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3D: ANTE (ExTeNd An) <--
ReplyDelete16d: REDEPLOY (RED) (E(-M) PLOY)
24D: ETHNIC (T)
3D. Bide= bid( stake)+ e for extended ?
Delete'Oddly raised' - odd letters to be raised (reversal indicator for a down clue)
DeleteThankyou
Delete1D ANGOOR = film {mANGO ORanges, telescopic}
ReplyDelete16D REDPLOY = assign to another task { RED, communist + EmPLOY, use without money M}
20 A DENIM = fabric { moDErn, paNts, prIMal, inner parts}
25A PALETTE = range of colours { fair PALE + TTE railway employee} replacement for 16D
Delete26A: play= Macbeth
ReplyDelete(Be match)*
Sathia
4D: water sport = jet ski
DeleteJack is j
Also* means yet (-y). Symbol * indicates short
Avoid is skip, mostly is ski(-p)
Hence, (j)(et)(ski)
Sathia
10A: gymnasts attire= maillot
DeleteSend is mail
Plenty is lot
Hence, (mail)(lot)
Sathia
Hi Sathia,
DeleteJet Ski is correct, but the anno for "et" is different
also=etc, mostly(et)
Delete25ac palette pale(fair) tte(rly official)
ReplyDelete37dn cone ( acrostic)
12ac 1615ac twelfth night
ReplyDeleteTwelfth(One of dozen)night (things-s) *
9a NOMINEE
ReplyDeletedef: representative
prev. number = 9 = nine (As in 9 across)
zero million = OM
base = e
{ n(o)(m)ine } {e}
12a, 15a TWELFTH NIGHT
Deletedef: play (shakespeare)
one of dozen = twelfth
(thing(-s))* = night
16a REKEYED
Deletedef: entered again
key read ~ rekeyed
replacement for 12a/15a
Delete28a OXALATE
def: salt
(a)(late) <=> (ox)
Replacement for 25ac
ReplyDelete6dn sire and mom (minors made) *
I had set this one quite some time ago. I don't think the clueing is smooth.
ReplyDeleteI hope the clueing in my recent ones has become smoother.
In lighter vein, your recent ones having clues more trickier than this. 😀
DeleteSathia
Hmmm . . . Thank you for the feedback :) :)
DeleteI should start setting simpler clues then. At least put quite a few simple clues in each puzzle.
Yep. That will sort of encourage me not to give up so easily. Each time I see Gazaa garu as the setter, I say hmm.-)
Delete5d EMPTIEST: least full
ReplyDeleteLoudest: from empty vessels make more noise
17d KING LEAR: play
DeleteWeight: kg within: with in gives k(in)g
French: le artist: ar
how does the (in) go inside (kg) ? what is the indicator ?
Deletealso artist is RA, right ?
with is the indicator.
DeleteI thought "ar" is also used for artist. Is that wrong?
Weight with in: kg with in
DeleteYa, maybe that's wrong.
DeleteRa for the artist is being commonly used.
DeleteHere's my listing of what's remaining:
ReplyDeleteAcross: 11, 13, 19, 21, 29
Down: 2, 5, 7, 8, 18, 22, 23
22 d Yamaha -seller of motorbik-es and keyboards.
ReplyDelete29 ac henry vi Aids-hiv jealousy -envy -v+R.
h(enry)iv.
21a qayamat se qayamat tak.
pier-quay-u a mat-carpet twice-mat se tak-e
8d, restless child = itchy tot
ReplyDeleteModel = t
(Hot city t)*
Built = anag ind
2d, film = Om(k(-i)ara)
Mantra = om
Advance = Kiara, actress
18d, removed an item = dequeued
Act = deed
Truncated sequence = queue, - e
2d, please read advance as advani
ReplyDeleteFilm = OmKara
means the clue indicated as heroine advani. her name is kiara advani
Delete5D- Rattlest- (Artleast)*. Full as anind?
ReplyDeleteDef.- Loudest vessels
But 'Rattlest' as a word? My spell check objects and on checking it is used either s a verb or noun. It has to be an adj to have rattler,rattlest
ReplyDeleteOMKARA film(def) OM mantra KARA kiara minus I (kiara Advani)
ReplyDeleteI am wrong. The correct solution is
ReplyDeleteEmptiest
Ref. to empty vessels making loudest noise.
11a ONAGERS; animals; NO<= AGE RS (house)
ReplyDelete19a TEMPEST (storm) EMPTiEST* (answer for 5d)
23d THENYL; group of compounds TH(E)(N)Y(L) ; not sure what is the asterik for , yet.
Hi Jacob,
DeleteHope you can figure out the purpose of the asterisk
Indicating Latin?
DeleteNo
DeleteOnly 13a and 7d left
ReplyDeleteThree answers per commenter till 1 PM (Annotations compulsory)
DeleteSo after 1 PM is it open?
I guess so.
DeleteThough Colonel decides the rules.
13a REACQUIRE; eSUIRE<=>REACh, headless landowner and heartless arrival
Delete6D- I have not seen the solution.
ReplyDeleteSire and Mom- (Minors made)*
Parents is the def. and jelly is the anind. Good one.
Theme is Shakespeare drama
ReplyDeleteTempest, Twelth Night, King Lear, Henry IV, Macbeth, Angoor ( Comedy of Errors) Omkara ( Macbeth).
Ghaza, anything more to it?
Qayamat se Qayamat tak (Romeo and Juliet)
DeleteYes, you got all of them.
DeleteDoes this help guess the purpose of the "*" ???
DeleteHey!! Omkara was Othello. (Maqbool was Macbeth.)
Delete2d - {OM}{KARA}
ReplyDeleteMantra - OM
for the Advani heroine - KIARA
to lose out on one - I
film - OMKARA
Often we use "*" to indicate clues that are part of the theme.
ReplyDeleteHere, "*" is used for something similar but different.
It does indicate "related to the theme".
Maybe it's too twisted a usage of that concept, but that's what happened in this puzzle.
Any clues left can be solved by anyone
ReplyDeleteOnly 7d is left.
ReplyDeleteAnd a bit of clarification of the anno for 4d and 23d
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ReplyDelete7D: old fogie-retro hit(oldie),canst=can
ReplyDeleteInherently confuse(fog)-{old(fog)ie}
old fogie=very conservative person.
👍
DeleteSathia
"*" indicates the words used in the language written by shakespeare ??
ReplyDeleteYour = thy
Also = et ??
Yes, that's it. Thank you :)
DeleteFor example, many would remember "Et tu Brute . . . ."
DeleteThanks everyone who spent time on this puzzle.
ReplyDelete