Sunday 17 April 2022

Special, Sunday 17 Apr 2022, VU

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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  1. AJ17 April 2022 at 10:36

    1ac PLEASURE:joy
    Please: request
    Old city: ur

    5ac: SPARSE: infrequent ~spars: fights


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  2. P. Venkatesan17 April 2022 at 10:37

    1a: PLEASURE {PLEAS{UR}E}
    3D: SALUTE {SULTA(-N)(+E)}*
    6D: PANELLED {PELL+DEAN}*

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  3. AJ17 April 2022 at 10:39

    My third
    25 dn. AMEN: so be it
    ME: setter AN: article
    A (ME) N

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  4. Prasanna Rao17 April 2022 at 10:41

    26D - TSUNAMI*
    25D - A(ME)N - setter - ME; article- AN

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  5. ramesh ss17 April 2022 at 10:42

    6D PANNELLED anagram
    8D EARTH SHATTERING RA of heart
    11A RANCOUR fRANCe + OUR

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  6. P. Venkatesan17 April 2022 at 10:48

    Replacement for 1a
    20a: BRAT (T)

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  7. Padmanabhan17 April 2022 at 11:00

    29A- Knotting- Tying- K(N OTT)ING
    3D- Salute- Hail- (SULTAN_N+E)
    25D- Amen- So be it- A(ME)N

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  8. VU17 April 2022 at 11:07

    Thank you Col Sir for publishing this.

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  9. Remy17 April 2022 at 11:12

    1 dn prestidigitates.(a-)(gitates+striped+i*)
    7 dn roomier.Roo+mi(-n)er
    24 ac Humvee.Middle letters of the rum bummmy loved ten men.

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  10. Murali17 April 2022 at 11:16

    1D PRESTIDIGITATES. shows sleight of hand.
    {agitates - a } <-> {striped}* + i (one)

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  11. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 April 2022 at 11:26

    26a TSUNAMI (AM I NUTS)*
    9Dn DRUMBEATS (D)(RUM)(BEATS)
    22Dn BUFFET (BUFF)(ET)

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    1. sree_sree17 April 2022 at 11:35

      22d should be Warren perhaps

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 April 2022 at 11:38

      +1

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    3. VU17 April 2022 at 14:22

      Thanks for the input. The trailing dots were meant to indicate a missing part of the name.

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  12. Gowri17 April 2022 at 11:30

    10ac - ECHELON - rank
    Lecher - (r)echel + on
    Swaps arms & loses right + working

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  13. Gowri17 April 2022 at 11:32

    2dn ENHANCE - increase
    en + hans~

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  14. Gowri17 April 2022 at 11:36

    12ac TENETS - beliefs
    Ten + et - ni s
    Et stranger
    Tennis ball game

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  15. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 April 2022 at 11:43

    Replacement for 26a done by Prasanna

    4dn RUNG (DD)

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  16. sree_sree17 April 2022 at 11:49

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    1. Col_Gopinath17 April 2022 at 11:52

      Please wait for the solutions to appear or else give the solutions with your comments

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  17. Col_Gopinath17 April 2022 at 11:50

    Yet to be solved
    Across - 13, 15, 16, 18, 23, 27, 28
    Down - 14, 17, 19, 21,

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  18. N Sridhar17 April 2022 at 11:58

    13A-smallish meaning wee; wee-small; cod-fish m-f
    15A- duex meaning twain; from-due; stranger-x
    18A- gallivants meaning traipses; gal-impudence; The Terrible-Ivan; saint -St reverse

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  19. N Sridhar17 April 2022 at 11:59

    13 A-fish minus f

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  20. sivaram17 April 2022 at 12:04

    14dn AFLATOXIN. A FLAT OX IN
    17dn WILLIAMS. WILL (AIMS)*
    19dn LIESURE. IE in (RULES)*

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    1. sivaram17 April 2022 at 12:12

      Correction:
      19dn LEISURE. IE<= in (RULES)*

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    2. sree_sree17 April 2022 at 13:52

      Anagram, Reversal and container!
      I see only update.

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    3. VU17 April 2022 at 14:21

      Update simply means modify/renovate.. The anno could be simply (RULES + IE)*

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    4. sree_sree17 April 2022 at 16:17

      That would be indirect anagram.

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  21. VU17 April 2022 at 12:15

    Among many others, 23A, I think, would generate heat

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  22. Gowri17 April 2022 at 12:21

    Enjoyable grid. Could finish easily.
    Thanx

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  23. Murali17 April 2022 at 12:22

    15A DUET (Twain): DU+ET

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  24. N Sridhar17 April 2022 at 12:44

    Replacement 16A-After Earth; Name of Night's film; Mars comes after earth in the solar system

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  25. Padmanabhan17 April 2022 at 13:18

    28a & 21 d still pending.

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    1. Murali17 April 2022 at 13:29

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    2. AJ17 April 2022 at 13:30

      23a and 27a are also pending, Paddy.

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    3. Padmanabhan17 April 2022 at 13:41

      Thank you AJ. I somehow missed them. Good ones.

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  26. Padmanabhan17 April 2022 at 13:19

    Thank you Vu for a good Sunday exercise.

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    1. VU17 April 2022 at 13:53

      Thank you. Hope you found the exercise enjoyable

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  27. Murali17 April 2022 at 13:32

    My third
    28A SPEISS (~spies)

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  28. Padmanabhan17 April 2022 at 13:40

    That's a good one.

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  29. VU17 April 2022 at 13:53

    Thank you - to all who have participated.
    Thank you, Col Sir, for giving an opportunity

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  30. AJ17 April 2022 at 14:00

    Nice grid VU, enjoyed solving. Thanks for a nice Sunday morning.
    Three more clues are there to be solved.

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  31. Hanumantha Rao17 April 2022 at 14:35

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  32. cdrgani2917 April 2022 at 14:37

    Nice clues solved all except 23A

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    1. VU17 April 2022 at 14:57

      Thank you. Solvers have sufficient reasons to have a grouse over 23A. Just tried an out-of-the-way clue

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  33. Hanumantha Rao17 April 2022 at 14:52

    23a trillion

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    1. VU17 April 2022 at 15:03

      Correct. Trillion = 1000 (Thou sand) x 1,000,000,000 (bill ion). Sorry for the stammer

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    2. Gowri17 April 2022 at 15:34

      Very nice clue. Am proud to get it. 😊

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  34. Gowri17 April 2022 at 15:34

    21dn still remains

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  35. Padmanabhan17 April 2022 at 15:35

    I just got it wirh crossings and ion from charge. Could not parse it.
    Your take is 10000 bill ion,is it?
    Bill from nose?

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  36. Gowri17 April 2022 at 15:36

    Yes i think. I also got the solution. Then parsed it.

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  37. Murali17 April 2022 at 15:53

    Can someone enlighten me the connection between Giovanni and the answer to clue of 31D

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    1. Murali17 April 2022 at 15:55

      Read 31D as 21D

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    2. sree_sree17 April 2022 at 16:14

      He is an Italian. In Italian riavoli literally translates to little turnips.

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  38. Col_Gopinath17 April 2022 at 15:58

    Thanks for the special VU

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  39. Ramki Krishnan17 April 2022 at 18:54

    Thanks for the special VU. Just finished it. RUNG and SPARSE were my favourites.

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