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17Dn SAMISEN - {IN A MESS*}
ReplyDelete7 dn Alaskan Malamute - mush sled dog.
ReplyDeletemanual task a male*.
21 ac saga .empty talk-gas<+a
1 ac called to the bar -made brief.
Deletehalt a cold beer T*
21a SAGA: long story
ReplyDeleteEmpty talk: gas, about makes it sag, with a
SAG A
19d LOATHES: hates
LO: deplores essentially ATHES:hates* terribly is anagrind
23a ALIBI: excuse
DeleteA l L y I s B a I t
Snubbing every second letter
21Ac SAGA {GAS A}*
ReplyDelete2d LABOUR INTENSIVE (dependent on number of workers)
ReplyDeleteb in (unions relative)*
12a ICEBREAKER (ship making passage)
Deleterocks = ice, wave = breaker
14a CLIQUES (sets)
Delete(clues) over (IQ)
9A: fresh fish = amberjack
ReplyDelete(Bream)*
With jack(card)
Hence, (amber)(Jack)
Sathia
Fresh is not part of the definition
DeleteYes. Fresh is angind for bream.
DeleteThanks.
Sathia
9A AMBERJACK
ReplyDeleteAnagram of Bream plus Jack(Card)
14A CLIQUES
IQ inside CLUES
25A BEGGING LETTERS
N(NOTE) inside anagram of Giggle all inside BETTERS.
16Dn RACIAL - {-f+R(ACIAL)}
ReplyDelete4D: spells= trances
ReplyDelete(Tra(n)ces)
Signs are traces of
Name is n
Covers is containment indicator
Sathia
Replacement of 9A and 14A
ReplyDelete15A EXTINCT
EXACT(accurate). A is replaced by TIN(money)
20A CONSUMMATE
MATE after CON+SUM
5D: to be had= takable
ReplyDelete(T(Ak)able)
Sathia
13d OUTPOURING - Flood
ReplyDeleteOUTING - Trip
POUR - Hp for Pore - Small opening
Crowding - Contain ind
18d HATEFUL - Odious
ReplyDeleteHAT - Pillbox a type of hat
E - Ecstasy
FUL(-l) Quantity that would fill
Say Hp ind
18a HEAL ALL - Plant
ReplyDeleteCD?
(He(ala(-s)ll)
DeleteSathia
Thanks🙏
Delete16a : RE-TYPES
ReplyDeleteRE (musical note)
TYPES (sorts)
Defn : Keyboards again
3dn : EARN = Pull
ReplyDeleteNext = NEAR cycling N moves down becomes EARN
6fn : EVIDENTIAL
ReplyDeleteEnVy every so often : EV
About = C being less in
Equal = IDENTICAL - C = IDENTIAL
EV + IDENTI(-C)AL
Defn : Demonstrative
Please read 6dn
Delete6D- Evidential- EV (IDENTICAL-C)- Demonstrative
ReplyDeleteEnvy every so often- EnVy
Equal= Identical
About being less= Drop C
10AC:irate=boiling -water=irrigate,
ReplyDeletesetup=rig),(irrigate)-(rig).
Have a doubt in 24A
ReplyDeleteIs it Bard or Board sir?
It is Bard. Bard's frequently is oft (Shakespeare's often).
DeleteThe standard of Prelim CW of WCCC-2025 is high. Thanks Colji for us to get a feel of it!
ReplyDeleteSathia
Yet to be solved
ReplyDeleteAcross - 11, 24
Down - 1, 8, 22
Thise who have solved 3 can can take 1 more
ReplyDelete11A: puff=tout
ReplyDeleteTo(u)t
Sathia
24 A : SOFT TOUCH
ReplyDeleteTaking defn as "Easy game for sub board"
(S(OFT)(T O)UCH)
Frequently: OFT
Tense T, over : O
i.e TO breaking SUCH : of that kind
If wrong I may please be corrected
It is right! Got stranded because
DeleteI didn't get 'such' though I got
the solution.
Good solve, MB
DeleteThanks Devi Prasad garu
DeleteThanks kkr garu
Delete1d CHAOTIC (topsy-turvy)
ReplyDeletesharp = chic
are = a (not sure how, but I remember it)
emptied out = ot
{ch(a)(ot)ic}
8D SECRET meaning close
ReplyDelete{SE{C(-a)RE}T}
For clarity:
DeleteDry is set
Run is race without a is rce
Worry is anagind
Hence, se(cre)t
Good solve👍🏻
Sathia
This is not correct, Shalini/Sathia,
DeleteDRY=SEC; RUN=R; WORRY=EAT, without Aa=ET
so, it is SEC+R+E[-a]T
That's indirect.
DeleteDry:sec (indicates champagne is dry)
Run:r
Worry:eat -a
Finishing it off
ReplyDelete22D AT IT
Dug = TIT
under
area = A
locked in Congress = {TIT}<=>{A}