Wednesday, 2 October 2019

No 12745, Wednesday 02 October 2019, Incognito


ACROSS
8 Yankee heads Goa Travels' Indian exercise discipline? (4) YOGA [Yankee + GOA*]
9 Direction shown by Ross' outhouse (5) SOUTH [T]
10 Terrible Russian – one leading spearhead (4) IVAN [1 + VAN]
11 Adventurous Sam left roving submarine at sultanate (6) BRUNEI [sUBmaRINE]*
12 Portrayed ancient resident of Scotland, indeed (8) DEPICTED [PICT inside DEED]
13 Fight couple of girls during Ulster rioting (8) STRUGGLE [Girl Girl inside ULSTER*]
15 Worried maharanis ran away displaying non-violence (6) AHIMSA [MAHAranIS]*
17 Great soul's headgear is in possession of mummy (7) MAHATMA [HAT inside MAMA]
 19 Spinner's Chinese boat has anchor in the front (7) CHARKHA [CHinese + ARK + Has + Anchor]
22 On board, Kane creeps and moves stealthily (6) SNEAKS [KANE* inside SteamShip]
24 Excitedly bid space in cyclerickshaws (8) PEDICABS [BID SPACE]*
 26 Drug returned around beginning of August by Scotsman to caretaker (8) GUARDIAN [DRUG <= outside August + IAN]
28 Attorney sprinkles holy water ... not hot (6) LAWYER [hoLY WAtER]*
30 Endlessly obstruct coalition (4) BLOC [BLOCk]
31 Two score plus ten and half of 4 (5) FIFTY [2x20 + 10]
32 Strand Ray on retirement on Nancowry at first (4) YARN [RAY<= + Nancowry]

DOWN
1 Ms Derek meets queen and settler from Transvaal (4) BOER [BO + Elizabeth Regina]
2 Vehicle with new and initially unused buffing agent – a type of wax (8) CARNAUBA [CAR + New + Unused Buffing Agent]. First A from?
3 Requesting for information in the position of monarch (6) ASKING [AS KING]
4 Barbarian revolutionary/red at last scored century (7) HUNDRED [HUN + RED* + scoreD]
5 Flogs, resulting in neck injury (8) WHIPLASH [DD]?
6 Fruit landed with energy (6) LITCHI [LIT + CHI]
7 Stick tin on wolverine's tail (4) CANE [CAN + wolverinE]
14 Coach // Teach (5) TRAIN [DD]
16 Indian gentleman has rejected Indian boss initially (5) SAHIB [HAS<= + Indian + Boss]
18 Sort of upper-lip possessed by masters and dogs? (8) MASTIFFS [STIFF inside MAS]
20 Car reverses and yaws badly around eastern channel carrying water (8) RACEWAYS [CAR<= + YAWS* outside Eastern]
21 Pins new product as part of brand extension strategy (4-3) SPIN-OFF [PINS*]
23 Lion sent from wild California to its native continent, perhaps (6) AFRICA [CAliFoRnIA]*
25 Yes, lad collapsed, resulting in hold-ups (6) DELAYS [YES LAD]*
27 Intoxicated guy having a bit of lemonade is not handsome (4) UGLY [GUY* outside Lemonade]
29 Buck loses head, Lord (4) EARL [pEARL]
 
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  1. C.G. BHARGAV2 October 2019 at 08:31

    An Indian LAWYER returns from SOUTH AFRICA and took leadership in our freedom STRUGGLE with his preternatural powers.
    Yes MAHATMA Gandhi.
    The Father of our Nation often DEPICTED in pictures spinning YARN on the CHAKRA.
    His only weapon: AHIMSA
    We join the Nation in celebrating his HUNDRED and FIFTIETH Birth Anniversary today.

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    1. Vasant2 October 2019 at 08:40

      Well Said!
      A fitting tribute to Bapu on his Hundred and Fiftieth anniversary!
      Thank you Incognito!

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    2. Kishore2 October 2019 at 14:47

      Thanks. It wasn't my idea ... ;)

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  2. Padmanabhan2 October 2019 at 08:40

    2D- Aba is given as a coarse cloth made from Camel/goat's hair. This could be a buffing agent.

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    1. sree_sree2 October 2019 at 08:43

      And:A

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 October 2019 at 10:01

      A for AND? I always thought N=and.
      Can you highlight Prasad?

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    3. sree_sree2 October 2019 at 10:12

      https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/A

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    4. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 October 2019 at 10:21

      Haha! Thanks Prasad!
      There is hardly any word excluded in the A-list!!!
      Can we take it as a reasonable list for crosswords?

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    5. sree_sree2 October 2019 at 11:40

      It has been quoted here before, repeatedly. So I took the easy way out. Will get back with more specific tomorrow. On escort to HM today, being holiday.

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    6. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 October 2019 at 11:47

      Enjoy your time, Prasad! No hurry, everything waits.

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    7. Kishore2 October 2019 at 14:47

      Sorry. My mistake.

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  3. Padmanabhan2 October 2019 at 08:42

    When I saw Incognito out of turn on 2nd Oct., it had to be a special.
    Thank you Incognito & CGB.
    Our tribute to the Great man.

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  4. Padmanabhan2 October 2019 at 08:43

    Theme words to be highlighted.

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  5. Vasant2 October 2019 at 09:21

    5D: Thought it was a charade because Flogs is plural. Flogs=Whip+Lash but whiplash itself means flog!

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    1. sree_sree2 October 2019 at 09:37

      Not my domain but is there a N vs V in the clue?

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    2. Ramki Krishnan2 October 2019 at 09:40

      WHIPLASH is also a type of neck injury which is the second part of the DD

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    3. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 October 2019 at 09:48

      I took it as FLOG+FLOG where one flog for whip and the other for lash

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    4. Kishore2 October 2019 at 14:48

      Ramki and KKR have together explained it well.

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  6. raju umamaheswar2 October 2019 at 09:56

    Don’t I know.? Whiplash injury is caused in motor accidents when a sudden jerk of the car causes a body to lurch forward and backward of the head resulting in neck injuries, especially when tailgated. Special damages are paid for under a policy. That’s the reason why a seat belt helps in minimizing the jerk.

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  7. aristocrat associates2 October 2019 at 10:33

    Good Morning everybody ! Today's Bangalore edition of The Hindu is insipid and restraining the use of cross words and sentences I need to know as to why it is bereft of our daily dosage of the puzzle. I am totally clueless ! Can anyone throw some sound and light on this disappointing syndrome ?

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    1. Kishore2 October 2019 at 14:49

      Please refer page 22 for your daily dose. On back of Opportunites page in supplement

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    2. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 October 2019 at 16:21

      Thanks for explanation, Kishoreji.
      I thought it was some spam message.
      Apologies Aristocrat Associates!
      By the way, is it something like cryptic academy? Who is behind this Group? If you don't mind, disclose yourself.

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  8. Unknown2 October 2019 at 10:54

    Score already means twenty, does it not? So the result of 31 across is fifty two!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 October 2019 at 11:03

      Where is the ambiguity Unknown? The annotation clearly states two scores as 2X20=40 plus ten is 50.
      Is it not half of 4dn hundred?

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    2. Kishore2 October 2019 at 14:49

      Thanks, KKR for explaining

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  9. B N Acharya2 October 2019 at 12:49

    6D does lit mean landed?

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    1. sree_sree2 October 2019 at 12:59

      Yes. Lit means descend onto land

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    2. Kishore2 October 2019 at 14:50

      Thanks, sree_sree for explaining

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    3. Chaturvasi2 October 2019 at 14:54

      Light means 'land'. lit is past tense. Similarly, alight(ed).

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  10. Ramani2 October 2019 at 17:12

    Tomorrow no Paper. Any special? KKR can assist from his stock.

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 October 2019 at 17:41

      Ha ha, thanks Ram!
      But I am not sure if it can be readied in acrosslite version.

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  11. Padmanabhan2 October 2019 at 22:04

    Prasad can do such things at the snap of a finger!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao2 October 2019 at 22:12

      But then, he will have to take a nap!

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    2. Padmanabhan2 October 2019 at 22:18

      :-)
      Pl. read my subsequent entry after checking up the print edition.

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  12. Padmanabhan2 October 2019 at 22:17

    Ram (in his anxiety) seems to have jumped to the conclusion that it a holiday announcement in the box item on the first page!
    It is only Th's tribute and info about special articles on Gandhiji in today's edition.

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  13. aristocrat associates4 October 2019 at 16:36

    No Mr. Rao. It is not what you are assuming. The name Aristocrat Associates is my company's name founded in 1983 and from Bengaluru. I, S M Aziz the proprietor is a live and die hard addict since 1980 when I had shifted to South India and was introduced to The Hindu crossword by one Mr. Thirumala of Hosur. Mr. Thirumala is no more and was an intellectual and was actively connected with the Cultural Ministry & had spearheaded the Raj Kapoor delegation to USSR for the 'Awara' premiere.I am not academic enough to run an academy and I give myself 5 out of 10 in the test for solving crosswords. I would term my interest as a leaning process - spelling mistake intended. No need for apologies Mr. Rao.

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