Monday 2 May 2011

No 10143, Monday 02 May 11, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - Flooring which, in France, is in part made of inlaid blocks (7) - {PAR{QUE}T}
5   - The way he walks catches doctor in trickery (6) - {GA{MB}IT}
11 - Wood used in tribal sacrifices (5) - BALSA [T]
12 - Carbohydrate found in an ocellus spanning the Spanish (9) - {C{EL}LULOSE*}
13 - Not an early bird, surely (4,5) - LATE RISER [CD]
14 - Raised area on a flyover, not black (5) - bRIDGE
15 - The prong of a fork, new in a connection (4) - {TI{N}E}
17 - Blood vessel – one may go for it! (7) - JUGULAR [DD]
21 - Country that reportedly observes computer network (dead) (7) - (~eyes){ICE}{LAN}{D}
22 - The kind of gun to quieten a wild creature (4) - STUN [CD]
26 - Not sleeping and weak, a problem (5) - AWAKE*
27 - “Word power” needed by public speakers (9) - ELOQUENCE [CD]
29 - Good, upper-class sitar it is re-tuned by one who plays another instrument (9) - {G}{U}{ITARIST*}
30 - Parent sheds fat working for a bird (5) - {fatHER}{ON}
31 - Distorted by daughter after weeks in turmoil (6) - {SKEWE*}{D}
32 - Student can make money, close to a crore, between two sides (7) - {L{EARN}{E}R}
DOWN
2   - Give a share of everything on the books (5) - {ALL}{OT}
3   - One hunted in an excavation (6) - QUARRY [DD]
4   - Forgive copper's dip in river (6) - {EX{CU'S}E}
6   - Water and spirit found around one in a place for fish (8) - {AQUA}{R{I}UM}
7   - Way to sow seeds – on AIR? (9) - BROADCAST [DD]
8   - Placed in rows, gets worn out reportedly (6) - TIERED(~tired)
9   - In Italy, IB manages to show skill (7) - ABILITY*
10 - leave awful failure, close to break-up and explode into anger (5,2) - {FLARE Ui*}{P} The 'I' at the start of the sentence seems to have been gobbled up by the printers devil!
16 - Fruit providing a divine drink in the east (9) - {NECTAR}{IN}{E}
18 - Estrange foreigner with a note (8) - {ALIEN}{A}{TE}
19 - Kind of disease to finish mice off (7) - {END}{EMIC*}
20 - Girl going back after worker gets a feeler (7) - {ANT}{ENNA<-}
23 - Boats that seize up on two points (6) - {BARG<-}{E}{S}
24 - Courage – it is dear to a drinker (6) - BOTTLE [DD]
25 - Creative writer (6) - AUTHOR [CD]
28 - In a hospital she is a new user being treated (5) - {N}{URSE*}



7 comments:

  1. So many simple clues. NECTAR keep on coming:)
    Why I am the first one to comment ? May be of my B D:)

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  2. Because Padmanabhan is second!!

    Easy,but I missed 1A.

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  3. Did you say Birthday Ajeesh? many many happy returns of the day!!!

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  4. Another nice one today, not so straightforward as earlier ones, but relatively easy.
    Not very impressed with clueing for 21A

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