Friday 17 January 2020

No 12834, Friday 17 Jan 2020, Incognito


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ACROSS
8   Auction special liquor (4) SALE {S}{ALE}
9   Fast flotilla (5) FLEET [DD]
10 General Karat produces vegetable (4) LEEK {LEE}{K}
11 Elevated area in Channel Islands yields hot pepper (6) CHILLI {C{HILL}I}
12 With courage, Yankee follows Shifty darling (8) DARINGLY {Y} after {DARLING}*
13 English army officer, in short, follows small child to well known village in Luxembourg (8) SCHENGEN {S}{CH}{EN}{GEN}
15 Lure ward with cold stuff (6) ENTICE {ENT}{ICE}
17 Sounding horn to return to Indian gram (7) TOOTING {TO}{TO<=}{IN}{G}
19 American journalist meets accountant with initial report in secondhand automobile (4,3) USED CAR {US}{ED}{CA}{Re...t}
22 Gore thousand in drain (6) SKEWER {S{K}EWER}
24 One may grow fruits here or 16 saplings in the beginning (8) ORCHARDS {OR}{CHARD}{Sa...s}
26 Mention about organ producing chemical salt (8) STEARATE {ST{EAR}ATE}
28 Clever! Spitfire dives at first (6) SHREWD {SHREW}{Di..s}
30 Catch a couple of eggs in Hong Kong (4) HOOK {H{OO}K}
31 City’s baton is covered by hollow ebonite (5) ERODE {Eb...tE} over {ROD}
32 Around end of winter, purchase hide (4) BURY {BU{w...eR}Y}

DOWN
1   Flier gets hot shower (4) BATH {BAT}{H}
2   Water source on King’s pet ground is maintained properly (4,4) WELL KEPT {WELL}{K}{PET*}
3   Some distance away, females with gin cocktail support love (6) OFFING {O}{FF}{GIN*}
4   Studying gander wandering around island (7) READING {READ{I}NG*}
5   Bare ark rests awkwardly (8) STARKERS*
6   Aircraft model for Venus, for example (6) PLANET {PLANE}{T}
7   Trade, touring Delaware without goods? (4) DEAL DELAware*
14 Criminal chef consumes a bit of radish (5) CROOK {C{Ra...h}OOK}
16 Leafy vegetable is scorched, I hear (5) CHARD (~charred)
18 Told and ran back with new tread (8) NARRATED {RAN<=}{TREAD*}
20 Princess leading a clan gives tongue-lashing (8) DIATRIBE {DI}{A}{TRIBE}
21 Renovated bedroom results in ennui (7) BOREDOM*
23 Mad journalist follows Welsh story at last (6) WHACKY {W}{HACK}{s..rY}
25 Excited caws surround that man in tree (6) CASHEW {CAS{HE}W*}
27 Great royalist protects Helen’s place (4) TROY [T]
29 Fight with European for goods (4) WARE {WAR}{E}

Reference List
Special = S, Karat = K, Yankee = Y, English = EN, Small = S, Child = CH, Indian = IN, Gram = G, Journalist = ED, Accountant = CA, Thousand = K, Hot = H, King = K, Female = F, Island = I, Model = T, Princess = DI, Welsh = W, European = E


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  1. RKE17 January 2020 at 07:12

    12A DARINGLY: *DARLING+ Y (Yankee), Definition: with courage
    13A SCHENGEN: S(small) CH (child) EN (English) GEN (army officer, short for General), Definition: a well-known village in Luxembourg (where the Schengen treaty was signed to make visa free travel possible within most of Europe, which are therefore called Schengen countries)
    17A TOOTING: TO+OT (return of TO)+ IN (Indian)+G(short for gram), Definition: sounding horn
    22A SKEWER: S(K)EWER, SEWER=drain, K (short for kilo=thousand), Definition: gore
    23D WHACKY: W(HACK)Y, W (welsh), HACK (journalist), Y (last of STORY), Definition: mad

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  2. D N M Rao17 January 2020 at 07:16

    1D BATH - Bat+H(-eat)
    14DCROOK - C(R)ook
    15A ENTICE - ENT+Ice
    31A ERODE - E(rod)e
    27D TROY (T)

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    1. Col_Gopinath17 January 2020 at 07:40

      Where does EE come from in Erode. Your anno is incomplete

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    2. D N M Rao17 January 2020 at 07:44

      31A Anno - E(-bonit)e - hollow ebonite

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  3. Remy17 January 2020 at 07:56

    21 d boredom ennui -anag of bedroom
    20 d diatribe-princess-Di+a+tribe-clan.Diatribe-tongue lashing.
    19 a used car- Us-American ed-journalist accountant-ca r-Report.us ed ca r.
    24 a orchards-or 16d-chard s apling.
    25 a Cashew anag of caws + he-that man.Cashew

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  4. AJ17 January 2020 at 08:11

    30ac
    Hong Kong: H K
    Couple of eggs: OO
    HOOK: catch


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  5. AJ17 January 2020 at 08:14

    32ac
    End of winter: R
    Purchase: BUY
    BURY: hide

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    1. Col_Gopinath17 January 2020 at 08:35

      Annotation is incomplete

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    2. AJ17 January 2020 at 08:59

      4dn Anno: gander wandering (read ng) around island(i): reading

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  6. Jacob Brahmakulam17 January 2020 at 08:16

    32D BURY; hide; {BU{witeR}Y}
    25D CASHEW; tree; CAWS* around HE
    16D CHARD; ~charred
    24A ORCHARDS; one may grow fruits here; {OR}{CHARD}{Saplings}
    3D OFFING; some distance away; {O}{FF}{GIN*}

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  7. AJ17 January 2020 at 08:19

    4dn
    Island: I
    Gander: anagram. READ NG (wandering)
    READING: studying

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  8. Jacob Brahmakulam17 January 2020 at 08:22

    3D STARKERS; bare; {ARK RESTS}*
    6D PLANET; Venus for example; {PLANE}{T}

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  9. AJ17 January 2020 at 08:26

    29dn
    Fight: WAR
    European: E
    WARE: goods

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  10. AJ17 January 2020 at 08:30

    18dn
    Ran back: NAR
    New tread: RATED
    NARRATED: told

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  11. AJ17 January 2020 at 08:54

    30ac Anno couple of eggs in HK HOOK
    32ac Anno buy around r: bury

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  12. Jayalakshmi arumugam17 January 2020 at 08:59

    24ac orchards o chard s(aplings)
    14ac hooting
    ho (orn) ot(to) in(dian) g (ram)
    30ac erode e(rod)e
    11ac chilli c(hill)i
    20dn diatribe dia a tribe

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    1. Col_Gopinath17 January 2020 at 09:09

      24 A - O or OR
      14A is incorrect
      30A - EE from ?
      20 D - DIA?

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  13. AJ17 January 2020 at 09:04

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  14. Unknown17 January 2020 at 09:18

    Sathya 2 dn - well kept - well is water source k in king and pet anagram for (k) ept

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  15. Orthopaul17 January 2020 at 09:22

    8 ac. SALE...S(pecial) ALE..liquor. defn auction.
    9 ac. FLEET.. fast, floater..floatilla
    11 ac. CHILLI c(hill)I...hill is elevated place in channel islands CI
    26 ac STEARATE ..ST(ear)ATE..ear .organ state around...mention
    2 dn BATH bat..flier precedes H(ot)defn. Shower

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  16. Brajesh17 January 2020 at 09:25

    10 a leek general Lee k from karat

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  17. Brajesh17 January 2020 at 09:26

    2d Bath flier is bat h from hot

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  18. Col_Gopinath17 January 2020 at 09:58

    Last two

    28A and 7D

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  19. Shriram Parameswaran17 January 2020 at 09:59

    28 ac. Spitfire = shrew, D from "d"ives at first......Shrewd = clever.

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  20. Shriram Parameswaran17 January 2020 at 10:00

    7dn. DEAL. Anagram of DELAWARE minus WARE (GOODS).

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  21. Shriram Parameswaran17 January 2020 at 10:01

    Touring is anagram indicator. Trade = Deal.

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  22. Prasanna Rao17 January 2020 at 10:06

    30a ...H[oo]k , couple of eggs - oo in HxxK
    1A.....LIQUOR = ale ; S (Ale) = SALE
    22a = Thousand=K ; s(K)ewer = SKEWER
    31A...E (ROD) E = ERODE
    32A...BU(r)Y ; end of winte(r) = BURY ; purchase = Buy

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  23. Ramani17 January 2020 at 11:29

    We all join our hands to wish you a very happy birthday CV Sir. We seek your blessings on this great occasion!

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    1. Kolluru Koteswara Rao17 January 2020 at 12:09

      Many happy returns of the day, CV Sir!
      We wish you many more happy and healthy birthdays.

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  24. Chaturvasi17 January 2020 at 11:42

    Thank you. I take this as greetings from all of you. I am anxious that I must truly deserve them. I thank all of you. Let the solutions to today's crossword continue without the Comments section being cluttered up with greetings message.

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    1. Prasanna Rao17 January 2020 at 11:57

      CV sir, our heartiest greetings and we had a fabulous puzzles throughout the week. also we got an opportunity to know new words. also my sincere thanks to Colonel too for guiding us in this blog.

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    2. sree_sree17 January 2020 at 13:46

      Since the crossword is solved. Happy birthday CV hi, have a gr8 day.

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  25. Chaturvasi17 January 2020 at 15:33

    Thank you, PR and sree_sree.

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  26. RKE17 January 2020 at 16:06

    From hip yacht, bards privy to the celebration on 17th January (5,8,1,1,3)🤝

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  27. Col_Gopinath17 January 2020 at 16:12

    Anyone identified the theme in the CW?

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  28. Col_Gopinath17 January 2020 at 16:49

    Will reveal the theme if not identified till 6 PM

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  29. Vasant17 January 2020 at 16:55

    Many Happy Returns Of The Day, CV Sir. Wishing you a long and healthy life.

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  30. gsmani17 January 2020 at 17:41

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  31. Vasant17 January 2020 at 17:50

    I thought so too(veg or cookery) but this isn't so. Something perhaps to do with Army day or a war?

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  32. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan17 January 2020 at 18:07

    Happy happy birthday CV sir 🙏

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  33. Mukundala Balasubramanyam17 January 2020 at 18:12

    Many happy returns of the day, CV Sir!

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  34. Col_Gopinath17 January 2020 at 18:23

    So many places to see :-)

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  35. raju umamaheswar17 January 2020 at 18:32

    Many happy snruter of the day,dear CV.I wanted to avpid hosting here earlier as you wanted no clutter.However,feelings matter. Our love and respects are always there.May God bless you with a long ,happy long, peaceful life in the days ahead.

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    1. Chaturvasi17 January 2020 at 21:39

      Thanks. Just that I did not want the solving proceedings to be interrupted.

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  36. gsmani17 January 2020 at 18:34

    Many happy returns of the day CV sir.

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  37. RKE17 January 2020 at 18:42

    Gridman, please see my clue posted at 16.06hrs

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  38. Col_Gopinath17 January 2020 at 18:50

    Theme revealed in the main post

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    1. Vasant17 January 2020 at 19:11

      Fantastic.. Even with your hint(so many places to see) couldn't fathom the theme

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  39. AJ17 January 2020 at 19:06

    Theme: Happy Birth Day C V sir?

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  40. AJ17 January 2020 at 19:07

    I simply solved RKE's clue

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  41. AJ17 January 2020 at 19:12

    Sorry, I tried to write a theme but without erasing the word theme solved RKE's clue

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  42. RKE17 January 2020 at 20:24

    Thanks AJ

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  43. Chaturvasi17 January 2020 at 21:44

    We must give credit to those who found a mini theme apart from the compiler's intended main theme.

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