Tuesday 15 June 2010

No 9869, Tuesday 15 Jun 10, Nita Jaggi

NJ is back to her devious ways.
ACROSS
1   - Student did no additional work in the test match (13) - {INTERN}{AddiTIONAL}
8   - Feeling remorse when one is in a dilemma (5,4) - GUILT PANG [CD] ?
9   - Sound energy for us (5) - CHIME ? Anno pending
10 - Throw an odd folio to the pawnbroker outside (7) - {F}{L}{O}{UNClE}
12 - Technique of an engineer to turn the machinery finally on the road (6) - {ART}{ER<-}{Y}
14 - Annoyed granny is upset by the departing Norwegian leader (5) - ANGRYn
16 - Ruler is in a problem irrationally (4) - EMIR [T]
19 - Informer is a revolutionary boy in England (4) - {NOS<-}{E}
20 - Congratulated a Public Prosecutor with combined backing from an editor (9) - {A}{PP}{LAUD<-}{ED}
21 - Run a race around half of the road (4) - {T{ROad}T}
22 - Initially some more of gas pollution (4) - {S}{M}{O}{G}
25 - Trouble one outsider in front entering New York (5) - {AN}{N{O}Y}
27 - Grieve for the last guy outside Ohio (6) - BE{M{O}AN} BE from ?
29 - Ancient manuscript the father caught leaving Cyprus in a hurry (7) - {PA}{PYRUSc*}
32 - Vertical position of the metal bob (5) - PLUMB [DD]
33 - I had taken in identical cases out as testimonials (9) - {EV{ID}EN}{CasES}
34 - Killing of old relations in one community (13) - {EX}{TERM}{I}{NATION}
DOWN
2   - New voice of witchcraft in the capital city (7) - {N}{AIR}{OBI}
3   - Stone hit city (5) - ESTON*
4   - To set in order (6) - NEATEN [E]
5   - Name the soldiers in the borders of the garrisons (4) - {TA}{G}{S}
6   - An award in the form of a statuette (5) - OSCAR [CD]
7   - Club bar-room serves out the gold wine (9) - LAMBRUSCOor* How does B become S ?
8   - Cutting the manager short is a mistake (5) - GAFFEr
11 - When caught in panic swimming in the sea (7) - {C{AS}PIAN*}
12 - Lord Rama's kingdom (7) - AYODHYA [E]
13 - Looks after a number of destitutes with determination (5) - {TEN{D}S}
15 - Wheat particle (5) - GRAIN [CD]
17 - Old woman has developed allergies removing the silver fabric (9) - {MA}{RSEILLEag*}
18 - Correspondence within this generation (5) - RATIO [T]
23 - Leather in the African country (7) - MOROCCO [DD]
24 - Chokes laughing in the corners of pubs (5) - {GAS}{PubS}
26 - Wish to pick the duck inside at home (6) - {OPT}{I{O}N}
28 - The French are behind the beach front for their morning walk (5) - {AM}{B}{LE}
30 - Cut off the string in part of the fold (5) - PLEAT Anno pending
31 - Chai for the members in front of the squad (4) - {TEA}{M}

44 comments:

  1. Hi
    9a: Energy=Chi, us=me (I know that sound funny, but there you are)

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  2. Us is an informal way of saying me. Like in "give us a hug" (WordWeb)

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  3. 27A 'Bemoan' was puzzling. Ohio is generally OH, for one thing. If 'The last' is 'E', the 'B' is still to be accounted for.

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  4. Thanks Bhavan,

    Never thought of us from that angle.

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  5. Hi all

    Kishore 08:35

    In Urdu / Hindi, HUM (we) is often used to represent first person instead of MAIN('I'). That might explain the 'us/me' mix-up. :)

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  6. Eureka,

    The B in 27A came from 7D after drinking too much of it

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  7. @colonel : lol for the 27A and 7D connection.

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  8. Don't you sometimes feel TH should give the soltion to yesterday's puzzle in the form of annotations, rather than give it in the grid form?

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  9. Deepak, you deserve an OSCAR for solving some clues like GUILT PANG.

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  10. (taking up a topic from sometime ago)
    The paper has published a list of street names that are due for renaming.
    http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/15/stories/2010061564870100.htm
    Conran Smith Road, on which I live, is not among the fifty names; obviously, advisors whom the Corporation consulted must have apprised it of the importance of the name (gently reminding them that a bust of the former Municipal Commissioner is in the very building housing the civic officials).

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  11. @ Col 846: It is a zero sum game: What we lose in one clue, we get back in the other !

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  12. @Kishore 8:50

    Especially for puzzles on days like these!

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  13. CV

    It is a surprise that so many old names have survived until now, especially major roads like Eldams Road, Haddows Road, etc.

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  14. Richard wrote: "Deepak, you deserve an OSCAR for solving some clues like GUILT PANG."

    What will Deepak do with the large vehicle?

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  15. CV wrote :"What will Deepak do with the large vehicle?"

    Large people need large vehicles :-)

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  16. 27A: Could the setter have gotten Mahabaratha wrong? {BEM{O}AN}

    If I'm not wrong, Beman was the 2nd guy.

    Or last = remain = be, guy = man and O from Ohio

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  17. Things are a little quite today after a torrent of posts yesterday?

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  18. Yesterday's 16A was BRASH not TRASH. I got that one right after all

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  19. Thank you Mr.Richard.I opened the paper and there ,it was NJ...Just keeping my fingers crossed to see someone at least 2mrw.I could solve ten today.You people are really great, I enjoy reading your solutions and comments ..NJ crosswords seems to be like an old tamil movie which never ends....I keep reading reading but nothing comes to my mind,probably i am log headed..... :P

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  20. Mangala@10:28,

    You are certainly not log headed, NJ's CW's need a lot of wild imagination at places to get the correct answers

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  21. @Kishore : Regarding solutions being posted in annotated format, Deccan Herald does it, so I don't get why some of the others can't. At least will give us a chance to see what the setter was thinking.

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  22. Yes, Deccan Herald has been publishing annotated solutions but if I am not mistaken it's for the week-day Cryptic - which is a syndicated puzzle. Please let me know if they publish similar annotated solution to the Cryptic in the magazine section. It was being set by a certain Rao but I don't know who the present setter is.
    The syndicate must be supplying the annotated solution in digital form and it's just a doddle for the paper to put it in.
    At a time when our papers are printing even the clues with occasional typos and are making other kinds of mistakes, I am not sure if the annotations requiring the use of special characters will come out properly. Enough of mystification, I say!
    If careful systems are in place, annotated solution might be published. But even UK papers publish this only for more advanced puzzles such as Azed. Genius, mephisto, etc., and not for everyday cryptics.
    Also, the publication of an annotated solution for certain puzzles is not going to help really as fundametally they may at certain times be flying in the face of accepted conventions. Should unacceptable devices be perpetuated?

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  23. For a bit of diversion:

    I am not much of a soccer fan. But this is for all soccer fans here in this forum. Move the cursor to the fields of your choice. Tell me if you liked it. SOCCER CALENDAR

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  24. Of course, I liked the soccer calendar.

    I generally watch only one match completely. The most important game appears to be late in the night as per IST and so I don't go for it.

    The endless racket from the horns rising above everything else is too much for me and so I have the TV set on 'mute'. How do others feel? Should the vuvuzelas be disallowed in the stadiums?

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  25. The vuvzelas remind me of Cacofonix from Asterix.

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  26. I don't like soccer and I don't watch any of the games either. The other day, I was flipping through channels and stopped at a game for a few seconds. Annoyed by the noise, my mom came in and said "anga enna da ore vandu sattam!!!"

    Well personally, it doesn't really bother me. I think I can take it.

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  27. Actor Raaj Kumar's favourite dialogue word includes male bovine without a learner, to kick it (8)

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  28. {JA{BUL(-L)}ANI} = JABULANI

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  29. Bravo, VJ. 'Rejoice' in Zulu.

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  30. @VJ,

    I liked your mom's comment. Hilarious.

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  31. @CV 14:47: Of course, vuvuzelas should be permitted. It's the local culture. In Brazil, they bring the drums, in Glasgow they bring the bagpipes esp. for the Rangers-Celtic game. In the old D stands of Chepauk, they used to bring the alumnium tiffin box and make a peculiar noise with it - from Bill Lawry to Tony Greig, many worthies complained about it.

    Last few World Cups, I've been watching all the weekday games in various bars. The noise there is terrific. The noise of the fans is soothing but the conversation of clueless Americans, which one can't help overhearing since you're packed like sardines, can be nerveracking.

    Last weekend, for the England-US game, we went to the local pub. There was high voltage action there - with the England fans turned out in England shirts while some Yanks showed up in stars n stripes, top hats and silver beards.

    When the British goalie made that blunder, an American woman next to me asked her companion in a whisper which shattered my eardrums, "Megan, is it all out now?" .

    Needless to say, Jaggi-ji's clueing and the vuvuzela's buzzing are entirely soothing in comparison to such clueless comments.

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  32. An announcement about a coach. Damage is done at the beginning (8)

    Indian song played here (5)

    He's reported to be a believer, but finally nothing happened (9)

    Five hundred men wear it during time-out when a game is played in this town (6)

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  33. @CV, @VJ: I think the BBC heard VJ's Mom's comment:

    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/5287552/ce/us/bbc-mulls-vuvuzela-free-option-viewers?cc=5901&ver=us

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  34. LNS, I thought that "clueless comment" was funny. LOL.

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  35. LOL LNS. I wonder what it'd be like in the stadium. I'm sure it'd be worse than standing in the front row of a sold-out death metal concert.

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  36. @ CV
    Sorry to hear that you are unwell. It shows your attachment that despite this, you have continued guiding the group.

    Pray for your speedy recovery.

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  38. @VJ: I have also constructed some, but fear that group may not like too much football, as indicated earlier. So will release only one per day.

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  39. @ CV: Wishing you a speedy recovery. Really like 'keeping company' with you when you are 'going steady' with 'racy cases'. All the best.

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  40. Kishore, I think I'm pretty much done lol... My soccer knowledge is quite limited and if I try to do more, it'd turn out to be more of geography than soccer.

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  41. Chaturvasi's not doing good? I don't remember reading about it anywhere.

    Get well soon, CV.

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  42. Kishore, BTW, I wanted my 2nd clue to be a DD. I think I might have gotten the spelling wrong.

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