Sunday, 6 September 2026

Special, Sunday 06 Sep 2026, K Koteswar Rao

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40 comments:

  1. 16 dn wide open-unfortified dope wine*
    26 a performer-T

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  2. 19D, Abalone=fish (Def)
    Ab=sailor, Alone= without help

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  4. 12A- Card Table- (Cabaret DL)*- - You may see it in amusement parlour

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  5. 9d. DOUBTING THOMAS - He has no belief
    (In God but Yom has)*
    Perhaps. - Anind

    25a. HATE CRIME - Racial violence
    (Teacher+ M+ I)+
    M I - Monility impairment primarily
    Ragged - Anind

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  6. 6D= cheddar(Def.)
    Maybe hard means Ard,
    cheese originally means Ch,
    imported 50% from Edam is Ed
    so, (Ch)(ed)(dar)*
    Cheddar
    23A, Extra=minor roke
    X, r, c, a, K(finally played means last lettrr selector)

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    1. Addendum:
      Fox terrier, cat, ape, koala finally played minor role, X, R, T, E,A
      Extra
      Typos earlier, please ignore

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    2. almost correct. but originally picks up only first letter

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    3. How does XRTEA become Extra?

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    4. Finally is last letter indicator and played is anagram indicator.

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    5. So, 6D originally is first letter indicator.
      Imported is indicator.
      Maybe hard means Hard+ c (cheese )originally,
      50% from Edam (ed)
      (cheddar)*

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  7. 24D: somewhere in Italy= turin
    ((Tur(I)n))
    Sathia

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  8. 29ac banyan ban(censor) (nay) <
    23ac extra (x r t e a) *
    3dn risotto (rotis to) *

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  9. My third 12a. CARD TABLE. - You will see it n amusement parlours
    (CABARET+D+L)*
    D L. - Drug Lird primarily
    Dances - Anind

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    1. In a hurry? 8D has become 8A!!!

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    2. 8D. Scarcity= shortage
      S= special
      Car= vehicle
      City= LA( los Angeles)
      My first

      Tx paddy

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  12. 8D- Scarcity- Shortage- S car city-Special vehicle- S Car, Los Angeles- City
    I would have preferred 'Say' after Los Angeles. It is just an example of a city.

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  13. 5d ANCIENT HISTORY (no longer important)
    {(this) in (container)*}(y)

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    1. 11a ORCHESTRA (group)
      (chest) in (orra)
      worthless = orra
      cabinet = chest

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    2. 20a GUIDANCE (help)
      (~gui) (dance)

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    3. Can you properly annotate GUIDANCE?

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  14. 14A: playboy= hedonist
    ((He(don)ist))
    Sathia

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  15. 21D. Arcadia= mythical paradise
    Aria= song
    Cad= villain
    Enthralled is containment indicator
    Ar(cad)is
    My second

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  16. 26A. Scenarist=( actress in.)Super form is anagrind
    Many scenarist are actress too
    My third

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  17. 4A: the branch of mathematics = calculus
    Structure is cal(-i)culus
    Ignore means (-i)
    Variable is anagram indicator
    Sathia

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  18. 11A:orchestra=group
    orra=worthless(Scottish) to protect
    cabinet(chest), or(chest)ra

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  19. 1D:ack ack=anti aircraft gun
    smashed heads of journalists
    (hack-h)(hack-h)

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  20. Replace for 12a.
    2d. SPEARHEAD. - In the front line
    (PARADES+HE)*
    Drawn into - Insert Ind
    Hit - Anind

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  21. 1A:assert=say
    idiots(asses)) go south(-s) right(rt)
    (asses-s)(rt)

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