Wednesday, 1 April 2009

No 9495, Wednesday 01 Apr 09, Nita Jaggi

Up early today so had a crack at the CW online without looking at the grid and sailed through 90% of the clues, neeeded the grid for one or two answers, notwithstanding that I am still clueless on 11A and 15D
ACROSS
1 - Caught the maiden name inside the personal record of the word-book (10) – DI{CT}{IO}{N}ARY
9 - Source of energy running a car (6) - ENGINE [2]
10 - Real music created is a belief (10) - SECULARI{S}M The origin of the second S is a mystery to me
11 - Outcome of an alien shadow on a very loud city (6) - EX{TE}NT ??
12 - Bubble on an aircraft dome (7) - BLISTER [CD]
16 - Herb in a portion of healthy meals (5) - THYME [T]
17 - Bitter effect of hundred and one beginning to diet (4) - A{C}{I}D
18 - Lift the beams of light, overheard (5) RAISE (~rays)
19 - Store in all every other character for an experiment (5) - {T}{R}{I}{A}{L}
20 - Training the holy man is a nuisance (4) - PE{ST}
21 - In charge of the gin cocktail for covering a cake (5) - {IC}ING*
22 - A mature sort of person lacking proper skill (7) - AMATEUR*
27 - Drum signal mark on the skin (6) - TATTOO [2]
29 - Legendary piece of furniture at a conference (5,5) - ROUND TABLE [2]
30 - Vehicles on the road above the side (6) - R{OVER}S
31 - In all, lady is in line with almost the elected girl leader (10) – EVE{RY}{TH}{IN}G
DOWN
2 - I am around to note a particular thing (4) - I{TE}M
3 - Sign of the upper class in Surat taken up (6) - TAUR{U}S*
4 - Hard to understand the operation of a unit in half of Quebec (6) – OP{A}{QUE} (quebec – bec)
5 - A right on the property of an outsider (5) - A{LIEN}
6 - The soldiers in a nation (5) - YE{MEN}
7 - Being seated at the same place next to each other (4,2,4) - SIDE BY SIDE [CD]
8 - One that fetches the highest sales (10) - BESTSELLER [CD]
12 - Prevent the sister from striking the end of the car of the lawyers (10) - BARRISTE{R}S*
13 - Effort taken by one local around an Italian at lunchtime (10) - {I}N{IT}{I}ATIVE
14 - Speeder on the fast track (5) - RACER
15 - Bird on the bread (5) - PITTA Is the only bread which fits here but the answer does not fit the clue
23 - Don may get angry on a week day (6) - MONDAY*
24 - Kick the worthless material surrounding the hospital (6) - T{H}RASH
25 - Shore destroyed by an animal (5) - HORSE*
26 - Dramas fused men centres to entertain (5) - (dramas – dras) AM{USE} (fused – fd)
28 - Jungle nature holds a valley (4) - GLEN [T]

4 comments:

  1. Solving cold like the 90 per cent of your answers:
    11 - Outcome of an alien shadow on a very loud city (6) - E(FF EC)T
    No comment on the problems in many clues in the puz.

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  3. Pitta (with a capital P) is a genus of birds but 15d is not a good example of a DD clue. Sorry, could not help making this comment.

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  4. Col,

    1 - Caught the maiden name inside the personal record of the word-book (10) – DI{CT}{IO}{N}ARY
    What is Anno for IO?
    11 - Outcome of an alien shadow on a very loud city (6) - E(FF EC)T. Anno for FF and EC?

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