing) + wards (proteges)

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  4. 9a - STATIC
    st(at)ic - k

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  5. 1ac warmheartedness
    (S) warm hea(r)ted (ness)
    8dn sate sat(urday) e(ngagenent)

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  6. 9A: STATIC - motionless
    glue mostly = stic(-k)
    {st(a t)ic}
    5D: RANDOM - unplanned
    {ran(-s)(+)dom}
    8D: SATE - satisfy completely
    {Sat}{e}

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  7. Thanks JB and Gowri for giving a good start.
    JB, you have typed w twice for 26a.

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  8. 11ac probationer. Pro bat (ironer-r)

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  9. 19D. CRADLE. conservative initially=c.doctor=d.help= lead..

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  10. 10a nauseate. na+us+eat+e(clair)
    14 a earlobe earl+OBE
    17a odyssey.B-Ody+s yes<

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  11. Substitution
    6D: EXUDE - discharge
    {ex(-cl)ude}

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  12. Please delete 19D. Incorrect

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  13. Substitution
    19D: SCHLEP - carry
    Doctor - Anind
    {helps c}*

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  14. 23D. Knot-Tonk.. knot=Tangle
    Hit back= Tonk

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  15. 3D METABOLISM IMMOLATES + B*
    4D EXCITABLE EX old CABLE wire around IT
    11A PROBTIONER PRO expert BATTER cricketer around I(-r)ON presser without resistance

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    1. 4d. Article could have been an. There is a different word play possible with "the old:ye".

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    1. @ramesh ss
      Sir, your solution for 11a gives 2 t's. Bat is a cricketer and ironer is presser. Then it will be okay. Jayalakshmi Arumugham has solved it at 10:53.

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    1. What is non-standard? I think this is another that I have to learn?

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    2. There is no common cell for connectivity between NW and SE parts of the grid. Two sep

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    3. Four unchecked letters in a row?

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    4. https://www.crosswordunclued.com/2009/09/crossword-grid-connectivity.html

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    5. I meant, four consecutive unchecked letters

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    6. There are no unchecked letters in this grid

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    7. Looks fine connections are 4D and
      16D....isn't that ok

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    8. Sorry. Four consecutive blacks in 5th and 11th rows - is it considered non- std🤔

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    9. @ ramesh ss - No. The 2 halves are completely disconnected. But i dont know if that is allowed.

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    10. Ramesh K. Consecutive blacks does not mean unchecked.
      Check the link posted by KRM at 11:34 above to learn about grid construction

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    11. @ramwsh K; unchecked lights is the operative word. No 3(or more) consecutive lights should be part of only one clue.

      @Ramesh SS Standard crossword, we should be able to travel from any light to another in atleast one way.
      Do you see a way from A2 to say A13?

      @Gowri. Effectively They are two crosswords. I just pointed because Col stipulates a single ,13*13 or 15*15 in his guidelines.

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    12. I don't see 2 CW's that are totally separate without any interconnection.

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    13. Paddy, can you see a way from b2 to b13. I cant.

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    14. @ sree sree
      There's more to this than meets my eye it seems. Yes clear connection isn't there yet grid seems symmetrical and ok...didn't realize the part that the maze has no exit!

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  18. Even i want to learn about this. Kindly explain.

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  19. 7D NEEP (nee)+(p)
    12D SOUND PROOF ( noise )(impervious)

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    1. What a judge hopes for ( in an arguement)

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    2. @K. Ramesh
      What a judge hopes for ( before passing verdict) is a sound proof. This is the defintion
      Impervious to noise is the clue which also gives sound proof

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  20. My third one.
    24A DOWN FALL (Unhappy )(autumn) = loss of status

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  21. 9a - glue-stic ; a ; model-T = ST(A)(T)IC
    24A - unhappy- DOWN; autumn - FALL ; (DOWN)(FALL)
    21d - that is -IE, short periodical - (Mag)azine I(MAG)E

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  22. AJ- nice grid. Finished in 15 mins. Did wonders to my confidence. Tale piece tomorrow. 😊

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  23. Late in entering. Enjoying the grid- yet to complete. Happy with whatever I have done. Happy too at the rate of scoring!

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    1. Thanks Paddy for finding time to visit. Expecting your solutions.

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  24. Those that remain to be solved are
    Across: 15,18,20 and 25
    Down: 13 and 16

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  25. 15A 18A and 16D still remain in my grid1

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  26. AJ mam. interesting puzzles. will solve completely by evening. Happy sunday.

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  27. 13d correction collection: every L changes to R.
    15a EC to Z(o)A. Please don't use with in without sense.
    16d CAL(-l) A MAN Co.

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    1. 15a it's a request as keen solver. (With).

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    2. Will take care. This grid was set quite some time back before the discussion on 'with' appeared in the blog. Thank you

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  28. 15A - PLENARY {N+PLAYER}*
    20A - CIRCUMSPECT {C+UMPIRES}* OVER {C} and {C(-our)T}
    25A - NOOGIE {GOON<=}{IE}

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  29. Thank you Col. for publishing my grid in today's blog. Thanks for assuming the role of solver also.

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  30. I also sincerely thank all the solvers, commenters and evaluators for finding time for my grid.
    I thank Gowri for promising a talepiece.

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  31. 25A NOOGIE (hard rub with knuckles) Thug - GOON returned is NOOG that is IE

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  32. Looks like 18A is left out. I will take a shot at it.
    18A- Plenary- (N PLAYER)*- Meeting
    Thank you AJ and everyone else for leaving at least one for me.

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  33. Colonel has solved it at 13:12. Thank you for participating Paddy.

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  34. Oh! But he has marked it as 15A and so I was mistaken.
    I don't see this grid being separated into 2 independent grids. This seems okay to me. Col. to confirm.

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    1. The two sides are not connected. Normally it should be, however there are no unchecked squares in this grid

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    2. NW side and SE side are independent of each other

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