Saturday, 16 October 2021

No 13378, Saturday 16 Oct 2021, Incognito

 Across
8 Lied about food source (4) DELI {LIED*}
9 Breezy West Indian? Yes! (5) WINDY {W}{IND}{Y}
10 Gets outside food (4) EATS Anno not clear
11 Was returning after dance? It is puzzling... (6) JIGSAW {JIG}{WAS<=}
12 Groups of musicians carry equipment for bandits (8) BRIGANDS {B{RIG}ANDS}
13 Prisoner no.5 in Rome saw and announced (8) CONVEYED {CON}{V}{EYED}
15 Consume in Hardinge Street (6) INGEST (T)
17 Garish skit about Chinese yen (7) KITSCHY {KITS}{CH}{Y}
19 Enters frisky pets in greed, for example (5,2) STEPS IN {PETS*}{S IN}
22 Ointment’s on right tray (6) SALVER {SALVE}{R}
24 Surprise! To some extent, Edgbaston is humid (8) ASTONISH (T)
26 Managed bags and rifles (8) RANSACKS {RAN}{SACKS}
28 Pardon old coppers excesses at first (6) EXCUSE {EX}{CU}{S}{Excesses}
30 American state doesn’t have a source of ore (4) MINE {MaINE}
31 Plan, includes one flier (5) PILOT {P{I}LOT}
32 First lady’s new flat (4) EVEN {EVE}{N}
Down
1 Still one creature from the Himalayas, perhaps? (4) YETI {YET}{I}
2 Messages from young lady initially inviting very excited suitors (8) MISSIVES {MISS}{Inviting}{Very}{Excited}{Suitors}
3 Meandering tow path providing facility to travel in both directions (3-3) TWO-WAY {TOW*}{WAY}
4 Someone... Andrew... captivated silly boy (7) ANYBODY {AN{BOY*}DY}
5 Songwriter Cyril composed first (8) LYRICIST {CYRIL*}{IST}
6 Margaret ate Indian bread in Malaysian state (6) PENANG {PE{NAN}G}
7 For example, Lothario’s  boss (4) STUD (DD)
14 Board for spiritual communication? Yes, in France and Germany (5) OUIJA {OUI}{JA}

16 Sees ship carrying food (5) SPIES {S{PIE}S}
18 Insanely chop a dry printout (4,4) HARD COPY {CHOP+A+DRY*}
20 Father stole and got uncontrollably anxious (8) PANICKED {PA}{NICKED}
21 Mess lad cooked for girls (7) DAMSELS {MESS+LADS}
23 Container-ship? (6) VESSEL (DD)
25 Agreement at Tyre modified (6) TREATY {AT+TYRE*}
27 For starters, a Middle-Eastern individual and royal (4) AMIR {A}{Middle-Eastern}{Individual}{R} &lit
29 Look for and espy king (4) SEEK {SEE}{K}
 

Reference List

West=W, Indian=Ind, Yes=Y, No. 5 in Roman=V, Chinese=Ch, Yen=Y, Right=R, Old=Ex, Copper=Cu, One=I, First lady=Eve, New=N
One=I, Andrew=Andy, First=Ist, Margaret=Peg, Yes in France=Oui, Yes in Germany=Ja, Ship=SS, Father=Pa, Royal=R, King=K

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28 comments:

  1. Good CW,good blogging,good Saturday. Thank you all.
    Ramesh- nothing for non-regulars?

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    1. Partially correct. There's more to it. When you put food inside you, you are getting 'outside ' that food. So, ace. On the surface, it means gets food from restaurant etc, ie non home food. Wodehouse frequently used this construct: "e got outside some eggs and bacon

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    2. "Get outside of" is an informal phrase to mean to go out and eat/drink.

      It's DD but gets outside/food.

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    3. Thanks Kishore and Prasad.

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    4. Aha moment about PGW- though I have read and enjoyed it I could not connect it here.

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  3. Managed =ran
    Bags=sacks
    Rifles =ransacks

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  4. Margret=peg is new to me also. Can someone explain what is behind it?

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  5. Just googled it. Several informal transformations including one to French (for daisy)
    Quite complicated- simple to remember it is so in CW's!

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  6. Peg is a nickname for Margaret, though it sounds nothing like it

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  7. You might like to get outside a Margaret from Captain. Amarinder Singh's birthplace 😀

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  8. Please ignore full stop after full form of Capt. Autocorrect is displaying its presence

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  9. Why a peg particularly from there? (Patiala?)

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  10. https://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/what-is-a-patiala-peg-and-how-did-it-get-its-name-1671444

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  11. Re. Ouija,an old event. Two uncles of mine brought a planchet (ie a board the shape of a triangle with a pencil screwed in,with a small wheelarangement) place on a sheet of paper and the two will touch it and wait.Then the gadget will start scribbling some thing. Then you write asking ,say, the no. Of steps in our house staircase and it will write out the correct no.Sometimes it wil be cranky and write some nonsense. This was a big hit those days! Does anyone with similar experience?

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    1. Me too have a doubt. Qualitatively both are opposite in meaning!

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    2. A boss is a stud in the centre of a shield!

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    3. Also the stud at the front end of a gun on which the bayonet is fixed is called Bayonet boss

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  13. I asked, "will you tell the truth?"

    It said, "no, never "

    😀

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  14. Thank you Kishore for the link on Patiala peg. Hadn't heard about it.

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  15. Dear Mr. Kishore Rao,
    In tune with 'Better Late Than Never', I logged in just now and must thank you for letting me learn a new word today in 14-D. Well, I erred in 16-D by reckoning it as SPOTS and in the process filled 19-A as STEPS ON.

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  16. An easy puzzle today: I was disappointed to be able to solve all the clues in my head, without having to fill in the grid. It's more fun to have to scratch one's head a bit and come at a clue from different angles.

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  17. Replaying to Kishore 16:04 message-Oh yes, it would respond cleverly.After a long time it asked them to drop it in a well in the house for freedom!

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