Sunday, 22 May 2022

Special, Sunday 22 May 2022, Ajji

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  1. Padmanabhan22 May 2022 at 10:36

    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. Prasanna Rao22 May 2022 at 10:42

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

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    2. Gowri22 May 2022 at 10:44

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

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    3. Gowri22 May 2022 at 10:46

      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. Gowri22 May 2022 at 10:46

      @ Paddy

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    5. AJ22 May 2022 at 10:53

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

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    6. Padmanabhan22 May 2022 at 10:59

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

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    7. sree_sree22 May 2022 at 11:53

      @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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    8. Gowri22 May 2022 at 15:27

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

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  2. Gowri22 May 2022 at 10:38

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

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  3. Prasanna Rao22 May 2022 at 10:41

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

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    1. AJ22 May 2022 at 10:54

      Prasanna, rethink about 25d.

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    2. Prasanna Rao22 May 2022 at 11:00

      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. Prasanna Rao22 May 2022 at 11:09

      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. AJ22 May 2022 at 11:41

      Thanks Prasanna

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  4. Gowri22 May 2022 at 10:42

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

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  5. Jayalakshmi arumugam22 May 2022 at 10:44

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

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  6. Ramki Krishnan22 May 2022 at 10:45

    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. Padmanabhan22 May 2022 at 11:03

      First time I hear of daymare.

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    2. Padmanabhan22 May 2022 at 11:08

      Looks to be the opposite of both nightmare & daydream!

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    3. Gowri22 May 2022 at 11:11

      @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. sree_sree22 May 2022 at 11:32

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

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    5. Padmanabhan22 May 2022 at 11:58

      To insomniacs?

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    6. Gowri22 May 2022 at 15:30

      @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. Remy22 May 2022 at 10:54

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

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  8. Padmanabhan22 May 2022 at 11:04

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

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  9. Padmanabhan22 May 2022 at 11:07

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

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    1. Gowri22 May 2022 at 11:16

      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. Gowri22 May 2022 at 15:32

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

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  10. Srikant Sri22 May 2022 at 11:13

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

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    1. sree_sree22 May 2022 at 11:34

      11a should have been "Williams,perhaps"

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    2. AJ22 May 2022 at 11:57

      You are right sree_sree. Thank you for pointing out.

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  11. Gowri22 May 2022 at 11:13

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

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  12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 May 2022 at 11:16

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

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  13. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 May 2022 at 11:18

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  14. Mukundala Balasubramanyam22 May 2022 at 11:27

    In place 6d repetition

    24a : DAUGHTER (THE GUARD)*

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  15. Orthopaul22 May 2022 at 11:40

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

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  16. H Ramachandran22 May 2022 at 11:45

    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. H Ramachandran22 May 2022 at 11:56

    For 24a, 2D VOIDERS= In validators

    Anagram of Drive so

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  18. sree_sree22 May 2022 at 11:57

    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. Padmanabhan22 May 2022 at 12:00

      Heartless articles!

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    2. AJ22 May 2022 at 12:02

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

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  19. H Ramachandran22 May 2022 at 12:06

    For 2 D, 19 D. TRADUCE = Malign

    Truce= cessation of hostilities around Ad, for commercial

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  20. AJ22 May 2022 at 12:10

    13ac, 21ac and 17dn remain.

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  21. Murali22 May 2022 at 12:21

    21A OFFING of +f+ing

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  22. Remy22 May 2022 at 12:24

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

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  23. AJ22 May 2022 at 12:25

    Only 13ac and 17 dn are to be solved.

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  24. AJ22 May 2022 at 12:42

    Thanks Sathia

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  25. AJ22 May 2022 at 12:44

    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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  26. AJ22 May 2022 at 12:45

    Thank you Sathia for the remarks.

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  27. Col_Gopinath22 May 2022 at 13:26

    Thanks for the special AJ

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