Saturday 15 May 2010

No 9843, Saturday 15 May 10, Nita Jaggi

Back after a holiday at Kolkatta, and a big SIGH of relief to see the last of NJ for the next three weeks.
ACROSS
1   - Scruffy Frenchman in derelict surroundings (7) - UNKE{M}PT
5   - One may cough up this thing (6) - PHLEGM [E]
10 - It can be self-addressed and sealed (8) - ENVELOPE [CD]
11 - Head priest had to turn back the screen (6) - {P}UR{DAH<-} Where did UR come from (Addendum - {P{U}R}{DAH<-} - Thanks to Kishore)

13 - Undoubtedly there is a small ancient city in the East (4) - {S}{UR}{E}
14 - Speed up the car mostly in reverse to have fun out on the beach front (10) - {rAC<-}{CELEbRATE}
16 - Generally the leader is in to grade the sharpness of the knife (6) - DA{G}GER*
18 - Even swan in the river is stuck in severe rainfall (8) - {DO{W}{N}{PO}UR}
21 - Language in the tea state is first spoken in with ease (8) - {ASSAM}{E{S}E}
22 - A tax levied initially to overcharge trade leaders for nothing in Italy (6) - {O}{C}{TR}{O}{I}
25 - Work with the curator for an accountant (10) - {BOOK}{KEEPER}
27 - Refuse the breakfast cereal (4) - BRAN [DD]
30 - I notice the tailless hooter in the wet land (6) - {ME}{AD}{OWl}
31 - Device in gyms ultimately is for the instructor (8) - {S}{TRAINER}
32 - Call for the French darner (6) - {NEED}{LE}
33 - Particular Monsieur indeed (7) - DE{SIR}ED
DOWN
2   - Certainly not even once the priest turns up (5) - {N}{E}{VER<-}
3   - They are slippery at the tip off the stilettoes (4) - hEELS
4   - Father will see the end of the dynasty of government in the Roman Catholic Church (6) - {PAPA}{C}{Y}
6   - Target a theatre (5) - HOUSE [DD]
7   - A duo never tries to do hard work (9) - ENDEAVOUR*
8   - He smears most of the masala on the fish (7) - MAHSEERs*

9   - Tansen's education derived by pure instinct (6) - SENSED [T]
12 - Wild lemon fruit (5) - MELON*

15 - Foreigner deletes one virus (4) -  GERMan
17 - Georgia has a second chance to show off (9) - {GA}{SCONADE*} New word for me.
19 - Small cut in the round cake is odd (4) - {NI<-}{C}{K}
20 - At the same time our man finally receives the cricket trophy (5) - {AS}{HE}{S}

21 - White disc in French (7) - ALBUMEN [CD]
23 - Overlook one dangerous goon leaving Ohio again (6) - {I}{GNOo}{RE}
24 - Chemical element has spirit overheard (6) - METTLE (~metal) This should have been 'Spirit has chemical element overheard'
26 - Heartlessly Ken is in the college on the hill (5) - {KeN}{OLL} How is OLL extracted ?
28 - Parameters of the grassland (5) - RANGE [DD]
29 - Leaders delighted after having Indian curd (4) - {D{A}{H}{I}

GRID

12 comments:

  1. Hi
    Once Burqa and now purdah. France wouldn’t approve! Phlegm reminded of Achmed.

    11a head priest=PR+turn=U,HAD

    Missed on 17d, same doubt on 26d

    Off for a week. Leave you with a delightful clue from Jeffrey Archer’s ‘Shall we tell the President’:
    Gathering of those in favour of buccaneering (10)

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  2. Good morning folks:

    1A - nice clue.

    14A - brought a smile.

    21A - Poor clue, made me recall the BENGAL-BENGALI discussion here.

    33A - Can Monsieur ( = 'Mister' in French) be equivalent of SIR? Poetic licence...

    8D - a cute clue.

    12D - Liked this.

    17D - GASCONADE - this flashed at once, having used it in a humour piece recently after a Google search. The intention was to play a pun with GAS.

    26A - Same doubt about OLL from college.

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  3. 22A - OCTROI

    Deepak, you may have recalled the forced stopovers we used to have at city entrances ('octroi gates').

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  4. 30A wet land is actually a wet meadow

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  5. Puzzling over whether (I mean 'weather'?) this is English/American/Indian, and trying out possible misspellings is not my idea of a fun puzzle.

    Looking forward to Monday!

    NB (yeah, throw in French as well)- From a recent English Whirled Wide video clip: We should all lurn to right like that, shouldn't I?

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  6. I just didn't get 6 DN. target = house = theatre? Can someone throw some light?

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  7. @ LNS - It's all guesswork or imagination being stretched. Target of a movie exhibitor or theatre person is a (full) HOUSE. ;-)

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  8. LNS,

    6D: I think it's to do with curling (the sport). The target there is called "house."

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  9. LNS @ 9:04,
    I only know that if the House threw Light it would be classified a lighthouse ;-)

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  10. Richard, VJ and COL: So I wasn't the only one.

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  11. It's the 'muddy old hat' syndrome in action.

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  12. lol yea, the "muddy old hat" thingy still remains a mystery.

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