Sunday, 24 July 2022

Special, Sunday 24 Jul 2022, Driver

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  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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