Sunday, 3 July 2022

Special, Sunday 03 Jul 2022, Driver

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
Please submit all your answers in one comment.  

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64 comments:

  1. 10A - PANDAS (...damP AND AScentregions...) [T]

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  2. 10a: PANDAS (T)
    16A: CYST (T)
    26A: OGLE (even letters from LONG CLUE)

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  3. 16a CYST: growth
    Ma(Cy's t)rade

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  4. Replacement for 10a:
    23d: DUDE {DU(D)E}

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  5. 26ac ogle. lOnG cLUE
    24dn flat (DD)
    16ac cyst (T)

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  6. 21a SASH: waist band
    S(somebody initially) has* ( removed)

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  7. 13D PHYSIO LOG Y
    17D TITRATES {E+T+ARTIST}*
    18A: TONNE T

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  8. 5D BYSTANDERS sty(-l)e brands*
    14A OSTENSIBLE o + s(t)ensible
    18A TONNE hidden in carTON NEcessarily

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    1. 15D TONES notes* repl for 18A already solved

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  9. 27ac KIDNAPPING: capturing
    Kid: child Napping: sleeping

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  10. 21A-Sash-S (HAS)*- Waistband
    27A- Kidnapping- Kid napping- Capturing
    14D- On The Rocks- CD

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  11. Replacement for26ac8ac forcefully power(force) Altogether(fully)

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  12. Replacement-
    20A- Mistresses- MIS(TRESSE)*S- Women in charge

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  13. replacement for 16ac
    9ac deal (i) deal

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  14. Replacement for 16a
    8a FORCEFULLY: vigorously
    Force( power) fully(altogether)

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  15. 1 a forcefully force -power.altogether-fully.
    14 ac ostensible.o s(t)ensible.-superficial.
    21 ac sash -waistband s+ has*.

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  16. My post at 10:58 is replacement for 8a

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  17. compensating for
    8 ac.
    11 ac n in hotmeal*-methanol.

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  18. 6d TITANIUM
    TITAN+I+UM
    Definition:It Returns=Ti, chemical symbol of Titanium

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  19. 7d Aeroplanes
    Are*+OP+LANES

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  20. 22a ALKALOID
    ALL OK* inside AID

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  21. compensating for 21 ac
    24 ac flu+ent natural.

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  22. 25d NINE; def: perhaps Xi returns; N fINE

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    1. Doubt. Can "perhaps Xi returns" be termed as DEFINITION? - as returns indicates WORDPLAY

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  23. Substitute for 24A
    19A MANY; M ANY

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  24. 1D - COMA (man esacpes from, = man(m) escapes from "comma")

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    1. Excellent clue and well solved.

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    2. Thanks. I got the answer from the already solved boxes. But took me some time to get the annotation.

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  25. 19ac. MANY.. M( ILLIONS ) ANY...Some
    21d. STUMPS.. DD . end of the day & get this rattled
    4d.. SLUM.. SM(al )L U( nion) ..

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  26. Came only now. All done I think.
    Anyways- will solve for myself.

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  27. Several good clues. Thank you Abhishek for an interesting Sunday morning.

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  28. Correct solution for 9A has not yet been given.

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  29. Horizontal apartment & Xi returns perhaps stood out.

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  30. 4d - SLUM - ghetto
    Small - Slim
    Union for one.
    Sl - i + u m

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  31. 1d - COMA??? Comma - M
    But what is the definition?
    Collapse is Coma?

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  32. Finished. Nice grid.
    My fav - OSTENSIBLE.
    Thanx Driver

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  33. Thanks everyone for solving the grid :) Happy to receive any technical feedback on the clues or any improvements to the grid

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  34. U mean 6d?
    TITANIUM - titan + i + um

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  35. Thanks for the special Abhishek

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