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1a ADEQUATE: sufficient
ReplyDeleteA(amounts) D(deducted) initially
EQUATE: balance
4d: TOLSTOY: writer
Delete(TOY LOST)*
Somehow is anind
9a SOLVABLE: can be cracked
DeleteSO( very) LOVABLE-O( adorable -love:O)
Instead of 4d
Delete1d AUSTEN: author
Unseat*: poor is anind
14ac espy (T)
ReplyDelete4dn tolstoy (toy lost) *
16ac trapeze (z(eal) repeat) *
4d: TOLSTOY (TOY+LOST)*
ReplyDelete14D: ESPY (T)
20D: MOBS (Acrostic)
Replacements
ReplyDelete26D: WRONG (R+NOW)* (G)
30A: ISOGONAL (OO+SIGNAL)*
29A. Endure= stomach
ReplyDeleteEN= nurse( enrolled nurse)
Rued
Nurse is the anagrind
2D EILEEN- (LIEN+EE) Anag EE is from D(EE)D
ReplyDelete6D REITERATE- (Tire+a+tree) Anag
8D NINETIES - Anag of Einstein
21A. Deed( DD) Performance= DEED= Contract
ReplyDelete10A:writer=Milton
ReplyDeleteMost gentle=(mil)d, not revolutionary
(not<=), {(mil)(not<=)}
13A:writer=Eliot
ReplyDeleteEnglish(e) labour=toil, back=liot
{(e)(toil<=)}
12A:elemental=original
ReplyDeletenew tale=(etal) about the french(le)
guys(men), {e(le)(men)tal}
Good going!
ReplyDelete19A. Maugham= writer
ReplyDeleteM= master
Augh= essentially t(augh)t
A= Applied
M= Mathematics. For starters, first letters
Suppose I fill the squares, will my answers be publicly visible?
ReplyDeleteNo, it won't be visible
ReplyDelete17d IMITABLE (replicable)
ReplyDelete(filmi beat -f)*
30a ISOGONAL (equal anles)
DeleteOO part of (signal)*
25a BACKWATER (remote region)
Deletewa(-i)ter <=> back
27A BRO + (TEN)< = BRONTE
ReplyDelete23D OR + WELL = ORWELL
15D (P + CHEST + IN +R)* = SPHINCTER
Very very enjoyable grid ! Thanks Veeyares👌
ReplyDeleteThank you Argo
Delete18D: robot = humanoid
ReplyDelete(Admin (-w)ho)*
11D: fly = flit (acrostic)
StufF LITter
Sathia
Not acrostic, container clue
DeleteIs it (f(l)it) fit=stuff?
DeleteSathia
Got it.
DeleteStuff is outfit
bit of means (-out)fit
Litter is l
Hence, (f(l)it)
Which one is containment indicator?
Sathia
Bit of stuf(f) (lit)ter
DeleteBit of stuff and bit of litter.
Thanks. Got it! Basically it is (T) not acrostic.
DeleteSathia
7S-detailed-intricate; de(tail)ed
ReplyDelete28A: ornament = decorate
ReplyDelete(O+created)*
Sathia
Yet to be solved;
ReplyDelete5, 21, 24 across
3, 21, 22 down
21A is done by Gemini at 10.51.
Delete24a tw(a)in
DeleteBut a twin is not a deppelganger
24 ac TWAIN ..TWIN ( doppelganger) with A(dvice)
ReplyDelete3 dn. USAGE REVERSE T
ReplyDelete4.dn. Tolstoy. Rearranging letters from ' toy lost'.
ReplyDelete8.dn. Nineties. Rearranging letters from Einstein.
11.dn. Flit. (Stuf)f + lit(ter)
22d. STRAIN.. S( eptember) Train..school
ReplyDelete21D-dickens spoonerism for kick(end) dens(studies)
ReplyDelete24A-twain ; tw(a)in
21D DICKENS (Spoonerism is KICK DENS)
ReplyDelete22D STRAIN (S + TRAIN), def = test
3D USAGE (reverse telescopic), def = handling
5A- Dryden ; dull-dry; story ? or study-den
ReplyDeleteStory=lie=den
DeleteIt should have been STUDY not STORY in the clue
DeleteThank you!
DeleteNice themed grid - thanks Veeyares and Col.
ReplyDeleteThough 17D is IMITABLE (as solved above), the "Check" options shows IMITABIE as the correct answer and IMITABLE as wrong!
21 D
ReplyDeleteWriter = Dickens
According to aspooner = Spoonerism
End = Kick
Studies = Dens
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Writer = Kick ~ Dens = ( On Applying Spoonerism , becomes ) Dick Kens = Dickens
Well done solvers! Thanks to all participants. Thanks to Colonel for publishing
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