Sunday, 24 November 2024

Special, Sunday 24 Nov 2024, Ghaza

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 

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33 comments:

  1. 24a IMMIGRANT
    def: expat
    (im)(im<-)(grant)

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    1. 17d BEAT DOWN
      def: wear out
      overcome = beat
      such a clue = down

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    2. 16d GODAVARI
      longest river in Indian peninsula (CD)

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  2. 11A. Loitering./= Ambling
    Lit region lazily anagrind
    My First

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  4. 3DMaize= cereal
    One= I
    Maze= labyrinth
    In is containment indicator

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  5. 20D. Comes to= recovers
    Cost+ me( setter)+ o( nothing)
    Intervenes is anagrind
    My third

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  6. 1 dn Battling-struggling.
    B (a tt)ling.Tt -teetotaller.bling-ostentatious clothing.
    23 a ashen-T sallow

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    1. 9 ac Tapti-River parallel to 13 -narmada.

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  7. 1A: The one indicated by Narada muni= brahmarishi (CD)
    13A: the one highlighted by baba Amte= Narmada (CD)
    Sathia

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    1. 1A slight correction required I guess considering overall theme

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    2. Thanks. Got it.
      It is Brahmaputra- brahma’s son
      Sathia

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  8. 26A: releases= unleashes
    (Unless he +a)*
    Sathia

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  9. 12A= INDUS (supplies water to our neighbour)
    21D= YAMUNA (regularly floods Delhi)
    25D= GANGA (is considered holy)

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  10. AMOK: out of control
    Am ok: claim to be fine

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    1. 28a ALU: Arithmetic and Logic Unit( member of the processor family)

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  12. 10 A SARASWATI The one that vanished
    19D KRISHNA : The one that is also a mischievous deity
    22D JHELUM : River of Punjab, One of five

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  13. 28A- arm- member of processor family; advanced RISC machine;
    7D- b(rand)y- drink;
    27A- neato- teenager’s exclamation; k(ne)w gre(at)est j(o)y

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  14. 27a. Teenager’s exclamation knew greatest joy inherently (5) NEATO {kNEw greATest jOy}

    29a. Kazakhstani journalist upsets model in happiness with further explanation (11) ELABORATION {ELA(-t){+BORAT}ION}

    6d. Hormone induced surprisingly basic transgressions circling around (9) ABSCISSIN
    {ABSCI}* {(+S)SIN(-s)}

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    1. Borat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borat_Sagdiyev

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  15. compensating for 27a

    20a. Imply a human smuggler’s no-es outvote the yes (7) CONNOTE {CO(-y){+NN}OTE}

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  16. 23A- Ashen- T- Sallow
    ...AS HENpeck...

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  17. A doubt about 2 d-
    fibbers- Should it not be "Liars" and not "Liers"

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  18. 8d- Driest- Most arid
    Most arid- rid
    Let's almost- ets
    (rid ets)*- Driest
    Sone dpunke duty?
    Mis
    most arid is also the def.

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  19. In my opinion, 4D, 5D, 7A and 15A are still left.
    Sathia

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