Sunday, 18 December 2022

Special, Sunday 18 Dec 2022, Veeyares


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48 comments:

  1. 27A:CARCINOMA..macaroni+c*
    25D: CARE..-sCARE
    15D: IDENTICAL..id+a+client*

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  2. 9D POOR P...(-d)OOR def: needy door = gate
    21D IGNEOUS O in GENIUS* def: form of rock
    25D CARE (-s)CARE def: nurse scare = frighten

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    1. Compensation for 9D repeat

      25A CHIANTI punCH I ANTIcipated def:drink

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  3. 25 ac CHIANTI: liquor
    pun(CH I ANTI) cipated

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  4. 21d: IGNEOUS: a type of rock
    Nothing: O
    (Genious o)* dancing is anagrind

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  5. 19D ATHEIST
    almost at = a
    top = 1st = ist
    a+the+ist
    def: doest not believe

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    1. 28a FATHERLY
      female = f, (heart)*, extremely lovely = ly
      def: loving.

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    2. 24d BOMBE
      fall flat = bomb
      sweetheart = e
      def: dessert

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  6. 25A- Chianti- T Clue- Liquor
    17D- Meditate= (Admit teen- n)*- Reflect
    We had No no for deletion of N yesterday!
    25D- Care- Scare-S (don't start)- Nurse

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    1. Thank you. A bit late- just put in my 3 and still solving. Having a good time.

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  7. 1D SNAPSHOT (Reverse anagram of pans, Definition: photo)

    12A SPOILER
    Steam generator: boiler
    Quietly (p) relacing b after s (some scolding)
    Definition: Bungler

    26A: IDIOM (acrostic)
    Definition: Expression

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  8. 11ac COMIC : fun
    Economics - n,o,s,e

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  9. 14A OSTRACIZE OS big CART< wagaon returning Z unknown in IE def: avoid
    20A EXTRADITE EX (DART<) IT E exile

    both compensation for repeated solves

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  10. 2dn INTROIT (INTRO)(IT)
    14ac OSTRACIZE (OS)(CART<)(I(Z)E)
    20ac EXTRADITE (EX(DART<)IT)(E-scape)

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  11. 16d TRADITION: practice
    Banishment not old:extradition - ex
    This is replacement for 21d

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  12. Sub for 25 ac
    16 ac TOOL: implement
    Unenthusiastic: cool - c + t( last of bolt)

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  13. 10 ac artichoke h air-(r)ocket*
    8 dn sacred surren(der cas <)h
    7 dn lumbago. P-lumb a go.

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  14. Replacements
    28ac FATHERLY = Loving
    (F)(HEART*)(LovelY)
    24dn BOMBE = Dessert
    Bomb = Fall flat, E from swEet

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  15. 4A PROFILES - PRO (for) + LIFE* + S(-pecies), def = studies
    13A MALWARE - def = Trojan, WAR + (-her)E with LAM (strike) << in the front
    5D RHEUMIEST - def = wettest, HE (man) in RUM (drink) + SITE*

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  16. Yet to be solved across 1, 18, 29
    Down 3, 6, 22

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  17. 1A - SPIRIT (DD)
    22D - BELIEF
    Definition: Trust
    Basically lost in = LI
    Complaint = BEEF
    LI probing BEEF = BELIEF

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    2. 29 A - ONESIE
      Definition = Garment
      A = ONE
      Party = SIDE
      Dress to start with = D
      Wanting = Deletion indicator
      ONESIDE - D = ONESIE

      I think that's everything? (If I'm right)
      It was fun solving, thank you!

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  18. Inoculate has only one n. So only o is going

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  19. Done and dusted!. Thank you all solvers. Thank you Colonel for publishing. And a Happy Birthday to Colonel🎂🙏

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  20. Happy birthday many happy returns colonel

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  21. Thank you Veeyares for a time well spent on Sunday.

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  22. Wordplay also involves Anagram (somehow - Anind)

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  23. Thanks everyone for the Birthday greetings

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