Sunday, 30 August 2026

The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday No 71, Sunday 30 Aug 2026, Incognito

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ACROSS
8   Cause for bitterness in beers got from shop (4)
9   I hear recommendation to offspring to purchase animal (5)
10 Heard, "This is one kind of dog... Look!" (4)
11 Flowers from stars travelling around the Orient (6)
12 Break two knobs showing way to tie shoelaces (8)
13 Princess gets small requisition in mess (8)
15 One who hopes goes without Papa's jumper (6)
17 Excitedly digs in consuming morsel initially, a minute quantity (7)
19 Zulu leaves freezers built for refrigerated trucks (7)
22 Setter's little sister consumes egg, resulting in abnormal movement of pupil (6)
24 After one metre, cutting pliers creates risk (8)
26 Wrongly foretell, "It is without charge" (4-4)
28 Reach a river in spate (6)
30 He leaves hamper lying around in perambulator (4)
31 Place where a judge may woo? (5)
32 Special forces unit husband's cummerbund (4)

DOWN
1   Strange CPOs and policemen (4)
2   Space traveller adores it when travelling (8)
3   Badly treated a vehicle with editor (6)
4   International Organisation for Standardisation prohibits some lines on maps (7)
5   Ship around this time, garden equipment and piece of winter footwear (8)
6   Confide, "Pope is confused about Greek letter" (4,2)
7   Attend and defeat (4)
14 First Secretary General of NATO is dismayed to some extent (5)
16 Extraordinary role around beginning of raid for actor Flynn (5)
18 Teach instrument soldiers leave around beginning of combat (8)
20 Stronghold for lock? (8)
21 Wrongly figure about Pole and shoot weapon (4,3)
23 Susan, accompanied by French friend, makes sausage (6)
25 Around beginning of play, twisted tails and braids (6)
27 Rowers coarse at heart? (4)
29 Container for flowers from Java sealed (4)

64 comments:

  1. 2D:asteroid=space traveller
    {(adores)(it)}*
    14D:Ismay=first secretary general of NATO
    (dismayed-d-d)

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  2. 25 d plaits-braids tails P*.
    24 ac imperil-M pliers*.
    31 ac court-woo DD

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  3. 16D: INSTRUCT (INSTRU(-MEN)(C)T) - Teach
    20D: FORTRESS (FOR)(TRESS) - Lock
    21D: FIRE GUN (FIGURE*) around (N) - Shoot weapon

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  4. 17A:smidgin=a minute quantity
    morsel(m) {(digs)(in)(m)}*

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    1. 17 A
      Excitedly = Anind . for " Digs in "
      Consuming = container ind. for " M "

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  5. 1D, cops=policemen(def)
    strange is anagram indicator
    CPOs (cops)*

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  6. 4D, Isobars=lines on map(def.)
    International Organisation for Standardisation =ISO+ bars(prohibits)

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  7. 6D, Open Up= confide(Def)
    Greek letter= NU
    about is indicator, nu should go inside opep.
    pope[opep]
    ope(nu)p

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  8. 18D- Instruct- Educate- (Instrument- Men) around C
    Beginning of combat- C, Soldiers- Men

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  9. 31A- Court. CD/DD? Judge/ Woo= Court

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  10. 11A- Asters- Flowers- (Stars)* around E

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  11. 29D. Vase= container for flowers
    T
    Ja(va se)aled
    My second

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  12. 20D: stronghold for lock? = fortress (CD)
    12A: showing way to tie shoe laces = bow knots
    (Two knobs)* break anagind
    26A: it is without charge = toll free
    (Fore tell)* wrongly is anagind
    Sathia

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  13. 12Ac. bowknots (anagram of two knobs,break anagram indicator)

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  14. 23D. Salami= sausage
    S= susan

    La= french,
    Ami= friend

    Makes us anagrind

    My third

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  15. 22D miosis( egg inside mi(setter) and sis(little sister))

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  16. 26ac toll free (anagram of foretell: wrongly is anagrams indicator)

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  17. 28ac arrive( ariver anagram. Sogaye is anagram indicator)

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    1. It is obviously A R Rive, but I cant get the meaning of rive as Spate. Am I missing something?



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  18. 30ac pram(he leaves HampEr)

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  19. 3dn abused( a bus(vehicle) ed(editor))

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  20. 5dn snowshoe( now ( this time) in ship(ss) and hoe( garden equipment))

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  21. i am sorry i have entered 5 clues. i don't know how to delete. please delete it for me

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  22. 23D. Salami= sausage
    Sal= nickname, or shortened for Susan
    Ami= friend in french
    My third
    Thanks for the suggestion to correct the anno

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  23. Replacement for 18D-
    19A- Reefers- Refrigerated trucks
    (Freezers- Z)*

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    1. This meaning of 'Reefer' is new to me. Had to check.

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  24. 9 A
    Animal = BISON
    ( Heard ) Recommendation to purchase ~ BYE ~ BI
    Offspring = SON
    BI SON = BISON

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    1. Thanks
      At 91 years of age my motor functions do not somewhat sync , leading to Errors / Typos
      E& O E

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    2. 91 !!!!!
      My God!!!
      Great to be doing CW at that age!
      I was thinking (vainly) that I am one of the oldest here at 80 + !!!!

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    3. They say: Age is a Number which is true to be a cruciverbalist!
      Sathia

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    4. Apologies for finding fault.

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    5. Namaskar sir,
      I bow to you, live a hundred

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  25. 10 A
    Look = PEEK
    ( Heard ) Kind of dog ~ PEKE ~ PEEK

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  26. 13 A
    Mess = DISORDER
    Princess = DI
    Small = S
    Requisition = ORDER
    DI S ORDER = DISORDER

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  27. 32a
    Cummerbund =sash
    Special forces unit =sas
    Husband =h
    (Sas+h)*=sash

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  28. 21d
    Shoot weapon=fire gun
    Pole=n
    (Figure +n)*=fire gun

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  29. 23D -
    S (not Sal)for Susan
    L'ami is french for "the friend", not La ami. Ami is "friend".
    Where does the extra a come from, if answer is SALAMI?
    So I am not sure how this clue works.

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    Replies
    1. A from accompanied
      Sathia

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    2. Accompanied indicates a linking, I thought. Usually not used to insert the letter 'a'

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  30. 15 A hopper - jumper
    One who hopes- hoper
    Papa - p
    Without - containment ind
    Hop(p)er
    16 D Errol - actor Errol Flynn
    Extraordinary- anagrind
    Beginning of raid- r
    Around- containment ind
    (Role)*- erol
    Er(r)ol

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    1. 1A hops - cause for bitterness in beers
      Got from - anagrind
      (Shop)*

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    2. Hops are the small, cone-shaped flowers of the hop plant (Humulus lupulus) that are used to add a bitter taste, flavor, and aroma to beer

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  31. 3D ABUSE
    badly treated: definition
    A BUS from a vehicle
    E from with editor (first letter)

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  32. 7D BEAT
    Attend and defeat are both definitions for this word
    "Best" as in to beat upon or to frequent something

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