Sunday, 1 December 2024

Special, Sunday 01 Dec 2024, Veeyares

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Exolve Print Notes Jotter Ⓒ Veeyares THCC

Across
1Exercise by staff covering one session (6)
5Wrongly doubt Judge without initially thinking as being stubborn? (8)
9Measuring device consuming zero current starting to count fast (8)
10Men devour on return part of a plant (6)
11Intensify elimination of drug from Agadez, Niger vigorously (10)
12Troup’s drink at the start of morning (4)
13Foreigner in Geneva’s outskirts searching for one mineral (6)
14‘That is not a coach in front’ – Geek (6)
17Celestial object in Aquarius not initially into uniform moves (6)
19Outfit on line (6)
22Upcoming books to enthrall the retired (4)
24Pure fur, it can be washed (10)
25Eskimo nowhere securing smock (6)
26Being stomach for one, is basically messy (8)
27Bend over to secure job producing sheet, say (8)
28Cop in the US cared about people basically (6)

Down
2Agreements reviewed after workers failed to appear (6)
3No bar in using scarce item for desserts (3,6)
4Terribly angered and upset (7)
5In a rare instance, no income, unable to spend time off (4,2,1,4,4)
6Fend off onset of danger, consider initially running away (7)
7Land of Kangaroos toured (5)
8Another match tied, no doubt from the beginning it’s topical (8)
15Covered nude art, one basically considered bad (9)
16One Jules Verne novel, without sex related events for starters for the Young (8)
18Moroccan, bachelor, playing with animal (7)
20Vegan, with some ilaichi and rosemary prepared condiment (7)
21City in question confronts a state (6)
23Provoke demon (5)

Enjoy.

46 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. 10, 14, 24, 28 across and 7, 15, 18, 21 down remain

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  17. 18D: animal= raccoon
    (Moroccan)* (-m)
    M is married and bachelor is (-m)
    Sathia

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  18. 15d CURTAINED = Covered
    (NUDE ART I C)*
    One : I
    Basically C(urtained) : C
    Anind : Bad

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  20. 21d : ALASKA (A)(L(ASK)A)
    Def : State
    City : LA
    Question: ASK

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  21. 28a: REDCAP
    (CARED)*(P)
    P(eople) basically : P
    Def : Cop in the US

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  22. 7D: land = roost
    KangaROOS Toured
    Sathia

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

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

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

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

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

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  28. 14a TECHIE = Geek
    TE(A)CH= Coach without a
    IE = That is

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