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ACROSS
8 Initial exposure behind animal shelter results in eye problem (4)
9 Animal having desire to be accommodated in 10,000 square metres (5)
10 Gun held by East-Ender (4)
11 Boy retiring behind vehicle is one who wantonly damages property (6)
12 Wrongfully fill up as "Bucket-loads" (8)
13 Male creator redrew a kind of map projection (8)
15 Rang Charlie and Della on return (6)
17 Set aside book (7)
19 Girls follow college head's study sessions (7)
22 European ruler and a teetotaller, Ali is confused (6)
24 Egg preparation from East European motel having a piece of tomato (8)
26 Darkish sort, carrying duke's computer storage device (4,4)
28 King's wife is in clutches of devious adder (6)
30 Brandish wand to get sunrise (4)
31 Engaged in terminus evacuation (2,3)
32 Injured slow birds (4)
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1 Grain exported from Argentina transported for Sicilian summit (4)
2 Chief revolutionary has a migraine, for example (8)
3 Talk about the French summer hut used by herders (6)
4 Jumped parole taking dead animal (7)
5 Mad chap with Amnesty International rejected by California (8)
6 American fuel may be of assistance (6)
7 Power source in jail? (4)
14 First lady at book function (5)
16 Put in effort and uproot tree around ten (5)
18 Silly Vice Admiral drops ace for Putin, perhaps (8)
20 She gets redwood after dropping 28 in forest (8)
21 Calculate and exercise (7)
23 I... I love and feast... (6)
25 The Spanish girl gets name for cricket team (6)
27 A Washington Yankee is out (4)
29 River next to city bank (4)
9Ac HYENA – {H{YEN}A}
ReplyDelete23Dn IODINE – {I}{O}{DINE}
29Dn RELY- {R}{ELY}
27D:away=out
ReplyDelete(a)(wa)(y)
1A: ETNA (ARGENTINA -GRAIN)* - Sicilian summit
ReplyDelete2D: HEADACHE (HEAD(=Chief))(A)(CHE(=Revolutionary)) - Migraine for example
3D: CHALET (CHA(LE)T) - Summer hut
All the best to participants of Round 1 of IXL 2026
ReplyDelete+1
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Delete28A:Edward=King
ReplyDelete(adder)* wife(w)
Ed(w)ard
7d, Cell= jail(def)
ReplyDeletepower source is also same.
DD
17A. Set aside= reserve= book. DD
ReplyDelete11A. Vandal= one wantonly destroys property
Van= vehicle
Lad= boy. Retiring is reverse indicator= dal
8A. Stye= eye problems
E= initial exposure
Sty= animal enclosure
Behind is position indicator
20D:Sherwood=forest
ReplyDelete(she)(redwood-ed)
8A, stye=Eye problem
ReplyDeleteE=initial E xposure+ sty=animal shelter
18D - VLADIMIR - Putin; {Vice admiral - ace}
ReplyDelete14D - EVENT - Function; EVE - First Lady; NT - Book
7D - CELL - power source and jail
In lieu of 7D
Delete6D - USEFUL - be of assistance; American - US; {FUEL}* anagrid - may
12A, pailfull= bucket load(def)
ReplyDeletebucket is pail, full means load(s). spoonerism. Spooner's word is painfull.
Not spoonerism
DeleteWrongly = Anind
ok,
Delete13 a mercator m creator*
ReplyDelete15 a called rang C alled<
24 a omelette o ee motel*
24'a ee motel t*
DeletePlease give def.also
Delete30A- Dawn- (wand)*
ReplyDeleteBrandish is Anind
26A, Hard disk=computer storage device (Def.)
ReplyDelete(Darkish )*+ D(duke)
sort is anagram Indicator
This is in oieu of 8A, already answered at 7:07.
Col. please allow. Thanks.
32A- Owls- Birds- (slow)*
ReplyDelete17A- Reserve- DD
ReplyDelete13ac mercator m(ale) (creator) *
ReplyDelete28ac edward (add(w)er) *
17ac reserve(DD)
Replacements for 13ac 28ac 17ac
ReplyDelete31ac in use (T)
10ac sten (T)
19ac classes c(ollege) lasses(girls)
Definitions must also be given to make it complete.
ReplyDelete22 A
ReplyDeleteEuropean Ruler = ATTILA
A Teetotaller = A TT
Is confused = Anind ( Ali ) * = ILA
A TT ILA = ATTILA
4 D
ReplyDeleteAnimal = LEOPARD
Jumped = Anind
Dead = D
( parole ) * D = LEOPAR D = LEOPARD
5 D
ReplyDeleteMad = MANIACAL
Chap = MAN
With = Position ind
Amnesty International = AI
Rejected= Reversal ind
AI ( <= ) = IA
California = CAL
MAN IA CAL
16D , 21 D , 25 D
ReplyDeleteStill open to solve
16d: exert = put in effort.
ReplyDeleteTree (anag) and ten - x.
25d: eleven = cricket team.
Spanish - el, girl - eve, (N)Ame.
25d WORKOUT: calculate, exercise
ReplyDelete