Thursday, 12 May 2011

No 10152, Thursday 12 May 11, Nita Jaggi

Stumped by 9A, and 3D.
ACROSS
8   - Colossal Indian boar barging forcefully exhaling air (14) - BROBDINGNAGIANair*
9   - Mexican scrip (6) - ?O?L?? (Addendum - DOLLAR - See comments)
10 - Evacuated an environmental circle belt regularly in an eastern French city (8) - {GReEN}{O}{B}{L}{E}
11 - An understandable officer is in this place on time (8) -{CO}{HERE}N{T} 'N' from ?
13 - One piece of solid food is offered on an edge to the crustacean (6) - {I}{SO}POD Anno pending
14 - The change brought about by a sage finally is very strong in the city of temples initially (6) - {E}{FF}{EC}{T}
16 - One enters an Indian city for added lustre (6) - {PAT{I}NA}
19 - Number needed to conduct business legally (6) - QUORUM [E]
21 - Gun with zero markings on it (8) - HOWITZER*
23 - Look around the market in the east for these antelopes (8) - {GAZE}LL{E}{S} Anno pending (Addendum - {GAZE}{LLES<-} - See comments)
24 - Gives in the rate of returns (6) - YIELDS [DD]
26 - This may be the cause of racial differences (13) - DISCRIMINATION [CD]
DOWN
1   - Rodent gnaws on the cane broom not new (8) - ABROCOMEn*
2   - Mostly all follow the traffic signal mark (4) - {GO}{ALl} ?
3   - Lift up the new suitcase at last in the city (6) - ?D?R?E (Addendum - {EDIR<-}{N}{E} - See comments)

4   - Ones next to the Bishop maybe (7) - KNIGHTS [CD]
5   - Medicinal herb for the saint I see in front of an altar (8) - {ANGEL}{I}{C}{A}
6   - Minors got a lecture from the soil expert (10) - AGRONOMIST*
7   - Urge on with shouts in the corridor with two openings (6) - {HALL}{OO}
12 - Form bubbles as in soft drinks (10) - EFFERVESCE [E]
15 - Herbal tea source (8) - CAMELLIA [E]
17 - Making changes in the final word causes a ruckus in the gathering on top (8) - {AMEN}{DIN}{G}
18 - Ship in the tea bags finally on the steel frame (7) - {CHA{SS}I}{S}
20 - You and an Indian princess are the first to attend to Clio's sister (6) - {U}{RANI}{A}
22 - Reason out the odd death of the bird (6) - {WHY}{D}{A}{H}
25 - Go out of the gate (4) - EXIT [DD]

GRID


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34 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 May 2011 at 08:36

    9 - Mexican scrip (6) - ?O?L??

    DOLLAR ?

    Dont ask me why. Ours not to reason why ...

    Is change due tomorrow?

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  2. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 08:38

    I thought today was slightly better than the rest in this run

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  3. Deepak Gopinath12 May 2011 at 08:38

    Kishore,
    DOLLAR is correct as the Dollar sign was first used by the Mexicans and adopted by the US later

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  4. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 08:39

    23 - Look around the market in the east for these antelopes (8) - {GAZE}LL{E}{S} Anno pending


    Look around = GAZE
    Market in the east should have been from the east, LLES<-

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  5. Deepak Gopinath12 May 2011 at 08:40

    Thanks Bhavan

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  6. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 08:41

    3 - Lift up the new suitcase at last in the city (6) - ?D???E

    EDIRNE, a city in northwestern Turkey

    Lift up = EDIR <-
    New = N

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  7. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 08:45

    13 - One piece of solid food is offered on an edge to the crustacean (6) - {I}{SO}POD Anno pending

    sop
    n 1: piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid

    not sure where OD is coming from.

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  8. veer12 May 2011 at 08:49

    OD: OffereD on edge I thought, or I should say, maybe as the setter thought?

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  9. Anonymous12 May 2011 at 08:54

    An edge..

    Can we use both edges of offered?

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  10. Anonymous12 May 2011 at 08:55

    OD:

    We have indeed ODed.

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  11. veer12 May 2011 at 09:03

    @Kishore,
    thought 'twas messy
    but given it is NJ-ji
    it must be edgy

    Minors got a lecture from the soil expert (10) - AGRONOMIST*

    For me, allowing for the ana grrr ind, a perfect clue to understand why a clue must be Definition FROM wordplay and not the other way around as here..

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  12. veer12 May 2011 at 09:04

    Loosk like 11A's "N" has eluded all the sages here..

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  13. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 09:07

    11 - An understandable officer is in this place on time (8) -{CO}{HERE}N{T} 'N' from ?

    Officer = CON(stable) ?

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  14. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 09:08

    @Kishore, @Veer good edge detection.

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  15. Anonymous12 May 2011 at 09:11

    Veer, your ref to 'sage' evokes memories of WM Thackeray's 'A tragic story', which perfectly describes the antics of the sages here.

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  16. Anonymous12 May 2011 at 09:12

    @ Bhavan. You have reduced a policeman to a CON man. ;-)

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  17. Chaturvasi12 May 2011 at 09:15

    I+SOP=OD

    OD from offered on an edge, OfferedD.

    Really?

    Our compiler has their own rules, their own devices.

    At least, they could have said "on edges", though that would have been unidiomatic, as the phrase is "on edge".

    And, pray, what does "offered on an edge" mean?

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  18. Chaturvasi12 May 2011 at 09:16

    I think my post above has been anticipated by others. Excuse me for repetition.

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  19. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 09:18

    Kishore@9.12 : Don't shoot the messenger :)

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  20. Chaturvasi12 May 2011 at 09:18

    = must be +
    But you knew that, didn't you.

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  21. veer12 May 2011 at 09:18

    @Bhavan 9.07, That leads to a problem of c/c indicator, no?
    The only possibility, "in" in the clue would make one think CON should be in HERE and not the other way..
    Given we are stretching, and how we have seen NJ unique interpretation of lunch time as 1, can time be NoonTime or NT?

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  22. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 09:20

    @CV, you should be glad you weren't here yesterday.

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  23. Anonymous12 May 2011 at 09:23

    CV: Good to have you here.

    Bhavan: All of us are on an edge (may be more than one). Consider yourself un-shot.

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  24. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 09:23

    @Veer I'm not saying CON is right, it was just a thought.

    At the rate we have to stretch, we'll soon need not have the clue itself.

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  25. Chaturvasi12 May 2011 at 09:24

    11 - An understandable officer is in this place on time (8) -{CO}{HERE}N{T} 'N' from ?

    What's the role of 'An' here? Does the clue as written make you think that what is reqd is an adj?

    In the setter's book perhaps on leads to o'.

    Is there any phrase where o' is on?
    cf. will-o'-the-wisp where o' is of.

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  26. Anonymous12 May 2011 at 09:26

    Veer 918, as the ad went 'Anything is possible with a Nicki-Tasha kitchenette'.

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  27. veer12 May 2011 at 09:26

    @Bhavan 9.22: Your comment, At the rate we have to stretch, we'll soon need not have the clue itself, is the best part of this crossword series!! Most I have laughed in the past hour or so!

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  28. Chaturvasi12 May 2011 at 09:28

    Deepak
    Suppose you decide you will give only answers which are derived without any questions?
    No answer is given unquestioningly...
    The 8-30 a.m. deadline may be extended as you patiently resolve all doubts, putting off your breakfast.

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  29. veer12 May 2011 at 09:30

    CV sir, in the time you were recovering, we on the blogs went through a mini AA session of our own and have quit flogging a dead horse!!

    But while we are picking just for old times sake, how about this for wholly unnecessary padding?

    Gun with zero markings on it (8)

    Again allowing for the ana grr ind, the clue stands on its own without the gratuitous "on it" - is this possibly NJ's attempt at an &-lit?

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  30. Chaturvasi12 May 2011 at 09:30

    Bhavan
    Did you have a chance of peeking at the bottom bikini (not on the shelf but at the appropriate place) that the Aus designer has withdrawn?

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  31. Bhavan12 May 2011 at 09:35

    CV@9.29 : I was in Byron Bay couple of weeks ago, but all I got to see along the coast were regular bikinis (Please note I didn't say non-controversial :)

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  32. VMA Nair12 May 2011 at 14:05

    Looks like I forgot to do cryptic crosswords.:(
    Gridman from tomorrow?

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  33. Richard12 May 2011 at 18:29

    CV

    Nice to have you here in action - and with gusto.

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  34. Anonymous12 May 2011 at 20:52

    Sorry to record the passing of Mr Ananthapadmanabhan, one of my neighbours, at the age of 78. He and his wife are fans of Gridman.

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