Sunday, 1 December 2024

Special, Sunday 01 Dec 2024, Veeyares

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45 comments:

  1. 11A. Aggrandize= intensify
    Agadez- e( drug)+ niger
    Vigorously anagrind
    My first

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  2. 5d ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
    def: in a rare instance
    (no income unable (-t)o)*

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    1. 16d JUVENILE
      def: young
      ( i + jules + verne -sre)*

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    2. 22a NEXT
      def: upcoming
      { N(ex)T }

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    3. Use of the makes it a collective group reference, plural. Clue would be ok without "the"

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  3. 23D. Provoke< Troll> Demon
    It's a DD

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  4. 4D. Enraged= upset
    Terribly is anagrind of angered
    My third

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  5. 25ac kimono (T)
    5ac obdurate (doubt-t) * rate (judge)
    12ac team tea(drink) m(orning)

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  6. 2 dn emerge-agreements-ants.
    appear
    3 dn icecreams-desserts.
    scarce item*-T bar..
    1 ac period-session staff-rod.
    exercise -pe.pe(r(i)od)

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  7. 17A QUASAR (AQUARIUS -I -U)*
    19A LIVERY (LIVE = on + RY = line)
    6D DEFLECT (def = fend off, D + REFLECT -R)

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  8. Thanks for the special, Veeyares and Col

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  9. 9a METEORIC: fast
    Mete (o : zero )r (i: current) c: count first
    Meter: measuring device

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  10. 3d DERANGE: upset
    Angered* ( terribly is anagrinf)

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    1. 8d THEMATIC: topical
      ( match tied-d:no doubt)*: another as anagrind

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  11. 4D - DERANGE (anagram of angered)
    13A - GALENA (G-ALEN-A) alien minus I inside outskirts of Geneva
    17A - QUASAR (Aquarius minus iu, then anagram)

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  12. 8D. Thematic= topical
    Match + tied- d( no doubt)
    In lieuof an incorrect answer of4D

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  13. 20D - VINEGAR (VEGAN + I +R)
    replacement for 4D

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  14. 26A - ORGANISM (stomach is ORGAN + IS + M (basically messy))
    replacement for 17 A

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  15. 27A: sheet =bedlinen
    (Bend)*
    Bed(line)n
    Sathia

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  16. 18D: animal= raccoon
    (Moroccan)* (-m)
    M is married and bachelor is (-m)
    Sathia

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  17. 15d CURTAINED = Covered
    (NUDE ART I C)*
    One : I
    Basically C(urtained) : C
    Anind : Bad

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  19. 21d : ALASKA (A)(L(ASK)A)
    Def : State
    City : LA
    Question: ASK

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  20. 28a: REDCAP
    (CARED)*(P)
    P(eople) basically : P
    Def : Cop in the US

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  21. 7D: land = roost
    KangaROOS Toured
    Sathia

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    1. 10a re wolf<= flower part of plant
      24a clean sable def:washable

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  23. 24A- cleansable- it can be washed; pure- clean, fur - sable(a fur bearing animal found in Russia)

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  24. “Gorky Park” is all about sable poaching!

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  25. Late entry after a drying spell (after the deluge)
    Anything left?

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  26. That's all, friends. Thank you for participating. Thank you Colonel for posting the grid which is a pangram

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  27. 14a TECHIE = Geek
    TE(A)CH= Coach without a
    IE = That is

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