Saturday, 18 October 2025

No 14617, Saturday 18 October 2025, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 Chief /stud (4) BOSS [DD]
9 Gunners following father's soldiers from the Fallshirmjager (5) PARAS {RA}<=>{PA}{S}
10 Cooking equipment from Coventry (4) OVEN [T]
11 Professional suitable for getting gain (6) PROFIT {PRO}{FIT}
12 Long pits dug at the front? (8) TRENCHES [CD]
13 Fighter, along with soldiers protecting king, and people moving from one place to another (8) MIGRANTS {MIG}{R}{ANTS}
15 Unmarried son, Nigel, is silly (6) SINGLE*
17 Extraordinary delight from physical training at university in unusual surrounding (7) RAPTURE {RA{PT}{U}RE}
19 Penned, "Bird goes around flying tit" (7) WRITTEN {WR{ITT*}EN}
22 One for every issue? (6) PERSON {PER}{SON}
24 Understood nun pokes playfully (8) UNSPOKEN*
26 Spiritual vacation? (8) EXORCISM [CD]
28 Silly Armenians giving up arms before start of struggle... That's mad! (6) INSANE {armENIANs+Struggle}*
30 Indian tribal from Itanagar (4) NAGA [T]
31 Problem with the French musical instrument (5) BUGLE {BUG}{LE}
32 Royal Air Force gets model for rudimentary water transport (4) RAFT {RAF}{T}

DOWN
1 Raspberry at end of dinner for lout (4) BOOR {BOO}{dinneR}
2 Order something from the menu, perhaps, and invite trouble (3,3,2) ASK FOR IT [CD&D]
3 Put some tahini in eating implement? Absolutely correct! (4,2) SPOT ON {SPO{Tahini}ON}
4 Demonstration for trial (7) PROTEST {PRO}{TEST}
5 Examiner arranging roses behind donkey (8) ASSESSOR {ROSES}*<=>{ASS}
6 Wild count captures a bird (6) TOUCAN {COUNT}* around {A}
7 Unit of heredity /common to actors Hackman, Kelly and Wilder (4) GENE [DD]
14 Picture that is covering small magazine (5) IMAGE {I{MAG}E}
16 Falsehood about, for example, feudal lord (5) LIEGE {LI{EG}E}
18 Travelling cabinet minister leaves state in-charge to get Chinese currency (8) RENMINBI {caBINet MiNIstER}*
20 Pants, "Rust rose haphazardly" (8) TROUSERS*
21 Go through wild game, having liquor at first (7) RUMMAGE {GAME}*<=>{RUM}
23 Run away bearing bearing and shout (6) SCREAM {SCR{E}AM}
25 Ship carries lime squash and beams (6) SMILES {S{MILE*}S}
27 Mystery man with Sam returned for festival (4) XMAS {X}{SAM<}
29 Head of fish and fin rejected for bad smell (4) NIFF {Fish FIN}<

REFERENCE LIST
Gunners=RA(Royal Artillery), Father=PA, Soldier=S, Fighter=MIG(fighter jet), Soldiers=Ant, King=R, Son=S, Physical Training=PT, University=U, The in French=Le, That Is= IE, For Example=eg, In-Charge=IC, Bearing=E(ast), Ship=SS, Mystery Man=X.

15 comments:

  1. 9a def is "soldiers from....."

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    1. Then S from? Fallshirmjager itself defines Paras.

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    2. Then solution would be PASRA. No container indicator but only position indicator: RA is following PA('s)

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  2. 4D - can we take the substitution of Definition word?
    here Definition is Demonstration
    for trial denoted as Test. What is the role of PRO??

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    1. As in " pros and cons""
      The phrase originates from the Latin words pro ("for") and contra ("against").

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    2. Thank you MB sir........well explained.

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    3. In 2014 could find the word - "for" substituted as PRO. The WP by MAC . Today Incognito niclely framed in the clue . Excellent WP

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  3. Did he mean gunners= RAs and
    'Soldiers from....' as def.?

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    1. Paddy sir, The letter "s" obtained from Father's = PA's. However, both are apt for the answers.....Gunners - RAs / Father's - PA's

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  4. Gunners following father = PA RA
    's = S

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  5. 23dn Bearing is E. Why?
    Scr(e)am.

    My fav today -
    PROTEST, SPOT ON, MIGRANTS.
    Thanx Kishore!

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