Wednesday 15 June 2011

No 10181, Wedensday 15 Jun 11, Nita Jaggi


ACROSS

1   - A tram is plying on the road in the holy city (8) - AMRITSAR*
5   - A U.S. actor known for moody rebellious roles (4) - DEAN [E]
9   - Followers of a European car are half in sequence (8) - {AUDI}{sequENCE}
10 - Seafood for the Disney pup at lunchtime (6) - {SCAMP}{I}
12 - At dawn left the British nobleman (4) - EARLy
13 - Here, being present in class (10) - ATTENDANCE [CD]
15 - Typical feature of the satiric catcher in motion (14) - CHARACTERISTIC*
17 - Kind of music that precedes an act in an opera (7,7) - {CHORALE} {PRELUDE} What has this got to do with an Opera and what's the definition here?
21 - Formula is numeric describing this radioactive element (10) - {LAW}{RENCIUM*}
22 - Flows back in the east for two seconds in this direction (4) - {E{BB}S}
25 - Spot marked for one advertisement is a bit unusual in this mythical place (6) - {X}{AN}{AD}{U}
26 - Double the disc range in the movie theatre (8) - {BI}{O}{SCOPE}
27 - Put in the basin (4) - SINK [DD]
28 - Short newspaper article about a group (8) - PERSONAL ?
DOWN
1   - Stimulate a woman, one devoted to point out (6) - {A}{W}{A}{KeEN}
2   - Passenger fare (5) - RIDER [DD] Hardly a DD, both are the same
3   - Ends an argument before time again for an adolescent (4) - {T}{E}{E}{N}
4   - His majesty is not schematic in handling the monk (7) - ASCETIChm*
6   - Aircraft squadron declares war over Israel (10) - {ESCADR{IL}LE*}
7   - Officially suggested the token left for Edward (9) - {NOMINAl}{TED}
8   - It is awarded to a winner, maybe (5) - PRIZE [E]
11 - She believes in this goddess of youth (4) - HEBE [T]
14 - Any crucial conflict (10) - ARMAGEDDON [E]
16 - Deceives gangster (9) - HOODWINKS Supposed to be a DD. How does 'winks' fit into the def of gangster.
18 - Cut to draw out the silk edge (4) - skETCH
19 - Set of instructions that a computer obeys (7) - ROUTINE [E]
20 - Bony kind of duck is in the pond (6) - {O}{S}{TEAL} Not sure of anno
21 - Hindu goddess of wealth (5) - LAXMI [E]
23 - Poet has nothing to drink with the toast (5) - BROWN ? (Addendum - BROWN(ing) - See comments)
24 - Prays for the king trapped in the ship (4) - {A}{S{K}S}

GRID

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31 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 June 2011 at 08:35

    I had put in PROGRAM for 19d first and then changed on crossings. SMILE too fits into 8d, so I had put it on the outside of the grid, after overwriting the one written inside with OLIVE.

    23d is it supposed to be Poet BROWNING - GIN (no drink) ???= Brown=toast

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  2. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2011 at 08:39

    Kishore,
    Your anno for 23D looks good

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  3. Anonymous15 June 2011 at 08:47

    Talking of poisons yesterday, I remember reading on the rear (backside?) of an autorickshaw:

    Love is slow pisson

    (sic)

    I am not sure if there was a space in front of the penultimate letter.

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  4. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2011 at 08:50

    I saw this behind an auto the other day

    "Girl or more Poison than a Snake"

    I presume he meant "Girls are more Poison than a Snake"

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  5. Chaturvasi15 June 2011 at 09:10

    Deepak
    The clue and your answer:
    Prays for the king trapped in the ship (4) - {A}{S{K}S}

    How do you explain A?

    Kishore:

    In 23d 'no drink' may be a deletion indicator but in the clue it's 'ing' and not 'gin'.

    I am sorry for the solvers.

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  6. Anonymous15 June 2011 at 09:17

    CV: That's why the ??? in my anno. Maybe NJ expects GIN to be deleted letter by letter, in which case it would work ;-)

    I had the same doubt for ASKS. As yesterday's comments observe, NJ treats a, an, one and the as interchangeable.

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  7. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2011 at 09:17

    GIN is ING after a few GINs

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  8. Bhavan15 June 2011 at 09:18

    ...One more day... One more day... One more day... is my mantra to keep sanity.

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  9. Padmanabhan15 June 2011 at 09:19

    Is it not Lakshmi instead of laxmi?

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  10. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2011 at 09:21

    Prays = {A}{S{K}S}
    for the
    king = K
    trapped = Insertion indicator
    in
    the = A
    ship = SS

    {A}{S{K}S}

    VOILA!!

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  11. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2011 at 09:22

    Kishore,
    I deleted your comment since I deleted my comment which you had quoted. My new comment at 9:21 incorporates your comment which I deleted.

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  12. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2011 at 09:23

    Padmanabhan,

    Lakshmi can be spelt as Laxmi, it's a proper noun after all.

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  13. Chaturvasi15 June 2011 at 09:28

    Laxmi is north Indian spelling. Remember that the setter is self-confessedly north Indian whereas we solvers are south Indians.

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  14. Chaturvasi15 June 2011 at 09:31

    12 - At dawn left the British nobleman (4) - EARLy

    Deepak, where's the indication that it is y that is to be 'left'.

    Solvers cannot be mindreaders, can they be?

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  15. Anonymous15 June 2011 at 09:42

    Deepak, 922, perfectly fine.

    CV, 931, I think NJ uses left not as a deletion indicator but as what is called a left trim in text functions in Excel, ie. you pick up letters from the left.

    To each, their own poison ;-)

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  16. Bhavan15 June 2011 at 10:34

    CV@9.31, I followed the instructions ...

    At dawn left the ...puzzle... (5) PEACE

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  17. Vikram15 June 2011 at 11:20

    Deepak@9.17 and Bhavan@10.34, thanks for the humour. Lightened an otherwise listless time trying to parse NJ's clues

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  18. Alok15 June 2011 at 11:51

    Re: 16D

    I suppose "hood" is supposed to be gangster or at least what NJ thinks is ghetto for gangsta :p

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  19. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2011 at 12:16

    Alok,
    Hood is definitely Gangster, it is the Wink that is baffling

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  20. dr.r.pankajam15 June 2011 at 13:27

    The silverlinings [company} really help on days like this.

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  21. Chaturvasi15 June 2011 at 13:31

    Word challenge
    6 - Aircraft squadron declares war over Israel (10) - ESCADRILLE

    Just change one letter in the solution to get another word.

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  22. Sumitra15 June 2011 at 13:33

    Feeling better after realising I have company.Benumbed.

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  23. Chaturvasi15 June 2011 at 13:39

    Pankajam

    Let me assure that my temples have a fair amount of silver linings.

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  24. VMA Nair15 June 2011 at 14:06

    canvas shoe

    One more day ?

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  25. Vikram15 June 2011 at 14:10

    CV@13.31, is it 'Espadrille' meaning a sandal?

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  26. Chaturvasi15 June 2011 at 14:54

    Of course!

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  27. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2011 at 16:32

    CV @ 13:39

    And I have plenty on my mustaches

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  28. dr.r.pankajam15 June 2011 at 18:57

    CV& Col.:)

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  29. Crucifix15 June 2011 at 21:31

    Q. What is a fuddled, duddled, addled noodle (apologies to Dr. Seuss)?

    A. The result of a late evening session with an NJ crossword:-)

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  30. Deepak Gopinath15 June 2011 at 22:49

    Crucifix,
    What a way to end the day?

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  31. anumohan17 June 2011 at 14:59

    chorale prelude, a short setting for organ of a German Protestant chorale melody, used to introduce congregational singing of the hymn. It has nothing to do with overture! In fact OVERTURE is an instrumental composition intended especially as an introduction to an extended work, such as an opera or oratorio.
    Ah, she must be the la belle dame sans merci!

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