Wednesday, 24 October 2018

No 12454, Wednesday 24 Oct 2018, Incognito


Another African Safari from Incognito.

ACROSS
7   Central Intelligence Agency circular letter spells out what may be said on departure (4) CIAO {CIA}{O}
8   All five try to construct a geological feature (4,6) RIFT VALLEY*
10 Clement ex-PM, a model general (6) ATTLEE {A}{T}{T}{LEE} Second T from?
11 Trouble by conducting silly rite around Rita (8) IRRITATE {IR{RITA}TE*}
12 Volcanic island has half-monster king and a tailless amphibian (8) KRAKATOA {KRAken}{K}{A}{TOAd}
14 Trip leaders of American females wearing Indian dress (6) SAFARI {S{A}{F}ARI}
16 Upper class person takes in air in African capital (7) NAIROBI {N{AIR}OB}{I}
18 Teach by placing old coin between two Euros (7) EDUCATE {E}{DUCAT}{E}
21 Sprayers made by South Korea with United Nations, knight and son (6) SKUNKS {SK}{UN}{K}{S}
23 Spies return colouring material — stuff used by Indians (3,5) WAR PAINT {RAW<=} {PAINT}
25 Aristocratic person and a little churchman become haughty (8) SNOBBISH {SNOB}{BISHop}
27 Movie shown by Omaha tar industrialist (6) HATARI [T]
29 Fish carried by girl reveals bacteria (10) SALMONELLA {SALMON}{ELLA}
30 Dehusk sesame and grind — it remains unaltered (4) SAME sESAMe*

DOWN
1   Queen’s winner is above an American (8) VICTORIA {VICTOR}{1}{A}
2   Unknown bird's cry (4) YOWL {Y}{OWL}
3   Old town male is pressing (6) URGENT {UR}{GENT}
4   Person from the Dark Continent may reconstitute California after removal of oil cracking (7) AFRICAN CAliFoRNIA*
5   Finished before American editor employed beyond reason (8) OVERUSED {OVER}{US}{ED}
6   Spot British site (4) BLOT {B}{LOT}
9   Go in — teen's confused before king! (5) ENTER {TEEN}*{R}
13 Townsfolk are not holding author of Out of Africa (5) KAREN [T]
15 Initially, foreign agents' (spies) dash (5) FACIA {Fo...n}{Ag...s}{CIA}
17 Snob goes back carrying wine to strongholds (8) BASTIONS {B{ASTI}ONS<=}
19 Puzzle pieces are brown and have little weights, I hear (8) TANGRAMS {TAN}{GRAMS}
20 Wish Ali changes language (7) SWAHILI*
22 Yank travelling around East African country (5) KENYA {K{E}NYA*}
24 Warm again, when heater is repaired (6) REHEAT*
26 Church podium beam's warped (4) BEMA*
28 Source of ivory got from leaders of tribal unions stripping Kenya (4) TUSK Acrostic

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34 comments:

  1. sree_sree24 October 2018 at 08:36

    10a ford TT model, IMU.

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  2. Padmanabhan24 October 2018 at 08:37

    Thank you Incognito for the African Safari. Enjoyed it.
    Though I could read about 'Bema' in wiki, I could not find it in the dictionary. Of course, as Prasad pointed out yesterday wp leads to it unmistakably.

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    1. sree_sree24 October 2018 at 08:46

      https://www.britannica.com/technology/bema-architecture

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  3. Sujatha24 October 2018 at 08:39

    In 16A, where does the I come from?

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  4. sree_sree24 October 2018 at 08:39

    19d why "I hear" pls.

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    1. Padmanabhan24 October 2018 at 08:44

      +1

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    2. Kishore24 October 2018 at 08:45

      To avoid confusion with Gramme

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    3. sree_sree24 October 2018 at 08:50

      But shouldn't it be the other way. Gram is the standard and gramme is alternative, UK only?

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    4. Kishore24 October 2018 at 09:25

      We usually follow British spelling

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  5. Kishore24 October 2018 at 08:46

    Thanks to Raju Umamaheshwar for suggesting the theme

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  6. Chaturvasi24 October 2018 at 09:11

    Kishore, You forgot to include those condescending Brits at the Nairobi club solving crosswords in English papers ignoring the Indian ready with answers.

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    1. Kishore24 October 2018 at 09:23

      Indeed! RU just brought me news of the tragic death of 4 members of a family i knew in Nairobi in a road accident on 21st October...

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    2. Vasant24 October 2018 at 12:54

      Condolences on the tragic death.

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao24 October 2018 at 13:14

      +1

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  7. Chaturvasi24 October 2018 at 09:28

    My condolences.

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    1. Padmanabhan24 October 2018 at 09:52

      Sad to hear. Gruesome to die in a road accident, that too 4 of them.

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  8. vdsprasad49@gmail.com24 October 2018 at 10:21

    It was a very quick solve, unusually so.

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  9. Vasant24 October 2018 at 14:17

    Did the mini S&B meet take place yesterday?

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  10. Padmanabhan24 October 2018 at 15:12

    We had a great time. Col. is on his way back to Bangalore and I am sure would be posting pictures tomorrow.

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    1. Col_Gopinath24 October 2018 at 19:32

      Unfortunately I have only one snap. Will post it tomorrow

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  11. Col_Gopinath24 October 2018 at 19:42

    Photo posted on the THCC Families blog. Can be viewed at the following link.

    https://thccfamilies.blogspot.com/2018/10/mini-s-at-chennai-on-23-dec.html?m=1

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    1. Kishore24 October 2018 at 20:04

      Nice photo! You all seem to have gone through the roof (of the earlier venue)

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    2. raju umamaheswar25 October 2018 at 03:49

      Kshore: Thanks for the themed crossword, based on my farmaish a few years ago ! You do remember to keep your promise !. Brings back so many good memories ? and of course, sad about this country going the way of all under- developed countries . Kenya and Malaysia got independence about the same time and see where the latter is !

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