Friday, 3 January 2025

No 14373, Friday 03 Jan 2025, Pixie Dust

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ACROSS
7   Material stuff a bricklayer conceals (6) FABRIC [T]
8   Stubborn, he will live... Nut case! (4-4) HELL-BENT {HE'LL}{BE}{NuT}
9   Wary fear about a traveller (8) WAYFARER*
10 Jump in well! (6) SPRING [DD]
11 Indore's chief detective cracks domestic's murder (8) HOMICIDE {HOM{In...e}{CID}E}
12 Annual party's ending too soon (6) YEARLY {p..tY}{EARLY}
13 According to the Reverend, Norse God defied providence (11) FORETHOUGHT (~thor fought to forethought)
18 Settle father near town (part of the city of Dakar, in Senegal) (6) PAYOFF {PA}{YOFF}
20 Fondness for Achilles' heel? (4,4) SOFT SPOT [DD]
22 Consistently pick up leaders from aggressive, loyal, wise and young senators (6) ALWAYS Acrostic
23 Public letters from Gopal, a No.1 tantrist from the east (8) NATIONAL [T<=]
24 Reject worth? (5,3) THROW OUT {WORTH}* [RA]
25 Ouphe and Llyr ignored regularly for all to see (6) OPENLY {OuPhE+aNd+LlYr}

DOWN
1  Register about time and goal mismanagement (7) CATALOG {CA}{T}{GOAL*}
2   Say, Steffi's able to love a drawing on the wall? (8) GRAFFITO {GRAF}{FIT}{O}
3   Duty doctor surprisingly missed date with chief internist (6) OCTROI {dOCTOR}*{In...t}
4   Broadcast so bluesy! Thank you very much! (5,3) BLESS YOU*
5   Peninsula misses small region in Russia (6) IBERIA sIBERIA
6   Foolishly independent, a Spaniard is swallowed by city (7) INANELY  {I}{N{AN}{EL}Y}
8   Eccentric hot nurse hugs trunk of a flowering tree (5,8) HORSE CHESTNUT {HOT+NURSE}* over {CHEST}
14 Issue from leaders of European Football Union (8) EFFUSION {Eu...n}{Fo..l}{FUSION}
15 That man's notes about simple proteins (8) HISTONES {HIS}{NOTES*}
16 Record beginnings of harsh, odious cry from a huntsman (5-2) TALLY-HO {TALLY}{Ha..h}{Od...s}
17 Baby pool? One hundred percent! (7) TOTALLY {TOT}{ALLY}
19 Letters from Mayor! A Tory spokesperson? (6) ORATOR [T]
21 See, fellow bit wrapped piece of hamburger (6) FATHOM {F}{AT{Ha...r}OM}

Reference List
About = CA, Time = T, Date = D, Small = S, Spaniard = EL, Fellow = F

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38 comments:

  1. Vikram3 January 2025 at 08:07

    7A - Material stuff a bricklayer conceals (6) ==> FABRIC [T]
    8A - Stubborn, he will live... Nut case (4-4) ==> [HE'LL][BE] [NuT] (HELL-BENT)
    12A -Annual party's ending too soon (6) ==> [Y] [EARLY]

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  2. Vikram3 January 2025 at 08:12

    Thought 3 were allowed for non-regular but noticed, can go up to 5!
    20 Fondness for Achilles' heel? (4,4) ==> {SOFT SPOT} [DD]
    22 Consistently pick up leaders from aggressive, loyal, wise and young senators (6) ==> {A}{L}{W}{A}{Y}{S} [Acrostic]

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  3. Balaji Govindan3 January 2025 at 08:22

    9A WAYFARER: {WARY FEAR} = Traveller
    22A ALWAYS: Consistently pick up leaders from {a}ggressive, {l}oyal, {w}ise {a}nd {y}oung {s}enators (6)
    25A OPENLY: {O}u{p}h{e} a{n}d {L}l{y}r ignored regularly "for all to see"

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  4. Ananda Rao Keerty3 January 2025 at 08:27

    9.ac. Wayfarer. Rearranging letters from wary,fear.
    12.ac. Yearly. Y from party and early ( too soon)
    22.ac. Always. First letters from aggressive, loyal, wise,and,young, senators.
    2.dn. Graffiti .(Steffi) Graf + fit(able)+ I (a)
    4.dn.Bless you. Rearranging letters from 'so bluesy'

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    1. B N Acharya3 January 2025 at 09:13

      2 D Requires correction I think

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    2. Kishan3 January 2025 at 09:40

      2D GRAFFITO - a drawing on the wall; steffi {GRAF}, able {FIT}, love {O}

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    3. Mona Sogal3 January 2025 at 09:41

      Yes :)

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  5. Balaji Govindan3 January 2025 at 08:32

    5 IBERIA: "Peninsula" misses small region in Russia {sIBERIA}
    15 HISTONES: That man's {HIS} {NOTES} about "simple proteins"

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  6. Venkata Pendyala3 January 2025 at 08:34

    8D Eccentric hot nurse (Anagram) hugs + trunk = CHEST is HORSE CHESTNUT
    4D BLESS YOU anagram of so bluesky. = Thank you very much

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  7. Devi Prasad3 January 2025 at 08:34

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  8. Devi Prasad3 January 2025 at 08:41

    23AC:national-gopaL A NOI TANtrist from the east(reversal).

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    1. Prasanna Rao3 January 2025 at 10:44

      You are a in regular solver circle.. so please wait till 11am.

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  9. Radhamani3 January 2025 at 09:04

    10a
    Jump in well (DD)= spring

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  10. Kishan3 January 2025 at 09:45

    3D OCTROI - duty; d{OCTOR} missed {d}ate, chief {I}nternist
    11A HOMICIDE - murder; domestic {HOME}, {I}ndore, chief detective {CID}
    16D TALLY HO - cry from a hunstman; record {TALLY}, {H}arsh, {O}dious
    18A PAYOFF - settle; father {PA}, town part of Dakar, Senegal {YOFF}

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    1. Spiralarchitect3 January 2025 at 09:51

      19D: Orator - MayOR A TORy
      24A: Throw Out - Reject and anagram of worth

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    2. Spiralarchitect3 January 2025 at 10:00

      11A: Homicide - domestic=home, I (ndore) CID = detective

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  11. krishna3 January 2025 at 09:59

    1a + fabric - anagrind from stuff a
    4 bricklayer
    9a - wayfarer - anagram of way fear indicator of traveler
    12a - yearly indicator of annual
    2d - graffiti - indicator of painting on the wall (steffi Graf)
    4d - bless you

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    1. Mona Sogal3 January 2025 at 10:07

      Not graffiti..needs a bit tweaking

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    2. krishna3 January 2025 at 10:18

      Yes, it should read as graffiti, typo error. Thanks.

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  12. Sathia3 January 2025 at 10:09

    Even though today’s blog not mentioning about regulars, as a regular we will wait till 11am.
    Sathia

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  13. Sekar3 January 2025 at 10:48

    3d - octroi = duty.
    Doctor without d with Internist.
    17d - totally = 100 %.
    Baby- tot, pool - ally.
    13a - forethought = providence.

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  14. Jacob Brahmakulam3 January 2025 at 11:00

    1d CATALOG; register; CA T GOAL*

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  15. Steadyhands923 January 2025 at 11:08

    6D. INANELY independent=IN, A, Spaniard =EL in city=NY. foolishly= INANELY.

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  16. B N Acharya3 January 2025 at 11:10

    6D INANELY - foolishly (def) I ind....NY city AN a EL Spaniard I N (AN EL)Y
    )

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  17. D N M Rao3 January 2025 at 11:14

    21Dn FATHOM -{F}{AT{H(am...r)}OM}

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  18. Remy3 January 2025 at 11:19

    14 dn effusion.
    European Football -ef.
    union-fusion. ef fusion

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  19. N Sridhar3 January 2025 at 11:28

    24A-throw out;RA of worth

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  20. RR3 January 2025 at 12:11

    19a, settle = payoff
    Father = PA
    Yoff = town in Senegal

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  21. Sathia3 January 2025 at 12:29

    13A: providence = forethought
    Norse god is Thor
    Defied is fought
    The end is e
    (Thor+e+fought)*
    According is anagind
    Sathia

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  22. Prasanna Rao3 January 2025 at 13:48

    15d - Def. Protiens
    That man's - HIS + notes
    HIS{TONES*}

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  23. Gowri3 January 2025 at 20:27

    Nice puzzle Mona.
    My fav - FORETHOUGHT, GRAFFITO, EFFUSION, FATHOM.
    Thanx

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