Sunday, 3 March 2024

Special, Sunday 03 Mar 2023, Afterdark, IIT (K) Open Prelims

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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Afterdark IIT(K) THCC

Across
9Party people support a bold leader with guts (7)
10I, for one running away in the absence of work (7)
11Opposite alignment lacking pressure in a form of 10 (7)
12Congratulate Lawrence getting regular grant on arrangement (7)
13Bow and gun assembled in new fleet by corps inside (9)
15Crown theatre on inaguration had air-contidioned area (5)
16Stain in bra seems mostly spread (7)
19As per sources cardiologists, ophthalmologists, neurologists, venereologists, endocrinologists, nephrologists enthusiastically meet (7)
20Doctor Oscar guards remains (5)
21Administration atrocious at court, no one is turning up (9)
25Pomposity of that woman scion for the most part disgusting (7)
26Pointless? For the most part there are pointers (7)
28After carbon-emission, disparaging society on the front is unhealthy practice (7)
29Perhaps, an instruction book to be procured from Ford in Alabama (7)

Down
1Telling statement... (6)
2...no aid should be arranged to save Japan at border (6)
3Bullets in a magazine might obliterate leaders (4)
4Attachment has a new file extension (6)
5Overbearing poet is suffering in DC (8)
6Writer's cordial about primarily terrible appraisal on musical scale (10)
7Rebel doctor enraged Chief Executive (8)
8A good, leading electric-guitarist followed Rock in earlier days... (5,3)
14... independent, clear with special interest on Radiohead, Ian Dury, Tina Turner primarily (4,6)
16Friend cut short this misleading sect (8)
17Fell back pursuing second husband now, striking the head at retail shop (8)
18Give up constraining journalist for reform (8)
22Casual and naked at home, finishing off with Randy on top (6)
23Assemble lads in say, Sri Lanka... (6)
24... to cuddle up at retreat, sleep at frequent intervals (6)
27Hyd-Del return flight, lost wings in current (4)

Enjoy.

38 comments:

  1. 27d EDDY
    hYD DEl [<- T]
    def: current

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    1. 23d ISLAND
      (lads in)*
      def: sri lanka

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    2. 29a ORDINAL
      fORD IN ALabama [T]
      def: instruction book

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  2. 15ac TIARA: crown
    T( theatre on insuguration) IAR(air* conditioned)A( area)

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  3. 19ac CONVENE: meet
    Acrostic

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  4. 24D NESTLE = cuddle up {retreat NEST, LE sLeEp at intervals}
    29A ORDINAL = an instruction book {fORD IN ALabama , telescopic}

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  5. 21a: DIRECTION (DIRE)(CT)(NOI<--)
    18D: REDESIGN (R(ED)SIGN)
    27D: EDDY ((-H)YD DE(-L))<--

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  6. 25a: my third HEROICS: pomposity
    Her(of that woman) oics(scion-n)*

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  7. 26A NEEDLES = pointers {pointless NEEDLESs mostly}

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  8. 5 dn despotic - d (poet is*)c
    3 dn ammo -acrostic
    9 ac abdomen do party people men
    a bold -ab ab do men

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  9. Replacement for 27d
    5D: DESPOTIC (D(POET+IS)*C)

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  10. 10a is a beautiful clue, my cod

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  11. A good, leading electric-guitarist followed Rock in earlier days.

    8D - Stone age
    A Good Electric - AGE
    Guitarist - Stone
    Stone followed by AGE

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  12. Replacement
    6d: PENTATONIC (PEN)(T..)(A..)(TONIC)

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  13. 10a ELEMENT: I( iodine for one)
    Running away: elopement - op(absence of work): element

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  14. 11a ISOTOPE: another form of 10: element
    (opposite - p: lacking pressure)*

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  15. 12Ac PATTERN - {PAT}{TE}{gRaNt}

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  16. 7d RENEGADE: rebel
    Renegad( enraged*: doctor is anind)e(chief executive: first letter of executive)

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  17. 7Dn RENEGADE - {ENRAGED*}{E(xec..I've)}

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  18. 7D: rebel= renegade
    (Enraged)*+e(chief)
    10A: I (iodine)= element
    Running away is elopement minus work(op)
    6D: musical note= pentatonic
    (Pen)+t+a(tonic)
    Writer is pen
    terrible is t
    Appraisal is a
    Cordial is tonic
    Sathia

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  19. 13Ac GENUFLECT - {GUN+FLEET}* with C(oras) inside

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    1. Looks very haphazard
      Gun has its own anind.
      Fleet has its own anind
      In as container
      By:whats it doing?
      Inside as container for c

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  20. In lieu of 7D, 10A
    13A: bow = genuflect
    (Gun)*(fleet)*
    1D: telling = saying (DD)
    Sathia

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  21. 17D-showroom-retail shop; (s)(h)(now-n) (moor in reverse);
    20A-besmear-stain; (bra seems-s)*;
    28A-smoking-unhealthy practice; (s) (mocking-c)

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  22. independent, clear with special interest on Radiohead, Ian Dury, Tina Turner primarily (4,6)

    Independent - Free Spirit
    Clear - Free
    Special - Sp
    Interest - I
    Primarily - RIT

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  23. 16d BUDDHIST (BUDDy)(THIS*)
    Anind : Misleading
    Def : Sect
    23d ISLAND (LADS IN*)
    Anind : Assemble
    Def : Say Sri Lanka
    24d NESTLE (NEST)((sLeEp)
    Retreat : NEST
    Def : Cuddle

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  24. For 7Dn
    16Dn BUDDHIST - {BUDD(-y)}{THIS*}

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  25. 20A DROSS (remains) Def. DR doctor O oscar SS guards

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    Replies
    1. Isnt there a difference between worthless and left-overs!

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    2. All left-overs need not be worthless, if that is what you mean. Say, uneaten food in restaurants and marriage halls.

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  26. 14D- Ian Dury,Tina Turner primarily is IT or IDTT?

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