Tuesday 14 January 2020

No 12832, Tuesday 14 Jan 2020, Incognito


ACROSS
8   Star seen, for example, in Virginia (4) VEGA {V{EG}A}
9   English sailors follow international and special joint-training period (10) INTERNSHIP {INT}{E}{RN}{S}{HIP}
10 Artist’s workplace has hot male at 10 (6) STUDIO {STUD}{10}
11 Wild bear grabs doctor with a priest and a musician (8) BAGPIPER {BA{GP}{1}{P}ER*}
12 Rats! Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s terms of reference’s a bit strict (8) TRAITORS {TRAI}{TOR}{St...t}
14 Versifier's attempt results in verses (6) POETRY {POE}{TRY}
16 Dispose of auditor’s current producer (4) SELL (~cell)
17 Non-monotheist father has a gun, I hear (5) PAGAN {PA}{GAN}(~gun)
18 Cure heart... not its right part, left (4) HEAL {HEArt}{L}
19 Money held in trust for bird consequent to a couple of directions (6) ESCROW {E}{S}{CROW}
21 Devil-worshipper took a chair in front of confused saint (8) SATANIST {SAT}{SAINT*}
23 Old Archer’s brief threat to reveal (4,4) WILL TELL {WILLIAM TELL}
26 South Indian film comedian grows older in New Hampshire (6) NAGESH {N{AGES}H}
27 Earthmen, we can be employed by the Met department (10) WEATHERMEN*
28 Requirement born and died (4) NEED {NEE}{D}

DOWN
1   Occidentals hide bird in winding sewers (10) WESTERNERS {WES{TERN}ERS*}
2   Monkey-man has tool (8) MANDRILL {MAN}{DRILL}
3   Kipling boy has zero (nil) dress (6) KIMONO {KIM}{O}{NO}
4   Bats! Bats! A way to get rid of bats! (4) STAB*
5   Rap and tango dance for horny pheasant (8) TRAGOPAN*
6   Yearn to go up a steeple (6) ASPIRE {A}{SPIRE}
7   Haider’s helper (4) AIDE [T]
13 Wise men’s time aboard (5) SAGES {S{AGE}S}
15 Sees a dress altered and evaluated once more (10) REASSESSED*
17 Prisoner of war and German communist in ground (8) POWDERED {POW}{DE}{RED}
18 Deliver poached gnus and pistols, for example (8) HANDGUNS {HAND}{GNUS*}
20 Tell about dead (6) RELATE {RE}{LATE}
22 X — soldier’s lessee (6) TENANT {TEN}{ANT}
24 Animal bone (hollow) in possession of returning team (4) IBEX {BonE} in {XI<=}
25 Thrashes lama endlessly in front of sheriff at first (4) LAMS {LAMa}{Sh...f}

Reference List
English = E, Sailors = RN(Royal Navy), Special = S, Doctor = GP, Priest = P, Left = L, Died = D, German = DE, About = RE

28 comments:

  1. Mandrill,Tragopan,Ibex,Kipling.....

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  2. Rudyard Kipling's Kim is also there.

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  3. William the Conquerer is also by Kipling. Bagpiper.
    So the theme is Kipling.

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    1. Don't think it is intentional

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    2. vasanth, today i tried with pen and paper. really spent worthy time.

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    3. Paddy, it's nice that you perceived a theme. But, as Vasant has rightly noted, it is unintended

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  4. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=vxsvDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5724&lpg=PT5724&dq=Rudyard+Kipling+%26+Bagpiper&source=bl&ots=o1YQ-QZ4p5&sig=ACfU3U2wOdUW-Y_5J8yxJO

    Link for complete collection of Rudyard Kipling.

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  5. Thanks Col for the stamp on Legend Nagesh!
    And thanks to Incognito for including this great artist in the grid.
    Happy Bhogi and Sankranthi to you all!!

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  6. Favoutite clue was Will Tell.
    Nagesh was nostalgic!

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  7. WILL TELL, being not POWERED by HANDGUNS, used only arrows to shoot down a MANDRILL, a TRAGOPAN and an IBEX (and you thought he only shot an apple!) In KIM's territory

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  8. Happy Bhogi,Ponga,Makara Sankaranthi to all.

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    1. tomorrow sir....today is Bogi. in north they celebrated as Lohi.

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    2. Bhogi,Pongal,Mattupongal is the order,Col.
      Normally Pongal will be on 14th,but this year it is on 15th. Some say this change happens on leap years- yet to verify.

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    3. Data shows 2 years on 14th and two years on 15th.

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  10. Happy Sankaanthi to all seniors and peers. too nice gird today esp. Nagesh appeared in THC. Today i tried epaper and solved with pen was so interesting.

    22a. i could not get anno for ant....pl.clarify

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    1. Soldier ant - a wingless ant or termite with a large head and jaws for fighting in defence of its colony.

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    2. tnx KKR. but we use this anno for worker. as they working like ant.....in that aspect I perceived. ok. i got it.

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  11. Happy Pongal, Sankranti, Lohri (and quite a few analogous ones) to all

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  12. We have anonymous saying Hi to Incognito!!

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  13. Most enjoyable crossword today, as are all the comments. Will Tell was my favourite.

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  14. Happy Bhogi, sankranti pongal & lohri to ye -all out there. India is never short of festivals include slug fests,fists.
    How come Rudyard Kipling was not intended to be the theme with so many participants in the menagerie? Preoccupation or sub conscious intention or instinct ? Ruddy unbelievable !

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