Incognito still in 'fauji' mode after his Air Force, Navy, Army specials
ACROSS
1,24 Air force functionary’s tirade after fight with an authoritative person (7,7) WARRANT OFFICER {WAR}{RANT} {OFFICER}
4 Accommodate for a 25 cents coin (7) QUARTER [DD]
7 Get control over a turbulent stream (6) MASTER*
8 NCO’s insect hides under some cloth (8) SERGEANT {SERGE}{ANT}
10 King and girl carry minced bait in knapsack (6) KITBAG {K}{BAIT*}{G}
13 Coming closer, knight takes ear-ring without right (7) NEARING {N}{EAR-rING}
15 A wife in January for the Indian sepoy (5) JAWAN {J{A}{W}AN}
17 No baron drops ingot at 1200 hours (4) NOON {NO barON}
18 Trainee beaten about for a sword handle (4) HILT {HI{L}T}
20 A piece of pasteboard held by Dracula when returning (4) CARD [T<=]
21 First serviceman has ordered a decorative girdle (4) SASH {S}{HAS*}
22 Network engineer’s spear (5) LANCE {LAN}{CE}
24 See 1 across
25 Ordinary sailor’s evaluation (6) RATING [DD]
29 Continued existence of mutated virus before lava flowed back endlessly (8) SURVIVAL {{VIRUS*}{aVAL<=}
31 … go before the first pioneers return (7) PRECEDE {P}{RECEDE}
32 After loss of a round, sub-editor sent it out for a JCO (7) SUBEDAR {SUB-ED(-it+a)AoR}
DOWN
1 West Indian military policeman is a sissy (4) WIMP {WI}{MP}
2 Irish-Indian conceals an Indian sage (5) RISHI [T]
3 Lady rebuilt manor (5) NORMA*
4 Royal parent like the once “Smiling Duchess’’, say (5,6) QUEEN MOTHER {QUEEN}{MOTHER}
5 Place three consecutive letters between two articles for this countryman (6) AFGHAN {A}{FGH}AN}
6 Regularly, star found Aditi violating custom (9) TRADITION {sTaR}{ADITI}{fOuNd}
9 Tie; go back inside with one another (8) TOGETHER {T{OG<=}ETHER}
11 Cosby is biting heartlessly (4) BING BItiNG
12 Army transport sometimes used for a state funeral (3,8) GUN CARRIAGE [CD]
14 Bouncers to throw out other ranks (8) EJECTORS {EJECT}{ORS}
16 Crew, put some relish into a wok for the civil engineer (9) WORKFORCE {WO{R}K}{FOR}{CE}
19 Strong lieutenant has a suite (4) FLAT {F}{L{A}T}
23 Author put a cradle in the south east (6) SCRIBE {S{CRIB}E}
26 Goodbye! Give up the ghost in Australia (5) ADIEU {A{DIE}U}
27 Diana becomes a nymph (5) NAIAD*
28 Fish caught by Acharya (4) CHAR [T]
Good crossie form Mr No-longer Incognito!
ReplyDeleteTrue tribute to our brethren in the armed forces.
But what is our friend doing in 2D in army-related puzzle?
DeleteThe previous ones had mainly officer ranks. Thought other men and equipment too deserved to be covered.
DeleteHe is of a military background ! His father was in the IAF ;-)
DeleteOh yes, missed that point.
DeleteA tribute to CV as well.
DeleteI put IMPISH based on guess. A link to IMPI (=Zulu) could be of help.
ReplyDeleteMB, did you like this clue?
Link added
DeleteA thankful salute, Sir!
DeleteRichard @ 8:36
DeleteYes, I did ! :) For "ZULU" happens to be part of my password !
Correction : Gmail Address !
DeleteWondering how Richard could have gueseed your password!
DeletePaddy, 8:58 I swear, MB never passed a word about it.
DeleteWhat did you pass, MB?
DeleteThe buck?
Delete3 states of matter!
DeleteSolid answer, holds water and no gas!
DeleteCouldn't continue the thread after 8:55 AM. Power cuts in my area from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM.
DeleteEnjoyed the pun ! :)
A classic- no less. Hats off to you 'Cognito"! A smooth flowing one which I was able to complete (except for 30A) well before time. Reminded me of Sankalak's puzzles.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Agree it was rather impish of me to bring in Zulu regiments. I cannot dream of reaching Sankalak's levels, but I shall certainly try.
DeleteTry clueing 14 or 15 lettered anagrams, a must in late Sankalak's puzzles. I was late to learn about his sad demise. May his soul rest in peace.
DeleteCol.,
ReplyDeleteThe yellow letters in the clues are hardly visible. can something be done?
He already has!
DeleteThank you Col.
DeletePadmanabhan are you also colour blind like the ones above above below your 8:57
DeleteAFGHAN seems to be one of the very few sensible words - proper names included - in the vocabulary, which contain at least three consecutive alphabetical characters, FGH in this case. The word fiRST is another.
ReplyDeleteCan our friends here come out with more words which they may have come across? I haven't.
Building on first is thirst, Sandhurst, Pankhurst, wurst etc.
DeleteMany words starting with DEF like Defence, ...
DeleteHIJ AB, HIJRA ...
DeleteDEFace
DeleteHIJack
aiRSTrip
couGHIng
***
If we think hard, we should be able to get many. Of course, certain strings may not be amenable.
Smooth one Kishore.
ReplyDeletePoor Dracula would turn anaemic biting into cards.
He was coming back by train, hence holding the pasteboard. Remember our old railway tickets?
DeleteWe can tell him to B+
DeleteLike Anil Kapoor keeps repeating "B+ Yaar" in the movie 'No entry'.
DeleteJhakaas!
DeleteOVERSTUFF, OVERSTUDIOUS, OVERSTUNK, UNDERSTUFF, UNDERSTUMBLE, SUPERSTUD, OVERSTUMBLE, SUPERSTUFF, UNDERSTUDY,BIERSTUBE. CREMNOPHOBIA, GYMNOPAEDIC, GYMNOPHOBIA, GYMNOPLAST, LIMNOPHILE, LIMNOPHORA, LIMNOPHORID, LIMNOPLANKTON, SEMNOPITHECINE, SOMNOPATHY, and THAMNOPHILE.ANALYZABLE
ReplyDeleteSTUPENDOUS!
DeleteKishore, you may have remembered ALEXYZ, a popular cartoonist in Goa.
DeleteIt was a stroll in the park for me today. Enjoyable puzzle. Thanks, Incognito.
ReplyDeleteLooks like I am being pearl-harboured with entries.
ReplyDeleteChange the specs to 4 consecutive letters ...
DeleteA person with soMNOPathy might be thinking such things as he is counting sheep.
DeleteReminds me of a dyslexic insomniac philospher lying awake at night musing abou the existence of dog
DeleteQuite dog-matic must be.
DeleteHydroxyzine,Tuvalu,Genghiz Khan,Hymnology,Calmness
ReplyDelete21 A, 1, 14 and 19 D also have a connection with the military in the clues.
ReplyDeleteRaghu @ 9:14,
DeleteThat's why those words are in a different colour code. You can add 13, 18, 30 and 31A to that list
The Col. Has highlighted those and a few more in the clues by using whatever colour that is.
DeleteBlogger says that colour is Orange
DeleteI use the same strategem. Whenever I mention the name of a colour I have used, I note down what name it shows. But when the colour is inbound, I have issues.
DeleteRe colour, I too have the same problem as you and Kishore,
DeleteThat is why they say 'indiscriminate of colour and class'
DeleteWe guys are not racists!
DeleteIncognito is good for health
ReplyDeleteMeaning you get more time to concentrate on your cycling? ;-)
DeleteSpeaking of health, it worries me no end to see people drinking to others' health while ruining their own...
DeleteLet's raise a toast to that
DeleteSuresh, probably gives you enough time to cycle and recycle
DeleteIn the Indian army we drink a toast in honour of the President at the end of the dinner, however the wine glasses are filled with water for the toast
DeleteDue to cut in defence spending? ;-)
DeleteNice and Easy puzzle
ReplyDeleteBeautiful clue in IE today:
ReplyDeleteCape familiar to the matador? (4)
I heard a honk already!
DeleteI've been hearing that since daybreak. You would hardly hear that in the West.
DeleteHorn
DeleteRecognized today's crossie as from Incognito. Couldn't have been simpler. Acrosses and Downs all cleared in Army March precision in one Order. Thanks, we always get ashore with Kishore !
ReplyDeleteReally a feast to relish. Felt as if in the thick of military manoeuvres. A cognitive salute(to) incognito.
ReplyDeleteIMO Kishore aka Incognito's motto is to keep everyone happy, not only with his easy and smooth flowing crossies, but also with his ever present wit, pun, banter etc, etc !!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, veryone. Promise to make you go crackers next month ...
ReplyDeleteGopinath sir...could you please tell me why some some clues have ....at the end, eg in today's puzzle 30 & 31ac. Interesting today.
ReplyDeleteWhen ellipsis are used at the end of one clue and at the beginning of the next, the clues can be read as one continuous sentence for surface reading. More on this at:
Deletehttp://www.crosswordunclued.com/2010/05/ellipsis-linked-clues.html
Thank you Incognito. Am doing the crossies after many days, thanks to my sick baby. Also at a relatively sensible hour. I just finished it and got all of them. Quite pleased. Only thing - for 9A, I took "some cloth" as "garment without the M" as garnet and "insect hides" as "se hiding between in & ct" and arrived at the answer. I did have a niggling doubt about insect being ant but couldn't connect to the serge. Nevertheless, I got the answer. And part guessed Impish for 30A. New thing learnt today about Impi.
ReplyDeleteFirstly, may I wish a speedy recovery to your sick baby. I would rather have you doing your puzzles at an unearthly hour than doing it early due to a sick baby.
DeleteRe: 8a, some cloth refers to a variety of cloth i.e. serge. Say and for example are also used in a similar fashion. An ant is definitely an insect, even when it shows good behaviour. In your anno, garment-m+se does contain all the letters involved, but then the clue would be lacking an anagram indicator. The Col.'s anno is the intended one. It does rarely happen that two annotations may fit the same clue. We had an instance of that quite recently:
in TH No.11002, Friday 07 Feb 2014, Neyartha clued:
17 Fleece cut with a piece of snow gliding gear (3) SKI (SKIn or SKIm)
Now fleece as a noun can be SKIN, and as a verb can me SKIM (as in take away money - incidently skin can also mean charge exorbitantly or fleece a person). I favour the SKIN version of this anno.
Thank you for the detailed explanation. I did understand from the anno above what you have also tried to explain. I got "se" from Tse Tse - thought that there must be some oblique reference. :-)
DeleteAnd, thanks for the wishes for my kid too. He is getting better.