Wednesday, 6 July 2022

No 13601, Wednesday 06 Jul 2022, Incognito

Solution to 17D 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   Miss foreign language outreach programme, for starters (4) FLOP Acrostic
8   Feline creature consumed limb, for instance, and cheese (9) CAMEMBERT {CA{MEMBER}T}
10 One Chinese in Quebec makes tart (6) QUICHE {QU{1}{CH}E}
11 Drive in Spanish vehicle to obtain snail (8) ESCARGOT {ES}{CAR{GO}T}
12 Gloomy king's round hat (8) SOMBRERO {SOMBRE}{R}{O}
14 Alien following stag gets container (6) BUCKET {BUCK}{ET}
16 Mummy gets acorn ground to prepare confectionery item (7) MACARON {MA}{ACORN*}
18 Hates German examinations (7) DETESTS {DE}{TESTS}
21 Claim eagle is flying around top of lamp-post (6) ALLEGE {AL{La...t}EGE*}
23 Bachelor gets tea endlessly around university for bread (8) BAGUETTE {BA}{GE{U}Ts}{TEa}
25 Pascal dislikes gifts (8) PRESENTS {P}{RESENTS}
27 Not flat? Odd?! (6) UNEVEN [DD]
29 No, racists can manufacture some flaky pastry (9) CROISSANT*
30 Animals present in new estate (4) EWES [T]

DOWN
1   Degeneration of macula around beginning of October after commencement of genetic disease (8) GLAUCOMA {LAUC{Oc...r}M*}<=>{Ge...c}
2   Extended play by in-charge is heroic (4) EPIC {EP}{IC}
3   That chap with setter follows Supreme Court plan (6) SCHEME {HE}{ME}<=>{SC}
4   European representative by mistake losing third letter for ruler (7) EMPEROR {E}{MP}{ERrOR}
5   Friendly and competent to carry mineral (8) AMICABLE {A{MICA}BLE}
6   Expensive honey (4) DEAR [DD]
9   Metro venue contains store of delightful things (5) TROVE [T]
13 Lie idly after commencement of bright fire (5) BLAZE {LAZE}<=>{Br...t}
15 Papa, after evicting Turkish leader from Mediterranean island, gets pancake (5) CREPE CRE(-t+p)PE

17 Old founder of Pennsylvania on eastern steam ship shows receptivity (8) O?E?N?S? (Addendum - OPENNESS {O}{PENN}{E}{SS} - See comments)
19 Wrongly treated, holding end of coat and torn (8) TATTERED {TAT{coaT}ERED*}
20 Lab yams can be of poor quality (7) ABYSMAL*
22 At first, let yellow reporter imitate chant in song (5) LYRIC Acrostic
24 Girls carrying midget making pig-like noises (6) GRUNTS {G{RUNT}S}
26 In absence of Nina, son-in-law may become unhurried (4) SLOW {SOn in LaW}*
28 Watched journalist holding yesterday's edition at first (4) EYED {E{Ye...s}{Ed...n}D}

Reference List
Chinese = CH, Spanish = ES, King = R, Alien = ET, German = DE, University = U, Pascal = P, Extended play = EP, European = E, Representative = MP, Papa = P, Old = O, Eastern = E, Steam ship =SS, Journalist = ED

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20 comments:

  1. Orthopaul6 July 2022 at 08:42

    17d. OPENNESS.. O(LD) PENN(s.a ) E( a..n) SS

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  2. Sarathi6 July 2022 at 08:44

    17 D solved, very nice clue

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  3. Padmanabhan6 July 2022 at 09:25

    Enjoyed the sumptuous breakfast of bakery products. Thank you Incognito.

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    1. Kishore6 July 2022 at 10:07

      Thanks, Paddy. Non, bakery products is not the theme though many are incidentally bakery products. There is one theme word not highlighted yet. 11a should give the theme away. It might remind some this quote from The Man Who Knew Too Much:

      " If you ever get hungry, our garden back home is full of snails. We tried everything to get rid of them. We never thought of a Frenchman!"

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    2. sree_sree6 July 2022 at 10:26

      The hat is a pie? And the snail is a pain!

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    3. Padmanabhan6 July 2022 at 10:36

      Sombrero? Topping?

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    4. Padmanabhan6 July 2022 at 10:38

      Col. has embellished the blog such colorful mouth watering dishes, I am unable to think beyond them!

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    5. N Sridhar6 July 2022 at 11:38

      Macaron is the other theme word. Theme appears to be food of French origin.

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    6. Jacob Brahmakulam6 July 2022 at 11:46

      Baked french food? Sombrero and baked Escagrot as well?

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    7. Kishore6 July 2022 at 12:48

      Escargot, yes. Sombrero, no. Sridhar is correct: French food

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    8. Prasanna Rao6 July 2022 at 22:12

      +1
      Paddy sir as you reflected the same thoughts of mine.10:38

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  4. Padmanabhan6 July 2022 at 09:25

    Baguette took a while to get. The rest flowed easily.

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  5. Sudhakar Vemuri6 July 2022 at 09:38

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  6. Sudhakar Vemuri6 July 2022 at 09:45

    11AC Drive in Spanish vehicle to obtain snail (8) ESCARGOT (ES)(CAR)(GOT)

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  7. Ramesh Kosaraju 6 July 2022 at 10:37

    Thematic puzzle with a good mix of clues! Some bakery items were new to me though.

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  8. Padmanabhan6 July 2022 at 12:14

    " If you ever get hungry, our garden back home is full of snails. We tried everything to get rid of them. We never thought of a Frenchman!"
    I was reminded of the joke about a fly in the cup of tea and how different nationalities will react to it- Someone eating the fly first before drinking the tea!

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  9. cdrgani296 July 2022 at 13:39

    +1 Enjoyable all round - couldnt tackle 10A and 11A

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  10. Prasanna Rao6 July 2022 at 21:58

    Enjoyed the grid. Col.sir you have induced us to taste QUICHI, CAMEMBERT the way you placed the photos. Nice e- treat by Incognito. Grid was completely solved in 59 min.

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  11. Gowri6 July 2022 at 23:15

    Lovely puzzle. Lovelier quote from 'The man who knew too much'
    My fav was PRESENTS. Imagine who ever resents presents?
    Thanx Kishore.

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