Monday 8 July 2024

No 14221, Monday 08 Jul 2024, Incognito

Solution to 12A 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.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS
8   Suspend street entertainment due to lack of time (4) STOP {ST}{OPera}
9   Undeliverable mail from deceased landlord (4,6) DEAD LETTER {DEAD}{LETTER}
10 University Republican man is pressing (6) URGENT {U}{R}{GENT}
11 What one gets when one dissolves salt in water? Answer! (8) SOLUTION [DD]
12 Understood what is done with pleats when wearing a sari (8) ?A?H?R?D (Addendum - GATHERED [DD] - See comments)
14 Bantu composition covering red-head's headgear (6) TURBAN {TU{Red}BAN*}
16 Feel absence of young lady (4) MISS [DD}
17 Goes underwater and passes away around 5 (5) DIVES {DI{V}ES}
18 Part of building overhead? (4) ROOF [DD]
19 Fruit with Queen Elizabeth's more hideous (6) UGLIER {UGLI}{ER}
21 Find gramophone record's finished (8) DISCOVER {DISC}{OVER}
23 Backpack containing Pak snack mixture (8) KNAPSACK*
26 Operations cover spasm in study of sight and light (6) OPTICS {OP{TIC}S}
27 Original part of program: Procure fish and start eating (6,4) SOURCE CODE {SOURCE}{COD}{Ea...g}
28 Payment tendered by tenant is torn (4) RENT [DD]

DOWN
1   Movie fan and astronomer's common pursuit (10) STARGAZING [DD]
2   Addresses second chief of pizzeria on processed cheese (8) SPEECHES {S}{Pi...a}{CHEESE*}
3   Journalist authored it originally, to some extent (6) EDITOR [T]
4   Girl in glasses (4) LASS [T]
5   Brazilian president gets note in America and emits high-pitched rhythmic sound (8) ULULATES {U{LULA}{TE}S}
6   Motor part erratically rotates losing energy (6) STATOR ROTATeS*
7   That lady's love for leading main (4) HERO {HER}{0} Main typo for Man
13 Goliath slayer's father captures six (5) DAVID {DA{VI}D}
15 A welfare measure: Perfume for a teenager? (10) ADOLESCENT {A}{DOLE}{SCENT}
17 Drake's silly! Hoards silver in Knight times? (4,4) DARK AGES {DARK{AG}ES*}
18 Male birds and kangaroos rest badly (8) ROOSTERS {ROOS}{REST*}
20 Meaning "bring in" (6) IMPORT [DD]
22 "Rain Man" screening (6) SHOWER [DD]
24 No one gives out a quarter for midday (4) NOON {NO+ONe}
25 Ken's king at present (4) KNOW {K}{NOW}

Reference List
Street = ST, University = U, Republican = R, Queen Elizabeth = ER, Second = S, Note = TE, Energy = E, Quarter = E, King = K

15 comments:

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  2. 4d
    Col, can we restore h-type instead of T for such clues.

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  3. Me too.
    My fav - ULULATE, ADOLESCENT, SOURCE CODE.
    Thanx Kishore!

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  4. What are all the code words used and what's their meaning like (DD) and (T)?

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  5. What is the reference list?

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  6. DD is double definition.
    T is Telescopic.
    There must be a list somewhere.
    But u can easily learn by following the blog diligently & asking if u have doubts.
    I've learnt only like this & now solve 100% clues on most days.
    Try it.

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