Sunday, 5 May 2024

Special, Sunday 05 May 2024, IIT(M) Word Games Club Final, Afterdark

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IIT (M) Word Games Club Final

By Afterdark
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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Afterdark WGC IIT(M) THCC

Across
1Estates conceal supplies when source is absent (11)
7Bag seen at cash counter with Henry missing (3)
9From the beginning sleuth is on money trail (5)
10Pass supplies first off , lady's entering gathering (9)
11Companies have order of stated policies (5,4)
12Disclose predicament... (5)
13...disown, regret inheriting lousy gene (7)
15Crazy Scottish lad (4)
18Greenback gets an animal (4)
20Herb and Kelvin drop Ken to go dancing with beloved in Paris... (7)
23...broadcasting very happily (2,3)
24Birds mostly fly with partners over Northern Spain (9)
26Halt father's meeting, lecturer is taken away by sister (9)
27For starters, like all dishes lamb's eaten with spoon (5)
28Its wrong to dishearten son with ego (3)
29Mostly all venues get grants (11)

Down
1Travel document procured to have fun with father and son (8)
2Eccentric wild bear roaring (8)
3Cheap try, being heartless to arrest a teetotaller (5)
4Real skill displayed by fielder regularly (7)
5We will be tailing every other character in social to find source of fuel (3,4)
6Soft rock by Rolling Stones touring capitals of Oman, Afghanistan and Pakistan (9)
7Police officer overcomes power and resistance facing criminal circle (6)
8Entrails of donkey eaten by hungry cougar with a seed (6)
14Gruel Ali made for a resistance fighter (9)
16His number never changes (8)
17Upsets leaderless groups to follow female head (8)
19Its common to lose heart after getting only 50% refund with rejection (7)
20Girl in Channel Islands college is outstanding (7)
21Whole college work is to secure first rank (6)
22Torn underwear, due to be discarded having a hole (6)
25Opening in Cochin, Le Torta sandwiches (5)

Enjoy.

48 comments:

  1. 1ac - PASSPORT - Travel documents
    Pa & s - father & so
    Sport - fun

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    1. 9ac - SCENT - trail
      S - sleuth beginning
      cent - money

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    2. 3dn - TATTY - cheap
      ty - try heartless
      att - a tea totaller

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  2. 27a LADLE
    acrostic
    def: spoon

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    1. 25a INLET [T]
      def: opening

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    2. 14a GUERILLA
      (gruel ali)*
      def: resistance fighter

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    3. I was wondering the same.

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    4. GUERRILLA
      (gruel + Ali + r (resistance))*

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    5. 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 ?

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    6. Not clear.
      Also is Resistance on double duty - becos GUERRILLA is a resistance fighter.

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  3. 7A- Sac- Bag- (Cash-H)*
    13A- Renegue- Disown- RE(GENE)*E. Rue=Regret
    7D- Spiral- S(P)IRAL- Circle
    Pol. officer SI holding P. Resistance=R. Criminal=Al

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  4. 27a: LADLE (Acrostic)
    1D: PASSPORT (PA)(S)(SPORT)
    25D: INLET (T)

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  5. 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 :)

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    1. That is why it was called word games final and not crossword final. 😀

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  6. Obviously there had to be a hitch. Becos this appears to be easy otherwise.
    I finished in under 20 minutes.

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  7. That sounds really interesting. Getting the grid from the clues & solutions.

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  8. 8 dn conker c(onke)r - d(onkey) c(ouga)r
    29 ac al-l locations allocations-venues
    20 ac chervil cher- kelvin-ken cher+vil

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  9. Looks wrong.
    Crossings don't match.

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  10. 23a ON AIR: broadcasting, very happy

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    1. 20d CLASSIC: outstanding
      CI: channel island, C: college
      LASS: girl
      C( LASS)I C

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    2. 16d : AVOGADRO: Avogadro’s number is a constant, never changes

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  11. 7D- Is spiral a circle? Far from it, IMO.

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  12. A spiral is a three dimensional figure, but a two-dimensional representation of it may be a circle

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  13. 24A: birds= flamingos
    Fl+(ami(n)gos)
    28A: wrong = sin
    Ego is I,
    Disheartened son is sn
    Hence, s(I)n
    Sathia

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  14. 26a, halt = paralysis
    Father = (pa)
    Meeting = rally, lecturer taken away is rally - l = (raly)
    Sister = (sis)

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  15. 22d, hole = Warren
    (Underwear - due)*

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  16. 19d, rejection = refusal
    Common to lose heart = usual - u
    50% refund = ref
    Ref usal

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  17. 15a : LOON DD
    5d : OIL WELL
    We will = WE'LL after alternate letters of sOcIaL = OIL
    Defn : Source of fuel

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  18. Mine third
    21d : CORPUS = Whole
    C+O(R)PUS
    College C
    Work OPUS
    To get first (R)ank

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  19. 19D: rejection= refusal
    50%refund is ref
    Common is us(-u)al
    Hence, ref+usal
    Sathia

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  20. In lieu of 19D,
    18A: animal= deer
    Green is reed(grass) back is deer
    Sathia

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    1. Thanks 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!
      Sathia

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    2. I also solved peacefully, but v fast.
      I found it v easy.

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  22. 10a COLLATION = Gathering
    COL =

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    1. Clue: col is pass; you can solve rest.
      Sathia

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  23. 10a COLLATION = Gathering
    COL = Pass
    (- R) ATIONS = SuppLies, first off
    L= Lady
    COL+L+ATIONS
    Entering insertion ind

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  24. 1a PLANTATIONS = ,Estates
    PLANT = Conceal
    (-R)ATIONS
    = Supplies with source R absent
    PLANT+ATIONS

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  25. My third
    28s SIN = Wrong
    S N = Son, disheartened
    I = Ego
    S+I+ N

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  26. 4D TACTILE = REAL
    skill = TACT
    displayed by fielder regularly = ILE

    11A PARTY LINE = stated policies
    Companies=PARTY
    have
    order = LINE

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  27. 6d SOAPSTONE; soft rock; Om.. Af..... Pak..... in STONES*

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