Sunday, 1 January 2023

Special, Sunday 01 Jan 2023, IXL 2022 Prelim 1, Fraz


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  1. AJ1 January 2023 at 10:38

    4d DANSEUSE: ballerina
    (Sudanese)* wobbly indicates anagram

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  2. P. Venkatesan1 January 2023 at 10:40

    11A: EMIGRATE {EMI{..G}RATE|
    3d: AGENDA {A}{G{END}A}
    25D: TIPS {SPIT<--}

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  3. Gemini1 January 2023 at 10:43

    3D. Schedule=Agenda
    A=a
    Stop= end
    Georgia= GA
    In georgia is a container indication for stop
    AG(end)A
    PLEASE DO NOT DELETE

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  4. Ramesh Kosaraju 1 January 2023 at 10:49

    9a ESPLANADE - areas for strollers [T]
    4d DANSUESE - ballerina
    {Sudanese*}

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  5. Ramesh Kosaraju 1 January 2023 at 10:50

    25d TIPS - tilts
    {<=spit}

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  6. Jayalakshmi arumugam1 January 2023 at 10:51

    16ac fetish f(e(gre)t)ish
    3dn agenda (a) g(end)a g(eorgi)a
    9ac Esplanade (T)

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  7. Prasanna Rao1 January 2023 at 10:52

    16a- GREETS * anag of egrets
    23a - A(R)IL - sick-ail ; red-R

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  8. Gemini1 January 2023 at 10:53

    Shucks....

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  9. Gemini1 January 2023 at 11:04

    19A. Scorer= game official
    Apple= core
    Senior= sr.
    Centre isa comtainer indicator to sr
    S( core)r

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    1. Deepak Gopinath1 January 2023 at 11:11

      The answer is correct, but how is Apple = CORE? Centre is not the container indicator

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    2. srandy1 January 2023 at 11:43

      Apple centre - core

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  10. Gemini1 January 2023 at 11:15

    Sirji i relied on thesynonyms of apple, one of them being core.

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  11. Padmanabhan1 January 2023 at 11:22

    10A- Ebn- Black= CoffeE (ultimately) Bon= Good in French
    Ebon
    13A-Ultimo= Last month- U L(T)IMO
    High class=U
    Ce;ebrity's car= Limo
    In front of trheatre T

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  12. Ramesh Kosaraju 1 January 2023 at 11:23

    Replacement
    19a SCORER - game official
    Apple centre = core
    brought in - Container indicator
    {s(core)r}

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  13. Padmanabhan1 January 2023 at 11:26

    16A- Fetish= Charm
    F(ET)ISH
    ET= Egret's wings. Swimmer=Fish

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  14. Gemini1 January 2023 at 11:36

    8D. Gadget= device
    wander= gad
    Pick up = get

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  15. AJ1 January 2023 at 11:40

    6d INFORM: rat
    Doing well : in form

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  16. Sathia1 January 2023 at 11:44

    6D: rat= inform= doing well (DD)
    Sathia

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  17. Srikant Sri1 January 2023 at 12:02

    17D Christmas decor (HOLLY) around LOW (near the ground) - HOLLOWLY - meaninglessly
    22D LETHAL - Associated with death - Warrant - LET by Shakespearean prince HAL
    26A FORTIETH - TIE (band) rides FORTH (onward) - 2.5% of one

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  18. Col_Gopinath1 January 2023 at 12:10

    Lots more to be solved

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  19. AJ1 January 2023 at 12:13

    My third
    18d ABLUSH: visibly embarrassed
    A(a) ; BUSH: former US president
    L: student
    A B(L)USH

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  20. Sathia1 January 2023 at 12:14

    2D: bay = howl
    Researchers 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

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  21. H Ramachandran1 January 2023 at 12:15

    27a AMPULE = Container of medicine in America
    A MULE =A drug smuggler, carrying P = soft

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  22. Sathia1 January 2023 at 12:15

    Madam AJ and me are in sync😀👍
    Sathia

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  23. H Ramachandran1 January 2023 at 12:18

    18d D. ABLUSH =Visibly embarrassed
    A BUSH = A Former US President, embracing
    L =Student

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  24. Col_Gopinath1 January 2023 at 12:21

    Yet to be solved
    Across - 7,8,14,21,24
    Down - 1,5,12,15,20

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  25. Ramesh Kosaraju 1 January 2023 at 12:21

    Replacement
    5d CLIENT LIST - business contacts
    legal claim - lien
    {silt*} <=> {lien} in {ct}

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    1. Ramki Krishnan1 January 2023 at 14:21

      Right answer - but it is a reversal of SILT (to give TLIS) and not anagram. "Dredging up" is the reversal indicator.

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    2. Ramesh Kosaraju 1 January 2023 at 15:20

      Thanks champ. Got it
      So this is the correct anno perhaps
      [{<=silt} <=> {lien}] in {ct}

      A doubt though.
      Dredging stuff - silt
      So isn't only 'up' the reversal indicator?

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  26. Kiran1 January 2023 at 12:24

    12d GENERALITY
    came down = alit (past tense of alight)
    alit in (energy)*
    def: vague statement

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  27. Sathia1 January 2023 at 12:28

    21A: put down = belittle
    Beautiful woman is belle
    Piece of ice is i
    Wagon is tt
    Hence, Bel(i+tt)le
    Replacement for 6D.
    Sathia

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  28. Sathia1 January 2023 at 12:45

    My last, as replacement for 16D:
    24A: riding horse= equitation
    Stop is quit
    At one is at, i
    Long is eon
    Hence, e(quit)(at+i)on
    Sathia

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  29. Sathia1 January 2023 at 12:46

    Long stretch is eon
    Sathia

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  30. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 January 2023 at 12:50

    24a EQUITATION = Riding a horse
    (E(QUIT)(AT)(I)ON)
    Eon=long stretch, stop=quit, at=at,
    One=I

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  31. H Ramachandran1 January 2023 at 12:53

    15d TURGENEV = Russian novelist
    VENT = Opening, Up becomes TNEV
    URGE = Press
    TNEV about URGE = TURGENEV

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  32. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 January 2023 at 13:10

    My last two

    1d NORSEMAN = Guy from Europe
    (NOR)(NAMES<) Not=Nor, Calls=Names
    14a NINETY = Cardinal
    NET in YIN<
    Gain=Net, Yin= Dark side

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    1. Srikant Sri1 January 2023 at 13:36

      1d Slight tweak - Nor is And not

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 January 2023 at 13:53

      Thank you, Srikant 👍

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    3. Sathia1 January 2023 at 13:57

      For clarification, I thought yin is associated with feminine and hence light side compared to yang which is associated with masculine.
      Sathia

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    4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 January 2023 at 14:11

      From free dictionary....
      yin′ 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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    5. Sathia1 January 2023 at 14:56

      👍
      Sathia

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  33. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 January 2023 at 13:23

    In place of 24a done by Sathia

    7a SO LONG = I'm leaving
    Sage = SOLON
    A bit of ginger is first letter G

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  34. Jacob Brahmakulam1 January 2023 at 13:40

    15D TURGENEV; Russian novelist. URGE in VENT<=

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    1. Prasanna Rao1 January 2023 at 16:37

      good 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.

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  35. Jacob Brahmakulam1 January 2023 at 13:42

    20D CARTON; box: ART in CON

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  36. Sathia1 January 2023 at 13:54

    If this is the level of complexity (just prelim of IXL 2022) I think I have to go a long way to crack such CWs.
    Thanks Col. For sharing this. I can understand how tough IXL competition are.
    Sathia


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    1. Padmanabhan1 January 2023 at 14:08

      You will solve them also in the coming weeks!

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  37. Sreelakshmi1 January 2023 at 14:29

    8A - GOAL LINE
    Definition: Pitch marking
    Hold back nothing = GO ALL IN
    Close to the = End of 'the' = E
    {GO ALL IN}{E}

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  38. AJ1 January 2023 at 14:31

    I think 8 ac still remains.

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  39. AJ1 January 2023 at 14:32

    Ok. Sree Lakshmi has solved it.

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