Sunday 22 May 2022

Special, Sunday 22 May 2022, Ajji

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62 comments:

  1. 1D- Spa- Half of spades- Health centre
    3D- Thalami-THA(LAM)I- Brain parts. Lam=Blow
    8A- Aspirant- ASP(IRAN)T- Ambitious.
    A doubt though about 8A- Ambitious is an adj whereas Aspirant is a noun. Am I missing something?

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    1. Gr8 paddy sir......hits top 10.....usually mr Venkatesan will post very first.

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    2. I had solved the same clues as Paddy. But somehow could not post. 😶

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    3. aspirant. adjective. Definition of aspirant (Entry 2 of 2) : seeking to attain a desired position or status the pilot was an aspirant astronaut.

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    4. Thanks Gowri. Paddy, you can check in Cambridge English Corpus. You can see aspirant countries, aspirant migrants etc.

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    5. Thank you Gowri. Sorry AJ. I jumped the gun without verifying.

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    6. @gowri, Americans have the habit using any noun as adjective. THC has been till recently avoiding such usages. Every NAM usage was indicated.

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    7. @Prasad - Thanx. That is news to me. I didn't know this.

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  2. 1a - SWIVET - panic
    S(view)* t
    2d VOIDERS (driveso)*

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  3. 25d - ONE - DD
    14A - RUSTIC*
    22A - ANATOLIA - [GK]

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    1. Prasanna, rethink about 25d.

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    2. AJ mam, I took def. for single. considering score, to manage one RUN. Hope my answer is right. - RUN - DD

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    3. Excellent puzzles AJ mam. postponed all my sch. after 10:30 to participate your grid. Have nice day. Thank you col.sir.

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  4. 9dn - SLEIGHT OF HAND - manual dexterity
    (Holdingfasthe)*

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  5. 16 dn alimony (ali) (money-e)
    15ac strata (st) (raita-i)
    27ac ensign (T)

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  6. 4D: BETWEEN YOU AND ME (anagram of WOMEN NEED BEAUTY), def = don't reveal to others
    23A: VALOUR (OVAL* + (-p)UR(-e)) def bravery in battle
    26A: DAYMARE (DARE = challenge around Y+MA), def = hallucinations in daytime

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    1. First time I hear of daymare.

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    2. Looks to be the opposite of both nightmare & daydream!

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    3. @Paddy - Now we all can indulge in it. We dont have to wait for the cats nap. 😊
      I personally think DAYMARE is when ur presentation deadline is booming & nothing is finished. 😊😊

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    4. +1 @gowri. Paddy daymare can happen at night too!

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    5. @Prasad - It happens mostly at night & prevents sleep from stepping in. Oh! Those all night sessions with last minute printing & colour checking in artificial light. Daymares indeed!

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  7. 5 dn Neither ne(i)ther
    4 ac bonanza bon( a nz) a
    25 dn run dd

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  8. Fast and easy. Enjoyable all the same.
    6D is my COD

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  9. There used to be a column in TH- "Between you and me". I was reminded of that.

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    1. Yes. It was written by S.Krishnan. Talked about the Eng language & tge usage of different words. Was very informative.

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    2. It was written by S.Krishnan. Modtly about the English language & usage.

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  10. 11A SERENA (Williams) DE (Does oddly)
    12A HALLOW - in(HAL)er , LOW (depressed)
    6D NONPLUS - DD

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    1. 11a should have been "Williams,perhaps"

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    2. You are right sree_sree. Thank you for pointing out.

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  11. Yes. It was written by S.Krishnan. Talked about Eng language & usage of words etc.

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  12. 6d : NONPLUS (DD)
    7d : AUTHORITATIVE
    (AUTHOR)(IT)(AT(IV)E)
    20d CLOTHES Look = LO in CHEST*

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  14. In place 6d repetition

    24a : DAUGHTER (THE GUARD)*

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  15. 6D. NONPLUS..CD.. negative is nonplussed
    7d. AUTHORITATIVE.. author + it + at (iv) e
    20d. CLOTHES .. LO ( OK ) in chest*

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  16. 10 A INNATE = Native
    Inn = pub
    Ate = swallowed

    18 A. OPTICIAN
    Anagram of Caption + i
    (about one)
    24 A. DAUGHTER = MEMBER OF
    FAMILY
    Anagram of The guard

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  17. For 24a, 2D VOIDERS= In validators

    Anagram of Drive so

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  18. Nice grid and clues. As I did last time also, please check usage of the. Especially in letter pick clues. The heart or heart of the leads to H. If needed for grammatic correctness, a or an can be used because both really don't have any heart!

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    1. I have already noticed it in my clues. Thank you for reminding sree_sree.

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  19. For 2 D, 19 D. TRADUCE = Malign

    Truce= cessation of hostilities around Ad, for commercial

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  20. 13ac, 21ac and 17dn remain.

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  21. compensating for 25d.
    13 ac egestion.
    well groomed -soignee.
    (soignee+t*.)

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  22. Only 13ac and 17 dn are to be solved.

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  23. I thank all the participants, solvers and commenters for setting aside time for the grid.
    I am grateful to the col. for putting up my grid in the blog.

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  24. Thank you Sathia for the remarks.

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