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METACRYPTIX 3
By Metacryptix
Across
| 1 | Emptying stout & root beer every now and then in flashing light (6) |
| 4 | Total value mostly changed about a piece of item made of mud (8) |
| 10 | Report master abandoning pet (5) |
| 11 | At an intermediate stage, bar taking little risk in advance (2-7) |
| 12 | Initially Habib & Kabir penning excellent preface to Urdu poem (5) |
| 13 | Tailless animal fed up with small desert insects (9) |
| 14 | Running the marathon is a boost (1,4,2,3,3) |
| 17 | Director's instruction: "Teach ethos properly to avoid superfluity, maybe" (3,2,3,5) |
| 23 | Indicate counter for every grudge (9) |
| 25 | Careful selection of theatre language on reflection (5) |
| 26 | Resorting to liaison or separation? (9) |
| 27 | Remove trace of element caught in stream (5) |
| 28 | Injured head according to Spooner is indescribable (8) |
| 29 | Cross empty highway, advance to take right (6) |
Down
| 1 | Poet is so happy, almost excited (6) |
| 2 | Copy of artefact having soft appeal primarily (7) |
| 3 | Starts to bike on uneven area (7) |
| 5 | Briefly released outside black American wolves (5) |
| 6 | Peacekeepers' assurance losing direction, in the end establish a lie (7) |
| 7 | Laziness of one fellow leaving fine art forms (7) |
| 8 | Rejected lending problem, one hears (8) |
| 9 | Nearly overlook couple's discord (8) |
| 15 | Addictive alkaloid is refined absorbing oxygen and metal (8) |
| 16 | Subtropical arachnid on crop is disastrous (8) |
| 18 | Use space bar (7) |
| 19 | Essence of aloe vera mixed with a bit of lotion by and large (7) |
| 20 | A rogue beginning to exasperate setter's institution (7) |
| 21 | For the audience I stock spectacles, perhaps (7) |
| 22 | Expressed preference with society marching ahead by the day (6) |
| 24 | Changes in team returning after admitting defeat finally (5) |
Enjoy.
1A STROBE S(tout)+RoOt BeEr
ReplyDelete14A A SHOT IN THE ARM*
2D RE(P)LIC A
1A Relook annotation please
Delete1a STROBE : flash light
ReplyDeleteS(-tou)T R(-o) O(-t) B(-e)E(-r)
29Dn EDITS - changes
ReplyDelete{t} in {<=side}
25Ac ALEET - careful RT
16 Dn SCORPION {on crop is}*
25 AC Typo ALERT
ReplyDelete25A: ALRET {T<--}
ReplyDelete29a: HYBRID {H..Y}{B{R}ID}
24D: EDITS {S{T}IDE<--}
26ac isolation (to liaison) *
ReplyDelete24dn edits (e(t)dis)
12ac haiku h(abib) ai k(abir)u(rdu)
29A : HYBRID H...Y B (R) ID
ReplyDelete25A: ALERT rev T from thea(ter la)nguage
21D: EYEWEAR HP of I stock = ware
Replacements for repeats:
ReplyDelete28a: NAMELESS spoonerism of {LAME}{NESS}
22d: STATED {(+S)TA(-S)TE}{D}
12A- Haiku-Poem- H AI K U
ReplyDelete7D- Inertia-Laziness- (I INE ART)*
Fine-F=INE
8D- Lonesome- Rejected- Lone~loan-Some~sum
20d ACADEMY: institution
ReplyDeleteA (CAD: rogue) (E: beginning to exasperate) MY ( settler's)
4 d mismatch . Mis-s match-couple.
ReplyDelete17 a cut to the chase.directors instruction -cut. teachethos*.
3 dn borough B o rough-uneven
My third
ReplyDeletePAPER: report
Pamper: pet - m(master)
2D REPLICA [artefact = relic, soft = p (musical notation), appeal primarily = a]
ReplyDelete4A ALLUVIAL (total = all, value mostly changed = {valu}*, piece of item = i)
Delete19D OVERALL {lo + vera}*{l}
DeleteReplacement for 1a
ReplyDelete1d : SAPPHO: Greek poet
(So happ-y))*
Nice and breezy.thanks metacryptix.
ReplyDelete+1
Delete+2
DeleteThank you all :)
Delete+1.Enjoyed solving. thank you.
DeleteNice grid. Enjoyed solving. 11ac, 13ac, 1d and 19d are favourites
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Delete11a IN-BETWEEN (IN(BET)(WEE)N)13a
ReplyDelete13a MOSQUITOS (MO(S)(QUIT)OS-e)
23a REPRESENT (TENSER PER)<<
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Delete23a anno!
DeleteAlso 11a can be fine tuned.
13a (to setter) fed up with as insertion indicator is not convincing here.
23a Anno read as (REP<<)(RESENT)
Delete@MB
DeleteI had parsed 23a differently
Indicate is represent
Every is per, counter is REP
Grudge is RESENT
REP RESENT
@sree_sree, noted.
Delete@AJ for every=per, rest if fine
Thanks AJ. I always fumble while showing reversal indicator for the correct word! Should have chosen some other word for submission! 😊
DeleteMy bad. Will try better next time.
ReplyDelete14A: Annotation missing.
ReplyDelete{the marathon is}* with running as Anagram Indicator.
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWaiting for 5 D-I have a doubt there.
ReplyDeletegot it. made the mistake of looking for a synonym for released in the past tense.
ReplyDeleteEven then there is a doubt?
Delete@Sathia - Solving the leftover clues is the difficult part!
ReplyDeleteKudos to Metacryptix!
Ok closing:
ReplyDelete5d lo(b) os -e
6d UN TRU(-s) T H
5d to release would have been better.
DeleteRight
DeleteEnjoyable grid with many nice clues. BOROUGH was my COD. Thanks Col and Metacryptix!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ramki
DeleteAll done. Thank you all for participating. Thank you Colonel for publishing the grid.
ReplyDeleteMy favs HYBRID, HAIKU,BOROUGH & long ones :) Enjoyable grid .
ReplyDeleteThanks LV :)
DeleteThanks for the special Debasmita
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure
DeleteDifferent ball, 'silk', not hard setter (9)
ReplyDelete{bead*}{smit(-h)a}
DEBASMITA
Good one :)
DeleteIndirect anagram
DeleteShe is a posh young woman like university associate.
Delete👌
Deletedeb - posh young woman
like - as
university - MIT
associate - a
{deb}{as}{mit}{a}
@sree_sree :) Nice
DeleteThanks Col for educating me. Will avoid Indirect Anagrams in future.
DeleteThe surface refers to another university!
DeleteYes indeed
DeleteFun grid DB! Enjoyed solving. My favs are BOROUGH and NICOTINE
ReplyDeleteAnd HYBRID :)
DeleteThanks AR :)
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