No 9909, Saturday 31 Jul 10, Gridman

Not a very enjoyable offering from Gridman today.
ACROSS

1   - In truth, settle in sacred surroundings (8) - {HO{NEST}LY}

5   - Monster would apparently continue slowly and tediously (6) - {DRAG}{ON}

9  - Furry animal sped past hundred cold ducks (7) - {RA{C}{C}{OO}N}

10 - French artist Mark having siesta disturbed (7) - {M}{ATISSE*}

11 - Poor Noel, like some communities, given a stretch (9) - {ELON*}{GATED}

12 - With everything counted, main allowance is partial (2,3) - IN ALL [T]

13 - Girl has pieced chop (4) - {G}{ASH}

14 - Account follows inhabitant negotiating without difficulty town slope (9) - {AC}{C{LIVer}ITY} didn't enjoy this clue. New word for me

17 - One may be laden with them when one leaves the supermarket (9) - GROCERIES [CD]

19 - Eye complaint, small, yet treated (4) - {S}{TYE*}

23 - A shade in uniform use (5) - KHAKI [CD]

24 - Garment for retirement? (9) - NIGHTGOWN [E]

25 - Hate men dispersing gas (7) - METHANE*

26 - One of the same set of atoms having a mass of difference (7) - ISOTOPE [E]

27 - “1984” conspirator given nil ‘cheese' by national leader (6) - {O}{BRIE}{N} Had to Google this

28 - Reams may go through this machine before disposal (8) - SHREDDER [CD]

DOWN

1   - A style of painting he graded differently (4,4) - HARD EDGE*

2   - Hurtful cheat comes back to us going round Open University (7) - {NOC<-}{U{OU}S} New word for me.

3   - Cast off depression (6) - SLOUGH [DD]

4   - Eccentric members of a group not holding the centrestage (7,6) - LUNATIC FRINGE [CD]

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6   - Go get SM out of timeserver's manipulation (8) - RETRIEVEsm*

7   - Gets around to alternate structure that is an integrated whole (7) - {GEST*}{ALT} Another new word.

8   - It has an eye but it is not the eye that is piercing (6) - NEEDLE [CD]

10 - Chaucer's tongue? (6,7) - MIDDLE ENGLISH [CD]

15 - Set in motion bill that is about tax (8) - {ACT}{I{VAT}E}

16 - Check rush-back for Santa's team (8) - {REIN}{DEER<-}

18 - Concerning Bollywood figure making a pile (7) - {RE}{ACTOR}

20 - Doubled-up (7) - TWOFOLD [CD]

21 - A bad smell about novel character bent in a curve (6) - {A}{KIM}{BO}

22 - With no useful purpose, I toe so laboriously (6) - OTIOSE*

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No 9908, Friday 30 Jul 10, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Two workers besiege ultimately lazy helper around the house (8) - {HAND}{Y}{MAN}

6   - Dumbhead's difficulty in defeat (4) -{D}{RUB}

9   - Yes, in German, rile badly against prison-in-charge (6) - {JA}{ILER*}

10 - Almost perfect for Left to provide meaning (7) -{PURe}{PORT}

13 - Replica from a machine (5,4) - XEROX COPY [CD] This has become the accepted word for what is actually Photocopy.

14 - Share that is delivered to smart girl (5) - {CUT}{IE} Are all cutie's smart !?!

15 - Frolic quick in dropping extremes (4) - pROMPt

16 - Will these entertainments be bubbly? (4,6) - SOAP OPERAS [CD]

19 - Manly one in trouble? Just fictitious! (2,4,4) - IN NAME ONLY*

21 - Sound come-back (4) - ECHO [CD]

24 - Former star prepared to drop second newspaper supplement (5) - {EX}{TRAs*}

25 - A bit of taste in my white foreign pen (4,5) - {MON}{T} {BLANC} The price at which these pens are sold is mind boggling.

26 - A Roman's nasty as rower (7) - OARSMAN*

27 - Almost thirst for a short time to get neckwear (6) - {CRAVe}{A}{T}

28 - Don't like to hold back Mac's outfit (4) - KILT [T<-]

29 - Oddball is hearty in emotional outburst (8) - HYSTERIA*

DOWN

2   - A granma goes crackers over a wordplay (7) - {A}{NAGRAM*}

3   - Superior branded soap falls in river (2,4) - {DE {LUX}E}

4   - Venetian explorer breaking car in second loop manoeuvring (5,4) - {M{ARC*}O} {POLO*}

5   - Brisk at low temperature (5) - NIPPY [CD]

7   - Enthusiast clutching second bird (7) - {ROO{S}TER}

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8   - Ram with foreigner about to hand icecream (12) - {BUTTER}{SCOT}{C}{H}  Not my favourite flavour

11 - Set of directions for fixing price at end of sale (6) - {RECIP*}{E}

12 - Training manual? Not exactly! (8,4) - {EXERCISE} {BOOK}

17 - Tee shirts of a kind: marks around fifty-one (4,5) - {PO{L}{O NE}CKS}

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18 - Preserve by treatment trembling lamb following typical measure (6) - {EM}{BALM*}

20 - Sort of disaster an earthquake is (7) - NATURAL [CD]

22 - Fellow and Super consuming tea with Indian bread (7) - {CHAP}{A{T}I}

23 - Inflamed about a black loaf (6) - {A}{B}{LAZE}

25 - Mark on the torn-off calendar page? (5) -{M}{ON}{THe}

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No 9907, Thursday 29 Jul 10, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - One is not fully employed in this post (4-4,3) - PART-TIME-JOB [E]

9   - Covers seances in trepidation (7) - ENCASES*

10 - World leader, greeting realm's leading communist, made a quick movement (7) - {W}{HI}{R}{RED}

11 - Nearly display Hindi honorific on Japanese screen (5) - {SHOw}{JI}

12 - Heinz sect recollected German philosopher (9) - NIETZSCHE*

13 - Animal has first-class palm drink (5) - {ASS}{AI}

15 - Eccentric persons dwell constantly on casino slickster (4-5) - {CARD-S}{HARP}

18 - Extremely large gun rooms I refit (9) - GINORMOUS*  Never heard this word before

21 - Great short piece of Osibisa in slow movement (5) - {LARGe}{O} Osibisa, my favourite group when I was in College

22 - Meet bridge opponents at table (9) - {EN}{COUNTER}

24 - Professor, cool to begin with, assumes hard attitude (5) - {C}{H}{AIR}

26 - A portion of pilau or cooked pike in a butcher's shop (4,3) - {P}{OR}{K PIE*} Definition seems incorrect. This is a cooked dish which one wouldn't find in a Butcher's shop.

27 - Rums? Not by any means! Only patent medicine! (7) - NOSTRUM*

28 - Superior book held in central bank (4,7) - {GOLD} {RESERVE}

DOWN

1   - Coerce journalists to wisecrack about first of newsmen (5,4) - {PRESS} {GA{N}G}

2   - Page that isn't left (5) - RECTO [CD]

3   - Deponent to examine, provided ire is dissipated (9) - {TEST}{IF}{IER*}

4   - Kind of lodge where mother has a kind of boom (7) - {MA}{SONIC}

5   - Fungus in more interesting pronouncement (4-3) - JEWS-EAR(~juicier)

6   - Bombard old newspaper from Mumbai (5) - BLITZ [DD]

7   - Kind of critic removed from actual situation (8) - ARMCHAIR [CD]

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8   - Makes more sound with this tool (4) - ADZE(~adds)

14 - With little to do in this job, nice ruse is played out (8) - SINECURE*

16 - Isis coils in distress with disease (9) - SILICOSIS*

17 - Expert given weight in course of study (9) - {PRO}{GRAMME}

19 - A male to prepare breakfast food (7) - OATMEAL*

20 - More peaceful Frenchman accepted by rishi without one bit of emotion (7) - {SE{RENE}eR}

22 - See key agent (4) - {E}{SPY}

23 - What one may do when removing linen from the clothesline (5) - UNPEG [CD]

25 - Clothes-drying frame for broadcast network (5) - AIRER [DD]

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No 9906, Wednesday 28 Jul 10, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Expressing denial, Agent Roy squirms (8) - NEGATORY*
5   - Doctor brother going back in storm (6) - {GA{RB<-}LE}
9   - Broadcast about fourth house in temporary closure (8) - SHUTDOWN Anno pending
10 - Picture that is only skin-deep (6) - TATTOO [CD]
12 - Constructive toy for kids? (4) - LEGO [E]
13 - Being favourable, support given to it before debt notices (10) - {PROP}{IT}{IOUS}
15 - Revised chit about super Chinese exercise (3,3) - {T{AI} CHI*}

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17 - Sixty minutes with one seductive woman (5) - {HOUR}{I}
20 - Honour with a close-to-touch West Indies charm (5) - {OBE}{A}{H}
21 - Describing Regan's tie to King Lear (6) - FILIAL [CD]
24 - Story about black crane stricken in place of worship (10) - {TA{B}{ERNAC*}LE}

27 - Put away in princess' tower (4) - STOW [T]
29 - Folly by India's top DIY company in trouble (6) - {I}{DIOCY*}
30 - I will get back in jest for a measuring instrument (8) - {CA{LLI<-}PER}

31 - Released old partner, almost vacuous (6) - {EX}{EMPTy}
32 - Not that footwear grows in it (8) - SHOETREE [CD]

DOWN
1   - Snuggle to a multinational company? (6) - NESTLE [DD]
2   - Good Dickens character producing envy (6) - {G}{RUDGE}
3   - Current heads of the independent democratic establishment (4) - {T}{I}{D}{E}
4   - Oarsman joins commotion with hesitation (5) - {ROW}{ER}
6   - Accommodate a lawyer with a point (5) - {A}{DA}{PT}
7   - Kind of shirt that needs some aligned fastening (6-2) - BUTTON-UP [CD]
8   - For example, duck I nearly fix is self-assertive (8) - {EG}{O}{I}{STICk}
11 - Strenuous as Jack and Jill must have found before their fall (6) - UPHILL [CD]
14 - U.S. city's hothead in stroke of satire (4) - {LAS}{H}
16 - Preserve about a small measure of garment (6) - {C{A}{FT}AN}

17 - It is shaken as an indication of reluctance (4) - HEAD [CD]
18 - Chennai, for one, to get English libation (4-4) - {PORT}-{WIN}{E}
19 - Where it is safe for a passenger to get out of a vehicle (8) - KERBSIDE [CD]
22 - Lethargy in U.S. port fixed (6) - STUPOR*
23 - Turn to start court activity to catch Western leader (6) - {S{W}ERVE}
25 - Go over again to put on a new topi (5) - {RE}{CAP} 
26 - Lead recovered from Lovedale — a sheepdog's (5) - LEASH [T]
28 - In another way, see about taking in a trainee (4) -{E{L}SE*}

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No 9905, Tuesday 27 Jul 10, Nita Jaggi

Peace at last for a month from tomorrow.

ACROSS

1   - Student from South having the first symptom of cholera diagnosed gets a discharge note (7) - {S}{CHOLARe*}

5   - Shocks the father returning with a group of friends (6) - {AP<-}{PALS}

10 - Passionate feeling for the Little boy (8) - {SPIRIT}{ED}

11 - Excitement in the game (6) - HOOPLA [DD]

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13 - Pals killed in mountain ranges (4) - ALPS*

14 - Conference hall (10) - AUDITORIUM [E]

16 - The Spanish lady has a new number (6) - {EL}{EVE}{N}

18 - Sweet fruit of Florida (8) - CANISTEL [E] Sapota in India. Had to google this out.

21 - A mounted soldier (8) - CAVALIER [E]

22 - Taken the German puzzle (6) - {WON}{DER}

25 - Eager to allow a nervous senorita outside with a senior (10) - {PASS}{IONATEsr*}

27 - Oddly, bear ran in the farm building (4) - {B}{A}{R}{N}

30 - It may be dropped down for adaptation of speech (6) - LARYNX  [CD] The closest thing that fits here

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31 - Attentive guard having no degree can be open to a debate (8) - {ARGUd*}{ABLE}

32 - Have a lofty goal (6) - ASPIRE [CD]

33 - Fix the rest of the corrupt spies (7) - {RE{STAR*}T} Anno for RET pending

DOWN

2   - Bend the flute (5) - CRIMP [DD]

3   - Leave out nothing in the bundle not new (4) -{O}{MInT}

4   - Approach road in front of the stadium (6) - {A}{VENUE}

6   - Personal picture (5) - PHOTO [CD] What's personal about it?

7   - Set a couple of pages somehow into a point on the desktop (9) - {A}{PP}{OINT*}{E}{D}

8   - Holy man in the morning first manages to measure the cloth (7) - {ST}{AM}{M}{EL}

9   - Goods in an eastern territory (6) - {E}{STATE}

12 - Girl comes up holding one plant (5) - {S{I}SAL<-}

15 - Lot of French in Albania (4) - {DE}{AL}

17 - Spy on each side of the vehicle has a second to stop (9) - {EA}{VE}{S}{DROP}

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19 - Metal extracted from the environment (4) - IRON [T]

20 - Natural dye (5) - HENNA [E]

21 - Star covering the Spanish city (7) - {CAP}{EL}{LA}

23 - An officer managed an editor from both sides (6) - {RAN}GER Anno for GER pending

24 - Suffer extremely from cold (6) - STARVE [E] Never knew this archaic meaning

26 - Important for the nine to practice a bit of rehearsal (5) - {INNE*}{R}

28 - Colour the line outside the marble pieces (5) - AMBERl*

29 - Clean some industries (4) - DUST [T]

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No 9904, Monday 26 Jul 10, Nita Jaggi

One more to go
ACROSS

1   - Instruct a local in a zone with determination (8) - {CIVIL}{I}{ZE}

5   - Injure the French out of an establishment (4) - STAB [T] (Correction STABle - Thanks to Bhavan)

9   - New extract from the prominent portion is used in dyeing (8) - ORPIMENTn*

10 - Calls off a sailor, you miss in an orkut site primarily (6) - {AB}{ORkuT}{S} How does K get deleted

12 - Bird of Tennyson (4) - LARK [CD]

13 - Happy to distribute the mobiles (10) - BLITHESOME*

15 - Sign language on tips lead to popular gizmos on top (6,8) - {FINGER} {SPELL}{IN}{G}

17 - Opening word of praise (14) - CONGRATULATION [CD]

21 - Pull a couple of learners inside an outhouse that is dried up (10) - {SH{RIVE}{LL}ED}

22 - Review the real task oddly for a famous person (4) - {S}{T}{A}{R}<-

25 - Girl in will fast at the beginning of the holidays at a stretch (6) - {LEN{G}T}{H}

26 - Rude to prevent the lawyers in charge (8) - {BAR}{BAR}{IC}

27 - Start off to annoy the guide (4) - tEASE

28 - Warns an accountant in the Unit Trust of India on the schemes finally (8) - {CA}{UTI}{ON}{S}

DOWN

1   - Plant in the church pot (6) - {CH}{OLLA}

2   - A treacherous person (5) - VIPER [CD]

3   - An excuse that may not be convincing enough (4) - LAME [CD]

4   - Wizard place is set up in front of the lunar craft — a belt shaped structure (7) - {ZO<-}{NULAR*}

6   - Covering an incomplete surface in Sri Lanka to put back on the house (10) - {TABLEt}{CL}{OT<-}{H}

7   - Wine for the poet is first out on the floor (9) - {BARD}{O}{LINO}

8   - French guitarist and composer (5) - COSTE [E]

11 - Dam built on spot (4) - STOP*

14 - Annoys a girl in the gravest kind of a midway situation (10) - {A}{G}{GRAV{A}TES*}

16 - Unawareness at night (9) - IGNORANCE [CD] Why at night?

18 - Report the dog on telephone (4) - TALE(~tail)

19 - Ape taken-up is trapped in a large jail in the city (7) - {LI{EPA<-}JA*}

20 - Initially purchase the grain in small amounts (6) - {P}{RICE}{S}

21 - Parlour renovated in Laos is new (5) - {SALO*}{N}

23 - To rise every second on top of the body (5) - {TO}{R}{S}{O}

24 - Countenance wrongdoing (4) - ABET [E]

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No 2595, Sunday 25 Jul 10

ACROSS
1 - Parrot beginning to mimic a raven's cry (5) – {M}{A}{CAW}

4 - Sadly, sacked a dim clumsy servant (5,4) – {LADYS*} {MAID*}
9 - Foolishly tearful girl left at home (7) – {MAUD}{L}{IN}
10 - Outdoor work drop of early rain ruined (4-3) – {OP}{E}{N-AIR*}

11 - Stubborn old boy elected in republic (9) – {OB}{ST{IN}ATE}
12 - Poet from Speke at service (5) – KEATS [T]
13 - One who usually makes a good impression? (12) – IMPERSONATOR [CD]
17 - Press delight in giving a hypocritical display of affection (8,4) – {CUPBOARD} {LOVE} (Hot press in Ireland means A warm cupboard where you put newly washed clothes for drying- Thanks to Bhavan's explanation at the ORKUT group)
20 - It covers it, nice gateau, initially? (5) – {I}{C}{I}{N}{G}

21 - Of the highest quality, the stairs leading to the attic? (3-6) – TOP-FLIGHT [DD]
22 - Bay's fame (7) – LAURELS [DD]
23 - Dish served up by one doctor in story (7) – {T{I}{MB}ALE}

24 - Herts town boy, mature (9) – {STEVEN}{AGE}
25 - Astute, head of stock exchange (5) – {S}{MART}
DOWN
1 - First to mention Egyptian god's greed (6) – {M}{AMMON}
2 - Reportedly rough passage (6) – (~coarse){COURSE}
3 - Dramatist, C. Marlowe, living rough close to playhouse (7,8) – {WILLIAM CONGREV*}{E}
4 - Listen and learn anew about Viking (4,2,3) – {LEND AN {E}AR*} How is E connected to Viking? (Addendum - {LEN{D AN E}AR*} Thanks to Chaturvasi, see comments)

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5 - Doctor with a certain idle type (5) – {DR}{ONE}
6 - Talking books meaning much (8,7) – {SPEAKING} {VOLUMES}
7 - Fabulous runner from area within US state capital (8) – {AT{A}LANTA}
8 - Father on the way over in rowing boat, ridiculously inadequate (8) – {D{ERIS<-}ORY}
14 - Sailor's pique about getting a gunpowder ingredient (9) – {SALT}{PET}{RE}
15 - Longs to nurse sick hero (8) – {ACH{ILL}ES}
16 - Broadcast update about Italian's gift (8) – {APT{IT}UDE*}
18 - Lizard again roaming around for all to see (6) – {IG{U}ANA*}

19 - Act as witness at critical trial (6) – {AT}{TEST}
21 - Girl, useful person climbing (5) – TESSA <-

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No 9903, Saturday 24 Jul 10, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS

8   - Spend extravagantly to put house bath in order (4,3,4,3) -  PUSH THE BOAT OUT*

9   - Do rush over to the side of the church (6) - {FLEE}{CE}

10 - Requested the director to admit the man from the French domain in front (8) - DE{MAN}{DE}{D} Anno pending (Addendum - {DE{M}AN}{DE}{D} - Thanks to VJ, see comments)

11 - Copy of the real signature (8) - SPECIMEN [CD]

13 - Small piece of information (6) -  NUGGET [CD]

14 - Spendthrift, yes is in confusion (6) - {YUP}{PIE} Are they really spendthrifts?

16 - Spies following the doctor's pattern (6) - {MO'S}{AIC<-}

19 - Finally an architect cuts out the structure to develop the tower (6) - {T}{URRETcuts*}

21 - Jumbo on the plane is in danger (8) - ELEPHANT*

23 - Dog will jump with hesitation (8) - {SPRING}{ER}

24 - Shop on the way out (6) - OUTLET [DD]

26 - One gets rid of a Dubai bartender outside the last restaurant for one's basic needs (5,3,6) - {BREAD AND BUT{T}ERi*}

DOWN

1   - Reptile and spy together are affected outright with this kind of disorder (8) - {EPILErt*}{PSY*}

2   - Best exams held in an ancient city (4) - ESTE [T] Why is it ancient ?

3   - Forcibly rest before the morning crowd (6) - {STRE*}{AM}

4   - A honeymoon is the outcome of this ceremony (7) - WEDDING [CD]

5   - Get the blood group of the soldier (8) - {COMMAND}{O}

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6   - Jotting notes on the table machine (10) - {STENO*}{GRAPH}

7   - Thing to see in the boat (6) - {BUG}{EYE} A better definiton could be used for BUG

12 - Match, Iran can play is of major importance (10) - {COPE}{RNICAN*} Where is Iran's A ?

15 - Entire unit has no electricity leading to a large city set-up (8) - {INTu*}{EGRAL*} ?

17 - Is able to live with a couple of Republicans initially alone in the city (8) - {CAN}{BE}{RR}{A}

18 - Put down the journalist upset on stage (7) - {DE<-}{GRADE}

20 - Odd-man is at the stump out on the street in anger (6) - {UMPst*}{IRE} Never knew that odd-man was the origin for umpire.

22 - Leaving late, do turn up in America (6) - {EX}{OD<-}{US}

25 - Poet in States (4) - TATE [T]

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No 9902, Friday 23 Jul 10, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS

7   - Leader is in the first-class Emergency Room (8) - M{IN}{IST}ER} M from where?

9   - Police officer is in the aircraft out at the entrance of the hangar (6) - ChOPPER 

11 - Go with an accountant of the firm (9) - {AC}{COMPANY} Nice clue

12 - Set aside for each operation theatre (5) - {ALL}{OT}

13 - Be humble to keep one's plans hidden (3,3) - LIE LOW [DD]

14 - Southern artist is in front of Jove standing in the city (8) - {S}{AR}A{JEVO*} Second A from ?

17 - Same as guidance (9) - DIRECTION [CD]

22 - Picture outside may be fixed for a friend (8) - {PLA{YMA*}TE} Can you picture the plate ?!?

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23 - Uncle in Poland has the last decorative pattern (6) - {SAM}{PL}{E}

25 - Language akin typically for an Indian leader (5) - {NAIK*}{I} Never heard of this Indian language

27 - Nameplate of the vehicle is a bit elongated in front (9) - {CAR}{TOUCH}{E}

28 - It may be raised by a cash-strapped company (6) - EQUITY [CD]

29 - Oddly headsman is after the people in the city (8) - {KINS}{H}{A}{S}{A}

DOWN

1   - Goodnatured and likable (7) - AMIABLE [CD]

2   - A passageway in the borders of Sudan, I see on the tip-off a trek (7) - {SN}{IC}{KERt*} Don't know how it relates to passageway. I hope to eat some though at the S&B meet!!

3   - Told to interfere with the model (5) - (~meddle)MEDAL

4   - It may be practised to maintain a correct posture (4) - YOGA [CD]

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5   - Real father turned the dirty pile of debris in front (7) - {AP<-}{PLIE*}{D} The connection between Real and Applied is beyond me!

6   - Love to control the speech (7) - {O}{RATION}

8   - Plato's work (9) - SYMPOSIUM [E] I would have loved a little more elaboration in the clue.

10 - Government house (7) - DYNASTY Don't know how, but it is the only thing that fits here!

15 - Rare island retreat has a lotus plant out on Tuesday (9) - {ANOM<-}{A}{LOtUS}

16 - Allow to cut over the point of a plant (7) - {LET}{TUC<-}{E}

18 - Girl ignores the pleasing kind of dog (7) - SPANIELg*

19 - Tax the money of the Inspector General heartlessly in use (7) - {FAT}{IG}{UsE} Whose money is Fat?

20 - Distinctive, unique (7) - SPECIAL [DD]

21 - Reveals some characters (7) - SEVERAL*

24 - Coach in school (5) - TRAIN [DD]

26 - Greek letter for one postman regularly (4) - {I}{O}{T}{A}

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No 9901, Thursday 22 Jul 10, Nita Jaggi

I am having 8D today, NJ have some 13A for me or I will go 15D!!!
ACROSS
1   - Game in the small harbour (5) - {S}{PORT}
4   - Boy will regularly book the French lottery (7) -{TOM}{B}{O}{LA}
10 - Usual advertisement for an eastern show (6) - {PAR}{AD}{E}
11 - More tender and spicier kind of top rice (8) -{CRISPIE*}{R}
13 - Feeling my retreat on the way inside the borders of the sanctuary (8) - {S{YM<-}{PATH}Y}
14 - Rescuer of damsels in distress (6) - KNIGHT [CD]

16 - A connected group of pages on the World Wide Web (4) - SITE [CD]
17 - A smaller earthquake (10) - AFTERSHOCK [CD]
20 - Superb elementary lesson (5,5) - FIRST CLASS [DD]
21 - Out of harmony (4) - AJAR [CD]
24 - Democratic leader in the tunnel is on the right side (6) - {BOR{D}E}{R}
26 - An expert has to be firm about the student’s code of behaviour (8) - {PRO}{TO}{CO}{L}

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28 - Signs the first letters (8) - INITIALS [DD]
29 - Limitless excitement in an activity (6) - eMOTION
30 - I had to be back to sing with determination for an American tango first with displeasure (7) -{DI<-}{SinG}{US}{T} How does 'sing with determination' mean removal of in ?

31 - Character is eager to decide (5) - AGREE*
DOWN
2   - Indication by an artist in a fit of temper (9) - {P{A}{RA}METER*}
3   - Porter is in a communist tent with no money (6) - {RED}{CAmP}

5   - Vegetable is all right for the research associate (4) - {OK}{RA} 
Why did they get the name Lady's finger

6   - Question about the franchise (8) - BUSINESS [DD]
7   - False invention (5) - LYING [CD] ?!?!?!?
8   - Access to health farms on both sides of Madras (6) - {SPAS}{MS}
9   - Supporter, an adult loses job in city (6) - {BRA}{TaSK}
12 - What a rummy player would usually do (7) - SHUFFLE [CD]
15 - Norse warrior has gone mad (7) - BERSERK [DD]

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18 - Yes No questionnaire (9) - OBJECTIVE [E]
19 - Discriminatory practice by a real estate agent (8) - STEEPING ?
20 - Cloth for a Britisher residing in Calicut initially (6) - {F}{A}{B}{R}{I}{C}
22 - Give in a fee for the French accommodation (6) - {RE{LE}NT}
23 - Positive way of a boy in Germany (6) - {ST}{RON}{G}
25 - Palm to palm kind of healing (5) - REIKI [CD]
27 - Extra tips on private lessons for you and me (4) - {P}{L}{US} ?

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No 9900, Wednesday 21 Jul 10, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS

1   - Quick payment for an item purchased through dishonest means (13) - {SHARP}{PR{ACT}ICE} Is this one word or two ?

8   - Beach material on the edges of raised areas (9) - {SAND}{BANKS}

9   - Pursue the boy endlessly in the first and last scuffle (5) - {CHAd}{S}{E}

10 - Point out the horseman learning the language (7) - ROMANSHe*

12 - Article at that time was first sold in the city (6) - {A}{THEN}{S}

14 - What one does when one is dead (5) - MOURN [CD]

16 - Money is initially saved in containers (4) - {TIN}{S}

19 - Short fibre of cotton (4) - NOIL [E]

20 - Helping a couple of saints in one operation (9) - {A}{SS}{I}{STING}

21 - Smart bag (4) - KILL [DD]

22 - They are slippery, caught in reel spools (4) - EELS [T]

25 - Tucked into East Africa for a decade (5) - {EA}{TEN}

27 - Kind of job undertaken when one is in a fix (6) - REPAIR [CD]

29 - Design set out is new by one in Sri Lanka (7) - {STE*}{N}{C{I}L} How are CL and Sri Lanka related?

32 - French leader has a powerful story (5) - {F}{ABLE}

33 - Seen his pa translating a book of the Bible (9) - EPHESIANS*

34 - Soft shell is in front of the plant (6,7) - {YELLOW} {TRUMPET} Don't ask me how Shell and Trumpet are connected.

DOWN

2   - Executioner of the accused (7) - HANGMAN [CD] Play hangman HERE

3   - Hood for the bird (5) - ROBIN [DD]

4   - Chap on Chowringhee Lane smuggled a cloak (6) - PONCHO [T] Remember DJANGO

5   - Even faults first observed in an item (4) - {A}{L}{S}{O} What's the definition here?

6   - Indicated a couple of times for the regular script (5) - TA{C}{I}{T} Anno for TA not clear

7   - Important to see, salt in is purified (9) - ESSENTIAL*

8   - Walk on the street treadmill (5) - {ST}{RUT}

11 - Hit character in a film (7) - {SMASH}{ER} ER is which character ? Is this the name of a movie?

12 - Can I argue with the specialist in an old city? (7) - {ANC*}{I}{ENT}

13 - Carpenter's joint (5) - HINGE [CD]

15 - Worried about an ailment (5) - UPSET [CD]

17 - It may be drawn out before a journey (9) - ITINERARY [CD]

18 - Firstly sprinkle a little salt around the sauce (5) - {S}{A}{L}{S}{A}

23 - Very energetic leaders follow the clean process in the territory (7) - {ENCLA*}{V}{E}

24 - Transactions on the ship (5) - {S{ALE}S} ALE from?

26 - Shelter built outside for a queen (6) - ESTHERl*

28 - One market that is flawless (5) - {I}{DEAL}

30 - Bit of powder is mixed in some substance (5) - {E{P}SOM*}

31 - Sound in some owls (4) - MEOW [T]

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No 9899, Tuesday 20 Jul 10, Nita Jaggi

GOOD HEAVENS

ACROSS

1   - Confused, did we rebel angrily? (10) - BEWILDERED* Aptly explains the setter

THAT's ME IN THE CARTOON

9   - Pass through the river in the north-east (6) - {RAVI}{NE}

10 - Good at noticing things (10) - PERCEPTIVE [CD]

11 - The least bit, whichever is identical (6) - ANYONE ?

12 - Watch out at last for the English newspaper (7) - {GAZE}{T}{T}{E} The second T is from 'the' I presume.

16 - Oddly, Rousseau follows the bishop in the city (5) - {B}{R}{U}{S}{A}

17 - A high military official (4) - EMIR [E]

18 - Fling the box in the borders of Greece (5) - {BIN}{GE} NJ does stretch synonyms to the limit

19 - Please do not see the regular note in the factory (5) - {PL}A{N}{T} ?(Addendum - {PLAsee*}{N}{T} - Thanks to Bhavan, see comments)

20 - Unit on an empty stage (4) - ?I?T

21 - Refreshments for the hungry male spouses at last (5) - {MEAL*}{S}

22 - Notice six equal parts served to the guru (7) - {AD}{VI}{SER}

27 - Shrewd constable in front has the key (6) - {C}{LEVER}

29 - Nice guy in Hungary is wandering in a miserable condition (10) - {UN{H}YGIENIC*}

30 - Sundry runs in cricket (6) - EXTRAS [E]

31 - Disturbed lion retreats out with ease in this kind of rainfall (10) - TORRENTIALes* NJ's special ease - es appears.

DOWN

2   - Always the day before the first race (4) - {EVE}{R}

3   - Said to inspire an understanding (6) - INCITE [CD]

4   - Russian leader in store will behave properly (6) - {DEPO{R}{T}

5   - Right hand in emerges initially from the river (5) - {R}{H}{IN}{E}

6   - Leaderless side follows a doctor in expectation (5) - {DR}{tEAM}

7   - Double vision for star gazers (10) - BINOCULARS [DD] Astronomers will go nuts watching stars through Binoculars!!

8   - Angel will represent the new characteristic (10) - {BENE}{FACTOR}

12 - Shocked to get the best meat cake regularly for the journalist (10) - {GO}{B}{S}{M}{A}{C}{K}{ED} WOW!!! Aptly explains the solver.

13 - Zulu leader somehow invalidates out one top line of the sacred text (4,6) - {Z}{END AVESTAili*} DOUBLE WOW!!!

14 - Mysterious vampire finally drowns in the lake (5) - {E}{ERIE}

15 - Perspective on Windows current version (5) - VISTA [DD} Windows Seven has since appeared

23 - Kind of fever found in bedridden guerillas (6) - DENGUE [T]

24 - At home, again get rid of an unknown bug (6) - {IN}FECT Anno pending

25 - Faith in a business concern (5) - TRUST [DD]

26 - The heavens (5) - ETHER [E]

28 - Mail order in the city (4) - LIMA*

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No 9898, Monday 19 Jul 10, Nita Jaggi

I'm all at sea today.
ACROSS

4   - White bath bombs (8) - SOAPSUDS [E] Why white?

8   - Far end of the seat (6) - BOTTOM [DD]

9   - Produce stuff for you in the canteen regularly (10) - {EFFECT}{U}{A}T}{E}

10 - Attractive quality of a thing (4) - LOOK ? (Addendum - LURE Thanks to VJ, see comments)

11 - First multiply one large number (4) - {M}{ANY}

13 - President is in the capital of an ancient city (6) - {DEL{P}HI}

15 - Villainous in-house character (7) - HEINOUS*

17 - Adjacent apartment has the sample cloth (4) - TAPA [T]

18 - Praise the advertisement (4) - PUFF [CD]

19 - They may be used in chemical equations (7) - SYMBOLS [CD]

21 - Short movie for Lawrence is on the right screen (6) - {FILm}{TE}{R}

22 - Mostly make a note of the decree (4) - WRITe

25 - Oddly Sputnik has failed (4) - {S}{U}{N}{K}

26 - One may be earning twice the pay for each hour of work (6,4) - DOUBLE TIME [CD]

27 - Bound to include the German leader in front of the right alliance (6) - M??D?R (Addendum - {MER{G}E}{R} - See comments)

28 - Archimedes is in to start off the race initially on road (8) - {IN}{eVENT}{O}{R}

DOWN

1   - Virus will finally strike an American man in the large city (5) - {E}{BO}{LA}

2   - Watch around very fast (6) - ?T?O?? ( Addendum - {STAR{V}E}- Thanks to VJ, see comments)

3   - The end of a sign is cut short in Georgia (5) - {OMEn}{GA}

4   - Kind man will first fit in the broken toys (5) - {SO{F}TY*}

5   - Malls are accepting the software to be sold initially (7) - {AR{CAD}E}{S}

6   - Worn by many in the prayer hall (9) - SKULLCAPS [CD]

7   - Knee support used in bed (5,4) - DUTCH WIFE [E]

12 - A fool has a free house in New York (5) - {N{INN}Y}

14 - Zodiac sign (9) - CAPRICORN [E]

15 - Can follow a way considered fit to be lived in (9) - {HABIT}{ABLE}

16 - Colour in the cucumbers (5) - UMBER [T]

19 - Obsolete bass cornet (7) - SERPENT [E]

20 - Headless judge follows King George with resentment (6) - {G}{R}{jUDGE}

22 - Sound of revolution escalates without Henry and the bishop (5) - W{H}I{RR} Anno pending

23 - Time to dispose the small things (5) - {ITEM*}{S}

24 - Petticoat of a woman (5) - SKIRT [E]

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No 2594, Sunday 18 Jul 10

ACROSS
1 - Little time to copy record (4) – {T}{APE}
3 - Fix a hotpot (4) – STEW [DD]
6 - Talk by consortium exposing early method of psychoanalysis (4,11) – {WORD} {ASSOCIATION}Take the test at the link provided
10 - In an artless way, of course (9) – NATURALLY [DD]
11 - Speed shown in running heats (5) – HASTE*
12 - Questions about English politician causes furore (7) – {T{E}{MP}EST}
14 - Newsworthy subject? Capone? (7) – {TOPIC}{AL}
15 - Hang South American writer with daughter (7) – {S}{US}{PEN}{D}

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18 - Difficulty learner found in examination - marks? (7) – {PROB{L}E}{M}
20 - Lacking sense batting, an Englishman at first (5) – {IN}{AN}{E}
21 - Item of night attire, jet black, Ed left out for a change (3,6) – BED JACKETl*

23 - Ruler, therefore, got hug, unexpectedly (6,3,6) – GEORGE THE FOURTH*
24 - Large or small container in which odds and ends are kept (4) – TIDY [E]
25 - Song of praise suggested by that man on the radio (4) – HYMN (~him)
DOWN
1 - See Oscar on board cutting a card (5) – TAROT Anno pending (Addendum - {TAR{O}T} - Thanks to dkay, see comments)
2 - Couple bagging last of flour that is plain (7) – {P{R}AIR}{IE}
4 - Poet has crackers in restaurant (3,4) – TEA SHOP*
5 - Wish claim would fail, being fanciful (9) – WHIMSICAL*
6 - Went in with Asti, possibly good for this? (4,7) – {WINE T{ASTI}N*}{G}

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7 - Leave resort on the Adriatic (5) – SPLIT [DD]
8 - Keen on pint in vault (5) – {CRY}{PT}
9 - Hence, met lad injured in grudge game (6,5) – NEEDLE MATCH*
13 - Potter around canteen before a contest (4,5) – {MESS} {A}{BOUT}
16 - Came from the East and joined forces (7) – {E}{MERGED}
17 - Payment owed one in arrears (5) – {DEB{I}T}
18 - Chaplain in rooms overlooking outskirts of Rome (5) – {PAD}{RomE}
19 - Speaker, last in very small chapel (7) – {ORATOR}{Y}
22 - Girl's in black - are nuns? (5) – KAREN [T]

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No 9897, Saturday 17 Jul 10, Nita Jaggi

Stumped by 4D and 10A with two options for 2D.
ACROSS

1   - Go to the father in front of the ship (4) - {PA}{SS}

9   - Exempt to go off the usual course (4,2,9) - MAKE AN EXCEPTION [CD]

10 - An explorer's game (4) -???O or A (Addendum POLO - Thanks to Kishore)

11 - Jethro will be the last to weave the fine net (5) - {TULL}{E}

12 - One time sailor initially is in touch (4) - {PA{S}T}

13 - Cover for the church physician (5) - {LEE}{CH}

14 - Controlled Henry by the way on the bench out for instance (7) - {H}{AND}LED Anno pending (Addendum - {H}{AND}{LEDge} - Thanks to Suresh, see commenta)

16 - Correct him proverbially in between (7) - IMPROVE [T]

18 - An extra tyre maybe (5) - SPARE [CD]

22 - Young one regularly crawls on the top floor (4) - {C}{A}{L}{F}

23 - It's the bottom of the drain to be cleaned (5) - NADIR*

24 - Bishop is out of a game in the harbour (4) - QUArrY

25 - Adam and Eve's mythical place of stay (3,6,2,4) - THE GARDEN OF EDEN [E]

26 - Bites into the tip-off edible parts (4) - mEATS

DOWN

2   - Needleshaped leaves as of the pine (7) - ACEROSE or ACERATE ? [E]

3   - Refuse to associate with Sibyl's predecessor on the regular dotcom in the city (4,2,8) - {SEN}{D} {T}{O} {COVENTRY} I presume SEN has come from SENsible, which has been most nonsensically clued if I am right!!

4   - Endlessly complain about an incomplete old song (5) -?A??? (Addendum - CARpOLd  Thanks to Venkatesh, see comments)

5   - Former one is the French outcast (5) - {EX}{I}{LE}

6   - Recycled long paper, user finally made to be used for all things (7,7) - {GENERAL PURPOS*}{E}

7   - Mad animals are finally put up in the borders of Ireland (6) - {S}{TUP<-}{ID}

8   - Lift up the hard short pillow (7) - BOLSTER [DD]

15 - Understanding half of them on the way to the city at last (7) - {thEM}{PATH}{Y}

17 - Security will deny getting the girl for a second (6) - REFUs(+g)GE

19 - Ask for the queer character on the street (7) - {REQUE*}{ST}

20 - Moves slowly in stages (5) - EDGES [CD](Correction [E] )

21 - Ungulate mammal of arid country (5) - CAMEL [CD](Correction [E])

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