Solution to 30A 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.
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| Rangoli by Gowri |
8 Girl gets diseased fish organ (4) GILL {G}{ILL}
9 Snow leopard’s about 28.35 grams (5) OUNCE [DD]
10 Mine includes new unit of measure (4) PINT {PI{N}T}
11 To some extent, describe a conservative leading light (6) BEACON [T]
12 When I led astray in capital? (3,5) NEW DELHI*
13 Gates’ air-conditioning duties (8) ACCESSES {AC}{CESSES}
15 Key in once again and sort after starting of rude expression (6) RETYPE {TYPE}<=>{Rude}{Ex...n}
17 Stopped sailor Theodore smuggling gold (7) ABORTED {AB}{OR}{TED}
19 Put off Jordan’s redevelopment around second of June (7) ADJOURN {ADJO(jUne}RN*}
22 What one may do with a drum? Scram? (4,2) BEAT IT [DD]
24 Halt girl’s dancing... okay? (3,5) ALL RIGHT*
26 Draw towards the stern (8) BACKWARD DRAW<=
28 Irks any son in a tizzy (6) ANNOYS*
30 7 x 12 base? (4) ?O?T (Addendum FOOT (1inch x 12 = 12inch = Foot = Base)
31 Connected links stored in dacha interior (5) CHAIN [T]
32 10 square 31s in Israeli city (4) ACRE [DD]
DOWN
1 1.6 kms beams ship leaves (4) MILE sMILEs
2 Scrambled real call to get what one might hear after an air raid (3,5) ALL CLEAR*
3 Grinds, using a pestle, units of 454 gms, approximately (6) POUNDS [DD}
4 About misplaced sense and unity (7) ONENESS {ON}{SENSE*}
5 Composed rondel about Wild West at first in the Americas (3,5) NEW WORLD {RONDEL}* over {Wild}{West}
6 State, “Batter’s positive” (6) UPBEAT {UP}{BEAT}
7 2.54 cms chin smashed (4) INCH*
14 Thick wire from taxi loses elasticity at first (5) CABLE {CAB}{Lo..s}{El...y}
16 Fish roost? (5) PERCH [DD}
18 Ward managed church gate (8) ENTRANCE {ENT}{RAN}{CE}
20 Easterner’s relation is funny (8) ORIENTAL*
21 Deliver British silver pochette (7) HANDBAG {HAND}{B}{AG}
23 Like mixed up tea KOT (4,2) TAKE TO*
25 Student makes money and gets to know something new (6) LEARNS {L}{EARNS}
27 Virginia returns, with love, national flower (4) AVON {VA<=}{0}{N}
29 Cart reversed in three feet (4) YARD<=
Reference List
Girl = G, New = N, Sailor = AB, Theodore = TED, Ship = SS, State = UP, Church = CE, British = B, Student = L, National = N
Units and measurement special. Enjoyed solving. Luckily remembered all the conversions.
ReplyDeletewell said AJ mam
DeleteYes,revision exercise!
ReplyDeleteI am never sure of these name abbreviations like Ted for Theodore.
ReplyDelete7 answer is inch
ReplyDelete1 inch x 12 inch = 12 inch = 1 foot
30Ac - Foot
Thank you. Was stuck there.
DeleteFoot is also base
ReplyDeleteExcellent puzzle! Liked 26Ac Backward and the flower at 27Dn especially which is nice misdirection without having the necessity to be convoluted :-)
ReplyDeleteWe are supposed to read it as 'flow'er. We have seen it in CW's earlier,particularly Arden.
DeleteGood solve and a good clue- typical Incognito style.
ReplyDeleteIt is just 1 inch x 12. No inch again.
One more theme word.
Inching closer to identifying all non metric units of measure. One of them is 5 1/2 feet in length.
DeleteThe only time in my life that I lost about 20 pounds was when a pickpocket abstracted my wallet.
Rest of the time it was all about gaining pounds?!!
Delete20 pounds wallet? Unbelievable! Was the wallet also carrying a pound of flesh? Ha ha
Delete@Kishore. Did you mean 5 1/2 yards?
DeleteYes sir, a miskate on my part :-)
DeleteMr KK Rao, I was in the UK at that time ;-)
DeleteWhat is 5-1/2 yards?
DeletePerch
DeleteThank you Prasad. Always ready with an answer. Just googled it before seeing your reply. I should have known better.
Delete1Dn reminds me of a old joke as an answer to the question that asks which the longest word in the English language is :-))
ReplyDelete:-) :-) :-)
DeleteVladimir was UPBEAT in NEW DELHI
ReplyDeleteACCESSES an online class and learns HINDI
On the guard
Goes an extra YARD
Efforts ABORTED - escapes to Rawalpindi!
(What happened next?)
Nice one sir.....
DeleteAnything may happen in Rawalpindi.
ReplyDeleteI found something cooking there.... Pindi chole!
DeleteJust checked on Pindi chole. Looks delicious!
DeleteThat's all in this cycle, folks. Thanks for solving.
ReplyDeleteOne never knows what TH will do!
Deleteunable to participate sunday grid. instead, I have compensated by solving Incognito grid completely.
ReplyDelete9a - was my favorite
Leaving a group of musicians on Indian galley initially - (A)(BAND)(ON)(IN)(G)
Esp. Today's grid seems to be Conversion factors. YARD, PINCH, OUNCE, FOOT....Technical Gird. Thanks to Incognito for a significant CW.
ReplyDeleteAn offbeat puzzle that I liked
ReplyDeleteAdd PERCH and CABLE to the themed list
ReplyDeleteWell spotted!
DeleteAnd Gill!
DeleteQuarter pint (archaic)
DeleteDear Mr. Kishore Rao,
ReplyDeleteThank you for making me feel over six and half decades young as I went down the memory lane to my school days at Arya Vidya Shala, Seshadripuram in Bangalore to recall when the Metric system was heralded to replace the British system of measurement.
Enjoyed solving today's grid and also admit that I failed in attempting 32-A and 16-D.
And last but not the lease let me Greet you and all others with Wishes for a 'Karona Pyar Hai..'-free as well as keep 'Omirkhan' at bay...
Thanks Panje maam. By the time I appeared for my Matric, it was metric all the way. Except my height, which was still as Imperial as the themed entries in this puzzle.
DeletePanje Maam? I thought Suresh is a well known Sir? 🤔
DeleteHello Mme. Gowri,
DeleteMaam in Konkani language means 'Uncle', similar to Mama in Tamil. Well 'Mami' is common in both Tamil and Konkani, the lingua franca from the coastal belt of Mysore state (Karnataka) and it extends till Cochin in south and Goa in north.
As for another coastal language, there is Tulu and probably, it is the only one in which AMME is father and APPE is mother vis-a-vis Appa, Pappa and Amma, Maa, Mom, Mummy in other language.
Well, language is a means of communication for the mankind but for the clan of Netas and Netranis (politicians), it is a tool of instigation to create needless commotion in our society.
Dear Mr.Kishore Rao,
DeleteThe very mention of Matric/Metric reminded me of this tongue-twister of yore that I wish to share and here it is:
AFTER MUCH CONSIDERATION, DR. RADHAKRISHNAN CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MATRICULATION EXAMINATION IS A BOTHERATION FOR THE TEEN-AGED POPULATION OF INDIAN NATION WHERE THE MAIN OCCUPATION IS CULTIVATION, AIDED BY IRRIGATION.
BTW,pronouncing Madam as 'maam' is one thing,but writing it as such baffles me,though many people do it as a routine.
DeleteGood amount of alliteration more than it being a tongue twister. Good one though.
DeleteThat's a different tongue altogether.
ReplyDelete@ Gowri!!! Ganesha surrounding with colours. too Good
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteKishore - a lovely puzzle. Abs up my alley. Both as an architect & as one from the 80s when we constantly juggled between metric & non metric units.
ReplyDeleteThanx
Mme Gowri,
DeleteHello, Mangalam Shubha Mangalam for a lovely Tuesday Good Morning.
Well, I was unaware that you're an architect by profession and probably this mastery has enabled you to build not only castles in the air but in words too!!!
Indeed,I am one among all those who enjoy your narratives of word play, based on the solutions in the day's crossword.
My tale piece tomorrow.
ReplyDelete@ Incognito - please read it if u find time. 😊