Tuesday 1 March 2011

No 10090, Tuesday 01 Mar 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
1   - They may put one under the knife (8) - SURGEONS [CD]
5   - Exploited an American editor (4) - {US}{ED}
9   - Two harm the caught monarch for a German statesman (8) - {BIS}{MAR}{C}{K}
10 - Tyrannical leader of the French kitty (6) - {DE}{SPOT} Kitty & Spot ! (Addendum - {DES}{POT} - See comments)
12 - Some familiar hip bones (4) - ILIA [T]
13 - One half of the earth edge is in Portugal over here (10) - {HEM}{IS}{P}{HERE}
15 - An illusionary feat put up by a magician (9,5) - CONJURING TRICK [CD]
17 - Selecting the course of action in the last month by an intelligence agency on marketing out three products (8,6) - {DEC}{ISI}{ON} {MArKetING} What kind of products are 'R', 'E' and 'T' ?
21 - What beliefs schools usually do preach? (10) - IDEOLOGIES [CD]
22 - Dine over the sea fish (4) - {S{C}UP}
25 - Permit three in a scrabble unit (6) - {LET}{TER}
26 - Court official is in dialogue with the worker (8) - {LINES}{MAN}
27 - Topless lady has a magical glow (4) - lAURA
28 - Disturbs a girl mostly in a state of confusion (8) - {A}{GIrl}{TATES*}
DOWN
1   - Make a statement to obey the rule (6) - SUBMIT [DD]
2   - Hindu sage is endlessly at risk at the borders of Helsinki (5) - {RISk}{H}{I}
3   - Old morning test (4) - {EX}{AM}
4   - Uncle resides in a ranch primarily with this kind of family (7) - {NUCLE*}{A}{R}

SEE THIS CARTOON

6   - Win every game for interest in this form of gambling (10) - {SWEEPS}{TAKE}
7   - This may occur due to the over consumption of natural resources (9) - DEPLETION [CD]
8   - Not reflecting light on the ring surface, overhead (5) - MATTE(~mat)
11 - Bank holding the customer with determination (4) - cLIENt
14 - Many mere isles just in front of the lake (10) - {I(J)SSELMEER*} Thanks to Google
16 - Outstanding short race for the players (9) - ORCHESTRA*
18 - Gory kind of wild revelry (4) - ORGY*

SEE THIS CARTOON

19 - Contact the union (7) - MEETING [DD]
20 - Lays out small coolers over the first doorstep (6) - {S}{PEN{D}S}
21 - Line drawn at the junction on the dock site (5) - {INLE*}{T}
23 - Streaker seen at night will approach a territory in front (5) - {COME}{T}
24 - All in the recipe direction (4) - NETT ? Anno pending (Addendum - BEAT [DD] - See comments)

GRID


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33 comments:

  1. Anonymous1 March 2011 at 08:33

    Hi,
    Rather rum that Gita and RISHI, the two persons who self-avowedly have sworn off NJ CWs turn up in today’s CW.

    14d required Google.

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  2. Venkatesh1 March 2011 at 08:34

    Col,
    10 - Tyrannical leader of the French kitty (6) - {DE}{SPOT} Kitty & Spot !
    (DES)(POT)

    NJ mentions RISHI (2D)& GITA (28A). ? Tribute to CV & his wife.

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  3. SandhyaP1 March 2011 at 08:34

    10 - Tyrannical leader of the French kitty (6) - {DE}{SPOT} Kitty & Spot !

    I think it is {DES}{POT}

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  4. Anonymous1 March 2011 at 08:35

    10 - Tyrannical leader of the French kitty (6) - {DE}{SPOT} Kitty & Spot !

    I think it is DES POT. Pot in games of chance is the kitty.

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  5. Suresh1 March 2011 at 08:36

    17A R E T probably are the product of Tre, which should somehow mean three.

    24D may be EAST sounding like yeast with no homophone indicator

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  6. Anonymous1 March 2011 at 08:36

    8 - Not reflecting light on the ring surface, overhead (5) - MATTE(~mat)

    Should have been overheard, I think. With overhead, it was over my head.

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  7. Anonymous1 March 2011 at 08:40

    24 - All in the recipe direction (4) - NETT ? Anno pending

    All in(clusive) is Nett. Fine up to here.

    Suresh, East clashes with Linesman.

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  8. Deepak Gopinath1 March 2011 at 08:40

    Suresh,
    If it is East then what is your solution for 26A

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  9. Anonymous1 March 2011 at 08:41

    Hilarious 4d cartoon of an UNCLEAR* family.

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  10. Suresh1 March 2011 at 08:43

    Oops! I did not fill in the word and was only imagining. Yeah cannot be east. Maybe WEST for direction, but cannot see it fitting in a recipe

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  11. Deepak Gopinath1 March 2011 at 08:45

    Any guesses on what 'on the ring surface' in 8D is trying to depict?

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  12. Suresh1 March 2011 at 08:47

    How about RECT (T) with a mispelt recipe for receipt. Driving us up the wall as usual

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  13. Chaturvasi1 March 2011 at 08:51

    In recipes we probably have directions such as "Take maida 200g nett., aloo 100g nett., salt to taste, oil (to fry)"
    Is the setter merely alluding to it without any wordplay component by component?

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  14. Chaturvasi1 March 2011 at 08:53

    A ring may be 'studded' or it may be merely machine-made with its surface dull. Maybe the setter means this by 'on the ring surface', whether on it it was a leader or a master who stood.

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  15. Deepak Gopinath1 March 2011 at 08:54

    Recipe itself is a type of 'direction' so what is 'recipe direction'

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  16. Deepak Gopinath1 March 2011 at 08:58

    Kishore @ 8:40

    Isn't that 'Gross'?

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  17. Anonymous1 March 2011 at 09:12

    Deepak,

    Recipe direction may be a type of direction used in recipes, like baste, blanch etc.

    When I quote an all inclusive price, the term nett or worse nett nett is used by some.

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  18. Suresh1 March 2011 at 09:12

    The word is BEAT (DD) meaning Al in and a direction in a recipe

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  19. Anonymous1 March 2011 at 09:13

    Any guesses on what 'on the ring surface' in 8D is trying to depict?

    the mat on the surface of the wrestling ring

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  20. Suresh1 March 2011 at 09:13

    Typo in my post. Shd be all in not al in

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  21. Suresh1 March 2011 at 09:14

    I go with Kishore on the guess on MATTE

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  22. Anonymous1 March 2011 at 09:14

    Right, Suresh, BEAT seems to fill the bit / fit the bill.

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  23. Chaturvasi1 March 2011 at 09:17

    Suresh
    You've BEAT all in that direction.

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  24. Suresh1 March 2011 at 09:23

    How far is Ijsselmeer from Jaislamer?

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  25. Chaturvasi1 March 2011 at 09:34

    All in the recipe direction (4)
    Good one.
    Could have done with a little rethink (but "I am quite overloaded with work") or editing (none to do it?). E.g.,
    All in a recipe direction (4)
    This makes perhaps for a better surface reading but is certainly more plausible. BEAT is only one of several directions in recipes such as add, mix, whisk, etc.

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  26. Suresh1 March 2011 at 09:36

    11D for a change NJ has used 'determination' the correct way. Got me foxed for a while

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  27. Ramani1 March 2011 at 09:38

    25 A & 17 A are to be correlated - If 25 is accepted, 17 is answered

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  28. Suresh1 March 2011 at 09:57

    TER, I think is a latin word for thrice.

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  29. Ajay1 March 2011 at 10:25

    Hi i am here after a long time for commenting though I usually check late night after doing my crossword later in the day. I see NJ in her usual form but today she is several shades better.I was wondering if with new setters like cryptonyte and spiffytrix have NJs crosswords hopefully reduced. And did read NJs interview yesterday and was chuckling out aloud. Sorry could not help. any views?
    ajay

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  30. Suresh1 March 2011 at 15:08

    Nobody has voted this crossword as 'Poor' That is an improvement

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  31. Chitwan Saluja2 March 2011 at 06:22

    Can someone please explain this again -
    Not reflecting light on the ring surface, overhead (5) - MATTE(~mat)

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  32. Deepak Gopinath2 March 2011 at 08:31

    Excursionist,

    The last letter in the clue is a typo, it should be 'overheard' which is a homophone indicator.So 'MAT' becomes 'MATTE'

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  33. Chitwan Saluja2 March 2011 at 11:41

    thanks

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