Tuesday 1 December 2020

No 13107, Tuesday 01 Dec 2020, Incognito

Solution to 14D 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.

A tribute to the original and best 007.

ACROSS
8   Couple’s investment (4) BOND [DD]
9   Zulu editing You Only Live Twice initially gets money (5) ZLOTY {Z}{You+Only+Live+Twice}*
10 In Ireland, John’s spiritual meet excluding civil engineer (4) SEAN SEANce
11 More nervous European’s fantastic grid contains surprise ending (6) EDGIER {E}{DGI{s...sE}R*}
12 Wrongly mention a name for a position (8) NOMINATE*
13 Tax-man’s animal has horrible sores (8) ASSESSOR {ASS}{SORES*}
15 Get canines, for example, (alien hounds initially) in golfer’s resting place (6) TEETHE {TE{ET}{Ho...s}E}
17 Sots throw (4,3) TOSS OFF {SOTS}* [RA]
19 My asp slithered around Japanese Australian’s nightdress (7) PYJAMAS {MY+ASP}* over {J}{A}
22 Display old stance (6) EXPOSE {EX}{POSE}
24 Spoilt buns removed from tout ensemble arrangement for an egg preparation (8) OMELETTE {TOuT+EnsEMbLE}*
26 Hot swirling rapids conceal helmsman’s initial difficulty (8) HARDSHIP {H}{ARDS{He...n}IP*}
28 Dr. No returns carrying silver for legendary reptilian creature (6) DRAGON {DR{O{AG}N<=}
30 Queen managing Iran (4) RANI*
31 Below part of Thunderball (5) UNDER [T]
32 Charlie left group of 10... is gone! (4) DEAD DEcAD

DOWN
1   Thug’s bonnet (4) HOOD [DD]
2   Fans wrongly married sisters at first (8) ADMIRERS {MARRIED*}{Si...r}
3   Arizona has mineral deposits for Portuguese archipelago (6) AZORES {AZ}{ORES}
4   Actor once confused about Northern Railway (7) CONNERY {CO{N}NE*}{RY}
5   Mystery unravelled around end of film giving a sense of harmony and balance (8) SYMMETRY {SYM{filM}ETRY*}
6   America gets new church in time given (6) USANCE {USA}{N}{CE}
7   Crazy starting bits of Diamonds are Forever trailer (4) DAFT Acrostic
14 Two letters from Russia with love have Burmese title of respect and kiss for Indian (5) S?O?X ()
16 Organ installed in empty hut’s centre (5) HEART {Hu{EAR}T}
18 Fill shelf (5,3) FLESH OUT {SHELF}* [RA]
20 Help got by Skyfall singer in city (8) ADELAIDE {ADEL{AID}E}
21 Swarming troop carries Edward’s explosive projectile (7) TORPEDO {TORP{ED}O*}
23 Goldfinger’s ancient swimming apparatus (3,3) OLD FIN {OLD}{FIN} What's the definition? [T] Clue re-read as advised :-)
25 Last and final English river (6) ENDURE {END}{URE}
27 First man... a motherly female? (4) ADAM {A}{DAM}
29 Gemstone ring is with friend (4) OPAL {O}{PAL}

Reference List
Civil Engineer = CE, European = E, Alien = ET, Japanese = J, Australian = A, Hot = H, Charlie = C, Railway = RY, New = N, Church = CE


27 comments:

  1. 14D two letters from Rus(SI)a = SI, love = O, Burmese title of respect = U, kiss = X. SIOUX = Indian.

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  2. Using so many film titles in wordplay for non-thematic solutions is great. Congrats to the setter.

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    1. Thank you, CV.

      BTW, Skyfall, though a Bond movie is not a theme word, as it is not a Connery movie. The Col. has rightly marked Dragon-Heart, a Connery movie. There is one more role which he played which is yet to be highlighted. The Robbing Hood...

      I included non Bond movies since I did not want to restrict myself to his movies as Bond, though all his Bond movies appear in the clues

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    2. You mean Robin Hood: The prince of thieves? or Robin and Marian?

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  3. I love the use of 'motherly female' for DAM, with PoS perfect.

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    1. +1. We had a discussion about that in Incognito's previous round.

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  4. TH adds one more puzzle to CW- guess the setter!
    Print edition carries a note of regret- yesterday's CW is by Lightning (and not by Neyartha as mentioned)!!
    MB said Neyartha is unusually kind!

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    1. I did have the feeling while solving as the clues were most unlike Neyartha's style, his clues are much longer. I also found it strange that he was using a different grid but forgot to mention it.

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  5. I had a doubt about Teeth/ Teethe. Had to check. Teethe is the process of getting teeth. So def.,as mentioned by Col.,is 'Get canines'.

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  6. How come none of us suspected it. For N's puzzles are invariably thematic and his style of clueing too has a personal stamp.

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  7. I was searching for a theme,but could not get more than 3 or 4.

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  8. Yesterday was shown initially as Neyartha. Today, the online version shows it as Lightning

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  9. Regarding the Col.s query against 23d, I think the clue needs to be re-read...

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  10. Goldfinger's has to be read as 'Goldfinger has'. Has is a container indicator.Then,
    ancient=old
    swimming apparatus=fin.
    Am I right? I needed that help/prod.

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  11. I just checked if there is any particular reason for publishing this themed CW today w.r.to Sean Connery,but coulkd not find anything. It's just TH.

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    1. It was set on 1st November when Sean Connery passed away on 31st October. Test solving was done on 2nd November. Got printed today.

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    2. Set in just one day, wow !šŸ™‚

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    3. Faster than a James Bond car!

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  12. Wonderful tribute to a wonderful actor!

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  13. Gratified to see that the serial number of this puzzle is 13107. Not 007, of course, but he was alive when 13007 was published and 14007 would have been too late...

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  14. Thomphil.Incognito boosts my morale.Zloty was beyond my reach though I correctly got ZYLOT.Thanks.

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  15. Not many of us would have known that currency. Crossings help anf of course the rest is up to google- as always.

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