Thursday 9 June 2022

No 13578, Thursday 09 Jun 2022, Incognito

Solution to 12A 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   That lady has love for the leading male actor (4) HERO{HER}{0}
9   Join United Nations wearing woven tie (5) UNITE {UN}{TIE*}
10 Suspend ethnic Chinese girl (4) HANG {HAN}{G}
11 Pop and mom give shelter to North American in country (6) PANAMA {PA}{NA}{MA}
12 Returned can containing unexpired and number one cooking medium (5,3) O?I?E ?I? (Addendum - OLIVE OIL {LOO<=} over {LIVE} and {1} - See comments)
13 Hottest or coldest after commencement of summer precipitation? (8) SPICIEST {ICIEST}<=>{Su...r}{Pr...n}
15 Cooling medical device and ipecac preparation (3,3) ICE CAP*
17 Obliquely enquire with adult at new church (7) ASKANCE {ASK}{A}{N}{CE}
19 American soldier eats cooked conch dumpling (7) GNOCCHI {G{CONCH*}I}
22 Young lady in Amsterdam self-heals to some extent (6) DAMSEL [T]
24 Initially, clinic doctor admitted setter in air-conditioned ward for casualty (8) ACCIDENT {Cl...c}{Do...r} over {I} in {AC}{ENT}
26 Note: Butter is used initially in coffee-flavoured dessert (8) TIRAMISU {TI}{RAM}{IS}Used}
28 Crush cane around time before end of summer to get sweet stuff (6) NECTAR {NEC{T}A*}{s...eR}
30 You and I consume Indian drink (4) WINE {W{IN}E}
31 La Paz building shopping centre (5) PLAZA*
32 Language spoken in Gopalpur, Durgapur (4) URDU [T]

DOWN
1   Religious scripture's very elaborate discourse appears in the beginning (4) VEDA Acrostic
2   Bread that is free of charge accompanied by Italian alcohol, for starters (8) FOCACCIA {FOC}{ACC}{It...n}{Al...l}
3   Dog consumed priest (6) CURATE {CUR}{ATE}
4   Roving compatriots leaving camp to make rice dish (7) RISOTTO cOmpaTRIOTS*
5   Plead, “It’s small, charged particle” (8) PETITION {PETIT}{ION}
6   It’s said to bring a smile to your face, perhaps (6) CHEESE [CD]
7   Against a new note (4) ANTI {A}{N}{TI}
14 Tapas may be made from ingredients of this food (5) PASTA*
16 Pale tennis champion gets nervous at first (5) ASHEN {ASHE}{Ne...s}
18 By mistake, police confiscate aluminium musical instrument (8) CALLIOPE {C{AL}LIOPE*}
20 Medical staff wrongly accused around second of July (8) CADUCEUS {CAD{jUly}CEUS*}
21 South Africa has incomplete picture painted on a wall with one Japanese warrior (7) SAMURAI {SA}{MURAl}{1}
23 Joining line for English mariners (6) SEAMEN {SEAM}{EN}
25 Painting material stored in Etruscan vase (6) CANVAS [T]
27 Biscuit cut away and thrown for bird (4) IBIS BIScuIt*
29 Assistant? Bad idea! (4) AIDE*

Reference List
Love = 0, Girl = G, Can = LOO, Adult = A, New = N, Church = CE, American soldier = GI, Note = TI, Butter = RAM, Indian = IN, Free of charge = FOC, English = EN

30 comments:

  1. 12A. Olive Oil. Unexpired- live. Returned can= ool ( loo). No1= i

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    1. Parts, parts OK (south Indian movie style). Anno!

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    2. You mean assembly missing though all parts are there?

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  2. Another good puzzle from Incognito, enjoyed solving it. COD is 6d, solving it brought smile on my face.

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  3. Is there a theme on food with
    GNOCCHI, RISOTTO, PASTA, TIRAMISU, FOCACCIA, SPICIEST, OLIVE OIL; NECTAR & WINE too?

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  4. A good spread- Gourmet's delight. From starter to dessert via some cake,rice,gnocchi and pasta with cheese. Add some nectar to it and you can't ask for more!

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    1. paddy sir.....Special thanks to Col. for the visual look of all delicious dishes.

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  5. Nice clues as usual but 19A,26A and 20D new to me!

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  6. Gnocchi & Tiramisu are CW specials. I learned it here only.

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  7. Thank you dear Mr. Kishore Rao for today's crossword compilation with ample shares for a treat of wining-n-dining, 'High Tea' in particular.
    And my gratitude to you for letting me learn about delicacies like 2-D (FOCACCIA), 19-A (GNOCCHI) and 26-A (TIRAMISU).
    Yes, despite being a 'Brahmanam Bhojan Priya' (Saapat Rama or a glutton/gourmet), I was stuck on these above cited clues while solving today's interesting 'food for thought' crossword.

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  8. Thanks, everyone. Hope you enjoyed the Italian menu after Chinese last time. The series will continue.

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  9. Lovely spread Kishore! Nice grid too.
    CADUCEUS was new to me. Had to google.
    Thanx.

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  10. Btw - spiciest also is part of food.

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    1. I perceived as a qualitative category . I have a small clarification. the word 'speciest' can feel by taste. but not part of ingredient.

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  11. & if u have a DAMSEL accompanying you on this dinner date - nothing like it!!!! You will feel no less than a SAMURAI.

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  12. Delecious e-treat by Incognito. Though I solved 12D- could not get the perfect anno. for LIVE. got it only after viewed the blog. after a deep attempt i was satisfied with answeres. but, feeling bad for not getting the anno. FOCACCIA , TIRAMISU, ASKANCE were new for me.

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  13. Special thanks to Col. for the visual look of all delicious dishes.

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