No 11896, Thursday 05 Jan 2017, Incognito

If there is something hidden, I couldn't find it.

ACROSS
7   Spanish painter is unknown in Indian state (4) GOYA {GO{Y}A}
8   Logic to limit beer (9) RATIONALE {RATION}{ALE}
10 Entertained an inspiration in these times (6) AMUSED {A{MUSE}D}
11 Person without knowledge is coasting about (8) AGNOSTIC*
12 Inventor's candid and primarily likes inventing nutcrackers (8) FRANKLIN {FRANK}{Li..s}{In...g}{Nu...s}
14 Middlemen take just one rupee and give fishes (6) TROUTS {T{R}OUTS}

16 Endangered, Joan of Arc was burnt here (2,5) AT STAKE [DD]
18 Ask them to rearrange letters for Ipkiss (3,4) THE MASK*
21 Give the French a name (6) HANDLE {HAND}{LE}
23 Communist upset an international humanitarian organisation's emblem (3,5) RED CROSS {RED} {CROSS}
25 Guilty person melts down and misleads (8) CONFUSES {CON}{FUSES}
27 Insensitive to add a bit of toxin to get an anteater (6) NUMBAT {NUMB}{A}{To..n}

29 Dungeon of Calcutta from where not even light can escape (5,4) BLACK HOLE [DD]
30 Columbus sailed with her hidden message in a crossword (4) NINA [DD]

DOWN
1   Nonsense! British soldier is above decomposition (8) TOMMYROT {TOMMY}{ROT}
2   Cigarettes for school underlings (4) FAGS [DD]
3   Nuptial arrangement of ribald characters (6) BRIDAL*
4   Bits of music heard on road over waterfall (7) STRAINS {ST}{RAINS}
5   Uppermost incision in wood of best quality (3-5) TOP-NOTCH {TOP}-{NOTCH}
6   Seeds that are usually sown wildly in youth (4) OATS [CD]
9   Announcement of law found in a Chinese dictionary (5) EDICT [T]
13 Well known that little Theodore was absent (5) NOTED {NO}{TED}
15 Snails in possession of liquor merchants (5) ORMER [T]

17 Preserve liquor as a collectible item (8) KEEPSAKE {KEEP}{SAKE}
19 Endures blots around America (8) SUSTAINS {S{US}TAINS}
20 English city where sorbitol was processed after removing oxygen (7) BRISTOL SoRBITOL*
22 Nuclear device found inside a Bombay duck (1-4) A-BOMB [T]
24 Red came back and captured tavern to get a meal (6) DINNER {D{INN}ER<=}
26 Standard plant (4) FLAG [DD]
28 Little time for king to get fur (4) MINK {MIN}{K}

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No 11895, Wednesday 04 Jan 2017, Arden

ACROSS
1   Lets boy to move slow (6) ALLOWS {AL}{SLOW*}
4   Fools stay at home, he takes them out (8) ASSASSIN {ASS}{ASS}{IN}
9   Keep in touch when one is breaking a story (6) LIAISE {1} in {A+LIES}*
10 Gates say, managed one from Europe (8) ANDORRAN {AND}{OR}{RAN}
12 Terrible way to reject quote (8) PATHETIC {PATH}{CITE<=}
13 Quiet in Indian city, voice heard here in Greece (6) DELPHI {DEL{P}HI}
15 Talk about returning bribe — is fit to stand trial (6,6) COMPOS MENTIS {COM{SOP<=} MENT}{IS}
18 Left with no interest in play — wrong thing for play (7,5) TWELFTH NIGHT {LEFT+WiTH}* {THING}*
21 For zero charge, takes one to China (6) ORIENT {0}{R{1}ENT}
22 Intelligent people reject public transport in place (5,3) SMART SET {TRAMS<=} {SET}
24 Roger, come back at eight — first set off (8) DETONATE {NOTED<=}{AT}{Eight}
25 Compelling businessman (6) COGENT {CO}{GENT}
26 Choose a boy, it's a very small matter (8) ELECTRON {ELECT}{RON}
27 No point being sleepless here in Italy (6) NAPLES {NAP LESs}

DOWN
1   Cook special meal, finally add this (8) ALLSPICE {SPECIAL+meaL}*  &lit
2   How long does it take to get ahead, before you give up? (4,4) LEAD TIME {LEAD} {EMIT<=}
3   Santa went to town spreading good message (5,3,4,3) WASTE NOT WANT NOT* My COD
5   It may go down in the kitchen (4) SINK [DD]
6   Manage six an over — are on a fast depleting condition (8,7) ANOREXIA NERVOSA*
7   Fight till the end, it's great, they say (6) SCRAPE {SCRAP}{thE} Definition not clear See comments
8   Diplomat perhaps has interest in sister company (6) NUNCIO {NUN{C{I}O}
11 Milling around the bar (7) GINMILL*
14 State not named over the years as a subject of study (7) ANATOMY {MOnTANA<=}{Y}
16 Push and she will break easily (8) EGGSHELL {EGG}{SHE'LL}
17 Countries without trade union laws (8) STATUTES {STA{TU}TES}
19 Novice goes for classy pet food (6) ?O?D?E (Addendum - FONDUE - FOND(-l+u)UE - See comments)
20 Through true representation, lost a good thing (6) VIRTUE {VIa}{TRUE*}
23 German material, essentially (4) OTTO cOTTOn

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