Sunday, 23 March 2025

Special, Sunday 23 Mar 2025, Ghaza

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  1. Kiran23 March 2025 at 10:42

    10a ONCE UPON A TIME
    def: long ago
    referring to "once upon a time in hollywood" by tarantino

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    1. Kiran23 March 2025 at 10:43

      23a DJANGO
      def: unchanied by him (another movie by tarantino)
      (dj)(an)(go)

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    2. Kiran23 March 2025 at 10:45

      12a RESERVOIR
      def: tank
      reservoir dogs by tarantino

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  2. Gemini23 March 2025 at 10:48

    1A. History= story
    His+ story- s( sensational)

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    1. Kiran23 March 2025 at 10:52

      not correct I guess. Wherever "his" appears, we have to go with the overall theme..

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  3. Gemini23 March 2025 at 10:55

    25A. Debrief= interrogate
    Fed= Federal bureau. FBI. Returned is reverse indicator
    Brief= cheese
    Munching is anagrind.
    My second

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    1. ghaza23 March 2025 at 11:48

      Hi Gemini, I think you are trying to beat the auto-correct and failing so far :)

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    2. Gemini23 March 2025 at 12:01

      -). Yes. Brie. = Cheese. About to touch 70 . Perhaps blame it on that-)

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  4. Gemini23 March 2025 at 11:11

    22A. Hideous= loathsome
    His+ duo( octet)+ e( musical note)
    Like is the angrind
    My third and the last

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    1. Gemini23 March 2025 at 12:34

      Is it correct?

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    2. ghaza23 March 2025 at 12:38

      Not really, the correct answer has been given below, by Sathia.

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  5. Vasanthi23 March 2025 at 11:13

    12dn rewatched re(watch) ed

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  6. Vasanthi23 March 2025 at 11:14

    12dn rewatched re(watch) Ed
    Reed grass
    Watch time piece

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  7. Vasanthi23 March 2025 at 11:16

    15ac waqt (acrostic)

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  8. Vasanthi23 March 2025 at 11:17

    15ac waqf

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  9. Suresh M S23 March 2025 at 11:22

    1A FICTION = Story { PULP FICTION}
    8A JACKIE = Woman (Jackie Brown}
    21D PROOF = evidence {Death Proof}
    All Tarantino "His" movies

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    1. Sathia23 March 2025 at 11:56

      👍🏻. Thanks for making the theme of CW known to us.
      Sathia

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    2. ghaza23 March 2025 at 12:39

      The thanks should go to Kiran first :) :)

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  10. Devi Prasad23 March 2025 at 11:29

    2D:cocoons=cases-(co)(co)(o)(ns)

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  11. Gemini23 March 2025 at 11:31

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    1. Col_Gopinath23 March 2025 at 11:58

      You cannot take a substitute for a wrong answer

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  12. Devi Prasad23 March 2025 at 11:34

    9A:Ireland-rage=fury=ire
    Irland=state/country

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  13. Vasanthi23 March 2025 at 11:35

    6dn platini p(latin)i
    p(ompe) I
    American ethnicity (latin)

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  14. Sathia23 March 2025 at 11:37

    22A: loathsome= hateful
    From hateful eight ( octet)
    Sathia

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  15. Sathia23 March 2025 at 11:47

    13A: under his purview = bill
    From kill bill movie
    Head is (kill) removed.
    Sathia

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  16. Devi Prasad23 March 2025 at 11:55

    17A:idolatric-vow(I do)(critical-ic)*
    idolatric=relating to statue worship

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  17. RR23 March 2025 at 11:59

    17a, statue worship = idolatric
    Vow = I do
    Abolition of I see (ic) in critical = crital*
    Reforms = anagrind
    Ido(latric*)

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  18. RR23 March 2025 at 12:01

    7d throughout EU = tradebloc*
    (Old cabaret)*

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  19. RR23 March 2025 at 12:06

    20d, recounted shipwreck = Defoe
    The French = DE
    Antagonist = FOE
    DEFOE, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe .

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    1. RR23 March 2025 at 12:10

      Although De in French is of in English

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    2. Padmanabhan23 March 2025 at 12:42

      For 'De' the clue should be 'Of the French'.

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  20. Sathia23 March 2025 at 12:08

    9A: state= Grenada
    (Rage and)*
    Fury anagind
    Sathia

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  21. Padmanabhan23 March 2025 at 12:36

    9A- Grenada- (Rage and)*- State

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  22. Mohan23 March 2025 at 12:41

    4d - Inglourious
    Shameful = Definition
    (O+Ruling)* + IOUS
    Bad = Anagrind
    Debts = IOUS

    Within the theme

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    1. Padmanabhan23 March 2025 at 12:46

      It should only be 'Inglorious', without U in the middle. Enu should be 10.

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    2. Suresh M S23 March 2025 at 12:49

      it spells "inglourious" in movie title.

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    3. ghaza23 March 2025 at 12:57

      Thanks Suresh 👍

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    4. Mohan23 March 2025 at 12:58

      Yes, it's intentionally misspelled apparently.

      Ref:

      "When asked for an explanation of the film's title's spelling during a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Tarantino said, "I'm never going to explain that".When pushed on it, Tarantino would not explain the first u in Inglourious, but said, "The Basterds? That's just the way you say it: Basterds." Tarantino later stated in an interview that the misspelled title is "a Basquiat-esque touch." He further commented on Late Show with David Letterman that Inglourious Basterds is a "Quentin Tarantino spelling."

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inglourious_Basterds#Development

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    5. ghaza23 March 2025 at 15:03

      Thanks Mohan 👍👍

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  23. ghaza23 March 2025 at 12:55

    Here's my listing of what's left:
    Across: 4, 19, 24
    Down: 1, 3, 5, 11, 14, 16, 18

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    1. Suresh M S23 March 2025 at 13:08

      16D QUENTIN = TARANTINO {theme of today, also it is stated that he worked in a video library in early ages.}

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  24. Devi Prasad23 March 2025 at 13:00

    14D:paint job=new coat-, mostly
    troubles(pains-s)=(pain),the
    primarily(t), patient person(job)
    (Job in Bible)

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  25. ghaza23 March 2025 at 13:09

    It's past 1:00 pm.
    Unlimited answers per commenter are allowed now, right?

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  26. Devi Prasad23 March 2025 at 13:15

    1D:Fujin= japanese(eastern)diety-oriental mountain=(fuji)and middle(n)

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  27. Sathia23 March 2025 at 13:24

    19A: broadcast on radio= trending songs
    (T(r)(endings)ongs)
    Terminations are endings
    Heartless lashes is t(-h)ongs
    R is constant (ubiquitously)
    Sathia

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    1. ghaza23 March 2025 at 20:03

      Hmmm. Thanks for solving this Sathia.

      I realise I made a mistake here as well. There is nothing to clue the "r".
      Feedback to me: I need to start proof-reading better.

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  28. H Ramachandran23 March 2025 at 13:25

    3d IBI SCORE = For measuring aquatic life quality
    IBIS = Wading bird
    CORE = Essential

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  29. Mohan23 March 2025 at 13:35

    4a - At first - Incipit
    Lacklustre - Insipid
    Loud - Homophone ind - insipid -> Incipid
    Non stop - Incipi
    quiet at last - T
    Incipi + T

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  30. Mohan23 March 2025 at 13:38

    5d - Coffee on top - Crema
    Telescopic -> aCcuRatE seMinAl

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  31. Mohan23 March 2025 at 13:44

    24a - Can - Dungeon
    Noisily - homophone ind
    finished - done (dun)
    alcoholic drink - gin (geon)

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  32. H Ramachandran23 March 2025 at 13:50

    24a DUNGEON. =. Can
    DUNG = Finished DONE
    GEON =. Gin Alcoholic drink
    Noisily = Homophone. Ind

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  33. Padmanabhan23 March 2025 at 13:51

    24A- Dungeon- can
    Noisily - Homophone indicator
    Done~Dun; Alcoholic drink- Gin (~geon)

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  34. Padmanabhan23 March 2025 at 13:58

    Had to struggle to get this!

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  35. H Ramachandran23 March 2025 at 13:59

    11d UTOPIAN PLAN = Unrealistic proposal
    Ana of PUT ON A + I (central of prime)
    PLAN = Slot

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  36. ghaza23 March 2025 at 14:10

    Plan was meant to be the Reverse Anagram indicator here.

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  37. ghaza23 March 2025 at 14:11

    Only 18d left now.

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  38. Kiran23 March 2025 at 15:21

    My best guess for 18d is RASANGI (reverse telescopic)
    Rasangi is a village in Karnataka (the anno is a bit wierd though...)

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  39. ghaza23 March 2025 at 15:29

    Thanks everyone who spent time on this puzzle . . . .

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  40. Col_Gopinath23 March 2025 at 17:45

    Thanks for the special, Ghaza

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