Friday 2 October 2020

No 13056, Friday 02 Oct 2020, Incognito

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ACROSS
7   West Indian lecturer left final testament (4) WILL {WI}{L}{L}
8   Loiter awkwardly behind tailless animal that can do various tasks (9) MULTIROLE {MULe}{LOITER*}
10 Irritated chimpanzee drops hot pin resulting in skin problem (6) ECZEMA ChiMpAnZEE*
11 Caracals scat? (8) WILDCATS {SCAT}* [RA]
12 Hard nail manufactured for Bannister (8) HANDRAIL*
14 Fight doctor wearing jacket (6) COMBAT {CO{MB}AT}
16 Injured Lithuanian releases Hun to Roman, perhaps (7) ITALIAN LIThuAnIAN*
18 Duo leave trade union organisation and climb aboard a railway carriage (7) ENTRAIN {TRAdE+uNIoN}*
21 John’s standing on a road? That’s an unfounded rumour (6) CANARD {CAN}{A}{RD}
23 Girl with Yankee sailor is dancing (8) GYRATING {G}{Y}{RATING}
25 From the beginning, Arab businessman is not inclined to import oil, for starters (2,6) AB INITIO Acrostic
27 At first, Father managed church in a country (6) FRANCE {Fa...r}{RAN}{CE}
29 Sell coral which can be a source of energy (5,4) SOLAR CELL*
30 Fish plant? (4) LING [DD]

DOWN
1   Plane flying around Africa carries Romeo before end of August (8) AIRCRAFT {AI{R}CRAF*}{a...sT}
2   Colour regularly seen in ballutes (4) BLUE BaLlUtEs
3   IAF airbase in Mambalam (6) AMBALA [T]
4   Upset, William Tell gives up minced meat displaying resentment (3,4) ILL WILL {WILLIam+teLL}*
5   William is able to produce camping equipment (8) BILLYCAN {BILLY}{ CAN}
6   Ring found in stator coil (4) TORC [T]
9   Old art is returned to unimportant player (5) EXTRA {EX}{ART<=}
13 Pilot’s fourth letter hidden by model tactfully (5) DELTA [T]
15 Timer reset? That displays worthiness (5) MERIT*
17 People who hear composition of sitar duo (8) AUDITORS*
19 Tavern with zero money is not guilty (8) INNOCENT {INN}{0}{CENT}
20 Does not take into consideration redefinition of regions (7) IGNORES*
22 Babes dance for French clerics (5) ABBES*
24 Royal Air Force beer for fighter (6) RAFALE {RAF}{ALE}
26 Line, perhaps redrawn, flows in North African map (4) NILE*
28 Laws can be boring things (4) AWLS*

Reference List
West = W, Indian = I, Lecturer = L, Left = L, Hot = H, John = CAN, Girl = G, Yankee = Y, Church = CE, Romeo = R


65 comments:

  1. 9 Old art is returned to unimportant player (5)
    Old=Ex, art returned=tra
    Ex+tra = Extra (Unimportant player)

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  2. 15D Timer reset? That displays worthiness (5)
    Timer = Merit (reset means anagram)
    That displays worthinessb is the clue

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  3. 26 D Line, perhaps redrawn, flows in North African map
    Line redrawn means anagram
    Line=> Nile
    Flows in North Africa map is a river 'Nile'

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  4. 22D Babes dance for French clerics (5)
    Babes dance is an anagram
    Babes => Abbes
    French clerics is a clue

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  5. 7A WILL=testament(acro)
    10A ECZEMA=skin problem,CHIMPANZEE-Hot -PIN {CMAZEE}*
    12A HANDRAIL {HARD NAIL}* =banister
    2D BLUE=color BaLlUtEs
    3D AMBALA =airbase (-mAMBALA(-m)

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  6. 16A LATINIA (Take away HUN from Lithuania and rewrite to get ROMAN
    24 D RAFALE (Royal Airforce (RAF} BEER IS ALE) Is a fighter plane

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    1. 16A is wrong.
      Please mention your name or edit your profile to show your name

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    2. My name is V. Ramaa. Trying crossword for first time. Shall edit my profile

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  7. " 29 A sell coral. Anagram is solar cell. It is a source of energy. "

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  8. 18A ENTRAIN (DUO removed from trade union) gives the word for climb aboard a railway carriage
    26D NILE anagram of line

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  9. 11ac WILDCATS. {SCAT}* [RA/CA]
    8ac MULTIROLE . {MUL(-e)} {LOITER}*
    19dn INNOCENT . {INN} {O} {CENT}
    23 ac GYRTING . {G} {Y} {RATING}
    21ac CANARD . {CAN} {A} {RD}

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  10. 3d AMBALA Telescopic mAMBALAm
    6d TORC Telescopic staTOR Coil
    8a MULTIROLE Mule minus e and anagram of Loiter
    27a FRANCE Father at first F Managed is RAN church is CE
    14a COMBAT Jacket is COAT Doctor is MB. Doctor inside coat. COMBAT is fight

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  11. 1 D Aircraft Africa+r(from Romeo)+t(end of August)
    4 D illwill William tell - meat
    18 A entrain trade union - duo
    17 A auditors anagram duo. Entrain means boarding train

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    1. Please indicate annotations correctly
      AFRICA+R+T = ARICART?
      WILLIAMTELL -MEAT = WILLIII
      TRADEUNION - DUO = TRAENIN
      17A Annotation is incorrect

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  12. 16A ITALIAN = Roman, {Lithuanian-hun, anagram}
    18A ENTRAIN = climb aboard a railway carriage { trade union - duo, anagram}
    25A AB INITIO = from beginning { starting letters of Arab Business......}
    27A FRANCE= country,{FirstFathet F+ RAN ,managed+ CE, church}
    1D AIRCRAFT = plane{ Africa,Romeo, R and August end T, anagram}

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  13. 14AC-Italian-Anagram of (Lithuanian-Hun )

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  14. 20D-Ignores-Anagram of regions

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  15. 17D. IGNORES anagram of regions
    28D. AWLS anagram of laws

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  17. 30A Fish, plant = Ling. DD
    5D William = Billy, able = can. Billycan = camping equipment
    13D pilot's fourth delta = mo(DEL TA)ctfully
    17D people who hear = auditors, anagram of sitar+duo
    20D does not take into consideration = ignores, anagram of regions

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  18. 5D. BILLYCAN William=BILLY, is able=CAN
    6D. TORC sta{TOR C}oil
    13D. DELTA mo{DEL TA}ctfully (fourth greek letter)

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  19. Walk through Wednesday, run through Thursday and fly through Friday. Enjoyed. Thank you

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    1. He has given the aircraft as well!!

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    2. Thanks. Lots of canards being floated about the Rafale ...

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  20. 16a... ITALIAN (Lithuanian minus hun = LITANIA anagram )
    25A.. AB INITIO (starters of Arab.... Oil)
    1d... AIRCRAFT (africa plus (r)omeo augus(t)
    20d ...IGNORES (redefinition of regions)

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  21. 1.ac.Will first letters.of West Indian Lecturer Left
    10.ac. Eczema Chimpanzee minus h and pin
    16.ac Italian Lithuanian minus hun and rearranging letters
    18.ac. entrain trade union minus duo and rearranging letters
    29. Solar cell rearranging letters from Sell coral

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  22. Yet to be solved
    1D(Anno only) and 4D(Anno only)

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  23. 1d - anagram of africa +r(omeo)+ r - aircraft

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  24. 4d william - billy able -can
    Billycan - a pot used by campers

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    1. William tell - meat - anagram of left overs - ill will

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  25. 12A - Handrail - anagram of hard nail
    18 A - entrain - remove duo from trade union
    28 D - Awls - anagram of laws
    19 D - Innocent - Inn + 0 + cent
    22 D - Abbes - anagram of babes

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  26. 4d
    ILL WILL: resentment
    William Tell - letters in meatgives
    Willi ll: will ill : ill will when upset

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  27. Past three days are like CW version of T20. Draws people bored with tough ones(Tests😆)to the grid. Keep going guys👍

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    1. Yes sir. I usually switch off if the going is tough . However, since Y' day, enjoying the cracking....May such CWs comfort me more

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    2. Thank you both. I assure you that my puzzles will continue to remain easy.

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    3. Excellent. In the 90’s easy ones used bugged me, because they didn’t give me more chances to look up my chambers dictionary. Preparing for competitive exams used to do it then. Also used to skip college to watch Grand slams and Test/ODIs.
      All sports have made changes to stay relevant while keeping sanity.
      I can say that walk/run/fly through puzzles are great for CW. And the 3D show is awesome😅

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    4. Gemini, if you switch off when the going is tough you will never excel at whatever you are doing

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  29. Couldn't find 5d and 14a...

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  30. 5d solved by JayMan at 8:54.

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  31. Incognito is blessing in disguise. Makes life easy.
    I liked 28Dn, simple and elegant.

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  32. Jayashree pritham
    Can someone please explain 21a how does john denote can

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  33. 30A Fish plant (DD) can be LUNA also?

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