Friday 12 July 2024

No 14225, Friday 12 Jul 2024, Vidwan

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ACROSS
8   Irrelevance of poor, desperate singles coming to head (15) MEANINGLESSNESS {MEAN}{SINGLES*}{NESS}
9   Champion of the romantics (4) HERO [T]
10 Support or convert into symmetry (10) PROPORTION {PROP}{OR}{INTO*}
11 Ban English for zero level (4) STEP ST(-o+e)EP
12 Supreme Court in splits! Certain to be charmed! (10) FASCINATED {FA{SC}{IN}{A}TED} A from?
15 Limit of accounts without limits (4) EDGE lEDGEr
16 Runs every distance (5) REACH {R}{EACH}
17 Don't start to talk at summit (4) PEAK sPEAK
19 Curious street diner, most exotic! (10) INTERESTED {STREET+DINEr}*
21 Finishes send-off (4) ENDS*
22 It is fine carbon copy prepared in careful and systematic manner (10) SCIENTIFIC {IT+IS+FINE+CC}*
26 Keen on itNo? Maybe! (4) INTO
27 Logical justification right before state takeover of private property? Not new! (15) RATIONALISATION {R}{nATIONALISATION}

DOWN
1   Picked one of the top players, having half of classes cancelled (8) SELECTED {SE{LECTures}ED}
2   Short, popular race covering third of mile (10) INCOMPLETE {IN}{COMP{miLe}ETE}
3   Moves camera lens around for a photograph (4) SNAP<= It's the camera that is moved and not just the lens
4   Footballer Xabi's not working too (4) ALSO ALonSO
5   StunnedA second hundred! He is surprisingly beginning to dazzle! (10) ASTONISHED {A}{S}{TON}{HE+IS}*{Da...e}
6   Join Navy in uniform (4) KNIT {K{N}IT}
7   Aground like sex worker without work (6) ASHORE {AS}{wHORE}
12 Not remembering? Make time! Thing's not hard! (10) FORGETTING {FORGE}{T}{ThING}
13 Move one displaced by a staff (5) SHAFT SH(-i+a)AFT
14 Like epic art recreated in parody (10) APPRECIATE {EPIC+ART}* in {APE}
18 Shun cocaine habit for increment (8) ADDITION ADDIcTION
20 Drink and do trance (6) NECTAR*
23 Go out and have sex with an old flame first (4) EXIT {IT}<=>{EX}
24 Bureaucrat's life, perhaps! (4) FILE* &lit
25 Go after hot, unemployed client (4) CASE ChASE

Reference List
 Head = NESS< English = E, Runs = R, Carbon copy = CC, Right = R, New = N, Popular = IN, Second = S, Hundred = TON, Navy = N, Work = W, Hard = H, Cocaine = C, Sex = IT, Hot = H


51 comments:

  1. I have not answered on a friday in the past so many weeks.
    Does that make me regular or irregular or non-regular!!

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    1. Regular/ Non regular does not depend on Fridays only!!!

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    2. You are a Veteran and you can choose to be anyone ( regular or irregular or nonregular)😀
      Sathia

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    3. sree sree is Veteran & regular solver

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    4. I've NEVER answered on a Friday.
      Or any other day except Sunday.

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  3. Very enjoyable cryptic clues today. 25d was the last to fall and that is my COD

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  4. 10a proportion- symmetry
    Support- prop
    or
    (Into)*- tion
    Convert- anagrind
    22a scientific- careful and systematic manner
    Carbon copy- cc
    (it is fine cc)*
    Prepared- anagrind
    11a bare- zero level
    Ban- bar
    English- e

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    1. 9a hero- champion
      tHE ROmantics
      Of- telescopic indicator

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    2. 3d snap- photograph
      Moves camera lens- pans
      Around - reversal indicator

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    3. 11A is incorrect. Please see the crossings (1D & 2D)

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  5. 20d - nectar - drink - anagram of trance
    9a - hero - anagrind from the romantics
    19a - interested - anagram of Street diner

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  6. 24d. - file - anagram of life

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  7. Lovely clues. Enjoyed solving. Thanks Vidwan.

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  8. 5d- astonished A Second hundred=ton he is (anagram- ishe) Dazzle.
    6d - knit n (navy) kit=uniform.
    7d - ashore as (like) sex worker - whore (without Work).

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  9. 4d ALSO: too
    ALONSO(Xabi: footballer) - ON( not working) gives ALSO

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  10. 27A: (+R/-n)ATIONALISATION = logical thinking

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  11. 12Dn FORGETTING - {FORGE}{T}{T(-h)ING}

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  12. 4D: too = also
    Footballer is alonso
    Al(-on)so
    Sathia

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    1. In lieu of 4D,
      25D: client= case
      Go is chase
      C(-h)ase
      Sathia

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  13. 2 d incomplete.-short
    popular -in race compete
    third of mile miLe.
    in comp(l)ete.

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  14. 1A MEANINGLESSNESS- IRRELEVANCE(DEF) MEAN -poor, (SINGLES)* NESS -head

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  15. Many superb clues from Vidwan today. He is my sought after setter.I don my hat to him. Extremely enjoyed solving.

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  16. 23D Exit - ex (old flame) + it (sex)
    18D Addition (increment) - Addi(c)tion - habit -shun c(ocaine))
    17A Peak(summit) - (S)peak (talk) - S removed from Don't start
    4D Also(too) - Footballer Xabi Al(on)so - not working
    21A Ends(finishes) - anagram of send

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  17. 1D : SELECTED = Picked
    SE(LECT)ED
    One of the top players : SEED
    Having half of classes = LECT(-ures)

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    1. In Sports : A player who has been seeded for a tournament, often at a given rank: a top seed.

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  18. 12a FASCINATED = Charmed
    FATED = Certain
    SC = Supreme Court
    IN
    FA+SC+IN+ATED
    Splits = Insert. Ind.for SC and IN

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  19. Top-notcher from Vidwan! Enjoyed solving. 😊

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  20. I think there's no provision for the extra a .

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  21. 27a RATIONALISATION; logical justification; R nATIONALISATION

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    1. sustitute
      11a STEP; level; ban=STOP; E (English) for O (Zero) gives STEP

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  22. 16a - {R}{EACH}
    def. Distance
    Runs- R
    every - Each

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  23. 15a, limit = edge
    Accounts = ledger
    Accounts without limits = ledger, - l - r
    = edge

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  24. 9.ac.Hero. he from the, and 'ro' from romantics.
    21.ac.Ends. rearranging letters from 'send'
    27.ac. Nationalisation. (DD)
    12.dn. Forgetting. Make=forge, time= t, thing - h (hard)
    18.dn.Addition. Addiction ( habit) -c (cocaine)

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  25. 14d Appreciate
    (Epic art)* in (ape)
    Def: like

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  26. 26A & 13D yet to be solved. Open for regulars, Col?

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  27. 13D SHAFT
    Def = staff, SHIFT (move) with I (one) replaced by A

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  28. Crypt enjoyable clues- particularly the long ones nicely clued. Had a great time. Thank you Vidwan.

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  29. Great Grid.
    Well defined clues thus making even lo.....ng words easy to get.
    My fav
    SCIENTIFIC, APPRECIATE, ASTONISHED, EDGE.
    Thanx Vidhwan.

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