Friday 6 September 2024

No 14273, Friday 06 Sep 2024, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Army officer receiving two consecutive letters in port (4) LEFT {L{E}{F}T}
9   Spoil church in third month (5) MARCH {MAR}{CH}
10 In vessel, Romeo gives chance (4) TURN {TU{R}N}
11 Had returned fifty one in Rome with a flower (6) DAHLIA {HAD<=}{LI}{A}
12 Small and sick, current establishment is most inane (8) SILLIEST {S}{ILL}{I}{EST}
13 Railway employee's mummy follows coach on first of November (8) TRAINMAN {MA}<=>{TRAIN} and {No...r}
15 Old unit of power rejected by a city in Canada (6) OTTAWA {O}{WATT<=}{A}
17 Confused? Goa is in North-East? Worry causing mental anguish... (7) AGONISE {GOA*}{N{IS}E}
19 American prude went berserk and inappropriately appropriated (7) USURPED {US}{PRUDE*}
22 Broadcast: "After removing pinnewsprint is thrown around" (6) STREWN NEWSpRinT*
24 In fact, friend followed strange cat at university (8) ACTUALLY {ALLY}<=>{CAT*}{U}
26 Having cost of ticket and fine? Goodbye! (8) FAREWELL {FARE}{WELL}
28 Building patio around youth centre? Perfect place! (6) UTOPIA PATIO}*<=>{yoUth}
30 Sparkling wine from Belfast inn (4) ASTI [T]
31 Person causing infatuation for fruit juice (5) CRUSH [DD]
32 Change lane displaying style (4) ELAN*

DOWN
1   Setter's at South American table mountain (4) MESA {ME}{SA}
2   Big cat follows last injured horse (8) STALLION {LION}<=>LAST}*
3   Wrongly blame mother at first and anoint (6) EMBALM {BLAME*}{Mo...r}
4   Gift now (7) PRESENT [DD]
5   Drunkards go around large room for getting vegetables (8) SHALLOTS {S{HALL}OTS}
6   Inflexible part of constriction (6) STRICT [T]
7   War games organised without wage and weapons (4) ARMS {wAR+gaMeS}*
14 Correct side? (5) RIGHT [DD]
16 Revolutionary invention from woman and bounder (5) WHEEL {W}{HEEL}
18 Perhaps a sequence of words in a judgement giving punishment (8) SENTENCE [DD]
20 Thought, "Angry about a broken nose" (8) REASONED {RE{A}{NOSE*}D}
21 Outcome arising from order asking soldiers on parade to disband (7) FALLOUT [DD]
23 Optical shutter or opener? (6) EYELID [CD]
25 Easily upset Yankee after team leader's cry of pain (6) TOUCHY {Y}<=>{Team}{OUCH}
27 A part of local society, too (4) ALSO [T]
29 Country having bad air quality (4) IRAQ {AIR*}{Q}

Reference List
Church = CH, Romeo = R, Small = S, Old = O, North-East = NE, University = U, Woman = W, Yankee = Y, Quality = Q


41 comments:

  1. Used to watch my uncle do these as a kid and trying to get into them as an adult been following the blog for a bit and feel a bit more confidence in doing these now. Thanks everyone.

    Across
    9) MAR(spoil)+CH (church) = March (third month)
    11) HAD(<-returned) + LI + A = Dahlia (flower)
    15) O(Old) + WATT(<- unit of power rejected) + A = Ottawa (city in canada)
    28) {PATIO + (yo u th) }* -> UTOPIA (perfect place)

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    29) AIR* + Q(uality) = IRAQ(country)

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    1. Glad to note. Keep doing it. You will get better.

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  2. 11a Dahlia from had reversed and li- fifty one and a

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  3. 17A agonise mental anguish from Goa is and NE

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  4. 24A actually - in fact from CAT and Ally and u anagram

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  5. 26a farewell ,- goodbye from cost of ticket is Fare and well - fine

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  6. 25d Touchy - easily upset from T from Team Cry of pain- OUCH and Y from Yankee

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  7. 8A LEFT - port; army officer {LT}, two consecutive letters {EF}
    12A SILLIEST - most inane; {S}mall, sick {ILL}, current {I}, establishment {EST}
    13A TRAINMAN - railway employee; mummy {MA}, coach {TRAIN}, {N}ovember
    19A USURPED - inappropriately appropriated; american {US}, {PRUDE*}
    22A STREWN - broadcast; {NEWSpRinT*}

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  8. 1d table mountain=Mesa
    Setter=me
    South America=sa
    me+sa=mesa

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    2. 2d Horse =stallion
      Big cat=lion
      (lion +last)*=stallion

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  9. 3d anoint=embalm
    mother=m
    (blame+m)*=embalm

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  10. 19A American (US) PRUDE went beserk and inappropriately appropriated USURPED

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  11. 8A LEFT - port; army officer {LT}, two consecutive letters {EF}
    12A SILLIEST - most inane; {S}mall, sick {ILL}, current {I}, establishment {EST}
    13A TRAINMAN - railway employee; mummy {MA}, coach {TRAIN}, {N}ovember
    19A USURPED - inappropriately approrpriated; american {US}, {PRUDE*}
    22A STREWN - broadcast; {NEWSpRinT*}

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  12. 32A change LANE displaying STYLE is ELAN

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  13. 5d
    Vegetables=shallots
    drunkards =sots
    large room =hall
    (Sots+hall)=shallots

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  14. 30A Sparkling wine from BelfAST Inn ASTI

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  15. 31A Person causing infatuation , for fruit juice CRUSH

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  16. 12A Small S sick ILL current I establishment EST most inane SILLIEST

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  17. 15ac OTTAWA O OLD. Unit of power rejected watt ttaw by a.

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  18. 20dn Reasoned. Angry - Red about a broken nose "asone"

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  19. 22A broadcast after removing PIN from NEWSPRINT, NEWSRT throw around is STREWN

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  20. Oops exceeded my quota for the day

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    1. Please follow blog rules and fo not post more than 5 answers. This is to give others a chance. They may bekatecomers but they should not be denied their share.

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  22. 21D : fallout = outcome/order to disband

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  23. 17 a - agonise - mental anguish

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  24. 19d - sentence - punishment given by a court judgement

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  25. 13a - trainman = railway employee. Coach-train, mummy-ma & first of November.
    28a - utopia = perfect place. Patio (anagram) & yoUth (Centre).
    6d - strict = inflexible (part of restriction).
    23d - eyelid = optical shutter.
    27d - also = too.

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  26. 27d - also - meaning of the entire sentence
    4d - present - gift now

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  27. 9.ac. Dahlia.had (returned), LI= Ffty one in Roman nos, and 'a'
    12.ac.silliest .small=s,sick=ill, current= I,establishment =establishment
    19.ac.Usurped. american= us, + prude
    22.ac.Strewn.remove pin from newsprint
    28.ac.Utopia.patio+ u from centre of youth

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  28. 8A LEFT- port (def) EF consecutive letters in LT army officer

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  29. 10 a, chance = turn
    Romeo = R in
    Vessel = Tun
    [Tu (r)n]

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  30. 16d WHEEL = Revolutionary invention
    W = Woman
    HEEL = Bounder

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  31. 7D War games organised without wage and weapons (4) ARMS {WAR GAMES - WAGE}*

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  32. 8A- Is army officer without any indication of abbreviation okay to get Lt.?

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