Tuesday 4 November 2014

No 11231, Tuesday 04 Nov 2014, Incognito


Stress buster CW from Incognito. My only doubt being as to why the pilot is being thrown into the ack-ack fire!

ACROSS
8   Sounds like seed. Give up? (4) CEDE (~ seed)
9   Medical outing in serene Madrid (5) ENEMA [T]
10 Zero noise for Thor's father (4) ODIN {O}{DIN}
11 Use an eraser or buff afresh (3,3) RUB OFF*
12 Burning nothing but a bird (8) FLAMINGO {FLAMING}{O}
13 Take off artist found famous London criminal on street (8) STRIPPER {ST}{RIPPER}
15, 28 Airborne crockery piece carries aliens (6,6) FLYING SAUCER {FLYING} {SAUCER}
17 A sort of light slam into a gap (3,4) GAS LAMP {GA{S LAM}P}
19 Briefly renovated chain stores after loss of case (2,5) IN SHORT cHaIN sTORSe*
22 A man of steel in Russia mutilated saint around the centre of gulag (6) STALIN {STA{guLag}IN*}
24 Gifted story book editor (8) TALENTED {TALE}{NT}{ED}
26, 32 It throws one from the flying plane into anti-aircraft fire (8,4) EJECTION SEAT [CD] What's the role of anti-aircraft fire ?
28 See 15
30 Came — became the best (4) ACME*
31 Fifty one support ancient weight (5) LIBRA {L}{I}{BRA}
32 See 26

DOWN
1   Belize butcher hides Indian bull (4) ZEBU [T] I never knew this name !!
2   Note: Gulf money used to build a monument (8) MEMORIAL {MEMO}{RIAL}
3   Strengthen insect first found hovering over Uttar Pradesh (4,2) BEEF UP {BEE}{Found} {UP}
4   Said to have studied stronghold in Delhi (3,4) RED FORT (~ read){RED} {FORT}
5   Falling soldier fell forward in Nigeria, initially, and got some oil (8) PARAFFIN {PARA}{F}{F}{I}{N}
6   Post office and insurers join together with you, in the beginning, to make an insurance document  (6) POLICY {PO}{LIC}{You}
7   Call gang (4) RING [DD]
14 Drink to someone's health with browned bread (5) TOAST [DD]
16 Ambulances running back contain paramedic (5) NURSE [T<=]
18 Maxilla's mate in mastication (8) MANDIBLE [GK]
20 This paper is, at first, mainly describing a religion (8) HINDUISM {HINDU}{IS}{Mainly}
21 Remain loyal to saint and heartless boy (5-2) STAND-BY {ST}{AND}-{BoY}
23 Disoriented artist left redefined Lake District and was defeated (6) LICKED LaKE DIstriCt*
25 Rascal reformed to become sailor (6) LASCAR*
27 He lifts a car up to change a wheel (4) JACK [DD]
29 Around ten, Ms West went back for a test (4) EXAM {E{X}AM<=}


 
Cartoon by Rishi


GRID

28 comments:

  1. 26, 32 It throws one from the flying plane into anti-aircraft fire (8,4) EJECTION SEAT [CD] What's the role of anti-aircraft fire ?

    When one ejects, one is thrown right in the middle of ack-ack, somethin akin to frying pan to fire analogy. Without those words it would be a E clue and these words add to the story

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    1. Ok so it's part of a story, but one can eject in other situations also. Like in yesterdays Virgin Galactic explosion

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    2. With a 50% chance of survival? Unfortunate. I really used to wonder about its efficacy in a space flight.

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    3. Sure, it happens that way too.

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  2. "Me too" for the opening comment.

    9 a sounded like 'medical tourism'. So many new phrases these days.

    17 A sort of light slam into a gap (3,4) GAS LAMP {GA{S LAM}P}. Should it have been "slams", as "a sort of light" here seems to be in singular.

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    1. light is an adj for the noun slam
      as in
      low powered push
      Imagine a light tap into the gap between the slips

      Light slam, however, may be an oxymoron like thundering silence ...

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  3. Col sir,
    Thanks a lot for posting the clues & grid in The Hub daily :)
    Kishore ,
    Thanks a lot for this CW . Completed in 20 mins :)

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  4. Many samosas will be gulped today K! Thank you!

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  5. I whole heartedly second LV's comments. I think you are doing a great service for the xword community. Me living in a very small place in the heart oh hindi hinterland getting the daily xword before 7:00 in the morning. Thanx Col.

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    1. I don't see you commenting there

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    2. I copy the clues & grid from your post in hub & paste them in an excel file; take a print out.Then I have to scram to make it to the factory at 8:00.I try to do a clue here & a clue there & try to complete the puzzle at lunch time between 12:00 & 1:30 PM.There is hardly time left for me to post clues in The hub.

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    3. Last sentence should read: post answers in the hub.

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  6. Felt like doing a Sankalak puzzle. easy but enjoyable. I know comparisons can be tricky, but to do it without any overwriting (I do it on paper) and any 'If's" it reminds me of the Great man.
    BTW K gave me enough time to complete my morning walk!

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    1. Yes, when-ever INCOGNITO puzzles comes , ii reminds me of SANKALAK. He is very similar to him. But it will take him time to reach his level.

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  7. Nice to have the cartoon back, bringing up a smile. Can we start having more?

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  8. 'Red Fort' reminded me of crackers. I came to know the cracker first (while I was in school) before knowing the real one.

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  9. Typo- 'Cartoons' and not singular.

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  10. Could complete within about 15 minutes. Expecting more such now and then. Field day for samosa sellers!

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  11. Re the texton the reading chart in CV's toon, the first line seems to be CV which gat mutated to CW for crossword

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  12. Kishore
    I wrote those big first-line letters quite offhand.
    First, let me say those letters are least likely to be on real charts.
    There must be some logic in the letters that they use - one with stem, one that is rounded, one that has a slanting line, one that has a descender, one that has an ascender and so on.
    Since I write comments/messages/mails with the word crossword in them too frequently, the letters CW should have leapt in my mind.

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    1. CV, you seem to have been subconsciously subliminal!

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  13. The eye chart cartoon reminded me of a joke I had read earlier.

    A Polack goes to the eye doctor. The bottom line of the eye chart has the letters:
    C Z Y N Q S T A S Z.
    The Optometrist asks, "Can you read this?"
    "Read it?" the Polack replies, "I know the guy."

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    1. About this series of consonants, read in the following blog

      http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2014/nov/03/crossword-blog-meet-the-setter-picaroon

      the answers to two questions beginning "I understand" and "And I would".

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  14. nice x'ie. Enjoyed the clues.without much sweat was able to crack& w/o much reference too.16d clue leading and misleading as well. Thoroughly enjoyed. Thank yoy Incognito.

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  15. The hallmark of a good compiler is to do the crossword without knowing who the compiler is and then along the line , one identifies only to confirm that one's assumption is correct.o

    Even if KISHORE hides behind a pseudonym - Incognito. !00 % Kishore's signature tune this one sure is !!

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