Sunday, 27 April 2025

Special, Sunday 27 Apr 2025, Ghaza

Three answers per commenter till 1 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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47 comments:

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    1. How come my paper arrived with a totally different grid?

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    2. This is Sunday special. What you received in the paper is the usual Sunday crossword which is also available on this blog's home page.

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  2. 1a ZIMBABWE
    def: country
    (mba) in (biz <=) (we)

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    1. 1d ZOOKEEPER
      def: animal attendant
      with poor vision 200 = ZOO
      1000 = K
      in mirror, 3 = E, 9 = P
      12 squashed is probably like R

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    2. 18a RHODESIA
      def: related to 1
      another name for Zimbabwe

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  3. 10A. Burglar= thief
    Grub= food. Returned= burg
    A= a
    L= little
    R= rapidly
    My first

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  4. 15D: IDENTICAL..NT+IC inside IDEAL
    IDE(NT)(IC)AL

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  5. 24D. Delivers= LANDS= Touchdowns.A DD
    My second

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  6. 11A- Ipecac anag - Ice Cap
    13 A - praised + a anag - Paradise
    19A - Gla+ ice+ r anag - Glacier
    24 A- Averse to anag - Overeats
    2 D - Ma(t)riarch - Armchair

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    1. only three per person till 1 pm.

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    2. I am afraid this is not the CW for your answers..

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    3. oh. I did not even notice that he is solving the wrong crossword :-)

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  7. 8D. Surf= wave
    Essentially as(SU)me Sca(RF)ace
    My third and final .

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  8. 7D MELODIA MADE OIL*
    5A OBAMAS hidden in Joj(oba mas)sage
    27A IMMENSE MM in IE + NSE

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  9. 5ac Obama (T)
    27ac immense I(mm)e (nse)
    8dn surf as(su)me sca(rf)ace

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  10. 1A- Zimbabwe- Country
    ZI(MBA)B degree- MBA

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  11. 5a. OBAMAS = Michelllle Malia Sasha
    JojOBAMAssage
    Immersed - Contain Ind

    2d MYANMAR - This land
    MY - Setter’
    AN - Worker ANt shortly
    MAR -

    14a. THAILAND - This nation
    T - Lastly don’t
    HAIL -!Greet
    AND - A Northern Democrat

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  12. Sorry . Missent.
    ZI(MBA)B -<WE
    Management degree- MBA,
    Business in hindsight- ZIM=< ( There should have been some indication of slang, abbreviation etc.)
    You and me= We

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  13. 30a SRI LANKA: island SL

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    1. 21d LOCOMEN: engine drivers
      Look cool me er no: alternative letters

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    2. 19d OTTOMAN:Turkish guy
      OTTO: German

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  14. Replacement for 5a
    13a PIRATE - Rob . fromJack Sparrow

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  16. 26D SIAM = old name of THAILAND { related to 14}
    20A CEYLON = old name of SRI LANKA {related to 30}
    25A TUCUM = a fiber { reverse telescopic, eMU CUTting}

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  17. 19D: Turkish guy= ottoman
    (Otto)(man)
    23A: solvent= toluene
    sTrOlLs Up EtnA and e from base
    Sathia

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  18. 6D: related to 2= Burna
    Sathia

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  19. Today’s CW given by Ghaza is less challenging compared to earlier one.
    A good Sunday CW!
    Sathia

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  20. In lieu of 19D,
    10D: stubborn=bolshy
    (Bol(-d)) (shy)
    Sathia

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  21. 17D BIGEYE fish (def) BYE extra around I GE one company

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  22. 29 ac mongst mon(day)+gst-tax.included.
    emmet-ant-acrostic -11ac.
    27d lands-dd

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    2. 29A- I have not come across 'Mongst'- only amongst

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    3. Mongst is short of amongst.

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    4. If it is an abbreviation, there's should be some indication in the clue.

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  23. 22D:nether-close to=near, change
    article(a) to (the). ne(-a)(+the)R.
    12A:Holland-22+24=Nether+lands
    4D:wrathy-question=why, traitor=rat
    internally-w(rat)hy.

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  24. 11A:emmet-(e)aten (m)ahogany
    (m)antlepiece (e)asily (t)opples.

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  25. 9A-ocarina-instrument; uncovered FOR is O; Czarina=queen -z(little bit of zeal);
    28A=Hackman-cab driver; as in gene hackman

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  26. Thanks everyone who spent time on this puzzle

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  27. Thanks Colonel for clueing tend. I didn't have a clue for that one in the email I sent.
    Really don't know if it's there in my notes.

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  28. Thanks Gaza for the rather friendly clueing ...-)

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