THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No 10376, Friday 03 Feb 12, Neyartha

2012-02-03T08:30:00.147+05:30

On a brief stopover at Coimbatore, I'm enroute to Ernakulam.
ACROSS

1 - Raid, sounding rough, needs training with obstacles (7,6) - ASSAULT COURSE {ASSAULT} {COURSE}(~coarse)

9 - Pill on plate (6) - TABLET [DD]

10 - That POW's ill-used to some of the riverside trails (8) - TOWPATHS*

11 - Time for Newton (an odd character) to express disapproval (3) - TUT Anno pending

12 - Plan to guide viceroy to some extent (6) - DEVICE [T]

13 - Broadcasts the drive to the rudimentary runway (8) - AIRSTRIP {AIRS}{TRIP}

14 - Thought about taking in the adult holding the male puppet (10) - FIGUREHEAD {FIGURE{HE}{A}D}

17 - Left the office machine outside the plant (4) - FLAX {F{L}AX}

18 - Eye infection traced to a pig pen according to hearsay (4) - STYE (~sty)

19 - Healthy king exiled by the force of the ragged Scottish conservative (5-5) - FUDDY-DUDDY (-r+f){FUDDY} {DUDDY}

21 - Current coverage of the pro's lost margins is torrid (8) - TROPICAL {T{pRo}OPICAL}

23 - Smart volunteers employed to produce a glassmaking ingredient (6) - POTASH {PO{TA}SH}

25 - Retreat area left unfinished for some years (3) - ERA AREa<-

26 - Ohm dines out to find out about the Epicurean philosophy (8) - HEDONISM*

27 - Leaders of the Rio Stock Exchange enter the run to get back the baby bottle (6) - NURSER {NU{R}{S}{E}R<-}

28 - This may happen when multiple upset unions coordinate (7,6) - GENERAL STRIKE [CD]

DOWN

2 - Inventor Nikola's note at the bottom of the writing slab (5) - SLATE (-te)SLA(+te)TE

3 - One way to repent after marrying in haste? (2,7) - AT LEISURE [CD]

4 - In closing, finish off the Italian milk (5) - LATTE {LAT{T}E} Not sure of Anno

5 - Get coat stitched at the chalet (7) - COTTAGE*

6 - Being spiritual, adapted wonderfully to iron deficiency (9) - UNWORDLY WONDeRfULLY*

7 - Clever sting (5) - SMART [DD]

8 - Ali hadn't figured out the land of the white elephant (8) - THAILAND*

15 - Doctors almost enter into the computer network (8) - INTERNET {INTERNs}{ET}

16 - Emotional bridge player gets rid of the ace, being practical (9) - EFFECTIVE (-a+e)EFFECTIVE

17 - Product placed before the king by an Apple vendor, say (9) - FRUITERER {FRUIT}{ERE}{R}

20 - Puzzle revealed in upside down cover of the Austen novel (7) - DILEMMA {DIL<-}{EMMA}

22 - Photograph, on enlargement, reveals ring (5) - PHONE [T]

23 - What the family manager wears (5) - PANTS [CD]

24 - Well-groomed founders travel northwards (5) - SLEEK <-

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No 10375, Thursday 02 Feb 12, Neyartha

2012-02-02T08:30:00.144+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Ice develops mysteriously on the old bicycles (11) - VELOCIPEDES*

9 - They're in conversation about a possessive adjective (5) - THEIR (~they're)

10 - Creative army engineer softly moves a step forward for the periodical (9) - NEWSPAPER {NEW}{S(+p)PA(-p)PER}

11 - Mall's hoopla zapped partially (5) - PLAZA [T]

12 - Strange grid in grill, something destined for Bombay High? (8,3) - DRILLING RIG*

13 - Revise what may keep a piece of software current (6) - UPDATE [DD]

14 - Pleased to have left the English out of the agreement (7) - COMPACT COMPlACenT

18 - Some newspaper staff get gold shillings after turning the trend around (7) - EDITORS {EDIT<-}{OR}{S}

20 - Reel on seeing Switzerland take over Padova's primary train (6) - SCHOOL {S(-p+ch}CHOOL}

24 - Famous East German and Pole found participating in a noisy mock serenade (4-7) - BEST-SELLING {B{EST}-{S}ELLING}

26 - Old city retreat sends back the gibbon to the country (5) - RURAL {RU<-}{RAL}

27 - Guard at the Tower of London, a non-vegetarian? (9) - BEEFEATER [DD]

28 - American with Japanese parents from Tucson is eighty (5) - NISEI [T]

29 - Realistic about where things in the air go due to gravity? (4-2-5) - DOWN-TO-EARTH [DD]

DOWN

1 - Metal found in dam Na'vi built to hide uranium (8) - VANADIUM {VANADI{U}M*}

2 - Base nature of the journalist following the poor idea (3-6) - LOW-MINDED {LOW}-{MIND}{ED}

3 - Company announcing infamous Judean governor as a flight crew member (7) - COPILOT {CO}{PILOT}(~pilate}

4 - Drop by with the student's missing ribbed cotton fabric (3,2) - POP IN {POPl IN}

5 - Negatives may be developed here (8) - DARKROOM [E]

6 - Discontinue rent for resort (7) - STOPGAP {STOP}{GAP}

7 - Secure the beer sent up for bottling in Belarus (5) - BELAY {B{ELA<-}Y}

8 - Daylight, clearly visible? (5) - BROAD [CD]

15 - Singer's awful rhetorics (9) - CHORISTER*

16 - Show off entertaining sailor's second-grade weapon (8) - CROSSBOW {CRO{SS}{B}{O}W} 'O' for ordinary grade?

17 - Ruling clique member abandons ape in troubled archipelago (8) - OLIGARCH aRCHIpeLAGO*

19 - Rag, a bit old, is shredded (7) - TABLOID*

21 - Set lifted for packing by the old king in the seminary (7) - COLLEGE {COL{LEG<-}E}

22 - Impress Mark (5) - PRINT [DD]

23 - Mill in Switzerland embracing detailed plan (5) - CRUSH {C{RUSe}H}

25 - The Polish keep the Norse leader out for a short time in the film (5) - SHEET {SHEEn}{T}

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Sloggers and Bloggers Meet # 4

2012-02-02T08:00:00.001+05:30

Hi all,

Proposing S&B 4. Please add your response as a comment to this post.

When : 11th February, 2012
Where : Chennai
Time : 6:00-6:30 PM
Venue : TBD

Yes	Tentatively Yes	Undecided	No
Pankajam	Bhala	Gita Iyer	Bhargav
Chaturvasi			Shuchi
Bhavan			Jayaraman/Sankalak
Navneeth			Kishore
Padmanabhan			Colonel
Rengaswamy			Ajeesh
Vijay			Aravindhan S
Sumitra			Krishnan
VP
Muthaiah
Rajalakshmi
Dr D Srinivasan
Rajeev
David John
Sudarshan Rao
Mario Chalmers
Sai Ganesh R
Suresh
Anuradha

No 10374, Wednesday 01 Feb 12, M Manna

2012-02-01T08:30:00.127+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Scoops out river swans (7) - DEEPENS {DEE}{PENS}

5 - Praise greatly (7) - APPLAUD [E]

9 - A city that attracts interest? (7) - CAPITAL [DD]

10 - One who puts up an English parson (7) - ERECTOR {E}{RECTOR}

11 - Inferior assistant returned to Bill in Asian capital (5) - DACCA {DAC<}{CA<-}

12 - A dunderhead came into line when spoken to (9) - ADDRESSED {A}{D}{DRESSED}

13 - Damage sacred seed scattered on box (9) - DESECRATE {SEED*}{CRATE} Sacred seed?

15 - Spare a change, for a barbed fork to catch fish (5) - SPEAR*

16 - Decided to govern (5) - RULED [DD]

18 - Same as infamous (9) - NOTORIOUS [E]

21 - Ted is poor maybe, but a saver (9) - DEPOSITOR*

24 - Moving an arm both ways (5) - ROTOR [CD]

25 - First man with his worker remained unyielding (7) - ADAMANT {ADAM}{ANT}

26 - Graduate for dollar, soon to get a wind instrument (7) - BASSOON {BA}{S}{SOON}

27 - They find pleasure in inflicting pain on others (7) - SADISTS [E]

28 - Finally rose somehow, to give sanction (7) - ENDORSE {END}{ROSE*}

DOWN

1 - Unravelled last month, an ode to daughter (7) - DECODED {DEC}{ODE}{D}

2 - Looks forward to arrive (7) - EXPECTS [CD]

3 - Sent to fourth door (9) - ENTRANCED {ENTRANCE}{D} ? 'D' being fourth alphabet?

4 - A lass to dance to Latin American music (5) - SALSA*

5 - A change designed to improve a text (9) - AMENDMENT [E]

6 - Small portion of pie for engineer (5) - PIECE {PIE}{CE}

7 - Being an entertainer, Lawrence takes up sitar for a public performance (7) - ARTISTE {TE+SITAR}*

8 - Laugh at Red as he takes a ride round (7) - DERIDER {RED+RIDE}*

14 - Adds comments on the year the state collapsed (9) - ANNOTATES {ANNO}{STATE*}

15 - Taken aback to find Pru is involved with Reds (9) - SURPRISED {PRU+IS+REDS}*

16 - Flushed, runs rings around military policemen (7) - REDCAPS {RED}{CAPS}

17 - Boy conceals scheme to see part of Scandinavia (7) - LAPLAND {LA{PLAN}D}

19 - Exit naturally without cover (7) - OUTDOOR [DD]

20 - Odd to find a good man stirred with anger (7) - STRANGE {ST}{ANGER*}

22 - Marks on car indicates crash on board ship (5) - SCARS {S{CAR}S}

23 - Rule out boy taking Russian money (5) - RUBLE{RU{B}LE}

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No 10373, Tuesday 31 Jan 12, M Manna

2012-01-31T08:30:00.126+05:30

Is this supposed to be a Cryptic Crossword??
ACROSS

1 - Hide it away without revealing contents (7) - SECRETE [E]

5 - Wanderer who made progress according to the book (7) - PILGRIM [GK]

9 - Fellow affected by unreasonable desire (5) - MANIC [E]

10 - Breadth uncertain when holder of the ashes gets indigestion (9) - HEARTBURN {BREAdTH*}{URN} How do we decide to delete 'D' or is it a Typo for 'breath'?

11 - Not pleasant when there's plenty of room to lose business worth two million (6) - ODIOUS ~~(co)(mm)~~ODIOUS

12 - Pisces? (8) - STARFISH [CD]

14 - Unhealthy mass of fluid in tissues (5) - EDEMA [E]

15 - To commit to the charge of another (9) - RECOMMEND [E]

18 - One has the skill to achieve a smart end (9) - TRADESMAN*

20 - Walks a horse around quietly (5) - S?E?S ?

22 - Priest in order which is unsullied (8) - PRISTINE*

24 - He may lie on a point about a Chinese nut (6) - LICHEE {LI{C}{HE}E} What's the point here!!

26 - Glaring — and sour, too, in disposition (9) - NOTORIOUS*

27 - Furnish with all that is needed (5) - EQUIP [E]

28 - Fearful cries from the elite incarcerated by Nazi police (7) - SCREAMS {S{CREAM}S}

29 - Top palindrome (7) - ROTATOR [CD]

DOWN

1 - Moons around when advanced in sleepiness (9) - SOMNOLENT {MOONS*}{LENT}

2 - Short and clear (7) - CONCISE [E]

3 - Inspire with spirit (9) - ENCOURAGE [E]

4 - Reflected sound (4) - ECHO [E]

5 - Unusual places in it for modelling (10) - PLASTICINE*

6 - Expected after real time (5) - LATER {REAL+T}*

7 - Dissolute fellow holding cash in the ordinary way (7) - ROUTINE {ROU{TIN}E}

8 - Time taken for the moon to revolve around the earth (5) - MONTH [E]

13 - Perform turn in some sort of delirium — great! (10) - TREMENDOUS ~~{TR{EMEND}O{U}S*} ?~~ (Addendum - {TREMEN{DO}{U}S} - See comments)

16 - Give wrong route, having cried out in fog (9) - MISDIRECT {MIS{CRIED*}T}

17 - Diane's disposition leads to a complaint (9) - DISTEMPER {DI'S}{TEMPER}

19 - He flew in from Barcelona via Torremolinos (7) - AVIATOR [T]

21 - Wear out tyre, you might say (7) - EXHAUST [CD]

22 - Longs for coniferous trees (5) - PINES [DD]

23 - Higher land on the moon! (5) - TERRA [E]

25 - Arts used as a title by Russian Kings! (4) - TSAR*

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No 10372, Monday 30 Jan 12, M Manna

2012-01-30T08:30:00.137+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Dexterous way Parisians drive (6) - ADROIT [DD]

4 - Certainly not auction swindle over undeveloped land (8) - CONTRACT {CON}{TRACT}

10 - Marines assembled as a group for discussion on a subject (7) - SEMINAR*

11 - Surgeon's assistant may be holding the plates (7) - DRESSER [DD]

12 - Seldom encountered gunners with sappers (4) - RARE {RA}{RE}

13 - Without locks, so in anxious state (10) - DISTRESSED {DIS-TRESSED}

16 - Brown girl one's backing up (6) - SIENNA {S'I}{ENNA}<-

17 - Prefect developed complete skill in every aspect (7) - PERFECT*

20 - Top man putting points in large assembly (7) - GENERAL {G{EN}ERAL*}

21 - Set aside the real record properly presented (6) - REPEAL {REAL+EP}*

24 - No vote for sailor with gun turning it on (10) - ABSTENTION {AB}{STEN}{TI<-}{ON}

25 - District attorney has a point for him (4) - DASA {DA'S}{A}

27 - Stage performer (7) - ACTRESS [E]

29 - Distance golf ball travelled when struck (7) - CARRIED [CD]

30 - Compelling full payment (8) - EXACTING [CD]

31 - A terse eccentric needed a holiday (6) - EASTER*

DOWN

1 - Hard to fathom why corruption engulfed good man and King (8) - ABSTRUSE {AB{ST}{R}USE}

2 - In the Royal Society some reels can be unstoppable (11) - REMORSELESS {R{MORSELES*}S}

3 - Point out the sin practiced at hotels (4) - INNS {N+SIN}*

5 - Strange happenings taking place (8) - ODDITIES [E]

6 - Consequently not the first to arrive (10) - THEREAFTER {THERE AFTER}

7 - A dope with dollars (3) - ASS {A}{SS}

8 - Badly tired of a string of invectives (6) - TIRADE {TIRED+A}*

9 - Drag wearily along a path (5) - TRAIL [DD]

14 - Erratic seat arrangement for clerks (11) - SECRETARIAT*

15 - Going before a decent net is set out (10) - ANTECEDENT*

18 - Champion of pithead workers (8) - PARTISAN {P}{ARTISAN}

19 - No dealer wrongly names a plant (8) - OLEANDER*

22 - Rovers home in the garden? (6) - GARAGE [CD] ?

23 - Private tutor to prepare for examination (5) - COACH [E]

26 - Sunken place around a building basement (4) - AREA [E]

28 - Make note that Lawrence get a beverage (3) - TEA {TE}{A}

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No 2771, Sunday 29 Jan 11

2012-01-29T08:30:00.135+05:30

ACROSS
1   - My partner may be set to drive off with a member on board (7) - SHAMPOO {SH{A}{MP}OO} Definition 'My partner'?
5   - Almost heaven, after tea, this French wine (7) - CHABLIS {CHA}{BLISs}
9   - Ten jerks in the Spanish bar (5) - EXPEL {E{X}{PE}L}
10 - Pass big gun mashed cabbage and potatoes (9) - COLCANNON {COL}{CANNON}
11 - A Hollywood hangout for the stars, and racing tipsters on newspaper (6,5) - SUNSET STRIP {SUN}{SET STRIP*}
14 - Remark on bridge puzzle (9) - CROSSWORD {CROSS}{WORD}
16 - Monk holding head of laden transport animal (5) - LLAMA {L{L}AMA}
17 - What can help to make children nuisances? (5) - ENNUI [T&CD]
18 - A bishop spotted on the wagon (9) - ABSTAINED {A}{B}{STAINED}
19 - Weak wine, mostly, in Davy Jones's locker (6,5) - WATERY GRAVE {WATERY} {GRAVEs}
23 - What may be brittle in trash can? (6,3) - LITTER BIN*
24 - Chide son lacking in affection (5) - SCOLD {S}{COLD}
25 - Flash, the Parisian wit (7) - SPARKLE {SPARK}{LE}
26 - Duck circling duck - one makes off quickly (7) - SCOOTER {SCO{O}TER}
DOWN
1   - Watch one who is easily deceived accepting bit of rubbish (10) - SEERSUCKER {SEE}{R}{SUCKER} Missing definition
2   - Plan her son hatched to acquire wind instruments (10) - ALPENHORNS*
3   - 21? Nervous energy, or vitality? (5) - PULSE {PLUS*}{E}
4   - Produced for some special event, story about black piece of furniture (10,5) - OCCASIONAL TABLE {OCCASIONAL} {TA{B}LE}
5   - Poor lad crossing polluted US city (8,7) - COLORADO SPRINGS*
6   - A better piece of phrasing by Fitzgerald, sung without accompaniment (1,8) - A CAPPELLA {A} {CAP}{P}{ELLA}
7/8 - Obtain post as head in Cornwall (5,3) - LANDS END {LANDS} {END}

8 See 7
12 - Girl with sailor, not here to waste time (5,5) - FANNY ABOUT {FANNY} {AB}{OUT}
13 - Ted Heath, for example, also included in British editorial (10) - BAND LEADER {B}{AND} {LEADER}
15 - Whisper spread about king's ruin (9) - SHIPWRECK {SHIPWRE*}{C}{K}
20 - Gadget soldiers and army medic required (5) - GISMO {GI'S}{MO}
21 - Cut lavish bonus (4) - PLUS PLUSh
22 - Mount out of Newmarket - nap (4) - ETNA [T]

No 10371, Saturday 28 Jan 12, M Manna

2012-01-28T08:30:00.129+05:30

ACROSS
1   - Infuriated by breach of police pact (10) - APOPLECTIC*
6   - No back-handed honour! (4) - PALM [DD]
9   - Rental ‘e arranged lasting forever (7) - ETERNAL*
10 - Perforated design plate using paint or ink to make copies (7) - STENCIL [E]
12 - Lovely party held by Middle East person on leave — no way! (8) - ADORABLE {A{DO}RAB}{LE~~ave~~}
13 - He may be the lad in quarter (5) - ALDEN {LAD*}{EN}
15 - A convenience sought by house purchaser? (5) - AGENT [DD]
17 - Not yielding to bad stab in toe (9) - OBSTINATE*
19 - Will the trial get agreement on time? (9) - TESTAMENT {TEST}{AMEN}{T}
21 - Thanks to Lee to bring cheer & raise spirits (5) - ELATE {TA+LEE}*
23 - After deuce extract couple of more points to win (5) - EDUCE* or {E}{DUCE}
24 - News of a possible killer being admitted (8) - BULLETIN {BULLET}{IN}
27 - Pressing a fellow to join the English cricket team (7) - EXIGENT {E}{XI}{GENT}
28 - Goes in to turn out fiery molten rock material (7) - IGNEOUS {GOES+IN+U}*
29 - Time to question work given (4) - TASK {T}{ASK}
30 - Tasteless near the knuckle (10) - INDELICATE {IN}{DELICATE} ?
DOWN
1   - Copied in a beastly way (4) - APED [CD]
2   - Concerned with what must be paid when late (7) - OVERDUE {OVER}{DUE}
3   - Large passenger carrying vessel (5) - LINER {E}
4   - American city gets disapproval in trial that brings prison (9) - CALABOOSE {CA{LA}{BOO}SE}
5   - A single item supplied (5) - ISSUE [CD]
7   - Greece district populated by simple innocent people (7) - ARCADIA [GK]
8   - Duty dodger from the gremlin era (10) - MALINGERER*
11 - To save up, I've concluded, can be dodgy (7) - EVASIVE {EVAS<-}{IVE}
14 - Fight intended to dispense with a parapet (10) - BATTLEMENT {BATTLE}{MEaNT}
16 - For the athlete who's a real swinger! (7) - TRAPEZE [CD]
18 - A subordinate state (9) - SATELLITE [CD]
20 - Artists' workrooms (7) - STUDIOS [E]
22 - Ron an abstainer from Zambia moved to an American State (7) - ARIZONA {RON+AA+Z+I}* Does the 'I' come from 'an'?
24 - Policeman's truncheon (5) - BATON [E]
25 - Feeling of weariness enveloped class nine (5) - ENNUI {U+NINE}*
26 - A small raised traffic free area in a street (4) - ISLE [E]

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No 10370, Thursday 26 Jan 12, M Manna

2012-01-26T08:30:00.103+05:30

REPUBLIC DAY GREETINGS

ACROSS

1 - Proper way of dealing with need for some fun? (4,9) - FAIR TREATMENT [CD]

8 - One producing trim craft? (7) - CLIPPER [DD]

9 - Revenue obtained for aeroplane cargo (7) - PAYLOAD [CD]

11 - Calamitous as horseplay becomes in less than a second (6) - TRAGIC {T{RAG}ICk}

13 - Surprised to go ahead with the French at a point (8) - STARTLES {START}{LE}{S} Surprised or surprises?

15 - Machine to take down shorthand notes (5) - STENO [E]

16 - Doesn't take responsibility for broadcast with noises all around (7) - DISOWNS {DI{SOW}NS}

18 - Native of a West African country leading a Scot (7) - GHANIAN [CD] Why have leading a Scot?

19 - One's big thanks to being in the money (5) - TITAN {TI{TA}N}

21 - He shows a decided preference for quiet workers (8) - PARTISAN {P}{ARTISAN}

23 - Cruel depression inside where experiments happen to turn up (6) - BRUTAL {B{RUT}AL<-}

25 - Former title given to Turkish civil officials (7) - EFFENDI [GK]

26 - Worked for a wage under a pound despite being well educated (7) - LEARNED {L}{EARNED}

28 - Noble head supporter in a position to offer something a lady can wear (5,8) - PEARL NECKLACE {P{EARL} {NECK}LACE}

DOWN

2 - Shake the thing in marble (7) - AGITATE {AG{IT}ATE}

3 - Grave letters that bring a tear (3) - RIP [DD]

4 - Not often two lots of soldiers get together (4) - RARE {RA}{RE}

5 - Carelessly eat pip and give voice if it's tasty (10) - APPETISING {APPETI*}{SING}

6 - Youth roam around to find city chief magistrate (5) - MAYOR {MA{Y}OR*}

7 - Soon led astray and may end in the soup (7) - NOODLES*

8 - Tom perhaps as the pro collapsing in disaster (11) - CATASTROPHE {CAT}{AS+THE+PRO*}

10 - Put out when Di's led round by a pig, we hear! (11) - DISGRUNTLED {DIS}{GRUNT}{LED}

12 - A circuit with Anil may help find her (5) - ILONA {O+ANIL}*

14 - Maid made allowance and gained respect (10) - ADMIRATION {MAID*}{RATION}

17 - Necessary for washing operations (5) - WATER [CD]

18 - Caught in a social blunder is one king famed for sticking a neck out (7) - GIRAFFE {G{I}{R}AFFE}

20 - Big sinker (7) - TITANIC [DD]

22 - It's next to the bull's eye (5) - INNER [CD]

24 - Nations form together for a common objective (4) - BLOC [E]

27 - High class apprentice may be trouble (3) - AIL {AI}{L}

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No 10369, Wednesday 25 Jan 12, M Manna

2012-01-25T08:30:00.137+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Good to hear of how to make light show (7) - GLISTEN {G}{LISTEN}

5 - Right to information maybe vital, but presently is of little importance (7) - TRIVIAL {R+I+VITAL}* Right to Information is actually RTI.

10 - Nuts to the District Attorney who discourages you (6) - DAUNTS {NUTS+DA}*

11 - Take care not to slip out with duplicates (8) - REPLICAS {CARE+SLIP}*

12 - Detectives on the river have to make up their minds (6) - DECIDE {DE{CID}E}

13 - Killing a lot of people on the ground (8) - MASSACRE {MASS}{ACRE}

14 - Write to refuse French flag (6) - PENNON {PEN}{NON}

15 - Performs with quarter cast (6) - ENACTS {EN}{CAST*}

18 - Moor with a girl (6) - BERTHA {BERTH}{A}

20 - Loathe employment department's exam (6) - DETEST {DE}{TEST}

23 - Managed to change gear and set out on road (8) - ARRANGED {GEAR+AND+R}*

25 - See, commanding officer expressed his displeasure (6) - VOICED {VIDE+CO}*

26 - Obscure coteries may be formed (8) - ESOTERIC*

27 - A smoker's jacket? (6) - REEFER [DD]

28 - Alas! Heard he can be from a USA State (7) - ALASKAN {ALAS}{KAN}(~can)

29 - Music of tin soldiers at the double (7) - CANTATA {CAN}{TA}{TA}

DOWN

2 - Listed by spare journalist (6) - LEANED {LEAN}{ED}

3 - Told to go within it showing feeling (9) - SENTIMENT {SENT}{I{MEN}T} MEN from ?

4 - Nearest resort in the orient (7) - EASTERN*

6 - Return ceremony to include RAF men (7) - RIPOSTE {RI{POS}TE}

7 - Behold Viola! There you are! (5) - VOILA*

8 - Accommodation made in city rail with promptness (8) - ALACRITY*

9 - Cards following a walk for voyagers taking the air (9,4) - PROMENADE DECK {PROMENADE} {DECK}

16 - Not taking much money when going around elsewhere (9) - ABSTINENT {ABS{TIN}ENT}

17 - Rips off in true vengeance (8) - REPRISAL {RE{RIPS*}AL}

19 - Country with unusual lager — first class to knock back! (7) - ALGERIA {LAGER*}{IA<-}

21 - Wild rant about short way to find somewhere to eat (7) - TAVERNA {T{AVE}RNA*}

22 - Concerned with foreign money being up-to-date (6) - RECENT {RE}{CENT}

24 - Short religious dramas (5) - AUTOS [E]

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No 10368, Tuesday 24 Jan 12, M Manna

2012-01-24T08:30:00.120+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Unicorn roaming over moors once (9) - MONOCEROS*

6 - Saw notice on time (5) - ADAGE {AD}{AGE}

9 - Number seen by five (5) - SEVEN {SE{V}EN}

10 - Island where people are accommodated without charge (9) - INNISFREE {INN}{IS}{FREE}

11 - A sin to make pass at Lois that has violent impacts (10) - COLLISIONS {SIN+COL+LOIS}*

12 - Parties that get together for a common cause (4) - BLOC [E]

14 - Brief proceedings of a meeting (7) - MINUTES [DD]

15 - Breakfast cereals (7) - MUESLIS [E]

17 - American Indian tribes (7) - NATIONS [E]

19 - Games made out in riddles (7) - ENIGMAS {GAMES+IN}*

20 - Otherwise there are eels wriggling around (4) - ELSE*

22 - Bring out in the end to offer congratulations (10) - FELICITATE {F{ELICIT}ATE}

25 - It would appear better without one's ad-lib (9) - IMPROVISE {IMPROV{I'S}E}

26 - Recorded becomes famous (5) - NOTED [DD]

27 - Value of some home rituals? (5) - MERIT [T]

28 - Stout boss is a fool (9) - FATHEADED {FAT}{HEADED}

DOWN

1 - Money back when one starts to collect notes together (5) - MUSIC {MUS<-}{I}{C}

2 - Something Jack gets attached to (5,4) - NAVAL KNOT [CD]

3 - Guilty of strong belief (10) - CONVICTION [DD]

4 - Fruits for the artist's home (7) - RAISINS {RA{IS}{IN}'S}

5 - My nosy partner finds a word having same meaning as another (7) - SYNONYM {MY+NOSY+N}*

6 - Peas rolling about in church recess (4) - APSE*

7 - Heard about Laura (5) - AURAL*

8 - Applies taxes without hesitation (9) - EXERCISES {EX{ER}CISES}

13 - Flexibility is shown about one put inside still (10) - RESILIENCE {RE}{SIL{I}ENCE}

14 - Characteristic of art movement? (9) - MANNERISM [DD]

16 - Roasted meat with pureed dates (9) - LAMBASTED {LAMB}{DATES*}

18 - Lawman finds the lady if in San Francisco originally (7) - SHERIFF {S{HER}{IF}F}

19 - It's obvious Ned has time for six English (7) - EVIDENT {NED+T+VI+E}*

21 - It is delightful to have a purse of exceptionally good quality (5) - SUPER*

23 - Finally closed the program (5) - ENDED [CD]

24 - Blockhead who was left in a spot (4) - DOLT {DO{L}T}

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No 10367, Monday 23 Jan 12, Gridman

2012-01-23T08:30:00.115+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Food for canaries Rex found in bedside clutter (8) - BIRDSEED {BI{R}DSEED*}

5 - How yam got entangled in a pile in a barn (6) - HAYMOW*

10 - Transport collection of works (7) - OMNIBUS [DD]

11 - On Burke's turning out to be a dressing-down deliverer (7) - REBUKER {RE}{BURKE*}

12 - Old daughter sour about smells (6) - ODOURS {O}{D}{SOUR*}

13 - After drunken sprees, son has a round of coffee (8) - ESPRESSO {SPREES*}{S}{O}

15 - Board member questioning a second leaving (4) - KING ~~(a)(s)~~KING

16 - Does one go round and round on this trip? (6,4) - CIRCLE TOUR [CD]

18 - Cordials we served the dramatist (5,5) - OSCAR WILDE*

20 - Pair of quarters (4) - HALF [CD]

23 - Voyage-ending vessel? (4,4) - LIFE RAFT [CD]

24 - Rash, we tangled ship's rope (6) - HAWSER*

26 - Regarded abandoning a faulty canal maker (7) - DREDGER REGaRDED*

27 - Animal disease follows endless gloom and downpour (7) - MURRAIN {MURk}{RAIN}

28 - In conclusion, the girl followed (6) - ENSUED {EN{SUE}D}

29 - The girl has a little measure to make public (8) - ANNOUNCE {ANN}{OUNCE}

DOWN

1 - An encyclopaedia, for one (4,2,9) - BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE [CD]

2 - Exhausted by baseball play? (3,4) - RUN DOWN [DD]

3 - Bonus distributed, head of rogues roped in to buy off (6) - SUBORN {SUBO{R}N*}

4 - Slow down! Don't start contract! (4) - EASE lEASE

6 - Australian beer's splashed around good inns (8) - AUBERGES {AU}{BER{G}ES*}

7 - Manages naughty dames OK (5,2) - MAKES DO*

8 - A scholar looks it up to gather some information (4,2,9) - WORK OF REFERENCE [CD]

9 - Tailor-made guideline for what you may put on? (5,4) - DRESS CODE {DRESS} {CODE}

14 - Tell wrongly, tell: “Woman performing well” (9) - MISINFORM (~miss){MIS}{IN}{FORM}

17 - Put off big-league scoundrel (8) - PROROGUE {PRO}{ROGUE}

19 - Those who spill information said to have storage facilities (7) - COFFERS(~coughers)

21 - Just say no to sailor's mark (7) - ABSTAIN {AB}{STAIN}

22 - Bun, bob or beehive? (6) - HAIRDO [CD]

25 - Willing to give up clever last word (4) - AMEN ~~Anno pending~~ (Addendum - AMEN~~able~~ - See comments)

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No 2770, Sunday 22 Jan 12

2012-01-22T08:30:00.130+05:30

ACROSS
1   - Dance after quiet game (8) - SOFTBALL {SOFT}{BALL}
5   - Hack holding page showing prominent headline (6) - SPLASH {S{P}LASH}
9   - One local person, about 100, is resting (8) - INACTIVE {I}{NA{C}TIVE}
10 - Briefly express American position (6) - STATUS {STATe}{US}
12 - Flower standing in row, cut (5) - LUPIN {L{UP}INe}
13 - Repulsive, smooth ale if off (9) - LOATHSOME*
14 - Film barrister attending meeting (5,9) - BRIEF ENCOUNTER {BRIEF] {ENCOUNTER}
17 - Money available for use by company run in Surrey town and London, perhaps (7,7) - WORKING CAPITAL {WO{R}KING} {CAPITAL}
21 - In New Zealand, adult inhaling pipe gets a respiratory ailment (9) - INFLUENZA {IN}{FLUE}{NZ}{A}
22 - Consider carefully course announced (5) - WEIGH (~way)
23 - Got the shakes in deprived area (6) - GHETTO*
24 - Sheriff's officer upset employees (8) - TIPSTAFF {TIP}{STAFF}

25 - President's first to speak in golf club (6) - PUTTER {P}{UTTER}
26 - Popular batting order (2,6) - IN DEMAND {IN} {DEMAND}
DOWN
1   - Protect novice in cast (6) - SHIELD {SHIE{L}D}
2   - She was a flighty young thing, and one likely to panic? (7) - FLAPPER [DD]
3   - Staff may make racket, working (5) - BATON {BAT}{ON}
4   - Even scores at cribbage? (5,7) - LEVEL PEGGING [E]
6   - Essential oil, oil university refined under cover (9) - PATCHOULI {PATCH}{O{U}LI*}

7 - Performs in a play abroad attached to different cast (4,3) - ACTS OUT {ACTS*} {OUT}
8 - Inn shortly to be refurbished to accommodate engineers, initially (8) - HOSTELRY {HOST{E}LRY*}
11 - Support an outsider, reportedly a drunken reveller (12) - BACCHANALIAN (~back an alien)
15 - Protocol quite absurd - letter required to dismiss banks (9) - ETIQUETTE {ETIQUE*}{lETTEr}
16 - Admitting having spell of prosperity (6,2) - OWNING UP {OWNING} {UP}
18 - Display mirror (7) - REFLECT [DD]
19 - Bail out a bishop, a hero of pantomime (3,4) - ALI BABA {ALI B*}{A}{B}{A}
20 - Irritated husband in snack bar close to Anfield (6) - CHAFED {C{H}AFE}{D}
22 - Refuse to kill (5) - WASTE [DD]

No 10366, Saturday 21 Jan 12, Gridman

2012-01-21T08:30:00.124+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Blockheaded — like a court jester? (7) - FOOLISH [CD]

5 - By George! Trail for Hansel and Gretel! (6) - CRUMBS [DD]

9 - Switching ends, speak for classical sister (5) - ERATO (-o+e)ERAT(-e+o)O

10 - “Yes” in two foreign languages etched in wood in US state (9) - LOUISIANA ~~L{OUI}{SI}ANA Anno pending~~ (Addendum - {L{OUI}{SI}ANA} - See comments)

11 - I said: “Strike”. Something batted (7) - EYELASH (~i){EYE}{LASH}

12 - Little grabbers move right back for royals (7) - PRINCES P(+r)RINCE(-r)S

13 - Bit of discrimination? (5) - TASTE [CD]

14 - Where you keep what you don't want to keep (6,3) - REFUSE BIN [E]

16 - One who has to settle when the taxman cometh (9) - RATEPAYER [CD]

19 - Prevent a seasoned one getting restricted (5) - AVERT ~~{A}VERT Anno pending~~ (Addendum - {A{VE{R}T} - See comments)

21 - Shrill firm (American) on Rex (Australian) (7) - RAUCOUS {R}{AU}{CO}{US}

23 - French island follows diplomacy. Touching! (7) - TACTILE {TACT}{ILE}

24 - Somehow adopt self to tone down (4,5) - SOFT PEDAL*

25 - Lost daughter in a foreign country (5) - PERDU {PER{D}U}

26 - The measure of education? (6) - DEGREE [DD]

27 - Inspirational words kept pal going (3,4) - PEP TALK*

DOWN

1 - Economic activity in which peer interferes crudely (4,10) - FREE ENTERPRISE*

2 - Nil ranges set apart for asses (7) - ONAGERS {O}{RANGES*}

3 - Cut off and also tie in a peculiar manner (7) - ISOLATE*

4 - Indu or rate, not indurate (4-5) - HALF-HARDY [CD]

5 - One hundred swell in group (5) - CLUMP {C}{LUMP}

6 - Takes off the steamer (7) - UNSHIPS [E]

7 - Carry novice newshawk to grizzly baby (4,3) - BEAR CUB {BEAR} {CUB}

8 - Skirting responsibility for handing the cash (7,3,4) - PASSING THE BUCK [DD]

15 - Initial mistake of the fielder? (5,4) - FIRST SLIP {FIRST} {SLIP}

17 - With team leader, collar the chocolate treat (7) - TRUFFLE {T}{RUFFLE}

18 - Flourish Shakespearean character in abridgement (7) - PROSPER PROSPERo

19 - Boy has company for soda and portmanteau drink (7) - ALCOPOP {AL}{CO}{POP}

20 - Tearier about a Red Sea land (7) - ERITREA*

22 - It's a rush for a company of herons (5) - SEDGE [DD]

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No 10365, Friday 20 Jan 12, Gridman

2012-01-20T08:30:00.141+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Move Pluto's quarters? (8) - DISPLACE {DIS}{PLACE}

5 - Treat with two big cups — rather worn out (6) - EFFETE {E}{F}{FETE} I wonder whose cups these are!!

9 - US city stylish in the past (7) - CHICAGO {CHIC}{AGO}

10 - Caught by supple plant (7) - CLIMBER {C}{LIMBER}

11 - Hastily constructed? Owner Hugh is responsible (5-4) - ROUGH-HEWN*

12 - Exotic sunrise — one's out in harbour (5) - NURSE SUNR~~i's~~E*

13 - John, alien, leaves for hard work (4) - TOIL TOILet

14 - Facial feature to which copper dips awfully with genuflection (6,3) - CUPIDS BOW {CU}{DIPS*} {BOW}

17 - Gal leader molested — none dissented (3,6) - ALL AGREED*

19 - Almost certain about learner? Play smoothly! (4) - SLUR {S{L}URe}

23 - Excel with a celebration abroad? (5) - OUTDO {OUT}{DO}

24 - When the former law was promulgated? Not really! (5,4) - EXACT TIME {EX}{ACT TIME}

25 - Confesses to narrow escapes (7) - SQUEAKS [DD]

26 - The kind of help an organisation has without looking beyond itself (2-5) - IN-HOUSE [CD]

27 - Notices a raw edge to playing equipment (6) - SEESAW {SEES}{rAW}

28 - A couple of kings involved in redrawn lesson on breathing equipments (8) - SNORKELS {SNO{R}{K}ELS*}

DOWN

1 - City men in court embellish (8) - DECORATE ~~Anno pending~~ (Addendum - {D{EC}{OR}ATE} - See comments)

2 - Slut I'm offering to one for excitements (7) - STIMULI {STI'MUL*}{I}

3 - See — hate begets hate (6) - LOATHE {LO}{HATE*}

4 - Strangely, Carol requests cramped place (5,8) - CLOSE QUARTERS*

6 - Impartiality of bazaar Sen's set up (8) - FAIRNESS {FAIR}{SENS*}

7 - Measure lawyers try to ban (7) - EMBARGO {EM}{BAR}{GO}

8 - He gets — he may well have deserved it (6) - EARNER [CD]

10 - Thought of payment (13) - CONSIDERATION [DD]

15 - Prospect of gold in Isthmus land (8) - PANORAMA {PAN{OR}AMA}

16 - Bush's shoes? (8) - CREEPERS [DD]

18 - Allow cute arrangement of salad bar item (7) - LETTUCE {LET}{CUTE*}

20 - At which one's without haste (7) - LEISURE [CD]

21 - Including shift-head in revised rotas for cooks (6) - ROASTS {ROA{S}TS*}

22 - He gives a short account: empty sack's given up for engraver (6) - ETCHER (sack)ETCHER

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No 10364, Thursday 19 Jan 12, Gridman

2012-01-19T08:30:00.110+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Wish for help in a kind of writing (8) - LONGHAND {LONG}{HAND}

6 - Leer at nothing but shapely leg? (4) - OGLE {O}{LEG*}

9 - Lines from a Hindustan zamindar (6) - STANZA [T]

10 - Within a ship… (7) - INBOARD [E]

13 - …am tardily reappraising jurisdiction of the Navy (9) - ADMIRALTY*

14 - Distress caused as girl is caught by raging fire (5) - GRIEF {G}{FIRE*}

15 - “Tears, _ tears, I know not what they mean” (Tennyson) (4) - IDLE [GK]

16 - Demented, he hints elf is in bodily life (2,3,5) - IN THE FLESH*

19 - Favourable place in Parliament or even a class (5,5) - FRONT BENCH [CD]

21 - Measure by one royal ruler (4) - EMIR {EM}{I}{R}

24 - Provide food and a bit of antic at Errol's place (5) - CATER [T]

25 - Does a dual personality have this obsessive mental illness? (9) - MONOMANIA [CD]

26 - Trendy drink I drank at first is tasteless (7) - INSIPID {IN}{SIP}{I}{D}

27 - What the solver is to Gridman — I leave this to those in the prime (6) - YOUTHS {YOU}{THiS}

28 - What is usual among men or maids (4) - NORM [T]

29 - Rent lady collected in a keen manner (8) - ARDENTLY*

DOWN

2 - Pot mali used for getting best results (7) - OPTIMAL*

3 - Army officer not completing forms (6) - GENERA GENERAl Is that why he's gone to court :-)

4 - How one looked at it quickly — a label on spear (2,1,6) - AT A GLANCE {A}{T A G}{LANCE}

5 - Department lofty about milk shop (5) - DAIRY {D}{AIRY}

7 - Old woman's strange tie with stone (7) - GRANITE {GRAN}{TIE*}

8 - Beyond which one can't go — 500 maybe seen there (3,2,3,4) - END OF THE ROAD [CD]

11 - Decline an invitation — Turkish title cancelled (3,3) - BEG OFF {BEG} {OFF}

12 - Splinter group after weekend is content (12) - SATISFACTION {SAT}{IS}{FACTION}

17 - Horse journalist overworked (9) - HACKNEYED {HACKNEY}{ED}

18 - You may put your foot in it and, outright, cause a commotion (4,2) - STIR UP {STIRr UP}

20 - Alumnus, Tamil exploiter, is more difficult to comprehend (7) - OBTUSER {OB}{T}{USER}

22 - Analgesic for people, though liquid at first presentation (7) - MENTHOL {MEN}{THO'}{L}

23 - Challenge one politician dismantling gun (6) - IMPUGN {I}{MP}{GUN*}

25 - They communicate news aimed to be disruptive (5) - MEDIA*

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No 10363, Wednesday 18 Jan 12, Gridman

2012-01-18T08:30:00.133+05:30

ACROSS

1 - If one cutter capsizes, it's fake (11) - COUNTERFEIT*

9 - One in a race has ten around to talk excitedly (7) - ENTRANT {TEN*}{RANT}

10 - Sexy partners have you locked in wrap (7) - SENSUAL {SE{NS}{U}AL}

11 - Sailor has no time for card (5) - TAROT {TAR}{O}{T}

12 - Super rate fixed for openings (9) - APERTURES*

13 - A face-saving feature in soldier's headgear (5) - VISOR [CD]

15 - Type size that's matchless (9) - NONPAREIL [DD]

18 - In making love, fool's forgotten statement (9) - SUMMATION ~~con~~SUMMATION

21 - If Tom retreats at first, it would be an idea (5) - MOTIF {MOT<-}{IF}

22 - Exclaim in parenthesis son leaves cross as Jack comes in (9) - INTERJECT INTER(-s+j)JECT

24 - Rejects cubes? (5) - DICES [DD]

26 - A thousand and one regularly infiltrate war zone in country (7) - ARMENIA {AR{M}EN{I}A}

27 - Antipathy from girl in group of spectators moving ahead (7) - ALLERGY (-g)ALLER(+g)Y

28 - Spend fixed period in prison to good purpose? (5,2,4) - WASTE NO TIME {WASTE} {NO} {TIME}

DOWN

1 - I've recast plan for people with new ideas (9) - CREATIVES*

2 - Say ship's lost its top (5) - UTTER cUTTER

3 - Italian diner returns pie to girl (9) - TRATTORIA {TRAT<-}{TO}{RIA}

4 - Raw beginner in commission to learn a different skill (7) - RETRAIN {RET{R}AIN}

5 - Close to Pole behind is Oriental (7) - EASTERN {E}{ASTERN}

6 - Retractable doctrine (5) - TENET <->

7 - Food for nutter in excitement (8) - NUTRIENT*

8 - About to leave kingdoms: charity needed (4) - ALMS reALMS

14 - Pointers to a disease (8) - SYMPTOMS [E]

16 - Animal doll Maria fixed (9) - ARMADILLO*

17 - File's out: “Dirty Place: the French manner of living” (9) - LIFESTYLE {FILE*}{STY}{LE}

19 - Cold covers? (7) - ICECAPS [CD]

20 - Shell found in a mental asylum? (7) - NUTCASE [DD]

22 - Indian queen one promoted in a foreign country (4) - IRAN (+i)IRAN(-i)

23 - Irene will be content to keep it coming (5) - RENEW [T]

25 - Opposition leader left part of Karnataka with one dog (5) - CORGI {COoRG}{I}

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No 10362, Tuesday 17 Jan 12, Gridman

2012-01-17T08:30:00.178+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Proverbially, one of this deserves another (4,4) - GOOD TURN [GK]

5 - Tease cranky lad for being foul-mouthed (6) - RIBALD {RIB}{LAD*}

9 - Exalt no nether misadventure (8) - ENTHRONE*

10 - One who takes international to eminence (6) - CAPTOR {CAP}{TO}{R}

12 - No good to live badly (4) - EVIL*

13 - A man of religion, he gets involved in a looting gone awry (10) - THEOLOGIAN {T{HE}OLOGIAN*}

15 - Greek character's vulgar plagiarism (6) - PIRACY {PI}{RACY}

17 - Be in position to just about receive a loyal subject (5) - LIEGE ~~{LI{EG}E}~~ (Addendum - {LIE}{GEt} - See comments)

20 - Half-a-dozen circle boy recalling Shakespearean character (5) - VIOLA {VI}{O}{LA<-}

21 - Old cricketer becomes more realistic (6) - SOBERS [DD]

24 - Sirs shaken by violence of an aspect of a jaunty ship (10) - RAKISHNESS*

27 - Old politician has a bit of theory on mine (4) - PITT {PIT}{T}

29 - Torment doesn't begin — that is a relation (6) - AUNTIE {tAUNT}{IE}

30 - Prime Minister takes everything — everything — in London's fashionable street (4-4) - PALL-MALL {P{ALL}-M}{ALL}

31 - Team leader, sexually excited, is difficult (6) - THORNY {T}{HORNY}

32 - Paying for lodging (8) - SETTLING [DD]

DOWN

1 - Ebenezer Scrooge, once sober, left sozzled as coot (6) - GEEZER {EbEneZer scRooGE}*

2 - Old boy ain't prepared to fetch (6) - OBTAIN {OB}{AINT*}

3 - Beginner with list is Alpine native (4) - TYRO ~~TYROl~~
(Addendum - TYRO~~lean~~ - See comments)

4 - Hurried to church estate (5) - RANCH {RAN}{CH}

6 - I would take a semi-home in US State (5) - IDAHO {I'D}{A}{HOme}

7 - Won a game? Capital, boy! (8) - ATTAINED {A}{TT}{A1}{NED}

8 - Insane matriarch has girl pushed down indeed (8) - DERANGED {DE{(-g)RAN(+g)G}ED}

11 - Cry, mob destroyed flat-topped flower cluster (6) - CORYMB*

14 - Detective when on the rise in Italian city (4) - PISA {PI}{SA<-}

16 - Sailor fired away (6) - ABSENT {AB}{SENT}

17 - Apprentice on ship to have fun (4) - LARK {L}{ARK}

18 - Accomplished actors threatening (8) - OVERCAST {OVER}{CAST}

19 - Faced with a problem, what an examiner would do visually (4,4) - LOOK INTO [CD]

22 - Girl applies legislation retrospectively to Indian festival (6) - DIWALI {DI}{WAL<-}{I}

23 - Last out at a German POW camp (6) - STALAG {LAST*}{A}{G}

25 - Leader's going up to tackle key issue (5) - SCION {S{C}'1ON<-}

26 - Haphazard races cause alarm (5) - SCARE*

28 - Sexy walk! The woman is out to show skirt opening (4) - SLIT SLIT~~her~~

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Special No 10, 16 Jan 12, Arden

2012-01-16T08:00:00.027+05:30

Thanks to Arden for providing us with a CW for today.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR TODAY

1. Each commenter can submit 3 answers with annotations in the comments section below. Final solution will be provided tomorrrow in case any remain unsolved.

2. GRID is available at the link below the last clue.

3. Across Lite version of the CW is available below the clues for those who can access the CW in Across Lite mode

Across
1 Nowadays a youngster gets the Spanish to lead on (6)
4 Ban burdening mother with three articles (8)
9 What Chaos begot before the vehicle ? (6)
10 Could a snort be rather different ? (8)
12 Surreptitious way to be fit, avoiding hospital (8)
13 Denigrate a country with a no good review (6)
15 Could be a prey to Handy-Dandy (8,4)
18 May be a Chinaman on purpose sent to jail for being a writer (9,3)
21 Indulge excessively before end of party (6)
22 Demosthenic quote Leonard botched up (8)
24 It was a battle scene when the server showed no interest in John (8)
25 Community will vanish if one goes for the oriental (6)
26 Arm protection - There is a way with money upfront (8)
27 Rely on something evenly spread up close (6)
Down
1 It is an event when Don gets mature (8)
2 They owe allegiance to Sham rock on two points (8)
3 One uses different yardsticks with two flags (6,9)
5 Bore within the inner diameter (4)
6 Anti revolutionary article on people who are old-fashioned in the Chinese capital (15)
7 It is racial to let an alien inch away (6)
8 Utter skill managed internally (6)
11 One has a high roof (7)
14 Elbowing a player out is wrong and a mean thing to do (7)
16 A pint looks small when one has the craving (8)
17 When informed, the poles got irritated (8)
19 Building material for a hypertext system is flimsy (6)
20 Place to sleep with a German girl (6)
23 The Arab gets an accomodation back (4)

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No 2669, Sunday 15 Jan 12

2012-01-15T08:30:00.003+05:30

ACROSS
1   - Criminal raced across a shopping precinct (6) - ARCADE {ARC{A}DE*}
4   - Diplomatic in court in case of potential fault (7) - TACTFUL {TA{CT}FUL*}
9   - In favour of appointment, in theory (11) - PROPOSITION {PRO}{POSITION}
10 - What could be held by mourner? (3) - URN [T&lit]
11 - Take flight from secluded place (7) - RETREAT [DD]
12 - Daughter led astray by former airline? Nonsense (7) - TWADDLE {TWA}{D}{DLE*}
13 - Fluid we rub on baby in Bedfordshire mansion (6,5) - WOBURN ABBEY*
15 - For example, George Peppard's lead heading Tarantino's cast (6,5) - PATRON SAINT {P}{ATRON SAINT*}
19 - English deserter, through drink, makes a mistake (7) - ERRATUM {E}{R{RAT}UM}
21 - Mean to declare silver at the end of cruise (7) - AVERAGE {AVER}{AG}{E}
22 - Sounds like bent grass (3) - RYE (~wry)
23 - Row after promise made to include league's leader in baseball championship (5,6) - WORLD SERIES {WOR{L}D} {SERIES}
24 - County containing power plant (7) - SPURREY {S{P}URREY}

25 - Small son, delicate (6) - SLIGHT {S}{LIGHT}
DOWN
1   - A steeple to rise to a great height (6) - ASPIRE {A}{SPIRE}
2   - Native American's dog torn apart by wild cat (7) - CHOCTAW {CHO{CTA*}W}
3   - Various nobodies needing time to make a useful contribution (2,4,3) - DO ONE'S BIT {DO ONES BI*}{T}
4   - Drayman's T-shirt, shockingly novel (8,6) - TRISTRAM SHANDY*
5   - Dance in study with Georgia (5) - CONGA {CON}{GA}
6   - Factory set up by railway (7) - FOUNDRY {FOUND}{RY}
7   - Bird left in snare (6) - LINNET {L}{IN}{NET}

8 - Waving my cross - it's free from religious order (7,2,5) - SISTERS OF MERCY*
14 - Groom's partner, quite possibly in prison (9) - BRIDEWELL {BRIDE}{WELL}
15 - Social climber's rave-up disbanded around noon (7) - PARVENU {PARVE{N}U*}
16 - Doing business with a duke in Hertfordshire town (7) - TRADING {TR{A}{D}ING}
17 - Remains in Chermside, Brisbane (6) - DEBRIS [T]
18 - Bidet's cracked in flat (6) - BEDSIT*
20 - Rear of tractor, perhaps (5) - TOWER [CD]

No 10361, Saturday 14 Jan 12, Sankalak

2012-01-14T08:30:00.125+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Support three feet of a bit of garden (8) - BACKYARD {BACK}{YARD}

5 - Creature, naughty one from Berlin, say? Not half (6) - BADGER {BAD}{GER~~man~~}

10 - Tailless monkey beginning to relish performing on a part of the stage (5) - APRON {APe}{R}{ON}

11 - Scientist of the soil, bigot reformed (9) - BIOLOGIST*

12 - Earmark a board — it is for reading matter (9) - BOOKSHELF {BOOK}{SHELF}

13 - Prefix for a man as well as gold, in retrospect (5) - ANDRO {AND}{RO<-}

14 - Carefree soldier died, died unknown (5) - GIDDY {GI}{D}{D}{Y}

16 - Chickens placed right inside cooking vessels (8) - BROILERS {B{R}OILERS}

18 - Heartless and cruel, a CID sits awkwardly (8) - SADISTIC*

20 - Requirements of bridge partners escorting English editor (5) - NEEDS {N{E}{ED}S}

24 - Follow heartless Ellen, girl! (5) - ENSUE {E~~lle~~N}{SUE}

25 - Part of theatre favours label, oriental (9) - BACKSTAGE {BACKS}{TAG}{E}

27 - Plenitude seen in a bad nuance perhaps (9) - ABUNDANCE*

28 - Seconds leave dictator in storehouse (5) - DEPOT DEsPOT

29 - Germ found in them Bryophyllums (6) - EMBRYO [T]

30 - A card seen struggling to go up once more (8) - REASCEND*

DOWN

1 - Can a British comedian get a cushion? (4,3) - BEAN BAG {BEAN} {BAG}

2 - Passengers, enough to fill the vehicle (7) - CARLOAD [CD]

3 - Pulls exercised by Americans (5) - YANKS [DD]

4 - Deadly disease means a reverse for advocates — that is sure to start with (6) - RABIES {RAB<-}{IE}{S}

6 - Worship with fuss over allotment (9) - ADORATION {ADO}{RATION}

7 - In the kitchen it is a grand conundrum (7) - GRIDDLE {G}{RIDDLE}

8 - Allowances for deserters concealing charge (7) - RATIONS {RAT{ION}S}

9 - Flames seen on Guy Fawkes Day (7) - BONFIRE [GK]

15 - Today tomorrow (9) - YESTERDAY [CD]

17 - Break up a sleuth's group (7) - DISBAND {DI'S}{BAND}

18 - Leak caused by a rising void, a bit enigmatic, in bishop's responsibility (7) - SEEPAGE {SE{E}{PAG<-}E}

19 - I'd burst out to cause an upset (7) - DISTURB*

21 - A role model once more than adequate (7) - EXAMPLE {EX}{AMPLE}

22 - Smelt a bit of money held by society editor (7) - SCENTED {S}{CENT}{ED}

23 - A plan to mesh with church characters somehow (6) - SCHEME {MESH+CE}*

26 - Teams challenge decisions to drop icon (5) - SIDES DEciSIonS*

GRID

No 10360, Friday 13 Jan 12, Sankalak

2012-01-13T08:30:00.099+05:30

ACROSS

1 - A plain rightist, excited, is pernickety (13) - HAIRSPLITTING*

10 - Right hand reversed in painting: it is showing a joint problem (9) - ARTHRITIS {ART}{HR<-}{IT}{IS}

SEE THIS CARTOON

11 - Unfair to do it yourself? About right (5) - DIRTY {DI{RT}Y}

12 - Girl, escorted by students, is steady (5) - LEVEL {L{EVE}L}

13 - Swing! (9) - OSCILLATE [E]

14 - Such an angle is more than a right one (6) - OBTUSE [CD]

16 - Money made from dough (5) - BREAD [DD]

19 - Soup for the two containing a piece of radish (5) - BROTH {B{R}OTH}

20 - Footballer keeps doubly black thing found on the beach (6) - PEBBLE {PE{BB}LE}

25 - Priest who made Clem angry somehow (9) - CLERGYMAN*

26 - Advertisement for an aviator (5) - FLYER [DD]

27 - To fall behind the Spanish, on reflection, is lawful (5) - LEGAL {LE}{GAL}<-

28 - Order that at one time confined restless Indra (9) - ORDINANCE {O{INDRA*}NCE}

29 - Tempi rendered wrongly — that was decided in advance (13) - PREDETERMINED*

DOWN

2 - Bustle that an idler lacks (8) - ACTIVITY [CD]

3 - Pastoral wall painting changed at the top (5) - RURAL (-m+r)RURAL

4 - The magic medicine of Asterix! (6) - POTION [GK]

5 - Unsafe sinecure abandoned (8) - INSECURE*

6 - Sudden flood following big shake, possibly (5,4) - TIDAL WAVE [CD]

7 - 98.6 (6) - NORMAL [CD]

8 - Urge the dogs beginning to hunt, with everyone ahead of ducks (6) - HALLOO {H}{ALL}{OO}

9 - Reportedly chews on pieces of information (5) - BYTES (~bites)

15 - Strained to get drugs distributed around capital of Liberia (9) - STRUGGLED {STRUGG{L}ED*}

17 - Put an end to a collector's item abroad (5,3) - STAMP OUT {STAMP} {OUT}

18 - Suspended animation for a regulation, say (8) - ABEYANCE [DD]

21 - Educated, lost head but made money (6) - EARNED lEARNED

22 - A device to measure notes in a particular order (5) - SCALE [DD]

23 - He has no choice in his vocation! (6) - BEGGAR [CD]

24 - More cynical insider, confused, loses heart (6) - SNIDER INSiDER*

26 - The enjoyment a soldier derives from primitive plants (5) - FUNGI {FUN}{GI}

GRID

No 10359, Thursday 12 Jan 12, Sankalak

2012-01-12T08:30:00.131+05:30

ACROSS

1 - German car, black, large, with a note loud enough to be heard (7) - AUDIBLE {AUDI}{B}{L}{E}

5 - Stick-in-the-mud who would have a tough end? (7) - DIEHARD {DIE}{HARD}

9 - Can a leonine Cuban moo, however? Very rarely (4,2,1,4,4) - ONCE IN A BLUE MOON*

10 - Way to travel with a long step (6) - STRIDE {ST}{RIDE}

11 - Little bird meets stranger, a disciplinarian (8) - MARTINET {MARTIN}{ET}

13 - Conversation expected to cover one with a record (8) - DIALOGUE {D{I}{A}{LOG}UE}

15 - A good, bright colour containing a drop of eosin? Just so (6) - AGREED {A}{G}{RE{E}D}

18 - Such weather as may portend rain (6) - CLOUDY [CD]

19 - Sailor dispatched with doubled energy to find the one missing (8) - ABSENTEE {AB}{SENT}{EE}

22 - Edible seed for a little bird, one in a pod (8) - CHICKPEA {CHICK}{PEA}

24 - A type with appeal followed by a liberal in charge (6) - ITALIC {IT}{A}{L}{IC}

27 - Clinic deserving to be rebuilt gets motoring permits (7,8) - DRIVING LICENCES*

28 - What a correspondent often claims to be at the end of a missive (7) - SINCERE [CD]

29 - Got going again, finding money in grass (7) - RESUMED {RE{SUM}ED}

DOWN

1 - Excited artist upset, beginning to object, gets exploited (7) - AROUSED {AR<-}{O}{USED}

2 - Scenery seen last month, golden in colour (5) - DECOR {DEC}{OR}

3 - Visually challenged group provides cover for the observer (9) - BLINDFOLD {BLIND}{FOLD}

4 - Antelope, docked, shows energetic style (4) - ELAN ELANd

5 - Everyone taken in by prosecutors in old TV show (6) - DALLAS {D{ALL}A'S}

6 - Turn out for a tennis great (5) - EVERT [DD]

7 - Decoration for British navy people in a spot (9) - ADORNMENT {A}{DO{RN}{MEN}T}

8 - Old actor Robert, with ecstasy and dawn of divinity, made a gift (7) - DONATED {DONAT}{E}{D}

12 - The stick to prod the actor (3) - CUE [DD]

14 - Formal end to an oblation, I suspect (9) - ABOLITION {OBLATION+I}*

16 - Eminence that is thrust upon some, as the Bard said (9) - GREATNESS [GK]

17 - Old President who took a bit out of Elizabeth (3) - ABE [T]

18 - Carbon and acid-mix as produced by these insects (7) - CICADAS {C}{ACID*}{AS}

20 - Forgiven former Conservative gets employed (7) - EXCUSED {EX}{C}{USED}

21 - Distance once conquered by upper-class eagle (6) - LEAGUE {EAGLE+U}*

23 - Weapon that an English informer brought up (5) - KNIFE {KNIF}{E}<-

25 - Uncle most upset, sent out by stand-in (5) - LOCUM {UnCLe+MOst}*

26 - Row made in union close to disaster (4) - TIER {TIE}{R}

GRID

No 10358, Wednesday 11 Jan 12, Sankalak

2012-01-11T08:30:00.125+05:30

ACROSS
1 - After a sumptuous meal, Lawrence finds a sofa (9) - BANQUETTE {BANQUET}{TE}

5   - Killer confines bishop in room on board ship (5) - CABIN {CA{B}IN}
8   - Opportunity on track in the record office (8) - CHANCERY {CHANCE}{RY}
9   - Pessimists, but “the __ are right nine times out of ten” (H.L. Mencken) (6) - CYNICS [GK]

SEE THIS CARTOON

11 - The French in Canada are fresh (5) - CLEAN {C{LE}AN}
12 - Uneasy because of stale ale, I suspect (3,2,4) - ILL AT EASE*
13 - Tempt with some excellent ice cream (6) - ENTICE [T]
14 - Rich leader of Amazon, loud, facile in speech (8) - AFFLUENT {A}{F}{FLUENT}
16 - Think about a very quiet pest (8) - APPROACH {A}{PP}{ROACH}
18 - Persecution by leaders in paranoid outfit, gorily relishing organised massacre (6) - POGROM {P}{O}{G}{R}{O}{M}
22 - Sister in trendy camp home is unwilling to give up (9) - INSISTENT {IN}{SIS}{TENT}
23 - Adjust the clock and gain energy in relaxation (5) - RESET {RES{E}T}
24 - Flowers in the eyes (6) - IRISES [DD]
25 - Takes in air and provides encouragement (8) - INSPIRES [DD]
26 - Visitors have no time for a hunch (5) - GUESS GUEStS
27 - It gives fire power in a metal shop (9) - ACETYLENE [CD]

DOWN
1   - A penny farthing, say (7) - BICYCLE [E]
2   - The closest home to accommodate listener (7) - NEAREST {N{EAR}EST}
3   - The state of the senseless? (15) - UNCONSCIOUSNESS [E]
4   - Change one penny for a vegetable (6) - TURNIP {TURN}{I}{P}

5   - Carport gal shyly spells out subject for scientific study (15) - CRYSTALLOGRAPHY*
6   - Army sub-division ordered to accept equipment (7) - BRIGADE {B{RIG}ADE}
7   - The ultimate in curiosity! (7) - NOSIEST [CD]
10 - Divided by a suggestion of corruption, quit (5) - CLEFT {C}{LEFT}

15 - Rocky debris, look, contains chromium (5) - SCREE {S{CR}EE}
16 - A call about one's getting up (7) - ARISING {A}{R{1'S}ING}
17 - A hobby from father's era (7) - PASTIME {PA'S}{TIME}
19 - Money in the bank — for a rainy day (7) - ~~RESREVE~~ RESERVE [CD]
20 - "Times” as interpreted by French artist (7) - MATISSE*
21 - What a batsman assumes at the crease (6) - STANCE [GK]

GRID

No 10357, Tuesday 10 Jan 12, Sankalak

2012-01-10T08:30:00.038+05:30

ACROSS

1 - But it is not the truncheon the cop takes to a cabaret joint! (9) - NIGHTCLUB [DD]

5 - Source of oil for a catholic work by artist (5) - COPRA {C}{OP}{RA}

8 - Over a wide area, path is halved in a poor setting (6) - ABROAD {A}{B{ROad}AD}

9 - Illness needing juice, DNA treated (8) - JAUNDICE*

11 - Talk about popular North Indian snack (4) - CHAT [DD]

12 - Go over avenues when an important choice is to be made (10) - CROSSROADS {CROSS}{ROADS}

14 - Possibly a Jo'burg boy gets something to eat (5) - SALAD {SA}{LAD}

15 - At a point, IT magnate denies existence (7) - NEGATES {NE}{GATES}

16 - Liberty to release party manifesto to start with (7) - FREEDOM {FREE}{DO}{M}

17 - Lawyer leaves record book for a creature (5) - OTTER blOTTER

19 - Lo, sunshine spoilt by wickedness (10) - UNHOLINESS*

20 - Long story in a short depiction (4) - EPIC [T]

22 - Noblemen who could block unity way back (8) - BARONETS {BAR}{ONE}{TS<-}

23 - A flop for administrators caught in Foreign office (6) - FIASCO {F{IAS}{C}O}

24 - Records — if they slip, there is much pain (5) - DISCS [DD]

25 - Sunk in nameless burden, mess needs rebuilding (9) - SUBMERSED {BURDEn+MESS}*

DOWN

1 - New, posh church carries article with a subtle variation in colour (6) - NUANCE {N}{U}{AN}{CE}

2 - Dogs that may harm Peg's red hens awfully (6, 9) - GERMAN SHEPHERDS*

3 - It follows the freeze usually (4) - THAW [CD]

4 - Heads over to a good man for something to eat (5, 2, 5) - BEANS ON TOAST {BEANS} {ON TO}{A ST}

5 - Meet with political party regarding admission fees collected (10) - CONGREGATE {CONG}{RE}{GATE}

6 - Buffet, Gates and such (15) - PHILANTHROPISTS [CD]

7 - Freedom from germs for a sibling covers a month (7) - ASEPSIS {A}{SEP}{SIS}

10 - Peter's domain, restructured, overshadows others (12) - PREDOMINATES*

13 - Young birds escaped with good fish (10) - FLEDGLINGS {FLED}{G}{LINGS}

16 - FBI agent, grabbing broken bulb, made a mess of it (7) - FLUBBED {F{BULB*}ED}

18 - Current business on the way to an agreement (6) - ACCORD {AC}{CO}{RD}

21 - Long walk for a rise (4) - HIKE [DD]

GRID

No 10356, Monday 09 Jan 12, Sankalak

2012-01-09T08:30:00.064+05:30

ACROSS

1 - With manufacturing capabilities developed, river test, desi, is improved (14) - INDUSTRIALISED {INDUS}{TRIAL}{DESI*}

8 - Large title rendered small (6) - LITTLE {L}{TITLE*}

9 - Bill put money in short account (8) - BANKNOTE Anno pending

11 - Audio receiver, spoilt, is set aside (9) - EARMARKED {EAR}{MARKED}

12 - Frighten daughter and relative (5) - DAUNT {D}{AUNT}

13 - Albatross, say (7) - SEABIRD [E]

15 - Choice of words in speech creates a craving without notice (7) - DICTION adDICTION

17 - Friendly goblin, tan one, oriental (7) - BROWNIE {BROWN}{I}{E}

19 - The astrologer's handbook (7) - ALMANAC [E]

21 - Try to avoid toffee (5) - FUDGE [DD]

23 - Tails seen wagging if absolutely necessary (9) - ESSENTIAL*

25 - Eastern worker accepts dubious help from animal (8) - ELEPHANT {E}{HELP*}{ANT}

26 - Speak at length for a girl, overdue (6) - DILATE {DI}{LATE}

27 - They attract iron and make cement storage difficult around close of fall (14) - ELECTROMAGNETS {E{L}ECTROMAGNETS*}

DOWN

1 - Losing way in tranquillity leads to bad health (7) - ILLNESS stILLNESS

2 - Discourage medico taking in French summer (5) - DETER {D{ETE}R}

3 - Saving one — there is an army for it! (9) - SALVATION [DD]

4 - Made a present to a protege, journalist (7) - AWARDED {A}{WARD}ED}

5 - Annoyed — by a quirk educator displayed (5) - IRKED [T]

6 - Engineering unit cool about the art of speaking (9) - ELOCUTION {E}{UNIT+COOL*}

7 - Such a path would be well trodden (6) - BEATEN [CD]

10 - Slide along in winter sport with beginning of delight (4) - SKID {SKI}{D}

14 - Large amount got from a wise business transaction (1,4,4) - A GOOD DEAL [DD]

16 - Binding together church people with money? Good (9) - CEMENTING {CE}{MEN}{TIN}{G}

17 - Man given to deception gives away 50 for shock absorber (6) - BUFFER BlUFFER

18 - Girl, thin, with onset of otorrhea, in Emergency Room (7) - ELEANOR {E{LEAN}{O}R}

19 - A loss reduced, adjusted as well (4) - ALSO {A+LOSs}*

20 - Visitors — Rajaji's included everyone close to twentyone (7) - CALLERS {C{ALL}{E}R'S}

22 - Moral principles a surprising hit in the Community (5) - ETHIC {E{HIT*}C}

24 - Enigma solved, ousting a large number, getting public perception (5) - IMAGE EnIGMA*

GRID

No 2668, Sunday 08 Jan 12

2012-01-08T08:30:00.134+05:30

ACROSS
1   - Friend, old countertenor, comes from a city in California (4,4) - PALO ALTO {PAL}{O} {ALTO}
5   - Unpretentious representative inhabiting isle abroad (6) - SIMPLE {SI{MP}LE*}
9   - Late drink may make bad thing better (8) - NIGHTCAP {NIGHT*}{CAP}
10 - Dog, good thing to have following onset of burglaries (6) - BASSET {B}{ASSET}
12 - A second artist brought back bouquet (5) - AROMA {AR}{OM}{A}<-
13 - Go on, smile, having broken down newly-coined word (9) - NEOLOGISM*
14 - At which one may have been punished if stealing mail (8,4) - WHIPPING POST {WHIPPING} {POST}
18 - George Hepplewhite's PM? (7-5) - CABINET-MAKER [DD]
21 - Discourage fellow cleaner (9) - DETERGENT {DETER}{GENT}
23 - Bottle-neck? (5) - NERVE [CD]
24 - Sexy Italian breaking heart? Just the reverse (6) - EROTIC {EROTI}C}<-
25 - Seek a tip cooking what's often served with chips? (5,3) - STEAK PIE*

26 - Sailor needing to achieve objective (6) - TARGET {TAR}{GET}
27 - Mother may go after this clergyman (8) - REVEREND(-mother)
DOWN
1   - Colonialist entertaining scholar and author (6) - PENMAN {PEN{MA}N}
2   - Large body of soldiers, say, described by hero (6) - LEGION {L{EG}ION}
3   - Almost lost Asian ruler in Russian city (9) - ASTRAKHAN {ASTRAy}{KHAN}
4   - Boring person studies children's writer (12) - TRAINSPOTTER {TRAINS}{POTTER}
6   - Leaders of industry deny accident harmed our state (5) - IDAHO {I}{D}{A}{H}{O}
7   - Greek god mysteriously poisoned (8) - POSEIDON*
8   - One male brought in possessions for valuation (8) - ESTIMATE {EST{I}{M}ATE}
11 - Tossed confetti at us in opera (4,3,5) - COSI FAN TUTTE*
15 - Novelist suppressing joke - it's fruity (9) - GREENGAGE {GREEN{GAG}E}

16 - Rigorous appraisal of a trial involving police branch (4,4) - ACID TEST {A}{CID} {TEST}
17 - A racket, rising commotion in slaughterhouse (8) - ABATTOIR {A}{BAT}{TOIR<-}
19 - Complain about onset of pig flu (6) - GRIPPE {GRI{P}PE}
20 - Motto on one side of court (6) - LEGEND [DD]
22 - Put up beams in the auditorium (5) - RAISE(~rays)

No 10355, Saturday 07 Jan 12, Textrous

2012-01-07T08:30:00.147+05:30

ACROSS
8 - Deposit essentially lent to be used in festival (6) - GALENA {GAL{lENt}A}
9 - Pirate brewed one fine drink (8) - ~~APERTIF~~ APERITIF {PIRATE*}{I}{F}
10 - Violent tiff surrounding top student's makeover (4-4) - FACE-LIFT {F{ACE}-{L}IFT*}

SEE THIS CARTOON

11 - Germ devours sailor in the bottom of the ocean (6) - SEABED {SE{AB}ED}
12 - Caught one rascal with a bug (6) - CICADA {C}{I}{CAD}{A} They can really make a big racket.

13 - Some chronicler I called for bookkeeping (8) - CLERICAL [T]
14 - Many English passages censored one disease (7) - MEASLES {M}{E}{AiSLES}
16 - Objection for trial (7) - PROTEST {PRO}{TEST}
20 - Drink after fantastic space adventure (8) - ESCAPADE {SPACE*}{ADE}
23 - Tonsured sociopath's head at asylum (6) - SHAVEN {S}{HAVEN}
25 - Rush to provide food around noon (6) - CANTER {CA{N}TER} Can 'cantering' really be equated to 'rushing'
26 - Can dish get an anti-rust coating? (3,5) - TIN PLATE {TIN} {PLATE}
27 - Information: small quote backs study (8) - GENETICS {GEN}{ETIC<-}{S}
28 - One who stitches with the tip of knitting pin (6) - SKEWER {S{K}EWER}

DOWN
1   - Privileged to be fashionable in taste (8) - PALATINE {PALAT{IN}E} With some help from Google!!
2   - Officer did not finish class (6) - GENERA GENERAl
3   - Confirm tidal wave's swirling out west (8) - VALIDATE {TIDAL+wAVE}*
4   - Strategy time — do something with our bureaucracy! (7) - ~~TACTICTS~~ TACTICS {T}{ACT}{ICS} Isn't it IAS nowadays?
5   - The French diocese is the one paying the rent (6) - LESEE {LE}{SEE} LESSEE {LES}{SEE}
6   - Potential winner unfortunately fails to get home on time (8) - FINALIST {FAILS+IN+T}*
7   - Detectives captured folks turning up for the movies (6) - CINEMA {CI{NEM<-}A}
15 - One giving clues to describe a duck or a mammal (3-5) - SEA-OTTER {SE{A}-{O}TTER}

17 - Daring king remains head (8) - RASHNESS {R}{ASH}{NESS}
18 - Wild apes take very little time for climbing plant (5,3) - SWEET PEA {S{WEE}{T} PEA*}

19 - One who lives a hand-to-mouth existence? (7) - DENTIST [CD]
21 - Made sinuous movements from pole, without clothes (6) - SNAKED {S}{NAKED}
22 - Scared of a noisy assault (6) - AFRAID {A}{F}{RAID}
24 - Poisonous snake overwhelmed an old general unconscious (6) - ASLEEP {AS{LEE}P}

No 10354, Friday 06 Jan 12, Mover

2012-01-06T08:30:00.137+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Deep pits could yield amino acid chains (8) - PEPTIDES*

5 - Beginning of “This Be the Verse” dear to Pyramus (6) - THISBE [T]

10 - A military hat has turned up Hunky-Dory (5) - SHAKO {HAS*}{KO<-}

11 - Square grid of paper for a bookish lobster's dance? (9) - QUADRILLE {QUAD}{RILLE} Is that 'bookish' or 'brook is a'. Anno not clear.

12 - Delivering the queen pursuing goal in boxing arena (9) - RENDERING {R{END}{ER}ING}

13 - Moved slowly, taking codriver's Paxton regularly (5) - CREPT {C}{R}{E}{P}{T}

14 - Recipe may impress (6) - PIERCE*

15 - Dog all over the place some day (7) - SAMOYED*

18 - Simply leave complicated subterfuge for sanctuaries (7) - REFUGES S~~ubt~~ERFUGE*

20 - Couscous prepared without eggs for an arboreal marsupial (6) - CUSCUS CoUSCoUS

22 - Boast about wooden shoe! (5) - SABOT*

24 - Buzzing wasp goes behind bridge player for lefties (9) - SOUTHPAWS {SOUTH}{WASP*}

25 - Candies damage naught with short answer (9) - MARZIPANS {MAR}{ZIP}{ANS}

26 - Is coming back with first woman a strain? (5) - SIEVE {SI<-}{EVE}

27 - Nymphs 500 yards away (6) - DRYADS {D}{YARDS*}

28 - Drifting organisms plan to unravel knot (8) - PLANKTON {PLAN}{KNOT*}

DOWN

1 - Fathers sample baked items (6) - PASTRY {PAS}{TRY}

2 - Ordinary quarrel for a claimant (9) - PLAINTIFF {PLAIN}{TIFF}

3 - Rational, hiding innermost confusion (2,4,5,4) - IN ONES RIGHT MIND*

4 - Queries disturbed titled gent? (7) - ESQUIRE*

6 - Dawn introduced by the Beatles? (4,5,3,3) - HERE COMES THE SUN [DD]

7 - Figure out stormy loves (5) - SOLVE*

8 - Level fluctuation at day end (8) - EVENTIDE {EVEN}{TIDE}

9 - Crone leads US soldiers to provide a Scottish dish (6) - HAGGIS {HAG}{GIS}

16 - Anything love may unite improperly (3,4,2) - YOU NAME IT {O+MAY+UNITE}*

17 - Thought pre-med is keeping us back (8) - PRESUMED {PRE}{SU<-}{MED}

19 - Swagger and tell about rowan tree (6) - SASHAY {S{ASH}AY}

20 - Advise lawyer (7) - COUNSEL [DD]

21 - Toward the rear, seer leaves Easterners (6) - ASTERN EAsTerNeRS*

23 - Daft British host (5) - BARMY {B}{ARMY}

GRID

No 10353, Thursday 05 Jan 12, Mover

2012-01-05T08:30:00.104+05:30

Cryptonyte also gone Spiffy's way?
One square in the grid has not been shaded as such the 'Orkut app' is confused.
ACROSS

8 - Competent sailor the French follow (4) - ABLE {AB}{LE}

9 - Mad, mad appeals for a neck feature in men (5,5) - ADAMS APPLE*

10 - Quiet hen is a performer (6) - PLAYER {P}{LAYER}

11 - Hit and run in a negligent manner (8) - SLAPDASH {SLAP}{DASH}

12 - Mad pilot becomes an embassy official (8) - DIPLOMAT*

14 - Ace seems able to provide seed plant (6) - SESAME {A+SEEMS}*

16 - Gratuity does not begin producing responsibility (4) - ONUS bONUS

17 - Demonstrated how in directions (5) - SHOWN {S{HOW}N}

18 - Therefore District Attorney supplies pop (4) - SODA {SO}{DA}

19 - Longing to reside elsewhere (6) - DESIRE*

21 - Six in an unusual trance provide paper for safe passage (8) - NAVICERT {NA{VI}CERT*}

23 - The army officer and the queen get together for a kitchen implement? (8) - COLANDER {COL}{AND}{ER}

26 - Haggard woman with new hat and a figure-hugging dress? (6) - SHEATH {SHE}{HAT*}

27 - Plant about quake-hit China produces liturgical music (10) - PLAINCHANT {PLA{CHINA*}NT}

28 - Merit bridge player got following listener (4) - EARN {EAR}{N}

DOWN

1 - Exuberance shown by hundred nubile eel swimming (10) - EBULLIENCE {C+NUBILE+EEL}*

2 - Reuses money in terrible secrecy (8) - RECYCLES {RECYC{L}ES*}

3 - Male animal behind another climbing for seaside grass (6) - MARRAM {MAR<-}{RAM}

4 - Five hundred publicity spots for fathers (4) - DADS {D}{ADS}

5 - Two fools take in a hired killer (8) - ASSASSIN {ASS}{ASS}{IN}

6 - Passed shuffled cards (6) - SPADES*

7 - Charity giving Gangster manuscript? (4) - ALMS {AL}{MS}

13 - Prickly Icelandic character? (5) - THORN [DD]

15 - Go-betweens arrange trade among North Africans (10) - MODERATORS {MO{TRADE*}ORS}

17 - Quiet! The Spanish dodge a water bird (8) - SHELDUCK {SH}{EL}{DUCK}

18 - Concealed moment about Edward (8) - SECRETED {SEC}{RE}{TED}

20 - Small credit loss for critical broken typeface (6) - ITALIC crITICAL*

22 - Comes from central Kiev; is it safe? (6) - VISITS [T]

24 - Go back to the French and leer (4) - OGLE {OG<-}{LE}

25 - Genuine old coin (4) - REAL [DD]

GRID

Mover

No 10352, Wednesday 04 Jan 12, Arden

2012-01-04T08:30:00.114+05:30

ACROSS

1 - The political leader could be cultivated.…. or so the story goes (7) - PARABLE {P}{ARABLE}

5 - Paper bill gets to cover nothing inside (7) - TABLOID {TAB}{L{O}ID}

9 - Many go after a fruit, which could naturally be expensive (5) - PEARL {PEAR}{L}

10 - The Frenchman blew a composition. Can it be recovered? (9) - RENEWABLE {RENE}{BLEW+A}*

11 - Could be a star like Salman with a hat (9) - ASTRAKHAN {A STAR}*}{KHAN}

12 - There is rot, but without using force could become fat (5) - ESTER fESTER

13 - Rolls up the rebuke (4) - SNUB <-

15 - Censured for duping me badly (8) - IMPUGNED*

18 - Despatches take a long time after a fiasco (8) - MESSAGES {MESS}{AGES}

19 - A sad reflection on Henry's style (4) - DASH {DAS<-}{H}

22 - Got a top one to construct the courtyard (5) - PATIO {A+TOP+1}*

24 - Short lived record for a man right in the middle of his dinner, say (9) - EPHEMERAL {EP}{HE}{ME{R}AL}

26 - They do not want to face the reality of east German prosperity (9) - OSTRICHES {OST}{RICHES}

27 - May be now, having risen, one must confess (3,2) - OWN UP {NOW*} {UP}

28 - Rent on idle gossip is enough to disperse the crowds (4,3) - TEAR GAS {TEAR} {GAS}

29 - Changed…. finished after the setter returns (7) - EMENDED {EM<-}{ENDED}

DOWN

1 - Tree is well known but not universal (6) - POPLAR POPuLAR Remember these Poplar tree lined roads from Old Hindi Movies?

2 - Such electrical phenomena can create confusion (9) - REACTANCE*

3 - Wood is brought over as a plank (5) - BALSA {BALS}{A} <-

4 - Tellurian could be lathering (9) - EARTHLING*

5 - Joint to review some music (5) - TENON <-

6 - With so much gap between stumps, “send in a Yorker”, one urged (9) - BOWLEGGED {BOWL}{EGGED}

7 - Little choice given before you go around (5) - ORBIT {OR}{BIT}

8 - Lug in air? It can be very dull (6) - DREARY {DR{EAR}Y}

14 - Lending when the cream of the society is in debt (9) - BESTOWING {BEST}{OWING}

16 - After work hates moving very quick (4-5) - POST-HASTE {POST}-{HATES*}

17 - Send her in disguise when it is held sacred (9) - ENSHRINED*

20 - Choose not to participate and work with solicitor (3,3) - OPT OUT {OP}{T OUT}

21 - Lech Walesa, say, could be back with the journalist who ran away (6) - ELOPED {ELOP<-}{ED}

23 - Confiscate trawler catching small fish (5) - TETRA [T]

24 - Those could mould the spirit (5) - ETHOS*

25 - Animal makes animal noises, reportedly (5) - MOOSE (~moos)

No 10351, Tuesday 03 Jan 12, Arden

2012-01-03T08:30:00.152+05:30

ACROSS

9 - Prospect could be long if one has the pizzazz (7) - PANACHE {PAN}{ACHE}

10 - Bluster gains support against a party (7) - BRAVADO {BRA}{V}{A}{DO}

11 - Setter caught in a downpour, time to get some clothing (7) - RAIMENT {RAI{ME}N}{T}

12 - When the ruler gets the answer, it will trigger some reaction (7) - REAGENT {RE{A}GENT}

13 - Mother has a fight over the inlaid decoration (9) - DAMASCENE {DAM}{A}{SCENE}

15 - Frantically trying to hide some silly behaviour (5) - ANTIC [T]

16 - Language for people to stay in touch (7) - BRAILLE [CD]

19 - May be Bohr's protection of Charlie King did not amount to much (7) - NICKELS {NI{C}{K}ELS}

20 - They are taken in small quantities as one sleeps, reportedly (5) - DOSES (~dozes)

21 - He doesn't know much about Omani rugs anyway (9) - IGNORAMUS*

25 - Salt said to avoid day journey (7) - NITRIDE (~night}{NIT}{RIDE}

26 - Look old under the dress? Refuse (7) - GARBAGE {GARB}{AGE}

28 - Looks to play such shots (7) - GLANCES [DD]

29 - A material to retrieve fat from cheese (7) - TAFFETA {TAF<-}{FETA}

DOWN

1 - Well, the Maoist was let off (6) - SPARED {SPA}{RED}

2 - Handicapped working for the company (6) - INFIRM {IN}{FIRM}

3 - It is a pain to be posted in Siachen (4) - ACHE [T]

4 - These crooked middlemen make one hopping mad (6) - SEETHE {THESE*}{mEn}

5 - Having a drink is pointless — need to get back to the city (8) - ABERDEEN {A}{BEeR}{DEEN<-}

6 - Crazy Turk's left a mark on the country (10) - MADAGASCAR {MAD}{AGA}{SCAR}

7 - He has the right to mostly look around a tent (8) - PATENTEE {P{A}{TENT}EEr}

8 - Gets in touch with friends and acquaintances (8) - CONTACTS [DD]

14 - The USP for the plastic she recycled (5,5) - SALES PITCH*

SEE THIS CARTOON

16 - Such banter is no good before home time (8) - BADINAGE {BAD}{IN}{AGE}

17 - The sheep dog sat between the two boys (8) - ALSATIAN {AL}{SAT}{IAN}

18 - Fit the Greek character, going in sleepy and confused (8) - EPILEPSY {E{PI}LEPSY*}

22 - Deny two point access (6) - NEGATE {N}{E}{GATE}

23 - Funny name or a fellow with a complaint? (6) - MOANER*

24 - Vacillate before the church was raised (6) - SEESAW {SEE}{SAW<-}

27 - The boat has lost many, can still float (4) - RAFT cRAFT

GRID

No 10350, Monday 02 Jan 12, Scintillator

2012-01-02T08:30:00.011+05:30

My internet is on the blink again so no pictures links or cartoons today. To save time some solutions are from my friends at the Orkut group.
ACROSS

1 - Not having to change choice at local (6) - NATIVE ~~[DD]~~ (Addendum - ~~alter~~NATIVE - See comments)

4 - Flowers appearing about onset of spring season? (8) - BLOSSOMS {BLO{S}{S}OMS}

9 - They aid in Vista clean-up (6) - WIPERS [CD]

10 - Boss did gad by aimlessly (3,5) - BIG DADDY*

12 - Cryptic information buried in English lecturer's passage (3,5) - EAR CANAL {E{AR CANA}L}

13 - Not finding the end of tunnel in British rule troubled country (6) - BRUNEI {BR}UNEI Anno pending

15 - It is said to stimulate altercations (4) - ROWS [CD]

16 - Foremost thing arranged for newly-weds? (5,5) - FIRST NIGHT {FIRST} {THING*}

19 - Bud gets new life now (10) - SPRINGTIME [CD]

20 - This is a festive season, you will say (4) - YULE(~you'll)

23 - Scrubs some scat — not just mine or yours! (6) - SCOURS {SCat}{OURS}

25 - Gently pour tea, as the male robe loosens (2,6) - BE MOTHER {THE+M+ROBE}*

27 - I had a lad beaten up at feast (2,2-4) - ID AL-AHAD*

28 - Marketplaces in Goa are ransacked (6) - AGORAE*

29 - What could be a revelation this Friday (8) - EPIPHANY [GK]

30 - Following contagious disease, hospital administers liquid (6) - FLUENT {FLU}{ENT} Just hospital?

DOWN

1 - Arey! This is 2012… (3,4) - NEW YEAR {NEW} {AREY*}

2 - Wicked predator on the prowl traps woman (3-6) - TOP DRAWER {TOP DRA{W}ER*}

3 - Raven flying over lake, about 19 Ac. (6) - VERNAL{RAVEN*}{L}

5 - Arabian Moolah comes back home (4) - LAIR <-

6 - Gathering poorly reused books (8) - SEDERUNT {REUSED*}{NT}

7 - Emboldened characters of yore (5) - OLDEN [T]

8 - An artist puts pen on table (7) - STYLIST {STY}{LIST}

11 - One could be a Java expert (7) - BARISTA [CD]

14 - Unfortunate person caught in devilish maelstrom (7) - ISHMAEL [T]

17 - Slip of a southpaw (9) - GAUCHERIE [CD]

18 - Dangerous con — Can he cross the limit? (8) - ENCROACH {EN{CROss}ACH*}

19 - Periodically assesses girlie shows, being standstill (7) - SESSILE {S}{E}{S}{S}{I}{L}{E}

21 - Solemn pledge (7) - EARNEST [DD]

22 - Celebration held up by jet-lag? No problem (6) - PONGAL [T<-]

24 - Certainly a holy animal (5) - OKAPI {OK}{A}{PI}

26 - Actor disguised as Hanks, for the most part (4) - SHAN [T] Actor or singer? (Addendum - KHAN HANKs*- See comments)

GRID

No 2667, Sunday 01 Jan 12

2012-01-01T08:45:00.004+05:30

HAPPY NEW YEAR

ACROSS
1 - Significant comedian around the South (6) - COSMIC {CO{S}MIC}
4 - Stumped by foundation garment? I don't believe it! (6,2) - STROLL ON {ST}{ROLL ON}
9 - Drink fizzy pop in ancient city (6) - ALEPPO {ALE}{PPO*}
10 - Stupid rioter in Pennsylvania capital (8) - PRETORIA {P{RETORI*}A}
12 - Where a customs officer may search, no matter what? (2,3,4) - IN ANY CASE [DD]
13 - Gem in pawn taken by nobleman (5) - PEARL {P}{EARL}
14 - Saw Tracy, perhaps, making a pudding (7,4) - SPOTTED DICK {SPOTTED} {DICK}

SEE THIS CARTOON

18 - Church book in Latin, Pete translated (11) - PENITENTIAL*
21 - Sovereign measure (5) - RULER [DD]
22 - Show violence towards powerful member (6-3) - STRONG-ARM {STRONG}-{ARM}

24 - Get rid of piece in fountain, say (8) - FIREWORK {FIRE}{WORK}

25 - Boy arrived a moment ago? (6) - JUSTIN {JUST}{IN}
26 - Smashed old bust on the rocks (8) - BANKRUPT [DD]
27 - I rowed out to identify queer fish (6) - WEIRDO*
DOWN
1   - Girl left in vehicle is as upset (8) - CLARISSA {C{L}AR}{ISSA*}
2   - Female to inform furniture designer (8) - SHERATON {SHE}{RAT ON}
3   - Suggest just disposing of leader (5) - IMPLY sIMPLY
5   - Brontës' play? (5,7) - THREE SISTERS [DD]
6   - Frank, abroad, rung before noon (9) - OUTSPOKEN {OUT}{SPOKE}{N}
7   - Rope shown in a trial that's fixed (6) - LARIAT*
8   - Net lay spread out nicely (6) - NEATLY*
11 - Runway - one's seen between flights, ahead of take off (7,5) - LANDING STRIP {LANDING} {STRIP}
15 - People of the highest standing put up prize trophy (3,6) - TOP DRAWER {TOP<-} {DRAWER<-}
16 - Smear about leader in industry in column (8) - PILASTER {P{I}LASTER}

17 - Song and dance created by sergeant under fire? (8) - FLAMENCO {FLAME}{NCO}

19 - Rep refurbished marvellous dwelling (6) - PREFAB {PRE*}{FAB}
20 - German boy turned up at home with an old British coin (6) - FLORIN {FLOR<-}{IN}
23 - Navy going on river is pointless (2,3) - NO USE {N}{O USE}

Sunday 01 Jan 12, New Year Greetings

2012-01-01T01:00:00.008+05:30

HAPPY NEW YEAR

to all the visitors 

and thanks for making the blog a success

The Gopinaths

wish everyone

Happy New Year

PS: Today's blog will appear only at 8:45 AM

No 10349, Saturday 31 Dec 11, Buzzer

2011-12-31T08:30:00.127+05:30

Today was tougher than tackling Neyartha!! Too many obscure items.
ACROSS

1 - The object of bardolatry … (11) - SHAKESPEARE [CD]

9 - … it is said of some proverb: All's well … (6) - VERBAL [T]

10 - … well a cos in any form is still salad (8) - COLESLAW*

11 - European boot (5) - ITALY [GK]

12 - Flimsy wrapper is carele.. (7) - NEGLIGE NEGLIGEe

13 - Monkey let usual cries out (8) - ULULATES*

15 - Attractive odds, subject to chance (6) - SEEMLY ? S???F? ? (Addendum - SPIFFY [DD])

16 - Shrub ends by a meadow (6) - AZALEA {A}{Z}{A}{LEA}

18 - Fabulous one with killer looks (8) - ~~B?S?L???~~ (Addendum - BASILISK [GK] - See comments)

20 - Unsettled, insane, restrained by no in charge (7) - NOMADIC {NO}{MAD}{IC}

21 - See no good weapon (5) - LANCE gLANCE

22 - Harder to control circulating story (8) - STEELIER {STEE{LIE}R}

23 - Potter, primarily fantastic flier, gets snitch (6) - PILFER {P}{FLIER*}

24 - Leg work to arrange an event (5-6) - STAGE-MANAGE [DD]

DOWN

2 - Sole protector of elf taking new trouble (7) - HOBNAIL {HOB}{N}{AIL} If we didn't have 13 of these on the sole of each boot during our military training at the academy we were in for punishment!!

3 - Watery spirit is a record breaking solution (5) - KELPY {KE{LP}Y}

4 - Difficult ascent on primarily steep angles (7) - SECANTS {ASCENT*}{S}

5 - They express praise and wild lies with gusto (9) - EULOGISTS*

6 - Composer Puccini's sorcery is showing up (7) - ~~R?S?I?I~~ (Addendum ROSSINI [T<-] )

7 - Fighting at a sailor zone for fish (7,6) - SERIOLA ZONATA*

8 - The Hindu say, is ahead of time; overwhelming opponents and securing article (5,8) - ~~PAPER L???E?E?~~ (Addendum - PAPER FASTENER {PAPER} {FAST{E)(N}ER})

14 - Trash talk is a replacement for one in idle digital activity? (9) - TWADDLING TW(-A+i)ADDLING

17 - The French doctor's hospital section is sparkling (7) - LAMBENT {LA}{MB}{ENT}

18 - Unyielding deer and sheep (7) - BUCKRAM {BUCK}{RAM}

19 - Position that is characteristic of a stilt (4,3) - LONG LEG [DD]

21 - Plant seen in parts of Purvanchal, UP, India (5) - LUPIN [T]

GRID

No 10348, Friday 30 Dec 11, Neyartha

2011-12-30T08:30:00.146+05:30

Stumped by some annotations.
ACROSS

1 - Yielding to see harboured ship (10) - CONCESSIVE {CONCE{SS}IVE}

6 - Letters from a safari out there somewhere (4) - AFAR [T]

10 - Turkey censored adapted translation for the citizens (9) - NATIONALS trANSLATION*

11 - Sullen leaders in gathering find cover for the coat from the east (5) - GRUFF {G}{RUF<-}{F}

12 - Encounter game review showing approval (13) - ENCOURAGEMENT*

14 - A wild one might present a pointless chase (5) - GOOSE [CD]

15 - Alter the painting returned by the partners to the model (9) - TRANSFORM {TRA<-}{NS}{FORM}

17 - Cook doled tuna having small rounded lumps (9) - NODULATED*

21 - Band's contract with the absconding sailor (5) - RIDGE abRIDGE

22 - An astronaut's doctor's field of study? (5,8) - SPACE MEDICINE [CD]

24 - Picture on the salver (5) - PLATE [DD]

25 - Greek character's suppressing move to box the soprano's bridal collection (9) - TROUSSEAU {T{ROU{S}SE}AU}

26 - Request from a follower of Guru Nanak in recital (4) - SEEK (~sikh)

27 - Frank to train for the legal hunting period (4,6) - OPEN SEASON {OPEN} {SEASON}

DOWN

1 - Coming together to discuss about the abandoned quarter of the Belgian port (10) - CONVERGING Anno pending (Addendum - CONVERGENT - {CONVERse}{GENT} - See comments)

2 - Door notch shaped like a skeletal rod (9) - NOTOCHORD*

3 - Speak effectively on the intense chess rating system instead of the article (7) - ELOCUTE (-a+elo}ELOCUTE

4 - Location accepting Spanish article sent up with what Gandhi made in Dandi (3,4) - SEA SALT{SEA-{SAL<-}T}

5 - Guts of the church artist under Latin power (7) - VISCERA {VIS}{CE}{RA}

7 - Learner misplaced missing note on display with defect (5) - FAULT F(-l)AU(+l)LnT

8 - Overheard American being made redundant in the argument (4) - RIFT ~~Anno pending~~ (Addendum - (~riffed) - See comments)

9 - Escape from the retreat after commencement (6) - EGRESS ~~Anno pending~~ (Addendum - rEGRESS - See comments)

13 - A measure of magnetomotive force (6-4) - AMPERE-TURN [GK]

16 - Sold defective frame for the dispatch counter to the veterans (3-6) - OLD-TIMERS {OLD-{TIMER<-}S*}

18 - Ferment and lighten (6) - LEAVEN [DD]

19 - Oriental caught by baffled Potter at the high vantage point (7) - TREETOP {TRE{E}TOP*}

20 - Drop limit for the Democrat for a short time (3,4) - DIE DOWN ~~Anno pending~~ (Addendum - (-t+d)DIE DOWN - See comments)

21 - Prosecute after the German rice is put out again (7) - REISSUE {REIS}{SUE}

22 - The lion's might be the biggest (5) - SHARE [CD]

23 - Stop usher's exhibition of the work (4) - OPUS [T]

GRID

No 10347, Thursday 29 Dec 11, Neyartha

2011-12-29T08:30:00.142+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Copilot's wiper damaged in gunboat diplomacy (5,8) - POWER POLITICS*

9 - Spill the beans about the hag changing course (9) - SWITCHING {S{WITCH}ING}

10 - Dish Usha concealed in silence (5) - SHUSH [T]

11 - We abandoned the broken showpiece in the travellers' lodging (7) - HOSPICE SHOwPIeCE*

13 - Read the note on Scottish island retreat at first (7) - NARRATE {NARRA<-}{TE}

14 - Secures the speaker's smoked salmon (5) - LOCKS (~lox)

15 - A cow's shed was built and exhibited (9) - SHOWCASED*

17 - URL typed in reverse by the woman inside vehicle leads to some marsh plants (9) - BULRUSHES {BU{LRU<-}{SHE}S}

18 - Jack, sent off by yours truly, posts sonnet segments (5) - IAMBS (-j+i)IAMBS

20 - Strangely consider throwing away the ring that was set aside (7) - RESCIND CoNSIDER*

22 - Unexpected hit on a structural floor beam (7) - SLEEPER [DD]

23 - In addition, I get entertained by a Kamarupan language from the east (5) - AGAIN {AGA{I}N<-}

24 - Obnoxious schoolmate in trouble after losing Charlie (9) - LOATHSOME ScHOOLMATE*

26 - It may help keep the bus on the road (8,5) - STEERING WHEEL [CD]

DOWN

1 - French mathematician employs the chief herdsman for something related to Easter (7) - PASCHAL {PASC{H}AL}

2 - Calm wish I oddly found to be funny (9) - WHIMSICAL*

3 - Vocal mythical bird on the pitch (3) - ROC (~rock)

4 - Judge oddly ignoring compliance (5) - OPINE cOmPlIaNcE

5 - Extremely clever of the elected to get the low down on the credit notes (9) - INGENIOUS {IN}{GEN}{IOUS}

6 - Engineer invites Curt to be useful (11) - INSTRUCTIVE*

7 - Son taking the force out of the animals in the steamy room (5) - SAUNA (-f+s)SAUNA or {S}{fAUNA}

8 - Cut the record's spiralling part (6) - THREAD [CD]

12 - A nice US coin bent out of shape with ease (11) - INSOUCIANCE*

15 - Software calendar (an integral part of any operating system?) (9) - SCHEDULER [E]

16 - Signal flag with an Asian map found hidden in the beach (9) - SEMAPHORE {S{E}{MAP}HORE}

17 - Cocktail server? (6) - BARMAN [CD]

19 - Slips up in covering the high class gangster when dreamy (7) - SURREAL {S{U}RRE<-}{AL}

21 - Cleaning agents in the TV serials (5) - SOAPS [DD]

22 - Bumped off the slow mover after the student and knight trade places (5) - SLAIN S(-n+l}LAI(-l+n)N

25 - The way to smuggle an axe (3) - HEW [T]

GRID

No 10346, Wednesday 28 Dec 11, M Manna

2011-12-28T08:30:00.131+05:30

ACROSS

1 - A looser sort of spray (7) - AEROSOL*

5 - A garden had been cultivated on the island (7) - GRENADA*

9 - Jack, a good man of high class, will refrain from voting (7) - ABSTAIN ~~{AB}{ST}{AI}N 'N' from ?~~ (Addendum - {AB}{SAINT*} - See comments)

10 - Lake province (7) - ONTARIO [DD}

11 - One Frenchman gets the girl (5) - IRENE {I}{RENE}

12 - They will have to stop playing (9) - ORGANISTS [CD]

13 - Was commended for having deferred payment (3,6) - GOT CREDIT [DD]

15 - Quoits thrown by athletes (5) - DISCS [CD]

16 - Am confused over sound of crow or parrot (5) - MACAW {MA*}{CAW}

18 - Birds which might take ripe corn (5,4) - WHEAT EARS (~wheatears)

21 - The opposite of a long drive in green terms (9) - SHORT CUTS [CD] (Addendum - SHORT PUTT [CD] - See commenta)

24 - Same as impudence, impertinence (5) - NERVE [E]

25 - Surprisingly a mere lad gets hold of a gemstone (7) - EMERALD*

26 - Not many can provide a word which means the opposite (7) - ANTONYM*

27 - He is tasked in the preparation of bank payment order (7) - DRAFTER [CD]

28 - Oriental or English back (7) - EASTERN {E}{ASTERN}

DOWN

1 - An entanglement of ways to cause surprise (7) - AMAZING {A}{MAZING}

2 - Hold in high esteem (7) - RESPECT [E]

3 - Frightener in the field (9) - SCARECROW [CD]

4 - Foreign language I long to work up (5) - LINGO*

5 - Cross female taking silk? (9) - GEORGETTE Anno pending

6 - Left note for a public school (5) - ELTON {L+NOTE}*

7 - Stars again bring stoppages to work (7) - ARRESTS {STARS+RE}*

8 - America in a sore upheaval causes excitement (7) - AROUSES {ARO{US}ES*}

14 - May describe a bed in Australia (4,5) - DOWN UNDER [CD]

15 - Assigns time for going round school, and sets off (9) - DETONATES {D{ETON}ATES}

16 - Bad dreams I interpret wrongly (7) - MISREAD*

17 - First class opening for artist causes ill feeling (7) - CHOLERA {C}{HOLE}{RA}

19 - Managed to change gear when about to set out (7) - ARRANGE {AR{RAN}GE*}

20 - Armoured vehicle named after a General (7) - SHERMAN [GK]

22 - It may require skill to trace out characteristic feature of a person (5) - TRAIT {ART+IT}*

23 - Mischievously irritate (5) - SHAKE ? (Addendum - TEASE - See comments)

GRID

No 10345, Tuesday 27 Dec 11, M Manna

2011-12-27T08:30:00.045+05:30

Internet's playing hide and seek with me today, post may get delayed.
ACROSS

1 - Took in article and got angry (7) - SEETHED {SEE{THE}D} Took article into what?

5 - This has a bad effect on the listeners (7) - EARACHE [CD

9 - Log in (5) - ENTER [CD]

10 - Speak of the underworld chase (9) - DISCOURSE {DIS}{COURSE}

11 - Refreshing drink in a vessel (3, 3) - TEA CUP

12 - Writer has to make the attempt first (8) - ESSAYIST {ESSAY}{1ST}

14 - Paddle without getting one's feet wet? (5) - CANOE [CD]

15 - Privates take part in a salute by general consent (9) - AGREEMENT {A}{GREE{MEN}T}

18 - It's held to give a view of gentle rot perhaps (9) - LORGNETTE*

20 - Exceptionally good quality (5) - SUPER [E]

22 - Seamen at home with the strong drink (8) - ABSINTHE {ABS}{IN}{THE}

24 - Little woman having former Indian coin (6) - JOANNA {JO}{ANNA}

26 - Shunning a video can be misconstrued (9) - AVOIDANCE*

27 - Locks are the key to its existence (5) - CANAL [CD]

28 - Love lyrics written by egghead-master mind (7) - OVERSEE {O}{VERSE}{E}

29 - Resentment shown for carrying a small dagger (7) - DUDGEON [DD]

DOWN

1 - Doubtful place, it's moving round about (9) - SCEPTICAL {SCEPTI{C}AL*}

2 - Merging in, aren't seen to get on board (7) - ENTRAIN*

3 - With that girl copper might incline to some sort of hard labour (9) - HERCULEAN {HER}{CU}{LEAN}

4 - The old queen acted with love (4) - DIDO {DID}{O}

5 - The way to provide a comfortable living (4, 6) - EASY STREET [CD]

6 - You may find that nothing is hard for her (5) - RHODA {O+HARD}*

7 - Arrange my vehicle for her (7) - CARMINE {CAR}{MINE}

8 - Choose to disturb Miss Annabel and get caught (5) - ELECT {ELE}{CT}

13 - An opportunity never to be repeated (4, 6) - LAST CHANCE [E]

16 - The head in consequence has become fully established (9) - ENSCONCED ~~Anno pending~~ (Addendum - {EN{SCONCE}D} - See comments)

17 - Waterproof sailor boy finds fashionable (9) - TARPAULIN {TAR}{PAUL}{IN}

19 - Put back what's left before taking mineral (7) - RESTORE {REST}{ORE}

21 - Contrition expressed by the last letter from Penzance (7) - PENANCE PENzANCE

22 - Davy Crockett's last stand was not entirely fashionable (5) - ALAMO ~~Anno pending~~ (Addendum - A LA MOde - See commenta)

23 - Points of intersection in branching systems (5) - NODES [E]

25 - As a chief, be among the first (4) - HEAD or LEAD ? [DD]

GRID

Tuesday 27 Dec 11, Delay

2011-12-27T08:20:00.002+05:30

Internet playing hide and seek, post may get delayed. Bhavan if you see this please log in an post the incomplete draft after completing it.
Posted from my phone!!

No 10344, Monday 26 Dec 11, M Manna

2011-12-26T08:30:00.130+05:30

ACROSS

1 - A fragrance is rising (6) - ASCENT {A}{SCENT}

4 - Ant-heaps are broken up by this bird (8) - PHEASANT*

10 - A good man may first have a card game (7) - CANASTA {CAN}{A}{ST}{A}

11 - Little crawler going around quietly to investigate (7) - INSPECT {INS{P}ECT}

12 - Police incursion to make arrests (4) - RAID [CD]

13 - It measures the speed of a comet colliding with earth (10) - TACHOMETER {COMET+EARTH}*

16 - Have refreshment in this vessel (6) - TEAPOT [CD]

17 - Spent on advertisement for a set of five things (7) - PENTADS {SPENT+AD}*

20 - Italian gentleman having a point to disregard (7) - SIGNORE {S}{IGNORE}

21 - The medico got out of bed in a sour mood (6) - MOROSE {MO}{ROSE}

24 - Stupefied noblemen reported at the bend that there were too many to be counted (10) - NUMBERLESS {NUMB}{(~earl}ERL}{ESS}(~s)

25 - We, of the French, turned up for the employed (4) - USED {US}{ED<-}

27 - Snarled when old Chinese went first (7) - TANGLED {TANG}{LED}

29 - Disneyland in this California city (7) - ANAHEIM [GK]

30 - Most cursed person sentenced to eternal punishment (8) - DAMNDEST [CD]

31 - Woman with a son about 51 (6) - ALISON {A}{LI}{SON}

DOWN

1 - Correct a cool-headed cleric (8) - ACCURATE {A}{C}{CURATE}

2 - Favouring cooking of one's own kind? (11) - CANNIBALISM [CD]

3 - Eat noisily? (4) - NOSH {NO}{SH}

5 - A number will stuff a bird to increase the size (8) - HEIGHTEN {H{EIGHT}EN}

6 - Feast day which is taken for granted (10) - ASSUMPTION [DD]

7 - A mimic stands up to record his creation (3) - APE {A}{PE<-} Anno not clear

8 - Instructors strut round (6) - TUTORS {STRUT+O}*

9 - Vehicle reversed by a new driver for the fleet (5) - NAVAL {NAV<-}{A}{L}

14 - One's studies can lead to such boredom! (11) - TEDIOUSNESS*

15 - Gave advice to Dulles once (10) - COUNSELLED*

18 - Poetical compositions of introductory functions (8) - PRELUDES [E]

19 - They sounded deep (8) - LEADSMEN [CD]

22 - International organisations tied together (6) - UNITED {UN}{TIED*}

23 - Row about South Carolina film award (5) - OSCAR {O{SC}AR}

26 - Time in America to capitulate (4) - FALL [DD]

28 - Pseudonym for French (3) - NOM [CD]

GRID

No 2666, Sunday 25 Dec 11

2011-12-25T08:30:00.129+05:30

MERRY CHRISTMAS

ACROSS
1 - Pub against City in needle match (5,5) - LOCAL DERBY {LOCAL} {DERBY}
6 - Animal kept for breeding gets endless attention (4) - STUD STUDy
10 - Living in a town in Darfur, Bangladeshi (5) - URBAN [T]
11 - Almost risk bringing in Arab coach (9) - CHARABANC {CH{ARAB}ANCe}
12 - Stimulating drink (7) - CORDIAL [DD]
13 - Leaves foil, crumpled with time (7) - FOLIAGE {FOLI*}{ABE}
14 - Flag showing major shipping hazards (5,3,4) - STARS AND BARS {STAR}{S AND BARS} My COD

18 - There's talk of a bit of trouble during change-over (12) - CONVERSATION {CONVERS{A}{T}ION}
21 - Bird ran off in stadium (4,3) - BARN OWL {B{ARN*} OWL}

22 - A permit held by the sportsman (7) - ATHLETE {A}{TH{LET}E}
23 - Mushy peas and tripe starter (9) - APPETISER*
24 - Bar, stifling to staff (5) - BATON {BA{TO}N}
25 - The queen of Carthage accomplished nothing (4) - DIDO {DID}{O}
26 - What Bloomingdale's always has in? (10) - APOSTROPHE [CD]
DOWN
1 - Boat set afloat (6) - LAUNCH [DD]
2 - Poles caught sabre dancing (6) - CABERS {C}{ABERS*}

3 - Ageing, as the walrus undoubtedly is (4,2,3,5) - LONG IN THE TOOTH [DD]

4   - Former church leader's first to stand out (5) - EXCEL {EX}{CE}{L}
5   - Annual dinner of beef 'Santa' may provide (9) - BEANFEAST*
7   - Hothead showing sign of emotion at opponent's ground (8) - TEARAWAY {TEAR}{AWAY}
8   - Drop iron? (8) - DECREASE {DE-CREASE}
9   - Admitted as a barrister shouted for drinks? (6,2,3,3) - CALLED TO THE BAR [DD]
15 - Produces a meal at short notice - smashing result, with drink later (7,2) - RUSTLES UP {RUSTLE*}{S UP}
16 - One holds a sword - he won't strike poet (8) - SCABBARD {SCAB}{BARD}
17 - Fearless, I unwisely printed (8) - INTREPID {I}{NTREPID*}
19 - Socialist premier in tabloid (3-3) - RED-TOP {RED}-{TOP}

20 - Odd scene involving a session with a spiritualist (6) - SEANCE {SE{A}NCE*}
22 - A bishop, as seen in wall hanging (5) - ARRAS {A}{RR}{AS}

No 10343, Saturday 24 Dec 11, M Manna

2011-12-24T08:30:00.123+05:30

ACROSS
1 - An antelope is a robust animal, it's said (10) - HARTEBEEST (~hearty){HARTE}{BEEST}(~beast)

6   - When turn came to bat, it was not permitted (4) - TABU {TAB<-}{U}
9   - People in the train (7) - RETINUE [CD]
10 - Get date wrong about vicar's return and be turned away (7) - AVERTED {A{VER<-}TED*}
12 - Need rest perhaps when taken ill (8) - RESENTED*
13 - Expose onself to some uncertain curiosity (5) - INCUR [T]
15 - Equestrian appendage (5) - RIDER [CD]
17 - Possibly name ten to get compensation (9) - ATONEMENT*
19 - A company — one a large number left (9) - ABANDONED {A}{BAND}{ONE}{D}
21 - Rails to coach (5) - TRAIN [DD]
23 - To tax again was more than the usual (5) - EXTRA {TAX+RE}*
24 - Picture river with the right characteristic (8) - PORTRAIT {PO}{R}{TRAIT}
27 - One may retain flexibility but it's no go (7) - INERTIA {I}{RETAIN*}
28 - Popular way ant makes up time (7) - INSTANT {IN}{ST}{ANT}
29 - Sliding frame for window panes (4) - SASH [E]
30 - In transit they'll get by with mashed greens (10) - PASSENGERS {PASS}{GREENS*}
DOWN
1 - Unyielding to pressure (4) - HARD [CD]
2 - One's prepared for more turns on the road (7) - RETREAD [CD]
3   - He was possibly born in Rhode Island (5) - ERNIE {NEE+RI}*
4   - Overlooking the cause of this complaint (3,6) - EYE STRAIN [CD]
5   - Remain upright and take a position (5) - STAND [DD]
7 - The definite item (7) - ARTICLE [CD]
8   - Realise subordinate position (10) - UNDERSTAND {UNDER}{STAND}
11 - It's obvious I've been set back by the depression (7) - EVIDENT {EVI<-}{DENT}
14 - Factories which churn their products out (10) - CREAMERIES [CD]
16 - Diana performing in extremes of restraint is shining brightly (7) - RADIANT {R~~est~~{DIANA*}~~rain~~T}
18 - Servants in a mess require false evidence (9) - ORDERLIES {ORDER}{LIES}
20 - Play-girl? (7) - ACTRESS [CD]
22 - Cause trouble by setting it in stone (7) - AGITATE {AG{IT}ATE}
24 - Public square in a city (5) - PLAZA [DD]
25 - Came into view (5) - RISEN [CD]
26 - Time to use the tribes of North American Indians (4) - UTES {T+USE}*

GRID

No 10342, Friday 23 Dec 11, M Manna

2011-12-23T08:30:00.098+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Apartheid issue in which evidence is put down (5,3,5) - BLACK AND WHITE [DD]

8 - Colour of FBI agents in depression? (7) - PIGMENT {PI{GMEN}T}

9 - Radar equipment for the surveyor (7) - SCANNER [DD]

11 - All the fractures could have calamitous results (6) - LETHAL*

13 - Check the others have water (8) - RESTRAIN {REST}{RAIN}

15 - Feeling of horror may go slowly (5) - CREEP [DD]

16 - Entitle one blend to be endlessly distributed (7) - ENNOBLE {ONE+BLENd}*

18 - Become fashionable in dressing (7) - SHARPEN [DD]

19 - Big Ted sent back for a metal piece, to hold another, in place (5) - GIBED {GIB<-}{ED} As per the definition the word should be GIBBED

21 - During examination, pop gains surprisingly (8) - APPOSING*

23 - Twins for example brought up on very little (6) - GEMINI {GE<-}{MINI}

25 - Originate from gentleman at embassy (7) - EMANATE [T]

26 - Ennoble at levee specially convened (7) - ELEVATE*

28 - Reserved large amount of money — or just an adequate amount (6,7) - MODEST FORTUNE {MODEST} {FORTUNE}

DOWN

2 - Envoy takes note that he's the beneficiary (7) - LEGATEE {LEGAT{E}E}

3 - Hint given to play billiards (3) - CUE [DD]

4 - Against anything proposed (4) - ANTI [E]

5 - Making out many nice rings can be fake (10) - DISCERNING {D}{NICE+RINGS*}

6 - The courage of one in a suit (5) - HEART [DD]

7 - Ship's carrying capacity (7) - TONNAGE [E]

8 - Country with a governing force? (6,5) - POLICE STATE [CD]

10 - Grade and lodge ordinary people (4,3,4) - RANK AND FILE {RANK} {AND} {FILE}

12 - A Greek letter (5) - ALPHA [E]

14 - Take ill swallowing stagnant water and he'll go to court (10) - RESPONDENT {RES{POND}ENT}

17 - A low heavy truck possibly for a Gobi course (5) - BOGIE {GOBI*}{E}

18 - Staff officer hurried into the river for the singer (7) - SOPRANO {SO}{P{RAN}O}

20 - Country genius full of sex appeal (7) - BRITAIN {BR{IT}AIN}

22 - No real point feeling it if you are not to blame (5) - SHAME [CD] Thought 'sorry' fits better.

24 - It's nothing near the end of the dictionary (4) - ZERO [DD]

27 - Partake of a tea spread (3) - EAT*

GRID

No 10341, Thursday 22 Dec 11, M Manna

2011-12-22T08:30:00.107+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Check and find little crawler has accepted cash (7) - INSPECT {INS{P}ECT}

5 - Locates variety of sugar found in milk (7) - LACTOSE*

10 - An Earl may turn for her (6) - LAURAE {A+EARL+U}*

11 - Outstanding feature of British and German currency (8) - LANDMARK {L}{AND}{MARK}

12 - A sorcerer from Australia! (6) - WIZARD [CD]

13 - Cleaner who is wary about son (8) - CHARLADY {CHAR{LAD}Y}

14 - Only engineer found in what is now Sri Lanka (6) - CEYLON {ONLY+CE}*

15 - Rejects with contempt, at railway siding, on two points (6) - SPURNS {SPUR}{N}{S}

18 - Does such electricity have no switch? (6) - STATIC [CD]

20 - It's completely in Latin (2,4) - IN TOTO &lit

23 - Mocking, scornful (8) - DERISIVE [E]

25 - Film Red Indian tribe in Senegal (6) - SCREEN {S{CREE}N}

26 - Bliss is being in the procession (8) - PARADISE {PARAD{IS}E}

27 - Young man dons the best dress (6) - ADONIS {DONS+AI}*

28 - Withdraws soldiers with flags (7) - RETIRES {RE}{TIRES}

29 - Not committed to run late dance (7) - NEUTRAL*

DOWN

2 - Can I analyse one new vitamin? (6) - NIACIN {CAN+I+I+N}*

3 - Entrap men into fixed arrangement (9) - PERMANENT*

4 - Rush during short visit about a set of principles (7) - CREEDAL {C{REED}ALl}

6 - Year books of plants (7) - ANNUALS [DD]

7 - Take time to mail subject into a vernacular language (5) - TAMIL {T}{MAIL*}

8 - On way, tried to point excitedly with a loud and grating voice (8) - STRIDENT {ST}{TRIED+N}*

9 - Rambling Lord I silenced — that was rash (3-10) - ILL-CONSIDERED*

16 - Furthest away but can talk more than anyone (9) - UTTERMOST {UTTER}{MOST}

17 - See great changes in accommodation at the lower end (8) - STEERAGE*

19 - Nice for us to have a kitchen department (7) - CUISINE {NICE+US+I}*

21 - Note to say one is willing (7) - TESTATE [CD]

22 - He has an outfit set up for flight (6) - HEGIRA {HE}{GIR)(A<-}

24 - A form of Arabic (5) - IRANI [CD]

GRID

No 10340, Wednesday 21 Dec 11, M Manna

2011-12-21T08:30:00.133+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Spiritless team in a deplorable state after batting (9) - INANIMATE {IN}{ANIMATE*}

6 - Plutocrat heard turning down Monkhouse's request (5) - NABOB {NA}{BOB}

9 - Out into the open (5) - FORTH [E]

10 - See about this (9) - CATHEDRAL [CD]

11 - Absorb recooked meal as it is (10) - ASSIMILATE*

12 - Some photographers take pictures of military equipment (4) - KEPI [T]

14 - Under instruction for a specific purpose (7) - TRAINEE [CD]

15 - Defame on a point to land queen in trouble (7) - SLANDER {S}{LAND}{ER}

17 - A master for the conductors (7) - MAESTRI [CD]

19 - Changes gears, points and lubricants (7) - GREASES {GEARS*}{ES}

20 - Comes in tea-chest individually (4) - EACH [T]

22 - Doris wants change for the servants generally (10) - DOWNSTAIRS*

25 - Awkward Greek men with English for harmony (9) - AGREEMENT {GR+MEN+AT+E}*

26 - Call the eastern girl (5) - BELLE {BELL}{E}

27 - It happens to be the exact time (5) - EVENT {EVEN}{T}

28 - He who takes over a victory by common soldiers (9) - SUCCESSOR {SUCCESS}{OR}

DOWN

1 - At a point, fair to go lower down the page (5) - INFRA {N+FAIR}*

2 - Atmosphere quickly taking in a minor planet (9) - AEROSPACE {A{EROS}PACE}

3 - Extreme cruelty inherent in all people (10) - INHUMANITY {IN}{HUMANITY}

4 - Mayor had liberal account deal with Capone (7) - ALCALDE {C+DEAL+AL}*

5 - Residential areas, as the egghead says (7) - ESTATES {E}{STATES}

6 - The French retreat on Christmas (4) - NOEL {NO}{EL}<-

7 - Rudely push into a large pleasure boat (5) - BARGE [DD]

8 - Account awful raids to be just a game (9) - BILLIARDS {BILL}{RAIDS*}

13 - Sad for the Frenchman on board (10) - LAMENTABLE {LA}{MEN}{TABLE}

14 - Consumed by anger — must be restrained! (9) - TEMPERATE {TEMPER}{ATE}

16 - Supporters needed for record piles knocked over (9) - DISCIPLES {DISC}{PILES*}

18 - They press clothes for others (7) - IRONERS [CD]

19 - Somehow call for inside information relating to origin (7) - GENETIC {GEN}{CITE*}

21 - Large number certain to invoke evil (5) - CURSE {C}{SURE*}

23 - A domestic animal will give way always (5) - STEER {ST}{E'ER}

24 - In one's true home (4) - NEST [T]

GRID

No 10339, Tuesday 20 Dec 11, Gridman

2011-12-20T08:30:00.128+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Food for the indigent one officer left on the hill (8) - PORRIDGE {POoR}{RIDGE}

5 - Tear off an informal letter? (6) - SCREED [DD]

10 - Tell Keralite one is leaving with judge (7) - NARRATE {NAiR}{RATE}

11 - It's raised in surprise (7) - EYEBROW [CD]

12 - One doctor's regret in stain (6) - IMBRUE {I}{MB}{RUE}

13 - Is careful and does something (4,2,2) - SEES TO IT [CD]

15 - Encountered Oriental limit (4) - METE {MET}{E}

16 - Banish fellows to Timbuctoo at first for behaviour (10) - DEPORTMENT {DEPORT}{MEN}{T}

18 - The sort of people who need work (10) - UNEMPLOYED [E]

20 - Enemy has fifty placed in ice (4) - FLOE {F{L}OE}

23 - Does this to get tip for roasting equipment (8) - TURNSPIT {TURNS}{TIP*}

24 - Bill, I and other ranks leave behind (6) - POSTER POSTER~~ior~~

26 - Yours and mine in prison show fortitude (7) - COURAGE {C{OUR}AGE}

27 - The French and Australian go after strip scene (7) - TABLEAU {TAB}{LE}{AU}

28 - Waugh, the writer, for one (6) - EVELYN [GK]

29 - Such a design is raised: some debs are in a jitter (8) - EMBOSSED*

DOWN

1 - It may be drawn right under a man's nose (6,9) - PENCIL MOUSTACHE [CD]

2 - Artist and engineer don't fully get their teeth into cheese dish (7) - RAREBIT {RA}{RE}{BITe}

3 - One vehicle takes you and me to the mythical flier (6) - ICARUS {I}{CAR}{US}

4 - Savage leaves hungry — sporting extremely pale colour (4) - GREY {~~hun~~GR{E}Y}

6 - COO reset order for wood preservative (8) - CREOSOTE*

7 - It hangs on the side of one's head — a stud may be found there (7) - EARLOBE [CD]

8 - Having been floored, is back to reality (4,2,3,6) - DOWN TO THE GROUND [DD]

9 - More and more properties come up because of this person (9) - DEVELOPER [CD]

14 - Stigmatised? Brand this differently in broadmindedness (9) - DEMONISED ? Anno pending

17 - A blog bit, say, changed in renegation (8) - APOSTASY {A}{POST}{SAY*}

19 - True, one detours along the way in France (2,5) - EN ROUTE*

21 - Allow endlessly blunt notes (7) - LETTERS {LET}{TERSe}

22 - Mistake in a couple of incomplete volumes (3-3) - BOO-BOO {BOOk}-{BOOk}

25 - Jot the first 13 letters (4) - ATOM {A TO M}

GRID

No 10338, Monday 19 Dec 11, Gridman

2011-12-19T08:30:00.161+05:30

ACROSS

1 - Joke heard by a runner about secret service organisation (7) - GESTAPO (~jest?){GEST}{A}{PO}

5 - Say aloud: engineer's has sound platform (6) - RECITE {RE}{CITE}(~site)

9 - Overdraft, yours and mine, causes stink (5) - ODOUR {OD}{OUR}

10 - Dismiss fool primarily hoisting coarse material (9) - SACKCLOTH {SACK}{CLOT}{H}

11 - Indian paper to try, without a bit of reserve, to be lighthearted (7) - FESTIVE {FE}{STrIVE}

12 - Soft — Listener mixes no tea but beer (7) - PILSNER {P}{{LIStENeR*} Deletion of one 'E' forgotten.

13 - League's change of gear is considerable (5) - LARGE {L}{GEAR*}

14 - Good evening to Italians on a bus touring for a period (5,4) - BUONA SERA {BUONA S*}{ERA}

16 - Ponder o'er a kind of military termination (4,5) - OPEN ORDER*

19 - Corrupt leader's craving for accumulation (5) - CACHE {C}{ACHE}

21 - Layer of star's troublesome abdomen (7) - STRATUM {STAR*}{TUM}

23 - Such a batsman is difficult to be bowled out (4-3) - WELL-SET [CD]

24 - After one extremely lean month, overseas head's spirit shows coarseness (9) - INDECORUM {I}{N}{DEC}{O}{RUM}

25 - One learner's primarily ingenious account of the pelvic bone (5) - ILIAC{IL}{I}{AC}

26 - Iconic happiness? (6) - SMILEY [CD] :-)

27 - Nearly upset after no good man gives a breather (7) - NOSTRIL {NO}{ST}{RILe}

DOWN

1 - Well-behaved man on board exhibits camaraderie (4-10) - GOOD FELLOWSHIP {GOOD FELLOW}{SHIP}

2 - Stand for special partners in underprivileged surroundings (7) - SPONSOR {S}{PO{NS}OR}

3 - First-class merit displayed when something is broadcast (7) - AIRTIME {AI}{MERIT*}

4 - Story breaks about Oriental beginner coming back to bluepoint source (6,3) - OYSTER BED {OYST{E}R*} {BED<-} 'bluepoint' or 'Blue Point' ?

5 - Summary on international cricket player (5) - RECAP {RE}{CAP}

6 - Heartless trainer inserts bullets endlessly in part of the ear (7) - COCHLEA {COaCH}{LEAd}

7 - Follow the course as champion leaves spot to beat severely (7) - TROUNCE ~~Anno pending~~ (Addendum - {TR~~ace~~}{OUNCE} - See comments}

8 - This industry is for the well-being of people (14) - PHARMACEUTICAL [CD]

15 - Lasses in a row? (9) - OARSWOMEN [CD]

17 - A roar at last breaks — model on the move in a nobleman's region (7) - EARLDOM {A+R+MODEL}*

18 - A sort of illusion affecting the eye (7) - OPTICAL [CD]

19 - Meets head-on without many dogs (7) - COLLIES COLLIdES

20 - Bank employee — accountant — is more timid (7) - CASHIER {CA}{SHIER}

22 - Mistake in my cover for the disposition of the wives of Windsor (5) - MERRY {M{ERR}Y}

GRID

No 2665, Sunday 18 Dec 11

2011-12-18T08:30:00.136+05:30

ACROSS
1   - Firm order initially put in by one working with horses (9) - STABLEBOY {STABLE}{B{O}Y}
6   - Chaplain may give tramp religious education (5) - PADRE {PAD}{RE}
9   - Chooses not to be involved with new post abroad (4,3) - OPTS OUT {OPTS*} {OUT}
10 - A series in dispute (2,5) - AT ISSUE {A}{T ISSUE}
11 - Have no influence getting foreign noble free (5,3,7) - COUNT FOR NOTHING {COUNT} {FOR NOTHING}
12 - Grasslike plant in small border (5) - SEDGE {S}{EDGE}
13 - US author may, reportedly (9) - HAWTHORNE [DD]
15 - Athletic event last month, Irish town shortened (9) - DECATHLON {DEC}{ATHLONe}
17 - After short time, warning device may become a source of irritation (5) - THORN {T}{HORN}
19 - Never doing anything wrong, chess player threw in hat excitedly (6,4,5) - WHITER THAN WHITE {WHITE}{R THAN WHITE*}
22 - Resign from bank at Oxford on Thursday? (5,2) - THROW UP {TH}{ROW} {UP}
23 - Making a mistake about a piece of jewellery (7) - EARRING {E{A}RRING}
24 - Salesman's extremely lengthy answer (5) - REPLY {REP}{L~~ength~~Y}
25 - Messed about, ace landed upset (3,1,5) - LED A DANCE*
DOWN
1   - Endless criticism involving old philosopher (5) - STOIC {ST{O}{ICk}
2   - Surprise caused by a tanker originally entering channel (7) - ASTOUND {A}{S{T}OUND}
3   - Deliberately ignore fashion article on alternative fashion (4,3,5,3) - LOOK THE OTHER WAY {LOOK} {THE} {OTHER} {WAY}
4   - Engagement later - both made up (9) - BETROTHAL*
5   - Long period of time before end of depression (5) - YEARN {YEAR}{N}
6   - Go on a pub crawl, to get rid of the blues? (5,3,4,3) - PAINT THE TOWN RED [DD]
7   - Tramp carrying one collection of papers (7) - DOSSIER {DOSS{I}ER}
8   - Film starring Jessie Matthews - about parting revenge, roughly (9) - EVERGREEN {EVERG{RE}EN*}
12 - Drink stewed tea in ward, so busy (4,5) - SODA WATER {SODA W{ATE*}R*}
14 - Started and took the lead (4,5) - WENT AHEAD [DD]
16 - Tweet from Greek character, leading bishop inside (7) - CHIRRUP {CHI}{RR}{UP}
18 - Work in front of ironmonger's, on view (7) - OPINION {OP{IN}{I}{ON}
20 - Actor O'Toole, at heart, soft-hearted (5) - TOPOL {o'TO{P}OLe}
21 - Bird dog dropping first of birds (5) - EAGLE bEAGLE