Friday, 10 July 2026

No 14842, Friday 10 Jul 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Stake wanted to some extent (4)
9   Odds of 1 is to 1? Not odds... (5)
10 Temperature in the attic (4)
11 Now, after last month, starting to exercise in 10 years (6)
12 Burnt cream thrown by Edward (8)
13 When flying sea egret gets cheap passage (8)
15 Small rest for golfers at New Scotland Yard for starters (6)
17 Look, covering a short length... An antelope! (7)
19 Sumatra tour results in sufferings (7)
22 Questioning, like royalty (6)
24 One moving in tummy gets protection (8)
26 Drug made from carotin processed with carbon (8)
28 Male with pointer gets food item that may be vegetarian or non-vegetarian (6) 
30 Fish only (4)
31 Capital city is average in the beginning (5)
32 Bird seen in fernery (4)

DOWN
1   Keen to fracture joint (4)
2   Idiotic pal seen with East Asian people (8)
3   Virginia follows dancer Kelly in city (6)
4   Drink with actor's trainer (7)
5   Person who agrees, as despatched by queen (8)
6   Silver contained in home construction results in conductor's resistance (6)
7   Animal from Vishakapatnam area (4)
14 Devices to catch animals and rats running around top of pit (5)
16 Clever sting (5)
18 Graphic symbol from herpetology transliterated in her absence (8)
20 Frightened alien leaves Inland Revenue confused (8)
21 Sid rejected means of payment for shed (7)
23 "It's with Chinese editor" needed to be scratched (6)
25 Cocktail samosa Sam left after meeting Indian man at first (6)
27 Outer covering removed from samosa for prophet (4)
29 Has title to a portion of town square (4)

30 comments:

  1. 12A, cremated=burnt(def.)
    (crema)+t(thrown)+ed(edward)
    crram=(crema)* thrown is anagram indicator

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    1. If thrown is anagrind where from the other 't' has come?

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    2. Edward can be taken as Ted,.right
      cream (crema)*
      so, (crema)+(ted)= cremated

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  2. 1D, joint= Knee(def.)
    keen(knee)*
    fracture is Anagram indicator

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  3. 10A, Heat=temperature(def.)
    tHE ATtic
    (T)

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  4. 2D, Nepalese=asian people
    pal+seen+e(east)
    (Nepalese)*

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  5. Addendum:
    Idiotic is the indicator

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  6. 18D, Logotype=Graphic symbol
    Herpetology is the fodder
    Transliteration is anagram indicator
    In HER absence means (-her from Herpetology=petology)
    Finally, (logotype)*

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  7. 17ac gazelle
    gaz(ell)e gaze-look ell-short length
    28ac marrow m(ale) arrow(pointer)
    3dn geneva gene(Kelly) va(Virginia)
    18dn logotype (herpetology-her) *
    25dn mimosa
    m(eating) I(ndian) m(an) samosa-sam

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  8. 26a NARCOTIC =drug {CAROTIN+C}*, C from carbon
    32a ERNE=bird, f̶ ERNE r̶y̶
    30a SOLE= fish, only(DD)
    22a ASKING=questioning
    like=AS,+ royalty =KING
    19a TRAUMAS =sufferings
    {SUMATRA}*

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  9. 31 paris capital city par - average is

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  10. 21d discard - shed from sid and card - means of payment

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  11. 29d owns - has title to tOWN Square
    27d AMOS - Prophet sAMOSa

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  12. 4d teacher- trainer drink - tea with cher actor

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  13. Today's.puzzle is absolutely doer-friendly. It will improve skills , morale of novice solvers and the CW becomes broadbased. Except for few, most of the clues can be done with ease and a little googling!
    Thank you sir, Incognito!

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    1. When I was a beginner to Cryptic CW, I used to enjoy Incognito, due to simple surface and clues leading to right annotation (without effort). I used to call his CW as “ Beginners Delight”. Good to see some of the beginners echoing this even after 6 years. Incognito will be always remembered for this.
      Sathia

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  14. 1 A
    Stake = ANTE
    To some extent = Contaner indicator
    w ANTE d = ANTE

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  15. Yes I got around 10-12'answers easily in the beginning itself

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  16. 11 A
    10 Years = DECADE
    NOW = AD
    Last month = DEC
    Starting = First letter selector for " E xercise " = E
    After = indicates AD follows DEC
    DEC AD E = DECADE

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  17. 13 A
    Cheap Passage = STEERAGE
    FLYING = Aninid
    Sea egret = STEERAGE *

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  18. 1.dn. Knee. (Joint) Rearranging letters of 'Keen'
    2.dn.Nepalaese.( Asian people). pal seen + E(ast), And rearranging the letters.
    3.dn. Geneva ( City). Gene (Kelly -dancer) + va (Virginia).
    5.dn.Assenter.(Person who agrees). as + sent(despatched) + er(queen).
    6.Ohmage.( Resistance). Home + ag(silver). And rearranging the letters.

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  19. 24 A
    Protection = IMMUNITY
    .Moving = Anind
    One = I
    I in tummy = IMMUNITY

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  20. 7 D
    Animal= MARE
    From = container ind.
    Vishakapatna M ARE a = MARE ( T )

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  21. 8a: stake = ante.
    From wANTEd (to some extent).
    11a: decade = 10 years.
    Dec - last month ad-now and starting Exercise.
    15a: teensy = small.
    Tee-golfers and New Scotland Yard.
    24a: immunity = protection.
    Anagram of one(i) in tummy.
    23d: itched = scratched.
    It, Chinese and EDitor.

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  22. Dec - last month ad-now and starting Exercise.
    Very difficult to read if it is typed without commas, full stops/ space
    Why don't you make it clear and easy to understand?

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