Friday 9 December 2022

No 13732, Friday 09 Dec 2022, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Scrap Chinese vessel (4) JUNK [DD]
9   No earls in city? (3,7) NEW ORLEANS {NO+EARLS}* [CA]
10 Devastated Portsmouth tout leaves and gradually changes (6) MORPHS PORtSMoutH*
11 Sappers drink with queen and journalist (8) REPORTER {RE}{PORT}{ER}
12 Summoned accountant and a couple of students to dine at sea (6,2) CALLED IN {CA}{LL}{DINE*}
14 Dislike tenancy charge covering extra space at first (6) RESENT {R{Ex..a}{Sp..e}ENT}
16 Vessel containing snake having head of toad (4) BOAT {BOA}{Toad}
17 Vehicle full of worms (5) BUGGY [DD]
18 Commencement of dinner at end of dance with romantic partner (4) DATE {Di...r}{AT}{d..cE}
19 Invite to a relationship at souk dance (3,3) ASK OUT*
21 Perhaps T-Rex's red photo is morphed (8) THEROPOD*
23 Vehicle with mother carries rejected advertisement for spice (8) CARDAMOM {CAR}{AD<=}{MOM}
26 Bren owner's fame (6) RENOWN [T]
27 Crustacean bit charmer violently (6,4) HERMIT CRAB*
28 Unclothed dancing! Unclothed in absence of cloth (4) NUDE UNclothED*

DOWN
1   Robots plant vegetable in Australia with poles (10) AUTOMATONS {AU}{TOMATO}{NS}
2   Military chaplain's silky top is crumpled (3,5) SKY PILOT*
3   American journalist following United Nations is new (6) UNUSED {US}{ED}<=>{UN}
4   Container carried by the werewolf (4) EWER [T]
5   Prince rewrites poetry in estate, for example (8) PROPERTY {PR}{POETRY*}
6   Comes to know dramatic king has bridge partners (6) LEARNS {LEAR}{NS}
7   Money put down to wager, "Insect has energy" (4) ANTE {ANT}{E}
13 Thing broken in darkness (5) NIGHT*
15 Want iodine manufactured throughout the country (10) NATIONWIDE*
17 Flying creatures conceal spoilt ham at end of August in toilet furnishings (4,4) BATH MATS {BAT{HAM*}{a...sT}S}
18 Doctor liable to pay around beginning of November for suffocating underwater (8) DROWNING {DR}{OWI{No...r}NG}
20 Accumulation of fluid from tops of organs exhibiting disease exaggerated by male African leader (6) OEDEMA {Or...s}{Ex...g}{Di...e}{Ex...d}{M}{Af...n}
22 Dress borne wrongly by Earl (6) ENROBE {BORNE*}{E}
24 Got old silver with European design initially (4) AGED {AG}{Eu...n}{De...n}
25 Spoil English animal (4) MARE {MAR}{E}

Reference List
Sappers = RE, Queen = ER, Student = L, Australia = AU, Journalist = ED, Prince = PR, Bridge partners = NS, Energy = E, Earl = E, English = E


47 comments:

  1. 12 A CALLED IN = summoned ( accountant CA + couple of students LL + ED IN , DINE anagram}
    19 A ASK OUT = Invite { AT SOUK anagram}
    21 A THEROPOD = Dinosaur, T rex { RED PHOTO anagram}
    23 A CARDAMOM = Spice { Vehicle CAR + advertisement rejected +DA+ mother MOM
    27 A HERMIT CRAB = Crustacean { BIT CHARMER anagram}

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  2. 10a morphs from portsmouth-tout
    4d ewer from thE WERewolf
    6d learns from King Lear and bridge partners NS
    7d Ante from ant (insect)with Energy
    14a resent from Rent and es from Extra Space

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    1. 10a & 24a Answers are correct but annotations incomplete

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  3. They are anagrams of portsmouth less tout and and tenancy charges is rent with E and S from Extra Space

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    1. Pl relook 14a which is not an Anagram clue.

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    2. @Rajesh- if it is a anagram, you have to say what is the anagrind. Always, please rule out other wordplay before deciding it is an anagram.

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    3. 14a. 'covering' is the container / sandwich indicator.
      tenancy charge 'covering' extra space at first
      rent 'covering' es
      r(es)ent

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  4. Slow response! Chennai weather?

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    1. Why not containment indicator? It contains- planted inside.

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  6. 3d UNUSED: new
    US( American) ED( journalist)
    UN(United Nations)
    US ED follows UN
    Hence UN US ED

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  7. 17Dn : BATH MATS = Toilet furnishings
    (BAT(HAM*)(T)S)
    T from end of Augus(T)

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  8. 9a NEW ORLEANS - city
    Reverse Anagram
    {no earls}* with NEW as Anagrind

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  9. 11a (RE)(PORT)(ER) = journalist

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  10. 5D- Property- PR (POETRY)*- Estate

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  11. 18.a date
    Commencement of dinner....d
    At.....at
    End of dance.....e
    Date.

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  12. 20.d oedema
    Tops of Organs exhibiting disease exaggarated.....oede
    Male African leader...ma

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    1. Small correction Doctor.
      Male - m
      African leader - a

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  13. 24.a old....aged
    Silver....ag
    European design initially...ed

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    1. 24d. To be precise, "Got old" is the Definition. (Definition ought to be at the beginning or at the end of clue sentence).

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  14. 25.a
    Mare...animal
    Spoil....mar
    English...e

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    1. 13d is perhaps the easiest of all the clues

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    2. Probably it is too dark to be seen!

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    3. Yes the "in" Is confusing.
      And even 16 for an incognito clue.

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    4. My genuine doubt.
      Can't "in" (in 17d) and "containing" (in 16a) be simply considered as link-words?

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  16. 17A Buggy DD (Vehicle, full of worms)

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  17. 16a containing (pointing to coiling around character of the snake. Constrict would have been straight)
    Snake:boa
    Head of road:t
    Vessel:boat

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    1. in dic. BOA gives a long thin fluffy scarf. I am viewing in word web.

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    2. A fluffy scarf indeed is called a boa, probably because it resembles the snake...

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    3. Thank you. BTW, experienced the difference version of word play on AGED. yesterday & today.....solved your grid in wee hours. awaiting for hat trick.

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  18. IMO, contains, probably may have suited better than containing.
    There is no containment in wordplay. It is just Boa T. What is needed is a connector.

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  19. Thank you KKR- continuation from yesterday.

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  20. 16 Vessel containing snake having head of toad (4)
    My interpretation:
    Reading literally "Vessel", ie. "boat" is a word 'containing' snake ie. boa and t (head of toad)

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    1. Yes, this makes sense to me!

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    2. First probably differing with incognito.
      Looks post-facto.

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  21. 17 Flying creatures conceal spoilt ham at end of August in toilet furnishings (4,4)
    Again speaking literally, in 'toilet furnishings' ie BAT(H MAT)S, one can see BATS concealing HAM* T

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  22. All in all a great grid CONTAINING some great clues, but CONCEALING no theme today!!
    Thanx Kishore!

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