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8a - NUMBS - anaesthetises
ReplyDeleteMany - Numbers
Without - er - hesitation.
8dn - NEW YORK CITY - Megapolis
Delete(Tricky one way - a)*
Clears area - a
Redesigns - anag indicator
11ac - WINEMAKING - Vintners business
DeleteWine ~ whine (complaints on phone - homophone)
Making - Generating
A homophone of "whine-making" (i.e. generating complaints)
Delete1a ENGLISH MUFFIN
ReplyDelete(fuming flesh in)*
def: a bun
15d ABDICATES
Delete(acid tabs e)* ( e from ecstacy)
def: gives up
25a YOUNGSTER
Delete(toy guns)* (e)mergency (r)oom
def: kid
26A. Naive( T)
ReplyDeleteMy first
20D: CUISINE...I+US* in NICE*
ReplyDelete24D; OGRE..gore*
Delete18D: OVERUSE..(-h)OVE(-l)+SURE*
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ReplyDelete4d STACK: large amount
ReplyDeleteLarceni(ST ACK)nowledges
3d LAST MINUTE: eleventh hour
Delete( must entail)*
14ac OCEANIA: pacific island nations
Delete( a nice (-t)ia)*
17ac replacement for 3d
DeleteKNOTTED : bound
KN( North Korea’s regression)OT( book)T(time)ED( journalist)
Replacement for 14ac
Delete6d: FLUX: excessive discharge of fluid
Flu: cold. X: kiss
23D. April= between March and May
ReplyDeletePair+ l. Travelling is anagrind
My second
3 dn last minute-must entail*
ReplyDelete5 dn marinated-drowned.made train*
7 dn intrude-barge untried*
15D. Abdicates= gives up
ReplyDeleteAcid tabs e( ecstacy). psychedelic is anagrind
My third and the final
14A OCEANIA = Pacific Island nations { A, NICE and time less tOA, anagram}
ReplyDelete15D ABDICATES = Gives up {ACID, TABS and E, ecstasy , Anagram}
3D LAST MINUTE = Eleventh Hour {MUST ENTAIL, Anagram}
16A THERESA = Former PM, Theresa May { TeSlA, taking in HERE}
Delete22A ECUADORIAN = from ECUADOR , a country with oppressive climate { CAN OUR AIDE, anagram}
Deleteas replacements for 14A and 15D
15dn abdicates (acid tabs e(cstacy))*
ReplyDelete10dn ritual dance (radical tune)*
23dnd April (pair) l(eft)
2D: LAST MINUTE (MUST+ENTAIL)*
ReplyDelete23d: APRIL (PAIR)*(L)
24D: OGRE (GORE)*
Finished. Nice Grid @ Economiser.
ReplyDeleteThough I have a couple of doubts.
Nice to c u back.
Hope u r well & fine.
Thanx for some nice Sunday CUISINE!
You are most welcome. What are your doubts?
Delete9A: pretending to shred= air cutter
ReplyDeleteImaginary is air
Axe is cutter
Sathia
Is is Air guitar?
DeleteAir cutter only. Why Air Guitar?
DeleteIt is AIR GUITAR, an imaginary instrument played while miming.
Delete"Axe" is a synonym for guitar, while "shredding" is used to describe guitar-playing.
That is new. Thanx.
DeleteThanks Economiser for correcting me.
DeleteSathia
Too complicates clue requiring exquisite knowledge of guitar (i used to till i gave up my Givson to alma mater music club).
DeleteAxe is a slang for saxaphone that settled on to electric guitar.
Shred is a technique of playing guitar.
No special knowledge required. Chambers lists "guitar" under the entry for "axe" and OED lists a style of guitar playing under shredding.
Delete13D: basis of accessing information = need to know
ReplyDelete( token owned)*
Sathia
12ac JUST..DD..recently & legal
ReplyDelete12A: recently= Just= legal (DD)
ReplyDeleteSathia
19A-deduced-came to conclusion; old man-dad(minus dd); temptress-seducer(minus s and r);
ReplyDelete27A- defense lawyer- she may argue for innocence; US army- defense, La(w)yer; bed-layer
In lieu of 12A:
ReplyDelete27A: she may argue for innocence= defense lawyer
Us army is defense
Wife (w) in layer(bed)
Sathia
19A DEDUCED; came to conclusion; hungry old man is DD, ( DaD) Nude temptress is sEDUCEr; EDUCE in DD;
ReplyDelete19a. DEDUCED = Came to conclusion
ReplyDeleteDAD = Old man, ravenous= DD
SEDUCER = Temptress, nude = EDUCE
Straddling denotes insertion of Educe in DD
10d, garbage = [ritual dance]*
ReplyDelete(Radical tune)*
Composedv= anind
Typo, 10d, garba not garbage
ReplyDelete😂
Delete21A IDEA? (DD)
ReplyDeleteYou are correct. This is a triple-definition clue.
DeleteI think 12A and 21A fall under the category of triple definions.
ReplyDeleteI also think so.
DeleteIs it a new type of clue
You are correct, these are triple-definitions. I don't think it's new, but it is certainly an unusual clue type.
Delete2D NOMINEE; runner; NO(~know=identify) MINE(BOMB) E (Drug)
ReplyDeleteLate in joining. Anything left?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately it looks like you have just missed the bus. Thank you for stopping by.
DeleteThanks to all the solvers and thank you to Colonel for publishing this puzzle.
ReplyDeleteEconomizer #6 will contain a special surprise for followers of this blog.
@Economizer - my doubts.
ReplyDeleteFlooding is marinating?
Ecuador has oppressive climate?
Air cutter - already clarified by you.
Thanx
Flooding- Relook the clue
Delete5D marinated. Like @sree sree pointed, relook.
Delete22A Ecuadorian, I have the same question.
OK flooding is anagrind & immersed is the definition. Thanx Prasad.
DeleteFrom chambers:
Deleteoppressive adj 1 cruel, tyrannical and unjust • an oppressive regime. 2 causing worry or mental distress; weighing heavily on the mind. ***3 said of the weather: heavy, hot and sultry.*** oppressively adverb. oppressiveness noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 17c.
So a cruel regime!
DeleteNot so sure post 2021!
DeleteEven so crosswords should stay away from such political clueing.
Oppressive adj ***3 said of the weather: heavy, hot and sultry.***
DeleteHow is this implying anything political? The clue is describing Ecuador as a country with hot climate.
Thanks for the special Economizer
ReplyDelete