No 10528, Monday 30 Jul 12, Neyartha

Someone's getting the ladies decked up today!!

ACROSS

1   - Power’s cut after the pace bowler’s mad run in confusion to get the menorah (11) - CANDELABRUM {pACE+BowLer+MAD+RUN}*

9   - Snore horribly after gaining acceptance into the pool (7) - SNOOKER {SNO{OK}ER*}

10 - Fun is cut short after arrest in retreat leads to the ornament (6) - BANGLE {BAN<-}{GLEe}

11 - Walkie-talkie smuggled in twice for a dipsomaniac (5) - ALKIE [T]

12 - Cherry’s trick to cover up the margins (7) - CRIMSON {C{RIMS}ON}

15 - A musical instrument found in the stolen goods, reportedly (4) - LUTE (~loot)

16 - Houses of the country? (10) - PARLIAMENT [CD]

18 - Advocate of voting rights gets woven furs as gift (10) - SUFFRAGIST*

20 - Listener’s distress in the arena (4) - RING [DD]

23 - Legal order in favour of the tax (7) - PROCESS {PRO}{CESS}

24 - Ornament found in the country area has been misplaced (5) - CHAIN CH(+a)AIN(-a)

26 - Criminal to skip over the Spanish dish (6) - PAELLA {PAEL}{LA}<-

27 - Metal found in Canada and Spain with iodine by the westbound Greek character (7) - CAESIUM {CA}{ES}{I}{UM<-}

28 - Pitches that are stacked in favour of the batsmen? (11) - FEATHERBEDS [E]

DOWN

2   - Thank Letchumanan for providing the ornament (6) - ANKLET [T]

3   - Project for the fleet (4) - DART [DD]

4   - Free-thinking damaged Billie’s arm (10) - LIBERALISM*

5   - Lawyer conquers Iowa by memorizing an Indian mantra consisting of two terms (8) - BINOMIAL {B{IN}{OM}{IA}L}

6   - Counsellor edges away in shame to avoid the student and relax (7) - UNLOOSE cOUNSElLOr*

7   - Start to enjoy scratching the head of the locked up flying mammals from the south (9) - ESTABLISH {rE{STAB<-}LISH}

8   - Apprentice gets rid of daughter’s receipt for the ornamental case (6) - LOCKET (-d+l)LOCKET

13 - Sweeping gale clears mess (5-5) - LARGE-SCALE*

14 - What Neyartha would be, if yours truly acted in a play (5,4) - STAGE NAME [CD]

17 - Ornament won in a wager about a vehicle sent back by the Spanish (8) - BRACELET {B{RAC<-}{EL}ET}

19 - Disallowed foreign officers recruited by a despotic emperor initially (7) - FORBADE {F}{O}{R}{B}{A}{D}{E}

21 - Letter showing a right-bias? (6) - ITALIC [CD]

22 - Long piece of writing on the date for the new partition (6) - SCREED SCREE(-n+d)D

25 - Blackleg with a skin disease (4) - SCAB [DD]

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