Monday 30 March 2009

No 9493, Monday, 30 Mar 09, Nita Jaggi

Monday morning blues again added to the late night return from Coimbatore, my brain just refuses to work on Mondays.
ACROSS
1 - Learn a chapter in the music school (4) - {C}RAM ? (RAM - Royal Academy of Musicians ?)
9 - Greeting in business situations following the favourable lump sum compensation (6,9) – GOLDEN HANDSHAKE [2] Are handshakes done only in business situations?
10 - Indian gathering for the first person in a large city (4) - {ME}LA
11 - Gold coin for the aristocrat (5) – NOBLE [2]
12 - An unpleasant sound over a period of time (4) - [Addendum with help from Orkut community - VILE (~while)]
13 - Overheard of a food shop in the capital city (5) – DELHI (~deli)
14 - Beginner of the basic course (7) – STARTER [CD]
16 - To supply no one in to rush in excitement (7) – {NO}UR{I}SH*
18 - Neckwear on a small bed (5) – {A}S{COT}
22 - Colour found inside a battle cruiser (4) – ECRU [T]
23 - Royal male disturbed in the domain (5) – {R}EALM*
24 - Members in a side (4) – TEAM [CD]
25 - Noted lads absurd in using rules applied unfairly (6,9) – DOUBLE STANDARDS*
26 - Alien turns back on South Island location (4) {S}{I}TE<- DOWN
2 - Spread energy from the sun for one in to have a wrong diet (7) - {RA}DIATE* RA being the Sun God
3 - Soldier at home has the way with ordinary people (3,2,3,6) – MAN IN THE STREET
4 - Game bag on the side (5) - POKE{R} Poke means a sack or a bag in southern US
5 - Painter has books for one scholar (5) - RA{BB}I ?
6 - Public announcements to edit seven diets in a mess (14) – ADVERTISEMENTS* I do not know from where the balance letters MART have appeared, does MART mean a mess?
7 - Pusher to stay very near after us (6) - SH{OVER} ? (Addendum - (us - u)S{HOVER})
8 - Workers having special abilities (7) - SKILLED [2]
15 - Leaders on the chief examination in High School (7) - H{ON}{CH}OS Cannot explain from where the second 'O' comes (Addendum - 'O' from O-level examinations)
17 - Kind of music to sing inside a large bar (6) – R{HUM}BA* This setter uses large as an anagram indicator I think. Rumba is more suited to a kind of dance than music
19 - Not at home in the end to survive (7) – OUT{LAST}
20 - Unwanted material is on a part of the body, overheard (5) – WASTE (~waist)
21 - Father and a large creature (5) – P{AND}A

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