Tuesday 9 July 2024

No 14222, Tuesday 09 Jul 2024, Incognito

Solution to 15A 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   Note with Bird and Bird (4) FOWL {F}{OWL}
9   Mali's organised religion (5) ISLAM*
10 Assist that guy having record (4) HELP {HE}{LP}
11 Reduces height for dangerous manoeuvres (6) STUNTS [DD]
12 Praise, "European Union record is followed by commencement of exhibition" (8) EULOGISE {EU}{LOG}{IS}{Ex...n}
13 Shame girl in damaged side-car (8) DISGRACE {G} in {SIDE+CAR}*
15 Top criminal from London rides important animal (6) D?N?E? (Addendum - DONKEY {lonDON}{KEY} - See comments)
17 6 taking possession of model weapon (7) SHOTGUN {SHO{T}GUN}
19 Stuck poster at this place at start of day (7) ADHERED {AD}{HERE}{Day}
22 Charlie's bird is cowardly (6) CRAVEN {C}{RAVEN}
24 Rude claim to be famous poet having large sex appeal (8) IMPOLITE {I'M}{PO{L}{IT}E}
26 Perhaps, Central American hound ran excitedly (8) HONDURAN*
28 Copper gets scarce poison (6) CURARE {CU}{RARE}
30 Perhaps, Tom returned with love for a tortilla with filling (4) TACO {CAT<=}{O}
31 Support for painter from Chelsea selector (5) EASEL [T]
32 Orient seat wrongly (4) EAST*

DOWN
1   Left right in vessel (4) PORT {PO{R}T}
2   Tall gin served around the beginning of the hour from dusk till dawn, perhaps (3-5) ALL-NIGHT {TALL+GIN}* over {Hour}
3   Yes, this in Spain is a brief nap (6) SIESTA {SI}{ESTA} Semi&lit
4   Claims limb is put into drinks (7) ALLEGES {AL{LEG}ES}
5   Burst inwards throwing mild dope (8) IMPLODED*
6   Japanese ruler shot endlessly with firearm (6) SHOGUN {SHOt}{GUN}
7   Animal found in whelk shells (4) ELKS [T]
14 Choir performed "Blood of the Gods" (5) ICHOR*
16 Throw out head of crew in English type of aircraft (5) EJECT {E}{JE{Crew}T}
18 Shattered even urns? Disturbs mental peace! (8) UNNERVES*
20 Blows up generals on tour (8) ENLARGES*
21 Fifty-one on ship surrounding one female animal (7) LIONESS {LI}{ONE}{SS}
23 Animated media by operating system (6) VIDEOS {VIDE}{OS}
25 Select the French condiment (6) PICKLE {PICK}{LE}
27 Perhaps Sharif, First Officer stands on top of central part of submarine (4) OMAR {Of...r}{subMARine}
29 Gunners with special tool (4) RASP {RA}{SP}

Reference List
Note = F, Record = LP(Long Play), Girl = G, Model = T, Poster = AD, Charlie = C, Largeb = L, Sex appeal = IT, Right = R, Yes in Spanish = SI, This in Spanish = ESTA, English = E, Fifty one = LI, Ship = SS, The in French = LE, Gunners = RA(Royal Artillery), Special = SP

16 comments:

  1. Thank you Incognito for enabling me to beat the time gap.
    Enjoyed solving in a rush.

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    1. yes. abs.......fantastic gird.........enjyed the grids..........

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  2. 15a donkey top criminal in London
    DON {important} KEY

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    1. You need to indicate where the DON comes from

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  3. 14D ICHOR {greek mythology "blood of gods - anagram of choir}

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  4. 15a - {DON}{KEY}
    Def . Animal
    Criminal - DON
    important - KEY

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    1. My surmise is : The head of an organized crime family [ usage in UK]

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    2. Incognito wont be that comlicated.

      Its just a clue in a clue.
      "London" As fodder asking solver to find top criminal visible in the fodder.

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    3. Don to be obtained from LonDON is what I thought.
      Otherwise Don is a Latin word - God or the Lord - used for Italian Mafia leaders first.

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  5. Nice grid. Not all straight forward clues.
    My fav
    SHOTGUN, SIESTA, IMPOLITE, CRAVEN.
    Thanx Kishore!

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  6. Nice grid. Not as straight forward as usual.
    My fav
    SIESTA, CRAVEN, SHOTGUN, IMPOLITE.
    Thanx Kishore!

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