Wednesday, 3 May 2017

No 11997, Wednesday 03 May 2017, Incognito


ACROSS
8   Ajeet flew backwards in Tanganyika (4) GNAT [T<=]
9   Violently, Ma slapped a protruding part of the neck (5,5) ADAMS APPLE*
10 Little Thomas was called twice to drum (3-3) TOM-TOM {TOM}-{TOM}
11 You left dancing courtesan for family elder (8) ANCESTOR COuRTESAN*
12 Warnings seen at harbour limits (8) PORTENDS {PORT}{ENDS}
14 Convulsive patients drop regressive volunteers in arch (6) INSTEP PatIENTS*
16 Drinks and traps (4) GINS [DD]
17 Makes announcements calling servants (5) PAGES [DD]
18 Troubles cartoon character after losing the rabbit (4) BUGS {BUGS bunny}
19 Large spinner is seen at the circus (3,3) BIG TOP {BIG} {TOP}
21 After a Los Angeles cocktail, cater as ordered from the menu (1,2,5) A LA CARTE {A} {LA} {CATER}*
23 Derogated, gave up tea, and became shabby (3-5) DOG-EARED DEROGAtED*
26 Thank Letitia for hiding a bit of jewellery (6) ANKLET [T]
27 A detective followed a criminal enthusiastically to Indian cook-house, initially, and found vinegar (6,4) ACETIC ACID {A}{Cr...l}{En...y}{To}{In...n}{Co...e} {A}{CID}
28 Occupied with something, state tax officer? (2,2) UP TO {UP} {T}{O}

DOWN
1   Ann had nothing before getting the party car in this year, for example (4,6) ANNO DOMINI {ANN}{O} {DO}{MINI}
2   Laws about presence of tritium in figurines (8) STATUTES {STATU{T}ES}
3   Cricket player, without directions, becomes a crime fighter (6) BATMAN BATsMAN
4   Mother has two post graduate degrees (4) MAMA {MA}{MA}
5   Perhaps, persons solving your crosswords having intricate clueing supernaturally, for starters (8) PSYCHICS Acrostic &lit ?
6   Spouse rewrote books (6) OPUSES*
7   Further, the dal soup contains it, too (4) ALSO [T]
13 Greek character, depending upon the case, signifies summation or standard deviation (5) SIGMA [CD]
15 The last hole before the bar? (10) EIGHTEENTH [CD]
17 Where a plumber might store his smoking equipment, perhaps (4,4) PIPE RACK [CD]
18 Switching lights off during air raid sounds like a racist order (8) BLACKOUT {BLACK OUT}
20 Score? XX! (6) TWENTY [E]
22 Publicity pieces about combat medals (6) AWARDS {A{WAR}DS}
24 At one time, cone was modified (4) ONCE*
25 Bird often seen on cricket scoreboards (4) DUCK [DD]  Amazing score-card! Read about it at this link.
 

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40 comments:

  1. maradnusro3 May 2017 at 08:31

    Thanks Incognito. One of those, before 8.30 AM days for me.

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  2. Kishore3 May 2017 at 08:36

    There's a whole flock of ducks on that scoreboard! That lady carried the bat and the match!

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  3. Kishore3 May 2017 at 08:43

    Interesting analysis there... 18 4s are 72, 12 6s are 72 again, making a gross score of 144 out of 160. The balance 16 must have come mostly from singles in the 20 over match, essentially to take strike in the next over. 3 no balls were bowled as the total number of balls is 123 against the expected 120

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  4. Kishore3 May 2017 at 08:48

    I noticed later that the 3 nb are mentioned in the scorecard itself ! Sheepish :)

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    1. Deepak Gopinath3 May 2017 at 08:55

      Swart and Phiri added 61 runs for the ninth wicket with Phiri facing 3 balls only. There were also 3 golden ducks in that scorecard

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    2. Padmanabhan3 May 2017 at 12:55

      Amazing score card and more amazing is how you got i!

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    3. Kishore3 May 2017 at 17:17

      He got it as a birthday present

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  5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao3 May 2017 at 08:51

    Thank you Incognito. I solved it by 1.00 AM

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    1. Chaturvasi3 May 2017 at 08:57

      "The heights by great men reached and kept
      Were not attained by sudden flight,
      But they, while their companions slept,
      Were toiling upward in the night."

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  6. Vasant3 May 2017 at 08:54

    Score card is as interesting as the puzzle...
    Did this puzzle & the Oracle puzzle back to back; rather dashed through both the puzzles...doting the i's crossing the t's.
    Col had counted the sigma in the Me!cartoon yesterday...sigma makes an entry here..

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  7. Chaturvasi3 May 2017 at 08:54

    Spouse rewrote books (6) OPUSES*

    Here the anag fodder is SPOUSE. When this is rewritten, revised, jumbled or whatever, we get OPUSES. The surface suggests that it is 'books' that are rewritten. Get me? So is the surface reading ok? Is grammar perfect? If not, how can you edit the clue?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath3 May 2017 at 08:58

      I took it as
      'Spouse rewrote books' for the surface and as 'Spouse rewrote, books' for the cryptic reading. To my mind it's fine

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    2. Deepak Gopinath3 May 2017 at 08:59

      How about
      Books the spouse rewrote (6)

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    3. Chaturvasi3 May 2017 at 09:01

      Fine, though there's the def art. But it is required for grammatically structured sentence.

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    4. Chaturvasi3 May 2017 at 09:04

      But clue-writers may ignore articles as newspaper headlines do.
      Books spouse revised (6)
      may be acceptable.

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    5. Vasant3 May 2017 at 09:04

      I thought it ok..but what u suggest made me think..maybe it could have been
      Books of spouse rewritten (6)

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    6. Padmanabhan3 May 2017 at 09:51

      I agree with Col.'s first take- different surface and cryptic readings. It's fine.

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  8. Vasant3 May 2017 at 08:57

    Thanks for the link Col..very interesting..the story of ducks & misses!

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    1. Kishore3 May 2017 at 10:15

      Misses? Beware of missus finding out your interest in misses ;)

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    2. Vasant3 May 2017 at 10:46

      Very punny😀

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    3. Padmanabhan3 May 2017 at 12:29

      Is this 'missus' peculiar to India/ South India?

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    4. Vasant3 May 2017 at 22:43

      Missus has been used from long back...colloquil English, I believe

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  9. Padmanabhan3 May 2017 at 09:49

    My score went up as fast as Swart. The match was over sooner than expected. Enjoyed the CW and the score card. Thank you Col. I was about to write that you don't see ducks 'frequently'. I withdraw.
    Thank you Incognito for the fast food!

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  10. Mukundala Balasubramanyam3 May 2017 at 10:16

    A fast track puzzle sans traffic jams! Thank you, Incognito, for the smooth ride!!

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  11. vdsprasad49@gmail.com3 May 2017 at 10:17

    12A Warnings seen at harbour limits. Warnings means portents and not portends, am I right? Perhaps the clue could be reworded as Warns at harbour limits.

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    1. Padmanabhan3 May 2017 at 10:25

      I read it as harbour(port)limits(ends)

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    2. Chaturvasi3 May 2017 at 10:38

      Prasad has a point that you have missed completely.

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    3. Padmanabhan3 May 2017 at 11:52

      I get it now. It is a question of portends or portents. Yes, it is a valid point.

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    4. Kishore3 May 2017 at 13:04

      Prasad is correct. Portends=warns, not warnings

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    5. vdsprasad49@gmail.com3 May 2017 at 15:03

      Thank you. Happy to be a part of this forum and participate.

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    6. Kishore3 May 2017 at 16:34

      Welcome! It was an error on my part

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  12. Padmanabhan3 May 2017 at 10:24

    Thank you CV for the nice quote.
    For those who are interested, here is the full poem "Success' by H.W.Longfellw:
    http://holyjoe.org/poetry/longfellow1.htm

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    1. Vasant3 May 2017 at 12:07

      Thanks for the link Paddy..read the whole poem for the first time

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  13. Padmanabhan3 May 2017 at 15:45

    You are welcome, Vasant. Compared to the whole lot of grids sent by you, this is nothing.

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  14. raju umamaheswar3 May 2017 at 16:48

    Now I know why most compilers choose to remain incognito ! Punctilious eyes like those of CV & Prasad will resurrect Wren & Martin from his grave !

    Incognito's puzzles can serve as a Primer book for beginners who enter the cryptic world of crosswords. Simplicity is his key ! well done, Kishore.

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    1. Kishore3 May 2017 at 17:19

      Thanks to you and the exhumers of birds

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    2. Padmanabhan3 May 2017 at 18:56

      Hitchcockian suspense before I could trap the wren & martin!

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  15. Kishore3 May 2017 at 19:49

    Good night, all. Sleep well. You will have to labour a bit tomorrow

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    1. Vasant3 May 2017 at 22:40

      Labour day special? May day a la the Oracle puzzle?

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