Narayan Venkatasubramanyan author page
3 puzzles by Narayan Venkatasubramanyan
with Jim Horne comments
See the 14 answer words debuted by Narayan Venkatasubramanyan.
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| L | I | T | R | E | D | E | M | I | N | A | S | E | C | |||||||
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| E | U | R | O | A | R | E | A | I | N | A | L | L | N | E | A | |||||
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| E | K | G | S | O | T | B | T | O | N | A | L | I | N | T | R | |||||
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| I | R | A | N | L | E | M | O | N | D | R | O | P | C | O | O | K | I | E | S | |
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This theme is tricky. CUT removed from CIRCUMSTANCES = take out of context, GORE removed from GOVERNMENT UNREST = bloodless revolution, TIE removed from ARTICLE describes "the" (the article) missing "tie" (the link), RIMS removed from PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS = doctors without borders, FEE removed from FIFTH WHEEL means a spare (tire) but with no expense, WHAT A PANDA DOES IN LEISURELY FASHION minus PLUS means "eats shoots" (what the panda does) but "and" (that is, PLUS) leaves or is taken out, WORTHLESS ROADSTER is a lemon so with OREO cut out it's lemon, drop cookies. See blog commentary for more discussion.
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| S | A | C | H | A | B | A | R | O | N | C | O | H | E | N |
| T | O | E | D | A | Y | O | O | A | T | |||||
| O | R | T | S | A | S | P | I | R | I | N | ||||
| D | O | N | E | E | T | G | I | N | O | N | E | |||
| W | I | N | O | S | R | E | A | R | T | P | K | E | ||
| E | D | A | M | C | E | N | S | E | H | E | L | D | ||
| L | A | D | A | A | R | O | S | E | E | D | E | L | ||
| L | S | A | T | T | E | R | I | R | A | I | S | E | ||
| E | E | R | O | C | A | S | T | E | R | N | S | |||
| S | T | E | P | D | A | D | A | H | E | M | ||||
| O | W | L | E | L | A | L | T | A | U | |||||
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| N | O | O | I | L | S | C | H | E | D | U | L | E | A | |
| T | R | I | A | L | M | H | O | S | R | E | E | F |
As explained by 29 Down, the letters OR are missing from the ten starred theme clues.