Friday 12 July 2019

No 12676, Friday 12 Jul 2019, Incognito

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ACROSS
7    Hint: Violent uncle ejects first niece (4) CLUE UnCLE*
8    Famous aircraftsman rigs medical (9) ACCLAIMED {AC}{MEDICAL*}
10 Nude relative dumps the French boy (6) UNCLAD {UNCle}{LAD}
11 7 goes: "Bad poems" (8) ECLOGUES {CLUE+GOES}*
12 Shackled, Mandela walks around Cape (8) MANACLED {MANA{C}LED*}
14 Outer layer of eye's clear, going around (6) SCLERA {S}{CLEAR*}
16 State "Last month Lear collapsed" (7) DECLARE {DEC}{LEAR*}
18 Shoot! Al cried shudderingly! (7) RADICLE*
21 Drink real cocktail in court (6) CLARET {C{REAL*}T}
23 Congregation of leaders of European church clergy, laity (excluding spokespeople) in America (8) ECCLESIA Acrostic
25 Hurricanes and calamitous storms initially crossed devastated Ceylon (8) CYCLONES {Ca...s}{CEYLON*}{St...s}
27 Sweet Eric travels around Los Angeles (6) ECLAIR {EC{LA}IR*}
29 Touring places around tavern? That's tops! (9) PINNACLES {P{INN}ACLES*}
30 150 notes produce musical symbol (4) CLEF {CL}{E}{F}

DOWN
1    Stretch one leg at jumping (8) ELONGATE*
2    Met founder purchasing eleven electric lamps, for starters (4) PEEL Acrostic
3    Sal DNA produces a different tree (6) SANDAL*
4    Ship carries American Indian director on long passages (7) SCREEDS {S{CREE}{D}S}
5    Catapult is in middle of dance by Territorial Army (8) BALLISTA {BALL}{IS}{TA}
6    Sergeant Major's old gun's initial pollution (4) SMOG {SM}{O}{Gun}
9    In literature, gloomy doctor has an organ (5) DREAR {DR}{EAR}
13 Real confusion about boy and fitter (5) ABLER {A{B}LER*}
15 Wildly Voltaire drops vat for flower (5) LOIRE vOLtaIRE*
17 Rod's aunt goes round round buildings (8) ROTUNDAS*
19 LIC aides transferred and relieved from clerical duties (8) LAICISED*
20 Ships containers (7) VESSELS [DD]
22 After loss of shoe in playhouse, threw one-handed basketball shot (3-2) LAY-UP PLAYhoUse*
24 Fold crown with no difficulty (6) CREASE {CR}{EASE}
26 Large gun's spoilt air pump (4) LUNG {L}{GUN*}
28 Secure coil of hair (4) LOCK [DD]

Reference List
Aircracftsman = AC, The in French = LE, Cape = C, Court = CT, Director = D, Old = O, Boy = B, Crown = CR, Large = L

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42 comments:

  1. Suresh M S12 July 2019 at 07:24

    7A CLUE = hint ( uncle- n ,first of niece)
    10 A UNCLAD = nude (relative UNCle-le , + LAD)
    12A MANACLED = shackled ( Mandela + C anagram)
    1D ELONGATE = stretch (one leg at anagram)
    3D SANDAL = tree( (sal DNA anagram)

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  2. Remy12 July 2019 at 08:02

    8 AC Acclaimed -Famous.aircraftsman-Ac+ANAG of medical.
    4 d Screeds.ship-ss Cree-american Indian,D-Durector s(cree+d)s.-long speech
    5 ballista-catapult.ball-dance.TA Territorial army.Ball(is)ta
    27a Eclair-sweet ANAG of eric.ec(la)it
    29 a Pinnacles-top.tavern-inn.anag of places.p(Inn)acles.

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  3. Jayalakshmi arumugam12 July 2019 at 08:21

    23ac ecclesia (acrostic)
    16ac declare Dec (lear)*
    20dn vessels (dd)
    30ac clef cl (150) ef
    13dn abler (real)* around b (oy)

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  4. Anonymous12 July 2019 at 09:19

    29A: Anag of PLACES + INN (Tavern)= PINNACLES meaning TOPS.

    6D: Initial letters of each word of the given clue viz., SMOG meaning pollution

    9D: DR (Doctor)+ EAR ( organ) = Drear, meaning gloomy in literature.

    15D: Anagram of (VOLTAIRE - VAT= OLIRE ) = LOIRE, a river (flower)in France.

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  5. Anonymous12 July 2019 at 09:21

    28D : secure= LOCK = coil of hair

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  6. Kishore12 July 2019 at 09:29

    In connection with yesterday's theme, waiting to hear (at least a prerecorded) message that "The Peacock has Landed" in September

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  7. Kishore12 July 2019 at 09:33

    Solvers may find an HCF in the across answers after completion of solving.

    CLue?

    Please look under Labels in left hand panel of the blog

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    1. Kishore12 July 2019 at 09:45

      Anyone who finds it can post after all answers have been posted by solvers

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    2. Mukundala Balasubramanyam12 July 2019 at 09:48

      I was about to spill the beans! Now I won't!!

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    3. sree_sree12 July 2019 at 10:02

      Anyone who gets should be promoted.

      Delete
  8. Brajesh12 July 2019 at 09:35

    11ac eclogues anagram of goes and 7ac clue

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  9. Steadyhands9212 July 2019 at 09:47

    17a. RODS AUNT anagram.correction.

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  10. Thiru12 July 2019 at 09:54

    23A Ecclesia

    27A Eclair (Eric + LA )

    3D Sandal ( Anagram Sal DNA )

    20D Vessels (DD)

    19D laicised (Anagram : LIC aides)



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  11. Steadyhands9212 July 2019 at 09:55

    2D. PEEL. Robert Peel.founder of metropolitan police and twice PM of UK.
    Initial letters of given clue.

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  12. Brajesh12 July 2019 at 09:58

    14ac Sclera S from eyes and clear anagram

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  13. D N M Rao12 July 2019 at 10:08

    18A Shoot! Al cried - Radicle*

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  14. D N M Rao12 July 2019 at 10:13

    21A Drink real cocktail in court - Claret C(real)T

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  15. Yadu12 July 2019 at 10:42

    22D: lay-up {playhouse - shoe}*
    26D: lung L + {gun}*
    25A: cyclones cs (calamitous storms initially) + {ceylon}*

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  16. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore12 July 2019 at 10:47

    26d: lung(airpump) - {la̷r̷g̷e̷)+(gun*)}

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  17. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore12 July 2019 at 10:48

    24d: crease(fold) - (cro̷w̷n̷+ease)

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  18. Chaturvasi12 July 2019 at 11:44

    The puzzle is CLassic in a way.

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    1. Kishore12 July 2019 at 11:53

      Sir, I have made it this far only due to your guidance. Lead thou me on...

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  19. Dr. Krishnamoorthy. A, Vellore12 July 2019 at 12:08

    HCF - CL

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  20. Rama Sandur12 July 2019 at 16:12

    Still 12ac and 20dn unsolved
    Need help

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  21. Ajay12 July 2019 at 16:23

    20 dn vessels
    12 ac manacled

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  22. Padmanabhan12 July 2019 at 17:41

    Apart from being a CLassic, I found the surfaces of most clues so very nice and interesting, that after solving I reread all the clues. Thank you Incognito. Enjoyment quadrupled!

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  23. Kishore12 July 2019 at 18:54

    Thanks, Colonel and everyone else

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  24. Deepak Gopinath12 July 2019 at 18:54

    CLongrats Kishore

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    1. Kishore12 July 2019 at 19:25

      Thanks, Deepak!

      Do the hundred long rats have long bodies or merely long tails? ;)

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  25. Col_Gopinath12 July 2019 at 19:32

    🤣😁😆

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  26. Vasant12 July 2019 at 20:37

    Coming late to comment on this CLassic. Thanks Incognito for a unique "theme"

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao12 July 2019 at 21:06

      +1.
      Kudos to Incognito for his CLiffhanger

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    2. Kishore12 July 2019 at 21:18

      Thank you, Vasant and KKR

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    3. sree_sree12 July 2019 at 22:07

      CLC at LC. (Fun fact clc aka crystal clear, is all girl music group!)

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  27. Kolluru Koteswara Rao12 July 2019 at 21:03

    Our pageview total on my computer here shows it as 5,030,000! Congrats Col for crossing the 5 Million mark!

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  28. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan12 July 2019 at 21:16

    Incognito turned 150 ☺️ Congratulations 👏👏👏

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    1. Kishore12 July 2019 at 21:20

      Thanks. If I was a tree, l would be a Lord of the Rings

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  29. Ramki Krishnan13 July 2019 at 08:03

    Congratulations on the 150-mark, Kishore!

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