Sunday, 5 March 2023

Special, Sunday 05 Mar 2023, Veeyares

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VEEYARES 15

By Veeyares
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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Veeyares & THCC
Across
1Foreigner to occupy after ousting a landlord (6)
4Let off five in foreign rioting (8)
10Rise awkwardly to welcome ten sent over the border (5)
11Working relationship not a secret outside (9)
12News of turmoil followed by fury when king is away (7)
14After soldiers get awfully wet, outsider in post again (7)
15Somehow woollens over shirt make it no better (3,2,4)
18Precisely small instrument (5)
19Pounding seed (5)
20Agitated player and German in front do not perform up to the mark (9)
22Current editor, getting rise is excited (5,2)
24New trimmed Knickers after I removed a bit of crumb got more crumpled (7)
26Decoration by Otto Erdmann damaged (9)
27Huge crowd at British Open inaugurations (5)
28Boring passages for inland docks (3,5)
29Positions thickets (6)
Down
1He is the one at the end of the line (4,3)
2Thomas at the start set out crossing unknown words (5)
3Study without limits and heed (3)
5Revoked lapsed act on first day (9)
6Shoot girl on boat (5)
7Recorded message of diamonds ma hid in fabric cut short (9)
8Cannons topple contents incessantly (7)
9Buzz on enemy grabbing region (4)
13Airplane vacated, loading no deliveries primarily in terminal (5)
16Using polythene for mobile communications? (9)
17Arm soldiers trained primarily in implements (9)
18Anger between partners causing alarm (5)
19Poster in site cut by uninitiated child (7)
21Last of many pointers to the flowers (7)
23Try to follow noise making dog (5)
24Flying toy bird (4)
25Nile flowing over miles forming lake (5)
27No small fun to squirt! (3)

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77 comments:

  1. Kiran5 March 2023 at 10:34

    18d SIREN
    anger = ire
    partners = n & s
    def: Alarm

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    1. Kiran5 March 2023 at 10:36

      16d TELEPHONY
      (polythene)*
      def: mobile communication

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  2. P. Venkatesan5 March 2023 at 10:35

    9d: ZONE(T)
    18D: SIREN {S}{IRE}{N}
    25d: LIMEN {NILE*) around {M}

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  3. R Nagendra Prasad5 March 2023 at 10:36

    20A UNDERPLAY...player+un+d*
    24d DIN+GO
    16s TELEPHONY..polythene*

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  4. Vasanthi5 March 2023 at 10:37

    18dn siren (s) (ire) (n)
    8dn nonstop (T)
    3dn ear l(ear) n

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  5. Gowri5 March 2023 at 10:45

    1ac - LETTER - landlord
    After - Later - a replaced by ET (Foreigner)

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  6. Vasanthi5 March 2023 at 10:45

    Replacement
    2dn texts x(unknown) in t(homas) (set) *

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  7. Remy5 March 2023 at 10:46

    8 dn nonstop T
    7 dn voicemail - vo (ice)( ma) il
    4 ac forgiven foreign+v*

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  8. P. Venkatesan5 March 2023 at 10:46

    replacement for 18d:
    15d: NOT SO WELL {WOOLLENS*} over {T}

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  9. Veena5 March 2023 at 10:47

    1a LETTER
    foreigner: ET
    After: Later
    Et in (to occupy) Later - a (ousting a)
    Definition: landlord

    14a: RETWEET
    Soldiers: RE
    Awfully wet: twe
    Outsider: ET
    Definition: post again

    10a: SIXER
    X (ten) inside {sire}*
    Definition: Sent over the border

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  10. Gowri5 March 2023 at 10:47

    10ac - SIXER - send over border
    (Rise)* over x (ten)

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  11. Gowri5 March 2023 at 10:48

    2dn - TEXTS
    T + (Set)* over x

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  12. Gowri5 March 2023 at 10:50

    3dn - EAR - heed
    Study - learn - l - n (without limits)

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  13. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 10:51

    Looks like it is going to be a breeze!. Will stay on the sidelines and watch

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  14. Gowri5 March 2023 at 10:53

    13dn - ANODE (terminal)
    Ae (Aeroplane vacated)
    containing no + d
    Replacement

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  15. AJ5 March 2023 at 10:55

    1d LAST MAN: one at the end of the line
    Direct definition

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  16. Gowri5 March 2023 at 10:56

    12ac - replacement
    MESSAGE - news
    mess (turmoil) + age (rage - anger - r (king))

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  17. AJ5 March 2023 at 11:01

    17d EQUIPMENT: implements
    Equip: arm
    Men: soldiers
    Trained primarily: t

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  18. ramesh ss5 March 2023 at 11:04

    5d OVERRULED OVER + RULE + D
    15A NOT SO WELL WOOLLENS* around T
    18A S HARP



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  19. AJ5 March 2023 at 11:06

    5d OVERRULED: revoked
    Over: lapsed
    act: rule
    d: first day


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  20. AJ5 March 2023 at 11:16

    26a ADORNMENT: decoration
    Letters from OTTO: to
    ( to erdmann)*

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  21. Remy5 March 2023 at 11:20

    Compensating for 8 dn
    26 ac adornment -ot( -to) erdmann*
    by-to

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    1. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 11:30

      You have got the solution but I have to admit that the clue is not rightly worded

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    2. Remy5 March 2023 at 11:37

      to erdmann* -adornment

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    3. AJ5 March 2023 at 11:41

      I will take a substitute for 26a as setter thinks that the clue is not rightly worded
      11a OPERATION: working
      OPE(RATIO)N
      Open: not a secret
      Ratio:relation

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  22. AJ5 March 2023 at 11:21

    26a is a substitute

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  23. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 11:22

    What is the word?

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  24. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 11:23

    You are not telling the word

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  25. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 11:24

    No

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  26. ramesh ss5 March 2023 at 11:29

    Repl foe 5D

    21D Y ARTOWS

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  27. Rajashri5 March 2023 at 11:29

    19d.PLACARD: poster
    Plac(-e) : site ,cut
    (-w)ard: ward( child) uninitiated

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  28. Remy5 March 2023 at 11:31

    compensating 26 a
    6 dn graft-shoot g+raft

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  29. Rajashri5 March 2023 at 11:34

    22a AMPED UP: excited
    Amp: current
    Ed: editor
    Up: getting rise

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  30. ramesh ss5 March 2023 at 11:37

    Nice special and a Pangram...well compiled

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  31. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 11:37

    8 clues each in Across and Down to be solved

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  32. ghaza5 March 2023 at 11:40

    24a. Kinkier ?? Meaning more crumpled. Jumble of knicker + i - c

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  33. ghaza5 March 2023 at 11:43

    24d. Kite. DD

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  34. ramesh ss5 March 2023 at 11:44

    Can't be said just feel it 😀

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  35. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 11:46

    Across 4,11,19,27,28,29 Down 7,8,9,23,25,27 remaining

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  36. Orthopaul5 March 2023 at 11:48

    19ac PULSE..DD
    4ac. FORGIVEN..v ( five ) in foreign*
    22ac. AMPED UP..current is amp ed(itor) up (raise)

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  37. AJ5 March 2023 at 11:49

    11a solved by me at 11:41. Please see below your comment on adornment clue

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  38. Padmanabhan5 March 2023 at 11:49

    14A= Retweet- Re(wet)*et- Post again
    15a= Not so well- (Woollens T)*- No better
    21D- Yarrows- Y Arrows- Flowers

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  39. Orthopaul5 March 2023 at 11:49

    Replacement for 22ac
    8d.. NONSTOP.. TELESCOPIC

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  40. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 March 2023 at 11:59

    28a DRY PORTS Boring : DRY. Passages for inland docks : PORTS
    Type of clue : & Semi lit (Assuming!)
    29a STANDS (DD)
    25d ILMEN = Lake (in Russia) Miles:M in NILE* Anind is flowing.

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  41. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 12:03

    11A, 7,9,23d to be solved

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  42. AJ5 March 2023 at 12:11

    7d answered by Remy at 10:46

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  43. AJ5 March 2023 at 12:13

    9d by P. Venkatesan at 10:35

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  44. AJ5 March 2023 at 12:15

    23d by Nagendra Prasad at 10:36 but he has numbered it as 24 d

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  45. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 12:15

    So only 23c is left

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  46. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 12:19

    You're right Sathia, my slip. Thank you

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  47. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 March 2023 at 12:22

    In place of 25d (done by Venkatesan P at 10:35

    23d DINGO (Try = GO after Noise = DIN)

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  48. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 12:22

    Anybody solved 7d?

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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam5 March 2023 at 12:27

      Done by Remy at 10:46.
      Anno needs a tweeking for VIOL(?) a letter that is cut short!

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    2. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 12:36

      Thank you MB

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  49. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 12:28

    In expectation of that I thank all the solvers. Well done folks. Thanks to Colonelji for publishing the grid

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  50. Gowri5 March 2023 at 12:33

    Great CW. Lovely clues. Thanx Veeyares for a fun Sunday fare!

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  51. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 12:37

    Thank you Gowri

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  52. Gowri5 March 2023 at 12:49

    I have 2 small doubts - @ veeyares
    1. 20ac - under play - is it OK to have player as part of the clue? Too revealing. No?
    2. 27ac - jumbo - jum? It should be jam?
    Kindly clarify. Thanx

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  53. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 12:53

    You are right in point 1. I got the word Jumbo wrongly -point 2.

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  54. Padmanabhan5 March 2023 at 13:09

    Jumbo/ Jambo clarified above.

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  55. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 13:13

    Gowri you are right on point 1

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  56. Padmanabhan5 March 2023 at 13:35

    Thank you Veeyares for a nice CW. enjoyed doing it.

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  57. Veeyares 5 March 2023 at 13:42

    Thank you Paddy

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  58. RR5 March 2023 at 14:09

    29A, positions = stands = thickets

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  59. RR5 March 2023 at 14:15

    7D, recorded message = voicemail
    [VO (ICE)(MA) IL]
    Fabric = voil
    Diamonds = ice
    Ma = ma

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  60. RR5 March 2023 at 14:21

    29a, positions = STANDS = thickets

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  61. RR5 March 2023 at 14:28

    6d, shoot = G + Raft = Graft

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  62. Col_Gopinath5 March 2023 at 17:22

    Thanks for the special Veeyares

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