Solution to 18A 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 Relaxation found in forests (4) REST [T]
9 Erroneous Korean list for transport ships (3,7) OIL TANKERS*
11 Settle: Infants see everything at first (8) COLONISE {COLON}{In...s}{See}{Ev...g}
12 Reformed shrew loves beginning of date in Robin Hood's forest? (8) SHERWOOD {SHREW*}{00}{Date}
14 Festival in overseas territory (6) EASTER [T]
18 Omit small nap (4) S?I? (Addendum - SKIP {S}{KIP} - See comments)
19 Abandons plant parts (6) LEAVES [DD}
21 Do a dry run on corpse carrier (8) REHEARSE {RE}{HEARSE}
23 Put together animal sign, after removing tail (8) ASSEMBLE {ASS}{EMBLEm}
26 Three parts each of milk ordered for aristocratic address (6) MILORD {MILk}{ORDe..d}
27 Dismiss Enrolled Nurse (General) in English emergency relief vehicle (4,6) FIRE ENGINE {FIRE}{EN}{G}{IN}{E}
28 Cry, little prince (4) WEEP {WEE}{P}
DOWN
1 German piece of furniture carrying tea? It can be removed... (10) DETACHABLE {DE}{TA{CHA}BLE}
2 Attendants' note: Part of hospital is on board ship (8) STEWARDS {S{TE}{WARD}S}
3 Enter Santo Domingo wrongly after getting rid of nomads (2,4) GO INTO {sanTO+domINGO}*
5 Exciting US travel for jumpers (8) VAULTERS*
13 Benefactor's name mentioned in portal (5) DONOR {DO{N}OR}
15 English girl gets sign for messengers (10) EMISSARIES {E}{MISS}{ARIES}
17 How Ibsen broke forked part of a bird? (8) WISHBONE*
20 Saw and weed lying about after 6 (6) VIEWED {WEED}*<=>{VI}
24 VIPs return for flashily dressed guy of doubtful morality (4) SPIV<=
25 Large lake in Kaveri estuary (4) ERIE [T]
Reference List
Husband = H, Wife = W, New = N, Women = W, On = RE, Dismiss = FIRE, Enrolled Nurse = EN, General = G, English = E, Prince = P, German = DE, Note = TE, Ship = SS, Book = B, King = K, Small = S, Name = N, Wolfram = W, Radio operator = HAM, Right = R
I would like to hear comments about how colon is got in 11A. It was a very late Aha moment for me.
ReplyDeleteThere is a : ( colon mark) at the beginning ok
Delete:-)
Delete27A- I took 'dismissed' to drop RN from 'general' and got nowhere- got engine from crossings.
ReplyDelete18 a, Omit = Skip,
ReplyDeleteS(mall) + KIP
kip = nap
Good solve.
ReplyDeleteThanks sir ji
Delete6d typo in anno!
ReplyDeleteVladimir did WEEP.
ReplyDeleteLet us not GO INTO the details.
He was frantically in search of DONORS HAMMER AND TONGS.
And without REST, for his WANTS were many.
A phone call.
"Milord" says Vladimir.
We can't SKIP further details.
Can we?
What happened next?
wants/needs is a requirement and as such considered as singular noun,
ReplyDeleteThat's better Vladimir- you are more regular!
ReplyDeleteLooks like some mismatch. As verb the S is not accounted for in the def.
ReplyDeleteIncognito?
ReplyDeleteIncognito's puzzles with their precise, straightforward clues are easy going for me. I appreciate them, but after solving them four days in a row, I'm keen to get back to something more challenging!
ReplyDelete10A surface is true..many Thai husbands leave their wives for some "other" one..probably because of availability..
ReplyDeleteMore female than male
DeleteRequires is correct. Well caught!
ReplyDeleteIn line with the spirit of Mad Magazine's Spy vs Spy or the Hollywood's Kramer vs Kramer, we now have Vladimir (Putin) vs Volodymyr (Zelensky)
ReplyDeleteNice & breezy. Even after 4 days in a row, its a fun solve. My fav - COLONISE, MILORD.
ReplyDeleteThanx
Feeling great to finish incognito series. TAIWAN,DETACHABLE,FIRE ENGINE are my Fav. thank you Incognito. esp.26A , very tricky & different word play.
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