Sunday 2 April 2023

Special, Sunday 02 Apr 2023, Nimrod

Welcome to our new setter NIMROD. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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  1. Gowri2 April 2023 at 10:30

    1ac ORGY (gory)*

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  2. Kiran2 April 2023 at 10:31

    26d AVID [T]
    def: Enthusiastic

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    1. Kiran2 April 2023 at 10:32

      21d SPIRAL
      (Pillars - l )*
      def: can curve

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    2. Kiran2 April 2023 at 10:34

      9d SIENNA
      sodium = na
      na follows (sine)*
      def: Brown

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  3. Gowri2 April 2023 at 10:31

    1dn - ON THE HOUSE - dd?

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  4. Gowri2 April 2023 at 10:33

    2dn -GIRAFFE (animal)
    g(ir)affe
    mistake - gaffe
    Infra red - ir

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  5. P. Venkatesan2 April 2023 at 10:36

    20d: EDIFICE {T}
    22D: NON-STOP {T<--}
    26D: AVID (Acrostic)

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  6. AJ2 April 2023 at 10:37

    24d EULER~oiler: one who lubricates machinery

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  7. AJ2 April 2023 at 10:39

    23a IGNITE: burn
    Lignite( coal) - l

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  8. Vasanthi2 April 2023 at 10:39

    20dn edifice (T)
    30ac opal op(eration) al (criminal)
    8dn eels (lees) *

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  9. AJ2 April 2023 at 10:40

    In my post at 10:39,Euler is mathematician

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  10. P. Venkatesan2 April 2023 at 10:41

    Replacement for 23d
    23A: IGNITE ((-L)IGNITE}
    22d may be read as "NONSTOP"

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  11. Narayana Swamy D2 April 2023 at 10:41

    2d g (ir) affe

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  12. Padmanabhan2 April 2023 at 10:41

    15A- Opera- Acrostic & CD
    18A- Sincerest- Since rest- Most genuine
    2D- Giraffe- G(IR)AFFE- Animal
    Infra red- IR, Mistake- Gaffe
    Thank you Nimrod. Looks to be interesting.

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  13. Narayana Swamy D2 April 2023 at 10:42

    1ac orgy*

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  14. Narayana Swamy D2 April 2023 at 10:43

    12ac ef (fe) ndi*

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  15. Padmanabhan2 April 2023 at 10:45

    in lieu of 2 D-
    7D- Basmati- (BASMA)*TI- Rice
    It rises after (Samba)*

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  16. Vasanthi2 April 2023 at 10:46

    Replacement
    7dn basmati (samba) * ti(it raises)

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  17. AJ2 April 2023 at 10:49

    12ac EFFENDI: turkish nobleman
    EF( Fe: iron returned) FENDI( fiend*: corrupt fiend)

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  18. Remy2 April 2023 at 10:50

    25 ac avignon innovating-tin.
    8 dn eels lees*
    24 dn euler-- oiler

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  19. RR2 April 2023 at 10:55

    20d, building = edifice, telescopic
    assurED IF I CErtify
    26D, enthusiastic = AVID, Acrostic
    29A, crush = dishearten, anagram
    [Earned this]*

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  20. ramesh ss2 April 2023 at 10:55

    12A: EFFENDI FE< FIEND*
    21A: SYNTH say in Toho all vowels deleted
    29A: DISHEARTENED EARNED THIS*

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  21. P. Venkatesan2 April 2023 at 10:55

    Replacement for 23a
    21a: SYNTH {S(-a)Y(-i)NT(-o)H(-o)}

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  22. AJ2 April 2023 at 10:58

    11ac PARASOL: sunshade
    Par(a)sol
    Replacement for 12ac

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  23. AJ2 April 2023 at 11:00

    Par: usual sol: note to be added to my post at 10:58

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  24. ramesh ss2 April 2023 at 11:02

    17D (instead of 12A repeat)

    TETE A TETE ET, ET,(A) ET, ET <

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    1. ramesh ss2 April 2023 at 11:04

      ET aliens x 4 A - leader of aliens. Is aliens doing double duty?

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    2. Sree Sree2 April 2023 at 12:34

      Since them refers to aliens its not double duty.

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    3. ramesh ss2 April 2023 at 13:00

      Ok. Thanks

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  25. Rajashri2 April 2023 at 11:13

    28ac ELASTIC : pliable
    Lattice:structure, cycling, it becomes ELATTIC
    T( tritium) is changed to S( sulphur)
    ELA(-T+S)TIC

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  26. AJ2 April 2023 at 11:23

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  28. Gowri2 April 2023 at 11:31

    V interesting grid. Some nice clues. My fav - TETE A TETE & a few yet to be solved.
    Welcome Nimrod!

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  29. Gowri2 April 2023 at 11:33

    Is the definition correct here?
    What nobody does is NEGATES?
    @ nimrod

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  30. Rajashri2 April 2023 at 11:45

    5d EXPOS: exhibitions
    E(early) XP OS( version of operating system)

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  31. Rajashri2 April 2023 at 11:52

    4d CONCIERGE: hotel staff
    Meet:converge
    1:01:ci. 5 is v
    CON (- V + CI)ERGE

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  32. Gemini2 April 2023 at 12:01

    Any clues left to be solved?

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  33. Rajashri2 April 2023 at 12:03

    16a replacing 5d
    RETENTIVE: ability to never forget
    Retive: (riveted- d( no end))*
    X : TEN
    RE(TEN)TIVE

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  34. Veena2 April 2023 at 12:09

    3a ACCESSIBLE

    Gets rid of: Axes
    Soothsayer: Cybil (Trelawney of Harry Potter series)
    Said to be: Homophone indicator
    (Axes Cybil) ~ : Accessible
    Definition: Approachable

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  35. Gowri2 April 2023 at 12:10

    3ac, 10ac, 27ac - yet to be solved

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  36. Veena2 April 2023 at 12:16

    14d.MECHANICAL
    Conservative: C
    Student: L
    Party: Anagrind
    (Each main c)* + L: Mechanical
    Definition:Branch seen in IITM

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  37. Mukundala Balasubramanyam2 April 2023 at 12:19

    27a : VITRIOL = Criticism
    Spoonerism of trivial

    14d : MECHANICAL = A branch in IITM
    (Each main C)*(L)
    C=Conservative Party is anind I believe

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  38. Remy2 April 2023 at 12:28

    compensating for 24 ac
    27 ac criticism -vitriol.
    worthless -trivial. vitriol-trivial

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  39. RR2 April 2023 at 12:29

    In lieu of 26 d
    10a, Twisting = torsion
    reduce = shorten
    Shorten becomes Torsion

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  40. Sree Sree2 April 2023 at 12:32

    Read it as no-person (person who says no)

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  41. Veena2 April 2023 at 12:32

    ›6d SURGEON
    Handles: Anagrind
    Star: Sun
    (Gore)* piercing Sun: Surgeon

    Probably semi &lit

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  42. Padmanabhan2 April 2023 at 12:50

    Interesting CW and a good debut. Thank you for an enjoyable Sunday fare. Keep them coming.

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  43. ramesh ss2 April 2023 at 12:59

    The two spooners were superb.

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  44. AJ2 April 2023 at 13:14

    13a still remains

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  45. ramesh ss2 April 2023 at 13:21

    Please do look at the link to 1Across featuring my grid "Rich pickings". Will be nice to get your feedback and comments. Link is available above the visitors map on top left of the blog page. Thanks

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  46. ghaza2 April 2023 at 13:44

    Oh !!!!!

    It is seesaw

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  47. ghaza2 April 2023 at 13:45

    As a cryptic definition CD.

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  48. Deepak Gopinath2 April 2023 at 13:56

    Thanks for the special, Nimrod

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  49. Gowri2 April 2023 at 14:21

    The Spooners & SEESAW were great clues!
    Congrats Nimrod! on a great debut!

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  50. Gemini2 April 2023 at 16:23

    13A?

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  51. AJ2 April 2023 at 16:59

    SEESAW.

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  52. AJ2 April 2023 at 17:00

    Nice debutant Crossie!

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  53. Gowri2 April 2023 at 20:36

    Thank u Prasad!

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  54. Ramesh Kosaraju 3 April 2023 at 06:37

    My COD is 16a

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