Friday, 6 February 2026

No 14710, Friday 06 Feb 2026, Bruno

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ACROSS
1   Post-graduate hiding dead girl with sheet (10) PLATEGLASS {P{LATE}G}{LASS}
6   Spice's odour turning estate's core inhabitants out (4) HERB  BREatH<=
9   More fighting - guerrilla finally escapes with family (10) EXTRACTION {EXTRA}{aCTION} Definition seems vague See comments
10 Greek Goddess's loss of heart in earth sadly (4) THEA EArTH*
12 Straps designed with a bend and decorated like a flag (4-8) STAR-SPANGLED {STRAPS}*{ANGLED}
15 Circular displaying head of communist revolutionary (7) RADICAL {RADI{Co...t}AL}
16 Model's bottoms - one concealing nothing is tops! (1-6) T-SHIRTS {T}{SH(-o+1)IRTS}
17 Agricultural product from a very old company displaying a date (7) AVOCADO {A}{V}{O}{C{A}{D}O}
19 Setter's excited being part of attempt to retract ragtag army (7) MILITIA {I}{LIT} in {AIM<=}
20 Assembly embargoed bananas after seeing money stuffed in (5,7) BOARD MEETING {EMBARGOED}* over {TIN}
23 One chosen to convey answer (4) ECHO [T]
24 Dodgy part of city square's last line with worn interior's redesigned (10) TENDERLOIN {T}{END}{LINE+wORn}*} 
25 Sailor left Shanghai channel (4) DUCT abDUCT
26 Teen milling around very loud riot often recklessly robbing contents has cheek (10) EFFRONTERY {TEEN}* over {FF}{RiOt}{Re...lY}

DOWN
1   Spy week? (4) PEEK Anno pending
2   Realtors pitching outskirts... it's low! (4) ALTO reALTOrs
3   Cabins slated to be renovated with stretchy things (7,5) ELASTIC BANDS*
4   After some time, a language becomes creative (7) LATERAL {LATER}{A}{L} L/Language?
5   Game popular in Spain and Utah (4,3) SHOT PUT {HOT} in {S}{UT} This is an athletic event and not a game!
7   Delight of perverted liar consumed by old hostility (10) EXHILARATE {EX}{H{LIAR*}ATE}
8   Drink label has upturned flower (10) BRANDYSNAP {BRAND}{PANSY<=} 
11 Ultimately, running hotel's hard (2,3,4,3) IN THE LONG RUN* Hard as Anind?
13 Old custom - to put hand in mouth and put on black register (5,5) BREAK BREAD {B{R}EAK}{B}{READ} Read/Register? See comments
14 Essential part of testimony - a cop hid it, surprisingly for unknown causes (10) IDIOPATHIC {t..tIm..y+A+COP+HID+IT}*
18 How I would refer to setter's working style, mainly, during leave? Kicking back! (7) ONESELF {ON}{St..e}{FLEe<=}
19 Man waving red flag returning from Belgorod - a Tamilian (7) MATADOR [T<=]
21 Fail to win not so tight ODIs, initially getting out (4) LOSE LOoSE
22 Individual working largely in the peripheries (4) ONLY {ON}{La...lY}

Reference List
Model = T, Very = V, Date = D, Sailor = AB, Loud = F, Spain = S, Hand = R, Black = B

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58 comments:

  1. Vijaya Shankar6 February 2026 at 08:49

    2d also. Realtors putching outskirts ( re, rs) also = low voice

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  2. Vijaya Shankar6 February 2026 at 08:50

    7d = exhilarate. Liar + ex hate ( old hostility). Exhilate= delight.

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    1. Padmanabhan6 February 2026 at 11:53

      You must explain how it is put together.
      Ex H(ILAR)*ATE
      Old=Ex, Hostility=Hate
      Perverted= Anagrind
      Consumed= Container indicator.
      So much to be said to make the solution complete.

      Delete
  3. Vijaya Shankar6 February 2026 at 08:52

    3d = elastic bands . = stretchy things Anagram of cabins slated.

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  4. Vijaya Shankar6 February 2026 at 08:53

    1a = plateglass = sheet. Post graduate = PG hiding late lass ( dead girl).

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  5. Vijaya Shankar6 February 2026 at 09:02

    19d = matador = man waving red flag. Returning = reverse, inclusive clue in Belgorod a Tamilian.

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  6. Mandagondi Naresh6 February 2026 at 09:50

    8D , Brandysnap
    Drink(brandy), snap (a flower)
    2D Alto( a female voice, low voice)
    Realtors (alto)

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    1. Padmanabhan6 February 2026 at 10:16

      Relook 8D. Snap is not a flower.

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    2. Padmanabhan6 February 2026 at 10:19

      2D- You must explain how chose 'Alto' from Realtors.

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    3. Mandagondi Naresh6 February 2026 at 10:42

      Snapdragons ( snap-- called so as they snap) are flowers. Checked

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    4. Mandagondi Naresh6 February 2026 at 10:43

      In Realtors, alto is hidden sir

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    5. Padmanabhan6 February 2026 at 11:46

      But what is the indication?
      "Pitching outskirts" means you drop 'RE....RS' and take only what is in between. That is the crux of the clue and the solution is not complete without mention of it. Every word in a clue matters.

      Delete
    6. Mandagondi Naresh6 February 2026 at 15:46

      Yes, agreed

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  7. Mandagondi Naresh6 February 2026 at 09:52

    1D peek( look quickly, furtively)
    So, if you look furtively in 'spy week', peek comes.

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    1. Ramki Krishnan6 February 2026 at 10:25

      Answer is correct. Not the right anno, I think.
      The ? indicates there is something sneaky in the clue.

      Delete
  8. Mandagondi Naresh6 February 2026 at 09:58

    17A, Avocado( a fruit, Agricultural product, Def)
    Agricultural (A) very(v), old(o), company (co), company is abbreviated as co
    and a date(a,d)
    So, Avocado 🥑

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  9. Mandagondi Naresh6 February 2026 at 10:13

    13D, Break bread (5,5)
    This is share a meal, a celebration with community). This has biblical allusions (New Testament) and has some links to jesus's sacrifice.
    I'm not able to link it to black register ( There is a book by Sithole) and it is all about Blacks and expalins, to some extent, on a sort expression and/or a mode of existence within and against a world that renders Black people as "socially dead" or a "standing-reserve".

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  10. Mandagondi Naresh6 February 2026 at 10:15

    13 D Addition:
    Break the bread is literal meaning of ,to out hand in the mouth.
    An old custom (Def)

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  11. D N M Rao6 February 2026 at 11:00

    25Ac DUCT - {(ab)DUCT}

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  12. Devi Prasad6 February 2026 at 11:00

    26A:effrontery=cheek
    (teen), milling=anagrind, around very loud(ff), riot often(ro), recklessly robbing contents(ry)
    (teen)*=(ente)
    {e(ff)(ro)nte(ry)}

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  13. Remy6 February 2026 at 11:01

    9 a family -extraction.
    more -extra fighting -action - a guerrill-a finally escapes
    extraction

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  14. Dr Hareendranath6 February 2026 at 11:03

    11d IN THE LONG RUN = ultimately
    {Running+hotel}*
    26a EFFRONTERY =cheek
    TEEN*=ENTE, (teen milling around) very loud=FF, Ri̶Ot̶=RO, Re̶c̶k̶l̶e̶s̶s̶l̶Y=RY

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  15. Kiran6 February 2026 at 11:05

    19a MILITIA (ragtag army)
    setter = I, excited = LIT, attempt = AIM
    (I)(LIT) in (AIM <=)

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  16. Dr Hareendranath6 February 2026 at 11:23

    21d LOSE=fail to win
    not so tight =LOo̶ SE(ODI, initially getting out)
    22 d ONLY =individual
    working =ON,+ (L)argel(Y) in the periphery

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  17. H Ramachandran6 February 2026 at 11:25

    6a. HERB. - Spice
    {BRE(-at)H}* - Breath = Odour
    AT - EstATe’s core inhabitants deleted per Out
    Turning - Anagrind

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    1. Sree Sree6 February 2026 at 12:09

      There is no anagram.
      Estate core is ta. Deletion is at (ta turning).

      Delete
    2. H Ramachandran6 February 2026 at 12:36

      Thank you, stand corrected.. Could Turning be taken as Reversal Ind for BREH?

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    3. Sree Sree6 February 2026 at 12:57

      👍

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  18. Chandrasekaran Swaminathan6 February 2026 at 11:36

    23 A

    Answer = ECHO

    Convey = containment Indicator
    onE CHOsen = Echo

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  19. Sekar6 February 2026 at 11:41

    14d: Idiopathic = unknown causes.
    a cop hid it (anagram) + testImony (essential - I).
    5d: shot put = game.
    popular- hot, sp - Spain, ut - Utah.
    15a: radical = revolutionary.
    circular - radial and head of Communist.

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  20. Chandrasekaran Swaminathan6 February 2026 at 11:46

    22 D

    Individual = ONLY

    Working = ON
    The Peripheries = Alphas in the Extremities / limits of the word
    In = Containment Indicator

    So :
    ON LargelY = ONLY

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  21. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 February 2026 at 11:52

    19d : MATADOR
    BELGO(ROD A TAM<)ILIAN
    Clue type : Reverse Telescopic
    Defn : Man waving a red flag

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  22. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 February 2026 at 11:58

    4d : LATERAL (LATER+A+L)
    After some time : LATER
    A : A, Language : L
    Defn : Creative

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  23. Padmanabhan6 February 2026 at 12:00

    8D- Brandysnap- Drink
    Label= Brand
    Upturned flower= Pansy=<

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    1. Mandagondi Naresh6 February 2026 at 16:02

      Label doesn't have any meaning as Drink. It doesn't either mean, brand in the strict sense( Collins)
      The Dictionary, however, listed a synonym (brand ) for the word label when used as verb.
      Even brand (v) mean to brand a person, to describe someone in some way.
      Your annotation is also good.

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  24. Mukundala Balasubramanyam6 February 2026 at 12:04

    16a : T-SHIRTS
    Model : T
    Bottoms : SHORTS
    One I concealing/hiding nothing : O
    (Shorts - o + i)
    Defn : Tops

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  25. RR6 February 2026 at 12:05

    20 A, Assembly = Board Meeting
    stuffed = containment indicator
    money = tin
    Bananas = anagrind
    Embargoed = fodder
    [BOARDMEE(TIN)G]*

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  26. RR6 February 2026 at 12:09

    10 A, Greek Goddess = THEA
    Loss of heart in EARTH = EATH*
    anagrind = sadly

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  27. N Sridhar6 February 2026 at 12:39

    18D-Oneself=how I would refer to setter; working=on; (S)tyle; leave=flee<=; one(s)elf

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  28. Ananda Rao Keerty6 February 2026 at 12:52

    3.dn. Elastic bands. Rearranging letters from ' Cabins slated'.
    11.dn. In the long run. Rearranging letters from ' running hotel'.
    19.dn. Matador. 'Mata' is from a Tam(lian). dor is from (Belgo)rod.
    17.ac. Avocado. First letters from ' a very old' co(mpany) ' a date'.

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  29. Chandrasekaran Swaminathan6 February 2026 at 12:59

    24 A

    Dodgy part of city = Tenderloin

    Square = T
    Last = END
    Worn Interior's = wORn = OR
    (Interior's = Containment Indicator )
    Line = Fodder
    So, T END LINE OR
    Redesigned = Anagram indicator
    Resulting in :
    T END ERLOIN Are TENDERLOIN

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  30. Amita Baviskar6 February 2026 at 13:01

    8D: BRANDYSNAP is wrongly clued. It's not a drink, but a sweet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandy_snaps

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    1. Sree Sree6 February 2026 at 13:08

      There is a cocktail that supposedly mimicks the flavours of the sweet/biscuit.

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    2. Amita Baviskar7 February 2026 at 17:58

      I see. Thank you.

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  31. Chandrasekaran Swaminathan6 February 2026 at 13:01

    Typo :
    Instead of " Are " , Read as " = "

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  32. Dr Hareendranath6 February 2026 at 13:03

    12 STAR SPANGLED =like a flag
    {STRAPS+ANGLE+D}*
    bend=ANGLE
    (D)ecorated

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  33. Sathia6 February 2026 at 13:05

    12A: decorated like a flag = star spangled
    (Straps)*
    Designed anagram indicator
    Bend is angle
    Hence, (star sp(angle)+d)
    Probably it is bent = angled instead of bend
    Sathia

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  34. Padmanabhan6 February 2026 at 16:29

    Col.
    9A- I think the def. is just 'Family'- prob. extraction meaning origin.
    Escapes is for removalbof A.

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    1. Sree Sree6 February 2026 at 16:45

      +1

      Extraction/family as in one's source where one came from.

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  35. Padmanabhan6 February 2026 at 16:34

    20A- Only Assembly is def. "Embargoed" is anagram fodder- to be in pink

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  36. Sree Sree6 February 2026 at 16:49

    24a end is not part of anagram!
    T end (or+line)*

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  37. Sree Sree6 February 2026 at 16:52

    1d pee/wee!

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  38. Sree Sree6 February 2026 at 16:57

    13d register:read. Hand:R

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    1. Deepak Gopinath6 February 2026 at 18:07

      Typo there. I meant Read/Reigster?

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    2. Sree Sree6 February 2026 at 19:54

      Too many limited usage references today.
      It's used in electronics
      register is to read or show a reading.

      Delete

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