Tuesday 9 July 2019

No 12673, Tuesday 09 Jul 2019, Incognito


ACROSS
8   Shogun/Samurai's concealed weapons (4) GUNS [T]
9    These decisions, conveyed by Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Watson at lunchtime might have sounded like his usual observation (10) ALIMENTARY (~ elementary)
10 Put money into Indian undershirt (6) INVEST {IN}{VEST}
11 Miranda cooked with energy and made a liquid for soaking food (8) MARINADE {MIRANDA*}{E}
12 British flying champ permitted to get a bangle (8) BRACELET {BR}{ACE}{LET}
14 Illogical like a sailor with an irrational root (6) ABSURD {AB}{SURD}
16 Tail-less skuas morph into other birds (4) AUKS SKUAs*
17 Cyril Fotheringay-Phipps manages my bar (5) BARMY*
18 Englishman in Australia has a bit of pageantry and grandeur (4) POMP {POM}{Pa...y}
19 Loved present day mineral having diamond (6) ADORED {AD}{ORE}{D}
21 Participants appear after ward speaks wildly (8) ENTRANTS {ENT}{RANTS}
23 Murders a criminal for percussion organs (8) EARDRUMS*
26 Strip? Where one takes off? (6) RUNWAY [CD]
27 ... and won back after male engineers were present at this place and time (4,3,3) HERE AND NOW {AND}{WON<=} after {HE}{RE}
28 Container fire (4) SACK [DD]

DOWN
1    Task completion time makes a change in fortunes (10) TURNAROUND [DD]
2    Securities and Exchange Commission returns filed after German town makes extracts (8) ESSENCES {ESSEN}{SEC<=}
3    Business group has some mode of transport on English channel at last (6) CARTEL {CART}{E}{c...eL}
4    Is returned by American in old Asian nation (4) SIAM {IS<=}{AM}
5    One is not sure how many days this month has (8) FEBRUARY [CD]
6    Rises up, paradoxically, in places to sit (6) STANDS [DD]
7    Dry part of Faridabad (4) ARID [T]
13 You in olden times included arithmetic. For example, the number of feet one may find in the yard (5) THREE {TH{R}EE}
15 Canter around MIT on receipt of Euro money transfer (10) REMITTANCE {RE{MIT}TANC*}{E}
17 Yes, French game partners on cot are a sort of migrant people (8) BEDOIUNS {BED}{OUI}{N S}
18 Simplest legal document contains directions (8) PLAINEST {PLAIN{E}{S}T}
20 Communists standing back to back become more embarrassed (6) REDDER {RED<>DER}
22 Frowns endlessly after the player left match that was purposely forfeited (6) THROWN {THe}{fROWNs}
24 Implements found in Cartesian co-ordinate systems (4) AXES [DD]
25 Without Latin ratio, for example (4) SINE Anno pending [DD] See comments

 Reference List
Energy = E, British = BR, Sailor = AB, Engineers = RE(Royal Engineers), Engliah = E, American = AM, Arithmetic = R, Euro = E, Partners N, S, Directions = E,S,  Player = E


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20 comments:

  1. Ramki Krishnan9 July 2019 at 08:32

    I took it as a dd
    SINE in Latin = without (as in sine die)
    SINE is also a ratio

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  2. Anonymous9 July 2019 at 09:09

    SANS means without. Can we connect this answer with the clue, Sir?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao9 July 2019 at 09:18

      SANS is right, partially, KSK
      Can you justify it with the latter part of the clue?

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  3. cdrgani299 July 2019 at 10:59

    Once again, savoured Incognito's clues!

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  4. Amita Baviskar9 July 2019 at 11:23

    Smoothly solved! Enjoyed this. Thanks, Incognito.

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  5. Anonymous9 July 2019 at 11:27

    Yes, Sir. Thanks, Mr Rao

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  6. Kishore9 July 2019 at 11:47

    Thanks, certain, Amita Baviskar and KSK

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  7. Padmanabhan9 July 2019 at 16:38

    Thank you Incognito.
    Enjoyed this, but it was over before it started! Incognito express.

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    1. Kishore9 July 2019 at 17:40

      Thanks Paddy. Even Einstein had difficulty it in comprehending the time-space conundrum. Like an Ourobous.

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    2. Vasant9 July 2019 at 18:25

      This is more Cryptic than the clues in the puzzle:-)

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    3. sree_sree9 July 2019 at 18:47

      The philosophical conundrum of beginning and end. the inspiration for periodic table!!. the symbol of infinity!
      A small story heard when i was a child.
      once there was a fight between tri-murthy's about who is G****.
      so each one started showing their prowess.

      Shiva prakat's himself as this anant linga. Brahma and Vishnu decide to enquire and each takes opposite sides, one towards aai, the other towards anth.

      ps: and thats the start of kaliyug since srushti, sthiti, laya is in search of self!!!

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    4. Padmanabhan9 July 2019 at 20:50

      Had to google it.
      Expecting a themed CW tomorrow.

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  8. PKPSwami9 July 2019 at 17:33

    Had a stroll in the park.enjoyed.My joy knows no bounds thanks to expedient clues.My cod is 6d. Thanks Incognito.

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  9. Vasant9 July 2019 at 18:22

    I think it is very difficult to create "easy" puzzles. As one who is also a super solver, it must be difficult to write simple clues that many solvers find "easy" .
    How does Incognito manage this? As he himself admitted once, he can create "difficult" puzzles(Interview in CU).

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