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Friday, 26 January 2018

No 12224, Friday 26 Jan 2018, Incognito


REPUBLIC DAY GREETINGS

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ACROSS
1   Bringin' up a mount to the location of the president's residence (7,4) RAISINA HILL {RAISINg}{A} {HILL}
9   A person in one's custody gets recognition (5) AWARD {A}{WARD}
10 Attractive woman's stunning disclosure (9) BOMBSHELL [DD]
11 State: "Vertical and erect" (10) UPSTANDING {UP}{STANDING}
12 Presently unidentified, in short (4) ANON [DD]
13 More's previous spouse returns paintings, for example (5) EXTRA {EX}{ART<=}
15 Floats! Use at lab anyhow (8) TABLEAUS*
17 Prohibit use of drug in British Railway plant (8) BARBERRY {BAR}{B{E}R}{RY}
19 Crushed stone produces some music! (5) NOTES*
22 Standard mark (4) FLAG [DD]
23 Decide ... Drunk? A tad juiced? (10) ADJUDICATE*
26 Perhaps 22 attempt, I hear, with our army officer in the lead (9) TRICOLOUR (~try){TRI}{COL}{OUR}
27 Open bowling spell before commencement of tea-break (5) OVERT {OVER}{Te...k}
28 Main sports lady at YMCA shown dancing (11) YACHTSWOMAN*

DOWN
1   Shouts loudly, "Install propeller in empty rafts" (5) ROARS {Raf{OAR}tS}
2   Country weapon initially exhibited at war memorial (5,4) INDIA GATE {INDIA} {GAT}{Ex...d}
3   Buries forged dimes around base of baobab (6) IMBEDS {IM{b...aB}EDS*}
4   Gas shell, perhaps, with anti-terror organisation (7) AMMONIA {AMMO}{NIA}
5   Briefly, this month Indian Naval ship begins to travel (4) INST {INS}{Tr...l}
6   Stick around expectantly — laze around at home and linger (3,2,4) LIE IN WAIT {LIE} {IN}{WAIT}
7   Greet and transport 15, except sailor (6) SALUTE TabLEAUS*
8   Plot Spanish flying machines (6) PLANES {PLAN}{ES}
14 Gutturally order harlot carrying it back by subway in the end (9) THROATILY {THROA{IT<=}L*}{s...aY}
16 Oft Merlin may create things shaped like leguminous seeds (9) LENTIFORM*
17 Suits bestif altered (6) BEFITS*
18 Studied, I heard, for first test, in Delhi's landmark (3,4) RED FORT (~read){RED} {FOR}{Test}
20 Vessel contains small portion of titbits and toffees, perhaps (6) SWEETS {S{WEE}{Ti...s}S}
21 Donkey starts to whimper in den (6) BURROW {BURRO}{Wh...r}
24 To some extent, please another regional inter-governmental organisation (5) ASEAN [T]
25 Troy monster's neck ring (4) TORC {T}{ORC}


GRID

39 comments:

  1. 1ac raisina hill
    Bringin raisin + a+ hill (mount)
    11 ac upstanding
    Up (state) +standing (vertical)
    13ac extra ex (previous spouse) + tra (art returns)
    14ac barberry bar (prohibit)+e (drug) in br+ Ry(railway
    19ac tones an agricultural
    22ac flag (dd)
    23ac adjudicate an agricultural

    26ac tricolour try + col (army
    Officer) + our
    27ac overt
    Over (bowling spell) + tra
    28ac yachts woman an agricultural

    1 dn roars iP in rs (empty rafts)
    2dn India gate
    3dn imbeds (dimes + b)
    5dn inst (ins INdian Naval Ship +
    Travel)
    8dn planes plane (plot)+Spanish
    7dn salute
    14dn throat Ilyich an agricultural
    17dn befits an agricultural
    18dn red fort red (read)+for+Test
    20dn sweets wee (small) + T in ss (vessel)
    24dn Asean pleASE ANother

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    1. Jayalakshmi what is 'agricultural'?

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    2. You have not annotated 1A, 27A, 1D, 2D, 7D, 14D

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    3. 1D oar - propeller in empty rafts - rs = roars

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    4. 1D oar - propeller in empty rafts - rs = roars

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  2. 12ac ANON - ANONymous
    16dn LETNIFORM anagrid
    21dn BURROW burro + Whimper

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  3. Someone can list out the theme words as well

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  4. 16dn LENTIFORM anagrid
    6dn lie in wait
    19dn NOTES anagrid

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  5. 4ac AMMONIA ammo+nia(national investigation
    agency)
    10ac bombshell (DD)

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  6. 9a award a + ward ( person in one's custody)

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  7. 1ac RAISINA HILL place where rashtrabathi bhavan located
    27ac OVERT over-bowling spell+Tea
    7dn SALUTE an deleted from tableaus
    14dn THROATILY anagram

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    1. 14D is not a complete anagram

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    2. Annotation for 1A is incomplete

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    3. order - AnagrInd
      harlot* carrying it<= + subwaY in the end
      [THROA(TI<=)L][Y] Gutturally

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    4. 1Ac Bringin' up RAISIN' + a + mount HILL
      Defn: the location of the president's residence (RAISIN)(A HILL)

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  8. 2dn INDIA GATE India(country)+gat(weapon)+
    Exhibited

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  9. Woman power on Republic Day!
    Jayalakshmi and Ranjani gobbling up all the clues till now.

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  10. Theme words
    1A) President's Residence
    9A) recognition
    10A) attractive
    11A) erect
    12A) presently
    13A) more
    15A) floats
    17A) plant
    19A) music
    22A) DD
    23A) decide
    26A) in the lead
    27A) break
    28A) sports lady

    1D) shouts loudly
    2D) war memorial
    3D) buries
    4D) gas
    5D) briefly this month
    6D) stick around expectantly
    7D) greet
    8D) flying machines
    14D) gutturally
    16D) leguminous seeds
    17D) suits
    18D) delhi's landmark
    20D) toffees
    21D) in den
    24D) regional inter-governmental organisation
    25D) troy

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    1. Karthikeyan, theme words are normally taken from solution words only

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    2. Maybe. But I think the think the theme can extend to the words and constructionof the clues as well

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  11. Dr. A.Krishnamoorthy, Vellore

    1a: raisina hill - raisin(g) a hill (mount)
    9a: award - a ward (ones custody)
    11a: upstanding- up(state) + standing
    13a: extra - ex + art*
    15a: tableaus - use at lab*
    19a: notes - stone*
    22a: flag (DD)
    23a: adjudicate - a tad juiced*
    26a: tricolour - tri + our + col*
    27a: overt - over + t
    1d: roars - oar in rs
    2d: India gate (DD)
    3d: lumbers - dimes + b*
    5d: inst - I+n+s+t
    7d: salute - ( tableaus - ab)*
    8d: planes - plane + s
    14d: throatily- (harlot + it+y)*
    16d: lentiform- (oft+Marlin)*
    17d: befits- best if*
    18d: redfort(DD)
    21d: burrow - burro+w(imper)
    24d: asean - (ple)ase an(other)

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  12. Dr. A.Krishnamoorthy, Vellore

    1a: raisina hill - raisin(g) a hill (mount)
    9a: award - a ward (ones custody)
    11a: upstanding- up(state) + standing
    13a: extra - ex + art*
    15a: tableaus - use at lab*
    19a: notes - stone*
    22a: flag (DD)
    23a: adjudicate - a tad juiced*
    26a: tricolour - tri + our + col*
    27a: overt - over + t
    1d: roars - oar in rs
    2d: India gate (DD)
    3d: lumbers - dimes + b*
    5d: inst - I+n+s+t
    7d: salute - ( tableaus - ab)*
    8d: planes - plane + s
    14d: throatily- (harlot + it+y)*
    16d: lentiform- (oft+Marlin)*
    17d: befits- best if*
    18d: redfort(DD)
    21d: burrow - burro+w(imper)
    24d: asean - (ple)ase an(other)

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  13. Theme words.
    Raisina Hill
    Award
    Tableaus
    Flag
    Tricolour
    India Gate
    Planes
    Red Fort
    ASEAN
    Sweets

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  14. 6d: lie in wait- lie(laze) in(at home) wait(linger)

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  15. I will update the post with the regular blog at 2 PM today as I am leaving for Goa in the afternoon for my annual college get-together

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  16. 9A. Award (A+ward). Meaning: recognition
    10A. Bombshell (DD)
    15A. Tableaus (Can't really Anno it - but it is an anagram of Use at Lab).
    19A. Notes - and not tones
    20D. Sweets (SS contains wee and t - Meaning toffees).
    4D. Ammonia (Ammo+ NIA)

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  17. Good night, everyone! Thanks for solving

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  18. I think due to a packed sporting visual treat many of the regular commenters are absent today to comment on what is a typical enjoyable thematic offering from Incognito. Thanks Incognito.

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