Sunday, 21 August 2022

Special, Sunday 21 Aug 2022, Driver

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  1. AJ21 August 2022 at 10:33

    10 ac. AGAIN: once more
    A(original Attempt) GAIN: get

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  2. Jacob Brahmakulam21 August 2022 at 10:33

    24a ECCENTRIC (RECENT ICC)*
    4d LAST DD
    25A CARE: RACE*

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  3. Ramesh Kosaraju 21 August 2022 at 10:34

    7d MANTRA - slogan
    {man}{art<=}
    22d SINGLE DD
    25d CARE {race*}

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  4. Suresh M S21 August 2022 at 10:34

    20A DARTS = Arrows and Game
    24A ECCENTRIC = Odd, Anagram of Recent ICC
    22D SINGLE = One, also used to depict unmarried

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  5. Ramesh Kosaraju 21 August 2022 at 10:36

    Replacement
    14d TRANSCRIPT - copy
    {t}{sprint car*}

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  6. AJ21 August 2022 at 10:37

    16ac ARMENIA: country
    Airmen flying : ARMENI over A
    (Airmen)*flying for anagram over a

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  7. Jayalakshmi arumugam21 August 2022 at 10:37

    9ac inanimate in(ani)mate
    (Inmate) egom(ani)acal
    16ac Armenia (airmen) * a
    22dn single (DD)

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  8. Jayalakshmi arumugam21 August 2022 at 10:43

    Replacement forv16ac
    21dn record re(about) cord(string)

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  9. AJ21 August 2022 at 10:43

    3d NIGERIAN: African
    (I (one) EARNING)*

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  10. Gowri21 August 2022 at 10:46

    4d - LAST dd

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  11. Gowri21 August 2022 at 10:48

    12ac - TEST MATCH
    evaluate - test
    Prospect - match

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  12. Gowri21 August 2022 at 10:48

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  13. Padmanabhan21 August 2022 at 10:49

    12A- Test Match- Evaluate/ prospect- This format of the game
    26A- Equal-CD
    6D- Harmed- H armed- Injured

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  14. Gowri21 August 2022 at 10:51

    6dn - HARMED - injured
    H + armed

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  15. Gowri21 August 2022 at 10:53

    10ac - AGAIN - once more
    A - Original attempt - meaning first letter
    Gain - to get

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  16. sree_sree21 August 2022 at 10:53

    Smooth and superfast.
    Have couple of doubts on link words that.may be I wil raise after all answers fall in.

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  17. ramesh ss21 August 2022 at 10:55

    27A APRIL -sPIRAL-s*
    5D NEWSLETTER settler * new anagrind in the solution RA Elison
    1D LIE DOWN AND RELAX DD/CD

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    1. sree_sree21 August 2022 at 11:01

      5d needs a "!" at the least.

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    2. sree_sree21 August 2022 at 11:04

      "of"! (Extra and misleading)
      It makes the folder to include the ends.

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    3. Jacob Brahmakulam21 August 2022 at 11:08

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    4. Jacob Brahmakulam21 August 2022 at 11:13

      1D SIT BACK and RELAX? Sit or lie in a recliner?

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    5. sree_sree21 August 2022 at 11:17

      Recline:lie(back). Lean/bend the back. Sit is upright.

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    6. Col_Gopinath21 August 2022 at 11:17

      Check 1D

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    7. ramesh ss21 August 2022 at 11:26

      oops sorry for the mistake. that mislead my solving the rest too. since it is an error am not putting in a replacement.

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    8. Abhishek Sridhar21 August 2022 at 11:29

      Hi sree sree, my thoughts..
      5d) maybe ! would have made it easier
      27a) why is of misleading?

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    9. sree_sree21 August 2022 at 12:05

      5d no not to make it easy. RA is not a normal way of cluing. So it should be indicated in the clue. There are beautiful words that indicate so and at the same time camouflage the clue. ! Is the simplest and yeah the easiest for many solvers.

      27a How does "clipped ends of X can be" read vs "clipped ends, X can be".

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    10. Abhishek Sridhar21 August 2022 at 18:24

      5a) could you throw some light on indicators for RA?
      27a) Understood your point. Clipped ends, X can be reads better

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    11. Sree Sree21 August 2022 at 20:39

      https://vinitdw.wordpress.com/reverse-anagram/

      Information bulletin hints to settler

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    12. Sree Sree21 August 2022 at 20:44

      The compound form in the clue is news-letter. Ideally news should be anaind. How would 'New sletter is negotiator" as a regular clue look.

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  18. Remy21 August 2022 at 10:55

    1dn sit back and relax.dd
    6 d harmed .H+armed
    27a April. -s(piral*)-s

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  19. Jayalakshmi arumugam21 August 2022 at 10:55

    Replacement
    8dn in the first place (DD)

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  20. Gowri21 August 2022 at 10:56

    15ac - DWARF? - small
    Forward - f after DWAR - gate?
    Again replacement

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  21. Remy21 August 2022 at 10:58

    compensating for 6dn.
    11 ac badge. bad-poor. ge-company.

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  22. P. Venkatesan21 August 2022 at 10:59

    21d: RECORD (RE)(CORD)
    33A: STRICTEST (,ST)(RIC(-H))(TEST)
    28A: PARASITIC (RAP<--)(AS)(I)(TIC)

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  23. Vasant21 August 2022 at 11:02

    8D IN THE FIRST PLACE DD
    13A COMMITTEE CO+(ITEM)*x2 (but there is only one I!

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    1. Vasant21 August 2022 at 11:04

      17A: THIN AIR DD

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    2. Abhishek Sridhar21 August 2022 at 11:30

      13a) intended as a letter bank clue. Not necessary to be used twice!

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    3. sree_sree21 August 2022 at 11:55

      Intention is OK. But letter Bank has two components. 1 to indicate that individual letters are used more than once (and not necessarily the whole word) and anind.
      Something like "chop and reuse item"

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    4. Abhishek Sridhar21 August 2022 at 11:59

      Repeatedly use is the indicator for reuage and fabricated is the anagram indicator

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    5. sree_sree21 August 2022 at 12:01

      What indicates individual letters and not the whole word!

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    6. Abhishek Sridhar21 August 2022 at 18:27

      Repeatedly use is the indicator for taking individual letters. I am not sure if there is a differentiation on use of indicator for individual letters vs the whole word.

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    7. Sree Sree21 August 2022 at 20:54

      www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2021/jul/19/crossword-council-4-the-letter-bank

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  24. Col_Gopinath21 August 2022 at 11:19

    To be solved
    Across - 15Anno only
    Down - 1, 2, 18, 19

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  25. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 August 2022 at 11:20

    18d : INCREASE (IN)(CREASE)
    IN = IN, Line = CREASE (Split Inline as in line)
    19. ADEQUATE (A)(D)(EQUATE)

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  26. TheBoss21 August 2022 at 11:22

    2D CARDAMOM
    Club=Card
    Acrostic of Authentic Manufacturers Of Masala (AMOM)
    Defn is Spice

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  27. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 August 2022 at 11:23

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  28. Mukundala Balasubramanyam21 August 2022 at 11:32

    15a : DWARF (FORWARD - OR)* Crossing(deleting) OR gate

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  29. Col_Gopinath21 August 2022 at 11:39

    Thanks for the special Abhishek

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  30. ramesh ss21 August 2022 at 11:43

    Nice special crossword to enjoy on a Sunday. My badge goes to in the first place, newsletter and committee very innovative clues. Others are good too. thanks

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  31. Padmanabhan21 August 2022 at 12:18

    Had a good enjoyable drive. Thank you Abhishek.

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  32. Abhishek Sridhar21 August 2022 at 18:30

    Thanks everyone for participating and solving the grid! Thanks Col for publishing the grid! Hope the cryptic grammar was fine for the clues.. please do feel free to point out any mistakes. Happy to learn and make changes in subsequent grids

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  33. AJ21 August 2022 at 18:47

    It was a nice enjoyable grid for a Sunday morning. Loved doing it.

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