Monday 16 January 2023

Special, Monday 16 Jan 2023, IXL 2022 Onstage Final 2, Gussalufz

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
Please submit all your answers in one comment.  

(COMMENTS ENTERED WITH LESS THAN THREE ANSWERS/ANNOTATIONS WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT NOTICE, UNLESS THE COMMENTER SPECIFIES THAT IT IS A COMPENSATION FOR A REPEAT)


Enjoy.

50 comments:

  1. 17D: EARN {EAR}{..N}
    7D: AGITATORS {AG}{I}{TAT{OR}{..S}
    28D: OZONE {O}{..Z..}{ONE}

    ReplyDelete
  2. 11a INFLATING (IN)(FL(A)(T)ING)
    13a MID-AIR (My InDiA dIaRy)
    6dn QUALITY CONTROL
    TurkeY in (COOL TRANQUIL)*

    ReplyDelete
  3. In place of 13a done by Gemini
    3a EARTH QUAKE
    QUA in (TAKE HER)*. As = Qua

    ReplyDelete
  4. 1A. Cute= precious
    Stop= cut
    Drug= Ecstacy ( E)

    13A. Mid-air= flying
    Regularly (m)y (i)n (d) i (a) d(i)a(r)y
    19A. Amateur= not a professional
    A= a
    Friend= mate
    Taking case of Unabomber is taking the case, i e. The covering, u and r.
    A+ mate+ ur

    ReplyDelete
  5. 17d EARN - make
    Listener - ear
    {ear}{n}
    13a MID-AIR - flying
    Alternate letters of my India diary
    25d NO-ONE
    new - n
    glasses - oo
    in Mars finally - n,e

    ReplyDelete
  6. 10a LUNAR: of the moon
    L(UN: international organisation)A(area)R
    L and R: two sides

    ReplyDelete
  7. 4D= Axial= A X I(A)L
    Times=X, Article=A, One liberal= IL

    19A- Amateur- A Mate UR.
    UR= Ultrabomber's case
    Friend=Mate

    17D- Earn- Ear N
    Listener= Ear
    Listen at last= N
    Def.- Make

    ReplyDelete
  8. 19 dn avenged Geneva d*
    16 dn unanimous. h(un)t m(ani)c mous-e
    6 dn quality control cooltranquil ty*

    ReplyDelete
  9. 1d CULTURE: some growth
    (-c+v)ulture
    V: five becomes C :100, twenty times bigger
    Vulture: predatory creature

    ReplyDelete
  10. Replacement
    2d TENET - conviction
    relatives heartily - t
    Criminal - Anind
    {t}{teen*}

    ReplyDelete
  11. 27 Development of faction within faction (7,2) GROWING UP ( Def- development, faction - group, faction- ring , within - insertion indic - Gro wing up
    28 Zero pizza essentially—I get gas! (5) OZONE ( Def- Gas, Zero-Z, pizza essentially- Z, i- One )
    19d. Got back from Geneva after working day (7) AVENGED ( Def- got back, working- anagrind for Geneva, day- d, AVENGE D

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I think its a typo. It should be wing in stead of ring.

      Delete
    2. Oops sorry for the typo. Correct anno is - Def- development, faction - group, faction- wing , within - insertion indic - Gro wing up

      Delete
  12. 15ac ERUDITE: learned
    About: RE, looking the other way is ER
    Unfinished duties: DUTIE
    Skipping is anagram indicator
    DUTIE* is UDITE

    ReplyDelete
  13. compensating for 6d
    18 ac anybody-someone.
    A -america.
    ny-newyork
    bo-body odour-personal hygiene problem
    d(a)y.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. This comment has been removed by the author.

      Delete
    2. Could the anno be?

      A(NY)(BO)DY
      American City = NY
      BO = Body Odour
      i.e NY BO in (during) hot DAY* = ADY. taking 'hot' as anind?!

      Delete
  14. 23Ac PLATONIC - {P(uit...l)L(ove...)A(rmy)}{TONIC}

    ReplyDelete
  15. My second replacement
    5d TOFU - source of energy [T]

    ReplyDelete
  16. 26 d AGED: got on
    Vill(age d)irectorate

    ReplyDelete
  17. 20Ac BROWSER - {B(-eing)R(-eso...Le){WORSE}*}

    ReplyDelete
  18. 8d: EAGERLY: with gusto
    EARLY: sooner than expected,
    going around GE ( say: EG up)

    ReplyDelete
  19. 24d LUPIN: flower
    Frequently nutrient-poor until

    n(utr)I(ent)p(oor)u(nti)l
    Gives NIPUL,
    Uprooted, LUPIN

    ReplyDelete
  20. Good solve. I had filled it but could not parse.

    ReplyDelete
  21. Thank you Col. for filling in a non CW day with a Gussalufz bonus.

    ReplyDelete
  22. The remaining ones are: 22ac, 30ac, 9d and 21d.

    ReplyDelete
  23. Replacement for 17D-
    30A- Text- T(EX)T
    One avoiding the bottle- TT
    carrying
    Ex (Old) Def.- Message

    ReplyDelete
  24. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  25. Yet to be solved
    Across - 22, 29
    Down - 9, 14, 21

    ReplyDelete
  26. 21 d RICHEST = Maximally deep
    Food = RICE contains hospital H
    On Street ST
    RIC+H+E+ST

    ReplyDelete
  27. 14d JAMB = Post
    JAM = Stuff on B, blog first

    ReplyDelete
  28. 22A - EDITOR (CD)
    29A - {DESC {END} ANT}
    Definition = an issue, perhaps ( issue in the sense of child)
    Melody played at a higher pitch = Descant
    Finale = End
    Overwhelms = Containment indicator

    ReplyDelete
  29. 29a DESCENDANT = Issue
    DESCANT. = Melody played at high pitch
    END = Finale
    DESC+END+ANT
    Overwhelms containment indicator

    ReplyDelete
  30. 9d produce;time
    Books:OT
    Space:em
    It:it
    Start to: M O R F
    Emit OT EM IT MORF<=
    Ocassionally: from time to time

    ReplyDelete
  31. Excellent pangram grid! Thank you Gussalufz.

    ReplyDelete
  32. Excellent sathia. I solved only M-O-R-F . tried a lot . only few tough ones. rest I could manage. Thank you Col. sir ,for the IXL. we too feel the exam version. But compare to yesterday, this grid moderate level.

    ReplyDelete
  33. Couldn't clearly see how IT gets reversed and goes in your anno.
    EM dash

    ReplyDelete
  34. My intended anno was indeed what Sree Sree posted, with "space" = EM.

    9 Occasionally produce books on Space—it starts to matter once
    Romance fails to get up (4,4,2,4)

    FROM TIME TO TIME.

    (EMIT {produce} OT {books = Old Testament} + {on} EM {space} IT
    M(-atter) O(-nce) R(-omance) F(-ails) {starts to ...}) << {... to get up}.

    This one was not really conducive to on-stage solving :-), but Shashwat got it!

    ReplyDelete
  35. Great clue! But I just biffed it. Didn't even make an attempt to anno it. The definition and anno were so helpful that I am sure Shashwat also had biffed it during the on stage solving.
    Enjoyable puzzle. Thanks Guzzalufz.

    ReplyDelete
  36. I too got it from the starts/up. Once "from" was in, the answer just clicked. Rest was reworking.

    ReplyDelete

deepakgita@gmail.com