Tuesday 3 March 2009

No 9470, Tuesday, 03 Mar 09, Nita Jaggi

A reasonably easy outing today.
ACROSS
 1 -Ship following a big bounty (7) – LARGE{SS}
 5 - Public help for a work of art (6) - RELIEF [2]
10 - Genius returns the Latin novel to Bob in difficult circumstances (8) – D{IL}{EMMA}S
11 - Chemical substance covering one server (6) – WA{I}TER
13 - Picks a different spot (4) – OPTS*
14 - Recorded again the meaning for the queen editor (10) – RE{GIST}{ER}{ED}
16 - Fish for an able seaman in the river in the capital of Netherlands (6) TAR{PO}N
18 - Talking over the net (8) CHATTING [CD]
21 - Bare retreat for the upper class at present (8) - DEN{U}DI{TY} I don't think there is such a word in the english dictionary, nor could I find it on googling (Update - DEN{U}DATE)
22 - House has a paper trap of a net like structure (6) – COBWEB
25 - Calls a teen to make a new start (5,5) – CLEAN SLATE*
27 - Great distance of a football at the rear end (4) – A{F}A{R}
30 - Act to sing anyway at social events (6) – DO{INGS*}
31 - Strikebreakers turn back in Georgia in half zest to indulge in a fantasy (8) – STAR<-GA{ZE}
32 - Carbohydrates trap the fish inside a liner (6) – S{U}{GAR}S
33 - Breathe easily over the tower (7) - RE{SPIRE}
DOWN
 2 - Start off with the voting system in small portions (5) – (-b)ALLOT
 3 - At first go around meeting elders in a contest (4) – GAME [T]
 4 - Craft shown about appropriate wagers (6) – S{TAKE}S
 6 - Quite right to demand payment (5) – EXACT [2]
 7 - Conference between an opinion (9) – INTER{VIEW}
 8 - Metal supports an element for a canine (7) FIRE{DOG} See some pictures of Firedogs at the link
 9 - Large road has the thing to be skillful (6) – ADRO*{IT}
12 - Settled the governor moving with ease (5) - {LIT}HE
15 - American girl student kept company with boy (4) - CO{ED} In U.S.A slang, "Coed" is an informal term for a female student attending a formerly all-male college or university (or any university). Otherwise normally it is written as co-ed
17 - Perspective drawing of the right gender in order (9) - {R}ENDER{IN}G*
19 - Slow run of the horse? (4) – TROT [CD]
20 - Southern story lacking originality (5) - S{TALE}
21 - Last month reported helpers over ten year periods (7) – DEC{ADES} (~aids)
23 - Second craft of the queen for an equal exchange (6) – B{ART}{ER}
24 - Sculpture by the way is at an universal point (6) – ST{AT}{U}E
26 - Bring up the trap with hesitation in the river (5) – NIG<-{ER}
28 - Natural talent to start up again, overheard (5) – FLAIR (~flare)
29 - Let go of the doctor in operation (4) – DR{OP}

8 comments:

  1. 21A should be DENUDATE.
    retreat=DEN, upper class=U, present=DATE

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  2. Thanks Shuchi, I new I was missing something there.

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  3. Excuse the typo I meant 'knew' and not 'new' in my last comment

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  4. 10 - Genius returns the Latin novel to Bob in difficult circumstances (8) – D{IL}{EMMA}S

    I could figure only IL from this. What about
    D,{EMMA},S?

    2 - Start off with the voting system in small portions (5) – (-b)ALLOT. Does start off mean to remove B?
    9 - Large road has the thing to be skillful (6) – ADRO*{IT}. Why has the compiler introduced Large?

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  5. Not clear on D and S, all I could figure out was EMMA which is a novel by Jane Austen, I presumed LI is 'the' in Latin

    Yes, start off means remove the start that is why B is removed from BALLOT

    No clue why Large has been introduced, as without it also the result is the same, it may be a typo cause it should have been something to indicate that ROAD is to be anagrammed

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  6. 22 - House has a paper trap of a net like structure (6) – COBWEB

    I am not sure I get the "COB" part of that? - Thanks HK

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  7. 10A: Genius returns the Latin novel to Bob in difficult circumstances (8) – DI<- L EMMA S
    My hunch is that the first word should've been "genus" in place of "genius". If so, genus can give ID to stand for identification.
    The rest works as:
    genus returns = DI (that is, ID reversed)
    Latin = L
    novel = EMMA (Jane Austen)
    Bob = S (as in shilling)

    The surface reading becomes nonsensical of course if "genius" is replaced with "genus".

    9D: Nita Jaggi has a habit of using large/loud/largely/loudly as anagram indicators! These are not valid anagram indicators at all, but such it goes :)

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  8. The only connection I can get between House and Cob is that it is a building material for making walls using compacted clay, sand and straw

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