Sunday 26 February 2023

Special, Sunday 26 Feb 2023, Driver

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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72 comments:

  1. R Nagendra Prasad26 February 2023 at 10:33

    17A: RUBY..ru+b+y
    16D: EM+MET
    26D: ROOT...DD

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  2. P. Venkatesan26 February 2023 at 10:34

    1d: AUTO Even letters for "VALUATION"
    3D: BUTLER {BLURT+E}*
    4D: ASIA (T)

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  3. Kiran26 February 2023 at 10:35

    12a BELL
    bachelor engg = BE
    student = L
    initially liked = L
    def: type of curve

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    1. Kiran26 February 2023 at 10:38

      13a ABLE
      (albie - i)* [ i from kohli eventually ]
      def: Brilliant

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    2. Kiran26 February 2023 at 10:55

      19a FOREIGN MINISTRY
      strange = foreign
      initially manmohan = m
      almost trying = tryin
      foreign + m + (is tryin)*
      def: Portfolio

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  4. D N M Rao26 February 2023 at 10:37

    8Ac BUREAU - FBI Centre B is for Bureau

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  5. Kiran26 February 2023 at 10:37

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  6. Gowri26 February 2023 at 10:37

    8a - BUREAU - dd?

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  7. AJ26 February 2023 at 10:37

    21a ODES: verses
    m(ODES)t

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  8. D N M Rao26 February 2023 at 10:39

    2Dn BEEKEEPERS - {~B}{(wicket)KEEPERS}

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    1. D N M Rao26 February 2023 at 10:41

      McCullum & Dhoni were tiket keepers

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    2. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 February 2023 at 14:42

      Coincidentally, BEEKEEPER was one of the answers to Hypatia's grid of yesterday

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  9. Gowri26 February 2023 at 10:41

    2dn - BEE KEEPERS
    bee (say b) + (wicket)keepers

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  10. Gemini26 February 2023 at 10:42

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  11. Gowri26 February 2023 at 10:42

    10ac - COOK (make)
    c + o + o + k

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  12. Vasanthi26 February 2023 at 10:42

    18dn burns b(atsman) (runs) *
    21ac odes m(odes) t
    15ac reeve (T)

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  13. D N M Rao26 February 2023 at 10:43

    10Ac COOK - {C}{OO}{K} -Make

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  14. Gowri26 February 2023 at 10:45

    11ac - LEACH (strain)
    l + each
    Replacement

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  15. AJ26 February 2023 at 10:45

    11ac LEACH: strain
    L(left) EACH( every one)

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  16. Gemini26 February 2023 at 10:47

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  17. AJ26 February 2023 at 10:48

    15ac REEVE:magistrate
    bizzare(RE EVE)nt

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  18. ramesh ss26 February 2023 at 10:50

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  19. Gemini26 February 2023 at 10:54

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  20. Padmanabhan26 February 2023 at 10:54

    2D- Beekeepers= Bee keepers.
    Say B= Bee
    Mccullum.Dhoni= Keepers
    Def.= Apiarists

    21A- Odes- mODESt- verses

    13A - Able- Albie- I (Kohli eventually)
    Def. Brilliant


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  21. Vasant26 February 2023 at 10:55

    19A FOREIGN MINISTER FOREIGN(Strange)+ M+{IS TRYIN(-g)}*

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    1. Vasant26 February 2023 at 10:57

      TYPO: FOREIGN MINISTRY FOREIGN(Strange)+ M+{IS TRYIN(-g)}*

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  22. AJ26 February 2023 at 10:55

    20d replacement
    GOODWILL: understanding
    G(OODW: wood*)ILL

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  23. Gowri26 February 2023 at 10:56

    17d - RESILIENCE (strength)
    (screen +i)* over lie
    Replacement

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  24. Gemini26 February 2023 at 10:56

    .6D.Lamb= young sherp
    Left= L
    A= a
    Doctor= MB
    14D. Broad= not narrow
    Second grade= B
    Highway= Road
    33A. Archer= gunner
    Arc= Bow
    That lady= her

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  25. Vasant26 February 2023 at 10:57

    25A TREK. CA: (TREK+CCI)*=CRICKET
    5D EIGHTEEN CD ( the shirt number)

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  26. Vasant26 February 2023 at 11:02

    Enjoyable Puzzle. Loved 2d, 19A among other clues. Thank you, Driver.

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    1. ramesh ss26 February 2023 at 11:18

      +1

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    2. Padmanabhan26 February 2023 at 11:27

      Keep driving. We enjoy the ride. Thank you.

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    3. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 February 2023 at 11:46

      +2
      Lot of effort must have gone in framing the grid to include Gill, Wood, Mandhana, Kohli, Dhoni, McCullum, Arshdeep, Nagarkoti, ducks, opening batsman, cricket .. 👏

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    4. Padmanabhan26 February 2023 at 12:32

      Cricket lovers dont mind the extra effort!

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  27. Remy26 February 2023 at 11:07

    1 dn auto vA lUaT iO n
    22 ac ostia -is to*+a
    28 ac white -house.CD

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  28. AJ26 February 2023 at 11:09

    29 d replacement
    ITEM: object
    Time*

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  29. Rajashri26 February 2023 at 11:14

    24ac LOSS: disappointing outcome
    L( left) (-b)OSS

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  30. ramesh ss26 February 2023 at 11:17

    24A L ( -b )OSS
    7D B ALL
    27D banK EMPloyee


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  31. Vasant26 February 2023 at 11:17

    Replacement for 19A answered by Kiran.
    9A SRINAGAR
    CA
    (SRINAGAR+TO+DEEPAK H)*=ARSHDEEP, NAGARKOTI
    Brilliant anagram!

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  32. Rajashri26 February 2023 at 11:18

    27d KEMP: fibre in wool
    ban(K EMP)loyee

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  33. Murali26 February 2023 at 11:18

    31 D LEES (~lease) = deposit.
    30 A (lees*) = fishes ( lees from 31D)

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  34. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 February 2023 at 11:19

    27d KEMP - fibre in wool [T]

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  35. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 February 2023 at 11:21

    30a EELS - fish

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  36. Rajashri26 February 2023 at 11:24

    32 FORMULAE: recipes to problems
    FOR( for)
    MLAE( problem male: male*)
    U: University
    FOR ( M(U)LAE

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  37. Murali26 February 2023 at 11:24

    22D ARENAS ( NEAR A S)*

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  38. D N M Rao26 February 2023 at 11:26

    Replacement of 10Ac
    23Dn ARENAS - {NEAR A}*{S(school)}

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  39. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 February 2023 at 11:28

    32a FORMULAE - recipes
    {for} {male*} over {u}
    problem - Anagrind

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  40. Padmanabhan26 February 2023 at 11:32

    I am wondering if problem is a proper anagrind. Experts to confirm.

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    1. Vasant26 February 2023 at 11:36

      Has been used. No Problem, IMO :-)

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    2. Padmanabhan26 February 2023 at 12:24

      Okay. Thank you.

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    3. Sree Sree26 February 2023 at 12:38

      Doc once told me about contextual anagrind. Not full (not to be used generally everywhere) but limited sense.

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    4. Sree Sree26 February 2023 at 12:49

      Problem doesn't fit the context here.
      I would have preferred

      Recipe to problem making male going outside

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  41. D N M Rao26 February 2023 at 11:42

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  42. Abhishek Sridhar26 February 2023 at 11:52

    Thanks everyone for solving 😊 Below are some notes from the crossword. This is a themed crossword containing of commonly used words that are names of cricket players. This crossword was an attempt to bring that out. COOK ,LEACH ,BELL ,REEVE ,WHITE ,ARCHER ,BUTLER ,LAMB ,BALL ,BROAD ,BURNS ,ROOT ,KEMP ,LEES are commonly used words that are names of cricket players as well (Mostly England)
    Apart from this, there are some of the other clues that have cricket related surfaces/context as well. 9A, 13A (This really happened in IPL in 2012 where Albie Morkel scored 28 runs off a Kohli over), 25A, 10D, 5D, 20D.
    Do let me know your feedback on the crossword (if any)

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    1. ramesh ss26 February 2023 at 12:08

      Brilliant

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    2. Padmanabhan26 February 2023 at 12:28

      +1. I was thinking of exactly the same 28 run over of Albie Morkel against RCB. He and Bravo turned the match on its head with their partnership- Lucky to see it live- on TV of course.

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    3. Padmanabhan26 February 2023 at 12:29

      I meant to say while filling up.

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    4. Vasant26 February 2023 at 12:29

      +1

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    5. Ramesh Kosaraju 26 February 2023 at 15:06

      👌

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  43. ramesh ss26 February 2023 at 11:56

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  44. RR26 February 2023 at 12:19

    2d, apiarists = BEEKEEPERS
    say B = BEE
    Mccullum, MSD = keepers

    10a, make = cook
    Hundred = c
    Ducks = oo
    Knight = k

    12a, type of curve = bell
    Bachelor of Eng. = BE
    Student initiallyliked= l l

    17 a, stone = Ruby
    Acrostic

    21a, verses = odes, hidden clue

    20d, understanding = goodwill
    ( gill + wood)*

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  45. Padmanabhan26 February 2023 at 12:30

    Good CW- ;ot of theme words. The CA was as brilliant as Morkel's hitting!

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  46. Padmanabhan26 February 2023 at 12:30

    Lots

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  47. Gowri26 February 2023 at 13:20

    Beautiful cw. Although solutions were fairly easy - the effort into framing the clues is evident.
    Thanx Driver!

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  48. Col_Gopinath26 February 2023 at 14:59

    Thanks for the Special Abhishek

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