Sunday, 31 July 2022

Special, Sunday 31 Jul 2022, Ajji

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  1. R Nagendra Prasad31 July 2022 at 10:33

    3A: SUN..dd
    25A: MAYFLIES..family+ES*..ES from E-(xclaim)S
    16D: ITINERARY..inertia+RY*

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  2. P. Venkatesan31 July 2022 at 10:34

    18a: PRECONDITIONED {PREDICTION+DONE}*
    20A: EAT {E{A}T}
    1D: POOLSIDE{POODLES+I}*

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  3. Ramesh Kosaraju 31 July 2022 at 10:35

    16d ITINERARY - travel plan
    {inertia*}{ry}
    19d SELDOM - rarely
    {models}*
    20a EAT - consume
    {e{a}t}

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  4. Ramesh Kosaraju 31 July 2022 at 10:40

    Replacement
    15 a MAYFLIES - insects
    {family*}{es}

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  5. Gowri31 July 2022 at 10:44

    9ac - OVOIDS
    O(VOID)S
    os - large size
    Void - empty space

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  6. ramesh ss31 July 2022 at 10:44

    21A BA (THYME) T (-p) RIC (-e)
    21D B (AG)EL(-l)
    22D RULER DD

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    1. ramesh ss31 July 2022 at 10:45

      Cricketers may not like their bats referred as racket :-)

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    2. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:04

      True. My brain could not find a better word, as I did not want to use bat straight away.

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    3. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 July 2022 at 11:37

      Club would do!

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    4. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:48

      Thanks MB. I didn't get it then.

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    5. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:51

      Thanks MB. I didn't get the word then.

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    6. ramesh ss31 July 2022 at 12:01

      lovely MB

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    7. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:48

      @MB
      Club didn't occur to me

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    8. AJ31 July 2022 at 13:14

      Club, willow etc. didn't come to my mind then

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  7. Ramesh Kosaraju 31 July 2022 at 10:45

    Replacement
    24a HAMLET - village
    {h}{am(-u)let}

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  8. Vasant31 July 2022 at 10:47

    5D: ORIGINALITY OR(I GIN)AL IT Y
    8D: NOT(-h)ING
    23A: D(R)AGGERS

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  9. Ramesh Kosaraju 31 July 2022 at 10:49

    Replacement
    10a DIPLOMAT - consul
    {id<=}{plo(ma)t}

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  10. Gowri31 July 2022 at 10:50

    11ac - SERENDIPITY
    Seren (dip)ity
    Serenity - tranquility
    Dip - decline

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  11. Gowri31 July 2022 at 10:52

    2d - AMOUR - love
    A(mou)r
    Ar - heart of hearts
    Mou - memorandum of understanding

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  12. AJ31 July 2022 at 10:54

    @Gemini
    Rarely is the definition. Look for anagram indicator

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  13. Remy31 July 2022 at 11:01

    17 dn educated. ducat-old coin.dee-river.
    e(ducat)ed<
    21 ac bathymetric. ba(thyme)t+ric.
    21dn Bagel . b(ag)el-l

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  14. Sreelakshmi31 July 2022 at 11:07

    4a - {JO} {E} {BIDE} {N}
    Sweetheart x2 = JO + E
    Stay - BIDE
    New - N
    3d {T̶s̶U{ND}{Y}NAMI{C}
    Definition: inactive
    TSUNAMI - TS {backward street} over {ND} {Y} North Dakota, York primarily; start to control = C

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    1. Sreelakshmi31 July 2022 at 11:11

      26a HYBRID (T)
      Definition = cross
      sHY BRIDe holding cross

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    2. ramesh ss31 July 2022 at 12:11

      the president enum shouldn't it be 3,5 ? nice word play though

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  15. Remy31 July 2022 at 11:13

    compensating for 21 ac .
    4 ac Joebiden. Jo+e+bide+n.

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  16. Padmanabhan31 July 2022 at 11:17

    19D- Seldom- (models)*-Rarely
    25A- Mayflies- (family)*ES- Insect
    21D- Bagel- B(AG)EL- Doughnut shaped bread
    Silver=Ag
    Chimer mostly- Bell-L=Bel

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  17. Padmanabhan31 July 2022 at 11:17

    Late. There may be repeats.

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  18. Gowri31 July 2022 at 11:18

    AJ - lovely grid. Many aha moments. My fav 8dn. Took me a long time to figure out. 😊

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  19. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:20

    Thank you Gowri.

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  20. Sreelakshmi31 July 2022 at 11:23

    Remaining (as far as I can see): 14a, 7d, 12d, 15d

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    1. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:32

      You are right Sreelakshmi. It is the correct list of unanswered clues.

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    2. Sreelakshmi31 July 2022 at 11:38

      That's good. And it was fun solving, thank you AJ!

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    3. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:47

      Thanks a lot Sreelakshmi!

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  21. Kiran31 July 2022 at 11:24

    8d NOTING (zero = nothing, unaspirated = remove the 'h' sound).

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  22. Remy31 July 2022 at 11:32

    compensating.
    12 dn ISLAND THREE .oneill space concept. is 50 plus 3.is +l+and.Three



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  23. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 July 2022 at 11:32

    7d DAMASKEEN (DAMA(S(K)EE)N)

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  24. Gowri31 July 2022 at 11:38

    Thanx for 12dn. Ended up reading & learning a lot. 😊

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  25. TheBoss31 July 2022 at 11:38

    14a DEFAMILIARIZES {defam{I}{Liar}}I}{Z}es}

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  26. Kiran31 July 2022 at 11:38

    15d FIRST LADY (jill means jill biden who is the first lady).

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    1. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:42

      @ Kiran
      Annotation is still incomplete.

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    2. Gowri31 July 2022 at 11:53

      L - the last letter of Jill & first letter of Lady (?)

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    3. Gowri31 July 2022 at 11:54

      L - the last letter of Jill & first letter of Lady (?)

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    4. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:56

      @Kiran
      Jill is only an example for first lady, not the definition.
      L is first lady

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    5. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:57

      No need to think about last letter.

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    6. Kiran31 July 2022 at 12:01

      yeah, I knew I was missing something. Thanks. got it now.

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    7. Padmanabhan31 July 2022 at 12:52

      L for first Lady= that's a good one.

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  27. TheBoss31 July 2022 at 11:39

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  28. Padmanabhan31 July 2022 at 11:42

    A suggestion (I am sure it will be taken in the right sense)
    Now that you write cryptically correct clues, you may start concentrating on making the surfaces more interesting and shorten a few as well.

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  29. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:45

    Thank you Paddy. I will try to improve the surface reading ( God knows if I have such capacity!).

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    1. Sreelakshmi31 July 2022 at 11:52

      ...if I may say so, the surface reading of the smoother clues definitely seems to show that you have the capacity!

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    2. Gowri31 July 2022 at 11:58

      +1

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    3. ramesh ss31 July 2022 at 11:58

      excellent surfaces is most clues. Even the long ones are nice to read. Tsunami a killer :-)

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    4. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:01

      Thank you Ramesh.

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    5. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:03

      Thanks Sreelakshmi and Gowri.

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    6. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:04

      Thanks Ramesh.

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    7. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:07

      Thanks a lot Sreelakshmi, Gowri and Ramesh

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    8. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:20

      Thanks Sreelakshmi, Gowri and Ramesh

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    9. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:27

      Thanks Sreelakshmi, Gowri and Ramesh

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    10. Ramesh Kosaraju 31 July 2022 at 12:28

      +2

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    11. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:41

      Thanks Ramesh K.

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    12. Mukundala Balasubramanyam31 July 2022 at 14:19

      +3

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  30. AJ31 July 2022 at 11:49

    Yes Gemini.

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  31. Ramesh Kosaraju 31 July 2022 at 11:51

    7d I too was in the same boat!
    Pl see MB @ 11.32

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  32. Gowri31 July 2022 at 11:57

    Me too. I knew the anno was wrong. So just filled DAMASKEEN & googled.

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  33. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:00

    My sincere thanks to all the solvers and commenters. Your participation gives me confidence.
    I am grateful to the Colonel for posting my grid in this blog.

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  34. Padmanabhan31 July 2022 at 12:05

    There seems to be some confusion over thus. Inhabitants of Damascus are called Damascene. But this does not go with the surface. Damaskeen gives a totally different meaning- to produce wavy lines on. Clarification please.

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  35. ramesh ss31 July 2022 at 12:06

    Nice crossie. Long ones clues with wonderful word play. W X missing for a panagram. Thanks AJ and colonel

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    1. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:15

      Thanks a lot Ramesh

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    2. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:15

      Thanks a lot Ramesh

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    3. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:18

      Thanks a lot Ramesh

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    4. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:36

      Free dictionary gives' 'an inhabitant of Damascus' as one of the meanings of Damaskeen along with those you have mentioned
      @Paddy and Ramesh

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  36. ramesh ss31 July 2022 at 12:08

    +1 I filled Damascene too

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  37. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:14

    Free dictionary gives' an inhabitant of Damascus' as one of the meanings along with what you have mentioned.

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  38. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:18

    Free dictionary gives' 'inhabitant of Damascus' as one of the meanings along with what you have mentioned.

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  39. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:22

    Free dictionary gives' 'an inhabitant of Damascus ' as one of the meanings

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  40. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:25

    Thanks a lot Ramesh

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  41. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:26

    Free dictionary gives' 'an inhabitant of Damascus' as one of the meanings

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  42. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:30

    @Paddy and Ramesh
    Free dictionary gives' ' an inhabitant of Damascus as one of the meanings along with those you have mentioned.

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  43. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:32

    I tried to reply about Damaskeen many times. My replies don't get published. So I am trying as new comments

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  44. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:44

    Thanks to all solvers and commenters.
    Thanks to the Colonel for accommodating my grid

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  45. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:46

    Yes Gemini

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  46. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:50

    The replies I type are not getting published.

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  47. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:51

    My thanks to all the solvers and commenters.
    Thanks to the Colonel for publishing my grid

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  48. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:53

    Now I will reply about Damaskeen.
    Free dictionary gives 'an inhabitant of Damascus' as a meaning along with those you have mentioned.

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  49. Padmanabhan31 July 2022 at 12:55

    willow is a good synonym for bat,esp.the cricket bat, They were used o be made of wood from willow trees.
    BTW-bat is a mammal too!

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  50. Padmanabhan31 July 2022 at 12:55

    Thank you AJ & Col. for an interesting Sunday morning.

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  51. AJ31 July 2022 at 12:56

    'an inhabitant of Damascus' is one of the meanings of Damaskeen according to Free dictionary

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  52. Gowri31 July 2022 at 13:06

    @Paddy - i found somewhere that Damaskeen is an alternate for Damascene.
    Damaskeen is also an intricate form of inlay work.

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  53. AJ31 July 2022 at 13:08

    Free dictionary gives 'inhabitant of Damascus as one of the meanings of Damaskeen'

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  54. Padmanabhan31 July 2022 at 13:33

    Damaskeen is a variant only for the meaning of inlay work as oer AFree Dic.

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  55. Gowri31 July 2022 at 14:15

    damaskeen
    in British English
    (ˈdæməˌskiːn IPA Pronunciation Guide )
    VERB (transitive)
    a variant form of damascene
    Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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  56. Col_Gopinath31 July 2022 at 14:45

    Thanks for the special AJ

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  57. Maya Kamath31 July 2022 at 16:13

    Nice Grid AJ. Sun and hamlet were great clues.

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  58. Ramki Krishnan31 July 2022 at 16:39

    Thanks for the Sunday special, AJ. Liked MODELS, HAMLET, AMOUR, RULER to name a few.

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  59. AJ31 July 2022 at 17:01

    Thank you Maya and Ramki.

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  60. Badri31 July 2022 at 22:12

    Nice puzzle. Got most of it, I too put 7d as damascene. Thanks AJ.

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