Sunday, 14 July 2024

Special, Sunday 14 Jul 2024, Veeyares

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VEEYARES 23

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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Veeyares THCC

Across
7Unknown Black lizard struggling in storm (8)
9Permit Alice to showcase slanting font style (6)
10Ripe bananas in dock (4)
11Not a single conclusion after Company meeting (10)
12Stop carrying bull caught in freight wagon (6)
14According to the schedule itemise start of works in order (4,4)
15Black money kept in the house (5)
16Cleopatra's house (3)
17Sign starts to appear regularly in every season (5)
20One sink tot broke can make little change in Bulgaria! (8)
22Flag Day organized without a bug (6)
23Gin cocktail in between deer meat consumed in English town (10)
24Returned one package containing shawl (4)
25Posh car in marina is mine (6)
26Uncertain risks initially tagged to adopt a new means of communication (8)

Down
1Sadly no new alibi for the composer (8)
2Actors abandon ship occupied by Zulu’s chief ruler (4)
3Sign of malady
4Face Watson, say, without a problem (7)
5Movie runs with low rated review (5,5)
6Spices spilled in house (6)
8Cleaned up after meal; she then did some relaxing, with master going away (4,3,6)
13Starting off, packets are arranged with rations basically for wardens (10)
18Church turning semi critic with insolence in defining celestial pathway (8)
19Bengali director's article on hot, chaotic day (7)
21Faithful, not taking drug, head of security keeping gold in the house (6)
22Without a bit of assistance imagine building the house (6)
24Set about to replace female imposter (4)

Enjoy.

45 comments:

  1. 20A: STOTINKI,,i+sink+tot*..Bulgarian Money

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  2. 17 ac aries (acrostic )
    9ac italic (T)
    10ac pier( ripe) *

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  3. 9A ITALIC = slanting letters { telescopic permIT ALICe}

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    1. 1A BLIZZARD = storm (Black, B , LIZARD and unknown Z anagram}

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    2. 10A PIER = dock {RIPE anagram}

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    3. 4D DILEMMA = Problem {face, without a DAIL - A, + EMMA, Emma Watson} {As replacement for 1A]

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  4. 7a BLIZZARD: (snow) storm
    (z( unknown) b( black) lizard)*

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    1. 18d ECLIPTIC: celestial pathway( sun's orbit- relatively)
      EC: CE<= church turning LIP: insolence
      TIC: semi critic

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    2. 24a CAPE: shawl
      onE PACkage: E PAC <=

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    3. 12a BOXCAR: freight wagon
      bar: stop
      B(ox: bull) c( caught) ar
      This is replacement for 7a

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  5. 17: ARIES (Acrostic)
    1d: ALBINONI (NO+N+ALIBI)*
    22d: GEMINI(IM(-A)GINE)*

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  6. Replacement
    22ac gadfly (flag day - a) *

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  7. 13d CARETAKERS
    {(-p)ackets are (+r)} *
    def: wardens

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    1. 23a BUCKINGHAM
      (buck) (gin)* (ham)
      def: english town

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    2. 8d DONE THE DISHES
      (she then did so(-m)e)*
      def: cleaned up after meal

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  8. Replacements:
    16A: LEO (T)
    26A: SANSKRIT (RISKS+T+A+N)+

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  9. 15A LIBRA B black in LIRA money
    3D CANCER DD
    20A STOTINKI one I SINK TOT*

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    1. 21D TAURUS gold AU in TRUS(-t) faithful. Replacin repeated 20A

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    2. 21d - trusted is TRUE (-E not taking drug) + S Head of securities with gold - AU inside.

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  10. 6D: house= Pisces
    (Spices)*
    11A: meeting = conference
    (Co)(-i +nference)
    Sathia

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  11. 14A: according to schedule = time wise
    (Itemise)*+w
    Sathia

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  12. 25 a quarry-mine marina-quay posh car -RR. qua(rr)y .

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  13. 25A and 2, 4, 5, 19, 24 all Down left

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  14. 4 dn dilemma -problem
    face -dial.-a dil+emma Emma watson.

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  15. 5dn : WATER WORLD = Movie
    Runs R with W (R W LOW RATED)*

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  16. 19dn : ANINDYA (Anindya Chaterjee Bengali film Director)
    An+in+day*

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  17. 2D TZAR = ruler
    Z in( STARS - SS)

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  18. That completes the grid. Thanks to all participants and thanks to Colonel for publishing

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  19. Anno correction:
    21D TAURUS gold AU in TRUS(-t) faithful
    Faithful, not taking drug, head of security keeping gold in the house (6)
    {T{AU}RU(-e)}{S}

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  20. Nice grid. Veeyares.
    Nice theme too.
    Thanx.

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  21. Thank you Goa nice thematic CW, Veeyates. Dud it late and enjoyed it.

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