Sunday, 15 December 2024

Special, Sunday 15 Dec 2024, Ghaza

Three answers per commenter till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory) 

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62 comments:

  1. 10A.INSOMNIA= Restlessness
    Mansion+ I.
    Inducing is anagrind

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  2. 27D. Gin= trap
    Gi= soldier
    N= night at first
    My second

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  3. 1ac mementos (me(men)tros-r)
    22ac hemp t(he)y Ca(mp) ed

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  4. 4d TENCENT
    def: chinese conglomerate
    time-warp movie = tenet
    c(-a)n disrupting tenet

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    1. 7d FOLLOWING
      def: afterwards
      f(+o)(+l)lowing

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    2. 11a NOLAN
      def: filmmaker
      (no)(lan=network)

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  6. 20A. Category= Group
    Cate= Cate Blanchet( actress)
    Gory= gruesome
    My third

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  7. Oh! One of mine is published today! I need to concentrate then.

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  8. 26A: honour= prestige
    P(rest+i)g+e
    17A: can be black or white= knight
    (K)(night)
    Sathia

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  9. 24D. Substitute for 10 already solved
    Inter=sepulchre. reverse of reg(ret ni)xing.
    Upheaval is reverse reading from bottom to top as it is a down clue

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  10. Kiran, Sathia and all others can start listing the themed answers (after they have been solved), as and when you feel like

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  11. 13D: scientist= Oppenheimer
    Write is pen
    (poem)*
    One is I in her
    (Op)(pen)he((i)(me))r
    Sathia

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  12. 6d DUNKIRK: French harbour
    Dunk: drown, irk: infuriate

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    1. 9a EMU: bird
      Inner segment ofF(EMU)R: thighbone

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    2. 3d E BOMB: modern means of devastation
      OM: mantra
      Clandestine indicates ‘ hidden’
      Inside EBB: retreat

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  13. 6a DEFAKA =Vernacular (Nigerian)
    DEF = Fed (given) back
    AKA = Pseudonym

    6d DUNKIRK = European harbour
    DUNK = Drown
    IRK = Infuriate

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  14. 26 ac prestige-honour.
    others-rest. rented residence-PG.
    p(rest) i g e.
    20 dn creeple-reptile.
    cree-indian p-quietly le-the in french

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  15. 17a, can be white or dark = Knight, (chess)
    Just dark at one end = K
    Fully dark = night

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  16. Here's my list of what's remaining:
    Across: 12, 14, 15, 18, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30
    Down: 3, 5, 8, 16, 19, 21

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  17. 5D- Seafood- Cuisine- Fee should~ Sea food

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    1. What is "should" here ? And what is the significance of "charged" ?

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    2. I thought we had to get 'should' from 'to be charged'.

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    3. you are very close. Try again what "to be charged" can mean...

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    4. Paddy, I think charge is ‘sued’

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    5. Ya, I had thought of it as sued.
      Looking at the clue again, is it a valid Spoonerism?

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    6. yeah it seems valid
      fee sued ~ sea food

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  18. Rare for me to get a Rev. solution!!

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  19. 15A- Sprinted- Def.is Ran
    SP(RIN T)ED
    Ran (second)- Sped
    Rin- Old Japanese money
    T- Taiwanese capital

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  20. Just googled to find out that Rin is an old coin of value 1/ 1000 of Yen.

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  21. 21 dn thereof- of that Half of chocolate -TOFfee present-here
    t(here)of

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  22. 20d CREEPLE = Reptile
    CREE = Indian
    P = Quietly
    LE= the French

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  23. 12a DOUBLE FOCI; property of ellipse; OFFICIO Cha..... Anagram would make FOCI twice. What is this clue-type?
    16d INCEPTION; start; IN (popular) CAPTION ( title) A FOR E ( afore differentiated). Should be E for A?
    8d KING TAHARQA; old ruler: card sent all the way up=KING (A H) in QATAR*

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    1. Regarding inception - hmmm . . . . if that letter substitution doesn't work with the reading, then it is an error

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  24. 14A OKTA = unity of cloud cover
    fine = OK
    stay indoors =s(TA)y

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  25. 18a SNACKS = Attractive people
    NACK = (K)NACK = Rumoured talent
    SS = SuspiciouS surroundings
    Navigating thru = insert. Ind

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  26. Here's my list of what's remaining:
    Across: 23, 25, 28, 29, 30
    Down: 19

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  27. replacement for 26 ac
    30 ac efferent .break away from centre
    Mediterranean aristrocrats-effendis.
    break -rent effe rent.

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  28. 29a KRONOR
    brag = crow ~ KRO
    gate = NOR
    def: money (iceland or sweden money)

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  29. 28a AXL
    def: singer
    fLuX cAn [<=T]

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  30. 19d STELLAR
    def: outstanding
    ST(ell)AR
    ell from the abdomen of "well-toned" ??

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    1. I had belly for abdomen, and well-toned indicating removal of the ends

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  31. 23a EXEGETICAL
    relating to teaching of scriptures which can be illuminatory.
    but couldn't crack the anno

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  32. Should I tell the intended anno? I think this one is complex.

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  33. 25a, rent = [m(a)ill], archaic?
    Workshop = mill
    outdoors = cont ind ?

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  34. Thanks everyone who spent time on this puzzle

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  35. If anyone wants to discuss the themed answers, we could.
    Else we can pass on that part.

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    1. in tencent, I am putting "cn" in "tenet". Is it not necessary for "cn" to appear together in the final answer ?

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    2. Expert setters can tell me whether this is valid or not.
      From the wording of the clue, I thought this was fine.
      If I'm wrong, do tell.

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  36. The anno for 23a has beget and lexical.

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  37. cause = (-b)eget
    verbal = (-l)exical
    doubly late is to chop off the first letter twice
    ex(eget)ical

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