No 9599, Friday, 31 Jul 09, Gridman

ACROSS
1 - Give satisfaction to one Pole, somewhat glued (7) - {I}{N}{DULGE*}
5 - Rot not in fringe of Salem but in heart of Sagar shelter (6) - REFU(-s+g)GE
9 - Small learner in fine building (5) - E{L}FIN*
10 - Pest gives near-pain to two businesses around the limits of Karur (9) - {CO}{C{KR}O}{ACH(-e)}
11 - Become nervous as a group comes to eat and drink without notice at last (5,2) - {TEN}{S{E} UP}
12 - Refuse to back down on support to university president (5,2) - STAND {U}{P}
13 - Deal with a goodie (5) - TREAT [DD]
14 - Former President presented with half of Chola king’s painting… (9) - {KALAM}{KARI(-kala)}
16 - …a representation of harbour —vision by a learner (9) - {PORT}{RAY}{A}{L}
19 - Good man in goon’s first con game… (5) - {ST}{ING}
21 - …Disconcerted by noisy toy on 1st of December (7) - {RATTLE}{D}
23 - Where Plato taught (7) - ACADEME [E]
24 - Any data I’m gathering is for Nala’s wife (9) - DAMAYANTI*
25 - Useless to get in a runaway pet (5) - IN{EPT*}
26 - Nervous like the head of Ministry in Salem (2,4) - ON EDGE Annotation pending
27 - Superintendent of Police’s view on shiny adornment (7) - {SP}{ANGLE}
DOWN
1 - One gets party detained nervously in a police lineup (8,6) - IDENTITY PARADE
2 - A football side in the South Block? (7) - DEFENCE [DD]
3 - Being kind, allow ill-looking nine to go in (7) - LE{NIEN*}T
4 - What is important to a person behind bars looking for way out (6,3) - ESCAPE KEY [E]
5 - In Mamallapuram these are cut into artistic forms (5) - ROCKS [E]
6 - Part of body where a number is said to gird up (7) - (~four){FORE}{ARM}
7 - Relative is a majestic scholar (7) - {GRAND}{MA}
8 - Son jumping with coin: On to where he may buy something (8,6) - {S}{HOPPING} {CENT}{RE}
15 - Do they put to rest children who cry their head off? (9) - {LULL}{(-b)ABIES}
17 - He is to schedule fellow (7) - {ROTA}{MAN}
18 - Passed on by non-professional in a rush (7) - RE{LAY}ED
19 - Staying power of mast broken by old soldiers (7) - {STAM*}{INA}
20 - Cold and unemotional person? Beg Eric to change ways! (7) - ICEBERG*
22 - Finished going through Nagaland’s leading poet (5) - DO{N}NE

No 9598, Thursday, 30 Jul 09, Gridman

Have added an new category of type of clue E (Easy) from easy crosswords where there is no crypticness
ACROSS
1 - Praises a couple of head coaches distributing mails (8) - {A}{CC}{LAIMS*}
5 - See, turning tail is a girl (6) - {LO}{LITA*}
9 - Poacher at the end infuriates park-keepers (7) - {R}{ANGERS}
10 - In which action won’t last long (7) - PLAYLET [E]
11 - Get in, seer, for development of Tanzanian region (9) - SERENGETI*
12 - I am a little short on feet (5) - {I}{AM}{BI(-t)}
13 - A man may wear it under shirt or over! (4) - VEST [E]
14 - Getting old boy to be exercising with last drop of vigour ebbing (9) - {OB}{T(-r)AINING}
17 - Elderly women have sold ideal out (3,6) - OLD LADIES*
19 - Spare wood without a bit of etching (4) - {(-e)BONY}
23 - Same song almost comes to nothing (5) - {DITT(-y)}{O}
24 - Such a dog is no-one’s pet (9) - OWNERLESS [E]
25 - When returning, Marc’s spewing out a cutting remark (7) - {SA<-}{RCASM*}
26 - In mid-October, rig out for French friend some paperwork (7) - {O}{RIG}{AMI}
27 - Thriving — with just one flower? (6) - {A}{BLOOM}
28 - Paper-pushers? (8) - NEWSBOYS [E]
DOWN
1 - Sailor and artists I have gathered are harsh (8) - {AB}{RAS}{IVE}
2 - Places in the middle (7) - CENTRES [E]
3 - Getting on with an egg I scrambled (6) - AGEING*
4 - Is there no place for mistress in this part of the house? (6,7) - MASTER BEDROOM [CD]
6 - Plaudits for speeches substituting Romeo by Victor (8) - O(-r+v)VATIONS
7 - He has nothing to do! (4,3) - IDLE MAN [E]
8 - Get retrograde Communist to leave an unconventional assembly (6) - ATTAIN ? Anno pending if the answer is correct
10 - Earnings that you may not want to make public (7,6) - PRIVATE INCOME [E]
15 - Where one may find riches for girl caught in dole difficulty (2,6) - EL {DORA}DO*
16 - In the limits of Gooty man moves stealthily with female athletic wear (3,5) - {G}{Y}{M} SLIPS
18 - Pass coming at a subsequent time by a student (7) - {LATER}{A}{L}
20 - Ass comes up with nil herb (7) - {O}{REGANO<-} )
21 - Poem by spies on a Ukrainian port city (6) - {ODE}{SS}{A}
22 - Mental ability to find supporter in ultimate distress (6) - {BRA}{IN}{S}

No 9597, Wednesday, 29 Jul 09, Gridman

I am stumped by 28A, have made a wild guess in my solution (see the link I have given against Veep). I wonder if it's just a name, but that is not like Gridman. Too many C/DD's for my liking.
ACROSS
1 - Intimidate second rowdy shooing off deputy on cop’s path (8) - {B}{ROW(-dy)}{BEAT}
6 - Copies sleeveless garments without a bit of concern (4) - (-c)APES
9 - Nicaragua’s Daniel, for one (6) - ORTEGA [CD]
10 - Decked-up galleria puts out learner in finery (7) - REGALIA(-l)*
13 - See the soldier with constant friend in a reasoned manner (9) - {LO{GI}C}{ALLY}
14 - A sort of column to make nearly ornate (5) - {DO}{RIC(-h)}
15 - Firm quiet about thug’s bludgeon (4) - {CO}{SH}
16 - Suspiciously eyes Potter in a fixed, stock image (10) - STEREOTYPE*
19 - Engineers come to hug writers in measure for measure (10) - {RE}{COM{PENS}E}
21 - Small amount for iTunes download (4) - SONG [DD]
24 - College head greeting a couple of learners: “Cool it!” (5) - {C}{HI}{LL}
25 - It is carried out in a theatre (9) - OPERATION [CD]
26 - As might be used by a musician in a cover-up (3-4) - LIP-SYNC [CD]
27 - Try to control, as a runaway bullock (4,2) - REIN IN [CD]
28 - Veep, for example (4) - EVEN [DD]
29 - Secret agent’s drinking vessel? Not exactly! (8) - {SPY}{GLASS}
DOWN
2 - Neon, for example (4,3) - RARE GAS [CD]
3 - Poor devil with gag (6) - {W}{RETCH} Not sure of how W and the Devil are connected
4 - Uniform ornament (9) - EPAULETTE [CD]
5 - Hang about, looking black (5) - TARRY [DD]
7 - Friend (French) extremely easy on horse (7) - {PAL}{FR}{E}{Y}
8 - Google, for one (6,6) - SEARCH ENGINE [CD]
11 - Soldier’s reprocessed node on a judge of Israel (6) - {GI}{DEON*}
12 - Choose revised rule to contain CBI’s false colour (8,4) - {ELECT}{R{IC B*}LUE*}
17 - Be up with the lark (4,5) - RISE EARLY [CD]
18 - :-) (6) - SMILEY [CD]
20 - Lame hundred on a wave (7) - {C}{RIPPLE}
22 - Nothing to manipulate in sociologist’s primary provenances (7) - {O}{RIG}{IN}{S}
23 - Crusoe creator Defoe (6) - DANIEL [CD]
25 - Scour here and there for Virgil’s god of the underworld (5) - ORCUS*

No 9596, Tuesday, 28 Jul 09, Gridman

ACROSS
1 - Good, large combine of the culinary art (11) - {G}{ASTRONOMIC}
9 - Shark badly rouses a railway official (9) - {ROUSSE*}{TTE}
10 - Kind of wave in Dalit movement (5) - TIDAL*
11 - A winning indication (1-4) - V-SIGN [CD]
12 - Adding details on tipsy angler spilling gin (9) - {ENLARG*}{ING*}
13 - Bores doctor with primarily idle afterthought (5) - {DR}{I}{PS}
15 - Manoeuvre changes terms involving a name (9) - STR{A}{TAG}EM*
18 - Previously mentioned team lands somehow (4-5) - LAST NAMED*
21 - Artistic fra’s saucy speech on borders of Puri (5) - {LIP}{PI} Something missing in the clue here
22 - Hostel inmates gather in these places for meals (4,5) - MESS HALLS [CD]
24 - Don’t take the first of wedding women’s fair attractions (5) - (-b)RIDES
26 - Hundred dance with fish basket (5) - {C}{REEL}
27 - What an object presents when you stand before it (5,4) - FRONT VIEW [CD]
28 - One steps on it for speed (11) - ACCELERATOR [CD]
DOWN
1 - Author finds blood-spilling valid (4,5) - GORE {VIDAL*}
2 - Dais crashes about Uttaranchal’s top foreigner (5) - SA{U}DI*
3 - Political party’s symbol seen in the morning (6,3) - RISING SUN [DD]
4 - Crazy persons to speak in new series (7) - N{UTTER}S
5 - Max? (7) - MUELLER [CD]
6 - To provide Tom, there’s hesitation (5) - {CAT}{ER}
7 - Putting two and two together, perhaps (6,2) - ADDING UP [CD]
8 - Standard fire-fighter’s starting to be with jailbird (4) - {F}{LAG}
14 - Maintained one’s entering instead without first letter (8) - INS{I'S}TE(-a)D
16 - One forbears (9) - TOLERATOR [CD]
17 - Principal seamstress? Not exactly! (4,5) - MAIN SEWER [CD]
19 - Evil scholar (the Parisian) joins female-in-charge (7) - {MA}{LE}{F}{IC}
20 - Insidiously dopes one with a large number to plunder (7) - DESPO*{I}{L}
22 - Jeer, medical officer and cook (4) - {MO}{CK}
23 - Fish has swum around one lake (5) - H{I}{L}SA*
25 - The meaning is married couples shouldn’t … (5) - DRIFT [DD]

No 9595, Monday, 27 Jul 09, Gridman

ACROSS
1 - Separate from foreign tea break (8) - ALIEN{ATE*}
5 - Many also-ran get nearer (6) - {C}LOSER
9 - When applied, this stops a motor vehicle (5,3) - BRAKE PAD [CD]
10 - Remained pronouncedly cool-headed (6) - STAYED (~staid)
12 - This is it! (4) - CLUE [CD]
13 - These are not what one would do first (4,6) - LAST THINGS [CD]
15 - Also said to conserve bird (6) - TOUCAN (~to can)
17 - Wildly dupe about royal prig (5) - P{R}UDE*
20 - Learner on eastern side of U.K. town dwelling (5) - {HOVE}{L}
21 - Repeat order once more without the medical officer (6) - ENCORE(-mo)*
24 - Fallen guy accepts many to resist shifty character in fairy tale (4,6) - UG{L}Y* {SISTER*}
27 - Second to move without Kerala’s primaries (4) - BETA(-ke)
29 - Remove alien lodged in unfinished Russian country house (6) - D{ET}ACH(-a)
30 - Gave a cue (8) - PROMPTED [CD]
31 - Save many held by wily emeer (6) - RE{D}EEM*
32 - West to speak about something that is vulnerable (4,4) - {W}{EAK SPOT*}
DOWN
1 - A trainee transplanted Cuba plant (6) - A{L}{BUCA*}
2 - One arc described by American high-flier of myth (6) - {I}{CAR*}{US}
3 - Growth of born Mumbai leader (4) - {NEE}{M}
4 - Indian police station has leaders of the hooligans and neds arrested (5) - {T}{H}{A}{N}{A}
6 - Security device found in the hall at Chettinad House (5) - LATCH [T]
7 - M-my! Ruins laid bare the Alexanders (8) - SMYRNIUM*
8 - Artists’ food items with vegetables (8) - {RA}{DISHES}
11 - Then, transferring one head of Coorgis is racial (6) - {ETHN*}{I}{C}
14 - Cosmetic for former German Chancellor? (4) - KOHL [DD]
16 - Outside of this a batsman is likely to be stumped (6) - CREASE [CD]
17 - It will curl your hair (4) - PERM [CD]
18 - A couple of Erode principals ought to go ahead to take responsibility (8) - {SHOULD}{ER}
19 - Made an egg drop? (8) - OVULATED [CD]
22 - Prevented from going to bed at night (4,2) - KEPT UP [CD]
23 - Trap captures New Delhi’s foremost robber (6) - BA{ND}IT
25 - Groom with Oriental currency (5) - SUCR{E} Was the only currency I could think of. But couldn't connect SUCR and Groom? (Correction - SYCE{E} - Thanks to Maddy. Both SYCE and SYCEE are new words for me)
26 - Weird, a couple of Orientals venting ire (5) - {EE}{RIE*}
28 - A Frenchman’s band close to Nasik in murderous frenzy (4) - {A}{MO}{K}

No 2543, Sunday, 26 Jul 09

What a refreshing change after 10 days of NJ :-))
ACROSS
1 - Female breaks in tight set – if good service follows it’ll do for a Wimbledon champion (6,4) – STE{F}FI* {G}{RAF}
6 - Dog with no lead causes irritation (4) – (-b)ITCH
10 - Run off with sailor back out East (7) – {AB}{S(-e)COND}
11 - A flap from one lair, well-oiled (7) – AILERON*
12 - Right occasion to rotate forward (5) – {R}{EMIT<-} )
13 - Mexican dish left in hacienda to be cooked (9) – ENCHI{L}ADA*
14 - Woeful issue? (10,5) – WEDNESDAYS CHILD [CD]
16 - A question that may be asked at the bar: why is poor aunt so drunk? (5,4,6) – WHATS YOUR POISON*
20 - Having loose morals with you, sexually? (9) – AMOROUSLY*
21 - Painting style showing circle followed by lines? (2,3) – {O}{P ART}
23 - An Arabian state, perhaps, could make me flipping angry! (7) – {EM<-}{IRATE}
24 - Cancels Pasteur broadcast (5,2) – TEARS UP*
25 - Confess offence in front of gendarme, initially (4) – {SIN}{G}
26 - Put money back in, control already acquired (10) – {REIN}{VESTED}
DOWN
1 - Who killed Cock Robin using extremely sharp weapon? (7) – {S}{P}ARROW
2 - Racecourse out of step, so modernising (5) – EPSOM [T]
3 - Calamity Jane’s in town (no firearms fired?) (14) – FRONTIERSWOMAN*
4 - Lucky find in middle of boggy, sodden ground (7) – {G}ODSEND*
5 - Chaos? Some involving bridge (7) – AN{ARCH}Y
7 - Turtles, partners swimming round island (9) – TERRAP{I}NS
8 - Short answer appearing in forceful political publication (7) – H{ANS}ARD
9 - What a dark bar may contain? (5,9) – PLAIN CHOCOLATE [CD]
15 - Savage in a Conrad novel (9) – DRACONIAN*
16 - Wife stands, seeing vermin (7) – {W}EASELS
17 - Disgusting old boy linked with ugly incident (7) – {OB}SCENE
18 - Peculiar story about Herts town (7) – {ROYST*}ON
19 - Famous father’s come in for a jotter (7) – NOTE{PA}D
22 - Girl turned up for a valuable thing (5) – ASSET<-

No 9594, Saturday, 25 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

Bye-bye NJ for a month. next week will be a refreshing and entertaining 6 days with Gridman.
ACROSS
 1 - Firmly flipping the correct positions of an insect (7) - {STIF<-}{FLY}
 5 - Different parts of raised platforms (6) - STAGES [DD]
10 - Final adjustment of the last-minute partnership is out (8) - ULTIMATE(-ns)*
11 - Authorize a small measure by an expert (6) - {EN}{ABLE}
13 - Fasting period for the French in the Northern territories (4) - {LE}{N}{T}
14 - Lived around a museum without you for a short time in absent-mindedness (10) - {BE{MUSE(-u)M}EN}{T}
16 - Deliberate betrayal after initially lacking an explanation (6) - (-t)REASON
18 - Centrally located, an orient character is in Iran (8) - I{NTERIO*}R
21 - Specialist has an hour for everybody to hold them spellbound (8) - {ENT}{HR}{ALL}
22 - Sparing the French upper class girl (6) - {FR}{U}{GAL}
25 - Somehow Adam circles one queen to empty in the cash in appreciation (10) - {ADM{I}{R}A*}{TI{O}N}
27 - Flag raised here in an Indian city (4) - AGRA [T] Read about the Taj Mahal in the city of Agra at the link
30 - Money spent on a criminal when one hundred and fifty are taken for in the west (6) - OUTLA(-w+y)Y
31 - Close relationship in a marriage (8) - ALLIANCE [DD]
32 - Root allergy covering a princess (6) - RA{DI}SH
33 - A small cask for water (7) - BREAKER [CD]
DOWN
 2 - Note the light-brown colour on the powerful person (5) - {TI}{TAN}
 3 - Heads of the Football Association have half of them back with a favourable reputation (4) - {F}{A}{ME(-ht)<-} )
 4 - Animal offspring on the forest floor (6) - LITTER [DD]
 6 - Unit of weight is in Hamilton nearby (5) - TONNE [T]
 7 - Tom will persuade admitting an Asian talking rapidly (9) - {GIB}{B{E}RING}
 8 - The woman will not begin to alter the covering (7) - {SHE}{(-a)LTER}
 9 - Manservant — oh! is out of trouble somehow (6) - BUTLER(-o)*
12 - Rabbit is in the second boat with a couple of knights at the end of January (5) - {B}U{NN}{Y} U from ?
15 - A shift, as in a factory (4) - HOUR [CD]
17 - Tried a race with a politician and Edward in the outskirts of England (9) - {A}{TT}{E}{MP}T{E}{D}
19 - Regularly set pairs of the small body parts (4) - {E}{A}{R}{S}
20 - Initially start learning alphabet together excitedly on the chalkboard (5) - {S}{L}{A}{T}{E}
21 - Fascinate an Englishman rising, missing the first hour (7) - {E}{NAM<-}{(-h)OUR}
23 - Catalyst left for the first lady outside almost at midday (6) - {L}{E{A(-t)VE}{N}
24 - It helps to check canine movements (6) - COLLAR [CD]
26 - Cares for the right ossicles (5) - {R}{EARS}
28 - Spirit is playing up in Northern Ireland (5) - GE{NI}E Playing up and Gee ?
29 - Singer is keen to go up (4) - DIVA<- )

No 9593, Friday, 24 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

NJ has gone overboard again. No point in trying to ask questions as there are too many!!!
ACROSS
 1 - One may use this as a sign of approval (6,2) - THUMBS UP [CD]
 5 - Completely neat and clean (4) - SPIC [CD]
 9 - Sufficiency to always hold out, the queen has articles packed in the last month (8) - A{DE{QU}{A}C}Y
10 - Optimistic, to set rhythm at university (6) - {U}P{BEAT}
12 - Firm is quiet about the seven officers (4) - {CO}{P}{S}
13 - Committed a livid act, he was deprived of the legal status (5,5) - CIVIL DEATH*
15 - Heavy debts managed by the woman reportedly rescued her at the last minute (5,2,3,4) - {SAVED BY THE*} {BELL}
17 - Letting go, hide men in her quilts (14) - RELINQUISHMENT*
21 - Diplomat has an Indian car (10) - AMBASSADOR [DD]
22 - Country for each and for all to see (4) - {PER}U
25 - Wise sayings of a dead sage unravelled (6) - {A}{D}AGES*}
26 - Warehouses of shops contain silver (8) - STOR{AG}ES
27 - Cooked through in London eateries (4) - DONE [T]
28 - Doctor has a doubt about the top membrane (8) - {DR}{UM}{HEAD}
DOWN
 1 - The crane is out in a dazed state (6) - {T}{RANCE*}
 2 - Finish the custom in Uttar Pradesh (3,2) - {USE} UP
 3 - Fight the common illness (4) - BOUT [DD]
 4 - Injured limp cub has to ascend (7) - UPCLIMB*
 6 - A vain hope (4,5) - PIPE DREAM [CD]
 7 - Can cover up to erase a scarred C-section (9) - C{A}{ESARE*}AN
 8 - Eye-shield in a tournament gets soft when taken in place at noon (5) - (-m+p)PATCH
11 - Firstly get items lacking the layer of gold (4) - {G}{I}{L}{T}
14 - PM’s address has a name seen as to be changed (10) - {TEN}{N}{ESSEAN*} Where is the definition in this clue?
16 - Everyone gets on to travel abroad following everybody (3,6) - {ALL} ABOARD*
18 - River in the naturalistic state (4) - URAL [T]
19 - Toy sailboat (7) - SCOOTER [DD]
20 - Being damned to be caught in an ancient city as an editor (6) - {C}{UR}S{ED}
21 - To make void (5) - ABATE [CD]
23 - Hunting dog missing the second bird (5) - (-b)EAGLE
24 - Victorian in appearance (4) - PRIM [CD]

No 9592, Thursday, 23 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

17D eludes me totally, accordingly cannot decide on 24A
ACROSS
 8 - Can Irene scan, so as to conduct the intelligence activity? (14) - RECONNAISSANCE*
 9 - Fishes swim in water regularly into it (6) - {DIP}{N}{O}{I}
10 - Note out the last-minute kind of disorders (8) - AILMENTS(-tu)*
11 - City rulers are without a man this year in South Africa (8) - {KIN(-g)}{S{HAS}A} I don't think this anno is correct
13 - Short time for the French composer to change the location (6) - {T}{RAVEL}
14 - Ruler inside is a consultant (6) - SULTAN [T]
16 - Corrected the new diet for a journalist (6) - {EDIT*}{ED}
19 - Combatant is frequently around the centre somehow missing the transaction (6) - {F}{ENCER(-t)*}
21 - He is the one to advocate the change in society (8) - REFORMER [CD]
23 - Indian head in Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is in difficulty at first not showing the containers (8) - C{I}ST{ERNS} Anno for ERNS eludes me (Addendum - {C{I}ST}{ER}{NS} - Thanks to Shyam)
24 - An ill-tempered person (6) TERROR or TARTAR [CD] (Addendum - TARTAR [CD] is the right answer)
26 - Prison is almost off in a quiet area said to somehow have an exotic plant (4,2,8) - BIRD {OF(-f)} {PARADISE} How is Bird and Prison connected, I've heard of Jailbird but...
DOWN
 1 - Grasslands have a price per unit about to rise (8) - PRA{I}{RIES*} Anno of PRA eludes me
 2 - Symbol put on a regular zinc coin (4) - {I}{C}{O}{N} [T]
 3 - From the gang, I named the heart condition (6) - ANGINA [T]
 4 - Bachelor with two hundred in the morning was first off on an island country (7) - {BA}{H}{AM}{(-w)AS}
 5 - Ten around us are not early in the day to be separated (8) - {I{S}O}{LATE}{D} S from us ?
 6 - Locate farm for the rowdy criminal (10) - MALEFACTOR*
 7 - Second animal the man will harm (6) - {S}{CAT}{HE}
12 - Overanxious for one caught in privacy (10) - SOL{I}{C}ITUDE
15 - Display the skill of the glider (8) - AIRCRAFT [CD]
17 - The German has accepted making a mistake by abandoning the stone worker (8) - D?E???E? (Addendum - D{IEMAK(-st)*}ER - Thanks to Shyam)
18 - Element used in glassware (7) - CRYSTAL [DD]
20 - Alternately resist holding fifty-one caught to bring out a solution (6) - {E}{LI}{C}{I}{T}
22 - Religious rulings partly Arafat wasted away (6) - FATWAS [T]
25 - Initial reaction is to help after a surprise attack (4) - {R}AID

No 9591, Wednesday, 22 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
 7 Cosmetic Elizabeth put on the mouth part is returned to the actor somehow leaving Cuba (8) {E}{PIL<-}{A(-c)TOR}
 9 - Written contracts that one’s left for the security force (6) - POLIC(-i)E(-s)
11 - Go down in the pitch darkness after dusk (9) - {NIGHT}{FALL}
12 - French city sheltering English girl (5) - NI{E}CE
13 - Legendary potion able to prolong life indefinitely (6) - ELIXIR [CD]
14 - Vitamin for the girl is regularly usable twice a year (8) - {BI}{ANN}{U}{A}{L}
17 - Contraceptive graph is not right inside the maid going back (9) - DIA{PHRAG*}M<- )
22 - Think tank of an intelligent person (5,3) - BRAIN BOX [CD]
23 - Worker to let out an insect (6) - BEE{TLE*}
25 - Build a den around the French animal (5) - E{LA}ND*
27 - General is back with the heads of the Other Territories in Iowa to take a note to discuss the terms (9) - {NEG<-}{OT}{IA}{TE}
28 - Fifty-one start off to go further down to avoid detection by the police (3,3) - {LI}{(-b)E LOW}
29 - Vessels with containers (8) - DREDGERS [DD]
DOWN
 1 - Wander in a leisurely way (7) - MEANDER [CD]
 2 - Traveller is single in Poland, without any hope (7) - {P{I}L}{GRIM}
 3 - Start to conduct a test for the crab’s eggs (5) - {C}{ORAL} ?
4 - ’The ….. rains out her beams, and Heaven is overflow’d’ (Shelley) (4) - MOON [CD]
 5 - It covers one escaping the law (7) - HIDEOUT [CD]
 6 - Discloses the several characters (7) - REVEALS*
 8 - Loss of personnel in a race on Rhode Island has it mounting up to mostly one (9) - {A}{TT}{RI}{TI<-}{ON(-e)}
10 - Albert and a soldier with hesitation start to sail in the port city (7) - {AL}{GI}{ER}{S}
15 - Forgotten Nigerian leader has the girl in to be formally chosen (9) - {N}{E{G}LECTED}
16 - First class characteristic to designate (7) - {A}P{POINT} ?
18 - Sis-able to resettle from the descent downwards (7) - ABSEILS*
19 - Chief worker is in rage, perhaps (7) - {MAN}{AGER*}
20 - He is the one to go away from his wife temporarily (7) - STRAYER [CD]
21 - American detective is upset, seen out in a military action (7) - {DEF<-}{ENSE*}
24 - Marketplace, in the past mostly are going up (5) - AGO{(-e)RA<-} )
26 - Day’s opening has no order for an official judgment (4) - {D}{O}{OM}

No 9590, Tuesday, 21 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
 1 - Chartered Accountant will set a new social class (5) - {CA}{SET*}
 4 - Gangsters of a group have a note reflecting us (7) - BAND{IT<-}S
10 - Appointment will accommodate an engineer back from a discussion (6) - D{EB<-}ATE
11 - Ha-ha! wait perhaps for a chieftain (8) - HIAWATHA*
13 - For some reason heartlessly buy articles on the road (2,3,3) - B(-u)Y {THE WAY}
14 - Scared before the French assistant (6) - {A}{FR}AID
16 - They get these in the way of relationships (4) - EGOS [CD]
17 - You and I like the Spanish command to be an equivocal qualification (6,4) - {WE}{AS}{EL} WORD Can thi typify NJ's CW's. New term for me.
20 - Couple of mothers around America are in charge of a lot of theatrical activity (5,5) - M{US}{IC} {DR}AMA Anno for DR not clear
21 - Disorderly outburst in a prison (4) - STIR [CD]
24 - French farewell remarks (6) - ADIEUS [CD]
26 - Object accepted in the right direction by a Football Association in Connecticut (8) - {A}{RT}{E}{FA}{CT}
28 - These rays may cause an increase in temperature (8) - INFRARED [CD]
29 - Busy to clean holding the string of the lamp (6) - CAN{D}LE*
30 - Club an assembly line (7) - ARSENAL [DD] Assembly line??
31 - Reported the sums charged at exhibitions (5) - FAIRS(~fares)
DOWN
 2 - Problem with a bird (9) - ALBATROSS [DD]
 3 - Walk unsteadily with a bag over the river (6) - TO{T}TE{R}
 5 - Enthusiastic about the Bible for one to read at the end (4) - {AV}{I}{D}
 6 - Descending cascade of water (8) - DOWNFALL [CD]
 7 - In a minute, trap a fish (5) - TETRA [T]
 8 - Edward at lunchtime, starts buying large eggs that can be eaten (6) - {ED}{I}{B}{L}{E}
 9 - Honest detectives capture a new leader of the Democrats (6) - C{A}{N}{D}ID
12 - What many can develop in their prospective jobs? (7) - CAREERS [CD]
15 - Is the poet leaving the house with seven elements? (7) - {IS}{(-h)OMER}{S}
18 - Stranger let around gets upset (9) - OUTLANDER*
19 - A small measure for you to judge is all right (8) - {A}{CC}{U}{RATE}
20 - Wrong to name an oriental as an unkind person (6) - {MEAN*}{I}{E}
22 - On the contrary, the heart is properly on the side (6) - {RATHE*}{R}
23 - Southern state has a king in this generation for nearly all in retrospect (6) - {K}{ERA}{(-l)LA<-} )
25 - Form an opinion to fine the character in hand (5) - {INFE*}{R}
27 - Deity hidden inside Varanasi (4) - DEVA [T]

No 9589, Monday, 20 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

1A is the limit!!! NJ has really gone overboard today
ACROSS
 1 - Fluffy creatures getting naked, as in a festival held annually (5,8) - SHEEP SHEARING [CD]
 8 - Player is the man at the end, determined to play without Edward (9) - {N}ETMINDER(-ed)*
 9 - Group of people are at the entrance of an organisation (5) - LOBBY [DD]
10 - Outgrowths mostly are the one’s initially troubling all swimmers (7) - {AR(-e)}{IS}{T}{A}{S}
12 - Emblem is in the box he addressed (6) - OXHEAD [T]
14 - Whip on the hanger (5) - STROP [CD]
16 - Mountaineer leaving the rope regularly on the trees (4) - SHEA(-r) why regularly? (Correction - SHE(-r-p)A - see Ramya's comments)
19 - Give full particulars of the area to the audience (4) - SITE Anno pending (Addendum - SITE(~cite) - Thanks to Bhargav)
20 - Somehow the seat for a doctor is empty before time on the ship (9) - STE{A}{MB}{O}A*{T}
21 - Six yards of material arrive in South Island (4) - S{AR}I
22 - Rise to cross the master (4) - SIRE*
25 - Article to remain on the moon (5) - {THE}{BE}
27 - Tension one would undergo during an exam? (6) - STRESS [CD]
29 - A long exciting journey (7) - ODYSSEY [CD]
32 - Ahead of the firing line (5) - FRONT [DD]
33 - They do this to the prospective candidates (9) - SHORTLIST [CD]
34 - Large mammal is in the tangent area it built (5,8) - GIANT ANTEATER*
DOWN
 2 - He left in to change the emergency number (7) - HOT{L}INE*
 3 - Journalist is in charge to mostly take a command (5) - {ED}{IC}{T(-o)}
 4 - Annoyer is unhappy at first (6) - {SAD}{IST}
 5 - Initially lacking desire to get an income (4) - (-y)EARN
 6 - Calm down the race when ten are taken in place of one hundred and fifty (5) - RELAX(-y+x)
 7 - The Rock territory (9) - GIBRALTAR [CD]
 8 - Comes closer to a partnership holding each royal leader (5) - N{EA}{R}S
11 - Features of a suspect strangely without you (7) - ASPECTS(-u)*
12 - Go against the headless cop to set before the leader of the Democrats (7) - (-c)OP{POSE}{D}
13 - They are the ones to throw a party! (5) - HOSTS [CD]
15 - Marie to design the fabric (5) - RAMIE*
17 - It may be laid in front of the fireplace (6,3) - HEARTH RUG [CD]
18 - Aides are thrown out of the way (5) - ASIDE*
23 - Motivate playing with an Oxford dreamer (7) - INSPIRE Anno pending (Addendum - INSPIRE [DD] - See Anokha's comments)
24 - Leaders eagerly giving youths physical training in the country (5) - {E}{G}{Y}{P}{T}
26 - Retire gracefully from a boxing match around Ohio on Wednesday (3,3) - B{O}{W} OUT
28 - South Africa train regularly has an evil spirit (5) - {SA}{T}{A}{N}
30 - Initially young adults try relaxing after a holy pilgrimage (5) - {Y}{A}[T}{R}{A}
31 - A quiet active girl (4) - {A}{SH}{A}

No 2542, Sunday, 19 Jul 09

ACROSS
1 - Instant credit check (4) – TICK [CD]
3 - Extra cover is broad (10) – {WIDE}{SPREAD}
9 - Legal documents, reportedly for Swiss hotelier (4) – RITZ (~writs)
10 - Unusual decoration for one equal in rank (10) – COORDINATE*
11 - Writer in car has hit gate, I suspect (6,8) – AGATHA CHRISTIE*
14 - Dance master leading a bright star (5,4) – {BOSS}{A NOVA}
16 - District surrounding neutral ground (5) – ARE{N}A
17 - Intelligent prompt (5) – READY [CD]
19 - Balance achieved by good man with talent (9) – {ST}{ABILITY}
21 - Stop working and cut out article on poltergeist (4,2,3,5) – {GIVE UP} {THE} {GHOST}
24 - Knighted conductor and geologist upset about king (5,5) – GEO{R}G SOLTI*
25 - Fish expert by mouth of Dee (4) – {D}{ACE}
26 - Know-all may get smack later (5,5) – SMART ALECK*
27 - Pole in aircraft making joke (4) – JE{S}T
DOWN
1 - Number outside a Dutch pub, the worse for wear (10) – THRE{A}{D}{BAR}E
2 - A sword made out of crystal, good for export? (7) – CUT(-g)LASS
4 - Using wedge, say, teed off in medal (4,5) – {IRON} {CROSS}
5 - Mistake made by perisher blowing top (5) - (-t)ERROR
6 - Extremely careful, father in entrance to store, stealing (11) – {PA}{IN}{S}{TAKING}
7 - Inspect burst main running into river (7) – EX{AMIN*}E
8 - Act, one way or the other (4) – DEED<- )
12 - Important person, forceful with rowing crew (11) – {HEAVY}{W}{EIGHT}
13 - A state of financial security enjoyed by a roundsman? (4,6) – EASY STREET [CD]
15 - Lacking passion, amateur, distressingly inadequate (9) – {A}{PATHETIC}
18 - State, an Australian one artist sent up (7) – {ARI<-}{ZO<-}{NA<-} )
20 - Point out one very much delayed (7) – {I}{SO}{LATE}
22 - Move stealthily, front left (5) – {PROW}{L}
23 - A long time in rummage sale (4) – AGES [T]

No 9588, Saturday, 18 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

NJ seems to be waking up to all the comments!!! Not at all places though
ACROSS
1 - Plant in the grassy area is in the second place (5,5) - GREEN {B}{ROOM}
9 - Device is inside the bonnet alongside (6) - ETALON [T] New word for me
10 - These are never sold at newsstands (4,6) - BACK ISSUES [CD]
11 - Loyal supporter removes the dry piece of clothing (6) - S(-t)ALWAR(-t)
12 - A City Council has developed roads not accepting the agreements (7) - A{C}{C}{ORDS(-a)*}
16 - Married German woman is the first to dodge the trickster (5) - FRAU{D}
17 - Sacred festival of colours, overheard (4) - HOLY(~holi)
18 - Unusual to be away for religious education (5) - {OUT}{RE}
19 - Regularly that hooker is in the lake (5) - {T}{A}{H}{O}{E}
20 - Show put up by one artist! (4) - SOLO [CD] Could be Mono as well
21 - A set of principles (5) - ETHIC [CD] I always thought it was ethics
22 - A ballroom dance (7) - FOXTROT [CD]
27 - Old boy is around to sit out for a musician (6) - {OB}{O}{IST*} can also be {OB}{O{IS}T}
29 - Severe scolding for the rapid gun fired at two (10) - UP{B}RA{I}DING* Second I appears from where?
30 - Preferred buddy holding the tree (6) - REDBUD [T]
31 - It’s an extra sheet in an examination (10) - SUPPLEMENT [CD]
DOWN
2 - Almost all following the soldiers are genuine (4) - {RE}{AL(-l)}
3 - Polar resident is at ease initially keeping inside most objects (6) - {ES}{K}{I}{M}{O}
4 - America in debt perhaps may get damaged (6) - B{US}TED*
5 - Seed you love to distribute (5) - OV{U}LE*
6 - Dirty dining room at the end of the day (5) - MESS{Y}
7 - Articles in her wallet are set to be used throughout the year (3-7) - ALL WE{A}THER* Doesn't 'Article in her wallet is set to be used throughout the year' sound better?
8 - It is a ‘must’ in every recipe! (10) - INGREDIENT [CD]
12 - Overtired sounding to be honest (5,5) - ABOVE BOARD (~bored)
13 - Crowds at High Court create slogans (10) - CATCHWORDS*
14 - Host somehow holds the loop of a new branch (5) - SHO{O}T*
15 - Being reserved, gangster gets no love from a female (5) - {AL}{O}{O}{F}
23 - Appeal to be available when requested (2,4) - ON CALL [CD]
24 - Horse-drawn carriage (6) - TANDEM [CD]
25 - Fasteners on horses (5) - STUDS [DD]
26 - A question arose for an American man in the bar going up (3,2) - BO{B UP<-} )
28 - Clean inside in a short while (4) - AN{ON} AN from ?

No 9587, Friday, 17 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

DOUBLE, TRIPLE ..... and so on YECH!!!!
ACROSS
4 - Happen to see Chan somehow held by a worker (8) - BE{C}{HANC*}E
8 - Dalit leader in Uttar Pradesh has left the former house (6) - {D}{UP}{L}{EX}
9 - Stripped to the minimum? (10) - THREADBARE [CD]
10 - Remove water from a boat’s package, overheard (4) - BAIL(~bale)
11 - Scratch the top of the box to see the money charged (4) - (-c)RATE
13 - The French talk too much of the small lake (6) - {LA}{GO}{ON}
15 - Such a system to help one in crisis (7) - SUPPORT [CD]
17 - Layman overheard railway spies to the left (4) - {L}{AIC<-} )
18 - It is back to the statesman (4) - {TI<-}{TO}
19 - Abandoned young one in the morning on the track of a school (7) - ACADEMY Anno pending
21 - Hand the leper out to the worker (6) - {H}{ELPER*}
22 - Covering for the rain cap and spectacles of a woman (4) - {R}{OO}{F}
25 - Decrease the curtain length (4) - CROP [CD]
26 - Scotsman initially orders girl and mother outside America having one mate (10) - MON{O}{G}{A}{M}{O}{US} MON and Scotsman?
27 - The German follows the number on the boat (6) - {TEN}{DER}
28 - Supports the sailor in a deceitful manner (8) - {BACKS}T{AB}
DOWN
1 - Abode made of earthen brick (5) - ADOBE*
2 - Statue of a mysterious person (6) - SPHINX [DD]
3 - Add that bit of flavour! (5) - EXTRA [DD]
4 - Push one’s way into the boat (5) - BARGE [DD]
5 - Flower arrangement for the boy is left to an alien (7) - {CHAP}{L}{ET}
6 - Double-talk with uncertainty (9) - AMBIGUITY [CD]
7 - Top artist is new in the fundamental business group (9) - CORPO{RA}TE Anno eludes me
12 - Very important person is in charge of the subject (5) - {TOP}{IC}
14 - Nearly seconds before, Royal Challengers left in time for a film in the Spanish city (9) - BA{RC}{E{L}ON}{A} Annotation of BA beats me
15 - Put down the bit in an album (9) - {SCRAP}{BOOK}
16 - Rao captures the princess with a device (5) - RA{DI}O
19 - Side by side, a bear is out on the street (7) - A{BREA*}ST
20 - Bachelor is around the zigzag road in the city (6) - B{AROD*}A
22 - It’s a diamond, in short (5) - RHOMB [CD]
23 - Not beginning to cook in the seven kilns (5) - (-r)OASTS Why seven?
24 - Extra spear is functional (5) - SPARE*

No 9586, Thursday, 16 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

YECH!!! will be an understatement for this one. Please don't ask me for any explanation for some of the answers, as I don't have them!!!!
ACROSS
1 - Principal element (4) - LEAD [DD]
9 - Cocktail gent has mixed as fast as possible (7,3,5) - AGAINST THE CLOCK*
10 - Lacking taste from the puff lately (4) - FLAT [T]
11 - Fast arab turns back even to upwind (5) - {RAP<-}ID Anno pending (Addendum - {RA<-}{P}{I}{D} Thanks to Anokha - see comments)
12 - Heartless Roy is holding you and the black stone (4) - R(-o){U}{B}Y
13 - Politician is following the case somehow leaving Edward with the naughty child (5) - SCA(-e)*{MP}
14 - Long trips taken by sea explorers! (7) - VOYAGES [CD]
16 - Birds irritate the calf in the capital of Sri Lanka (7) - FALC*{ON}{S}
18 - Sound to disturb the development stage (5) - PHASE ? (Addendum - PHASE(~faze) Thanks to Anokha)
22 - Race around area of land (4) - ACRE*
23 - Roll dice to host a party (5) - THROW [DD]
24 - After midnight, it is all right to go out of control (4) - {AM}{OK}
25 - A cut above the basic is mandatory at first for the spirit world (15) - {SUPER}{NATURAL}{IS}{M}
26 - First to dye the beard after sunset (4) - {D}{AWN} This must be a first if Dawn comes after sunset and I suppose the sun will rise in the west!!!!
DOWN
2 - With hesitation, I and the saint are in charge of the debater (7) - {ER}{I}{ST}{IC} New word for me
3 - Start to dodge one second crook endlessly for the money the man is picking out (14) - {D}{I}{S}{CRIMINA(-l)}TING
4 - Quick to barge in Leeds every second (5) - AGILE [T]
5 - Finishes the card game (5) - STOPS [DD]
6 - Mummy holding the red hot owl gone off to sleep soundly (4,2,3,5) - DEAD TO THE WORLD Poor mummy
7 - Initially good looks often require immense approval from a girl (6) - {G}{L}{O}{R}{I}{A} [T]
8 - Infection disturbs the basic beast regularly (7) - SCABI*{ES}
15 - Mediator’s job? (5,2) - PATCH UP [CD]
17 - Intelligent class the lady will start to rule (6) - {CL}{EVE}{R}
19 - Samajwadi leader has a structure opening in the direction of the bird (7) - {S}{WALL}{O}{W}
20 - Brother cooks the hot liquid (5) - {BR}{OTH}
21 - Unpleasant woman buried in a poor setting (5) - {W}ORSE Reminds me of the recent debate on one of Neyartha's clues resulting in DOLCE

No 9585, Wednesday, 15 Jul 09, Nita Jaggi

Here we go with 10 days of wild guesses and ??? at times. I am sure today's four letter words will throw up some wild guesses
ACROSS
2 - Person in charge lacks the right to oversee (6) - MANAGE(-r)
7 - Soldier has a standard bomb (4) - {PAR}{A}
9 - Emperor is the country head in Zaire holding an adult (4) - {C}{Z{A}R}
10 - It appears twice as much in numbers (6,7) - DOUBLE FIGURES [CD]
12 - Built a lab in a country (7) - ALBANIA*
13 - Damage the car air pipe regularly of the French (7) - {C}{R}{I}{P}{P}{LE}
15 - Language spoken in a municipality (4) - PALI [T]
17 - Make a mess of the dish inside the edges of a shell (5) - S{POI}L
18 - Engineers on the ship to pay tax (4) - CE{SS}
19 - Building material for the signboard (7) - SHINGLE [DD]
21 - Key worn by mistake in an American state (3,4) - NEW YORK*
23 - Quiet workers to almost follow the tables one has corrected in an organisation (13) - {ESTABL*}{I}{SH}{MEN}{T(-o)}
27 - A narrow promontory (4) - BILL [CD]
28 - I am back touching the thick mud (4) - {MI<-}{RE}
29 - Prevents the animals swallowing the bone (6) - DE{T}ERS
DOWN
1 - Start to support a new boy coming up with the shoe (6) - {S}{A}{N}{DAL<-} )
2 - Passing the tenth without the three spotted markings (10) - MA(-tri)CULATION
3 - Empty set? (4) - NULL [CD]
4 - Game in the oil-producing countries gets around when taken for the upper class (4) - G(-u+o)OLF
5 - Place ready displaying the shrub (4) - ACER [T]
6 - Places us around the spacecrafts (8) - CAPSULES*
8 - Player in an enclosure on the road (5) - CAGE{R}
11 - Learning aid given in a textbook (7) - EXAMPLE [CD]
13 - Head cashier somehow lets in the customers (7) - {C}{LIENTS*}
14 - Chap to construct a yard with difficulty to measure the Southern elephants (10) - {PACH*}{YDERM}{S} YD is Yard and EM is measure where did R come from? Unless YRD has been taken as abvn of Yard.
16 - Allow in to hit a hundred crazy to be fit (8) - ATH{LET}I*{C}
20 - Sign for the politician to arrive back (5) - LIB{RA<-} )
22 - Step down from one’s position at the age of 58? (6) - RETIRE [CD]
24 - Not starting even at this time to prepare the land for crops (4) - (-un)TILL (Correction - (-s)TILL)
25 - Lied about not being busy (4) - IDLE*
26 - Animal hidden in the bush area (4) - HARE [T]