ACROSS
8 Telegraph West Indies again (4) WIRE {WI}{RE}
9 British return eggs! Cheers! (5) BRAVO {BR}{OVA<=}
10 Shortly, our PM returns to the country (4) OMAN <=
12 And beer flowed around European city (8) ABERDEEN {AND+BEER}* around {E}
13 A new king imports giant defensive equipment, like Czech 24, perhaps (8) ANTITANK {TITAN} in {A}{N}{K}
17 Entrance and circuitously get away (7) GATEWAY*
19 A type of coding support by sick escapee finally (7) BRAILLE {BRA}{ILL}{
22 Police lost their cool about art forgery by roving group (6) PATROL {P{ART*}OL
24 Animal, that is, animal behind bushy barrier (8) HEDGEHOG {HEDGE}{HOG}
28 Capital! A 0 Watt configuration! (6) OTTAWA*
30 Clever wife is initially erotic (4) WISE {W}{IS}{E
31 Plant found in Balusseri, Calicut (5) ERICA [T]
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1 Military officer drops lodger in place (4) LIEU LIEU
2 Silent performer hugs English soldier in the interval (4,4) MEAN TIME {M{E}{AN T}IME}
3 Boy pushes man out from Amelia's plant (6) ABELIA A(-m+b)BELIA
5 No, Victor took a piece of hot, glowing coal in the month before last month? (8) NOVEMBER {NO}{V}{EMBER}
6 Harmful insect consumes some dirt at edge (6) BORDER {BOR{D
7 Ship's officer's friend’s last check, maybe (4) MATE [MD]
14 Alan returns with unknown animal (5) NYALA {ALA{Y}N}<=
18 Bill lied about two boys and spoke without a prepared script (2-6) AD-LIBBED {AD}{LI{BB}ED}
20 Find Yeti prowling and recognize (8) IDENTIFY*
21 Transmitter's third letter for a member of the Vietcong, perhaps (7) CHARLIE [DD]
23 Forest officer called Queen (6) RANGER {RANG}{ER}
25 Adder coiled around egg in Himalayan cedar tree (6) DEODAR {DE{O}DAR*}
29 Washington students' blockade, perhaps (4) WALL {WA}{LL}
czech hedgehog-antitank.
ReplyDeleteGreat solve!
DeleteSince the antitank devices are generally called Czech hedgehogs, and not just hedgehogs
DeleteSmall nit here, the Czech hedgehog is an antitank obstacle and not just antitank
DeleteThe def includes " defernsive equipment like".
DeleteBravo, like Charlie, was another crossing point. There were attempts, some successful, to tunnel under the wall. There were patrols there
Okay, I didn't think of it that way
DeleteThanks Incognito!
ReplyDeleteThere's a theme ... The title of the theme is also mentioned in the crossword and can be got by juxtaposing two lights together. By sheer coincidence, though this commemorates something that happened long back, the puzzle has appeared on a day America might be voting on, amongst other things, on a similar thing
ReplyDeleteI think it relates to Berlin Wall. It was broken on November 9th, 1989
DeleteI got the hint when I saw Berlin, Wall and (checkpoint)Charlie.
DeleteAnd, of course, the Mexican wall ...
Deleteone wall came down.. years before potentially decision on a new wall coming up?? way too obstruse..
DeleteAs said above, the Berlin wall thing was by intent... The other by chance
Delete15ac & 29dn fell on 9th (5dn), 1989.
ReplyDeleteBang on, MB
DeleteBerlin wall thrown open on 9th November, 1989.
ReplyDeleteIs it the start of Vietnam war in Nov.1955?
ReplyDeleteThere you are MB! Great.
ReplyDeleteI just noted that KKR had done it too.
ReplyDeleteI was misled by Charlie, Vietcong tunnel etc.
Enjoyable grid as usual, I did not get the theme.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite was 22A😊
Did the puzzle late after reading K's comment in 1 Across regarding the theme.
ReplyDeleteOn this historic day when three major events occurred (today's demonetisation would go down in history as seminal), the second being the 9/11 attack, the theme is apposite & shows the setter's profound knowledge. Thanks Incognito.
Vasant, I think it needs correction. If you have meant WTC attack, this 9/11 stands for 11th September (2001).
DeleteYup you are right
Deleteah well.. too much happening :) Incognito thankfully kept it not too complex ..
ReplyDeleteHad a good laugh at igLOO! Poor Eskimos.
ReplyDeleteFinished today all the back log..The two buzzers & four Ardens..also the 1Across presidential election special by Kishore..each & every xword was enjoyable...the crossword community here is an absolutely wonderful place..u have great minds prodding u onto solving great puzzles..thanks all..especially Col for all the efforts taken..
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