Sunday, 24 July 2022

Special, Sunday 24 Jul 2022, Driver

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DRIVER 7

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Squares filled: 0/154
Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Driver & THCC
Across
8Regularly (every second) unseats fool from the back (5)
9Prophet fabricated CID report (9)
10Youngsters have seen great changes (9)
11Reason to get first level of gyan in calculus (5)
12System of geometry left audience mesmerised (9)
13Grass covered plain with pastures and maize plantation area primarily (5)
15Finer solution, perhaps (7)
17Doctor had submerged.... (7)
18....A bird and dog boy left behind (5)
19If tore, ignite (3,4,2)
21Moustache artist portrays emotions (5)
24Coating prepared in art club (9)
25Perhaps attacking playmaker, goes to anasthetist and cycling specialist (6,3)
26Base scale is not right for mathematician (5)
Down
1Way to carve inside a circle is by drawing out (10)
2Constant struggle for nirvana in one church (10)
3Field ball? (6)
4Discounted lends distributed and reused (8)
5Spine mill's head is rotated vertically (4)
6Small mark indicates a male deer (4)
7Essential to build houses, retail stores perhaps (5,3,6)
8Alternatively, watches could be worn here? (2,3,5,4)
13Player changed the first individual bid against the law (10)
14McLaren too crashed in this race track (5,5)
16Determined engineer lost out university admit with entrance exam (8)
20Big nut is broken in pipework (6)
22Points a gun as I'm running away (4)
23Restricted match that could go to super over? (4)

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61 comments:

  1. Gowri24 July 2022 at 10:32

    9ac - PREDICTOR (prophet) (cidreport)*

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  2. Ramesh Kosaraju 24 July 2022 at 10:33

    20d TUBING pipework {big nut*}
    22d AIMS points a gun {as I'm*}
    23d TIED [DD]

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  3. AJ24 July 2022 at 10:33

    1a OFTEN: regularly
    unseats fool, every second from the back : OFTEN

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  4. Gowri24 July 2022 at 10:34

    5d - WILL (spine) M changes to W (rotated vertically)

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  5. AJ24 July 2022 at 10:34

    Not 1a but 8a at 10:33

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  6. Kiran24 July 2022 at 10:35

    12A EUCLIDEAN (l + audience)*

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    1. Kiran24 July 2022 at 10:36

      13A PAMPA [telescopic]

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    2. Kiran24 July 2022 at 10:52

      26A EULER (base = e, scale = ruler, not right = remove r)

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  7. R Nagendra Prasad24 July 2022 at 10:35

    8A: OFTEN...uNsEaTsFoOl <<
    10A: TEENAGERS..seen+great*
    24A: LUBRICANT..in+art+club

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  8. Gowri24 July 2022 at 10:35

    11ac - LOGIC (reason) - Acrostic

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  9. AJ24 July 2022 at 10:36

    10a TEENAGERS: youngsters
    (Seen great)*

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  10. R Nagendra Prasad24 July 2022 at 10:37

    Compensating for repeats,
    2D: INVARIANCE..nirvana+i+ce*
    20D: TUBING..big+nut*

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  11. P. Venkatesan24 July 2022 at 10:37

    19A: SET FIRE TO (IF+TORE} RA*
    20D: TUBING (BIG+NUT)*
    24A: LUBRICANT{IN+ART+CLUB}*

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  12. Vasant24 July 2022 at 10:38

    7D BRICK AND MORTAR DD
    19A SET FIRE TO RA of IF TORE
    24A LUBRICANT (IN ART CLUB)*

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  13. Vasant24 July 2022 at 10:42

    Replacements:
    25A NUMBER TEN (Charade of anaesthetist and cycling specialist)
    14D MONTE CARLO ( Mclareen too)*

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    1. Gowri24 July 2022 at 11:19

      Cycling specialist is ENT*

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    2. sree_sree24 July 2022 at 11:30

      Not anagram. ENT cycling is rotating.

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    3. Sreelakshmi24 July 2022 at 12:36

      I don't know why it's not clicking for me but how is anaesthetist number exactly?

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    4. Sreelakshmi24 July 2022 at 12:39

      Oh, just clicked, never mind

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    5. Ramesh Kosaraju 24 July 2022 at 15:11

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  14. Abhishek Sridhar24 July 2022 at 10:42

    Incorrect. Please recheck

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  15. AJ24 July 2022 at 10:44

    8d ON THE OTHER HAND: alternatively
    Definition
    Watches may be worn on the other hand

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  16. Prasanna Rao24 July 2022 at 10:48

    2D - INVARIAN(CE) anag. of nirvana, ; church - CE
    14D - MONTECARLO*
    2D - OFTEN - <---- from unseatsfool, every second letter from back

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  17. Vasant24 July 2022 at 10:50

    Lovely puzzle! Favourites were 5d and 8d among other clues.
    Thank You Driver

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    1. sree_sree24 July 2022 at 11:04

      +1 17a is hall of fame.

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    2. Gowri24 July 2022 at 11:15

      14d too good!

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    3. sree_sree24 July 2022 at 11:40

      14d technically, surface should not give away(or better yet lead away from) the answer. Mclaren - race track!

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    4. Padmanabhan24 July 2022 at 12:11

      Mclaren is not race track. It is the car.

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    5. Gowri24 July 2022 at 12:20

      The model designed specially for McLaren to race. Named after him.

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  18. AJ24 July 2022 at 10:52

    Subst for 10ac
    3d SPHERE: field, ball

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  19. Padmanabhan24 July 2022 at 10:53

    11A- Logic- Reason- Acrostic- Level of Gym,,,,
    6D- Stag- Male deer= S tag
    13A= Pampa- Grass covered plain- Acrostic- Pastures and maize.....

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  20. Gowri24 July 2022 at 10:53

    Cant believe. I finished in less than 10 mins. - including the problems of typing on a small phone screen (normally i am pen & paper)
    Thanx Driver!!! 😊😊😊

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  21. Padmanabhan24 July 2022 at 10:56

    Replacement for 11A-
    14D- Monte Carlo- Race Track- (McLaren too_*
    Good one. Enjoyed as F1 follower. What a track!!

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  22. P. Venkatesan24 July 2022 at 10:57

    replacements:
    3d: SPHERE (DD)
    26A: EULER {E}{(-R)ULER}

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  23. AJ24 July 2022 at 11:02

    Subst for 3d
    15ac THINNER: finer(in case of solution particularly)

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  24. Jayalakshmi arumugam24 July 2022 at 11:04

    3dn sphere (DD)
    17ac drowned (dr)doctor (owned) had
    19ac set fire to (RA)

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  25. AJ24 July 2022 at 11:05

    Sub. For 8d
    17ac DROWNED: submerged
    DR( doctor) OWNED( had)

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  26. Sreelakshmi24 July 2022 at 11:10

    21A - HEART (T) {...MoustacHE ARTist}
    16D - RESOLUTE - {RE} {U} over {LOST}* {E}

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    1. Sreelakshmi24 July 2022 at 11:15

      13D - PROHIBITED {PRO} {THE 1 BID}*

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    2. sree_sree24 July 2022 at 11:22

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  27. P. Venkatesan24 July 2022 at 11:12

    replacements again:
    15A: THINNER (DD)
    2D: INVARIANCE {I}{NIRVANA*}{CE}

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  28. P. Venkatesan24 July 2022 at 11:16

    replacement for 15a:
    1d: STRETCHING {ST}{R{ETCH}ING}

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  29. P. Venkatesan24 July 2022 at 11:20

    Hope this will be my last..
    replacement for 2d:
    18a: EAGLE {(-B)EAGLE}

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  30. Abhishek Sridhar24 July 2022 at 11:21

    Only 4d is remaining

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    1. sree_sree24 July 2022 at 11:26

      Ok. Closing off.
      Discounted: Lessened
      Letter bank from lends

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    2. Gowri24 July 2022 at 12:26

      I also solved it - but somehow could not post.
      @prasad - is there a clue type called Library clue or am i mistaking it for Letter Banks?

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    3. Padmanabhan24 July 2022 at 12:51

      Maybe another name for letter bank clue.

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  31. Gowri24 July 2022 at 11:27

    4d - LESSENED (discounted)
    With Lends* + more letters from it.
    Library Clue?
    Replacement

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  32. sree_sree24 July 2022 at 11:27

    13d relook

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  33. Gowri24 July 2022 at 11:28

    Or was it Letter bank? - i forget.

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  34. Mukundala Balasubramanyam24 July 2022 at 11:43

    Quite an enjoyable grid! Thank you Driver for the entertainment!! 😊

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  35. Deepak Gopinath24 July 2022 at 11:47

    Thanks for the special Driver

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  36. Padmanabhan24 July 2022 at 12:09

    Free flowing enjoyable grid. Thank you Driver. Keep driving!
    Thank you Col.

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  37. Ramesh Kosaraju 24 July 2022 at 12:10

    Quite a few mathematical terms in the clues and answers!

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  38. Padmanabhan24 July 2022 at 12:13

    I think it was the same last time also in his puzzle.

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  39. Abhishek Sridhar24 July 2022 at 15:42

    Thanks everyone. Glad to see postive comments and quality time spent solving the puzzle. :) Tried the letter bank and RA clue for the first time.

    Yes. I like mathematics quite a lot. So, I like to sprinkle mathematical jargons/words wherever possible!

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  40. Padmanabhan24 July 2022 at 16:50

    Both RA& Letter bank clues came out well. Thumbs up for Maths,

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  41. Ramesh Kosaraju 24 July 2022 at 17:22

    13d first individual - i

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