Wednesday 22 July 2020

No 12994, Wednesday 22 Jul 2020, Incognito

Solution to 4D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular/novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS
8   Dancer Kelly’s inherited unit (4) GENE [DD]
9   Ju-jitsu dans’ country (5) SUDAN [T]
10 Graduate on ship gets fish (4) BASS {BA}{SS}
11 Process lecithin endlessly without using European fruit (6) LITCHI LeCITHIn*
12 Laughed when girl left for North Carolina and threw up (8) LAUNCHED LAU(-g+nc)NCHED
13 Setter follows electric vehicle during romantic encounters and strays (8) DEVIATES {I} after {EV} in {DATES}
15 Reshuffle or rest and reshuffle (6) RESORT*
17 Setter’s in Serbia — travelling to North-Eastern part of Asia (7) SIBERIA {S{I}BERIA*}
19 I am nuts about a violent wave (7) TSUNAMI*
22 Diana’s later hugged by a couple of adults (6) ATHENA {A}THEN}{A}
24 Destruction of Leo’s tuba is total (8) ABSOLUTE*
26 Tramp’s march (8) FOOTSLOG [DD] This is not a DD as both mean the same
28 Genghis Khan, for example, spread gloom around centre of Gansu (6) MONGOL {MO{gaNsu}GOL*}
30 Lead actor’s shiner (4) STAR [DD]
31 Overcharges and hides (5) SKINS [DD]
32 Old American test (4) EXAM {EX}{AM}

DOWN
1   Dice is thrown for money (4) CEDI*
2   Depict cribs destroyed in river (8) DESCRIBE {DE{CRIBS*}E}
3   Help! Secret police going after a saint captures ideologue at first (6) ASSIST {A}{SS}{Id...e}{ST}
4   Love South Indian breakfast items having zero energy (7) ?D?L?S? (Addendum - IDOLISE {ID{0}LIS}{E} - See comments)
5   Asks English squire, “Confused?” (8) ENQUIRES {EN}{SQUIRE*}
6   A taxi returns with American computer (6) ABACUS {A}{CAB<=}{US}
7   Tennis legend’s key (4) ISLE [T]
14 Dice! Dice tomatoes initially! That's an order! (5) EDICT {DICE*}{To...s}
16 Send right loan instalment by end of August (5) REMIT {R}{EMI}{a...sT}
18 Quick learner in Isfahan dances (2,1,5) IN A FLASH {L} in {ISFAHAN}*
20 Still having the same length, perhaps? (2,6) NO LONGER [DD]
21 Steal pub profit (7) BARGAIN {BAR}{GAIN}
23 Previous mate’s crime to extract money (6) EXTORT {EX}{TORT}
25 Snack prepared by biblical prophet in South Africa (6) SAMOSA {S{AMOS}A} Dr Gayathri, I wonder if she is still following the blog, her favourite snack is here today?
27 Boat helmsman’s promise (4) OATH [T]
29 Lady without country (4) OMAN wOMAN

Reference List
Ship = SS, European = E, Girl = G, Electric Vehicle = EV, Adult = A, American = AM, Secret Police = SS, Saint = ST, Energy = E, English = EN, Right = R, Learner = L, With = W


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27 comments:

  1. Suresh M S22 July 2020 at 08:37

    4D IDOLISE= love {Idlis(South Indian breakfast items)having zero(O) + energy(E)}

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  2. Abhishek Sridhar22 July 2020 at 08:38

    South Indian Breakfast Item - IDLIS
    Zero - O
    Energy - E
    Which gives IDOLISE meaning LOVE

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    1. Deepak Gopinath22 July 2020 at 09:06

      Annotation to be shown completely like shown by Suresh above

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  3. Suresh22 July 2020 at 08:39

    This crossword is a plateful of samosas😊

    We do miss Dr. Gayatri

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    1. Gemini22 July 2020 at 13:16

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  4. Padmanabhan22 July 2020 at 09:10

    Yes,whenever it was a full house,it had to be samosas for her. If I remember right,she signed off since she got busy writing a book (hopefully Dr.RKE will resume some time later)

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  5. Padmanabhan22 July 2020 at 09:14

    I wonder how 20D is a DD. What is the 2nd def.? It can't be still. Still is the antonym of no longer.
    Still the same- same
    No longer the same- Different

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    1. sree_sree22 July 2020 at 09:52

      When its none-the-less, its same.
      When its No Longer, it could be same.

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    2. A-VM22 July 2020 at 11:30

      Agree with Paddy..it's antonym...second definition is a CD I think

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  6. maradnusro22 July 2020 at 09:38

    Smooth and easy as always. Thanks incognito

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  7. Orthopaul22 July 2020 at 09:42

    Please enlighten me. Whats the role of DIANA'S in 23ac

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    1. sree_sree22 July 2020 at 09:50

      Gil gadot onscreen name in roman is Diana, in Greek Athena.

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    2. sree_sree22 July 2020 at 09:51

      Gal gadot

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    3. Padmanabhan22 July 2020 at 10:08

      This is what I could find from the net.
      "Like Artemis (Diana) the Goddess of hunt,was a Virgin Goddess."
      Does it mean that Diana is Artemis and not Athena? I am confused.
      The link to Athena (given by Col.) does not mention Diana.

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    4. Chaturvasi22 July 2020 at 11:00

      It's not 23 ac.

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  8. Padmanabhan22 July 2020 at 10:10

    This is the link from where I got the above-
    http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Ar-Be/Athena.html

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  9. Gemini22 July 2020 at 13:26

    Thoroughly enjoyed and could solve majority. Truly a morale booster.Thanks ' incognito'

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  10. Pon Isacki Muthu J22 July 2020 at 13:46

    Excellent puzzle Sir.

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  11. Unknown22 July 2020 at 14:08

    26A. " ... (DD) It's not a DD as both mean the same." Not clear to me. What is it if not DD?

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    1. Vasant22 July 2020 at 15:09

      For a DD both definitions should have different meanings. For example, Problem Child (5) for Issue.
      If both have the same meaning then it falls into the category of Duplicate Definition or as colourfully named by Uncle Yap, "Dud".
      This is what Col. means.

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    2. Vasant22 July 2020 at 15:12

      You can read about this in this enlightening blog of Crossword Unclued,
      https://www.crosswordunclued.com/2011/05/duplicate-definitions.html?m=1

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    3. vdsprasad49@gmail.com22 July 2020 at 16:50

      Thank you, I see it now.

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  12. Unknown22 July 2020 at 14:09

    This is VDS Prasad.

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  13. DrBhanuMurthy22 July 2020 at 14:23

    Could do most of them,except 2 to 4 as a beginner.thanks.enjoyed thoroughly.incognito is my favourite.can the crossword be marked by stars to indicate difficulty level like in Sudoku.

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  14. Padmanabhan22 July 2020 at 14:34

    2D- Dee is a river that comes up frequently in CW.
    Unfortunately the difficulty level in CW is difficult to perceive since it varies from solver to solver and even for the same solver on different days.

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  15. Gowri22 July 2020 at 22:29

    Can 29d - be taken as without lady -0man - Oman??? - gowri

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  16. Padmanabhan22 July 2020 at 23:11

    Yes,lady w (with)-out. So Woman- W.
    Without to be read as with (W) out

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