Friday 2 April 2021

No 13211, Friday 02 Apr 2021, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Whip large tree (4) LASH {L}{ASH}
9   Administered glucose initially... vein is ruptured... (5) GIVEN {Gl...e}{VEIN*}
10 Despatch vessel (4) SHIP [DD]
11 Excited Jordanian ran away to border (6) ADJOIN JOrDanIAN*
12 Fellow actors consume some dates and cooking apples (8) COSTARDS {COSTAR{Da..s}S}
13 Old female dog returns after cat is injured. It’s a freak happening (3,2,3) ACT OF GOD {O}{F}{DOG<=}<=>{CAT*}
15 Dig up doctor having superiority (6) DREDGE {DR}{EDGE}
17 King goes around carrying swimming equipment and stabbing with dagger (7) KNIFING{KNI{FIN}G*} 
19 Idiotically lie: “Debs? They are things that can be eaten” (7) EDIBLES*
22 Bob’s starting to operate in apartments (6) FLOATS {FL{Op...e}ATS}
24 Identity found in manner of uttering “Mishap” (8) ACCIDENT {ACC{ID}ENT}
26 Floating agnostic is drifting (8) COASTING*
28 Bird’s large victim (6) OSPREY {OS}{PREY}
30 Pulls guts out (4) TUGS*
31 Like 23 9 condition was in 32 14, with this clue, some solvers might get this (5) STUCK Definition by example
32 Tale legal action action against Zulu channel (4) SUEZ {SUE}{Z}

DOWN
1   Regularly stained construction material (4) SAND StAiNeD
2   Junk’s worth (5,3) THROW OFF {WORTH}* [RA]
3   Gone back around midnight twice... for a drink (3,3) EGG NOG {E{niGht}{niGht}NOG<=}
4   Silly advocate dropping note on egg and fruit (7) AVOCADO {ADVOCAte}*{0}
5   Biased and badly considered, in absence of credit (3-5) ONE-SIDED cONSIDErED*
6   East European possesses Sulphur and little explosive device... Flee! (6) ESCAPE {E{S}{CAP}E}
7   Obtain diamonds? It’s a breeze (4) WIND {WIN}{D}
14 Container with a line in waterway (5) CANAL {CAN}{A}{L}
16 Colour of ogre entrails, to some extent (5) GREEN [T]
18 Most horrible stain is dispersed by English saint (8) NASTIEST {STAIN}*{E}{ST}
20 Wrongly dub tapes in capital (8) BUDAPEST*
21 Favourite joint’s Chinese disease (7) HANGOUT {HAN}{GOUT}
23 Help animal first (6) ASSIST {ASS}{1ST}
25 Criminals hide bird between ends of conduits (6) CROOKS {C..d{ROOK}u..S}
27 Responsibility’s upon you and me (4) ONUS {ON}{US}
29 Always, first lady has right (4) EVER {EVE}{R}

Reference List
Large = L, Old = O, Female = F, Large = OS, Zulu = Z, East = E, European = E, Diamond = D, Line = L, English = E, Right = R



41 comments:

  1. 9a - G(IVEN)* - glucose initially-G ; anagram of vein
    10a - SHIP - DD
    16d - GREEN---->[T] ; o(gre en)trails
    29d - (EVE)R - First lady-eve ; Right-R
    20d - BUDAPEST* - anagram of dub tapes

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  2. 28A OSPREY=bird,large=OS,victim=PREY
    25D CROOKS, ROOK contained by C&S of ConduitS
    13A,ACT OF GOD ,CAT* Old Female DOG=<
    15A,DREDGE DR=doctor,EDGE=superiority

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  3. 28A OSPREY=bird,large=OS,victim=PREY
    25D CROOKS, ROOK contained by C&S of ConduitS
    13A,ACT OF GOD ,CAT* Old Female DOG=<
    15A,DREDGE DR=doctor,EDGE=superiority

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  4. 11A excited as anagram indicator, ran away jo(-r)d(-an)Ian = adjoin = border

    12A fellow actors = costars, some dates = d, costar(d)s = costards = cooking apples

    19A idiotically as anagram indicator, lie+Deb's = edibles = things that can be eaten

    32A Take legal action = due, Zulu = z, sue +z = suez = canal

    30A out as anagram indicator, guts = tugs = pulls.

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  5. 23D ASSIST=help ASS=animal, IST=first

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  6. 8a Lash L= Large Ash=tree
    1d Sand Alternate letters of stained
    13a Act of God cat is injured = act old female = of Dog retunrs= God

    11a adjoin Jordanian minus ran (away) Jodian Anagram of this

    19a edibles Anagram of lie debs

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  7. 19a edibles anagram of lie daba
    3d egg nog ,two gg from night and reverse of gone
    7d wind obtain-win and d

    27d onus you and me US with on
    5d one sided considered-cr anagr

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  8. 22A - Floats ; apartment = flats, Bob = floats
    32 A - Suez - legal action = sue , Z from zulu

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  9. 24a Accident Identity=ID inside ACCENT = manner of speaking
    19d Nastiest stain+e( English) st (saint) Dispersed (Anagram indicator)

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  10. 21 D - Hangout - Han = Chinese, Gout disease

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  11. 4d. Avocado - Advoca(-te)* + o (egg)
    2d. Throw off. Junk = throw off. Worth = throw off (RA)
    5d. One sided. Anagram (badly) of considered without cr (credit)

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  12. 26a anagram of agnostic-coasting
    30a anagram of guts-tugs
    19a from lie and debs-edible
    15a Dr and edge- dredge
    3d gone and two gs (mid of night)- eggnog

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  13. Ortho Paul
    17ac KNIFING..King around reverse Fin k(nif)ing
    14d. CANALS..Can (A) (L) from a line
    27d. ONUS..on us (you and me)
    24ac. ACCIDENT..accent around Id..acc(id)ent
    20d. BUDAPEST..dub tapes*

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  14. Possible print errors
    31) Like 23,9 instead of 29,9
    32) Tale instead of take

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    1. 31 realised it might be intentional.I think it is the essence of the clue.

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    2. 31 is definitely not intentional.

      32 also has "action action"! A true abomination.

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    3. Solver doesn't really get stuck if it were 29,9?

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  15. Ortho Paul
    Replacement for 27d and 20d
    6d ESCAPE..E(S)(cap)E EE from E(ast) E(uropean)
    29ac EVER..eve(r)

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  16. Ship, dredge floats, accident, coasting, tugs, stuck, suez, sand, wind, canal, assist, ever, green - all around the recent incident of the ship getting stuck in the suez canal. Perhaps an "act of God" too.

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    1. Indeed, and Given, given that the ship's name is Ever Given 🤪

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    2. Sorry. Yes. I typed given as green. Apologies.

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  17. Thank incognito to keep our favourite blog well populated.

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  18. Thanks everyone. I am stuck with some urgent work and may not come in later

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  20. Jayashree oruthan
    18d NASTIEST ana of stain, e and st.

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  21. The names jayashree pritham

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  22. Jayashree pritham
    5d one sided ?
    Remove cr from considered

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  23. Jayashree pritham
    5d one sided, remove cr from considered

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  24. Jayashree pritham
    19a edibles anagram of lie debs

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  25. Got stuck in 17A(FIN didn't strike me) but not in 31A. 2D was not familiar expression for me and 21D was tricky.In fine, excellent Incognito clues!!

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  26. Another good day , despite being a Good Friday.Thank you Incognito.Thomphil

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  27. This was a wonderfully made crossword with a central theme is the ever given stuck in the canal. Hats off to the setter.

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  28. It was smooth sailing without getting stuck!

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