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Friday, 1 March 2024

No 14111, Friday 01 Mar 2024, Bruno

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ACROSS
1   One found in peat, a source of sustainable energy? (6) BIOGAS {B{1}OG}{A}{Su...e}
4   Engineer at Academy has place that is turned over and battered (4-2) BEAT-UP {BE}{A}{PUT<=]
9   *beep*!! A canine's killed husband! (4) TOOT TOOTh
10 Source of energy from good oleearth perhaps - man's surrounded by it (10) GEOTHERMAL {G+OLE+EARTH} over {M}
11 Rodent's crazy appearance - going backwards (6) NUTRIA {NUT}{AIR<=}
12 Start of April through end of August, setter's on flight (8) AVIATION {Ap..l}{VIA}{a...sT}{I}{ON}
13 Odd folky number captivated white boxer (9) FLYWEIGHT {FoLkY{EIGHT} over {W}
15 Bar lacking entrance to path (4) RAIL tRAIL
16 Peeled kernel for eagle (4) ERNE kERNEl
17 Cream pie starting to decompose after setting - enjoy the pleasure right now (5,4) CARPE DIEM {CREAM+PIE+De...e}* 
21 Dispatching delivery with turn - covered hip and glanced from the top (8) SHIPPING {S{HIP}PIN}{Gl...d}
22 Condition to withdraw from horror and hostility (6) ENMITY ENorMITY
24 Owns vehicle? (10) SNOWMOBILE {OWNS}* [RA]
25 Slender object broke off at the end (4) THIN THINg
26 Animal grabbing a rodent's head and another body part (6) LARYNX {L{A}{Ro...t}YNX}
27 Law diploma? 100 for $1000! (6) DECREE DE(+c-g)CREE

DOWN
1   Lifebuoy's mostly made with green energy (7) BIOFUEL LIFEBUOy*
2   Remote cycling path (5) OUTER (-r)OUTE(+r)R
3   Asian-American devotee goes to India to obtain good husband (7) AFGHANI {A}{F{G}{H}AN}{I}
5   Overturned evidence used to arrest, often hang, native (6) ETHNIC {CITE<=} over {HaNg}
6   Black art crowd regularly went crazy for a way to predict the future? (5,4) TAROT CARD {TAR}{ART+CrOwD}*
7   Female bird holding up plant for female bird (7) PEAFOWL {F}{OWL}<=>{PEA} 
8   Increase in temperature of volatile star with a halogeniodine - in the middle (5,4,4) SOLAR HEAT GAIN {STAR+A+HALOGEN}* over {I}
14 One source of energy to get crushed powder (4,5) WIND POWER {WIN}{POWDER*}
16 Extracted from zibeth - an olsource of energy (7) ETHANOL [T]
18 Herald creeped around (7) PRECEDE*
19 Corkscrew went spiralling in end of bottle (7) ENTWINE {WENT*}{IN}{b...lE}
20 Refuse to take responsibility for one's depressing surrounding (6) DISOWN {D{1'S}OWN}
23 Heavenly body, but no love or rhythm (5) METER METEoR

Reference List
Husband = H, Good = G, Man = M, White = W, 100 = C, $1000 = G, American = A, India = I, Black = TAR, Female = F


95 comments:

  1. 21A shipping- dispatching
    Delivery with turn- spin
    Covering- containment indicator
    Glanced from top- g
    S(hip)pin g
    24A snowmobile- vehicle
    (Owns)*- snow
    25A thin- slender
    Object- thing
    Broke off at the end- thin(g)
    26A larynx- body part
    Animal- lynx
    rodent’s head - r
    L(a r )ynx
    Grabbing- containment indicator
    20D disown - refuse to take responsibility
    Depressing- down
    One’s - is
    Surrounding- containment indicator
    D(is)own

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  2. Todays's grid seems full of Energy & Power

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    1. Yes. Lot of clues seemingly difficult but solvable for the normal folk. πŸ‘Œ

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  3. "Normal folk"- a good description!
    An energetic CW!

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  4. 10A GEOTHERMAL - source of energy; (G)ood OLE EARTH, (M)an's surrounded
    13A FLYWEIGHT - boxer; odd FoLkY, number (EIGHT), captivated (W)hite
    16A ERNE - eagle; k(ERNE)l
    17A CARPE DIEM - enjoy the pleasure right now; (CREAM PIE D)* + starting to (D)ecompose
    22A EΓ‘MITY - hostility; horror (ENORMITY) - condition (OR)

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    1. 13A nicely solved.
      I got the answer but with a different, not convinced myself, annotation.
      FoLkY - FLY
      number(G) captivated(anind😁) white - G+WHITE*

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  5. 1A answer is simple. Annotation can be tricky.

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  6. 18 D - Precede - herald - anagram of creeped
    19 D - Entwine - spiralling

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    1. For 19D, Pl. check definition and give your annotation
      Sathia

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    2. It went spiralling at the end of bottle i.e. it got entangled hence Entwine

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    3. What the solution entwine defines here and how you arrived the solution?
      Sathia

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    4. Still not clear.
      Sorry, but annotations are what make this blog fun, not just the answers.
      Even Col. should remember that when he comments(sometimes, seldom, rarely, if everπŸ₯ΆπŸ™).

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    5. Corkscrew (verb) means to move in a spiralling manner

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    6. (-w)ENT(+W)(IN)(end of bottlE)
      Defn: corkscrew

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    1. In this forum we encourage people giving “solutions with proper annotation” if not it will be removed.
      Sathia

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    2. Not encourage. The whole purpose of Friday is Anno's.

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    3. All of you are not encouraging solutions and making simple solutions more difficult. Please learn English language.

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    4. That is not cryptic at all, judge!
      Geetha Chambers are open to all.

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    5. @krishna,

      English vocabulary is one thing. But to solve cryptic clues and annotate them you need another thing(5). Easy GK clue. Open to all solvers.

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    6. Peeps with brains come here. Not to fill the grid. We can do that at home, no? Fill the grid?!

      If you can't explain your answer,
      your judgements are no-brainers for brainless peeps. 😎

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  9. 4A at a 10A summit, Vladimir decided to reduce to 13A.
    Took to 12A like a 16A.
    But the 8D turned (burned) his 26A 25A.
    He had to 9A a 3D forgetting his 22A with him.

    What happened next?

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  10. 12 A AVIATION
    Start of April = A
    through = via
    end of August = t
    setter= I
    on from the clue
    A charade gives the answer
    Definition: flight

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  11. 25a - thin means slender (object-thing 'g' broken off)
    16d - ethanol - source of energy. Extracted from zibETH - AN OLd

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  12. 3Dn AFGHANI - {A}{F{G H}AN}{I}

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  13. 8d SOLAR HEAT GAIN: increase in temperature
    (STAR A HALOGEN I(iodine))*
    Volatile indicates anagram

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  14. 15A - (-T)(RAIL)
    def. - Path
    lacking entrance - 'T'

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    1. Bar = T. which is lacking .

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    3. So
      Bar(T) lacking entrance(TRAIL-T)
      to path(defn) - RAIL?

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    6. It must be the other way around, I think.

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    7. I was asking if that was the intention of the solver. @Sree Sree.
      I know the answer is correct, but annotation may or may not be.

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    8. no change in annotations.........thought of changes as mentioned by Sree_sree.

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  15. 23D: rhythm= meter
    Mete(-o)r
    Sathia

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    1. Thanks.
      1D: green energy= biofuel
      (Lifebuoy)* (-y) mostly
      Sathia

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  16. 8 dn solar heat gain.
    star halogen a i*
    i -iodine in the middle iod(i)ne.

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  17. compensating..
    1 ac biogas
    bog-peat. one-i b(i)og as-. a source

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    1. peat- decomposed vegetation found in bogs.
      peatbog -spongy wetland containing decomposing vegetation.

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    2. Yeah. Its primary def is wetland. Peat bog is a ref to wetland composed of peat.
      Does it mean peat?
      I think an indication is must.

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    3. got it. Sir,Thanks to Rao pilla Sir

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  18. 1A One - I
    found in(cont ind)
    peat - BOG
    a - A
    source of Sustainable - S(usta...)
    energy(defn) - BIOGAS
    (B(I)OG)(A)(S)

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  19. 14d : WINDPOWER (WIN)(POWDER)*
    To get : WIN
    Anind : Crushed
    Def : One source of energy

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  20. 9A beep=toot
    Canine means tooth. minus h (killed husband).
    11A rodent=nutria
    Crazy=nut
    Appearance=air becomes ria(backwards)
    2D remote=outer
    Path is route , becomes outer after cycling of letters.

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  21. 11a, rodent = nutria
    Crazy = nut
    Appearance - going backwards = air< = ria
    6d, a way to predict the future = tarot card
    Black = tar
    Art = art
    Crowd regularly = cod
    TAR { ART + COD)*
    9A, BEEP = TOOT
    CANINE = TOOTH, MINUS H after killing husband


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  22. 7D: PEA (plant) + F (female) + OWL (bird) = PEAFOWL = female bird

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    1. You are absolutely correct. An explanation will be nice about which female bird (clue starts and ends with it) is the definition and how?

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    2. The "second" female bird is the definition. The "first" female bird = F + OWL, is holding up, or carrying the plant (PEA) to get PEAFOWL

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    3. PEAFOWL can be either male or female. Peacock is male and Peahen is female

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  23. 4a, in lieu of 11a
    Battered = beat up
    Engineer = BE
    Academy = A
    Place that is turned over = put<= tup

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  24. 5D native = ethnic
    Evidence is cite becomes etic(overturned)
    often h(a)n(g)
    etic+hn= ethnic

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  25. In lieu of 9a repeated
    14a, bar = rail
    Path = trail
    Lacking entrance t = rail

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  26. Well, looks like the grid is full. I have no questions. πŸ‘

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  27. 7D explanation will be nice. It is a good clue.

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  28. 7D explanation will be nice. It is a very good clue.

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  29. 6.d
    Black....tar
    Art....art
    Crowd....c o d
    Went crazy ..anagrind
    Tarot card...way to predict the future

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    1. Tar is black
      Like tan is brown.
      Is it a perception thing or knowing the language?

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  30. @10:18 comment with substitutions.

    BEAT-UP at a GEAOTHERMAL summit, Vladimir decided to reduce to FLYWEIGHT.
    Took to AVIATION like an ERNE.
    But the SOLAR HEAT GAIN turned (burned) his LARYNX THIN.
    He had to TOOT an AFGHANI forgetting his ENMITY with him.

    What happened next?

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  31. 19D ENTWINE - corkscrew (def) (went)* in e (end of bottle)

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    1. spiralling is a cycling indicator, not an anagram indicator.
      (-w)ENT(+W)

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    2. Spiralling has no synonym to rotate/revolve/cycle.

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    3. Looks like anind. Sorry!

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    4. Ain't spiralling a regular motion operation (like cycling) as opposed to a random anind?
      Normal folk here.
      No judges. πŸ’ͺ😎

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    5. Please ignore the hangover from Bhagavat Gita from @krishna @13:31

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