Tuesday, 8 November 2016

No 11846, Tuesday 08 Nov 2016, Incognito


ACROSS
8   Half this is score for a boundary (4) FOUR (8/2)
9   Time for a quick walk (5) MARCH [DD]
10 Utter defeat due to losing direction from a regular path (4) ROUT ROUTe
11 Pythons hug to some extent in this part of Japan (6) HONSHU [T]
12 Prohibit shelves in soldiers' quarters (8) BARRACKS {BAR}{RACKS}
13 Name the Messiah initially expected before noon (8) CHRISTEN {CHRIST}{Ex...d}{N}
15 Dirty nut was turned before unknown princess returned (6) UNTIDY {NUT*} before {Y}{DI}<=
17 Counterfeiting work done by a Smithy (7) FORGING [DD]
19 Drink tea and almost get nirvana (7) CHABLIS {CHA}{BLISs}
22 Please go round the inactive (6) ASLEEP*
24 Impressively add a month before leap year starts (8) AUGUSTLY {AUGUST}{Leap}{Year}
26 Yes, French lawyer consumed half of London's soup (8) BOUILLON {B{OUI}L}{LONdon}
28 Take over eastern building expansion (6) ANNEXE {ANNEX}{E} Expansion or Extension?
30 Just the name used by Gardner when writing some books (4) FAIR [DD]
31 High price is difficult to negotiate (5) STEEP [DD]
32 Exchange animal limbs rejected (4) SWAP <=

DOWN
1   Mad like an engine without purpose (4) LOCO LOCOmotive
2   Urgent ironing (8) PRESSING [DD]
3   Sum paid for one horse (6) AMOUNT {A}{MOUNT}
4   Tease during melody composed for a Roman official (7) TRIBUNE {T{RIB}UNE}
5   Methodical treatment that an author ought to exhibit (8) THOROUGH [T]
6   Bunker seen when one soldier replaced another in Truman (6) TRUANT TRU(-man+ant)ANT
7   Scrap a ship (4) JUNK [DD]
14 Shoot around to make noises (5) HOOTS*
16 Machine usually seen on school playground or military parade ground (5) DRILL [DD]
18 English! Return and please reconstruct for our neighbours (8) NEPALESE {EN<=}{PLEASE*}
20 Public transport head takes some interest in trade (8) BUSINESS {BUS}{In...t}{NESS}
21 Mountain prince of Monaco (7) RAINIER [DD]
23 Exile, before the fighter comes in (6) EMIGRE {E{MIG}RE}
25 Great snakes! Eat out and come to grips (6) GRASPS {GReat}{ASPS}
27 All correct, contracted first and then expanded (4) OKAY Ok, Okay, how do I explain this?
29 Celebration when Sam returns carrying a cross (4) XMAS {X}{SAM<=}

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22 comments:

  1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao8 November 2016 at 08:39

    28AC Both extension and expansion are valid
    27 DN : Easy type, in my view

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao8 November 2016 at 08:46

    I was almost in a soup while solving 26 AC. Wondered for few seconds what would French call a lawyer!

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  3. Srividya8 November 2016 at 08:56

    Fairly easy one from incognito.. flowed well.. only Okay remains a puzzle to me too..unless it just means expand ok - where is Sandhya? :)

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 November 2016 at 08:57

    Pretty clues, easy on the brain! Thanks Incognito.

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  5. Chaturvasi8 November 2016 at 08:59

    27 All correct, contracted first and then expanded (4) OKAY Ok, Okay, how do I explain this?
    Why should this remain puzzling?
    In OKAY, the first two letters are OK - expanded it is OK. That's how Incog saw and wants us to see.
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    1. Mukundala Balasubramanyam8 November 2016 at 09:02

      +1

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    2. Col_Gopinath8 November 2016 at 09:24

      I was talking about classification of the clue?

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    3. Kishore8 November 2016 at 15:38

      I am not sure if classification, but OK is rumoured to have been an abbreviation of Oll Korrect, or All Correct

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  6. Raghunath8 November 2016 at 09:01

    What is 'Truman'? Name of a ship or something like that?

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    1. Padmanabhan8 November 2016 at 09:26

      I can only think of Harry Truman.

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    2. Col_Gopinath8 November 2016 at 09:30

      There is a USS Harry Truman, we also have a film named Truman

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    3. Raghunath8 November 2016 at 10:48

      Paddy, I knew about the President Truman, but that cannot be used in the clue hence my question.

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    4. Kishore8 November 2016 at 13:04

      There are a couple of towns in the US called Truman

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  7. Chaturvasi8 November 2016 at 09:02

    Yes, French lawyer consumed half of London's soup
    - did he do it in France or UK's capital? Or in India?

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  8. Chaturvasi8 November 2016 at 09:17

    KRK - The next time a French lawyer meets you, don't be overawed. He is avocat (think our English 'advocate') or juriste (think our 'jurist') or if you want to be expansive 'l'homme de loi' - man of the law.

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  9. Padmanabhan8 November 2016 at 09:23

    Surprise- the on line version was there for the asking! I have not tried it for the last few days. A walk in the park alright (Ok?)
    I have a doubt about the London soup- How do we start? I mean, how do we get the B?
    I had a doubt too about the prince of Monaco until I googled him to find that he was, after all, Mr.Grace Kelly- Probably better remembered that way.

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  10. Vasant8 November 2016 at 09:24

    The usual one from Incognito..he makes crossword solving a gentle exercise.No problem for me for OKAY & TRUANT too.Bouillon was the LOI.

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  11. Padmanabhan8 November 2016 at 09:24

    Oh! I got him. He is an Indian lawyer after all- BL! ( I had taken only L for lawyer earlier)

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  12. SupriyaM8 November 2016 at 09:48

    An easy grid but enjoyable.My favourite was 6D, lol Bunkers as Def.

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