Friday, 17 October 2025

No 14616, Friday 17 Oct 2025, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Judicial lord's love for game (4) LUDO {LUD}{O}
9   Send right before time-off (5) REMIT {R}{TIME*}
10 Animals in Budapest (4) APES [T]
11 Note about billionaire Prime Minister (6) MELONI {M{ELON}I}
12 Brings to life worried inmates after commencement of agitation (8) ANIMATES {INMATES}*<=>{Ag...n}
13 Roll pet cigar to show label giving cost (5,3) PRICE TAG*
15 Post script containing initially released order of evidences (6) PROOFS {P{Re...d}{Or..r}{OF}S}
17 Flying drone in poster is decorated (7) ADORNED {A{DRONE*}D}
19 Fit of anger from teetotaller to have drink after consuming a noggin at first (7) TANTRUM {T{A}{No...n}T}{RUM}
22 Vehicle operator's club found at golf course (6) DRIVER [DD]
24 Woman with soldier in nude dancing? It is needless! (8) UNWANTED {W}{ANT} in {NUDE}*
26 Moving in pain from putting down on paper about husband (8) WRITHING {WRIT{H}ING}
28 Modified forewings strangely traced in bits (6) ELYTRA [T]
30 Country where mail is lost? (4) MALI*
31 Arise and dress (3,2) GET UP [DD]
32 Part of Copenhagen is not closed (4) OPEN [T]

DOWN
1   Appealing chop by European (4) CUTE {CUT}{E}
2   Rotor and cam adjusted in automobile (8) MOTORCAR*
3   Perhaps painter broke sitar model (6) ARTIST {SITAR*}{T}
4   Ban... even after a loss of a couple of letters from each side remains a ban (7) EMBARGO emBARgo
5   Taipei HO shifted in country (8) ETHIOPIA*
6   Indian island returned in new order at first (6) NAVAJO {N}{JAVA<=}{Or..r}
7   Give up cutting edge without gutting? (4) CEDE {Cutting+EDgE}
14 Jockey's condition (5) RIDER [DD]
16 Tuneful composition without starting to use new instrument (5) FLUTE TunEFUL*
18 Revenue generated by line managers, excluding male (8) EARNINGS {lINe+maNAGERS}*
20 Poet composed sonnet about New York (8) TENNYSON {TEN{NY}SON*}
21 Whisked egg put in nuts forms lumps (7) NUGGETS {NU{EGG*}TS}
23 Elect five before note is circulated around one (4,2) VOTE IN {V}{OTE{1}N*}
25 Woman assists puppies (6) WHELPS {W}{HELPS}
27 Bellow, "Right propeller" (4) ROAR {R}{OAR}
29 Regrets, "Sure is wrong" (4) RUES*

Reference List
Right = R, Note = MI, Poster = AD, Teetotaller = TT, Woman = W, Soldier = ANT, Husband = H, European = E, Model T, New = N

38 comments:

  1. 5a Ethiopia jumbling Taipei and HO, we get the country Ethiopia

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  2. 18d Earnings ---taking out male from line managers, we get the solution

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  3. 20d Tennyson --- sonnet and ny --- rearranged we get Tennyson- poet

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    1. Try full annotation in this blog style.
      It's not just rearranged

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  4. 13a Price Tag --- pet cigar, rearranged to price tag--- label giving cost

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  5. 26a - writhing -- moving in pain from writing (putting down in paper) about "h"usband

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  6. 28 a, ELYTRA=modified forewings
    S̶t̶r̶a̶n̶g̶ELYTRAc̶e̶d̶(T)
    31a, GET UP=arise=dress(DD)
    26a, WRITHING=moving in pain
    WRITING(putting down on paper)
    over(H)usband

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  7. 13a, PRICE TAG{PET CIGAR*}=label giving cost
    21d, NUGGETS=lumps
    (EGG+NUTS*)

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    1. Asterix symbol used to indicate anagram need to be properly shown
      (Pet cigar*) means only cigar is jumbling, (pet cigar)* this means all letters within bracket gets jumbled.
      Sathia

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  8. 14dn rider (DD)
    24ac unwanted
    (nude)* (w)oman ant(soldier)
    11ac meloni m(elon)I
    Mi(note) elon mask(billionaire)
    30ac mali(mail) *
    16ac flute (tuneful-(u) (n)

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  9. 15A - PROOFS - Evidences; (P) R O OF (S)
    Anagrid - contains
    31A - GET UP - Dress and Arise
    32A - OPEN - not closed from cOPENhagen
    1D - CUTE -Appealing; Chop = CUT and European
    3D - ARTIST - Painter from SITAR + T(model) anagrid - broke

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    1. Replacement for 31A
      29D - RUES - Regrets, anagram of SURE; anagrid - wrong

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  10. As is he won't, Incognito is kind to solvers like me.

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  11. 17a anagram of drone-ad(poster)adorned

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    1. You must explain how the letters are arranged and what is the indication gor that in clue. Not just give the letters.
      A(Dorne)*D
      Flying- anind
      anagram of (drone) IN
      Podter- Ad

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  12. 10a apes: Animals = apes (Bud) (apes) (t)

    22a rider: Jockey=condition = rider (DD)
    6d Navajo: Indian = Navajo (n)(island =java<<)(o)
    19a Tantrum: Teetotaler=TT TT has an + drink = rum
    17a adorned: poster= ad; (a) (drone*) (d)
    7d cede cutting edge minus gutting

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  15. Only 5 (max) per solver.
    Sathia

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  16. 2DN:motorcar=automobile
    (rotor+cam)*
    adjusted=anagrind

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  17. 23d VOTE IN: elect
    V( five) OTE ( I: one) N
    Ote n is note circulated around I ( one)

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  18. 23a VOTE IN - Elect
    V - Five
    I - One
    (NOTE)*
    V+OTE+I+N
    Circulated - Anagrind for Note
    Around - Contain Ind for I

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  19. Replacement for above
    22a DRIVER. = Vehicle operator
    Driver = Club found at golf course. (DD) -

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  20. 4D EMBARGO - ban (def,) if 2 letters from both sides are removed we are left with BAR meaning ban

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  21. 9A send--->( Right)R+ (TIME off)---REMIT

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  22. 8A Ludo= Game - Judicial Lord - Lud, Love - O
    9A Remit=send (R)ight time*
    12A Animates= brings to life. (A)gitates+inmates*
    25D Whelps= puppies, (W)Oman+helps(assists)

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  23. 8Ac----> is it LUDO? no idea

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    1. Yes. It's a game. For proper understanding you may refer the annotation.

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  24. Throughly enjoyed with Incognito grid...........clues are awesome

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  25. So, for me, today, a volte face of the usual moaning. Yes, found Incognito's CW cognizable and did everything - Navajo, Elytra, included - but, except Ludo & Meloni. Overall, happy solving time.

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  26. Cold solve and under 10min.
    Just have 2 minor quibbles!

    12a only the 'n' is moving for an anagram fodder. Could have worked around moving "n" up.

    24a woman soldier would have been sufficient!

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  28. For the first time I didn't complete Incognito.
    Didn't get MELONI. 😒

    My fav today
    TANTRUM, EMBARGO, NAVAJO.
    Thanx Kishore!

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