Tuesday, 10 January 2023

No 13759, Tuesday 10 Jan 2023, Incognito

Rangoli by Gowri

Solution to 3D 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   Disappeared... carrying fruit! (4) PEAR [T]
9   Put off ten wearing exciting nighties around university (10) EXTINGUISH {X} in {NIGHTIES}* over {U}
10 Girl wanders in thickets (6) GROVES {G}{ROVES}
11 Discontinue baker (5,3) BREAK OFF {BAKER}* [RA]
12 Association of readers reserve golfing equipment (4,4) BOOK CLUB {BOOK}{CLUB}
14 Lure ward with frozen water (6) ENTICE {ENT}{ICE}
16 Prison No.18 (4) STIR Defintion by example
17 Delta, Echo, Foxtrot... Frustrated? (3,2) FED UP {D}{E}{F}<=
18 After giving up deal, made love wildly in shift (4) MOVE {MadE+lOVe}*
19 Engineer and the French trapped extra-terrestrial insect (6) BEETLE {BE}{ET}{LE}
21 Unbiased parties steal urn by mistake (8) NEUTRALS*
23 Spinning ballet dancer losing belt in place where one might find a date (8) CALENDAR {bALlet+DANCER}*
26 Ancient ocean destroying the sty (6) TETHYS*
27 Got off due to mind getting agitated around beginning of safari (10) DISMOUNTED {DUE+TO+MIND}* over {Sa...i}
28 Stone from ring with friend (4) OPAL {O}{PAL}

DOWN
1   Insect goes around rocking blotter and drink container (4,6) BEER BOTTLE {BE{BLOTTER*}E}
2   Inciter agitating over pork (8) PROVOKER*
3   A ship, perhaps, remains same even after losing 1/3 from its front and back (6) ?E?S?L (Addendum VESSEL veSSel - See comments) 
4   Flying creatures fly back and pierce with sharp instrument (4) STAB<=
5   Keep Eden trimmed to leg height (4-4) KNEE-DEEP*
6   Trip king and alien after sixth month, in short (6) JUNKET {K}{ET}<=>{JUNe}
7   Horrible snafu in absence of navy and defenders of America's sky, in short (1,1,1,1) USAF {SnAFU}*
13 President's quirky in bed (5) BIDEN*
15 Equestrian soldier from California upsets army van carrying head of logistics (10) CAVALRYMAN {CA}{ARMY+VAN}* over {Lo...s}
17 Find glue smeared in artillery piece (5,3) FIELD GUN*
18 Spoil Roman hat in long run (8) MARATHON*
20 Units of energy produced by the Royal Meteorological Society? (6) THERMS {THE}{RMS}
22 Nudity can be dirty (6) UNTIDY*
24 A Chinese president's turning point (4) AXIS {A}{XI'S}
25 Tax judge? (4) RATE [DD]

Reference List
Ten = X, University = U, Girl = G, Ward = ENT, Delta = D, Echo = E, Foxtrot = F, Engineer = BE, The in French = LE< Extra-terrestrial = ET, King = K, Alien = ET, Navy = N, California = CA

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26 comments:

  1. Deepak Gopinath10 January 2023 at 09:09

    Sorry for the delay. By mistake the schedule time for posting was set for 10:30 AM

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  2. Sarathi10 January 2023 at 09:13

    3D easily solved, may others try 😃

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  3. Gemini10 January 2023 at 09:14

    3D. Intelligent clue. Happily solved. Ofcourse, not posting. I have exhausted my quota .

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  4. Shilpa Suresh10 January 2023 at 09:21

    3D Vessel. Ss remains same after removal of ve / El. Ship=vessel.

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  5. Ramesh Kosaraju 10 January 2023 at 09:21

    9A The double SANDWICH clue is interesting

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  6. Sathia10 January 2023 at 09:25

    Nice CW given by incognito.
    Nice rangoli by Gowri.
    With regards,
    Sathia

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  7. Padmanabhan10 January 2023 at 10:01

    Typo in 1A. It should be Bottler.

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  8. Mohun Biswas10 January 2023 at 11:28

    Can somebody explain how 16A is a defintion by example?

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    1. Padmanabhan10 January 2023 at 11:33

      18a is Move (=Stir)

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    2. Vasant10 January 2023 at 19:28

      It is actually a DD with the second definition as DBE

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    3. Vasant10 January 2023 at 22:00

      Rethinking, it is a pure DD. No DBE.

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    4. Vasant10 January 2023 at 22:03

      Only the cross reference to a different clue throws you off..Move and Prison both define Stir.

      Delete
  9. srandy10 January 2023 at 11:58

    Could someone help me with 16A. I was running around with Argon (AR) and ended up at a dead end

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    1. Sree sree10 January 2023 at 12:02

      Some times the number indicates the clue number in the grid ie 18a. And 18a ref to move.
      So the clue becomes

      Prison move(4) a DD

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    2. srandy10 January 2023 at 14:44

      Thanks.

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  10. Sree sree10 January 2023 at 12:05

    While on 18a, it sprang in my mind : what if Doc would have set the clue. My I.

    After giving up wild deal, made love on table(4)

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  11. Padmanabhan10 January 2023 at 15:23

    Table?

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    1. Gowri10 January 2023 at 20:40

      As a verb table has a synonym - move.
      Table the motion.

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  12. Suresh Panje, New Delhi10 January 2023 at 20:29

    Dear 'Incognito' Kishore Rao, believe me, enjoyed solving your crossword grids over the past three days though simple, are (were) pretty tricky vis-a-vis since almost all your clues had the solution within.....
    Not that I am claiming any credit but today except for 18-A, managed to solve all others....

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  13. Gowri10 January 2023 at 20:42

    Lovely grid. My COD - Marathon (in the long run!)
    Thank u Kishore for keeping our confidence up for 4 days! 🙂

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