Monday 21 June 2021

No 13279, Monday 21 Jun 2021, Incognito

Solution to 26A 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   Remaining sleep, perhaps (4) REST [DD]
9   Small animal in Post Office? (5) HIPPO {HIP}{PO}
10 Even tallow, for example, is contaminated with some lard (4) FLAT {F{Lard}AT}
11 Even worried about queen’s top layer (6) VENEER {EVEN*}{ER}
12 Badly carves some smiling emojis in crack in glacier (8) CREVASSE {CARVES*}{Sm...g}{Em...s}
13 Collapse of steep dam results in mad rush (8) STAMPEDE*
15 For example, streaker’s rolling in dust (6) NUDIST*
17 Hug me on returning with couple (7) EMBRACE {ME<=}{BRACE}
19 Hide on one occasion in California (7) CONCEAL {C{ONCE}AL}
22 In blog, wrongly mentioned legendary creature (6) GOBLIN*
24 Average cuts of vegetables (8) PARSNIPS {PAR}{SNIPS}
26 Stew in American badlands (8) ?I?D?E?T (Addendum - WILDWEST {STEW}* [RA] - See comments) Enu should be (4,4) See comments
28 Intoxicated celebrants throw away crumpled cans three times (6) TREBLE cELEBRanTs*
30 Famous college returned memo (4) NOTE<=
31 A couple of small streets’ staff (5) STAVE {ST}{AVE}
32 Melody’s strain (4) TUNE [DD]

DOWN
1   That lady eloped in the beginning at this place (4) HERE {HER}{E}
2   Refurbish Christmas tree after removing torn chits and pennant (8) STREAMER {chRiStMAs+TREE}*
3   Chinese, with wild rage, rush forward in attack (6) CHARGE {CH}{RAGE*}
4   A space built around hospital for some Indians in America (7) APACHES {A+SPACE}* over {H}
5   Inherit tattered coin tome (4,4) COME INTO*
6   Scared RAF aid is scattered (6) AFRAID*
7   After losing ring, chief has a low sounding voice (4) BASS B(-o+a)ASS
14 Speed displayed by defective pedometer when injured deer goes away (5) TEMPO PEdOMeTer*
16 Special musical instrument’s pointed (5) SHARP {S}{HARP}
18 Opposite talk (8) CONVERSE [DD]
20 Croc nest is destroyed for musical performances (8) CONCERTS*
21 Part of Punjab’s Patiala concerning space (7) SPATIAL [T]
23 Accounts book’s right behind shelf (6) LEDGER {R}<=>{LEDGE}
25 Cad and mother missing in city in The Netherlands (6) ROTTER ROTTERdam
27 Agitated gent left nitrogen compound and metal (4) IRON nItROgeN Compound was not required
29 Row in Dublin estate (4) LINE [T]

Reference List
Queen = ER, Hospital = H, Special = S, Right = R 


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49 comments:

  1. Suresh M S21 June 2021 at 08:53

    28A WILDWEST = American badlands DD {STEW anagram}

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  2. Murali21 June 2021 at 08:59

    26A WILDWEST (RA OF STEW)

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  3. Murali21 June 2021 at 09:02

    As usual Incognito never fails to entertain. He chooses lingo of music today for the theme. Enjoyed solving the CW.

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    1. Kishore21 June 2021 at 09:42

      Indeed. TH held this back from publication along with the rest of this cycle in order to publish it today...

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    2. Suresh21 June 2021 at 11:38

      I did not notice the theme. But what is the occasion today?

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    3. sree_sree21 June 2021 at 12:18

      World music day

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  4. Kishore21 June 2021 at 09:43

    27a My anno:

    (NITROGEN-GENT*)*

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  5. Padmanabhan21 June 2021 at 09:50

    27D. Then compound is the anagrind for getting 'Iron'out of the rest?

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    1. Kishore21 June 2021 at 09:52

      Yes sir

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    2. Col_Gopinath21 June 2021 at 10:53

      If you remove agitated 'gent' from 'Nitrogen' you get Iron without compounding, that is what I meant

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    3. Kishore21 June 2021 at 11:22

      Depends upon which n is removed. Can end up with Niro too.

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    4. sree_sree21 June 2021 at 11:39

      On the other hand anagram of nitrogen can always given irongent or gentiron!
      The gent does not have to be agitated!!!

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    5. Col_Gopinath21 June 2021 at 11:43

      That is true.
      Similarly in 2D and 14 D there is no requirement to tear the 'chits' or injure the 'deer' 😂😂

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    6. Kishore21 June 2021 at 13:12

      That is true too

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    7. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan21 June 2021 at 16:59

      @Col😀 K was in a very angry mood while setting this grid 🤣

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    8. Kishore21 June 2021 at 17:05

      That is true too 😂

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  6. Padmanabhan21 June 2021 at 09:51

    Always a pleasure when we get a full house- easy/hard doesn't really matter.

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  7. cdrgani2921 June 2021 at 09:54

    cdrgani29 Entertaining as usual!

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  8. cdrgani2921 June 2021 at 09:56

    tho' couldn't crack a few!

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  9. Padmanabhan21 June 2021 at 10:00

    9A- Hippo- small animal? I had doubts while filling in.

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  10. Padmanabhan21 June 2021 at 10:08

    Oh! I missed that! Meticulously correct.

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  11. C.G. BHARGAV21 June 2021 at 10:57

    The CONCERTS were well advertised.

    A long LINE and almost a STAMPEDE to get in.

    Alas!

    The TREBLE NOTES were FLAT and not to one's expectations.

    Added to that was the BASS. And the harp was too SHARP!

    (It is to be mentioned HERE that all of the above was due to a faulty sound system which was set right).

    Jai ho!

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  12. Ananth21 June 2021 at 11:58

    Hello wonderful people here! I'm a long time lurker here and solve puzzles occasionally.

    I hope you and your loved ones are doing well in these unpredictable times.


    Recently I have been using Discord for all my communities, and it would be a dream come true for me to get to know all the cruciverbalists here better, and Discord is a wonderful Tool to achieve this.

    Please let me know your thoughts.

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    1. Col_Gopinath21 June 2021 at 12:38

      We're happy here without any Discord!!

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    2. Kishore21 June 2021 at 13:14

      ; )

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    3. Padmanabhan21 June 2021 at 13:56

      Well said Col.

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    4. sree_sree21 June 2021 at 14:01

      Yeah. We don't like any strings. Even if they are princess's.

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    5. Lakshmi Vaidyanathan21 June 2021 at 16:57

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    6. Ananth21 June 2021 at 19:32

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    7. Ananth21 June 2021 at 19:36

      Haha sure Sir. Thanks for your time and all your efforts in making this the Meccah for cryptic puzzles. I will make myself more available here now :)

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  13. Kishore21 June 2021 at 13:42

    Rest and Ledger are theme words too.

    Rest as in the pause during play. Ledger lines represent lines between staves, For example, middle C is between the bass and treble clefs on a ledger line

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  14. Kishore21 June 2021 at 13:44

    The last line in above can be better worded as:

    For example, middle C is notated on a ledger line between the bass and treble clefs

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  15. Padmanabhan21 June 2021 at 13:57

    Deeply musical!

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  16. vdsprasad49@gmail.com21 June 2021 at 15:08

    In 9A HIP is from IN. In 17A we get BRACE from COUPLE. I feel it will be helpful to new solvers if the blog highlights such words to show that they form part of the wordplay.

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    1. Col_Gopinath21 June 2021 at 17:46

      Too much of spoon feeding is also not good. Some things should be left to new solvers to work out by themselves.

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  17. vdsprasad49@gmail.com21 June 2021 at 15:46

    CAD is my CoD! Clue nicely done.

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  18. Unknown21 June 2021 at 15:59

    Thank you Incognito.One always look forward to puzzles from Incognito.These , one feels, are meant for guys like me .Low hanging fruits.Thanks.Thomphil

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  19. Prasanna Rao21 June 2021 at 17:40

    thank you incognito. solved all. had wonderful time spent for CW's.

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  20. Suresh Mollyn21 June 2021 at 17:49

    I too enjoyed today's puzzle. Thank you incognito. I don't miss sankalak and gridman. You are their incognito :-)

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    1. Kishore21 June 2021 at 19:32

      Not at all. No comparison to the maestros

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  21. Kishore21 June 2021 at 20:24

    Thanks folks. Will be back with "flying " colours soon. Goodnight

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  22. Anonymous21 June 2021 at 23:09

    Thanx for a melodious CW. Over in 15 mins.
    But kindly tell me in 25A - Rotterdam - dam - how do u get dam from 'and mother'?
    I just filled it without parsing.

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    1. Kishore22 June 2021 at 04:58

      Dam and Sire are words usedto refer to the mother and father of pedigreed animals when mentioning their 'family tree'.

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  23. Anonymous21 June 2021 at 23:09

    Thanx for a melodious CW. Over in 15 mins.
    But kindly tell me in 25A - Rotterdam - dam - how do u get dam from 'and mother'?
    I just filled it without parsing.

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