Friday 22 April 2022

No 13537, Friday 22 Apr 2022, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Yankee residing in Indian state is a painter (4) GOYA {GO{Y}A}
9   Push sideways and steal (5) SWIPE [DD]
10 Placed cap around head of arrow (4) LAID {L{Ar...w}ID}
11 Himalayan guide’s turn of phrase (6) SHERPA*
12 English girl with a railway messenger (8) EMISSARY {E}{MISS}{A}{RY}
13 For starters, a bright spot coloured isome shining amber’s X-coordinate (8) ABSCISSA Acrostic
15 Senate endlessly works around start of century and passes laws (6) ENACTS {SENATe}* around {Ce...y}
17 Graduate school, before long, gets woodwind instrument (7) BASSOON{BA}{S}{SOON}
19 Perhaps, Tamil Nadu embraces, for example, Puducherry’s law (7) STATUTE {STAT{UT}E}
22 Disposing torn sash from steakhouse ruins, make money with great difficulty (3,3) EKE OUT sTEaKhOUsE*
24 Kidnapped sailor Edward carrying pipe (8) ABDUCTED {AB}{DUCT}{ED}
26 Allies’ HO arranged for fuel (5,3) SHALE OIL*
28 Arranged notes, around end of lesson, for poem (6) SONNET {SO{l...oN}NET*}
30 A mud building for Russian parliament (4) DUMA {A+MUD}*
31 Serenades Indian girl on board ship (5) SINGS {S{IN}{G}S}
32 Spot rejected toys (4) TOPS<=

DOWN
1   Insect found in bergamot herb (4) MOTH [T]
2   Prohibit storage equipments in living quarters for 5 (8) BARRACKS {BAR}{RACKS}
3   Large vehicles for prizes (6) OSCARS {OS}{CARS}
4   Badly scared about current bike accessory (7) SIDECAR {S{I}DECAR*}
5   Tiger prowls around soldiers in military unit (8) REGIMENT {REGI{MEN}T*}
6   Anchorage may be found in this state (6) ALASKA [GK]
7   Baked food roasted initially in seaside venue (4) PIER {PIE}{Ro...d}
14 First ledger in financial institution is devoid of any entries (5) BLANK {B{Le...r}ANK}
16 Name plate includes model’s designation (5) TITLE {TI{T}LE}
18 Excitedly shout about love around university’s eastern shed (8) OUTHOUSE {OUTH{0}{U}S*}{E}
20 Once a tit flew around low grade ore (8) TACONITE*
21 Girl student with soldier is brave (7) GALLANT {GAL}{L}{ANT}
23 Setter left coal-mine, wandering to get lubrication equipment (6) OILCAN {COAL+mINe}*
25 Stop German nurse leaving emergency room (6) DESIST  {DE}{SISTer}
27 Carry and hide uranium in India’s main aircraft manufacturing company (4) HAUL {HA{U}L}
29 See drunk author leaving house party clumsily (4) ESPY {houSE+PartY}*

Reference List
Yankee = Y, English = E, Railway = RY, School  S, Sailor = AB, Indian = IN, Girl = G, Ship = SS, Large = OS, Current = I, Model = T,  University = U, Eastern = E, Student = L, German = DE, Emergency Room = ER


56 comments:

  1. 8A - GOYA yankee(y) residing in indian state.
    15A - ENACTS (senat + c) (senate endlessly + start of century)
    22A - EKE OUT (steakhouse - sash)
    26A - SHALE OIL (Allies HO)*
    28A - SONNET (notes + n)*

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  2. 17a BASSOON = Woodwind instrument
    BA = Graduate
    S = School
    SOON = Before long

    19a STATUTE = Law
    STATE = Perhaps TN
    UT = for eg Pondicherry
    Embraces = Containment indicator

    3d. OSCARS = Prizes
    OS = Large
    CARS = Vehicles

    21d GALLANT = Brave
    GAL =Girl
    L = Student
    ANT = Soldier

    29d ESPY = See
    Ana of SEPY, HOUE PARTY (-)Author
    Clumsily = Anind

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    1. OS = large. How do you know such indicators ? Can you give me a link where we can find such common indicators for crosswords.

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    2. oh, os from oversize. got it.

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    3. For lists of abbreviations used here, elsewhere too, kindly visit Wikipedia site Crossword Abbreviations. Cryptipedia - Fandom also provides such information. Regards

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  3. 12A EMISSARY = messenger (Ebglish, E,.Girl MISS ,A Railway RY)
    11A SHERPA = Guide of Himalaya (Anagram of PHRASE)
    19STATUTE = Law (STATE, like TN holding UT, Puducherry)
    1D MOTH = insect (telescopic in bergaMOT Herb)
    3D OSCARS =awards (large OS with vehicles CARS)

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  4. 29 d Regret typo. Pl read house party for houe .....

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  5. 8a. GOYA=painter GOA=Indian state Y=Yankee residing=containtment ind G(Y)OA
    10a. LAID=placed LID=cap A=head of arrow L(A)ID
    11a. SHERPA=Himalayan guide turn=anagrind {PHRASE}*
    27d. HAUL=carry U=Uranium HAL=Indian aircraft company HA(U)L hide=containtment ind
    21d. GALLANT=brave, GAL=girl L=student ANT=soldier GAL+L_ANT

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  6. 31a. SINGS=Serenades SS=ship IN=Indian G=girl on board=containment S(IN+G)S

    Replacement for 8a.

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  7. First time, I was able to complete the entire crossword by getting almost all the annotations. Just one or two guesses.

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    1. I too struggled to solve the grids earlier. But, I never miss Incognito grid. After completion of every time I got the confidence. Good to know your attempt.
      But the other doubts and clarifications guided by our regular Solvers.

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  8. 5d - regiment - anagram of Tiger - regi+men +t

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  9. 2d - barracks - bar (ban ) + racks ( equipment )

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  10. 26 a - shale oil - anagram of Allies HO

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  11. 25d desist German D nurse sister -er(emergency room)

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  12. 18d outhouse from anagram of shout and o from love and e u from eastern University

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  13. 24A ABDUCTED=Kidnapped (ab)(duct)(ed)
    sailor=ab
    Edward=ed
    carrying(contaons)
    pipe=duct

    14D BLANK= devoid of any entries B(L)ANK
    First ledger = L
    in financial institution = BANK

    18D OUTHOUSE = shed
    Excitedly =anagind
    (shout+o+u+e)*
    about love = o
    around university’s = u
    eastern = e

    27D HAUL =Carry HA(U)L
    uranium = U
    in India’s main aircraft manufacturing company = HAL

    30A DUMA = russian parliament= amud*

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    1. 18D is it O U E contains shout*? 'about' in a clue always confuses me.

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    2. OU(THOUS)*E is how it is represented. Excitedly is anagrind. But it is partial anagram. About is for the letters around anagram of shout.

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  14. 20d teconite from anagram of once a tit
    Low grade iron ore

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  15. 13a abscissa meaning x coordinates from starting letters

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  16. 4d SIDECAR
    Anagram of scared includes current (i)

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  18. 7d PIER
    Baked food is pie
    Raost initially R

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  19. 16 d TITLE
    Nameplate. Tile
    Includesmodel T

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  20. Anchorage is a city in the stata of ALASKA

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  21. 23dn. OILCAN: lubrication equipment.
    Setter is me
    COAL MINE - ME( setter left cold mine): COAL IN
    Wandering is anagram indicator
    (COALIN.)*: OILCAN
    The emu is given as 6. Should it be 3, 3?

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    1. Either hyphened or a single 6 letter word according to Free dic.
      Hyphen are often omitted.

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    2. But Chambers lists it as 2 words.

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    3. Chambers 12th Ed. page 1071, oilcan is listed as a single word under the main heading oil

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    4. I am never sure the Chambers I refer (an on line one and a printed edition) is the latest. Thank you Kishore for the clarification and,as usual,an enjoyable CW.

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  22. 12A - (E)(MISS)(A)(RY)
    English-E
    Girl-MISS
    a - A
    Railway-RY

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  23. 9A is a nice one. So could not resist.
    Swipe - DD.
    Had a smile when I imagined someone swiping a card!

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  24. Today's Grid was outstanding. many substitutes, intersting clues. Thanks to Incognito for Friday special.

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  25. VG clues all, missed out on 10A

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  26. My favorite setter - INCOGNITO
    👏👏👏

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  28. Nice grid. Breezy 12mins.
    My fav -ALASKA, OSCARS, DESIST

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