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Saturday, 28 April 2018

No 12303, Saturday 28 Apr 2018, Incognito

Incognito dealing with early life today

Across

1. Ask, "Bury gun amongst fish eggs?" (11) INTERROGATE {INTER}{RO{GAT}E}
9. Is little Susan the problem? (5) ISSUE {IS}{SUE}
10. On rug in pristine surroundings, well before time (9) PREMATURE {P{RE}{MAT}URE}
11. Study notice wrongly including purl design (10) CONCEPTION {CON}{NOTICE*} around {P}
12. Colliery // explosive device // belongs to me (4) MINE (MD)
13. Animal -– Indian –- mentioned in Greek letter (5) RHINO {RH{IN}O}
15. Lamb, for example, wrongly says in English first (8) ESSAYIST {E}{SAYS*}{IST}
17. Perhaps, Basil and Sage ... both reps go all over the place (8) POTHERBS {BOTH+REPS*}
19. Large gnu's distorted organs (5) LUNGS {L}{GNUS*}
22. Circular part returned and set (4) LAID {DIAL<=}
23. Older Bantu created a symbol of equality (5,5) ROUND TABLE {OLDER+BANTU*}
26. Renovation of Stalag No.1 results in fond memories (9) NOSTALGIA {STALAG+NO+I*}
27. Rush back to South-east and take care! (5) NURSE {RUN<=}{SE}
28. The Inca teen produced fangs (6,5) CANINE TEETH {THE+INCA+TEEN*}

Down

1. Playwright's manipulating in BSE (5) IBSEN {IN+BSE*}
2. So, in brief, umpire holds ball in that place (9) THEREFORE {THE{REF}{O}RE}
3. Native American follows salesman for fame (6) REPUTE {REP}{UTE}
4. Cranky CEO has many cats (7) OCELOTS {CEO*}{LOTS}
5. A woman takes a Yankee out (4) AWAY {A}{W}{A}{Y}
6. Composed duet in Rio and got scholarship (9) ERUDITION {DUET+IN+RIO*}
7. Terrapin certainly possesses a claw (6) PINCER (T)
8. Say again: "Engineers have combustible material" (6) REPEAT {RE}{PEAT}
14. Manufacturing ricin isn't essential (9) INTRINSIC {RICIN+ISNT*}
16. Suddenly, expert takes on board couple of students on a cask, I hear (3,2,4) ALL AT ONCE {A{LL} {A}{~TUN}CE}
17. Kung-Fu Panda's country? (6) POLAND {CD)
18. Blast arm getting projectile launcher (7) BLOWGUN {BLOW}{GUN}
20. Observe king and queen's Quidditch player (6) SEEKER {SEE}{K}{ER}
21. Kid is part of gremlin fantasy (6) INFANT (T)
24. Result of Labour? (5) BIRTH (CD)
25. For starters, yet another ridiculous narrative (4) YARN (Acrostic) Narrative on double duty?

Reference List
On=Re, Purl=P, Greek letter=Rho, English=E, First=I'st, Large=L, South-east=SE
Ball=O, Salesman=Rep, Woman=W, Yankee=Y, Engineers=RE, Learner=L, Expert=Ace, King=K, Queen=ER

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31 comments:

  1. sree_sree28 April 2018 at 08:34

    25d Yarn, spin a long story(lie). Semi &lit, my understanding.

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  2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao28 April 2018 at 08:45

    Thanks Ramesh! It didn't strike me about life

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  3. C.G. BHARGAV28 April 2018 at 08:51

    The bouncer and the dancer - Part 21

    SHANGRI-LA

    With the growth of the hamlet the INTRINSIC worth of Shangri-la had gone up. Trouble being far AWAY everything was peaceful and THEREFORE there was no irritating ISSUE in Shangri-la. The dancer had given BIRTH to a PREMATURE baby. A NURSE was appointed to take care of the child. Uncle Sam gifted a locket with the image of INFANT Jesus.

    POLAND:

    Just before leaving, Gombu, SS and the two dancers Lily and Kayal were
    found near a ROUND TABLE. Gombu was cryptic: "Just to REPEAT one last time. The CONCEPTION is MINE but you are going to execute it." Bundles of Euros were LAID on the table.

    Just then G saw a dart like projectile hit the window. Was it from a BLOWGUN? He drew as much air as he could into his LUNGS. He spoke in sign language and ALL AT ONCE, SS
    Lily and Kayal left through the back door.

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  4. Padmanabhan28 April 2018 at 08:55

    Intriguing!

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  5. Padmanabhan28 April 2018 at 08:57

    Though I filled in 1 A, 'Gat' as a gun was new to me.

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    1. maradnusro28 April 2018 at 09:23

      Gatling gun is one of the best known rapid fire guns where ammunition is contunously fed. Invented by Richard Gatling and brought to use during American civil war it is the basic concept model for most machine guns of modern days.

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    2. Padmanabhan28 April 2018 at 10:36

      Thank you- a bit of learning there for me.

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  6. Padmanabhan28 April 2018 at 09:03

    16D- One of the meanings of cask is given as a barrel or what it can hold. Does the second meaning lead to ton? (heard as tun)

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    1. sree_sree28 April 2018 at 09:51

      Tun is a unit of volume of liquid. Casks were made generally to hold such quantities.

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    2. Padmanabhan28 April 2018 at 10:34

      Thank you Prasad.

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  7. Padmanabhan28 April 2018 at 09:08

    Thank you Ramesh for the wonderful blog. A lot of work- makes it very easy for us to follow.

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  8. C.G. BHARGAV28 April 2018 at 09:09

    Cask and tun are synonyms.
    (tun~ton)

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  9. Vasant28 April 2018 at 09:33

    17D: Thought it was a charade
    Po= Kungfu panda+Land=country; semi&Lit

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    1. sree_sree28 April 2018 at 09:40

      Has to be. Poland is not really Po's land to qualify as CD.

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  10. Kishore28 April 2018 at 11:04

    The theme is Labour Day, coming up 1st May ;)

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  11. C.G. BHARGAV28 April 2018 at 15:13

    NOSTALGIA

    As I saw the photograph in The Hindu today I could not recognize her immediately. A journalist becomes a debutante author with the launch of the novel The Shrine of Death.

    Yes the book is written by Divya Kumar who met us crossword enthusiasts in the year 2010 when she was a journalist with The Hindu. "This isn't your garden-variety enthusiasm." she wrote in a 2010 ISSUE of The Hindu. How true! We have come a long way since then.

    MINE and our beloved THCC, a God-send, is the CONCEPTION of our Colonel and it is NURSED by him ever since the blog's BIRTH in early 2009.

    Any SEEKER who was wondering how a particular solution was arrived at will always be rewarded, I REPEAT, will always get the right annotation. If a particular anno is not immediately known (very rare), other expert solvers and/or the setters themselves would do so in the comments section. No clue will go AWAY unexplained! So one gets free ERUDITION from the pros.

    THCC will complete 10 years next year and is no longer an INFANT. More and more are joining the bandwagon.

    Our thanks and best wishes to Col.Gopinath on the eve of the Coimbatore THCC meet.

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    1. sree_sree28 April 2018 at 15:46

      +1

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    2. Col_Gopinath28 April 2018 at 16:21

      Thank you Bhargav. I remember Divya, she covered our first meet at Chennai

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    3. Vasant28 April 2018 at 16:53

      CGB Sir:Great way of expressing what we all feel

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    4. Padmanabhan28 April 2018 at 18:25

      Nice and interesting, Bhargav. Thank you for the nostalgia.
      Yes, I too remember her coverage of our meet, but I did not spot her like you did ( I read about her book too)
      All of us joining you in wishing Co. and others a nice meet at CBE on 3rd May.

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  12. Padmanabhan28 April 2018 at 18:33

    http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/of-chennai-idol-theft-and-a-crime-thriller/article23704424.ece
    Here is the link to the article.

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    1. Vasant28 April 2018 at 21:29

      Thanks Paddy for the link. A brief but informative article.

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    2. Vasant28 April 2018 at 21:37

      There is also review of the book at this link:
      http://www.thehindu.com/books/the-shrine-of-death-by-divya-kumar-reviewed-by-meghna-mazumdar/article23523939.ece

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  13. Jeya29 April 2018 at 12:07

    Sir, how result of labor will be "birth"

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  14. C.G. BHARGAV29 April 2018 at 12:11

    A woman before giving birth to her child will be in "labor" pain....

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