Monday, 13 February 2017

No 11929, Monday 13 Feb 2017, Incognito


Incognito goes rather exotic today and casts his net wide with references from across the globe...:) with Military, secret police, generals, wardens and guards .. :)
Lots of GK .. Across : 12, 14, 21, 23, 27  Down : 6, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22
With the exotic letters was wondering if a Pangram was intended.. but i cannot find all the letters

 ACROSS
7. Ring friend for a precious stone (4) OPAL (O)(PAL)
8. Rebelling National Guard releases cranky gran and gets lots of praise (9)  ADULATION  (NATIONAL GUARD)*
10. Ute boy is confused? Certainly! (3,3) YOU BET (UTE BOY) *
11. Stun, intoxicated beadle holding last letter, a couple of times (8) BEDAZZLE ZZ in (BEADLE)*
12. The French king's weird source for the Niagara falls (4,4) LAKE ERIE (LA)(K)(EERIE)

14. Monitor lizard found by Ann in Indian state (6) GOANNA ANN in GOA

16. 'Cos, alien model appears in convoluted clue (7) LETTUCE (ET)(T) in (CLUE)*
18. Modified rapiers for an ambitious person (7) ASPIRER (RAPIERS)*
21. I, a famous Soviet security chief, get Portugal and Spain (6) IBERIA (I)(BERIA)
23. Russian leader's military upgrade cut short for consuming slaughtered hen after some zakuska (8) BREZHNEV (HEN)*(Zakuska) in (BREVE) Not sure about the military upgrade ?

25. Who bawls irritatedly for lavabo? (8) WASHBOWL (WHO BAWLS)*
27. On edge, Mao's worried about benign tumour (6) LIPOMA (LIP)(MAO)*
29. Criminal female joins European secret police’s elite section, initially, and comes clean (9) CONFESSES (CON)(F)(E)(SS)(ES)
30. Lug novice to nobleman (4) EARL (EAR)(L) Incognito pulls up Scottish slang on this

DOWN
1. Contemporary pout is awkward on romantic encounter (2-2-4) UP-TO-DATE (POUT)*(DATE)
2. Robert takes possession of left sphere (4) BLOB L in BOB
3. Orient queen for festival (6) EASTER (EAST)(ER)
4. Spoke in low and inarticulate voice,"Mother lost blood" (7) MUMBLED (MUM)(BLED)
5. Quantities of compounds containing silver with a bit of europium (8) YARDAGES (AG)(Europium) in YARDS
6. Explorer encountered during India-Zanzibar voyage (4) DIAZ (T)

9. For starters, new yellow lingerie's on tough elastic material (5) NYLON (New)(Yellow)(Lingerie)(ON)
13. Yeomen Warders have no complaints for consumer (5) EATER (BEEF EATER - BEEF)

15. His ma converted some followers of Christianity (5) AMISH (HIS MA)*

17. No agency can make a toxic compound (8) CYANOGEN (NO AGENCY)*
19. Ere mover moves in for good (8) EVERMORE (ERE MOVER)*
20. Dishevelled ibis lit in capital city (7) TBILISI (IBIS LIT)*

22. Famous voice actor's established network between Bunny and Coyote, to start with (5) BLANC (Bunny)(LAN)(Coyote)

24. Sign up for silent revolution (6) ENLIST (SILENT)*
26. Sharpen gardening tool without strain at last (4) HONE N in HOE
28. Hammer part, possibly manufactured by end of June in prison (4) PEEN (junE) in PEN

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25 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath13 February 2017 at 08:30

    Incognito has posed a question today!

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    1. Srividya13 February 2017 at 08:42

      Haha yes .. but a bit early..

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    2. SandhyaP13 February 2017 at 08:46

      :D

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    3. Kishore13 February 2017 at 08:50

      Advance reservation is important. Fishing tomorrow morning may be too late

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    4. Suresh13 February 2017 at 08:51

      if he waits till the last minute he may have no date. Experience teaches him to start early

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    5. Kishore13 February 2017 at 08:54

      I wonder if I will get any bites? ;)

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    6. Kishore13 February 2017 at 08:54

      Or hickeys ...

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  2. sree_sree13 February 2017 at 08:38

    23a i took it as military upgrade -> brevet -> cut short -> brev

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  3. Chaturvasi13 February 2017 at 08:40

    NYLON occurs frequently in crosswords. Only, London, NY, etc. often figure as components. Incog has given a fresh treatment to the word and I appreciate it.

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  4. Padmanabhan13 February 2017 at 08:43

    Which is better- the 'all encompassing' CW or the wonderful picturesque informative blogging? I am unable to decide- it is a toss up! Thank you Incognito & Srividya. You can't ask for a better combination.

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  5. Chaturvasi13 February 2017 at 08:44

    'Peen' is a new for me.

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    1. Kishore13 February 2017 at 08:51

      Our old 'sutti' was sometimes called a ball-peen hammer

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    2. Deepak Gopinath13 February 2017 at 09:03

      I thought Peen had been used earlier. But a search of the posts on my blog says it has not been used earler

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    3. Padmanabhan13 February 2017 at 11:44

      Yes,ball- peen is familiar, but 'peen' by itself?

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    4. Deepak Gopinath13 February 2017 at 12:02

      Peen is a Hammer part isn't it, so nothing wrong there

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    5. sree_sree13 February 2017 at 12:12

      Search showed "Peen" is defined in a list of words posted by Col. on 24th may 2012.

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  6. Padmanabhan13 February 2017 at 08:46

    If it is new for CV.......what about lesser mortals?

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  7. raju umamaheswar13 February 2017 at 09:12

    Paddy: You have hammered the nail on the head ! PEEN has never been seen before in crosswords.

    Who's GOANNA look for CYANOGEN in Tamilnadu this Week?ASPIRER ?or will it be a NYLON kairu for someone? LETTUCE wait and see.
    YOU BET, we'all will be DAZZLED !

    Thanks , Kishore for a meaningful cluing.

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  8. Vasant13 February 2017 at 11:01

    Incognito's question is appropriately timed..with the message posted in fb it was not dofficult to fathom the hidden message..a wonderful cocktail of Russian,military, references
    Thanks Incognito & Srividya for an informative blog

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  9. Chaturvasi13 February 2017 at 11:21

    Just wondering whether there will be an ANSWER in tomorrow's crossword.

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    1. Kishore13 February 2017 at 12:48

      I posed the q. A will have to come from the party of the other part.

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    2. Kishore13 February 2017 at 12:54

      Nazar uThaayi to poochoonga Isha ka anjaam,
      Nazar jhukaayi to khaali salaam kar loonga

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    3. Vasant13 February 2017 at 13:06

      Wah!Bahut khoob!
      Ishq ki dastaan hain pyare
      Apni apni zuban hain pyare

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    4. Kishore13 February 2017 at 13:11

      *ishk

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  10. Kishore13 February 2017 at 21:00

    Thanks all, for solving and participating in the discussion.

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