Wednesday 5 October 2022

Special, Wednesday 05 Oct 2022, Ajji


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  1. Vasant5 October 2022 at 07:10

    15A ASIA IS< inside A(-fric)A
    18A SOPS SO(therefore)+PS(post Script, Second thoughts)
    19D PROSPER(-o)

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  2. Prasanna Rao5 October 2022 at 07:11

    23 D - (M)(ADAM)
    first man - M ; First man - Adam

    1A -(AVER)(TED)
    acknowledge- AVER;
    Edward - TED

    12A - ENTICE*
    Headless (-g)(enetic)*


    12A -

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  3. AJ5 October 2022 at 07:19

    Check 1a Prasanna.

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    1. Prasanna Rao5 October 2022 at 07:38

      Noted my error.
      An informal debt instrument - IOU
      debts - IOUS
      Edward - TED ; hence (TED)(IOUS)

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  4. Remy5 October 2022 at 07:27

    4dn sufficient-nice stuff i*
    20 a teschenite-hintsthesw*
    7 dn ovaries-o+varies

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  5. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 07:29

    3D- OF(F)COURSE- Fully expected
    Losing faith initially for removing F
    17D- Pro bated (Batted-T)- Established a will as valid
    23A= Miosis- MI (Oasis-A)- constriction of the pupil

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  6. Gowri5 October 2022 at 07:31

    1a - TEDIOUS - dreary
    Ted + ious

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  7. Gowri5 October 2022 at 07:35

    2dn - DOLDRUM
    D(old) rum

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  8. Gowri5 October 2022 at 07:37

    9ac - PYLIC
    P(antr)y + lic

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  9. TheBoss5 October 2022 at 07:41

    8D STYLE [T]

    Style=Fashion
    From Ha(Sty)(Le)tters

    *Sorry, my font settings are not working to italicise or strike through

    22D SIGNAL
    Half language = Lang; returned {gnal}
    {Is<=}
    {SI}{GNAL}

    16D ABSENTEES
    {a bees nest}*

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  10. Sree Sree5 October 2022 at 07:42

    Could you recheck 27a
    18a too.

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    1. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 08:25

      18A- singular/ plural?
      27 A is okay for me

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    2. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 08:51

      27A- Indirect?

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    3. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 08:52

      There was a discussion on this topic last time also.

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    4. AJ5 October 2022 at 09:12

      Thanks Sree Sree about 18a and. 27a. Sorry. I should have been careful.

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    5. AJ5 October 2022 at 09:13

      Thanks Paddy for drawing my attention to it.

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    6. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 09:32

      I also tend to overlook these indirect anagrams until someone points out.

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    7. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 10:18

      On further thinking on the subject, I feel it is very difficult to make single word anagrams- either they tend to become very easy (overt?) or they tend to become indirect.

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    8. Sree Sree5 October 2022 at 10:50

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  11. Gemini5 October 2022 at 07:43

    29A. Maddens- annoys.demands anagram

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  12. Gemini5 October 2022 at 07:46

    25D. Gnus. Empty glass= gs. Half the nuts= nu.

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  13. Gemini5 October 2022 at 07:50

    22D. Gesture= signal. Half lanuage= lang is returned is lgna si( is returned).

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  14. Gowri5 October 2022 at 07:57

    Replacement for TEDIOUS
    14ac - COMESTIBLE - eatable
    comes + tib (bit returned) + le

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  15. Gowri5 October 2022 at 07:58

    Lovely Grid AJ. Confidence booster. Finished in 15 minutes.

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  16. AJ5 October 2022 at 08:00

    Thanks Gowri.

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  17. Gemini5 October 2022 at 08:11

    6D. Nocent= guilty. No cent( money). This is asubstitute for 22D

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  18. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 08:18

    I had my doubts on this and had to check. Innocent is better known. Thank you.

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    1. Gemini5 October 2022 at 09:00

      Hope you are referring to 6D. Yes, Synonym for guilty is nocent and vice versa.

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  19. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 08:23

    11A was new to me and struggled a bit.
    Thank you AJ and Col, for an interesting start for a holiday.

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  20. AJ5 October 2022 at 08:27

    Thanks Paddy for calling it an interesting start .

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  21. D N M Rao5 October 2022 at 09:22

    24Ac DOUBLOON - {DOUB(-t)}{LOON}
    26Ac DEPONENTS - {D}{E(-x)PONENTS}
    27Ac TROVE - {OVERT*}

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  22. AJ5 October 2022 at 10:19

    Thanks for your comment Sathia.

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  23. Murali5 October 2022 at 10:22

    5A (FAN)(BOYS) an acronym to remember conjunctions.

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    1. Ramki Krishnan5 October 2022 at 10:56

      Thanks. Got the answer but was not aware of this acronym!

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    2. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 11:50

      I too did not know about Acronym. What is the full form?

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    3. Murali5 October 2022 at 13:13

      FANBOYS is a useful acronym for remembering the seven different coordinating conjunctions: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet and So.

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    4. Padmanabhan5 October 2022 at 13:24

      Thank you KM. Never knew this. Interesting.

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  24. Murali5 October 2022 at 10:24

    5D (FAD)(E) gradually lose strength.

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  25. Ramki Krishnan5 October 2022 at 11:01

    I think only these 2 are left?

    1D TIPSTOCKS (TIP + STOCKS), def movable part of gunstock
    13D PLAY POSSUM (SOAPYLUMPS*)

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    1. AJ5 October 2022 at 11:10

      21d also remains Ramki.

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    2. Sree Sree5 October 2022 at 11:13

      Will close then
      T(wos<=) O ME twosome:duo

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    3. Sree Sree5 October 2022 at 11:14

      1d def could have been different. Part of Gun handle.
      Stock in solution and def is not advised.

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  26. AJ5 October 2022 at 11:21

    Thanks to all the solvers and commenters for spending their valuable time on this grid.
    I also thank the Colonel for posting my grid as a holiday special.

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  27. AJ5 October 2022 at 11:26

    My Vijayadasami greetings to all.

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  28. D.Chandrasekhar5 October 2022 at 11:59

    Very Nice and do able crossword. Thank you AJ madam.
    Wishing all who read this " A Very successful Vjaya Dasami".

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  29. Col_Gopinath5 October 2022 at 12:04

    Thanks for the special AJ

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