HAPPY NEW YEAR
ACROSS
7 Bird's love for Yugoslav leader (4) TITO {TIT}{O}
8 Extraordinary US gunman's got one! It's not funny ... (9) UNAMUSING {US+GUNMAN}* over {1}
10 Decipher: There's fish in the river (6) DECODE {DE{COD}E}
11 Plants leaders of negligent politicians in rigged juries (8) JUNIPERS {Ne...t}{Po...s} in {JURIES}*
12 See ... hippo's destroyed water conveying equipment (8) HOSEPIPE*
14 Perhaps, Kashmir's Fifth Avenue? (6) VALLEY {V}{ALLEY}
16 Leaves bits of rope (7) STRANDS [DD]
18 Forcibly rushes in and destroys stirrup (7) IRRUPTS*
21 Judge's pulse is throbbing — Get some cocktails (6) JULEPS {J}{PULSE*}
23 Rishi is flying in Andhra Pradesh's planes (8) AIRSHIPS {A{RISHI*}P'S}
25 Army scrambled to get American woman's cannabis, perhaps (4,4) MARY JANE {ARMY}* {JANE}
27 Medicine man's indoor court (6) DOCTOR {DO{CT}OR}
29 Count, emeer and aunt dance (9) ENUMERATE {EMEER+AUNT}*
30 South American capital invested in Dabolim airport (4) LIMA [T]
DOWN
1 Balti foe can be a saviour in the main (8) LIFEBOAT*
2 That thing omitted from a Cuban cocktail — it gives magical power (4) MOJO MOJitO
3 Wild cat's left rheumatic, fractured arm bones (6) HUMERI RHEUMatIc*
4 Prohibit Joseph's musical instruments (7) BANJOES {BAN}{JOES}
5 Pastry sales? (8) TURNOVER [DD]
6 Deficiency as a result of loss of end of leg, for instance, adjacent to first phalanx (4) LIMP {LIMb}{Ph...x}
9 14 devour greedily (5) GORGE [DD]
13 Rub out article in Irish-Gaelic language (5) ERASE {ER{A}SE}
15 Lord Waugh releases woman, giving a chuckle (5) LAUGH {L}{wAUGH}
17 Aghast, Lord Ismay edited, to some extent (8) DISMAYED [T]
19 Troops wandered around noon capturing Austrian beer-bars serving from the cask (8) TAPROOMS {M} and {Au...n} in {TROOPS}* M for Noon? See comments
20 What the liquor dealer had to pass to get into Lincoln's Inn? (3,4) BAR EXAM [C&DD]
22 Utilisation of American gel endlessly (5) USAGE {USA}{GEl}
24 I heard — looked up in the book ... see ... inlet is just south of the Sinai peninsula (3,3) RED SEA (~read){RED} {SEA}(~see)
26 Thou hast the right ... it's thine (4) YOUR {YOU}{R}
28 Young cow's leg portion (4) CALF [DD]
GRID
10 Decipher: There's fish in the river (6) DECODE {DE{COD}E}
11 Plants leaders of negligent politicians in rigged juries (8) JUNIPERS {N
14 Perhaps, Kashmir's Fifth Avenue? (6) VALLEY {V}{ALLEY}
16 Leaves bits of rope (7) STRANDS [DD]
18 Forcibly rushes in and destroys stirrup (7) IRRUPTS*
21 Judge's pulse is throbbing — Get some cocktails (6) JULEPS {J}{PULSE*}
25 Army scrambled to get American woman's cannabis, perhaps (4,4) MARY JANE {ARMY}* {JANE}
27 Medicine man's indoor court (6) DOCTOR {DO{CT}OR}
29 Count, emeer and aunt dance (9) ENUMERATE {EMEER+AUNT}*
30 South American capital invested in Dabolim airport (4) LIMA [T]
DOWN
1 Balti foe can be a saviour in the main (8) LIFEBOAT*
2 That thing omitted from a Cuban cocktail — it gives magical power (4) MOJO MOJ
3 Wild cat's left rheumatic, fractured arm bones (6) HUMERI RHEUM
4 Prohibit Joseph's musical instruments (7) BANJOES {BAN}{JOES}
6 Deficiency as a result of loss of end of leg, for instance, adjacent to first phalanx (4) LIMP {LIM
9 14 devour greedily (5) GORGE [DD]
13 Rub out article in Irish-Gaelic language (5) ERASE {ER{A}SE}
15 Lord Waugh releases woman, giving a chuckle (5) LAUGH {L}{
17 Aghast, Lord Ismay edited, to some extent (8) DISMAYED [T]
19 Troops wandered around noon capturing Austrian beer-bars serving from the cask (8) TAPROOMS {M} and {A
20 What the liquor dealer had to pass to get into Lincoln's Inn? (3,4) BAR EXAM [C&DD]
22 Utilisation of American gel endlessly (5) USAGE {USA}{GE
24 I heard — looked up in the book ... see ... inlet is just south of the Sinai peninsula (3,3) RED SEA (~read){RED} {SEA}(~see)
26 Thou hast the right ... it's thine (4) YOUR {YOU}{R}
28 Young cow's leg portion (4) CALF [DD]
GRID
Bhargav's Tale
A crazy cruciverbalist on New Year Eve,
In his dream saw
MARY JANE wearing a Mary Jane smoking a Mary Jane!!
Saw men in the VALLEY running with HOSEPIPEs to put out the fire on the RED SEA!!
Flying AIRSHIPS to DECODE the event!!
LIMPing people getting out of LIFEBOATS!
Persons in the party still enjoying their JULEPS and MOJO in the TAPROOMS.
DOCTOR TITO getting ready for the BAR EXAM!!
And finally saw this message in the crossword
HAPPY NU YEAR!!!
M for MIDDAY.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bhargav
DeleteAn earlier standard of indicating noon as "12M" or "12m" (for "meridies"), which was at one time specified in the U.S. GPO Government Style Manual,[5] has fallen into relative obscurity; the current edition of the GPO makes no mention of it
DeleteChambers still retains it
DeleteHappy New Year to one and all
ReplyDeleteBest wishes to all for a happy and prosperous new year. May all days begin with the same satisfaction, of solving THC in less than 30min (by 1am post N.Y. celebrations).
ReplyDeleteI see a message embedded in the grid....
ReplyDeleteHa Ha! Saw your grid! Pie-eyed are we, after all the liquid nourishments of the night? :)
DeleteHappy New Year to all.
ReplyDeleteMay the august offerings continue through the year.
ReplyDelete:)
DeleteHAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL.
ReplyDeleteThank you Incognito Sir. This is the best crossword ever encountered by me. I could complete it in just one and half hour's time and without much references. Not the least to say the crossword was easy or for beginners. It was an exercise in setting the crossword for all types of solvers to participate. I used all the principles of crossword solving for which you have given ample opportunity in each and every clue.
Normally I take about 6 to 7 hours to complete and liberally use references.
Thanks once again. The right gift on a New Year's Day.Expecting more such lovely crosswords from you, Sir.
Wish you and your family members a very happy and prosperous New Year.
PS: I am an ardent fan of your crosswords and eagerly await for its arrival.
Ganesan
Thank you, sir
DeleteHaapy New Year to all bloggers & setters!
ReplyDeleteWhat a way to start the New Year- with an Incognito CW and that too ticking off all months. May all the months be full of happiness for all.
Thanks to all who put in their wishes earlier.
ReplyDeleteVasant,
Enjoyed your New Year Wishes with a lovely poem- wishes overflowing the cup onto the saucer. For those who have not seen it, pl. read up late entries in yesterday's blog.
Thanks Sir. May the New Year be filled with peace and prosperity.
DeleteI am not Pie eyed. Still trying to get the embedded message. Trying... trying...
ReplyDeleteYou need to be loaded beyond permissible limits to see what CGB has seen! :)
DeleteI notice from the side panel that our blog has done 410 CW's in 365 days and we still need more!
ReplyDeleteWe have been doing more than 400 since 2013- I think after the introduction of Sunday Specials.
Considering we had 52 Sundays, we missed out on 7 days! Consider a whole week without crosswords!
DeleteMissing days on account of IXL
DeleteWouldn't that be 10? I think, we had extras on some regular days to cover up 3.
Delete11 including the finals. We did have some extras on regular days
DeleteThe extra 4 were Anniversary special, Indep Day Special, Dr SN analysis by Cv and S&B Meet post
DeleteAll accounted for. Extremely happy we have been able to maintain this average for the last 4 years. Good going.
DeleteHAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to all!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year to all 🙂
ReplyDeleteHappy new year to all.. Happy to begin new year with incognito crossword.. Thank you sir.. It really brightened up the day..
ReplyDeleteGood one CGB.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year all.. Could solve most except for 7 clues..much better than yesterday for me
ReplyDeleteAnd regarding banjoes..there is a famous picture of Nobel prize physicist Richard Feynman playing them..
Those are Bongos and not Banjoes
DeleteBanjoes is a stringed instrument & Bongos are drums,right?
DeleteYes
DeleteYes sir, my mistake. Thanks for pointing it out
DeleteWow CGB Sir for deciphering the Nina!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to all.
ReplyDelete"Happy New Year" to all.
ReplyDeleteI am understanding the directions for the clues, much much better than I started. Solving on my own around 40%.
Thanks a lot you guys.
No dwiteeya vignan. Incognito smooth as usual on 2nd day.
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