Sunday, 3 September 2023

Special, Sunday 03 Sep 2023, Ghaza

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

  1. 1A: PLATINISATION...nails+it+to+a+pin*

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  2. 14a LUSTED: had an unethical desire
    Crooked duel: LUED, good man: st
    LU(ST)ED

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  3. I hadn't understood the concept of surface reading when I was setting these crosswords.
    I need to try a revamp going forward.

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    1. Many of the surface readings are good or acceptable.

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  4. 17d GLUTTONY
    (not guilty - i)*
    def: misdemeanor (gluttony is one of the deadly sins)

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    1. 18d CURVIEST
      (true vices - e)*
      oriental is e and we are removing it (not sure why)
      def: the most shapely

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    2. 21d DANISH
      double definition (DD)

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  5. 13a: IDOL {I DO}{L}
    15D: ELDERSHIP {HELPS+RIDE}*
    14A: LUSTED {DUEL*) around {ST}

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  6. 27a DARTH: dark Jedi(evil)

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  7. 13a RESETTING - Putting on an electronic device again
    {(-in)teresting}*

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  8. 8d TROWEL: hand-held tool
    Cen(TRO)ids je(WEL)ed

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    1. Small nitpick regarding definition of "cats" for PETS in the solution. When something specific in the clue points to something generic in the solution, it is better to be marked as an example. Same treatment as using proper noun in the clue to denote common noun in the solution. Something like: "Starboard cats, say, looking back to avoid"

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  10. 28 ac outpowers.
    bowled-out Austin-Powers.
    23 dn floral. flora+l
    22 dn pride.dd

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    1. Re: 28A "comic spy Austin" for POWERS - same nitpick as above, just to be really proper about it. Even though Austin Powers spy movies are famous.

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    2. Re: 23D FLORAL = {FLORA}{L}, see this article for the reason why this is a weak clue (hat tip to Prasad for sharing with me). https://www.crosswordunclued.com/2009/10/why-bengal-i-doesn-fly.html

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  11. 13a REMOUNTED - reattached to the frame
    {mount} in {reed}

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  12. 6d. TIGHT OVER
    Definition: The maideN
    Drunk: Tight
    Complete: Over

    11a. GREED
    Maria Sakkari: Greek
    halves her 1000: K replaced by D
    Vice: Definition

    16a. ENVY
    Northern: N
    Victory: V
    N V Pronounced Envy
    Something bad - Definition

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    1. Re: 16A, surely you could do better than "something bad" for the definition!

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  13. 12A {W}{RATH}
    Western - W
    Chariot - RATH
    (Def) A wrongdoing - WRATH

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  14. 25a RULER STOP = Measuring tool for accuracy
    Akbar, Babar = Rulers
    Top = Highest

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  15. 12ac. WRATH.. W(e..n) RATH..chariot
    16ac. ENVY...north(E)r(N) V(ictor)Y
    26d. SLOTH.. a type of bear

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  16. 2d LAMPASSE = German military stripes
    LA =American city +
    IMPASSE Deadlock, setter I lost = MPASSE

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    24d. SPITAL . S( pita ) L
    29ac. FLOPPY OLD HATS.. floppy..fashionable
    Hot lads*

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  18. 29a FLOPPY OLD HATS = Hot lads
    The phrase used to refer to Bohemian youth in the 60's and 70's (thanks to Google)

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  19. Parsing is not complete. It is RA with Floppy being anagriand.
    Floppy old hats= (old hats)*= hot lads

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  20. Doesn't floppy mean the opposite of fashionable?
    Looks like a RA of hot lads to get FLOPPY OLD HATS meaning 'unfashionable vintage headgear'.

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  21. One of the meanings of floppy is loose or flexible and floppy as anagrind is listed in Chambers CW dictionary. So floppy old hats is hot lads.

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    1. I am referring to 'fashionable' in the definition.

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  22. I guess all clues have been answered

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  23. 26a, not explicitly but implicitly

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  24. 'Fashionable vintage headgear' refers to floppy old hat- refer to Ramachandran above.

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  25. The anno for 26a is too twisted and not clean.
    I am sure it would be criticised severely.

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    1. Didn't watch the movie, but there's a similar series on ott. Looks like the anno has to account for a little more space(y), pit(t) along with freeman. Don't have a convincing anno to account for every word used.

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    2. And Kevin Spacey (he was really important)

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    3. I think it is DD. Let me also take stab at the anno.
      Movie - SEVEN
      with(casting)
      a little more(lacking last letters in this case)
      space - kevin spaceY
      in,
      (also) the pit - brad pitT
      for the(?) free man - Morgan Freeman

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  26. Too many bad habits- Greed,Wrath.Lusted. Envy, Evil jedi. Gluttony. Sloth, of evil. Almost a theme.

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