Sunday, 11 December 2022

Special, Sunday 11 Dec 2022, Ajji


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  1. Gowri11 December 2022 at 10:31

    1ac - HALF (50%) - Flash - s (rev)

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  2. Gowri11 December 2022 at 10:32

    3dn - FIXTURE (installation)
    Mixture (blend) - m +f

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  3. Gowri11 December 2022 at 10:33

    9ac - JINX (I'll luck)
    J + in + x

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  4. Ramesh Kosaraju 11 December 2022 at 10:35

    9a. JINX - ill-luck
    {j}{in}{x}
    11a. VAMP - seductress
    {va}{mp}
    16a GREETS - welcomes
    {(-o)gre}{ets}

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  5. R Nagendra Prasad11 December 2022 at 10:35

    7A: R(ARE<)
    28A: LEST..lets*
    23A: FIJI..if<+JI-be

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    1. Ramki Krishnan11 December 2022 at 11:20

      I think FI<< + JI(-ve) - Jive is meaningless talk. Jibe is to insult

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    2. AJ11 December 2022 at 11:33

      Jive isdeceitfu/meaningless talk. Checked in Merrimack Webster.

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    3. AJ11 December 2022 at 11:33

      Typo Merriam Webster.

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  6. Ramesh Kosaraju 11 December 2022 at 10:36

    Replacement for 9a
    18d REALISE - become aware
    {re}{ali}{se}

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  7. Prasanna Rao11 December 2022 at 10:44

    1a - (FLA(-S)H) <=== HALF
    11A - (VA)(MP) - Virginia - VA ; politician - MP
    7A - (R)(ARE<===) Right-R ; Time-ERA

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  8. Jayalakshmi arumugam11 December 2022 at 10:47

    24ac unite r(etinu)e
    16ac greets o(gre) (ets)aliens
    19dn morning (mourning-u)

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  9. Remy11 December 2022 at 10:57

    10 ac riser. ris<er.
    6 dn stratagem. st(rat)ag em<
    20 dn narwhal nar<whal(e)

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  10. D N M Rao11 December 2022 at 11:00

    7Dn REVERIE - {REV{ER}IE}

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  11. Padmanabhan11 December 2022 at 11:05

    10A- Riser- (SIR+=<)ER- Part of staricase
    11A- Vamp- VA MP- Seductress
    16A- Greets- Gre (Ogre-O) ETs- Welcomes

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  12. Sree Sree11 December 2022 at 11:26

    Check 21a indirect?

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    1. Ramki Krishnan11 December 2022 at 11:50

      Yes I think so

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    2. AJ11 December 2022 at 12:20

      Yes, it is, though I didn’t realise until pointed out. Sorry!

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  13. AJ11 December 2022 at 11:36

    Check your solution Sathia.

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  14. D N M Rao11 December 2022 at 11:37

    8Dn RUMBUSTIOUSNESS - {RUM}{BUST}{IOUS}{NESS}

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  15. D N M Rao11 December 2022 at 11:43

    My 3rd
    20Dn NARWHAL - {RAN-reverse}{WHAL(-e)}

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  16. Col_Gopinath11 December 2022 at 12:10

    To be solved
    Across 4, 12, 14, 17, 21, 22,, 25, 26
    Down 4, 22

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  17. D N M Rao11 December 2022 at 12:12

    12Ac DELUGE - {DE{LUG}EE} - Replacement for 20Dn

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  18. Sree Sree11 December 2022 at 12:31

    4a Ze (b) us
    4d Zorse*
    21 e(C) raseur* :surgical instrument. erasure* is indirect.

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  19. Sreelakshmi11 December 2022 at 12:34

    17 A - SKIRTS (DD)
    26 A - OGRE <=
    ERGO (so) returns to form OGRE (giant)

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    1. Sree Sree11 December 2022 at 13:06

      Imho there is a verb diaagreement here. Returns means to turn ogre!
      Setters to clarify please.

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  20. H Ramachandran11 December 2022 at 12:34

    4a ZEBUS = Cattle of SW Asia
    ZEUS = Greek god, around
    B = first Born

    14a. INTENDED= Prospective bride
    IN = Home
    TENDED = Provided care

    26a OGRE . = Giant
    ERGO = So, therefore, Returns

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  21. Sree Sree11 December 2022 at 12:38

    Good constrictions with few new words.
    May be could focus on few non-necessary (not unnecessary but things that could be avoided to reduce length of clue)
    Like 1a
    Flashback missing second fifty percent

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  22. H Ramachandran11 December 2022 at 12:40

    Replace for 4a

    25 HAET = minute amount
    HAT (cap) around E , everybody to start with

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  23. Rajashri11 December 2022 at 13:00

    22d QUEUE: line of waiters
    tip: cue~queue (we heard is hp indicator)

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  24. AJ11 December 2022 at 13:20

    Only 22ac remains.

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  25. Argo11 December 2022 at 13:35

    21A (ERASURE + C)* => ECRASEUR
    22A Q + (MURMU-M-M)+SH = QURUSH

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  26. Rajashri11 December 2022 at 13:36

    22ac QURUSH: former Saudi Arabian currency
    Q(initially quiet)
    President losing little money twice: MURMU - M, M: URU
    Silent:SH
    (Q)(URU) (SH)

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  27. H Ramachandran11 December 2022 at 13:37

    22ac QURUSH = Ancient Saudi Arabian money
    Q + URU (President mURmU losing M twice)+ SH = silent

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  28. AJ11 December 2022 at 13:43

    All clues solved.
    Thanks to all the solvers for their participation.
    Thanks to Sree Sree, Ramki Krishnan and other commenters for their inputs
    Thanks to Col. Gopinath for posting my grid in the blog.

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  29. Col_Gopinath11 December 2022 at 14:18

    Thanks for the special AJ

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  30. Sree Sree11 December 2022 at 18:24

    Happy Birthday AD. Have a gr8 after party!!!

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