Sunday, 15 June 2025

Special, Sunday 15 Jun 2025, Veeyares

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43 comments:

  1. 19a: SKILL (GGRILLSTEAK-GREAT)*
    14D: SHAKE (S(H)AKE)
    13D: SCARE (Acrostic)

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  2. 28a THE GARDEN OF EDEN (paradise)
    (ed) in (go and then free)*

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    3. 30a REPHRASED (expressed in other words)
      (p has erred)*

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    4. 2d HALFHEARTEDNESS (wavering)
      (and he has left her -h)* (s)

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  3. 7 dn jack of all trades-handyman.
    seaman-jack floats R deal*.
    24 a merit-value timer*

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    1. 6 a major-military officer jo-sweetheart.
      hii-ram Ma(jo)r<

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    2. What does timer do here?

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    3. sorry instead of remit i typed timer.

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  4. 13dn scare ( acrostic)
    4dn linked l(student) inked(signed)
    19ac skill (grill steak- great) *

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  5. 6a MAJOR: military officer
    MA(JO: sweet heart)R:
    MAR: ram( hit) back

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    1. 12a BOAR: animal
      BOA: snake R: right

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    2. 16a ANTHRAX: complaint
      Worker: ANT hospital:H right:R
      after:A x-ray :X
      Starts indicates first letters from right after x-ray

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    3. Replacement for 16a
      6d MIEN: look., appearance
      Enemies- see: NMIE: reorganize

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  6. Replacement
    9ac teleconferences (connect free else) *

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  7. replacement
    29A: RUSTY ((-...T)RUSTY)

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  8. 1Ac SCHEDULES -{SHE USED +LaCk}*

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  9. Replacement
    27dn afar se(afar)er

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  10. 26D: be alert = wary
    (War)(y)
    22D: it became morning = dawned
    Late is dead (from south) becomes daed
    When outsiders are w,n
    Hence, da(wn)ed
    Sathia

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  11. My 3rd
    8Dn RESORT - {RES{OR}T}

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  12. 16A: complaint = anthrax
    (Ant)(h)(r)(a)(X)
    Sathia

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  13. In lieu of 16A,
    5D: navigation= steering
    (S)(tee)(ring)
    Sathia

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  14. 3d : DOCK (DD)
    1st def : couple
    2nd def : cutoff
    17d : CALENDAR (CA LEND AR)
    State : CA California
    Provide : LEND
    Initially : a room : AR
    Defn : Program

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  15. My third
    21d : KIDNAP
    (PANICKED - CE)*
    CE from C(as)E
    Case is an ind for selection of 1st and last letter of a word
    Deletion ind : discharged
    Anagrind : doctor
    Def : hijack

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    1. Correction anno

      Case discharged/emptied means C(-as)E = CE
      Deletion ind : missing

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  16. 11, 15, 18, 25 Across and 6, 17, 20 Down remain

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  17. 15a PATCH - Area
    PATH - Street
    C - Cars primarily
    Occupied - Insert ind

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  18. 20d DOCTOR - Physician
    DO - Act
    CTOR - (-a)ctor - Star
    Killing - Del ind

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  19. 18a ETERNAL - Constant
    E(-x)TERNAL - Outside
    X - Variable
    Goes outside - Del ind

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  20. Now 11, 18 and 25 Across remain

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  21. 11AC:yearn=long-understand=learn
    (learn)-(l)+(y)

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  22. 15A : (PATH +C(ARS))* = PATCH
    25A
    About =a
    Time to return=(era)<are
    Are+a = AREA (land)
    22D late = DEAD + W(HE)N *= DAWNED

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  23. Done and dusted. Thanks to all the participants. Thanks to Colonel for publishing.

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  24. Thanks for the Special Veeyares

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