AZED CROSSWORD 1065

TANDOORI

1.  Dr E. Young: Curry house has one? (tan door I, & lit.).

2.  B. Greer: For ultimate in flavour, way in which a taste of India succeeds? (door I for g in tang, & lit.).

3.  C. R. Gumbrell: Grub that’s come from east to west and encapsulated a taste of India (and in root (rev.) + I & lit.).

VHC

M. J. Bath: Ontario cooking encapsulates the latest thing in Red Indian style of cuisine (d in anag.).

P. Cargill: One to follow curry entrée? (tan door I, & lit.).

I. Carr: Meat thus cooked is marinated too (comp. anag. & lit.).

C. A. Clarke: ‘Indo-roast’ cooked with no end of spices (anag. less s, & lit.).

Ms S. C. Cockburn: Provisions cooked up abroad make two thirds of nation uneasy about entry (door in anag. less on; ref. Maastricht Treaty).

J. Dromey: In convulsions I ran to do something to appease Delhi belly (anag.; appease 2 mngs.).

H. Freeman: You might see Indian cook retch when this chicken’s off! (comp. anag. & lit.).

P. Harrison: Indian corn (lots), husked, cooked – in Indian style (anag. less first & last letters).

P. F. Henderson: Dish in oriant? Possibly (if spelt correctly!) (do (= cheat) in anag., & lit.).

R. E. Kimmons: Odorant cooking? Ay (anag. + I³, & lit.).

Mrs J. Mackie: Grub that’s spread to West and gets inside one (and in root (rev.) + I, & lit.).

D. F. Manley: It may be misserved to a diner with love for what is English (0 for E in anag., & lit.).

H. W. Massingham: This meat’s subtly marinated too (comp. anag. & lit.).

A. C. Morrison: Cooked in a traditional way, not radio waved (anag.).

C. J. Morse: Indian camp short of a cook before one’s found – with this skill? (tan(a) do or³ I).

R. S. Morse: Indo-roast cooking with no end of spices (anag. less s, & lit.).

D. Price Jones: Done in a dirt oon (anag. & lit.).

Miss I. Raab: Recipe found in Ooti, and cooked in a hot pot (r in anag.).

G. H. Willett: It could be dished up to a diner with love for East (0 for E in anag., & lit.).

HC

R. L. Baker, M. Barley, R. C. Bell, Mrs F. A. Blanchard, R. E. Boot, Mrs A. Boyes, Mrs A. R. Bradford, C. J. Brougham, E. J. Burge, Dr J. Burscough, B. Burton, C. J. & M. P. Butler, N. C. Dexter, Ms P. Diamond, V. Dixon, M. Earle, R. A. England, A. R. Esau, C. E. Faulkner-King, C. J. Feetenby, F. D. Gardiner, S. Gaskell, M. Goodyear, Mrs E. Greenaway, J. F. Grimshaw, A. W. Hill, R. J. Hooper, K. W. Johnson, G. Johnstone, A. N. MacDougall, D. J. Mackay, W. F. Main, Mrs W. A. Marlar, G. D. Meddings, Rev M. R. Metcalf, C. G. Millin, Miss D. F. Milne, T. J. Moorey, J. A. Morley, F. R. Palmer, R. J. Palmer, Rev E. H. Pyle, W. J. M. Scotland, Mrs E. J. Shields, N. G. Shippobotham, W. K. M. Slimmings, Ms M. Stokes, P. L. Stone, R. C. Teuton, J. F. N. Wedge, M. C. Whelan, Ms B. J. Widger, D. Williamson, W. Woodruff, B. A. Wright, R. Zara.
 

COMMENTS
379 entries, hardly any mistakes. Some of my clues seem to have given more problems than usual – I’m not quite sure why. I trust the solution notes will have made everything clear (though the unwelcome reversion to a sans-serif typeface does create its own problems, like the failure to distinguish a lower-case L from a capital i).
 
I must be very brief this month. I am still getting over an unpleasant viral chest infection which seriously disrupted my schedule, so please forgive this reduced ration. As one who is partial to Indian food, I relished the tasty array of clues to choose from. Although Chambers does not define TANDOORI as an actual dish prepared in tandoori style, it is surely common usage (confirmed by the OED entry) so I did not hesitate to allow it. A few anagrams (e.g. RANI TO DO and variants) were just too popular to gain special mention. But overall the standard was high.
 
The sad news has reached me of the death from a heart attack of Bert Franco, a good friend and regular competitor of this series as well as that of Ximenes before it. He had not enjoyed good health for some years but remained indomitably cheerful and enthusiastic about crosswords (as an occasional setter as well as a successful solver). He was also a regular attender at Azed, Crossword Club and Listener Crossword dinners. I know the many friends he made through crosswords will miss him greatly and will join me in sending his widow Pat sincere condolences.