Saturday, 22 September 2018

No 12428, Saturday 22 Sep 2018, Incognito

Any more theme words from the movie 'Come September'?
Back to using the dreaded 'extraneous' indicator after abandoning it for a few weeks. Setters/solvers let me know if this is ok or if I should permanently abandon using it

Across

7. 2/3 of 27 arrive (4) COME {COMEdy} 27a is COMEDY
8. Beep terms out in Ninth Month” (9) SEPTEMBER {BEEP+TERMS*}

10. Kirk's got a child at each side of old town (6) CHURCH {CH}{UR}{CH}
11. Young lady purloins metal and pulls wool over the eyes (8) MISLEADS {MIS{LEAD}S}
12. Interrogate poser (8) QUESTION (DD)
14. Hounds ran away to river (6) HUDSON {HOUNDS*}
16. USA mint is destroyedit may cause flooding (7) TSUNAMI {USA+MINT*}
18. One musical group's on leave (7) ABANDON {A}{BAND}{ON}
21. Ex-student saw and followed instruction (6) OBEYED {OB}{EYED}
23. Got back from uncle's shop and planted grass around river before commencement of monsoon (8) REDEEMED {RE{DEE}{Monsoon}ED}
25. Abraham has non-drinking or primarily sober criminal assistants (8) ABETTORS {ABE}{TT}{OR}{Sober}
27. Beautiful lass is initially dropped for douchebag at first! Funny business! (6) COMEDY {COME(-l+D)Y}
29. Rod's following Metropolitan Police HQ's standard? (9) YARDSTICK {YARD}{STICK}
30. Mona left famous painting for Elizabeth, perhaps (4) LISA {monaLISA}

Down

1. Mughal queen loses a broken spur and pants (8) JODHPURS {JODHa}{SPUR*}
2. Look closely // for a person doing his job at a convenience (4) PEER (DD)
3. I'm confused about this badly! Necks of lands? (6) ISTHMI {THIS*}{I'M*}
4. Superintendent of Police at university has old crockery with froth on top (7) SPUMING {SP}{U}{MING}
5. Raj's mistress has returned ball after one, following setter's memorandum at first (8) MEMSAHIB {ME}{Memorandum}{HAS<=}{I}{B}
6. Ex-student's old English instrument (4) OBOE {OB}{O}{E}
9. Wireless Advertisement's in the river in Spain” (5) RADIO {R{AD}IO}
13. Yellowish-beige, for example, seen around New Delhi initially (5) SANDY {SA{N}{Delhi|Y}
15. Move to music and cavort in front of church (5) DANCE {AND*}{CE}
17. Mouse had run helter-skelter in lodging for nutcases (8) MADHOUSE {MOUSE+HAD*}
19. Dove rose awkwardly too much of drug, perhaps (8) OVERDOSE {DOVE+ROSE}
20. Harsh detectives return carrying mutilated rats! (7) DRASTIC {CID<=} around {RATS*}
22. Lad hugs a couple of boys for a copper (5)  BOBBY {BO{B}{B}Y}
24. Fine after last month starting of engine to remove carbon (6) DECOKE {DEC}{OK}{Engine}
26. Rent not returned around end of December (4) TORN {NOT<=} around {decembeR}
28. Military officer follows mummy for a drink (4) MALT {MA}{LT}

Reference List
Child=Ch, Old town=Ur, One=A, Ex-student=OB, River=Dee, Abraham=Abe, Non-Drinking=TT
Superintendent of Police=SP, University=U, Ball=B, One=I, Setter=Me, Old=O, English=E, Advertisement=Ad, New=N, Church=CE, Detectives=CID, Boys=B, Fine=OK, Last Month=Dec, Military Officer=Lt, Mummy=Ma


Colour/Font Scheme

DefinitionSolutionComponent lettersEmbedded linksTheme word Anagram IndicatorC/C indicatorReversal IndicatorHidden word IndicatorLetter Pick indicatorDeletion IndicatorHomophone IndicatorMovement IndicatorPositional IndicatorSubstitution, IndicatorLink/Connector, Extraneous

Friday, 21 September 2018

No 12427, Friday 21 Sep 2018, Neyartha


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ACROSS
1   Regular cadence interrupted by Leo's blundering in the teen years (11) ADOLESCENCE {AD{LEOS*}CENCE*}
9   Yankee entering the Lok Sabha is captivated by the roles of a mythological character (7) ULYSSES {U{L{Y}S}SES}
10 A gift from the office to discard the informal information after setback (6) LEGACY {GEL<=}{AgenCY}
11 Farm with an upward slope (5) RAISE [DD]
12 Dangerous python constricting a duck in a violent storm (7) TYPHOON {TYPH{O}ON*}
15 Announced film about an animal shelter (4) COTE (~coat)
16 High pitch resulting from a health problem appearing after a quiet run (10) SHRILLNESS {SH}{R}{ILLNESS}
18 Celebration at sea after the run out is evident (10) NOTICEABLE CELEBrATION*
20 Son misplaced pipe with the part of a brake (4) SHOE (+s)SHO(-s)E
23 One exiled by the Oriental to invoke a positive feeling in a royal family member (7) EMPRESS (-i+e)EMPRESS
24 Force resulting in things getting done without realization? (5) HABIT [CD]
26 Letters from tourists enchanted by a type of green tea (6) SENCHA [T]
27 Violent windstorm making rust return to the round tops of the oil drums and nails (7) TORNADO {ROT}<={Oil}{Dr..s}{And}{Na..s}<=
28 Rude Gilbert shot for making an instrument possibly dangerous for epileptics (6,5) STROBE LIGHT*

DOWN
2   Rag in a windstorm (6) DUSTER [DD]
3   Heard famous Hungarian composer's record (4) LIST (~liszt)
4   Disguised sibyl taking in a student with a crumpled lily is a fool (5,5) SILLY BILLY {SIL{L}YB*}{LILY*}
5   Get wood varnish without a bill after Peggy loses margins on a thin kind of porcelain (8) EGGSHELL {pEGGy}{SHELLac}
6   Refusal to come up for participation in a revolution in a violent storm (7) CYCLONE {CYCL{NO<=}E}
7   Shade protecting a bishop with a single container in a violent storm (9) HURRICANE {HU{RR}{1}{CAN}E}
8   Man left out by a kettledrums player for a person operating a keyboard ... (6) TYPIST TYmPanIST
13 ... takes peach jam for a miserly person (10) CHEAPSKATE*
14 Statement in the article about a braid held up with a triumphant cry (9) ASSERTION {A{1 TRESS<=}{O}N}
17 Pam ignored macroscopic changes resulting in a sandstorm (8) SCIROCCO maCROSCOpIC*
19 Saint getting rid of the king in a bad mood in the violent windstorm (7) TEMPEST TEMPE(-r+st)ST
21 Focus on the price limit for a wheel accessory (6) HUBCAP {HUB}{CAP}
22 A poor mouse could live here (6) CHURCH [CD]
25 Small bag made with the help of some quiet Uighurs (4) ETUI [T]

GRID