Tuesday 9 August 2022

No 13630, Tuesday 09 Aug 2022, Incognito

Solution to 26A 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   Large container with a fish (4) TUNA {TUN}{A}
9   Icelandic animal? (5) ELAND [T]
10 English mother makes cheese (4) EDAM {E}{DAM}
11 Thrust thick cord into empty pail (6) PROPEL {Pa{ROPE}iL}
12 Following orders and wriggling toe in bed (8) OBEDIENT*
13 Justifies tirades after conflict (8) WARRANTS {RANTS}<=>{WAR}
15 Praises a lieutenant during wild sex (6) EXALTS {EX{A}{LT}S*}
17 In favour of drink? Abandon! (7) FORSAKE {FOR}{SAKE}
19 Saint fared badly and attacked repeatedly from low-flying aircraft (7) STRAFED {ST}{FARED*}
22 Wild rage in front of an American president (6) REAGAN {RAGE*}{AN}
24 Wrongly get and weigh albumen (3,5) EGG WHITE {GET+WEIGH}*
26 Auditor takes loan giver's machine (8) ?A?E?D?R (Addendum - CALENDER {CA}{LENDER} - See comments)
28 Plump insect goes around Spanish hotel (6) FLESHY {FL{ES}{H}Y}
30 Vehicle with energy protection (4) CARE {CAR}{E}
31 Guy's starting to investigate acute madness (5) MANIA {MAN}{In...e}{Ac..e}
32 Carve child following alien (4) ETCH {CH}<=>{ET}

DOWN
1   Funnily, Portugal releases plot for a kind of bean (4) GUAR poRtUGAl*
2   Fortifications containing animal bits (8) RAMPARTS {RAM}{PARTS}
3   German capital found invested in rubber lingerie (6) BERLIN [T]
4   Virginia and animal go away (7) VAMOOSE {VA}{MOOSE}
5   Then read damaged sticker (8) ADHERENT*
6   Perhaps the press and TV covered new city (6) MEDINA {MEDI{N}A}
7   Waving wand to make sun rise? (4) DAWN*
14 Residence built using adobe components (5) ABODE*
16 Two models carrying rescue equipment abroad initially give medical care (5) TREAT {T}{Re...e}{Eq...t}{Ab...d}{T}
18 Itinerant monks dig in countries ruled by monarchs (8) KINGDOMS*
20 Met a Chinese First lady carrying one daughter (8) ACHIEVED {A}{CH}{EVE}{D} over {1}
21 Fish having that lady's piece of jewellery (7) HERRING {HER}{RING}
23 Selfish desire to posses yen became older (6) GREYED {GRE{Y}ED}
25 Joker returns, carrying uniform, with a couple of females, getting huge laughter (6) GUFFAW G{U}{FF}AW<=}
27 Sadly, salad is rejected, after removing out a bit of dressing (4) ALAS SALAd<=
29 Pledge pawn (4) HOCK [DD]

Reference List
English = E, Mother = DAM, Saint = ST, Spanish = ES, Hotel = H, Energy = E, Child = CH, Alien = ET, New = N, Model = T, Chinese = CH, Daughter = D, Yen = Y, Uniform = U, Female = F

23 comments:

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    1. Not so fast :) Got it from my recent memory bank as the word was used as a homophone indicator in #13371 by Neyartha.

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    2. We've not seen Neyartha since Feb 2022

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    3. Boss, 13371 dt.7th Oct 21. Recent?
      Memory so good!!!

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    4. Sorry, to clarify - as a recent starter, I’ve been working my way back slowly through historical grids and am in mid-2021. Some clues are repeated and they jog the memory (e.g, Ski Lift (T Bar) from yesterday appearing on Republic Day this year as well)

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  2. 29d both pledge and pawn mean:depositing something as security! DD?

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    1. Whereas Pawn and Hock have other meanings... Take it as CD if you so wish

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    2. An extract from Shuchi's blog on DDs:
      The definitions should ideally have disconnected meanings, but that is not always the case. The Hindu Crossword often carries double definitions of words with similar meanings or meanings are derived from the same root.
      THC 9346: Eaten up and taken in eagerly (8) DEVOURED [2]

      The neologism for such clues is duds, short for duplicate definitions.

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  3. Another round of interesting clues from Incognito, thanks; quite helpful for novices like me. Got everything - except for 1D Guar even after parsing and 23D Greyed (just couldn’t think of anything beyond S, Need, and Y)

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  4. A smooth crossword. Got almost the grid, but for a couple of them.Thanks Incognito garu....

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  5. Thanks, everyone. The Feast continues next month

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  6. Blast from past
    Setter lost confidence, it's said (4)

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  7. except 13a and 2d rest all done. very interesting CW by Incognito. Thank you Incognito have a gr8 day.

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