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Saturday, 5 July 2025

No 14529, Saturday 5 July 2025, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 Setter's North American bird (4) MYNA {MY}{N}{A}
9 Flower-one having Rhesus factor at first (5) RHONE {ONE}<=>{RH}
10 Bird losing foot is 1/12th of a foot (4) INCH {fINCH}
11 Kind of pigeon that won't go astray? (6) HOMING [CD]
12 Lean, wearing wooden shoe, and apparel (8) CLOTHING {CLO{THIN}G}
13 Famous composer playing role is a man eligible for marriage (8) BACHELOR {BACH}{ROLE*}
15 Disembark for match, perhaps (1,5) A LIGHT {ALIGHT}
17 Friends pass away, covered by unopened flowers (7) BUDDIES {BUD{DIE}S}
19 Intoxicated dupe has early intimation (5,2) HEADS UP*
22 Promise// trouble (6) PLIGHT [DD]
24 Court two daughters standing on either side of that lady in place for storing timber (8) WOODSHED {WOO}{D{SHE}D}
26 For example, referee in match. //It's formally announced (8) OFFICIAL [DD]
28 Flowers that can be got from Ellis island? (6) LILIES {ELLIS I}*
30 Used to be tiny around end of summer (4) WERE {WE{R}E}
31 Small part of chapel finial (5) ELFIN [T]
32 Cross Bath by noon (4) SPAN {SPA}{N}

DOWN
1 Beginner's toy spins around radius (4) TYRO {TOY}* around {R}
2 Setter entered vehicle garage and disappeared (8) VANISHED {VAN}{I}{SHED}
3 Economical fur arranged by girl (6) FRUGAL {FUR}*{GAL}
4 Criminal certain to release Ian for musical performance (7) CONCERT {CON}{CERTain}
5 Squash melon now using energy to make drink (8) LEMONADE {MELON}*{AD}{E}
6 This, funnily, starts to recite incantations in the beginning of the Jewish year (6) TISHRI {THIS}*{Recite}{Incantations}
7 Swedish leader is able to read (4) SCAN {Swedish}{CAN}
14 & 16 What a dramatist and poker player might like... (1,4,5) A FULL HOUSE [DD]
16 See 14
18 Dancing teen wins and twists (8) ENTWINES*
20 Reveal daughter is nearby (8) DISCLOSE {D}{IS}{CLOSE}
21 & 27 Reason why quadrupeds can't dance? (3,4,4) TWO LEFT FEET [CD]
23 A kind of pig for a pound in gold? (6) GUINEA [D&CD]
25 Oscar ran away from Rangoon in a frenzy after consuming large tea (6) OOLONG {O}{ranGOON}* around {L}
27 See 21
29 CID leaving Iceland in style (4) ELAN {icELANd}

REFERENCE LIST
North=N, American=A, Foot=F, Daughter=D, Noon=N, Radius=R, Energy=E, Oscar=O (NATO alphabet).

14 comments:

  1. 15A- Liked tge clue very much, but does it need A? ....for A match perhaps?

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    1. Yes, it would have been simple. The split “a light” was creating doubt since alight directly means disembark.
      Sathia

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  2. 23D. I thought of the anno this way
    Au= gold
    Eg= example, a kind of
    In= in
    Pound is anagrind..

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    1. No. Guinea is gold coin worth of one pound and one shilling!
      Sathia

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  3. Interesting to note that ' A man with two left feet' is the title of a PGW novel.

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  4. When I saw that novel for the first time I was imagining a real man like that and wondered why should it ve a title of a book- until I could get it's meaning as an idiom for clumsiness.

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    1. A person who can’t dance is also called like that!
      Sathia

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    2. A person with two left feet is" rightly" called as one who can't dance

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    3. Exactly. That is the meaning of the idiom and it'll of the book- also indicates clumsiness.

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    4. Read as title of the book

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  5. Enjoyed the clues - 24-A, 13-A, 15-A, 2-D to 4-D & 23-D. 👍 🌹 👍

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  6. Pardon me for this comment at the end of the day. Being a 'Late Latif' seems to have become my hallmark or a trademark since those nursery school days of 1950-52 at Himanshu Sishu Vihar in Malleswaram of Bangalore
    Well, today let me sincerely thank 'Incognito' Kishore Rao for enlightening me on excessive cups that cheers (25-D)....

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  7. Easy as always.
    My fav
    A FULL HOUSE, TWO LEFT FEET, VANISHED, BACHELOR.

    Thanx Kishore!

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