Saturday, 1 April 2017

No 11970, Saturday 1 Apr 2017, Incognito

ACROSS

1   O utstanding old movies, for example, show Catholic girl with Indian Civil Service leaders (8) CLASSICS {C}{LASS}{Indian}{Civil}{Service}
5   N asty UN mail for old boys (6) ALUMNI {UN+MAIL}*
10 L anguage used in Ealing outskirts (5) LINGO (T)
11 Y ou may use this to scour and, I hear, purloin animal fibre (5,4) STEEL WOOL {~STEAL WOOL}
12 F arm implement 4 reassembled in front of that man (6) SCYTHE {CYST*}{HE}

13 O rdered, "Tie it, gal. For Sue" (8) LITIGATE {TIE+IT+GAL}*
15 O verride and reconstruct ulna around the end of the olecranon (5) ANNUL {ULNA}* around {olecranoN}
17 L eader turns tide, with love and money in the Gulf (9) EDITORIAL {TIDE}*{O}{RIAL}
19 S hip, say, Melba toast prepared without using lard, for starters (9) STEAMBOAT {MELBA+TOAST-Lard}*
20 C hronologically coordinate on-air transgression by China (5) SYNCH {~SIN}{CH}
21 A n item of food contains bromine — makes brainy (8) CEREBRAL {CERE{BR}AL}
23 N ote: Femur's fractured around this ligament (6) FRENUM {N+FEMUR}*
27 S tar-burst followed by a Mongol ruler to Xacitarxan (9) ASTRAKHAN {STAR}*{A}{KHAN}

28 P aper printed every day ... sick lady uses some ink (5) DAILY {LADY+Ink}*
29 O rganise haphazardly without option for reducing difficulties (6) EASING {orGANISE}*
30 T averns store a tankard primarily for some titled persons (8) BARONETS {BAR{ONE Tankards}S}

DOWN

1   T hroat, nose and lung problems military officer presented before surgeon (5) COLDS {COL}{DS}
2   H ammered can. Anyone displays irritation? (9) ANNOYANCE {CAN+ANYONE}*
3   I ndolence of an animal found in Oslo thickets (5) SLOTH (MD/T)
4   S ac contains yellow slimy tick, for starters (4) CYST (Acrostic)
6   G rilled chicken preparations made by Fathers carrying money for auditor (9) LOLLIPOPS {~LOLLY}{POPS}

7   R eady money can be obtained from Mongolia after selling gin cocktail (5) MOOLA {MONGOLIA-{GIN*}}
8   I ndisposition of bad li'l student hiding in grassland (3,6) ILL HEALTH {LI'L}* {HEA{L}TH}
9   D omestic violence, for example, is an issue taken up by these people organising sit-ins after lady gives up drink (9) FEMINISTS {FEMale}{SIT-INS}*
14 S tone cap is destroyed around primarily historic monuments (9) CENOTAPHS {STONE+CAPS}* around {Historic}
15 M ate donkey and hybrid coati with a bit of enthusiasm (9) ASSOCIATE {ASS}{COATI}*{Enthusiasm}
16 E xcited, Chamberlain shoved out Chinese idiot (9) LAMEBRAIN {chAMBERLAIN}*
18 S ome sort of thruster made by genii having neon compound (3,6) ION ENGINE {GENII+NEON}*
22 S orrows of old hurt badly and start to sadden (5)  RUTHS {HURT}*{Sadden}
24 A wireless set found in Conrad, Iowa (5) RADIO (T)
25 G reat South Americans worked out astronomical year without erroneous correlation (5) MAYAS {ASTONOMICAL+YEAR-{CORRELATION*}}*
26 E ast Anglian king's twelve pies (4) ANNA (DD)

Catholic=C, That man=He, Love=O, China=Ch, Bromine=Br, Note=N, Option=Or, A=One
Military Officer=Col, Surgeon=DS, Student=L(Learner)

Color/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous

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57 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath1 April 2017 at 08:33

    Only Fool This Nina :-)

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  2. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 08:36

    I didn't spot it, so I am quite in the clear and I remain,
    as ever,
    Yours truly,
    Rishi

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  3. Kishore1 April 2017 at 08:37

    In 17a, turns was intended to be a reversal indicator

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    1. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 08:41

      Some indicators may be taken as rev ind or anag ind. If you intended it as rev ind, so be it but the solver can take it as anag ind.

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    2. Kishore1 April 2017 at 08:44

      Wholly agree. I did not say the solver or blogger was incorrect

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    3. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 08:50

      I didn't say you said the blogger was incorrect, did I?

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    4. Kishore1 April 2017 at 08:56

      You didn't :)

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  4. Mukundala Balasubramanyam1 April 2017 at 08:49

    Thank you, Incognito, for an easy walk in the park!

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  5. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 08:53

    Our setter today did not give scribbling space in the print edition.

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    1. Kishore1 April 2017 at 08:58

      No benevolent advertiser too contributed adjacent space

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  6. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 09:07

    At the initial stages of setting our setter had RINGO at 24dn and NANNY at 28ac. While examining the gridfills, he discovered an unintended second vertical columnal Nina and changed it to the present intended one.

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  7. Arvind Ramaswamy1 April 2017 at 09:08

    Loved the clues Incognito :-) just that i can't see the nina(s).

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  8. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 09:10

    I think one more discovery is to be made.

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    1. Kishore1 April 2017 at 09:13

      Present discovery is yet to be fully discovered

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    2. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 09:14

      Oh yes...

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    3. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 09:15

      And I guess there must be countless of them today! Ha, ha, ha.

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    4. Kishore1 April 2017 at 09:22

      There is a short story by Wodehouse called The Song of Songs

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  9. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 09:13

    What faculties must a solver have to find Ninas in a grid?

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    1. Kishore1 April 2017 at 09:16

      You mean other than insider information 😀

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  10. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 09:23

    Usually Saturdays have fewer visitors/comment writers and today is no exception. All the above Comments are by fewer-than-half-a-dozen visitors.

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  11. Arvind Ramaswamy1 April 2017 at 09:24

    Only fools can spot this nina !

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  12. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan1 April 2017 at 09:33

    @Incognito I cannot read English :D

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    1. Kishore1 April 2017 at 09:37

      Nina is a Telugu word for father when said with a particular accent

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    2. Kishore1 April 2017 at 09:38

      It is good that at least you can write/type in it as done above

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  13. Kishore1 April 2017 at 11:09

    An associated, but different puzzle, is available at
    http://www.1across.org/2017/04/01/the-autograph/

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    1. Vasant1 April 2017 at 19:05

      Shall try the word of Oracle over the weekend

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  14. raju umamaheswar1 April 2017 at 12:03

    Incognito at his simplest best . MOOLA(H) isnt'it with an H ? Or was it lent to SYNCH ? Synch - the wordplay is excellent.

    LAMEBRAIN is a new word for a dunderhead ! All fool's day ?

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  15. Kishore1 April 2017 at 12:10


    Both Moola and Synch are in Chambers, though the spellings given by you are better known

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    1. raju umamaheswar1 April 2017 at 17:53

      I agree. Whats an aitch to itch about?
      I had liked the wordplay of Synch. I mentioned the H because Moola was wanting it and Synch could lend a Heave ho !

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  16. Padmanabhan1 April 2017 at 13:33

    Missed all the fun- joining in late. Thank you Kishore for the nice CW and nicer Nina ( not naina- father) Escaped being a fool- not that I had a chance. I never get the Ninas. So no problem.

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    1. Kishore1 April 2017 at 13:44

      Thanks, Paddy. There's something more than a Nina. Maybe you will spot it

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  17. Padmanabhan1 April 2017 at 13:59

    Oh! You have several aces up your sleeve. Let me try.

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  18. Padmanabhan1 April 2017 at 14:10

    Kishore,
    A small point- One anna contains 12 pice & not pies. What with East Anglican king etc., I was thinking about apple pies and not rupees, annas, pice. But the crossings led me to anna.

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    1. Kishore1 April 2017 at 16:19

      A pie (abbreviated as Ps) was a unit of currency in India, Burma and Pakistan until 1947. It was the smallest currency unit, equal to 1/3 of a paisa, 1/12 of an anna or 1/192 of a rupee. During the mid-nineteenth century, one pie was worth 12 cowry. Pice was equal to 1/4 anna or 3 pies.

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    2. Kishore1 April 2017 at 16:24

      https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSu06erYkVi1xThzMNUVdSRZ6kGCEeHqN8okslTdSBeTOZzn-bzKA

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    3. Kishore1 April 2017 at 16:26

      Please compare with following
      https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRbQjyrsRiba_RiLkyq8jiZcHYupruhyIIl-kSPloy_3E-lWyEGndLX7eZYtw

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  19. Chaturvasi1 April 2017 at 15:51

    An anna was a currency unit that was equal to 1/16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into 4 paisa or 12 pies (thus there were 64 paise in a rupee and 192 pies).

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    1. Padmanabhan1 April 2017 at 17:10

      Yes, 16 annas to a rupee and 12 pice to every anna, making it 192 pice to a rupee, thus making the calculations really bothersome in these metric days. But people were still trying to stick to this when the 100 Naya Paise to a rupee was introduced and getting complicated 6-1/4 NP to an anna & 12-1/2 to 2 annas- equations! Lots of arguments at every purchase. We had square 1/2 anna & 2 anna coins and a quarter anna coin with a hole in the middle. Imagine people were able to buy things with them.

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  20. Kishore1 April 2017 at 16:08

    Paddy, Enjoy your starters and be guided by the leaders

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  21. Padmanabhan1 April 2017 at 17:03

    Enjoyed the starters! Thank you.
    Now, Am I an April Fool or am I not? That is the question.

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    1. Kishore1 April 2017 at 18:15

      Two negatives make a positive, Sir. So your sanity is certified by a person of dubious sanity, to wit, yours truly

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  22. Padmanabhan1 April 2017 at 18:54

    Much obliged. Thanks for the certification.

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  23. Vasant1 April 2017 at 19:03

    Could come to this All Fools Day Special only in the evening..didnt spot the Nina..nicely hidden..
    As usual the X-factor in the puzzle makes it a treat to solve & comment upon..Thanks Incognito

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  24. Padmanabhan1 April 2017 at 19:30

    Kishore says there is something more hidden than the Nina and he gave me a clue as well. Go ahead.

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  25. Kishore1 April 2017 at 20:17

    Time to wish a good night to all. For those who got the other feature but were hesitant to disclose it or those who did not discover it, there is a clue acrostic in line with the Nina as shown in the blog now

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