Sunday, 22 June 2025

Special, Sunday 22 Jun 2025, Ghaza

Three answers per commenter till 1 PM (Annotations compulsory) 
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  1. 4d VENGEFUL (vindictive)
    (eve flung)*

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    1. 20d CRUELTY (callousness)
      team sick = crew ill ~ cru el
      terribly hollow = ty

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    2. 18a CLAMOUR (demand)
      sea food = clam
      45 mins = 3/4 of hour = our (later 3/4th part of hour)

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  2. 4D. Vengeful= vindictive. Eve flung anagram

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  3. 4D: VENGEFUL EVEFLUNG*
    15D: ERECT DD
    20D: CRUELTY team sick Crew'l hp T...y terribly hollow

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    1. 25A: CARRIAGE CAR motor vehicle R essentially ridden I one AGE time.

      Replaces repeated 4D

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  4. 26D. Momo= jelly.
    Mo= second. Plural momo

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  5. 19d MAVERICK: eccentric
    M( thousand)AVER( declare)I( one)C( hundred)K(thousand)

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    1. 23a REPIVOTS: turns again
      (Tips over)*

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    2. 22d PARKER: one who manages public garden( park)
      From Spooner’s carper: complainer
      Car per: par ker

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  6. 7A IMLI = tree { Introducing Medicinal Leguminous Indigenous , acrostic}
    2D MISTIMED = at the wrong moment { reverse telescopic in tanDEM IT SIMply}
    24 D PETER = Fade away { acrostic, Primarily Everything Temporary Earns Right }
    26D AGAR = Jelly { second letters from mAde aGain hAstily fRom }
    17D CAST AWAY = abandoned { CAST actors AWAY on the road}

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  7. 15D. Build= erect, frame. DD

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    1. 27A- Tyrant- T Y (RAN)T- Oppressor
      Abstainer (TT) holds 'Ran' after Y

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  9. 1Dn EMMA - Acrostic (reverse)

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  10. 12A: enzyme= chymosin
    (Ch(y)(mos)in)
    Sathia

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  11. 27Ac TYRANT - {T{Y(our)}{RAN}T}

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  12. 27A: oppressor = tyrant
    (T(y)(ran)t)
    Sathia

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  13. My 3rd
    9Ac RICH - {(-ost)RICH}

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    1. 'ost' from Most with (its) top (M) off

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    2. The intended anno is a bit different

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    3. Yes. My statement 'ost' from ... is not necessary I think. I misread half as off.

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  14. Earlier I had set tougher clues for a few of these, if anyone wants to try:
    A1. Throw or keep often described spring movement (5)
    A2. Fail safe (5)
    A3. Bitter victory over English company, one-fourth empty (8)
    A4. Appearance of a union leader decimated originally (8)

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    1. A3 VENGEFUL (bitter)
      (v)(en)(ge)(ful)
      1/4th empty = 3/4th full = ful

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    2. Kiran please note the lomit is 3 answers per commenter

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    3. Throw or keel often described spring movement (5)

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    4. Looks like autocorrect made that keep.

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    5. These were given as additional clues not part of the above grid. So, I thought anyone can answer. But anyway, I will note it.

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  15. 2D- Mistimed- in tan(DEM IT SIM=<)ply rises.
    Reverse T.

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  16. 10A:fasten=fix-clean(fast),look(tend)
    {(fast)-(t)(tend)-(d)}.

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    1. 10a isn't fasten. It won't fit with the puzzle.

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    2. FASTEN might be wrong but I thought it fits with the other grid crossings (1d, 2d, 8d)

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    1. A2 isn't stall. The answer would be identical to an answer in the grid.

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  18. Here's my listing of what's remaining:
    Across: 10, 11, 16, 21, 29, 30, 31
    Down: 3, 5, 6, 8, 13, 28

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  19. 8D Coils - Hanks
    (17D Cast Away) was portrayed by Tom Hanks

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  20. 14A: knives= fleams
    Heard run away is flea
    Paper is ms ( manuscript)
    Hence, (flea)(ms)
    Sathia

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  21. 5d Sail - Cruise
    (19D Maverick) depicted by Tom Cruise

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  22. 6D Evil lion from another Musical - Scar (From The Lion King)
    Intimidate - Scare
    Most - Scar

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    1. 29 A Suffering - Bane
      Reverse T from givEN A Beastly

      13 D Strong - Hardy
      (29A Bane- Batman Villain) played by Tom Hardy

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    2. 30A Change - Alter
      Actor Tom Alter enacted 'Lord Mountbatten', Mount is 15D, Batten is 10A
      Swapping 10 - 15 in the clue.

      Thus,

      10A Fix - Batten
      Clean - Bath
      Look after - Tend
      Both endlessly give Batten

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    3. Mohan please mote the limit is 3 answers per commenter

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    4. Oh! He's given more solutions below.

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    5. Hi Col, my bad. I thought we are allowed to answer after the cut off time 1 PM.

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  23. 16A:product=outcome of times
    for(pro) passage(duct).

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  24. 16A: outcome of times= product
    For is pro
    Passage is duct
    Hence, (pro)(duct)
    Sathia

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  25. 13D HARDY = strong/robust {Actor who played BANE in Batman TOM HARDY}

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  26. 21A Maidens - Nymphs
    City - NY
    representative - MP
    suburbs of HAS - HS

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  27. Only 5 left now:
    Across: 11, 21, 31
    Down: 3, 28

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  28. 28D Rejecting all options - NOTA
    Make amends - Atone
    Endlessly - ATON
    In hindsight reversing gets-> NOTA

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  29. Only 3 left: 11a, 31a, 3d

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  30. 31A: musical= cute= theme for someone like you (DD)
    Sathia

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    1. Hi Sathia,
      Cute isn't the intended solution here.

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  31. It's past 6:00 pm. 3 extra answers per commenter.

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  32. Hi Col sir, Thanks for the invite 🙂

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  33. I'll post the remaining answers at 8:05

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  34. 3d HOLLAND (country)
    two dozen = 24 = peter (24d)
    two teams = 22 = parker (22d)
    Tom holland showcased the role Peter Parker

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    1. 31a is CATS, just a guess
      Theme is all actors with Tom XXXXX
      tom is cat, so all cats....

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    2. Yes! The theme is Toms = cats

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    3. someone like you means someone like cat ?

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    4. Someone like you was meant to indicate crossword solvers, since we substitute tom for cat a lot in crosswords.

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  36. 11a has quite a tough parsing (I think)

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  37. 11a is leggiero, meaning light.
    Red = ginger, blocks = lego

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

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