Tuesday, 19 September 2023

Special, Tuesday 19 Sep 2023, Veeyares

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

  1. 15Dn VAPORISING - {V(-arious)A(-romatic)P(-otions)O(-ver..d)}{RISING}

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  2. 25 dn consignment -cargo-c argo.
    29 ac nightgown nigh t(g)own
    21 ac datum data-a +mu<

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  3. 14D SHORT SIGHT =not seeing properly
    Husband ={(H) + (got shirts )} *

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  4. 24A: CHICKASHA {CHICK}{ASH}{A}
    22D: MAKERS {MA{KE(-Y)}R|{..S}
    26A: TWIRL {T}{W}{I}[R}{L}

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  5. 18A- Edition- E (Diction-C)- Publication
    Englsh=E, Speech= Diction, About= C
    25D- Arg0- Cargo- C. Def. boat
    Consignment=Cargo, without first letter
    27D- Cone= Figure
    Letter pick from Economics?
    I was wondering if (Economics- Comes) will work, but it does not.

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  6. 21d. DOCTOR
    Player: Actor
    Perform: Do
    Do replacing A in Actor: Doctor
    Definition: Change

    20d. NESTLING
    Catch: Net
    Fish: LING
    swallowing small: include s
    {NE(S)T LING}
    Definition: chicken


    7d. HIT AND MISS
    Mind blank: MD
    {Saint his MD}*
    Anagrind: wandering
    Definition: Aimless

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  7. 4d IRON: press
    It: repair's end
    On: working

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    1. Ir not it: result of auto correct

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    2. 4D Press to keep working after current repair’s end (4)

      Solution = IRON
      Definition = Press
      to = Link word
      Keep = placement indicator for ON
      working = ON
      current = I (symbol in physics)
      repair's end = R

      The "I" in the solution does not come from "repair's end".

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  8. 11ac - DANCE -skip
    Occasion - chance
    D (-ch)ance

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    1. 1dn - PRUDENCE - wisdom
      Projecting - Proud - o
      Consequence - Hence - H
      Prud + ence

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    2. 9ac - REINFORCE - strengthen
      Rein - Control
      Force - Army
      Rein + force

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    3. 3dn - OFFENDER - criminal
      Off - absconding
      En - English
      Der - German
      Substitute

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  9. 13a NOSEDIVES: goes down
    Bill: nose bars: dives

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  10. 19d IDENTITY: name
    I refuse: I DENY, to accept TIT: bird
    I DEN(TIT)Y

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  11. 5d. FEIGNS DEAD =Poses lifeless
    (feeling sad - l + d)*
    after losing last deal = -l
    over Diamonds = +d

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  12. 2d SIGN: evidence
    Plot: design
    Design- de( french destroyed)

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  13. 12a. NEGOTIATE = debate
    (Eating + ote)
    what is available in hotel = OTE
    hotly in = anagind
    debate = defn

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  15. 8d CLIENT: consumer
    CT: court
    Outsider: alien-a( not the first)
    C( ALIEN-A)T

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  16. 10A TRIAL (def = case, LAIR<< after T)
    6D STIC(-k) (most stay = stick) around A T, def = steady
    16A CADET (def = youth, composite anagram - CADET + I (setter) + AND anagrammed gives CANDIDATE)

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  17. 16D I feel setter = I as part of composite anagram is indirect.

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    1. +1
      Even 14d. Husband has so many synonyms.

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    2. Husband = H in regular anagram is fine. It's accepted that some of the anagram fodder could be in common abbreviations.

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    3. Come on now, Prasad. You yourself agreed to this point on Jul 30.
      https://thehinducrosswordcorner.blogspot.com/2023/07/special-sunday-30-jul-2023-economizer.html

      Sree Sree 30 July 2023 at 14:05
      Indirect anagram is absolutely no-no in any cryptics.
      Standard abbreviation, not synonyms, leading to unambiguious abbr are accepted.
      Ambiguios single letters are tolerated. Like side could mean r/l/s etc.
      Otherwise the anagram fodder need to be plainly visible in the clue.

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    4. "Unambigious" Abbr. Which means a non-crossword reader should also know. Husband H is a sectorial abbr.

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  18. Does 'Setter perhaps' improve it anyway?

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  19. That completes it. Nice one Veeyares. Thank you for keeping us engaged on a non paper day.

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    1. 6D done by Ramki. He just did not write the solution word in full- Static- which I added.

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  21. Thanks to all solvers. Thank you Colonel for publishing

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  22. 21A Returning(reversal ind)
    letter from Greece - mu
    with a little - tad
    piece of information - DATUM
    (mu)(tad)<<

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  23. Great Veeyares!
    Not so easy! Not so difficult!!
    Fun on a non paper day!
    Thanx to you & Colonel!

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  24. Any one submitted first round IXL ?

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    1. Yes, I submitted in around 45-46 minutes. Hopefully all correct. Could have gone even faster but had to verify some things in the end.

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  25. Wordplay heard

    Why doesnt accounts in afghanistan balance.

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  26. Anti Afghans, (afghanistan)*

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  27. Unable to participate as my laptop not appearing grid & clues. I could see only comments. This happening only on Sunday's / special. will catch up next time.

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  28. VRS, it was a really nice grid with tight charades and challenging deletion clues. 21A was a good reversal-type clue. I'd made some notes on nitpicks but inadvertently deleted them. Overall a good puzzle using simple language to conceal cryptic devices, a grid which could give some THC setters competition.

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    1. Thank you Economiser, I was actually looking for your comments

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