Saturday 29 August 2020

No 13027, Saturday 29 Aug 2020, Incognito

Enu added as the web version did not have it at the time of beginning to solve

ACROSS

1   Brewed wine held? Capital! (3,5) NEW DELHI {WINE+HELD*}
5   Violate rule on kick-off? Just the opposite (6) OFFEND {OFF}{END}
10 Poet hides first dollar in deceit (5) WILDE {WIL{Dollar}E}

11 A male Serb produced a coherent light ray (5,4) LASER BEAM {A+MALE+SERB*}
12 Scientist found in club of financiers (6) BOFFIN (T)
13 Rehearsal to manage experiment at first (5,3) TRIAL RUN {TRIAL}{RUN}
15 Dismissed and shot (5) FIRED (DD)
17 Heard revenue was misrepresented by the chap in office (9) INCUMBENT {~INCOME BENT}
19 “Sir, stores recycled electrical components” (9) RESISTORS {SIR+STORES*}
20 Medicine man carries frozen water for a kitchen machine (5) DICER {D{ICE}R}
21 Repairmen have afterthought about wood (8) PLUMBERS {P{LUMBER}S}
23 God took seat on ewer (6) SATURN {SAT}{URN}
27 RAW martial arts? (3,6) WAR DANCES {RAW*} Reverse Anagram
28 Release rent and leave (3,2) LET GO {LET}{GO}
29 Despair, losing energy, and collapse into turbulent waters (6) RAPIDS {DeSPAIR*}
30 What a person, always lying, may end up having? (3,5) BED SORES (CD)

DOWN
1   Bwana turns into an Indian aristocrat (5) NAWAB {BWANA*}
2   Fries in uncontrolled conflagrations (9) WILD FIRES {FRIES*} Reverse Anagram
3   Priest holds me back and gets resin (5) ELEMI {EL{ME<=}I}
4   Prison ship’s strongman Banner (4) HOLD (MD?) HULK (DD) See comments
6   Equipped before conflict, editor came, after golf cry, with weapon (9) FOREARMED {FORE}{ARM}{ED}
7   Servile meerkat has a chief (5) EMEER (T)
8   Autocrat found when numerator’s underling lost a couple of consecutive directions (9) DOMINATOR {DenOMINATOR} 
9   Circle street before race is conducted and force to leave (9) OSTRACISE {O}{ST}{RACE+IS*}
14 Depart in confusion, leaving Democratic Party reorganisation, forming a regime enumerated by Plato (9) TIMOCRACY {deMOCRATIC+partY*}
15 Destructive capacity of ignition coupled with strength (9) FIREPOWER {FIRE}{POWER}
16 Console and entrain after a quick run (9) DASHBOARD {DASH}{BOARD}
18 Meet English nobleman about to return (9) ENCOUNTER {EN}{COUNT}{RE<=}
22 Tear open Non-Resident Indian in Uttar Pradesh (5) UNRIP {U{NRI}P}
24 A burden for a Titan, but easily carried by a schoolchild (5) ATLAS (DD)
25 Corners presently, coming back carrying some ketchup (5) NOOKS {SOON<=} around {Ketchup
26 Primarily Iceland, Serendip, Langkawi, Elephanta or any one of them (4) ISLE (Acrostic)

Reference List

Medicine man=Dr, Afterthought=PS, Energy=E
Priest=Eli, Editor=Ed, Golf cry=Fore, Circle=O, Street=St, English=En, Nobleman=Count, About=Re, Non-Resident Indian=NRI, Uttar Pradesh=UP

Colour/Font Scheme

DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded linksTheme word Anagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorOpposite indicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous


26 comments:

  1. enu missing in print edition(Kochi) as well. Somehow managed to solve it before 8:30

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    1. DD prison ship aka prison Hulk. Bruce banner, avengers strongman

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    1. Hulk - an old ship stripped of fittings and permanently moored, especially for use as storage or (formerly) as a prison.

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  4. Banner is also the actor who played Hulk

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  5. I was wondering if non-inclusion of enus was deliberate.

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  6. I too wondered since it is Incognito. But there were a few 2 part words to deny that assumption.

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  7. I have registered for ICL 2020. But unable to go beyond the registration page. Can someone post a link to the login page please?

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    1. If you are using mobile, then drag the page to left, a little. You can see the menu symbol (colour combination makes it hard but it's there.)

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    2. That colour combination is really irritating!!! :(

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    3. I was a victim of that wretched thing.

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  8. Missing in Delhi edition too. Had to struggle a bit, but all solved in the end!

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  9. This is a half DIY puzzle. Next time it will be three-quarters DIY wherein the sol grid will be published and you have to write clues. In a full DIY puz you will be given a blank grid which you have to fill in and write clues.

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  10. HaHaHa!!!!
    Then, what's the role of THC staffers? Feel like asking for my dollars back !!!!

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  11. But Poet is hiding dollar in deceit
    Hahaha 🤣😄🤣😆

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