Friday, 3 October 2025

No 14604, Friday 03 Oct 2025, Bruno

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ACROSS
6   Large American city with no grassy area (5) LLANO {L}{LA}{NO}
7   Record-breaking complex not an ogre - made with this building material (3, 5) RED BRICK  {RECorDBReaKIng}*
10 If part of the body's... (7) MIDRIFF IF is middle of rIFf  Semi&lit
11 ... even touched, cut off wrap (7) ENVELOP {EVEN}*{LOP} Touched/Anind?
12 Grill AI-inspired child following centre of exhibit (7) HIBACHI {A{CH}I}<=>{exHIBit}
13 Whip son having no hint of any guts (7) SCOURGE {S}{COURaGE}
14 How's this Olympic event? (11) SHOWJUMPING {HOWS}* [RA]
19 Declare: most of Mexican cooking contains mainly lentils (7) EXCLAIM {MEXICAn}* over {Le...s}
21 Moderate seaside area home to bulk of organisms (7) QUALIFY {QUA{LIFe}Y}
23 Fire current into fuel with a kind of cable (7) COAXIAL {AX}{I} in {COAL}
25 Russia's last liberal collapsed at heart imprisoned in ruler's castle (7) ALCAZAR {r...iA}{L}{C{collApsed}ZAR}
26 Led Zeppelin originally played around AZ after Robert essentially became blind (8) BEDAZZLE {LED+Ze...n} over {AZ} after {roBErt}
27 Crossing river... cold with fear (5) DREAD {D{R}EAD}

DOWN
1   Spooner's father gambles and defaults (3,5) BAD DEBTS (dad bets to bad debts)
2   Set of signs some cricket match in South Africa's corrupt to begin with (6) ZODIAC {Z{ODI}A}{Co...t}
3   Storm's often very loud in Jamaica - leaving area destroyed and long vehicle lines (7,3) TRAFFIC JAM {sToRm} and {FF} in {JAMAICa}*
4   Grandad zealously guarding tool (4) ADZE [T]
5   Leader disregarded funny visual (6) OCULAR jOCULAR
6   Tissues of Latin Goddesses expressing sadness, at heart (6) LYMPHS {L}{nYMPHS}
8   Italian food recipe has garlic sauce infused with bit of vinegar (7) RAVIOLI {R}{A{Vi...r}IOLI}
9   Mysterious sound's starting when setting up Zoom (5) SPEED {DEEP}{So..d}<=
13 NoteResume developed with AI (first version) can contain questionable beginning (10) SEMIQUAVER {RESUME+AI+Ve...n} over {Qu...e}*
15 Old vehicle in America - one that produces sound through holes (7) OCARINA {O}{CAR}{IN}{A}
16 Grey-haired girl showered with top off (8) GRIZZLED {G}{dRIZZLED}
17 Throw out some rebel churchgoers (5) BELCH [T]
18 Extremely happy new wife leaving home finally, becomes cross (6) HYBRID {HappY}{BRIDe}
20 Mad-Z chasing car crashes (6) CRAZED {ZED}<=>{CAR}*
22 Agree Eastern Indian peninsula largely needs to be uplifted (6) ACCEDE {E}{DECCAn}<=
24 Dim husband becoming large and idle (4) LAZY (-h+l)LAZY

Reference List
Large = L, Child = CH, Son = S, Fire = AX, Current = I, Liberal = L, River = R, South Africa = ZA, Very loud = FF, Latin = L, Recipe = R, Old = O, America = A, Girl = G, Eastern = E, Husband = H

49 comments:

  1. 6A LLANO-grassy area; {L}arge, American City {LA}, {NO}
    7A RED BRICK-building material; {reCoRD BREaKIng}*
    1D BAD DEBTS-defaults; father{DAD}, gambles {BETS}
    2D ZODIAC-set of signs; cricket match {ODI}, South Africa {ZA}, {C}orrupt
    ,4D ADZE-tool; grand{AD ZE}alous

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  2. 17d
    Throw out=belch
    re(bel ch)urchgoers.

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  3. 12 AC - HIBACHI {exHIBit}{A{CH}I}

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  4. 15 DN - OCARINA {O}{CAR}{IN}{A}

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  5. 14 AC - SHOWJUMPING {HOW’S}**

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  6. 13 ac whip-scourge s-Son guts-courage-a (A)ny.

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  7. 26A: blind= bedazzle
    (Led)*
    Zeppelin originally is z
    Robert essentially is be
    Hence,
    (Be(d(ax)(z)le)
    Sathia

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  8. 1d : BAD DEBTS
    Father : DAD
    Gambles : BETS
    Spoonerism of DAD BETS to BAD DEBTS
    Defn : Defaults

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  9. 24 down: LAZY (DIM = HAZY. H becomes L)

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  10. 23 across: CO(AXI)AL. anno pending

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  11. 6DN:lymphs=tissues
    goddesses=nymphs
    latin=l, expressing sadness at heart(n)
    {(-n)(+l)ymphs}

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  12. 18d HYBRID =cross
    HY(Ha̶p̶p̶Y)
    BRIDe̶{new wife}-e, leaving home finally
    16d GRIZZLED=grey haired
    G from girl
    d̶RIZZLED=showered, top off

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  13. IMO, a lot yet to be solved:
    3d, 8D,5D,9D,27d, 13d, 20d,10a,11a19a,21a25a,27a
    Sathia

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  14. 19a EXCLAIM - Declare
    Anag of MEXICA - Most of Mexican + L - mainly Lentils
    Cooking - Anagrind
    Contains - Contain. Ind

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  15. OCULAR =visual
    jocular = funny
    leader(j)disregarded

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  16. 3 down: (sToRm) (aFFic jam)*. Jamaica-a. Very loud:FF. TRAFFIC JAM

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  17. 3D- Traffic Jam- Long vehicle lines
    TR- Storm's often
    Very loud- FF
    Jamaica leaving area- Jamaic
    Destroyed- Anagrind
    TR (A)FF ICJAM

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  18. I do all these just to find Bhargav beating me by a minute. Take me as a joint winner.
    Just as in the clue- Traffic jam!!!!!

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  19. 11 A envelop - wrap
    Even -anagram
    Lop - cut off

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    1. 'Touched' as anagrind must be indicated.
      It is written as (Enve)* for following easily.

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  20. 25A-Alcazar =castle; Russia’s last-a; liberal-l; collapsed at heart-a; ruler -czar;
    (A)(l)(c(a)zar);

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  21. In place of 1dn

    11a : ENVELOP
    (ENVE*)(LOP)
    Anagrind : Touched (mad)
    EVEN* = ENVE
    Cut off : LOP
    Defn : Wrap

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  22. 27A-dread=fear; cold-dead;river-r; d(r)rad;

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  23. 7A-red brick-building material; red brick+an ogre=record breaking;

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  24. 13D: note = semiquaver
    (Resume +AI)*
    First version is v
    Questionable beginning is Q
    Ai
    Contain Is containment indicator
    (Sem(I)(Q)u(A)(V)er)
    Sathia

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    2. Basically Q&V enters (resume+AI)*
      Sathia

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  25. 22a ACCEDE (agree)
    (E) {DECCA(-N)} <=

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  26. 21a, moderate = qualify
    Seaside area = quay
    Organisms = life
    Bulk of organisms = lif
    Home to = insertion indicator
    [QUA (LIF) Y]

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  27. 10 D: MIDRIFF (part of the body). IF is MID (in the middle of) R(IF)F.

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  28. 9DN:speed=zoom
    mysterious=deep
    sound's starting=s
    setting up=reversal indicator
    (deep)(s)<=

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  29. 9 D: SPEED (Zoom). Mysterious = DEEP ("when setting up" is the reversal indicator) S from "sound's starting".

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  30. 8DN:ravioli=Italian food
    recipe=(r)
    garlic sauce=(aioli)
    infused with=insertion indicator
    bit of vinegar=(v)
    (r)(a(v)ioli).

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  31. 11A- Touched anind? asks Col.
    Maybe touch up for correction

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  32. ...or do we say touched the photograph?

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  33. 'To disturb or move by handling' is one of the neankngs given in Free Dic.

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