Wednesday 7 July 2021

No 13293, Wednesday 07 Jul 2021, Incognito

Solution to 24D 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
7   Swimming pool game (4) POLO* &lit as well
8   Comforting SpO2% reading, remaining same even if read upside down (6-3) NINETY SIX [C&DD] 
10 Deadly lathe turned by trainee (6) LETHAL {LATHE*}{L}
11 Tenant’s hire charges include right, for example (8) RESIDENT {RE{SIDE}NT}
12 Movie actor lifts arm awkwardly (8) FILMSTAR*
14 Canoes drifting in large water bodies (6) OCEANS*
16 Involves a portion of chicken tail soup (7) ENTAILS [T]
18 Ordered 15 to follow engineers to get drink (3,4) RED WINE {EDWIN*}<=>{RE}
21 Legendary creature’s shown possessing heart in new x-rays, for starters (6) SPHINX Acrostic
23 Porches in Denver and Ascot? (8) VERANDAS [T]
25 Travel with wickedly hot gal to place in Jerusalem (8) GOLGOTHA {GO}{HOT+GAL}*
27 Hot beer in court-house in the Alps (6) CHALET {C{H}{ALE}T}
29 Ignorant old boy takes 54 acknowledgements of debt (9) OBLIVIOUS {OB}{LIV}{IOUS}
30 Animals look back, pregnant with some worry (4) EWES {SE{Wo..y}E<=}

DOWN
1   Joker somehow accompanied, throwing cap away (8) COMEDIAN ACcOMpaNIED*
2   Look! Chinese lake! (4) LOCH {LO}{CH}
3   Jewellery carelessly taken around Luxembourg (6) ANKLET {ANK{L}ET*}
4   Sound sleepers’ defective noses having some rheum right in the middle (7) SNORERS {SNO{Rh..m}E{R}S*}
5   Spot CEO wandering around often, at first, making medical equipment (8) OTOSCOPE {SPOT+CEO}* over {Of..n}
6   Old American editor (4) USED {US}{ED}
9   After kiss, none let loose gas! (5) XENON {X}{NONE*}
13 Female teacher admits one immigrant initially in American city (5) MIAMI {M{1}AM}{Im...t}
15 Editor with Indian disclosed Buzz’s real name (5) EDWIN {ED}{W}{IN}
17 Chemical agent facilitating ease of business (8) LAXATIVE [CD]
19 Oddly, Aden teen tidied (8) NEATENED*
20 Pilot’s silly prevarication in absence of prince (7) AVIATOR preVARicATIOn*
22 At first, police officer hides erotic picture (5) PHOTO {Po...e}{HOT}{Of...r}
24 Suspension of proceedings about tax (6) R?C?S? (Addendum - RECESS {RE}{CESS} - See comments)
26 Girl having drink produces extraordinary wind! (4) GALE {G}{ALE}
28 Dropped Australian journalist around 10 (4) AXED {A}{X}{ED}

Reference List
Trainee = L, Engineers = RE(Royal Engineers), Hot = H, Court = CT, Old boy = OB, Chinese = CH, Luxembourg = L, Right = R, Editor = ED, Kiss = X, With = W, Indian = IN, About = RE, Girl = G, Australian = A, Journalist = ED


12 comments:

  1. 24D. Recess. Cess= Tax. About= Re.
    Recess= suspension

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  2. Started with a nice pool game and it was over before I knew it.
    Golgotha was the last to fall (reminded me of our own Kolkatta). I did not the travel part right initially,so had to travel through Google to find the place!

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  3. 17D Is it LAXITIVE or LAXATIVE?
    Or both are correct?

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  4. Absolutely smooth puzzles. GOLGOTHA spotted every ones mind. I too thought it might be kolkatta after half anagram hot goal. setter mentioned as Jerusalem. Nice puzzles once again. Thanks to Incognito and Col.sir.

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  5. Completed again in 15 mins. Thanx Kishore. Great fun & good for ones confidence.

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