Friday, March 2, 2012

No 10400, Friday 02 Mar 12, Buzzer

Sorry for an incomplete CW, with the paper coming in so late it's impossible to complete if I have to leave early, like today when I have to rush off for a wedding.
ACROSS
8   - Cuban cocktail, it's a charm to drink it (6) - MOJITO {MOJ{IT}O}
9   - Ordinary English in native Prague — half of it goes over one's head (5,3) - (Addendum - OPERA HAT {O}{P{E}RA HA{iT} - See comments)
10 - US steady after changing times (8) - TUESDAYS*
11 - Central African came across at first as measured (6) - METRIC {MET}{afRICan}
12 - Agitated hefty Hollander, not right about very loud blow up (3,3,3,6) - FLY OFF THE HANDLE {HEFTY+HOLLANDEr+FF}*
14 - King from old Spain, timeless fool in retrospect (7) - OEDIPUS {O}{E}{DIPUtS<-}
16 - Area of groundwater in French tableland (7) - PLATEAU {PLAT}{EAU}
19 - Manila for one, follows press article to innovate (4,3,8) - PUSH THE ENVELOPE {PUSH} {THE} {ENVELOPE}
22 - Cook in a style primarily from Lyons, adding Mirabelle brandy etc (6) - FLAMBE {F}{L}{A}{M}{B}{E}
24 - Cable TV broadcast reaching Indian village (8) - TELEGRAM {TELE}{GRAM}
25 - Spooner's sweetheart to tap dance in America (5,3) - BUNNY HUG Anno pending (Addendum ~HONEY BUG - See comments)
26 - First name in writing from eastern Estonia (6) - ERNEST [T]
DOWN
1   - Seafood business not doing well inside Quebec (8) - COQUILLE {CO}{QU{ILL}E}
2   - Evacuated Fiji when taking care of disaster (6) - FIASCO {FijI}{AS}{CO}
3   - A great deal of Romania has fully developed (5,5) - ROYAL FLUSH {RO+HAS+FULLY}*
4   - Russian soup or broth prepared with a dash of salt and a hint of clove (7) - BORSCHT {BROTH+S+C}*
5   - El Salvador is lacking in regard to rain (4) - TEEM esTEEM
6   - Dictator's transport held up in Egypt (8) - MARTINET {MART<-}{IN}{ET} How is Egypt 'ET'?
7   - Boy, native of Denmark seen round Italy and Luxembourg (6) - DANIEL {DAN{I}E}{L}
13 - One shot at Wimbledon perhaps, by partial discharge of firearms (4-6) - HALF-VOLLEY {HALF}-{VOLLEY}
15 - Barbaric to bury about one-third of Angola (8) - INHUMANE {INHUM{ANgola}E}
17 - iPad creator overwhelms Australia and gets cheers (8) - APPLAUSE {APPL{AUS}E}
18 - Norway established sample government reserve funds (4,3) - NEST EGG {N}{EST} {EG}{G}
20 - German Mark obtained in mutual conversion (6) - UMLAUT*
21 - Folk tale from E-England rewritten after article is lost (6) - LEGEND EENGLanD*
23 - Parrot found in former Czechoslovakia (4) - ECHO [T]

Thursday, March 1, 2012

No 10399, Thursday 01 Mar 12, Neyartha

Note: Starred clues have no direct definition, but their solutions are all related to a common quantity ..... 
.... and all of them were made yesterday ;-) and Sachin is still searching for one :-(
ACROSS
7   - *Shouted after losing opener to the retiring Earl (7) - HUNDRED tHUNDeRED
8   - Clip about protecting the English university's flightless bird (7) - PENGUIN {P{ENG}{U}IN}
10 - *A large cask for the auditor (3) - TON (~tun)
11 - Get a set of words for an attractive slogan? (5,6) - CATCH PHRASE {CATCH} {PHRASE}
13 - Crass stupidity: It's out of place when put in order (4,2) - TIDY UP stUPiDITY*
15 - Good French article on South Africa's strokes of luck (8) - BONANZAS {BON}{AN}{ZA'S}
17 - Message medium at a silent sit-in? (7) - PLACARD [CD]
18 - *Whine about the adapted tune (7) - CENTURY {C{TUNE*}RY} Made just yesterday
21 - Portugal's king, sheltered by saints, accepts the church's American regalia items (8) - SCEPTERS {S{CE}{P}T{ER}S} Not sure of anno (Addendum - {S{CE}{PT}{ER}S} - See comments)
23 - Fast Rob easily conceals the disco fixture (6) - STROBE [T]
24 - Tease Asha in order to reveal insensitivity to pain (11) - ANAESTHESIA*
27 - *Bow for Edward to remove the Chinese leader (3) - ARE AR(-c+e)E
29 - Bizarre wrapping for silver results in indignation (7) - OUTRAGE {OUTR{AG}E}
30 - Crude latchkeys forged by gangster abandoned (7) - SKETCHY laTCHKEYS*
DOWN
1   - Fumbling tout in the den is upset with the lesson (8) - TUTORIAL {TOUT*}{LAIR*}
2   - Reportedly got into debt in obtaining the poem (3) - ODE (~owed)
3   - Athena's half-brother comes up with the medical preventatives (4) - SERA <-
4   - Hunter's state after the loss of his arms? (10) - WEAPONLESS [CD]
5   - Indian music melody, on reflection, may help in growing a culture (4) - AGAR <-
6   - Elaborate outdoor party's fate is funny (6) - FIESTA*
9   - Frenchman expelled by the bishop tricks the strikebreakers (5) - SCABS SCA(-m+b)BS
12 - Bath holder for a pupil? (6) - EYECUP [CD]
14 - *Attendant admits hesitation in picking up the penny (10) - PERCENTAGE {P{ER}{CENT}AGE}
16 - Country's identity (6) - NATURE [DD]
19 - Research about labour leads to revivals (8) - REBIRTHS {RE{BIRTH}S}
20 - Run with The Guide 's heroine to the basement to get the basketry material (5) - OSIER (-r)OSIE(+r)R
22 - *First person missing out on the calcified substance covering a tooth's root (6) - CENTUM CEmeNTUM
25 - The leaders of England unfortunately refused offer of a common currency (4) - EURO {E}{U}{R}{O}
26 - Partially drink yoghurt that is dark-blue (4) - INKY [T]
28 - Eye infection found in a pig pen (3) - STY [DD]