Current Affairs by Hedge-sparrow - Solution
The theme (given by letters retained at clashes) is WIND;
the phrasing of the preamble is intended to suggest that names of four
different winds must be entered at the unclued entries in their appropriate directions. The winds to be highlighted by solvers are
similarly thematically directed in the grid.
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No. |
Derivation |
Answer/Entry |
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1 |
(E SIR)< |
RISE |
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6 |
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ZEPHYR |
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11 |
LIT in
SHOE< |
EOLITHS |
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12 |
AONI(a)* |
NAOI |
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13 |
WROTE* |
TWOER |
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14 |
(l)OUVRE
around E [Musée =
“Museum in France”] |
OEUVRE |
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15 |
US< in
TARS |
TAESUS |
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17 |
U OAR< |
URAO |
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18 |
PICNIC
(sounds like “pick nick”) |
PICNIC |
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20 |
ASS in SARGO |
SARGASSO |
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21 |
(LOST ITEM)* |
TIME SLOT |
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25 |
LATES(t)
around K |
LATKES |
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27 |
(lab)ORAT(ory) |
TARO |
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29 |
ASSAI S |
ASSAIS |
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32 |
E(mporium) I
SELL |
EISELL |
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33 |
I in (BOG
(brok)E) |
BOGIE |
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34 |
LAG< A |
GALA |
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35 |
(A R
AGAIN)< |
NIAGARA |
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36 |
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LEVANT/TNAVEL |
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37 |
(K SS) around
I |
KISS |
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1 |
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AUSTER/RETSUA |
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2 |
O(il) in ITA |
IOTA |
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3 |
NAGS<
around ((be)L(ls) O) |
SLOGAN |
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4 |
A in STRES(s) |
STRAES |
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5 |
((discree)T
(graceful)L (undergarment)S) around HERMA |
THERMALS |
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7 |
E(ntering)
M(arathon) E(nds) U(p) |
EMEU |
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8 |
HEAVEN - E |
HAVEN |
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9 |
(YOK around
R) HIS* |
YORKISH |
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10 |
R EMI(t)* |
RIEM |
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15 |
TOPE KA |
TOPEKA |
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16 |
SCAT T S |
SCATTS |
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18 |
PRO LAMIN(a) |
PROLAMIN |
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19 |
DIN around
ARIA |
DIARIAN |
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22 |
TRIAL around
B |
TRIBAL |
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23 |
AILING* |
NILGAI |
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24 |
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BOREAS |
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26 |
TESLA (double
def.) |
TESLA |
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28 |
PENT (double
def.) |
PENT |
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30 |
SLOE (= LOSE
with S brough up) |
SLOE |
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31 |
BIRD (sounds
like “burred”) |
BIRD |
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