Sunday 20 August 2023

Special, Sunday 20 Aug 2023, Driver

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

  1. 1d SPUR OF THE MOMENT = Without premeditation
    Anagram of stump from the on &e (side finally)
    10a NO ONE = Not a single person
    None + o (love)
    16 a HOW COME = Why
    Anagram of Cow and home

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    2. 16a Sorry. HOME = House. Let loose anind. COW rearranged in HOME

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    1. 2dn - PART - leave
      Catch - trap
      Up - part.

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    2. 4dn - SCULPT - form
      s cul (p)t

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  3. 14d UNWORKABLE
    peacemaker = un
    (un broke law)*
    def: impossible

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    1. 3d STACCATO
      act twice rewritten = tac, cat
      very = so
      def: abrupt manner

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    2. 11a RETICULUM
      (clue it)* in rum
      strange = rum
      def: netlike structure

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  4. Killers - MURDERERS
    drink(rum) around - MUR
    the German - DER
    queen - ER
    son - S
    (MUR)(DER)(ER)(S)

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  5. Abhishek - That was nice & easy. I have a couple of doubts. Will ask after solutions r out.
    Thanx for a nice Sunday fare!

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    1. +1, one or two questions on my side as well. Pleasant puzzle. Thanks Driver.

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  7. 13A Regional wildlife - FAUNA
    Supporter - FAN
    has(contains) universal - U
    answer - A
    (FA(U)N)(A)

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  8. 20A- Murderer- (MUR=<) DER ER S- Killers
    Drink around= Rum=<
    The German= Der
    Queen= ER
    Son=S

    27a- Nylon= Material
    (Nylo)* N

    24A- Meant= Intended
    (Men at)*
    N=New


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  9. Driver keeps driving and we keep enjoying. About to become a major (0n 17)

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  10. Does not fit with other crossings.

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  11. 8D Unique identifier to call one perhaps - TELEPHONE NUMBER?

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  12. 28a TOLERANCE: liberalism
    (Clear note)*

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  13. 25 dn earthworm.Tunneler.
    earworm -catchy song
    fa(th)er. ear (th)worm.
    23 ac key-allen all e n

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  14. 5 dn glimpses-notices.
    g (limps)e s

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  15. An error in the clue for 6D- maybe a typo.
    It should be apprise and not appraise.

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  16. I have 2 replacements but I will take one since I love the clue-
    15A- Test Match - DD
    5 day affair/ Check(Test) & Compatibility (Match)

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  17. Done. Many enjoyable clues- some more cricketing terms from a cricket lover!

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  18. 6d INFORM: apprise( not appraise)?
    In form: one working well

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  19. 7d LOGISTICAL: relating to organisation
    Objective: logical ?
    is and t(to primarily)
    get inside
    Log(is)(t)oval

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  20. I am convinced that objective is logical and is not ruled by one’s fancies and choices.

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    1. 👌
      Objective sounded like a noun on the surface.

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    2. Yes, the charade part.
      Objective as against subjective.

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    3. @AJ convinced or not convinced!

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    4. Objective, in this clue, has to be taken subjectively🤔🙂

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  21. United Nations is plural as it is. So, I think it is acceptable.

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  22. I8a, 17d,22d and 26d remain.
    The solutions stare at our faces. Anno. May need pondering.

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  23. From what I understand from her statement.

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  24. 18d is<=symbol of silicon
    Rest for late comers!

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  25. 17d ELEMENTS: constituents
    C( carbon), B( boron) and I( iodine) are examples.
    C,B,I say indicates that that they are examples.

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  26. 23a. ALLEN =Key
    ALL
    effective networks primarily = EN

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  27. 22d. STROLL = turn
    Stumped = ST
    spin= ROLL

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  28. Some of my thoughts/reasoning the comments above.
    6d) it is an error from my side as Paddy pointed out
    23a) I think the clue is slightly unfair to the solver. An indicator for key would have been fair.
    14d) UN are peacekeepers. Even though the standard abbreviation for peacekeeper is UN.. I think it's fair for UN to be used for peacekeepers as well
    7d) this was my thought process.. example : the objective reasoning for making this decision was.. replacing objective with logical doesn't alter the meaning of the sentence.. hence I took it as a synonym

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    1. 7D If we replace '... objective is to..' with '.. logical is to..',
      will it be grammatically correct?

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    2. I understand your POV.. then in case of 3d replacing "very" with "so" would also make the sentence grammatically incorrect.. In this clue, I do agree it is a stretch, but I still think it can be taken as a synonym

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    3. I agree that replacing with a synonym doesn't always make sense. I am referring to replacing a noun(as used in the clue) with an adjective.
      With that reservation apart, it is acceptable. 👍

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    4. Abhishek UN for peacekeepers come from the UN peackeepers organisation.
      Whereas UN peace maker is only an objective/peception of/about UN.

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  29. Clues are good and ref.to cricket enjoyable. Keep driving.

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  30. Couple of more pointers
    9a was intended as DD & CD
    8d was intended as an CD and charade
    Call - telephone
    One, perhaps - number
    Whole clue is the definition

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  31. Peacekeeper/s - both should be okay. After all they are an organisation.
    Logical for objective is a little stretched, but acceptable. As you say, replacement in a sentence is a good check (okayed by Gridman himself) in addition to dict. meaning.

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  32. My doubts were about
    Appraise/apprise
    Dr is D - it is usually Dr, MO etc. No?
    Otherwise lovely grid.
    My cod - TEST MATCH and
    TELEPHONE NUMBER.
    How is PRACTICAL cd?
    Kindly clarify.
    Thanx Abhishek.

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  33. Gowri, see Sathia’s soliton at 12:06.
    Doctor is dr only, not just D.

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  34. OK. I missed it somehow. Considering I filled OWNS.
    Thanx AJ.

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  35. Could attempt the grid just now. Enjoyed it. Some favs were PART, OWNS, HOW COME, SCULPT, STROLL. Thanks Abhishek and Col!

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  36. This special was thrown open earlier than it was supposed to. Then closed and opened at the right time. @8:49 comments should have been removed.
    So no one says, how come?
    Spur of the moment is unworkable. 😅

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