Monday 24 September 2018

No 12429, Monday 24 Sep 2018, Incognito


ACROSS
8   Long way to go — mile, perhaps — to agricultural site (4) FARM {FAR}{M}
9   Tipsy Zeno gulps in oxygen gas (5) OZONE {OZ{O}NE*} Does Afterdark know that?
10 Indian king in New York is dark (4) INKY {I}{N{K}Y}
11 Cried: "Be sick during a weekday" (6) WAILED {W{AIL}ED}
12 Croon around harbour? That's playful! (8) SPORTING {S{PORT}ING}
13 Indian revolutionary follows company employee (8) COMANCHE {CO}{MAN}{CHE}
15 Give back form sent to the IRS? (6) RETURN [DD]
17 Flower? Flower inside ship? Quite the contrary! (7) BLOSSOM {BLO{SS}OM}
19 Before paramilitary force captures parliamentarian and monarch (7) EMPRESS {E{MP}RE}{SS}
22 Loved Ruby (also Carmine, Rose, and Coral, perhaps) after a party (6) ADORED {A}{DO}{RED}
24 Cloudy above California street (8) OVERCAST {OVER}{CA}{ST}
26 Common gold, Gulf money and Yen (8) ORDINARY {OR}{DINAR}{Y}
28 Creeper found in Antigua, naturally (6) IGUANA [T]
30 Stake found in Dantes' heart — it's bigger than usual (4) ANTE [T]
31 No drink during paradiddle? It's funny! (5) DROLL {Drum ROLL}
32 Thailand's in Asia Minor? (4) SIAM [T]

DOWN
1   Father's two personal assistants (4) PAPA {PA}{PA}
2   Gal's mama mixes compounds (8) AMALGAMS*
3   Sleuths returned after Ron went back for Scandinavian (6) NORDIC {RON<=}{CID<=}
4   Fighter's removal after Judge ... (7) JOUSTER {J}{OUSTER}
5   ... Roger's erroneously mentioned in Alcoholics Anonymous' initial meeting's high flying letter (8) AEROGRAM {A{ROGER*}A}{Me...g}
6   Command: "Export damaged relics from Lake District", surprisingly (6) DIKTAT {lAKe+DIsTricT}*
7   Just like one relative (4) AKIN {A}{KIN}
14 Drunk oldie is mad (5) OILED*
16 Engineer stops in absence of work and takes a break (5) RESTS {RE{STopS}
18 Mixed mild soda for spinsters (3,5) OLD MAIDS*
20 Exciting rescue or refuge? (8) RECOURSE*
21 Husband and wife give refuge to injured cooly and divine bovine (4,3) HOLY COW {H}{COOLY*}{W}
23 Artist is extraordinarily sensuous at first — gets pay hikes (6) RAISES {RA}{IS}{Ex...y}{Se...s}
25 Skin of eland, followed by horrible bile can be eaten (6) EDIBLE {ElanD}{BILE*}
27 Indian queen managed industry at first (4) RANI {RAN}{In...y}
29 Rushed back carrying last piece of baggage. It's not far! (4) NEAR {RA{b...gE}N<=}

GRID

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29 comments:

  1. maradnusro24 September 2018 at 08:46

    A tad too easy. Thank you all the same.

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  2. sree_sree24 September 2018 at 08:47

    Col the comment is on 9a or 10a!

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    1. Deepak Gopinath24 September 2018 at 08:51

      9A

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    2. Deepak Gopinath24 September 2018 at 08:55

      For those who are not friends wit AD on Facebook. Zeno is his Lab's name

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 September 2018 at 09:10

      Oh, I was wondering what the connection is! BTW, what has AD got to do with labs?

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    4. Shrikanth24 September 2018 at 09:34

      Brought a smile on my face, first thing in the morning. Considering he has never featured in my puzzles. Though this clue has been waiting for a while - Hungry Zeno devoured grain scattered by gypsy (7)

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    5. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 September 2018 at 10:23

      Col, I was careless enough to miss the uppercase L! Apologies.

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  3. KARTHIK24 September 2018 at 08:55

    10A) I read it as {I{N(K)Y}} since there was no acrostic indicator

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    1. Deepak Gopinath24 September 2018 at 08:58

      As per your anno {N{K}Y} is in {I} how can something be inserted in a single letter? There is no Acrostic involved here. It's just I for Indian followed by K for King in NY for New York

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    2. Vasant24 September 2018 at 12:04

      Col. I think PSK means the same as you have mentioned.

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  4. Padmanabhan24 September 2018 at 09:02

    That is what Col. has also indicated.
    I was struggling with it for a while and it held up Diktat as well. Rest of it of course flowed freely.

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  5. Padmanabhan24 September 2018 at 09:06

    Thank you Incognito for an easy but interesting CW.

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  6. vdsprasad49@gmail.com24 September 2018 at 10:52

    With the recent changes in the ineractive version of THC, navigation has become a bit difficult. I wonder what others feel about it.

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    1. Deepak Gopinath24 September 2018 at 11:19

      I see no difficulty

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    2. vdsprasad49@gmail.com24 September 2018 at 11:31

      Earlier, everytime I click on the grid to fill an answer, the clue used to appear above the grid. Now I have to click on the clue to go to the grid and to go to the next clue, I have to scroll down to the list of clues below the grid. Earlier there was no need at all to see the list of clues.

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    3. Vasant24 September 2018 at 12:06

      Col. has mentioned ways of getting over this difficulty in The Sunday Crossword blog.

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  7. Vasant24 September 2018 at 12:12

    Many Happy Returns Of The Day, Ram.

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  8. Padmanabhan24 September 2018 at 12:23

    Ram,
    Happy Birthday & Many many Happy Returns of the Day!

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  9. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 September 2018 at 14:46

    There is a substantial increase in the menace. Now it is coming in the form of reply to our mails!

    Col, can we not do something?

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    1. Deepak Gopinath24 September 2018 at 17:29

      Can't do anything about it. I can only block those who are posting using their Google profile. Those who post using their Blogger ID cannot be blocked.
      Another option is to moderate comments but that will be a problem as I will have to approve every comment

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 September 2018 at 17:38

      I understand.
      Yes, it is a laborious task on you.
      Let us live with this onslaught!

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    3. sree_sree24 September 2018 at 18:38

      Going incognito might help a bit. Since there are not going to be special on Sundays, may be we should try. Go private with only approved readers once in a week.

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  10. Chaturvasi24 September 2018 at 17:59

    Every time I see a Spam, I delete it as I have the power to do so, besides the owner. .

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 September 2018 at 18:06

      Probably this particular "power" can be further decentralized, ha ha!

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    2. Padmanabhan24 September 2018 at 18:15

      ...may be to all those who stand in for blogging in Col.'s absence.

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    3. Deepak Gopinath24 September 2018 at 19:37

      All those who are Bloggers have the administrative rights and they can delete spam

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