No 9712, Saturday 12 Dec 09, Nita Jaggi

Posting from Coimbatore. Foxed by 16A and 2D
ACROSS
1 - Success heartlessly led an economist to initially supervise the artisans (10) - {GO}{L(-e)D}{SMITH}{S}
9 - His poetry pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (6) - TAGORE [CD]
10 - Worker is near the north pole of the continent (10) - {ANT}{ARCTIC}A Last A from?
11 - Reported of respiratory trouble in the chest (6) - (~cough){COFF}{IN} Nice clue
12 - King is near, not before the student (7) - {LEAR}NER Anno for NER not clear
16 - Sound a cold greeting to the Romans turning back (5) - ??I?P (Addendum - {C}{HI}{RP<-} - See Sembhayya's comments)
17 - Deity I would turn to in the capital of the Netherlands (4) - {ID}{U}{N}
18 - Model of a stupid person (5) - DUMBO ? (Correction - DUMMY [DD] - See Sandhya's comments)
19 - To feel sad for a second, in the old city at noon (5) - {MO}{UR}{N}
20 - It may be widespread when lit! (4) - FIRE [CD]
21 - Suffering from genuine unlimited boredom (5) - (-g)ENNUI(-e)*
22 - It may be used to reactivate the computer’s memory! (7) - REFRESH [CD]
27 - Degree of mineral in the stone (6) - {BA}{SALT}
29 - Discussion of the relay meet at the end of the day is in the primary school (10) - ELEME{N}TARY* N meaning night as end of day??
30 - Make a credit note in the end, to be accepted at half rate (6) - {CR}EA{TE} Anno for EA not clear (Addendum - {CR}{E}{A}{(-ra)TE} - See Sandhya's comments)
31 - Cheese for the French is red hot in the morning for the pop group going west (10) - {LE}{ERD*}{AM}{MER<-} )
DOWN
2 - Cry about hiding one of Mozart’s works (4) - O?N? (Addendum - OINK - See Richard's comments)
3 - Possibly lead the queen to the trader (6) - {DEAL*}{ER}
4 - Printing error in the PC by a painter extremely insane (6) - {MAC}KLE Anno not clear
5 - The upper joint of the leg of a fowl (5) - THIGH [DD]
6 - An orderly pile of a bit of toys is in the bag (5) - S{T}ACK
7 - True offer I negotiate for the loss of rights (10) - FORFEITURE*
8 - Spend little money on the writing implement in New York, if necessary (5,5) - {PEN}{NY} PINCH
12 - Boy is on the bed rack supporting the chair (6-4) - {LAD}DER-BACK*

13 - Give out the notice of the politician (10) - {AD}{MINISTER}
14 - Hard structure of the fish (5) - {RIG}ID Anno pending
15 - Unusual for the upper class not to be in line with the Republican (5) - {QUE(-u)E)}{R}
23 - Reach out anyhow to the next editor (6) - E{XTEN*}D
24 - Movement of the heart that may be fast or slow? (6) - RHYTHM [CD]
25 - Said to rob the knife sharpener (5) - STEEL (~steal)
26 - Subject of the song is out before an audience ultimately (5) - {THEM}{E}
28 - Not paid regularly for tea in the East (4) - {F}{R}{E}{E}


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