Saturday, 9 July 2022

No 13604, Saturday 09 Jul 2022, Incognito

ACROSS


8   Open mouth gobbles apple pie enchiladas for starters (4) GAPE Acrostic
9   Guide animal, perhaps (5) STEER [DD]
10 Bank in Fourviere, Lyon (4) RELY [T]
11 Cover moor after school (6) SHEATH {HEATH}<=>{S}
12 Takes on board cruiser cruising around middle of Adriatic Sea (8) RECRUITS {RECRUI{a...aT...a}S*}
13 Remove sailor's booklet (8) ABSTRACT {AB'S}{TRACT}
15 A college official consumes head of newt from the South American mountain range (6) ANDEAN {A}{Newt}{DEAN}
17 Spear alien flying around 5 after commencement of jamboree (7) JAVELIN {A{V}ELIN*}<=>{Ja...e}
19 Churchman takes in Victor in place of Mike, a soldier of the lowest rank (7) PRIVATE PRI(-m+v)VATE
22 Reportedly hawks cycle parts (6) PEDALS (~peddles)
24 Fans ride rams excitedly (8) ADMIRERS*
26 What's carried in Spanish trailers at first? Snails? (8) ESCARGOT {CARGO}in{ES}{Tr...s}
28 Little dumb about Indian natives at first (6) MINUTE {M{In...n}{Na...s}}UTE}
30 Flier held by chemotherapist (4) MOTH [T]
31 Decreases clubs of a certain type (5) IRONS [DD]
32 Tuna cooked for relative (4) AUNT*

DOWN


1   Bread money (4) CASH [DD]
2   Royal Engineers wrongly repeat quick and witty reply (8) REPARTEE {RE}{REPEAT*}
3   A complicated maths problem, perhaps (6) ASTHMA {A}{MATHS*}
4   Hide from South Eastern island (7) SECRETE {SE}{CRETE}
5   Without using tenon, North American assembled a piece of furniture (8) ARMCHAIR {noRtH+AMeRICAn}
6   Powdered girl has cartridge (6) GROUND {G}{ROUND}
7   Site plan (4) PLOT [DD]
14 Support two (5) BRACE [DD]
16 Decapitate teacher for flower (5) ASTER mASTER
18 Mark distilled Sinai gin (8) INSIGNIA*
20 Stoop in Hanover and Ahmedabad (8) VERANDAH [T]
21 Lag capturing rat running with ring? It can be funny! (7) CARTOON {C{RAT*}{O}ON}
23 Indian father in pain (6) APACHE {A{PA}CHE}
25 Doctor in Siam arranged for cocktail (6) MIMOSA {MI{MO}SA*}
27 Put an end to return of containers (4) STOP<=
29 Go down for pool (4) TANK [DD]

Reference List


School = S, Sailor = AB, College official = DEAN, Churchman = PRIMATE, Victor = V, Mike = M, Hawks = PEDDLES, What's carried = CARGO, Spanish = ES, Dumb = MUTE
Royal Engineers = RE, South Eastern = SE, Girl = G, Cartridge = ROIND, Teacher = MASTER, Lag = CON, Father = PA, Doctor = MO, Containers = POTS

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15 comments:

  1. Enjoyable as ever in spite of being distracted by chores and being denied a peaceful session.

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  2. Indeed, Sathia. Enjoying Bangalore weather. Time for some chilli bajji...

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  3. The crosswords of the last two days appeared to me relatively straightforward. I was able to finish and I got 300 and 307 points. I don't know what these points mean. Enjoyable start to a day.

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  4. Thanks everyone. Have a great weekend

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  5. Yes, the Earth, in its orbit around the Sun, commes closer to the Sun.

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  6. Yes, incognito garu chala baga compose chesaru.

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  7. Thanks to Incognito. all the 4 girds successfully completed. Have a gr8 weekend.

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  8. Enjoyed all the four! Thanks, Setter!
    Didn't get Escargot tho' I 've studied French in college.

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    1. ESCARGOT
      The same SOLUTION was clued differently by the same setter on the 6th. That's why I could get it this time. 😀
      Drive in Spanish vehicle to obtain snail (8) ESCARGOT
      {ES}{CAR{GO}T}

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  9. Nice grid. Thanx Kishore. Aced 4 in a row.

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