Sunday, 7 December 2025

Special, Sunday 07 Dec 2025, Veeyares

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41 comments:

  1. 2D. Luck .= Fortune. Reverse t
    My first

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  2. 14D. Expressive= lively
    Express= exhibit
    I've= I have
    My second

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  3. 8D. Feather= down
    Father= Dad
    E= drug( ecstacy)
    Taking is containment indicator
    F(e)ather
    My third

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  4. 17a SPILL THE BEANS (tell all)
    (elisabeth plans -a)*

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    1. 7d MAURITANIA (country)
      ( I at romania +u -o)*

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    2. 25a PUSSYFOOT (non-committal)
      fussy put ~ pussyfoot

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  5. 15a MANTLE: blanket
    Man( chap) tle( let* : let off)

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    1. 11a BAKER: pastry chef
      E: English K: king bar: loca
      Ba( ke: English king on return) r

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    2. 29d CAMPHOR: aromatic compound
      amorphic - i( not one) anagram

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    3. Sorry it is 19d not 29 d

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  6. 7A: COUNTER (COUNT)(E)(R)
    4D: ARBITRATE (A)(..R)(BITTER+IT)*
    28A: OBVIATE (VI)(A) in (BOAT*)

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  7. 2dn luck (reverse The)
    17ac spill the beans (elisabth plans-a) *
    24 dn women wo(me)n

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  8. Replacement for 17a
    10ac placate (plac (a) (t) e)

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  9. 26 ac emerge -come out emerg-e* -merge.
    e drug.
    27 dn rial -money lair< -hideout

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    1. 1 dn scabies - skin complaint.
      taxi -cab moles-spies -p s(cab)ies

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  10. Replacement for 2dn
    16dn betrothed (bothered (no)t) *

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  11. 18D: when there is an extra day = leap year
    (Player)*
    (L(ea)year)
    Sathia

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  12. 6D: union = marriage
    About is c
    Vehicle is carriage
    (-c+marriage)
    Sathia

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  13. 12A: read= interpret
    (Reprint)* misprint is anagram indicator
    First edition is e
    Initially trashed is t
    Hence, ( interpr(e)(t))
    Sathia

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  14. To be solved
    13, 21, 22, 29 across
    3, 5, 20, 23 down

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  15. 22A- retract- Pull in- Re (tra=,)ct
    Returning painting- (Art)=<
    Court- ct
    Men= RE (Royal Engineers?)

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  16. 29A- Elevate- Hearten
    The Spanish= El
    Worried about- (ate)
    Electric vehicle= EV
    El(EV)ATE

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  17. 23D- Tamper= Meddle with
    Power= P
    Power= Tame
    Retribution= R
    TAM(P)E R

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    1. 'Over' power- Position indicator?

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    2. Tame- one of the meanings is 'Break the spirit of'

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    3. Paddy, tame is used in the sense break.
      ((Tam(p)e(r))
      Sathia

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  18. Thank you Veeyares, both for the CW and giving me the 'Yet to solve'.

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  19. 13A:eyewear=specs
    look at=eye, don=wear, (eye)(wear)

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  20. Yet to be solved
    21 across
    3, 5, 20 down

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  21. 13A {EYE}{WEAR}
    5d (-re)SPITE
    20D {(-b)UTTER}{ED}

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  22. 20D:uttered=said
    to flarrer=butter, not starting(-b)
    journalist=ed, (utter)(ed)

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  23. 3d rob:starve (servant -n)* old:not new

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  24. 21A:apeman=ancestor
    calling assistant=name pa
    about=reversal ind.
    (name)(pa)<=
    is it calling or call?

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  25. That completes the lot. Thanks to all participants. Thanks to Colonel for publishing.

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