Wednesday, 2 March 2011

No 10091, Wednesday 02 Mar 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
8   - Fulfilling the needs of one's own desires, maybe (4,10) - SELF INDULGENCE [CD]
9   - Makes copies of the furnaces (6) - FORGES [DD]
10 - Kind of an open letter (8) - POSTCARD [CD]
11 - Soundly support the following team in an army jail (8) - {STOCK}{ADE}(~aid)
13 - Murphy's first small circular current of liquids (6) - {EDDIE}{S}
14 - Universal brand displayed in an African city (6) - {D{U}RBAN*}
16 - God of the Nile has no English title in Iceland (6) - {O}{SIR}{IS}
19 - Girl applies lip solvent (6) - {MEG}{ILP*}
21 - Storage vessels have top removed of the moth repellent for odd apes (8) - {cAMPHOR}{ApEs}
23 - Not a duplicate one (8) - ORIGINAL [E]
24 - Intrude upon popular Dave is shocking (6) - {IN}{VADE*}
26 - Not good enough for settling us in at the small foundry (14) - {UNSATI*}{S}{FACTORY}
DOWN
1   - Protected the key letters of a plan to read out at midday (8) - {ESC}{ORTEDa*} 
2   - Block the publicity (4) - PLUG [DD]
3   - First-class party has no sign of revellers in front (6) - FIESTA  Anno pending
4   - Customised a cushion set-up for Edward (7) - {A}{DAP<-}{TED}
5   - Curls set differently for star groups (8) - CLUSTERS*
6   - A crime doer settles in the mountain range (10) - MERCEDARIO* Mercedario is the highest peak of the Cordillera de la Ramada range and not a range as shown in the clue
7   - Add up the bill in the register finally for you to check in between (6) - {ACC}{R}{U}{E}
12 - Heart disorders maybe traced by this method (10) - CARDIOGRAM [CD]
15 - Add nine to the schedule (8) - {APPEND}{IX}
17 - Substitutes in a cricket team (8) - STANDBYS [E]
18 - Suffer defeat wide of the mark at a lower position (4,3) - {FALL} {OFF}
20 - Straying ringleader is in for a long stretch with the scriptures (6) - E{R}RING Anno pending (Addendum - {ER{R}A}{NT} - See comments)
22 - King's issue will engrave most of the church (6) - {PRINt}{CE}
25 - Old instrument, a symbol of modesty is missing in Egypt (4) - {VeI{O}L} O from Old?



22 comments:

  1. 20 - Straying ringleader is in for a long stretch with the scriptures (6) - E{R}RING Anno pending

    {ER{R}A}{NT}

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  2. Clear weather expected tomorrow.

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  3. How many more, Colonel? I miss my daily dose of CW ;-(

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  4. Today's must be the caboose, Gita.

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  5. Gita,
    Kishore has given the weather forecast for tomorrow.

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  6. Awesome! Sunny, and no ambiguity! Looking forward to it.

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  7. Midday is 'A' today and noon was 'M' the other day!! By logic,A=M !!

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  8. what is the clue to get "esc"


    1 - Protected the key letters of a plan to read out at midday (8) - {ESC}{ORTEDa*}

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  9. key letter-Esc on a computer keyboard

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  10. For those interested, Lloyd's Aha puzzles are up at:

    http://www.ahapuzzles.com/contest.htm

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  11. Any guesses on the anno for 3D - FIESTA?

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  12. First-class party has no sign of revellers in front

    My take (though I do not appreciate it myself !)

    First class=fairest
    no sign of=deletion indicator
    revellers in front = r
    No anagrind.
    def=party=fiesta

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  13. @Kishore: Checked the AHA puzzles site. Congrats! Hope you win the prize this month :)

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  14. Sandy, I usually get all korrect as I have this month too, but not the prize. ;-) Thanks for your wishes.

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  15. Many times I am the first to qualify (not yesterday, I was the 4th), but Lloyd's hat seems to have a strange fascination for retaining the slip with my name.

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  16. BTW, for the record, my today's opening post is the shortest in nearly an year.

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  17. Kishore-I hope it is so including future as well !

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  18. Did not do yesterday's 'puzzle'
    My take for 3 down
    First-class party has no sign of revellers in front (6) - FIESTA Anno pending

    Fi(-v)e Sta(-r)
    First-Class - Five Star!
    no - deletion indicator
    v - sign
    r - revellers in front

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  19. Bravo, Ajeesh. You seem to have hammered the tack on its top.

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  20. Wonder if AJ can tell us which anno was in NJ's mind.

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