No 10475, Tuesday 29 May 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - When once you do, you've settled! (3,1,4) - PAY A BILL [CD]

5   - Sailor almost came back to taxiing area (6) - TARMAC {TAR}{eMAC}

10 - Ol' learner on first course takes a long time for artwork (7) - COLLAGE {Course}{OL}{L}{AGE}

11 - Does he find fault while eating? (7) - NIBBLER [DD]

12 - Peacekeepers on Line of Control to get Kashmiri leader free (6) - UNLOCK {UN}{LOC}{K}

13 - Describing a reporter replete with exclusive stories? Not exactly! (8) - SCOOPFUL SCOOPFULl

15 - Trained gymnast at heart is nervous (4) - EDGY [T]

16 - Break up completely — how a glass object that is dropped would… (2,2,6) - GO TO PIECES [CD]

18 - Perhaps pay out when rising to a higher level (2,3,3,2) - ON THE WAY UP*

20 - Humour by doctor faced with withdrawal problem (4) - MOOD {MO}{OD}

23 - Drink some whiskey, perhaps, and enjoy winter chill (4,1,3) - TAKE A NIP [DD]

24 - Short piece for short royal — one swimwear (6) - BIKINI {BIt}{KINg}{1}

26 - In the company of medical officer steeped in Woody Allen theme (7) - AMONGST {A{MO}NGST}

27 - I'm inapt playing kettledrum (7) - TIMPANI*

28 - Make harmless G-man to back American engineer (6) - DEFUSE {DEF<-}{US}{E}

29 - Signal in distress how an injured arm may be (2,1,5) - IN A SLING*

DOWN

1   - What a tourist may send — onlooker's capital script captured extraordinarily (7-8) - PICTURE POSTCARD {O+SCRIPT+CAPTURED}*

2   - Religiously, agitated Iris leaving crumpled Christmas decoration (4,3) - YULE LOG rELiGiOUsLY*

3   - Boy hurried to check fork (6) - BRANCH {B}{RAN}{CH}

4   - Place falsehood at end of haiku (4) - LIEU {LIE}{haikU}

6   - Rambo is aflutter for a divine refreshment (8) - AMBROSIA*

7   - Evil fellow provided return to primary chaos (7) - MALEFIC {MALE}{FI<-}{C}

8   - What motorists and golfers should avoid (8,7) - CARELESS DRIVING [CD]

9   - How people voice something together (2,1,6) - IN A CHORUS [CD]

14 - Mark in Rome repeated about one having nothing at all (3,2,4) - NOT AN IOTA {NOT A}{N {1}OTA}

17 - Medleys Salem gent disturbed endlessly (8) - MELANGES {SALEM+GENt}*

19 - Go away to strip? (4,3) - TAKE OFF [DD]

21 - Japanese art — half original by Parisian friend (7) - ORIGAMI {ORIGinal}{AMI}

22 - Kind of test for drunk bringing up measure (6) - LITMUS {LIT}{MUS<-}

25 - Knock out heads that rise! (4) - STUN <-

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