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4d DANSEUSE: ballerina
ReplyDelete(Sudanese)* wobbly indicates anagram
11A: EMIGRATE {EMI{..G}RATE|
ReplyDelete3d: AGENDA {A}{G{END}A}
25D: TIPS {SPIT<--}
3D. Schedule=Agenda
ReplyDeleteA=a
Stop= end
Georgia= GA
In georgia is a container indication for stop
AG(end)A
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9a ESPLANADE - areas for strollers [T]
ReplyDelete4d DANSUESE - ballerina
{Sudanese*}
relook 9a. Enu is10.
DeleteOops!
DeleteESPLANADES
25d TIPS - tilts
ReplyDelete{<=spit}
16ac fetish f(e(gre)t)ish
ReplyDelete3dn agenda (a) g(end)a g(eorgi)a
9ac Esplanade (T)
9ac I committed the same mistake
Delete16a- GREETS * anag of egrets
ReplyDelete23a - A(R)IL - sick-ail ; red-R
16A Incorrect
DeleteCharm is def.
Deleteswimmer - fish
holding e(gre)t wings
hence, F(ET)ISH
Shucks....
ReplyDelete19A. Scorer= game official
ReplyDeleteApple= core
Senior= sr.
Centre isa comtainer indicator to sr
S( core)r
The answer is correct, but how is Apple = CORE? Centre is not the container indicator
DeleteApple centre - core
DeleteSirji i relied on thesynonyms of apple, one of them being core.
ReplyDelete10A- Ebn- Black= CoffeE (ultimately) Bon= Good in French
ReplyDeleteEbon
13A-Ultimo= Last month- U L(T)IMO
High class=U
Ce;ebrity's car= Limo
In front of trheatre T
Replacement
ReplyDelete19a SCORER - game official
Apple centre = core
brought in - Container indicator
{s(core)r}
16A- Fetish= Charm
ReplyDeleteF(ET)ISH
ET= Egret's wings. Swimmer=Fish
8D. Gadget= device
ReplyDeletewander= gad
Pick up = get
6d INFORM: rat
ReplyDeleteDoing well : in form
6D: rat= inform= doing well (DD)
ReplyDeleteSathia
17D Christmas decor (HOLLY) around LOW (near the ground) - HOLLOWLY - meaninglessly
ReplyDelete22D LETHAL - Associated with death - Warrant - LET by Shakespearean prince HAL
26A FORTIETH - TIE (band) rides FORTH (onward) - 2.5% of one
Lots more to be solved
ReplyDeleteMy third
ReplyDelete18d ABLUSH: visibly embarrassed
A(a) ; BUSH: former US president
L: student
A B(L)USH
2D: bay = howl
ReplyDeleteResearchers question is how
Large is l
Hence, how+l
16D: visibly embarrassed= ablush
A former president= a, bush
Embraces student isl
Hence, a+b(l)ush
Sathia
27a AMPULE = Container of medicine in America
ReplyDeleteA MULE =A drug smuggler, carrying P = soft
Madam AJ and me are in sync😀👍
ReplyDeleteSathia
18d D. ABLUSH =Visibly embarrassed
ReplyDeleteA BUSH = A Former US President, embracing
L =Student
Yet to be solved
ReplyDeleteAcross - 7,8,14,21,24
Down - 1,5,12,15,20
Replacement
ReplyDelete5d CLIENT LIST - business contacts
legal claim - lien
{silt*} <=> {lien} in {ct}
Right answer - but it is a reversal of SILT (to give TLIS) and not anagram. "Dredging up" is the reversal indicator.
DeleteThanks champ. Got it
DeleteSo this is the correct anno perhaps
[{<=silt} <=> {lien}] in {ct}
A doubt though.
Dredging stuff - silt
So isn't only 'up' the reversal indicator?
12d GENERALITY
ReplyDeletecame down = alit (past tense of alight)
alit in (energy)*
def: vague statement
21A: put down = belittle
ReplyDeleteBeautiful woman is belle
Piece of ice is i
Wagon is tt
Hence, Bel(i+tt)le
Replacement for 6D.
Sathia
My last, as replacement for 16D:
ReplyDelete24A: riding horse= equitation
Stop is quit
At one is at, i
Long is eon
Hence, e(quit)(at+i)on
Sathia
Long stretch is eon
ReplyDeleteSathia
24a EQUITATION = Riding a horse
ReplyDelete(E(QUIT)(AT)(I)ON)
Eon=long stretch, stop=quit, at=at,
One=I
15d TURGENEV = Russian novelist
ReplyDeleteVENT = Opening, Up becomes TNEV
URGE = Press
TNEV about URGE = TURGENEV
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DeleteMy last two
ReplyDelete1d NORSEMAN = Guy from Europe
(NOR)(NAMES<) Not=Nor, Calls=Names
14a NINETY = Cardinal
NET in YIN<
Gain=Net, Yin= Dark side
1d Slight tweak - Nor is And not
DeleteThank you, Srikant 👍
DeleteFor clarification, I thought yin is associated with feminine and hence light side compared to yang which is associated with masculine.
DeleteSathia
From free dictionary....
Deleteyin′ and yang′
n.
(in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin), and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang), whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things.
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DeleteSathia
In place of 24a done by Sathia
ReplyDelete7a SO LONG = I'm leaving
Sage = SOLON
A bit of ginger is first letter G
15D TURGENEV; Russian novelist. URGE in VENT<=
ReplyDeletegood solve Jacob......I got the answer. but tough to annotate. very tough round. for me will take light years to solve the entire grid. Thank you col.sir for the taste and complexity of prelim. round.
Delete20D CARTON; box: ART in CON
ReplyDeleteIf this is the level of complexity (just prelim of IXL 2022) I think I have to go a long way to crack such CWs.
ReplyDeleteThanks Col. For sharing this. I can understand how tough IXL competition are.
Sathia
You will solve them also in the coming weeks!
Delete8A - GOAL LINE
ReplyDeleteDefinition: Pitch marking
Hold back nothing = GO ALL IN
Close to the = End of 'the' = E
{GO ALL IN}{E}
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DeleteI think 8 ac still remains.
ReplyDeleteOk. Sree Lakshmi has solved it.
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