Sunday, 8 June 2025

Special, Sunday 08 Jun 2025, Ghaza

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

  1. 13A. Nail= nab. Acrostic
    My first

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  2. 11a STENTORIAN
    def: very loud
    (tins are not)*

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    1. 20d BARRACK
      def: jeet at
      {bar(r)ack} (ex president barack obama)

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    2. 5a SCAVENGE
      def: purify
      (SC)(avenge)

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    1. 22D. Ram= force
      Mar= impair
      Rising is the reverse indicator as it is a down clue too
      My second

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  4. 1A.laurel= trophy
    Le= french
    Ur= ru returning
    Al= criminal
    My third

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  5. 24A CORNISHMAN = Peninsular Britisher {CHINA'S NORM anagram}
    4D LEGROOM = Flayer's desire { eagLE, feet, LE + GRO, top half of GROuse+ OM, Mantra}
    2D ADAPT = CHANGE { anticipated - incite, troubled}

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  6. 4D: a flyers desire= legroom
    (Le)(gro)(om)
    2D: trouble anticipated = alert
    Change is alter. Incite anagind for (alter)*
    Sathia

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    1. Hi Sathia,
      Suresh has given the correct answer for 2d

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  7. 10 ac batman-.officers servant.
    batsman-cricketer bat(-s) man.
    3dn robin- partner with batman.

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    1. 5 dn sealion- aquatic mammal.
      sion - bombay suburb.
      shelter -lee sealion~lee sion.
      lee -shelter

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  8. 7Ac ENTANGLED - {ENT}{ANGLE}{D(-idnt)}

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  9. 27a. WATSON - Famous doctor
    W - Essentially Well known
    AT
    SON - Ward

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  10. 3d ROBIN - Partners with 10 (Batman)

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  11. 28A (AQUA(the band which sang Barbie Girl) + sq(uirm))* = AQUARIUM
    25D = Hardy (partner of Laurel 1A)
    27A = W(essentially well)+AT+SON(ward)= watson

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  12. 7dn, caught = entangled
    Specialist = ent
    Fish = angle
    Didn't at first = d

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  13. Replacement for 27A
    16D (BLESS(GRACE)+SOUR)* = SUBLESSOR(TENANT)

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  14. 15d LINE GRAPH - Condensed diagram
    LINE for Lion .
    GRAPH - Graf Steffi
    Caught HP Ind

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    1. Hi Ramachandran,
      Line isn't right.

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    2. Sorry it should be ATOM GRAPH
      A TOM - A cat
      Rest as before

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  15. 23A:ague=fit-bicker=argue
    (argue)(-r)

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  16. Here's my listing of what's remaining:
    Across: 9, 14, 17, 18, 20, 29, 30
    Down: 6, 8, 12, 15, 19, 21, 26

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  17. 29Ac - SHERLOCK - Partners with Watson (above)

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  18. Any fans of Corner House?

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    1. Yes for icecream parlour in Bangalore.

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    2. Corner House (Ice Cream place) in Bangalore is a lovely joint, in my opinion.

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  19. 21D:cliques=exclusive circles. Also
    clique graphs (compressed=
    condensed in15(Dn).
    151(cli) lines (queues) externally use
    (ue)-less (ques)-{(cli)(queues)-(ue)}.

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  20. 26D: bean = azuki
    (As)(uk)(i)
    Sathia

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  21. 30A: blue stripes= skylit (DD)
    Sathia

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    1. Hi Sathia,
      It's not a DD.
      The anno needs to be worked on.

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  22. 9A: plant = cambogia
    (Cam(-b)(+g)odia)
    Sathia

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  23. 18A: stuffed tiger = Hobbes
    From Calvin and Hobbes
    Answer to 29 is Sherlock (Holmes) heartless is hoes
    Bees are bb
    Hence, ho(bb)es
    Sathia

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  24. I was busy and earlier couldn’t give time.I am happy to get some clues to solve at today’s Sunday CW. Thanks Ghaza for giving us one more tough and wonderful Sunday CW.
    Sathia

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    1. Thanks a lot, Sathia.
      It's really nice to have a lively bunch of solvers.

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  25. 17A:calvin-partner with his follower
    (18A).

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  26. 6D: no colour= albinic
    Best is AI
    Laden is weight is lb
    With is in
    Inherently is containment indicator
    Conservative is c
    Hence, (a(lb)(in)i)(c)
    Sathia

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  27. 14A: two full football teams!!! = marshman (partners with 24A)
    Sathia

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    1. I think this is incorrect

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    2. The parsing is:
      Cornishman is from Cornwall a place in England and Marshman is either from Norfolk or Kent. Both may have football teams!
      Sathia

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    3. Try to solve 12d, then you will see that Marshman is wrong.

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  28. 20A: backdrop=setting-
    stuPOR Delicately (pord=backdrop).

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    1. Backdrop is right.
      But Is it RA or CA?
      Sathia

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    2. It is the same concept but with a telescopic.

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    3. I am blanking out right now, what does RA and CA expand to?

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    4. Reverse/Composite Anagram [RA] [CA]

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    5. Thanks Kiran.
      Then this would be a Composite Telescopic.

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  29. 8D: particle= gravitino
    I am not able to get anno.
    Sathia

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  30. most importance-gravit-y ion*

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  31. Only 14a and 12d remaining

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  32. And we need to clean up the annos for 30a, 6d, 8d.

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  33. 14 a Lakshman -ram 22 dn.
    2 full football teams 11+11=22

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  34. 12 dn elk buckle-cub kle*

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  35. That's great! All done.
    We can discuss the remaining annos for a bit and then close.
    It's past 6:00 pm, so I guess anyone can contribute.

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  36. Here are the remaining annos as intended:

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  37. 30a. Skylit
    Def: bright
    Blue = sky
    Every third letter from "all bright" = lit (stripes is the indicator)

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  38. 8D: most importance(gravit)
    mainstream=current(i) knowledge(no)

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    1. The intended anno was different.
      I can wait 10 mins before posting.

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    2. Let's think of a word for small.
      Mainstream is an indicator.

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  39. 6d. Albinic
    Def: with no colour
    The best = Ali
    Conservative = C
    Laden = Bin

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

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