Saturday, 6 June 2026

No 14813, Saturday 06 June 2026, Incognito

 ACROSS
8 Damage hot weapon (4) HARM {H}{ARM}
9 Ms Lamb has right to get hitched (5) MARRY MAR{R}Y
10 Swear in Damascus, Syria (4) CUSS [T]
11 Silly ass takes a moment to get a snack (6) SAMOSA {ASS}* around {A}{MO} Reminded of Dr. Gayatri
12 Tense, perhaps, before sire manufactured baked goods (8) PASTRIES {PAST}{SIRE*}
13 Sculpture tray at US building (8) STATUARY*
15 Convent head hugs boys in entrance after Catholics leave (6) ABBESS A(-cc+BB)BBESS
17 Author Pearl protects a couple of students with love for animal (7) BULLOCK BU{LL O}CK
19 Start from actor Kelly and sister (7) GENESIS {GENE}{SIS}
22 Small ring of light accompanied Mike's greeting (6) SHALOM {S}{HALO}{M}
24 One parliamentarian wandered and got better (8) IMPROVED {I}{MP}{ROVED}
26 Around end of March, aide with lawmaker gets permit to produce tract (8) PAMPHLET {PA}{MP}{marcH}{LET}
28 Code creator takes large bite of food (6) MORSEL {MORSE}{L}
30 Repeat twice, "Extinct creature" (4) DODO {DOx2}
31 The driver is unable to steer this mode of transport (5) TRAIN [CD]
32 Animal sound from Anantapur region (4) PURR [T]

DOWN
1 Information from armada taped (4) DATA [T]
2 Eternally living tailor stitched around a small measure of length (8) IMMORTAL {TAILOR}* around {MM}
3 Alcoholics Anonymous accepts minced lamb in city (6) AMBALA {AA} around {LAMB*}
4 Drunken sapper going around end of July settles dues in advance (7) PREPAYS {SAPPER}* around {julY}
5 Wrongly see heady cosmetic (8) EYESHADE*
6 Beetle disturbs a crab after commencement of sunset (6) SCARAB {A CRAB}*<=>{Sunset}
7 Insular land in Memphis leased (4) ISLE [T]
14 Feel model accompanied by cry (5) TOUCH {T}{OUCH}
16 Point at small picture by European showing flavouring substance (5) SPICE {S}{PIC}{E}
18 Utter, "Finish" (8) COMPLETE [DD]
20 Silly herpetologists dropping hotels in displays of narcissism (3,5) EGO TRIPS {heRPEtolOGIsTS}*
21 Michigan salt spread around top of rim gives wind! (7) MISTRAL {MI}{SALT* around Rim}
23 Friend returns, rejecting god, to become subservient person (6) LAPDOG {PAL<}{GOD<}
25 Maiden in erstwhile Pune is a Greek goddess (6) POMONA {PO{M}ONA}
27 River covered by Miroslav Ondricek (4) AVON [T]
29 Cad going away from Ecuador counterfeiting money (4) EURO {EcUadOR}*

REFERENCE LIST
Hot=H, Right=R, Moment=Mo, Boy=B, Catholic=C, Sister=Sis, Small=S, Mike=M, One=1=I, Parliamentarian=MP, Aide=PA (Personal Assistant), Large=L, Small measure of length=mm (millimetre), Alcoholic Anonymous=AA, Model=T, Point=S (South or any of the four points in a magnetic compass North, South, East or West ), Michigan=MI, Maiden=M.

12 comments:

  1. We had a setter ( probably out of India now) who used to celebrate every completed grid with eating samosas ( imaginary!)

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    1. 😀. Is it the way the setter gets happy that, more people were able to solve her grid!
      Probably, taking a clue from her, we need to celebrate (on completion of CW) with samosas 😀
      Sathia

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    2. Solver and not setter. But I think she also set a couple of times- not sure. So long ago.

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  2. 28A- Code creator. Alas! Code as well as the creator are no more!!

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  3. Avon is more famous at ' Stratford upon Avon' - home of the great Bard!

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  4. Trivia!!
    Pomona is not a Greek goddess. Pomona (/pəˈmoʊnə/ ⓘ,[1] Latin: [poːˈmoːna]) was a goddess of fruitful abundance and plenty in ancient Roman religion and myth. Her name comes from the Latin word pomum, "fruit", specifically orchard fruit.

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    1. Pomona was said to be a wood nymph.[2][3] Pomona does not have a clear counterpart in Greek mythology, although the fruit goddess Opora can be seen as her equivalent.[4]

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  5. 28A. Takes , I feel is more an anagrind than a containment indicator. Am I right ?

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    1. Takes in this case is just a position indicator: Morse takes L.

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  6. Pomona is a Roman goddess; not a greek goddess.

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