Sunday, 15 May 2022

Special, Sunday 15 May 2022, Coolcat

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COOLCAT 2

By Coolcat
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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Coolcat & THCC
Across
8Cash acquiring love as article pulls out to hit hard with a stick (4)
9Always? No, not at all! (5)
10Head off hobbles, hobgoblins! (4)
11Grub returns after losing head to receive (French) water for a writing desk (6)
12Nonpareil? One churns, not right— puzzling! (8)
13One third of “PFA”, full of affection (8)
15Forward, not half, adding on at start, advancing (6)
17Calls to get out of bed? Many times! (4-3)
19Street article cast off, stored secretly (7)
22No bullets in empty spaces (6)
24Retain confused memories? (8)
26Gill pens worked? Writing letters, in a word! (8)
28Not applicable, goes up and down for Englishmen who returned from India with a fortune (6)
30Church follows article, enclosing hospital, it’s a pain! (4)
31Register, to get on a list (5)
32Fellow feeling in staggering volume, dismissing hesitation (4)
Down
1Vegan option for paneer-lovers, curd seen as sort of unwelcome (4)
2Drawstring Lea chose haphazardly (8)
3No more adequate (6)
42,4,6,8…. followed by 1,3,5,7 smooth, peculiar (4, 3)
5Hard copy— on paper, in public (8)
6Dance spotted for puzzle mosaic (6)
7Blockbuster in deep ditch regularly (4)
14Rook joins tail, versatile tail (5)
16Parts of fishing equipment? Right! Fish (5)
18Amusements from bygone era? No time! (8)
20Grope around with one’s fingers for a trademark word game? (8)
21Menagerie misses(née), takes unknown to spell out the language of visual symbols (7)
23Prevarication? Not at all! (2, 4)
25Only one— not the first, follows mega mix (6)
27Speed. Quiet. Top card (4)
29Tax boy to substitute learner, flock? (4)

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30 comments:

  1. R Nagendra Prasad15 May 2022 at 10:34

    8A: COSH...C(-A+O)SH 24A: MEMORISE...MEMORIES* 27D: P(ACE)

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  2. Prasanna Rao15 May 2022 at 10:37

    8a - COSH - C(-A)(+O)SH
    30a - ACHE. (article-A, Church-CE , Hospital-H)
    2d - SHOELACE* - anagram of le chose

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    1. Prasanna Rao15 May 2022 at 10:42

      replacement of repeat for 8a
      9A - (N)(EVER) - always-EVER ; no - N

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    2. sree_sree15 May 2022 at 11:32

      How does N go in the front?

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  3. Jayalakshmi arumugam15 May 2022 at 10:38

    29dn bevy. (levy -l +b)
    26ac spelling (gill pens)*
    30ac ache (a) (c(h)e)

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  4. AJ15 May 2022 at 10:39

    9a. NEVER: not at all
    N(no) EVER (always)

    3d: ENOUGH: adequate, no more

    4d EVEN ODD: Smooth, peculiar
    2,4,6,8,....(even) 1,3,5,7,...(odd)
    Smooth(even) odd(peculiar)

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    1. Prasanna Rao15 May 2022 at 10:44

      AJ mam....what a solve - 4D....you r gr8

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    2. sree_sree15 May 2022 at 13:01

      4d gen doubt: is Even Odd a WORD/PHRASE in OED/general usage.

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  5. ramesh ss15 May 2022 at 10:47

    11A BUREAU -g)rub<<+eau
    3D ENOUGH DD
    12A NONESUCH onechu(-r)ns*

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  6. Padmanabhan15 May 2022 at 10:50

    32A- Love- Fellow feeling- (Volume-um)*
    18D- Pastimes-Amusements-(Passt-t) times
    20A- Spelling- (gill pens)*- writing letters in a word

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  7. Padmanabhan15 May 2022 at 10:53

    Replacement for 26A-
    16D- Reels- R (eels)- Fishing equpment

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  8. Mukundala Balasubramanyam15 May 2022 at 11:09

    19a STASHED (ST)(A)(SHED)
    28a NABOBS (NA)(BOBS)
    31a ENROL (DD)

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  9. Murali15 May 2022 at 11:09

    13A ATTACHED = affection. 1/3 of Please Find Attached (PFA)
    21D IMAGERI =(Menagerie - nee)* the language of visual symbols
    5D PRINTOUT = hard copy:
    on paper = print, in public = out

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  10. Jayalakshmi arumugam15 May 2022 at 11:13

    Replacement
    25dn mingle m(EGA) ingle (single-s)

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  11. Kiran15 May 2022 at 11:15

    1D - TOFU (sorT OF Unwelcome) [telescopic]
    21D - IMAGERY (menagerie - nee + y)* (y=unknown)

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    1. Kiran15 May 2022 at 11:24

      15A - ONWARD forward(not half) = ward. Adding on at start = onward (advancing)

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    2. sree_sree15 May 2022 at 11:50

      For is half!

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  12. Remy15 May 2022 at 11:36

    6 dn Jig+saw
    26 ac spelling.gill pens*
    20 dn Scrabble.Dd

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  13. Remy15 May 2022 at 11:42

    compensating for 26 ac
    22 ac Blanks Dd

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  14. sree_sree15 May 2022 at 11:53

    14d role of versatile!

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  15. Rajashri15 May 2022 at 12:26

    10 ac IMPS: hobgoblins
    Limps(hobbles - h: head off)
    17ac WAKE UPS: calls to get out of bed : many times indicates plural
    23d: NO LIES
    Prevarication is deviation from truth,not at all indicates that there is no such deviation

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  16. Rajashri15 May 2022 at 12:30

    Correction for 10 ac:
    Hobbles: limps - i ( head off) :imps

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  17. Rajashri15 May 2022 at 12:31

    Sorry again,. Limps - l

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  18. Padmanabhan15 May 2022 at 12:45

    It's over,I think.
    Nice and fast.

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  19. sree_sree15 May 2022 at 13:00

    it was a gen doubt. R joins tail is enough for anno. there is no intended anagram of tail. so was wondering.

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  20. Col_Gopinath15 May 2022 at 16:10

    Thanks for the special Coolcat

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