Tuesday, 25 January 2011

No 10060, Tuesday 25 Jan 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
8   - Infuriate one behind the wheel mostly as the characters all threw up outside (5,2,3,4) - {DRIVEr} {UP THE WALLr*}
9   - You hold the big lab vessel (6) - {AMP{U}LE}
10 - You left it back to the partner at the end (8) - {U}{L}{TI<-}{MATE}
11 - Problem that may be hard to solve (8) - BAFFLING [CD]
13 - Caught an officer not in charge of the chest (6) - {C}{OFFicER}
14 - The prophet is the first to enter the jail premises in Hungary (6) - {E}{LIJA*}{H} What's the AInd for JAIL?
16 - Kind of swelling resulting in lameness (6) - SPAVIN [E] Had to Google this
19 - Mostly the best are in turn to be first coming for an outing (6) - {PICk}{NI<-}{C}
21 - Nice caricatures have been drawn without the sir (8) - ACCURATEsir*
23 - Like some curtains set, lads decide to cover the entrance finally (8) - {TASSEL{E}D*}
24 - It's extracted in good condition in this new state (6) - {ORE}{G}{O}N} What condition is 'O' ? (Addendum - {ORE}{GO}{N} - See comments)
26 - Having little importance for a popular show if one can challenge it with determination (14) - {IN}{SIGN}{IF}{I}{CAN}{C}{E} My COD
DOWN
1   - Alas! Dame orders for water (5,3) - ADAMS ALE*
2   - Graphics file format is universal in this Japanese city (4) - {GIF}{U}
3   - You people are a bit interested in the Sana native (6) - {YE}{MEN}{I}
4   - Son in Poland will encourage an act of spending money extravagantly (7) - {S}{PL}{URGE}
5   - Like snow, a top wave (8) - WHITECAP [DD]
6   - Kind of disease in the south where few revamp the settlements (5,5) - {S}{WAMP FEVER*}
7   - Note the following area map of the Nebraska river (6) - {PLAT}{TE} 
12 - Comfortable association between two individuals (10) - FRIENDSHIP [CD] Why only two?
15 - Kiwi city (8) - AUCKLAND [E]
17 - Get in or release the new gas in the air (8) - {NITROGE*}{N}
18 - Military leader will regularly guard an American lawyer if sent up (7) - {G}{A}{D}{DA}{FI<-}
20 - Sumerian earth goddess is popular with the girl (6) - {IN}{ANNA}
22 - Cry of dismay following the king in position (6) - {CR}{OUCH}
25 - Bird is in danger nearby (4) - ERNE [T]

GRID


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18 comments:

  1. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 08:32

    Hi
    GIF-U required Google confirmation and IN-ANNA a roster of goddesses. Cheated on SPAVIN, I ain’t no equestrian expert nor Alf Wight. A Tamil song talked of ‘muLagada ship’for 12d.

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  2. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 08:34

    That was Mustapha from Kadhal Desam

    'Muzhagaada shippae friendship...'

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  3. Deepak Gopinath25 January 2011 at 08:35

    Finally a good offering to end this round

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  4. Bhavan25 January 2011 at 08:40

    It was a good puzzle today I thought with a few surfaces being best in the current run. My COD is 7D.

    24 - It's extracted in good condition in this new state (6) - {ORE}{G}{O}N} What condition is 'O' ?

    I thought it was GO for good condition as an adj. Like the systems are a go.

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  5. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 08:42

    16 - Kind of swelling resulting in lameness (6) - SPAVIN [E] Had to Google this

    I am sure most of us would not have heard of this one. And worse, when it comes as a non cryptic clue, it becomes a pure GK clue. Suppose it had been clued as

    Victor in Spain gets swelling (6) or something like that, then the wordplay could lead the solver to the comparatively unknown disease (at least to lay persons).

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  6. Bhavan25 January 2011 at 08:45

    @Kishore 08.42 : Completely agree. When introducing a not so common word in the grid, a word play clue + crossings go a long way in deducing it.

    I prefer to do that and use google for confirmation rather than having to paste the clue in and see what it turns up.

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  7. Deepak Gopinath25 January 2011 at 08:49

    15D was too easy once the crossings were in, so let's try to set a cryptic clue for AUCKLAND, one entry per head, no competition just to pass time.

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  8. Suresh25 January 2011 at 09:53

    Enjoyable crossword except for some E clues like 11A and 12D. Few new words which I will read and forget like spavin and inanna

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  9. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 10:54

    Australian Calvin Klein territory in New Zealand ? (8)

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  10. mathu's memoirs25 January 2011 at 11:14

    Territory followed a duck lost its head to a kiwi city.

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  11. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 12:36

    24 - It's extracted in good condition in this new state (6) - {ORE}{G}{O}N} What condition is 'O' ?

    Hi .. I'm a beginner at cryptics. I had a doubt - For the clue above, aren't there too many "in"s that could be (should be) construed as part of the cryptic clue?

    Also, Son *in* Poland will encourage an act of spending money extravagantly (7)

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  12. Anonymous25 January 2011 at 12:59

    24 - It's extracted in good condition *in* this new state (6) - {ORE}{G}{O}N} What condition is 'O' ?

    Also in 4d

    I'm a beginner at cryptics. Doesn't the "in" that is used as a part of the cryptic definitions mislead? Is it meant to?

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  13. muthaiah25 January 2011 at 13:28

    24 Ac. good condition - gives G for good and O for condition(O for order as in good order)

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  14. Deepak Gopinath25 January 2011 at 16:53

    Muthaiah,
    Regarding GO see Bhavan's explanation at 8:40

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  15. Deepak Gopinath25 January 2011 at 16:54

    CRC,
    Most of the in's are for the surface reading

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  16. Padmanabhan25 January 2011 at 19:31

    Auckland-one needs potluck and an article to get this New Zealand city.

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  17. Padmanabhan25 January 2011 at 19:32

    It should read'pot-luck'

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  18. Deepak Gopinath25 January 2011 at 19:54

    Sounds like a bird has property in a city down under

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