Thursday, 26 September 2019

No 12740, Thursday 26 Sep 2019, Incognito


ACROSS
7   At first, financial legislation reveals defect (4) FLAW {Fi...l}{LAW}
8   Cop's at home with corpse mangled around topmost part of thigh (9) INSPECTOR {IN}{SPEC{Th..h}OR*}
10 Drink is returned before the German's assassination (6) MURDER {RUM<=}{DER}
11 Beheaded Bond-maids are carted away in suit (8) DIAMONDS {bOND+MAIDS}*
12 I lay a ham pudding in range (8) HIMALAYA*
14 Add small program goal (6) APPEND {APP}{END}
16 Crush green olive and extract oil ... to settle a score (7) REVENGE {GREEN+oliVE}*
18 Initially procure flower part for animal (7) PANTHER {Pr...e}{ANTHER}
21 Organised a trek around Akishima, primarily to display martial art (6) KARATE {A+TREK}* over {Ak...a}
23 Indian treated (holding a bit of rice) and brought upon oneself (8) INCURRED {IN}{CUR{Rice}ED}
25 Pawnbroker Samuel's country relative? (5,3) UNCLE SAM {UNCLE}{SAM}
27 Reveal peacekeeper's initially mysterious question (6) UNMASK {UN}{My...s}{ASK}
29 Witnesses noted pens are displaced (9) DEPONENTS*
30 To start with, purple writing fluid shows healthy colour (4) PINK {Pu...e}{INK}

DOWN
1   Enlighten sick university man in Europe (8) ILLUMINE {ILL}{U}{M}{IN}{E}
2   Outstanding ring! Marry! (4) OWED {O}{WED}
3   Sire is confused over artist's range in Spanish (6) SIERRA {SIRE*}{RA}
4   Secondhand automobile surprisingly raced us (4-3) USED CAR*
5   Encountered a lawyer followed by volunteers providing information about information (8) METADATA {MET}{A}{DA}{TA}
6   Fragrant oil found in cottonseed (4) OTTO [T]
9   NORAD's formulated a radioactive gas (5) RADON*
13 Near a horrible sports venue (5) ARENA*
15 Safe Sellers? (5) PETER [DD]
17 Ganger is improperly applying lubrication (8) GREASING*
19 Vespers are not odd! Therefore, no good (8) EVENSONG {EVEN}{SO}{NG}
20 Sickness ward's mail's misplaced at first (7) AILMENT {ENT}<=>{MAIL*}
22 Bristled Dewan's dancing (5) AWNED*
24 Flex muscle endlessly over Yankee ... that's inelegant (6) CLUMSY {MUSCLe}*{Y}
26 Friend returned with penny for a European (4) LAPP {PAL<=}{P}
28 Be listless about light motorcyle having no dynamo at first (4) MOPE MOPEd

Reference List
The in German = DER, Indian = IN, Peacekeeper = UN, University = U, Man = M, Europe = E, Ring = O, Artist = RA, Lawyer = DA, Volunteers = TA, No = N, Good = G, Yankee = Y, Penny = P

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24 comments:

  1. Padmanabhan26 September 2019 at 08:37

    25A- IMO,Pawn broker is not the def. I think it is just uncle
    Could 'country relative' be the def. or is it just CD?

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao26 September 2019 at 08:42

      It is not very clear to me either. I felt the def. is country relative. Uncle Sam is known as USA or Americans.

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    2. sree_sree26 September 2019 at 08:46

      +1 pawnbroker:uncle, samuel short is Sam. Uncle Sam is the uncle of whole country

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  2. Padmanabhan26 September 2019 at 08:40

    Metadata was new to me but wp and crossings helped.
    Range in English has quite a wide range. It ranges from Himalayas to cooking range!

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  3. C.G. BHARGAV26 September 2019 at 08:40

    Whether it be a MURDER mystery to be solved or the theft of UNCLE SAM'S DIAMONDS.
    The Injury INCURRED in a FLAWED KARATE chop.
    Any such thing and more INSPECTOR Clouseau had his own CLUMSY way of UNMASKING.
    Yes I am talking about Peter Sellers acting in the 1963 movie THE PINK PANTHER as an Indian.
    Hilarious and much more. If you have not seen the movie yet, please do view it now!

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  4. Padmanabhan26 September 2019 at 08:53

    Just Peter Seller is hilarious. He does not have to DO anything. He specialises in portraying the hilarious Indian.

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  5. Padmanabhan26 September 2019 at 08:58

    See Peter Sellers as Hrundi Bakshi in 'The Party'. If anyone could do anything in a most CLUMSY way, it's him. Thank you CGB for some good old memories.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=peter+sellers+in+the+party&oq=Peter+Sellers+in+The+Party&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.22672j1j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

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  6. Kishore26 September 2019 at 09:19

    Congratulations to CGB for identifying the theme

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  7. Col_Gopinath26 September 2019 at 09:25

    I will be out of circulation from the 28 Sep to 21 Oct. CV, Bhavan, Ramesh and Prasad will be handling the blog, my sincere thanks to them for accepting my request to keep the blog going.
    There will be no Sunday specials in view of commencement of IXL-19 from 29 Sep onwards.

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  8. Col_Gopinath26 September 2019 at 09:27

    All the best in advance to all the participants of IXL-19

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  9. Padmanabhan26 September 2019 at 09:43

    Received a mail yesterday from IXL giving my login ID & password.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao26 September 2019 at 10:00

      I am enjoying double identity with two ids/passwords!

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    2. raju umamaheswar26 September 2019 at 10:24

      That makes it a double KKR s. Looking forward to a double KOs in the IXL. All the best.

      Col: have a great trip . But you had promised me that you ‘ll try to make an appearance', if you can. The blog will be in safe hands, no doubt.

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    3. Vasant26 September 2019 at 11:21

      Double dhamaka!

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  10. Amita Baviskar26 September 2019 at 11:47

    Cold solved the entire puzzle! Too easy today.

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    1. Vasant26 September 2019 at 16:33

      You should take part in IXL.

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    2. raju umamaheswar26 September 2019 at 17:07

      In fact, all THCC bloggers should participate. This is a request to register themselves, by visiting the contest site on line at www.crypticsingh.com

      Delete

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