Sunday, 23 July 2023

Special, Sunday 23 Jul 2023, Inswinger

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

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
Please submit all your answers in one comment.  

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Tacit-URN

By Inswinger
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Squares filled: 0/137
Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Inswinger & THCC
Across
6"Times" featuring "Illumination for England" (7)
7Recycling endless energy that's environmentally friendly (5)
9Religious leader, father, English poet (4)
10Wooing tennis champion, performing without love (10)
11Squeeze by to look back for something sharp (4,4)
13Kindles puff of weed in extreme seriousness (6)
15Egg on valiant Australian lads, from the beginning (4)
17Exhausted, starting to treat anger and onset of depression (5)
18Image extracted from semiconductors (4)
19Gather a team, say (6)
20Surrenders chopped cucumbers without hesitation to Head of Security (8)
23Knocked unconscious, lost touch essentially in head injury (10)
26Cheer base (4)
27XX, principally soft-core (5)
28Returning dull and feeble, say, half-way between Monday and Friday (7)
Down
1Woman's cleanlier arrangement where alcohol is stored (4,6)
2One helps to rehabilitate penniless shippy, injured with a touch of osteoporosis (6)
3Jockey erroneously overruns observer (4)
4Diagnosed endlessly and wrongly, suffered pain (8)
5Top man's a baddy at heart (4)
6First ball, way wide (5)
8French XI in oddly narrow surroundings may be positive or negative (3-4)
12Peers and looks oddly around middle of garden (5)
14Late verbal send-offs? (10)
16Six hundred debts? Cruel! (7)
17Historic sporting rivalry has these components (3,5)
21Is it possible for a lawyer to form a country? (6)
22Stand initially before castle (5)
24Firm, fine former English captain (4)
25Setter's initially broken foot (4)

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59 comments:

  1. Ramesh Kosaraju 23 July 2023 at 10:32

    16d VICIOUS - cruel
    {vi}{c}{ious}

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  2. Ramesh Kosaraju 23 July 2023 at 10:33

    18a ICON - Image [T]

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  3. Kiran23 July 2023 at 10:33

    7a GREEN
    (energy - y)*
    def: environment friendly

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    1. Kiran23 July 2023 at 10:37

      17a TIRED
      starting to treat = T
      anger = IRE
      onset of depression = D
      def:exhausted

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    2. Kiran23 July 2023 at 10:40

      20a SUCCUMBS
      wihthout hestiation = -ER
      (cucumbers -er +s)*
      def: surrenders

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  4. Ramesh Kosaraju 23 July 2023 at 10:35

    15a OVAL - egg [Acr]

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  5. P. Venkatesan23 July 2023 at 10:35


    1D: WINE CELLAR {W+CLEANLIER}*
    15A: OVAL (Acrostic)
    15d: VICIOUS {VI}{C}{IOUS}

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  6. ramesh ss23 July 2023 at 10:45

    2D PHYSIO SHIP(-p)Y* + O
    8D NON-ZERO ONZE frech XI in NRO odd letters
    20A SUCCUMBS CUCUMB (-er) S* + S

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    1. ramesh ss23 July 2023 at 11:01

      Repl for 20A solved earlier

      10A SERENADING SERENA + D(-O)ING

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  7. Remy23 July 2023 at 10:46

    17 ac The ashes -has these*
    20 ac succumbs cucumbers-er +s*
    23 ac concussion -unconscious-u *to(u)ch

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  8. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 10:47

    19A- Accrue- ~A crew
    Gather- Def
    16D- Vicious- VI C IOUS- Cruel
    Six=VI, Hundered=C, Debts= IOU;s
    17D- The Ashes- (Has these)*- Historic sporting rivalry

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  9. P. Venkatesan23 July 2023 at 10:47

    Replacements:
    4D: AGANISED {DIAGNOSE(-D)|*
    21D: CANADA {CAN}{A}{DA|

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  10. Remy23 July 2023 at 10:48

    compensating for 20 ac
    21 d canada can +a +da

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  11. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 10:48

    Inswingers are precise. Happy I am able to face them. Glad we have one more cricketing buff!

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    1. ramesh ss23 July 2023 at 11:01

      +1. Great debut! Person of the match!

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    2. Sree Sree23 July 2023 at 11:15

      +1 27a needs better cryptic.

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    3. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 11:30

      Yes, one has to gender neutral these days!

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  12. Remy23 July 2023 at 11:00

    compensating for 21 d
    10 ac serenading.
    Serena d(o-)ing.

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  13. Jacob Brahmakulam23 July 2023 at 11:09

    6A BLIGHTY; slang for England; LIGHT in BY
    14D OBITUARIES (CD) or easy type?
    26A MIDWEEK. DIM<= ~weak

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  14. N Sridhar23 July 2023 at 11:11

    11A-edge tool-something sharp; Squeeze by -edge; to(ol);
    13A-kindles-s(toke)s

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  15. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 11:11

    Able to run through. Enjoyed thoroughly. Looking for more.

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  16. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 July 2023 at 11:17

    13a STOKES : Kindles
    S(TOKE)S
    Toke : Puff of wees
    SS First and last letters of seriousness
    26a ROOT (DD) : Cheer
    28a MIDWEEK (DIM<)(HP Weak)
    Def : Half-way between Monday and Friday

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  17. C.G. BHARGAV23 July 2023 at 11:23

    9A POP E

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  18. N Sridhar23 July 2023 at 11:25

    25D-iamb-foot; i'am(b)

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  19. Mukundala Balasubramanyam23 July 2023 at 11:25

    Great debut puzzle by Inswinger. Longing for more. 🙂

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  20. ghaza23 July 2023 at 11:26

    A list: Green, Pope, Stokes, Root, Broad, (Cook), Head and one more

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  21. C.G. BHARGAV23 July 2023 at 11:27

    6D B ROAD

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  22. ghaza23 July 2023 at 11:31

    6d. Broad, meaning wide. B + road
    5d. Head, meaning top. He from man + a + d from baddy at heart

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  23. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 11:31

    It is setter's for I am

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  24. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 12:16

    Time to know the name of setter if he/ she is willing.

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    1. C.G. BHARGAV23 July 2023 at 12:21

      Raj Jayaram

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    2. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 12:24

      Pass on our appreciation and Best Wishes if you know him that well- and ask for more inswingers.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao23 July 2023 at 13:27

      Welcome back CGB sir and welcome Inswinger

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  25. Murali23 July 2023 at 12:23

    12D LO(RD)S=Peers
    LoOkS oddly = LOS
    around
    middle of ga(RD)en=RD

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  26. C.G. BHARGAV23 July 2023 at 12:24

    INSWINGER with his balls
    Bowls and enthralls
    Fans of T-20
    Here aplenty
    They cheer - no cat-calls!!

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  27. AJ23 July 2023 at 12:29

    3d EYER: observer
    Jock(ey er)roneously

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  28. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 12:40

    All done & very fast.
    Thank you Inswinger & Col.

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  29. Gowri23 July 2023 at 13:02

    Nice grid. Easy & fun.
    Other than SCORE ( clue a bit direct?) Manu other clues were fun.
    SUCCUMBS, CONCUSSION, IAMB, BROOK - liked all.
    Welcome Inswinger!

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  30. Economizer23 July 2023 at 14:53

    Nice puzzle, thoughtfully set with light and precise wordplay. Great to solve on Sunday afternoon. All the best Inswinger.

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  31. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 15:14

    "Tacit-urn"= Nice title!

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  32. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 15:26

    It is. In a way,cryptic. Also, Urn for the Ashes. Cryptic Ashes.

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  33. R Nagendra Prasad23 July 2023 at 15:45

    Nice debut from Inswinger. Was over in a jiffy.

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  34. Raj Jayaram23 July 2023 at 16:02

    Many thanks to Colonel for giving me this opportunity.

    Thanks to all solvers for their kind comments and warm welcome! Look forward to more such interactions :)

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  35. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 16:06

    Thank you. We definitely.would.

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  36. Padmanabhan23 July 2023 at 16:07

    Unfortunately it is raining now in Manchester spoiling dome good cricket. But enjoyed Adhes here.

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  37. Deepak Gopinath23 July 2023 at 17:13

    Thanks for the Ashe special Raj

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  38. Ramki Krishnan23 July 2023 at 17:35

    Smooth fun puzzle with a topical theme! Welcome Inswinger! Many clues to like - 6D and 22D were favs.
    Thanks to you and Col for the Sunday special.

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    1. Raj Jayaram23 July 2023 at 19:10

      Thanks a lot, Ramki! My inspiration for 6D:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL_MN13h7EA

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