Sunday, 15 February 2026

Special, Sunday 15 Feb 2026, Veeyares

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34 comments:

  1. 1a ADEQUATE: sufficient
    A(amounts) D(deducted) initially
    EQUATE: balance

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    1. 4d: TOLSTOY: writer
      (TOY LOST)*
      Somehow is anind

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    2. 9a SOLVABLE: can be cracked
      SO( very) LOVABLE-O( adorable -love:O)

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    3. Instead of 4d
      1d AUSTEN: author
      Unseat*: poor is anind

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  2. 14ac espy (T)
    4dn tolstoy (toy lost) *
    16ac trapeze (z(eal) repeat) *

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  3. 4d: TOLSTOY (TOY+LOST)*
    14D: ESPY (T)
    20D: MOBS (Acrostic)

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  4. Replacements
    26D: WRONG (R+NOW)* (G)
    30A: ISOGONAL (OO+SIGNAL)*

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  5. 29A. Endure= stomach
    EN= nurse( enrolled nurse)
    Rued
    Nurse is the anagrind

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  6. 2D EILEEN- (LIEN+EE) Anag EE is from D(EE)D
    6D REITERATE- (Tire+a+tree) Anag
    8D NINETIES - Anag of Einstein

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  7. 21A. Deed( DD) Performance= DEED= Contract

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  8. 10A:writer=Milton
    Most gentle=(mil)d, not revolutionary
    (not<=), {(mil)(not<=)}

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  9. 13A:writer=Eliot
    English(e) labour=toil, back=liot
    {(e)(toil<=)}

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  10. 12A:elemental=original
    new tale=(etal) about the french(le)
    guys(men), {e(le)(men)tal}

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  11. 19A. Maugham= writer
    M= master
    Augh= essentially t(augh)t
    A= Applied
    M= Mathematics. For starters, first letters

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  12. Suppose I fill the squares, will my answers be publicly visible?

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  13. 17d IMITABLE (replicable)
    (filmi beat -f)*

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    1. 30a ISOGONAL (equal anles)
      OO part of (signal)*

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    2. 25a BACKWATER (remote region)
      wa(-i)ter <=> back

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  14. 27A BRO + (TEN)< = BRONTE
    23D OR + WELL = ORWELL
    15D (P + CHEST + IN +R)* = SPHINCTER

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  15. Very very enjoyable grid ! Thanks Veeyares👌

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  16. 18D: robot = humanoid
    (Admin (-w)ho)*
    11D: fly = flit (acrostic)
    StufF LITter
    Sathia

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  17. 7S-detailed-intricate; de(tail)ed

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  18. 28A: ornament = decorate
    (O+created)*
    Sathia

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  19. Yet to be solved;
    5, 21, 24 across
    3, 21, 22 down

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  20. 24 ac TWAIN ..TWIN ( doppelganger) with A(dvice)

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  21. 4.dn. Tolstoy. Rearranging letters from ' toy lost'.
    8.dn. Nineties. Rearranging letters from Einstein.
    11.dn. Flit. (Stuf)f + lit(ter)

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  22. 22d. STRAIN.. S( eptember) Train..school

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