Thursday, 24 February 2011

No 10086, Thursday 24 Feb 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
2   - Kind of surgery by this mountain spot (6) - {BY}{PASS}
7   - Choose out the first corner point on the main road (4) - {PIcK}{E}
9   - Lay off one Democratic head of the French (4) - {I}{D}{LE}
10 - Some things secondary in the mind, maybe (5,8) - AFTER THOUGHTS [CD]
12 - Pass on the rest after December, shortly (7) - {DEC}{EASE}
13 - Austere partisan is disturbed leaving an island (7) - SPARTANi*
15 - Placed back the clock face (4) - DIAL <-
17 - Name the following room designed for the fool (5) - {MORO*}{N}
18 - Want a new oriental editor (4) - {N}{E}{ED}
19 - Soccer leaders have an expert to bring in a new one who gets high (7) - {SOccer}{PR{A}{N}O} I pity the Soprano who gets high!!
21 - Very important legendary archer is popular in Germany (7) - {TELL}{IN}{G}
23 - It maybe difficult to maintain this one animal (5,8) - WHITE ELEPHANT [CD]
27 - Furs are a part of the stellar bear (4) - URSA [T]
28 - Initial exercise of training every leader with the fencing blade (4) - {E}{PE}{E}
29 - Fly catcher that frightens Miss Muffet (6) - SPIDER [CD]
DOWN
1   - An illusion of the old space station in gray (6) - {MIR}{AGE} My COD
2   - An author's success is based on these large numbers (10) - BESTSELLER [CD] Should have been 'large numbers of these'
3   - Landing place on the funeral fire, overheard (4) - PIER(~pyre) I don't think this homophone is correct, maybe correct in hinglish.
4   - Turban wearer is back with the Khalistani leaders (4) - {SI<-}{KH}
5   - Half the shop follows the line first written on this kind of list (4) - {W}{I}{SHop}
6   - Moves quietly out with the French dancers finally to notice each foremost dancing step (8) - {GLIdeS}{S}{AD}{E}
8   - Soundly defeat the most tough middle politician (5) - {THe}{U}{MP}

SEE THIS CARTOON

11 - Pile lot of colours for another artist (7) - TIEPOLO*
13 - Cost to somehow secure the terrier (7) - {SCOT*}{TIE}
14 - Most important visible performer in a circus (4,6) - RING LEADER [CD] I thought it was 'Ring Master' !!
16 - I own rare pieces of metal goods (8) - IRONWARE* Can also be an &lit
20 - Family girl is back in the English church (5) - {NI<-}{E}{CE} 
22 - Go on the new tip-off the mat with Lawrence in the rear at last (6) - {N}{mAT}{TE}{R}
24 - I fled to Persia, today (4) - {I}{RAN}
25 - Kind of sugar pulp left back around midday (4) - {pLU{M}P<-} How is midday 'M' ?
26 - Empty money in the small lake (4) - POuND

GRID


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  1. Deepak Gopinath24 February 2011 at 11:03

    Blogger did it again today:-(. I hadscheduled this to be published at 8:30 as usual and left home at 8:15 so could not chech if it appeared at 8:30. Came back at 11:00 and found that it had not been published.
    Sorry for the delay.

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  2. Anonymous24 February 2011 at 11:13

    BLTN.

    13d reminded of CV ;-)

    22d of Nita's NATTER.

    He might be poplular in Germany, but my memory says Tell was Swiss.

    GLISSADE reminded of the similar words glissando and glissandi, the latter recently starred in Shyam's CW.

    MORON is literally the centre of attraction !

    All other doubts expressed by DG echoed.

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  3. Chaturvasi24 February 2011 at 11:23

    Kishore said: 13d reminded of CV ;-)

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    That is his way of calling CV a dog!

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  4. Navneeth24 February 2011 at 11:27

    11D Pile lot does not actually form TIEPOLO.

    25D What's the deletion indicator for P?

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  5. Deepak Gopinath24 February 2011 at 11:42

    Navneeth,

    For 11D only NJ can provide the answer

    25D
    Kind of sugar = Definition = {(-p)LU{M}P<-}
    pulp = PULP
    left back = Indicator to delete P = PUL(-p)
    back is doubling as reversal indicator also
    pulp left back = {(-p)LUP}
    around = Indicator for encircling M
    midday = M (Don't ask me how though)

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  6. Shyam24 February 2011 at 11:45

    Hi Col

    Midday = M = Meridiem :)

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  7. Navneeth24 February 2011 at 11:55

    Thanks, Col. and Shyam.

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  8. Padmanabhan24 February 2011 at 12:01

    M-merediem-meeting point of am 7 pm?

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  9. Padmanabhan24 February 2011 at 12:02

    Sorry-It was '&'-not 7

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  10. Padmanabhan24 February 2011 at 12:04

    I was remindedof an old Alphabetical conundrum which says-"A is like noon because it is in the middle of day.

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  11. Chaturvasi24 February 2011 at 12:21

    Kishore said: 13d reminded of CV ;-)

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    That is his way of calling CV a dog!

    The breed is Setter!

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  12. Anonymous24 February 2011 at 13:17

    CV: Now that you cottonned on to my wink, I will add 13a also reminded me of you.

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  13. Anonymous24 February 2011 at 13:25

    As an AFTER THOUGHT may I add that Scottie is usually used for a Scottish Terrier, a la Buster owned by Frederick Algernon Trotteville, whereas Scottish setter is quite a different kettle of fish ;-)

    http://www.furrycritter.com/resources/dogs/Scottish_Setter.htm

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  14. Deepak Gopinath24 February 2011 at 13:29

    Scottie is also seen with Tintin and not to forget B & W ....

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  15. Anonymous24 February 2011 at 13:38

    In B&W, however, we start seeing double before we imbibe, tho' not same colour.

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  16. Anonymous24 February 2011 at 14:42

    And how could I forget the dog Bartholomew with whom Bertie Wooster has had encounters at Totliegh Towers.

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  17. Padmanabhan24 February 2011 at 15:48

    Thank you Kishore for bringing to mind the exploits of Bertie Wooster.Great times all of us would have had laughing out lod!!

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  18. Padmanabhan24 February 2011 at 15:49

    sorry,loud.

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  19. muthaiah24 February 2011 at 17:09

    11dn - pile + too(for lot of - too much)
    Yeppudee?
    25dn - How lump of sugar is a kind of sugar?

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