Monday, 24 January 2011

No 10059, Monday 24 Jan 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
1   - Parting word to declare about an artist (8) - {SAY}{ON}{A}{RA} Give me 'an' 'a' ...
5   - Appeal to some cop leaders (4) - PLEA [T]
9   - Report that a snow leopard is following the girl (8) - {ANN}{OUNCE}
10 - Shocked Turkish official is initially silenced today (6) - {AGHA}{S}{T}
THC solvers these days
12 - Cling-on the pocket particles (4) - LINT [CD]
13 - Sandwiches at the German port for the king in the first ship (10) - {HAMBURG}{ER}{S}
15 - Same patriotic men kind of leave it with arrogance (4,9) - {SELF} {IMPORTANCEit*} Self is same ?
17 - Cinderella's love interest (6,8) - PRINCE CHARMING [E]

SEE THIS CARTOON

21 - Part of the water cycle that disappears (10) - EVAPORATES [DD]
22 - Fade out like Beethoven (4) - DEAF*
25 - Parent gets cut up by surgeon's saw (6) - TREPAN*
26 - Suppress the way soldiers are at the tip off a viewpoint (8) - {ST}{RA}{aNGLE}
27 - Recover the boot part, overheard (4) - HEAL(~heel)
28 - Weapon supply meant for restoration (8) - {ARM}{AMENT*}
DOWN
1   - Important way inside the megaplex (6) - {ST}{APLE} How do we decide to take only APLE from megaplex?
2   - Lost anyone in this Chinese city (5) - YANANe* by lost I presume 'e' is to be deleted from anyone, but how does the 'o' become an 'a'?
3   - It may be common or abstract? (4) - NOUN [CD]
4   - Get back the short recipe for the French, one master (7) - {REC}{LA}{I}{M}
6   - Exponents of mathematics (10) - LOGARITHMS [CD]
7   - A discussion among men of the Trojan war king (9) - {A}{GAMEMNON*} My COD
8   - Sees people to set back a deadline initially (5) - {D}{A}{TES}<-
11 - Insurance broker is trapped in the Spanish river (4) - EBRO [T]
14 - African character is outside with the maiden and a lawyer, a female enthusiast (10) - {AFrIC{IO}NA*}{DA} Anno pending
16 - Virgin queen of England (9) - ELIZABETH [E]
18 - Friend goes up to the comedian in front to show some appreciation (4) - {C}{LAP<-}
19 - A risk taker is a partner-in-crime (7) - {A}{BETTOR}
20 - Overcome an attack (6) - AFFECT [DD]
21 - Taken in each evening hour (5) - {EA}{TEN}
23 - Bird dog is not black (5) - bEAGLE
24 - Old man is a bit active in an art movement (4) - {DAD}{A}

GRID


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18 comments:

  1. Anonymous24 January 2011 at 08:34

    Hi
    A much better CW today I think. Some disputable ones, but smaller in number, and hence I think I can finally rate one in the current series as ‘Good’. A good European mix (Greek, French, German, Spanish, England, Turkey) with some Chinese and African stuff added to it, compared to the turkeys we got in the last few days.
    I think that this change may not be a part of the prospect held out by Abhay, given the time frame. However, we are yet to see the clue clarification part, which I feel can start early. Or was all that just a manifesto to go the way of all our political manifestos. I hope it is not a fata morgana.
    My COD is HAMBURGERS, mainly for bringing a smile on my face remembering The Pink Panther

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  2. Anonymous24 January 2011 at 08:36

    14 - African character is outside with the maiden and a lawyer, a female enthusiast (10) - {AF(-r)IC{IO}NA*}{DA} Anno pending

    Your anno seems fine.

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  3. Deepak Gopinath24 January 2011 at 08:38

    That remark was put in initially when I did not have the anno, forgot to delete it when the anno dawned on me.

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  4. SandhyaP24 January 2011 at 08:41

    Love the solvers pic :)

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  5. Anonymous24 January 2011 at 08:42

    I finally voted satisfactory. Some more improvement and I shall vote good.

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  6. Anonymous24 January 2011 at 08:43

    Aha, Deepak, that is when the motive to trepan and strangle possibly evaporates.

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  7. Hari24 January 2011 at 09:34

    So Kishore: Did you rate it as Good(8:34) or Satisfactory(8:42)?!? :)

    I echo your thoughts. Probably the best NJ set in this series. Lots of new words(especially, geographic) that needed google confirmation.

    I rated today as Good. Got everything except 1D, and 2D. Funny thing here... I searched for old chinese cities, and got YINXU... old Chinese capital of Shanghai province. Assuming there was no way that we could have 2 Chinese cities with 1st and 3rd letter Y and N resp, I assumed it had to be this... and figured LINT must be wrong! :) 1D being lost on me.. didn't help! :)

    Anyway... all in all, a good effort.

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  8. Hari24 January 2011 at 09:37

    by the way... I had 24D as NANA ... not DADA.

    NANA is an old man, and is contained in ..."iN AN Art ...)

    However, looks like Col's anno is better...

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  9. Hari24 January 2011 at 09:39

    Also... as a DAD myself, I take offence to being called an Old Man!!! haha!

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  10. Hari24 January 2011 at 09:43

    For SAYONARA...

    I figured it's
    SAY - declare
    O - about (god knows how... maybe 'cos its "round"about?!?)
    AN - an
    RA - artist

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  11. Unknown24 January 2011 at 13:00

    Could 2D be: Lost any + one? {YAN*}{AN}

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  12. Hari24 January 2011 at 13:18

    @ Kiran 13:00 - Hmm... not typical crosswording style, but knowing the current setter, it's quite possible. Good guess! :)

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  13. VMA Nair24 January 2011 at 13:45

    Hari @ 9.43
    Missing reversal indicator for "AN" with that anno.

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  14. jaggu24 January 2011 at 18:52

    Any oldies remember the "Love In Tokyo" song
    " Sayonara, Sayonara Waada Nibhaungi Sayonara"sung by Lata Mangeshkar?

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  15. Anonymous24 January 2011 at 19:19

    Of course, Asha Parekh and Joy Mukherjee...

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  16. Venkatesh24 January 2011 at 20:06

    Here is the link to this lovely song:
    http://ww.smashits.com/love-in-tokyo/sayonara-sayonara/song-10230.html

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  17. Venkatesh24 January 2011 at 20:16

    24D DADA
    Dada art was a movement that took place during the First World War, when artists in New York, Zurich and Munich questioned the very meaning of art by displaying crude or simple objects as fine art.

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  18. Deepak Gopinath24 January 2011 at 21:41

    Venkatesh,
    These details and more are available against the word DADA in the main post.

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