Monday, 17 May 2021

No 13249, Monday 17 May 2021, Incognito

Lockdown Day 19 of 26 Stay Safe

Solution to 23A 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   That lady gets ring and one piece of footwear (4) SHOE {SH{O}E}
9   Talk reflectively how ruminants masticate (4,3,3) CHEW THE CUD [DD]
10 Ship going around Caribbean island gets self-contained underwater breathing apparatuses (6) SCUBAS {S{CUBA}S}
11 Workers in apartment take possession of one part of a bulb (8) FILAMENT {F{1}LA{MEN}T}
12 Spruced up red worn by European enchantress (8) REVAMPED {R{E}{VAMP}ED}
14 RAF set out to fire upon ground target (6) STRAFE*
16 Disposed of used spades in the beginning (4) SOLD {OLD}<=>{S}
17 Daughter consumed dinner at first and went on outing with a guy (5) DATED {D}{ATE}{Di...r}
18 Diagram shows hidden city (4) AGRA [T]
19 Keeps inventory in locking equipment (6) STOCKS [DD]
21 Rented dhoti? Rue badly! (5,3) HIRED OUT*
23 Circuit with two stable states gets protection for lower part (4-4) ?L?P-?L?P (Addendum - FLIP-FLOP [DD] - See comments)
26 What’s wrong after a father initially gives proclamation (6) FATWAH {WHAT*}<=>{A}<=>{Fa...r}
27 Perhaps champion golfer is one of the top ones in the pack (3,2,5) ACE OF CLUBS [DD]
28 Gambling place in future Noida (4) RENO [T]

DOWN
1   Inspected and left hotel (7,3) CHECKED OUT [DD]
2   Main body administering company gets input device (8) KEYBOARD {KEY}{BOARD}
3   Cat/puss endlessly walks around and misbehaves (4,2) ACTS UP {CAT+PUSs}*
4   Wrongly fears losing a vassal (4) SERF FEaRS*
5   Lied, “Suit is folded and used” (8) UTILISED*
6   Spinner put English water body ahead of the French one (6) SEAMER {SEA}{MER}
7   Wreck one in race (4) RUIN {RU{1}N}
13 Sap duke’s yearning (5) DITCH {D}{ITCH}
15 A type of racing person goes after class at American university after dropping Charlie (7,3) FORMULA ONE {ONE}<=>FORM}{UcLA}
17 Move Princess’s residence (8) DISPLACE {DI'S}{PLACE}
18 About perception of sound from car by English party member (8) AUDITORY {AUDI}{TORY}
20 Jailor’s headgear has peak (6) CAPTOR {CAP}{TOR}
22 Reject garbage (6) REFUSE [DD]
24 Some policemen are pests (4) LICE [T]
25 Head returns carrying uniform giving look of displeasure (4) POUT {T{U}OP<=}

Reference List
Ship = SS, European = E, Spades = S, Daughter = D, Duke = D, Charlie = C, Princess = DI, Uniform = U

31 comments:

  1. A type of digital circuit and a type of footwear

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  2. 23A - circuit with two states - flip flop circuit
    Protection for Lower part - flip flop slippers

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  3. Should 26A not be FATWAH, and not FATHWA?

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  4. 26ac. FATWAH OR FATWHA? The first one clashes with Formula one

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  5. 26a FATWAH only. FATWAH only suits the crossings also

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  6. For those who want more of Incognito,yesterday's TH cryptic on Sunday is by him. Link on the left panel.

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  7. Thank you incognito for a pleasant, breezy cake walk.

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  8. Loved Ace of clubs & Keyboard (as input device) Enjoyable cryptics.

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  9. Spinner will have an objection!

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  10. Jailer is more of a keeper than captor?

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  11. Hello dear all,
    At the outset let me hail the artistic traits in Mr. Bhargav!!!
    Well, I awfully failed to attempt 6-D and learnt the answer on accessing this worthy blogsite.
    As for 23-A, the term two stable states containing the letters 'P', blinkered my thought process and limited the possible answer to words with AP and UP in them.
    Another clue that I solved wrongly was 17-A by contending it as DINED and in the process could not fill 13-D.
    All said and done, solved this grid on a happy note. Cheers!!!

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  13. Our English teacher's refrain was "write simple and correct English".
    Incognito shows how to write simple and right clues.
    Always a joy.

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  14. Well done Sathia! Incognito must be happy.
    While 'Seamster' is the correct word for one who stitches, why not cryptically call him a seamer when flower can be river?!

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  15. ...and clues that bring up a smile.

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  16. Incognito's are pleasant and breezy as one solver friend has commented!

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  17. Thank you Incognito for a breezy solve.Looking forward to.more such puzzles .Thomphil

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  18. Thankyou Incognito for a most enjoyable walk in the park! More so since no real walks in the park since the Lockdown in Delhi. I first put down clip clop for 23A! Then changed to flip flop!

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