ACROSS
1 Madly hire – taking on board sailor and pirate (8) HIJACKER {HI{JACK}ER*}
5 Nice is wrongly represented in Supreme Court ... it is picturesque (6) SCENIC {S{NICE*}C}
10 Servant maid's initial attraction (5) CHARM {CHAR}{M
11 Accuracy of composition by Numero Uno on return (9) PRECISION {PRECIS}{NO1<=}
12 Put an end to a kind of whiskey (6) SCOTCH [DD]
13 Appropriate English spa town (not hot!) (8) ARROGATE
15 Strand engineer with a child (5) BEACH {BE}{A}{CH}
17 Leave the decision to Penny (4,1,4) TOSS A COIN [CD]
19 Briefly record confusion in quadrilateral (9) RECTANGLE {REC}{TANGLE}
20 Edit and finish by morning (5) AMEND {AM}{END}
21 I boarded hybrid car, catamaran and plane (8) AIRCRAFT {A{I}RC*}{RAFT}
23 Fit weapons to a German aircraft-carrier, initially, in fleet (6) ARMADA {ARM}{A}{D}{A
27 Indian musical instrument's note is pure (9) INVIOLATE {IN}{VIOLA}{TE}
28 Banned material that may be found next to trunk (5) IVORY [CD]
29 He wears nothing except his birthday suit, perhaps, around commencement of dance after noon (6) NUDIST {N}{U{D
30 State: "A Republican state" (8) ARKANSAS {A}{R}{KANSAS}
DOWN
1 Sells, I hear, wines (5) HOCKS (~hawks)
2 RAF CO A. Jon's flying "The Maid of Orleans" (4,2,3) JOAN OF ARC*
3 Wag company's little microphone (5) COMIC {CO}{MIC}
4 Spot English Bond, for example (4) ESPY {E}{SPY}
6 Mince tail and poach to produce sausage (9) CHIPOLATA*
8 Anxious ... CERN should be covered by cone before commencement of de-ionization (9) CONCERNED {CON{CERN}E}{D
9 Blue Force, indeed (9) DEPRESSED {DE{PRESS}ED}
14 Spreading grease/fat results in articulation difficulties (5,4) STAGE FEAR*
15 Wild pubs supported by Scotsman (9) BARBARIAN {BAR}{BAR}{IAN}
16 Spaces tall people need? Captain's cabins (9) HEADROOMS {HEAD}{ROOMS}
18 Musical tops for surgeons (9) OPERATORS {OPERA}{TORS}
22 Drove around and wandered (5) ROVED*
24 Food secreted in Samurai tatami (5) RAITA [T]
25 Sailor on Yankee ship shows deep chasm (5) ABYSS {AB}{Y}{SS}
26 RIP ... a mourner may shed this (4) TEAR [DD]
Reference List
Sailor = JACK, Hot = H, Child = CH, German = D, Indian = IN, Note = TE, Noon = N, Republican = R, Company = CO, English = E, Sailor = AB, Yankee = Y, Ship = SS
Started late,but finished on time. Thank you Incognito.
ReplyDeleteLoved the hijacker and the aircraft.
13A was the last to fall.
Had to look at crossings for 13a and 10a but rest cold.
DeleteIncognito does not hide for long.
ReplyDeleteMy pick is 'inviolate ivory' - 27&28Ac
Many years ago early in my solving career I used to test myself as to how many clues in an Everyman crossword (reproduced in TH) I was able to solve cold - without any crossings. My best record was all but three. Now I can't do that! I am not able to solve my own clue after a few days from writing it. Honest. What happens to our brain as we grow?
ReplyDeleteSame here
DeleteLet me also be honest in admitting this.
DeleteVasi Sir,
DeleteI really couldn't stop laughing on seeing your message. It did happen to me at least on two occasions when I couldn't remember how I set this clue! I doubted initially whether it was my own clue or was there an error! Since I keep a record of annotations to my clues, I get a solace
We have CACHE, ROM, RAM,Hard disk and external storage all connected through non-cat3 complaint cables.
DeleteIf its just a matter of time before one gets it, its usually packet loss.
Just have to resend the command.
If it happens even then, its traffic jam on information highway.
But now-a-days, its bit like every update of OS and every APP needing more and more Memory and on auto-update mode. (The daily maintenance chores of a brain running in the back ground mode take up relatively high ram)
And they say A content man is like a auto-sleep mode! And one needs a password to wake-up the D machine.
I have never solved cold any puzzle.. So that shows my solving prowess.
DeleteOf course, you do it active (after a morning jog or at office) daytime while I do it under AC trying to sleep. (INCOGNITO ones).
DeleteIt is not that.. Cold solving requires depth.. Of course we all do cold solving.. The 1st clue solved is cold.. When we are stuck even with crossings, we move on and attempt a clue without crossings.. But solving cold all clues in a puzzle(a la IXL finals on stage rounds) requires great amount of solving skills.
DeleteSame here too.
ReplyDeleteAdvantage is that all Cw's (even if recycled) look new!
ReplyDeleteCV: it is a fact that old giveth place to knew. Our brain’s memory bank dumps old ones to give place to new. If we persist, we can recall after a bit of jogging the mind. It is very normal. Some memories of yore lingers. Unpleasant memories, get washed out by the digestive system of the mind. Good ones are stored away to be refreshed and relished. —— like one ‘ s old flame or a crush. I still remember when I first fell in lov,e with my wife on a Holi day and waited to tie the knot for 10 years !
ReplyDelete10 years??!! Fortunately you were young and had not started forgetting!
DeleteA decade of waiting!
DeleteI have waited enough for IXL login. Since it didn't happen, I registered with a new mobile as well as mail id. Although it says, the password is sent to mobile/mail id, I got it only on my mobile with which I logged in successfully.
ReplyDeleteI now wait for the commencement of the much-awaited event!
His name was not RAINA.
ReplyDeleteHe was A certain NAIR who seemed to be moving around with AN AIR of gay abandon.
He had booked tickets to the IVORY coast to see and enjoy the SCENIC CHARM of the BEACH.
He had also sought permission with the CONCERNED authorities to spend a few days in a NUDIST camp nearby.
But when he actually reached the place he was caught with a kind of STAGE FEAR.
He said to himself NAIRA and left the place.
Narayina!!
DeleteSimplicity in clue formation , yet tricky . Incognito’s hallmark. Thanks for a refreshing morning mental workout.
ReplyDeleteMany Happy Returns Of The Day,Ram.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteZa+2
DeleteThank you Vasant, Prasad and KKR
DeleteOh!
ReplyDeletehappy Birthday & many happy Returns of the Day!!!
Keep doing CW's and sending in First entries!
Thanks Paddy. Sending first entries happen because of others not sending!
DeleteThat's what I tried to say- you are not like all others!
DeleteThanks to you gentlemen I learned a new expression today: to solve cold! Today's puzzle was an easy one to solve cold for the most part. Only one minor protest: 14D "stage fear". Isn't the usual term "stage fright"?
ReplyDeleteI too didn't find this in dictionaries, it has its rightful place in our conversations.
DeleteHowever, glossophobia is defined as:
An abnormal fear of speaking in public or of trying to speak.
in the freedictionary. Stage fear is redirected to glossophobia
"The human brain is a wonderful organ. It begins functioning the moment you are born and does not stop until you are called upon to deliver a speech!"
DeleteTussi great ho, Prasad! (Won't say, "Tohfa kubul karo" :-))
DeleteYes 'stage fear' is colloquial.
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