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1ac - PASSPORT - Travel documents
ReplyDeletePa & s - father & so
Sport - fun
9ac - SCENT - trail
DeleteS - sleuth beginning
cent - money
3dn - TATTY - cheap
Deletety - try heartless
att - a tea totaller
27a LADLE
ReplyDeleteacrostic
def: spoon
25a INLET [T]
Deletedef: opening
14a GUERILLA
Delete(gruel ali)*
def: resistance fighter
typo 14d GUERILLA
Delete14d - 9 letters?
DeleteI was wondering the same.
DeleteGUERRILLA
Delete(gruel + Ali + r (resistance))*
oh. Only today I came to know it can be spelled either guerilla or guerrilla !! It says (Gruel Ali) made. So, made is the anagrind. Where is the indication to include the 'r' from restistance into the anagram ?
DeleteNot clear.
DeleteAlso is Resistance on double duty - becos GUERRILLA is a resistance fighter.
fighter= Guerrilla
DeleteAs Gowri garu said earlier, gruel, ali, r( for resistance)
18A. Buck= Greenback
ReplyDeleteGreenback is also dollar. Dollar ( money) is buck
My FIRST
Looks wrong.
DeleteCrossings don't match.
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ReplyDelete13A Disclose< STATE> Predicament . Its a DD
ReplyDeleteMy SECOND
ReplyDelete
7A- Sac- Bag- (Cash-H)*
ReplyDelete13A- Renegue- Disown- RE(GENE)*E. Rue=Regret
7D- Spiral- S(P)IRAL- Circle
Pol. officer SI holding P. Resistance=R. Criminal=Al
27a: LADLE (Acrostic)
ReplyDelete1D: PASSPORT (PA)(S)(SPORT)
25D: INLET (T)
In the actual final, the grid was not given to the participants - we had to cold-solve all the clues! One team did try to reverse-engineer the grid from the clues as they were getting solved :)
ReplyDeleteThat is why it was called word games final and not crossword final. 😀
DeleteObviously there had to be a hitch. Becos this appears to be easy otherwise.
ReplyDeleteI finished in under 20 minutes.
17D. Fluster= upset
ReplyDeleteCluster( group)- c( leaderless)= luster
F= female to lead is the first letter
F+ luster.
My THIRD
That sounds really interesting. Getting the grid from the clues & solutions.
ReplyDeleteYes, real challenge
Delete8 dn conker c(onke)r - d(onkey) c(ouga)r
ReplyDelete29 ac al-l locations allocations-venues
20 ac chervil cher- kelvin-ken cher+vil
23a ON AIR: broadcasting, very happy
ReplyDelete20d CLASSIC: outstanding
DeleteCI: channel island, C: college
LASS: girl
C( LASS)I C
16d : AVOGADRO: Avogadro’s number is a constant, never changes
Delete7D- Is spiral a circle? Far from it, IMO.
ReplyDeleteA spiral is a three dimensional figure, but a two-dimensional representation of it may be a circle
ReplyDelete24A: birds= flamingos
ReplyDeleteFl+(ami(n)gos)
28A: wrong = sin
Ego is I,
Disheartened son is sn
Hence, s(I)n
Sathia
26a, halt = paralysis
ReplyDeleteFather = (pa)
Meeting = rally, lecturer taken away is rally - l = (raly)
Sister = (sis)
22d, hole = Warren
ReplyDelete(Underwear - due)*
19d, rejection = refusal
ReplyDeleteCommon to lose heart = usual - u
50% refund = ref
Ref usal
15a : LOON DD
ReplyDelete5d : OIL WELL
We will = WE'LL after alternate letters of sOcIaL = OIL
Defn : Source of fuel
Mine third
ReplyDelete21d : CORPUS = Whole
C+O(R)PUS
College C
Work OPUS
To get first (R)ank
19D: rejection= refusal
ReplyDelete50%refund is ref
Common is us(-u)al
Hence, ref+usal
Sathia
In lieu of 19D,
ReplyDelete18A: animal= deer
Green is reed(grass) back is deer
Sathia
Good one Sathia!
ReplyDeleteThanks Paddy. After the initial rush of “fastest finger first” and having published my quota today, I peacefully tried to solve the remaining CW. This is an excellent CW given by AD and fit for final. Thanks AD!
DeleteSathia
I also solved peacefully, but v fast.
DeleteI found it v easy.
10a COLLATION = Gathering
ReplyDeleteCOL =
Clue: col is pass; you can solve rest.
DeleteSathia
10a COLLATION = Gathering
ReplyDeleteCOL = Pass
(- R) ATIONS = SuppLies, first off
L= Lady
COL+L+ATIONS
Entering insertion ind
👍🏻
DeleteSathia
Collations???
DeleteCollation
Delete1a PLANTATIONS = ,Estates
ReplyDeletePLANT = Conceal
(-R)ATIONS
= Supplies with source R absent
PLANT+ATIONS
My third
ReplyDelete28s SIN = Wrong
S N = Son, disheartened
I = Ego
S+I+ N
Pl read 28 a
ReplyDelete4D TACTILE = REAL
ReplyDeleteskill = TACT
displayed by fielder regularly = ILE
11A PARTY LINE = stated policies
Companies=PARTY
have
order = LINE
6d SOAPSTONE; soft rock; Om.. Af..... Pak..... in STONES*
ReplyDelete