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1 Poke around old parlour (6)
4 General manager finally arranged photographic equipment (8)
9 Head of inventory in Somalia enthralled by lively merger (6)
10 Arab chaps present at the back (8)
12 Your old guards about to acknowledge a funeral song (8)
13 Cry over one boring North American country (6)
15 Forged math degree to get tasks regularly and to succeed (4,3,5)
18 Better tell salesman at the entrance casually to pack a furniture item (7,5)
21 Core of Putin's ideologies (6)
22 Worker dumping good, bulkier clothes behind old undergarments primarily (8)
24 Way to receive grant for gambling game (8)
25 Sister collecting money for organized protests (3-3)
26 Black coffers kept inside vault (8)
27 Country essentially secured borders of Ghana (6)
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1 Duration of English film E.T. varies outside India (8)
2 Unusual posture limiting king's movement towards top (8)
3 Dangerous, stoned criminal showing friendliness (4-11)
5 Christmas story unsettling Vatican City (4)
6 Company owned by Indian origin techies initially developed system for controlling the temperature (3-12)
7 Old woman from Gabon controlled New York (6)
8 Detective Inspector taps official phone again (6)
11 Unlucky day to open state park? Not quite (7)
14 Navy mainly taking tips from lawmakers on amount a person can carry (7)
16 Seaman given unopened parcel for cancellation (8)
17 Harry Kane has supporters in US state (8)
19 Couple on board ultimately having a series of rows (6)
20 Publisher lives with petitioner (6)
23 Spot a male cat (4)
1D - LIFETIME - Duration ; E(nglish) FILM ET (anagram - varies) I(ndia)
ReplyDelete17D - NEBRASKA - US State; KANE has BRAS (supporters)
27A - UGANDA - Country; secUred (essentially) GhanA(borders) NDA (and)
Delete25A - SIT-INS - Organized protests; SIS (Sister) TIN (money); sis collecting tin or si(tin)s
Delete17D- you must explain why 'Harry'?
Delete1D- LIFET(I)ME* is how it is expressed to indicate the anagram (varies is Anind) outside I. You can do this if you follow the main post daily.
We must explain not only the components but how they are put together to get the solution word. It is not a total anagram but one outside I.
Thanks! Will do better next time. I was not sure how Harry could be the anagrid.
Delete27 A
DeleteIn Print Version , " AND " missing
May be it is like:
Deleteessentially secured(u),
borders of Ghana(g and a)
(u)(g and a).
Yes, borders does refer to UgandA(ug). Essentially does refer to middle ( u, in secured). And, posed a challenge as it isn't clear.
DeleteYes, borders does refer to UgandA(ug). Essentially does refer to middle ( u, in secured). And, posed a challenge as it isn't clear.
Delete15a Make the grade -succeed from math degree tAsKs anagram of math degree ak
ReplyDelete17d Nebraska -anagram of Kane and bras for supporters. harry anagrind
ReplyDelete3d Goodnaturedness anagram of dangerous stoned. Criminal anagram
18a Trestle table anagram of better tell + S entrance of salesman
18A- A is missing in your solution. Also why 'Casual'?
Delete3D- Criminal is not anagram, but indicator (Anind)
23D, ATOM? (A tom)
ReplyDeleteSpOT A Male cat
Incorrect.
Delete23D-Atom-spot; a(tom); tom = male cat
DeleteThis is what exactly I mean.
Delete21A, INSIDE ( =core)
ReplyDeleteCore of PutIN'S IDEologies
4a enlarger from anagram of General + R from manageR
ReplyDelete2d UPSTROKE =movement towards top
ReplyDelete(POSTURE + K)*ing
24a ROULETTE =gambling game
Way =ROUTE, to receive, LET=grant
20d, ISSUER=publisher
IS=lives+SUER=petitioner
21a INSIDE =core
P̶u̶t̶INS IDEo̶l̶o̶g̶i̶e̶s̶(T)
2d typo. No ing after*
Delete3d GOOD NATUREDNESS=friendliness
ReplyDelete{DANGEROUS +STONED}*
6d aur conditioning from C indian origin +o t from Origin Techies anagram
ReplyDelete13A, Bosnia. Cry over ( sob), One(I),.North America (NA)
ReplyDeleteBos>sob+I+NA= Bosnia
Country (def), boring (indicator)
In lieu of 21a, already answered
ReplyDelete1a LOUNGE=parlour
LUNGE =poke, around (O)l̶d̶
7d granny old woman from G abon RAN - controlled NY
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you use some punctuations (, . etc.)
DeleteVery difficult to decipher from the way you have put it.
Gabon-G, Controlled- Ran, New York- NY.
Please follow Col.'s post daily to make it easier for readers.
12A, Threnody( a lamentation, funeral song)
ReplyDeleteYour (thy, old indicates old engliah word thy), Guards (RE= Royal Engineers), acknowledge (nod)
So, THY+RE+NOD<threnody
Think again.
DeleteAlright, do so
Delete12 A
DeleteOld = ARCHAIC USAGE
Your ( old ) = THY
To Acknowledge = NOD
About = RE
Guards = Containment Indicator
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Funeral Song = TH RE NOD Y = THRENODY
9A
ReplyDeleteMerger = Fusion
Head of " Inventory "= I
Somalia = SO
Lively = FUN
Enthralled = Anagram Indictator
ஃ
Merger = FU S I O N = FUSION
Enthralled is not anind. There is a better and more fitting explanation.
ReplyDeleteIn that event :
DeleteEnthralled = FUN
Lively = Anind
There is no anagram here.
DeleteLively- Fun is correct.
FU{S(I)O}N
DeleteEnthralled is containment indicator.
Inventory in Somalia is S(I)O
22A, Labourer( worker) def
ReplyDeleteOld undergarments (O,U) behind is an indicator.,
Good(real), bulkier(b), behind(r=rear)
O+u+real+b+r=Labourer
Pl. relook.
DeleteSathia
8 D
ReplyDeletePhone Again = REDIAL
Detective Inspector = DI
Taps = Containment Indicator for the fodder " OFFICIAL "
Official = REAL
ஃ
Phone again = RE DI AL = REDIAL
Thought on the same line, DI( Detective Inspector), phone (dial)
DeleteTaps official ( taps is indicator, official >al) you get just al
Phone again ( recall = phone is call)
Anyway, let's get the answerwith right annotation.
16 D
ReplyDeleteCancellation = ABORTION
Seaman = AB
Parcel = PORTION
Unopened = Elimination Indicator of the Opening Letter of the fodder " PARCEL "
SO,
PARCEL = p ORTION
Given = Combination Indicator
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Cancelation = AB + ORTION = ABORTION
18A TRESTLE TABLE - furniture item; {BETTER TELL S A}*,{S}alesman {A}
ReplyDelete26A DARKSOME - black; coffers {ARKS}, vault {DOME}
5D NOEL-christmas; story {NO(-v)EL},
19D TIERED-having a series of rows; couple {TIE}, on {RE}, boar{D}
ReplyDelete10a REARWARD. - At the back
ReplyDeleteREWARD. - Present
AR. - Arab
Chaps - Insert Ind (Chaps to mean cracks)
RE+AR+WARD
14D Armload - amount a person can carry
ReplyDeleteNavy mainly - armad (a)
Tips from lawmakers on - l o
Taking- containment ind
Arm( lo) ad
11D:adverse=unlucky
ReplyDeleteday(d), to open=insertion ind.
state(aver), park(set) not quite(se)
{a(d)ver(se)}
1.dn. LIFETIME. E(nglish) + film E. T + I(ndia) and rearranging the letters.
ReplyDelete6.dn. Air Conditioning. Co(mpany)+ Indian +origin +t(echies) and rearranging letters.
7.dn. Granny. G(abon) +ran(controlled) + ny( New york).
21.ac. Inside. (Put )in's + ide(olgies)
15.ac. Make the Grade. Math degree +ak (alternate letters from tasks) and rearranging letters.
22A: worker = labourer
ReplyDeleteDumping good (from) bulkier=larger
Becomes larer
Clothes is containment indicator
Behind Old Undergarments primarily are B,O,U
Hence, ( la(b+o+u)rer)
Sathia
Another way, clothes ( containment indicator). So, annotation varies.
ReplyDelete