ACROSS
8 Garment from Amritsar, India (4) SARI [T]
9 Clot resulting from extraordinary oxidation after loss of axon (5) IDIOT {oxIDaTIOn}*
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12 Ordered general to hug student? It can be irritating! (8) ALLERGEN {AL{L}ERGEN*}
13 Prove Virginia and companion on romantic outing consumed fifty idlis in the beginning (8) VALIDATE {VA}{L}{Id..s}{DATE}
15 Committed person in team reshuffle (6) INMATE*
24 Revolutionary new drone is famous (8) RENOWNED*
30 Port is remaining (4) LEFT [DD]
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32 Fixed gearbox's rim (4) EDGE [T]
DOWN
1 Note: Master is monk (4) LAMA {LA}{MA}
2 Fauna file (8) WILDLIFE [RA]
5 Horse accommodation rejected top horse (8) STALLION {STALL}{NO1}
6 A marsh redeveloped as retreat for 11 (6) ASHRAM*
7 Arrived in Mesozoic America (4) CAME [T]
14 Playground in Marenahalli (5) ARENA [T]
16 For starters, tomatoes have extraordinarily rough exteriors at that place (5) THERE Acrostic
18 Total salt (material to be dissolved in solvent) (8) ABSOLUTE {AB}{SOLUTE} Anno not clear See comments
20 Prisoner of war ordered, in absence of other ranks, to ground (8) POWDERED {POW}{orDERED}
21 Sweet stuff made by mixing claret before commencement of Easter (7) TREACLE {CLARET*}{Ea...r}
23 Spin-doctor to rate (6) ROTATE*
25 Looks after sisters (6) NURSES [DD]
27 Order of Merit with English sign (4) OMEN {OM}{EN}
29 Egg surgeon to drop son (4) URGE sURGEon
Reference List
Southern = S, Washington = WA, Daughter = D, University = U, Student = L, Virginia = VA, Companion on romantic outing = DATE, Fifty = L, Girl = GAL, Through = PER, Massachusetts = MA, Doctor = DR, Arsenic = AS, Sick = ILL, Minor offence = TORT, Russian = RU
Note = LA, Master = MA, Lie = FIB, Motor-cyclist = BIKER, Article = AN, Horse accommodation = STALL, Top N0 1, Salt = AB, Prisoner pf war = POW, Other ranks = OR, Order of Merit = OM, English = EN
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Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word, Reference list word, Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution Indicator, Opposite indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous
18d salt:sailor:ab. Solute is the material that is dissolved in a solvent.
ReplyDelete11a SADDHU for sage?
ReplyDeleteSAADHU seems more likely the correct spelling
When in doubt check Chambers. (Chambers.co.uk)
DeleteI had the same doubt. I had been spelling it as sadhu.
DeleteOk Prasad garu
Deletewe often debate this word SADHU, SADDHU, SADU. I perceive according to the region they pronounced. similarly setter sets according to word play.
Delete2d missing exclamation sent me on a wild chase. Rest were cold and enjoyable as always.
ReplyDeleteExclamation needed?
ReplyDeleteAB- A good solve- Absolutely!
SADDHU is not correct according to me also SAADHU may be correct .The clue might include "A Daughter " instead of "Daughters "
ReplyDelete31a - TILDE's illustration (perhaps the smallest) almost went unnoticed!
ReplyDeleteAs usual, lucid yet lovely clues. I am going to use several of INCOGNITO's clues as examples in my sessions to students. Easy to explain and to grasp.
ReplyDeleteTrue. Love solving as a beginner. Tough to give easy clues and easy to make it tough. From my point of view.
DeleteLa- one of the seven notes. Do,re,me........
ReplyDeleteThanks, everyone, for your comments. Sadhu (as most Indians would like to spell it) comes in two avataars in the Chambers dictionary. The alter ego is a bit jarring for the Indian consumer, but it exists. Words imported into English from Indian languages sometimes end up sounding/looking a bit odd to the natives, but then, the English spell it as they think right, sometimes in more than one way. We sometimes return the favour by mangling their language...
ReplyDeleteHamilton Bridge in Chennai was called amattan (barbber) by the locals- as they heard it. It later came back to English as Barber's bridge! Translations and transliterations are always fraught with danger (and sometimes humour too)
ReplyDeleteAnyway your love (and frequent usage of) Madras is appreciates by us locals here' Thank you.
Nice grid Incognito. solved your grid in 40 min. Thoroughly enjoyed without any obstacles. eyeing for hat trick. Thanks to Google for TILDE. Sp.thanks to col. for detailed explanation with pic.
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