Sunday 17 July 2022

Special, Sunday 17 Jul 2022, Metacryptix

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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63 comments:

  1. 1A STROBE S(tout)+RoOt BeEr
    14A A SHOT IN THE ARM*
    2D RE(P)LIC A

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  2. 14A. A shot in the arm( boost)

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    1. 14A: Annotation missing.
      {the marathon is}* with running as Anagram Indicator.

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  3. 1a STROBE : flash light
    S(-tou)T R(-o) O(-t) B(-e)E(-r)

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  4. 29Dn EDITS - changes
    {t} in {<=side}
    25Ac ALEET - careful RT
    16 Dn SCORPION {on crop is}*

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  5. 25A: ALRET {T<--}
    29a: HYBRID {H..Y}{B{R}ID}
    24D: EDITS {S{T}IDE<--}

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  6. 26ac isolation (to liaison) *
    24dn edits (e(t)dis)
    12ac haiku h(abib) ai k(abir)u(rdu)

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  7. 29A : HYBRID H...Y B (R) ID
    25A: ALERT rev T from thea(ter la)nguage
    21D: EYEWEAR HP of I stock = ware

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  8. Replacements for repeats:
    28a: NAMELESS spoonerism of {LAME}{NESS}
    22d: STATED {(+S)TA(-S)TE}{D}

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  9. 12A- Haiku-Poem- H AI K U
    7D- Inertia-Laziness- (I INE ART)*
    Fine-F=INE
    8D- Lonesome- Rejected- Lone~loan-Some~sum

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  10. 20d ACADEMY: institution
    A (CAD: rogue) (E: beginning to exasperate) MY ( settler's)

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  11. 4 d mismatch . Mis-s match-couple.
    17 a cut to the chase.directors instruction -cut. teachethos*.
    3 dn borough B o rough-uneven

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  12. Frustrating and very tough. Let me wait for the annos

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  13. My third
    PAPER: report
    Pamper: pet - m(master)

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  14. 2D REPLICA [artefact = relic, soft = p (musical notation), appeal primarily = a]

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    1. 4A ALLUVIAL (total = all, value mostly changed = {valu}*, piece of item = i)

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    2. 19D OVERALL {lo + vera}*{l}

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  15. Replacement for 1a
    1d : SAPPHO: Greek poet
    (So happ-y))*

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  16. Nice and breezy.thanks metacryptix.

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  17. Nice grid. Enjoyed solving. 11ac, 13ac, 1d and 19d are favourites

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  18. 11a IN-BETWEEN (IN(BET)(WEE)N)13a
    13a MOSQUITOS (MO(S)(QUIT)OS-e)
    23a REPRESENT (TENSER PER)<<

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    2. 23a anno!
      Also 11a can be fine tuned.

      13a (to setter) fed up with as insertion indicator is not convincing here.

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    3. @MB
      I had parsed 23a differently
      Indicate is represent
      Every is per, counter is REP
      Grudge is RESENT
      REP RESENT

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    4. @sree_sree, noted.
      @AJ for every=per, rest if fine

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    5. Thanks AJ. I always fumble while showing reversal indicator for the correct word! Should have chosen some other word for submission! 😊

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  19. Lovely cracking sathia. I got it but couldn't anno

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  20. Waiting for 5 D-I have a doubt there.

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  21. got it. made the mistake of looking for a synonym for released in the past tense.

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  22. @Sathia - Solving the leftover clues is the difficult part!
    Kudos to Metacryptix!

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  23. Ok closing:
    5d lo(b) os -e
    6d UN TRU(-s) T H

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  24. Enjoyable grid with many nice clues. BOROUGH was my COD. Thanks Col and Metacryptix!

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  25. All done. Thank you all for participating. Thank you Colonel for publishing the grid.

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  26. My favs HYBRID, HAIKU,BOROUGH & long ones :) Enjoyable grid .

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  27. Thanks for the special Debasmita

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  28. Different ball, 'silk', not hard setter (9)
    {bead*}{smit(-h)a}
    DEBASMITA

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    1. She is a posh young woman like university associate.

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    2. 👌
      deb - posh young woman
      like - as
      university - MIT
      associate - a
      {deb}{as}{mit}{a}

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    3. Thanks Col for educating me. Will avoid Indirect Anagrams in future.

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    4. The surface refers to another university!

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  29. Fun grid DB! Enjoyed solving. My favs are BOROUGH and NICOTINE

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