No 10065, Monday 31 Jan 11, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Moved with speed — spoke, dismissing girl and son (7) - disCOURSED
5   - Clean, darling youngster (6) - {MOP}{PET}
9   - Musician begins playing in support (5) - {PI{P}ER}
10 - And the German queen, rather rife, is exposed to criticism (5,4) - {UND}{ER}{ {FIRE*}

11 - Warm entrance of head of roisterers in production of Hamlet (7) - {THE{R}MAL*}
12 - His mate propagated disbelief in the existence of god (7) - ATHEISM*

13 - Thin network Koshy's emptied (5) -{LAN}{KoshY}
14 - Gen and scribe wander in the theatre (3,6) - BIG SCREEN*
16 - Clean mad about a great engineering work in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River (6,3) - {HOOVER} {DAM*}

19 - Console the alien leaving the ministry (5) - CABINet
21 - Exploits, almost ready, bad and singular (3-4) - {RIPe}-{OFF}{S}
23 - Notice is put in streets: bad men are here! (7) - {S{AD}{IS}TS}
24 - Parsee not translating language (9) - ESPERANTO*
25 - Am completely backing the beast (5) - {LLA}{MA}<-

26 - Bengali leader fires off memorandums (6) - {B}{RIEFS}
27 - Dog uncle on return and fight! (7) - {MAS<-}{TIFF}

DOWN
1   - The costs of owning a business in prime attacks (7,7) - {CAPITAL} {CHARGES}
2   - Posh politician, young person, united many (7) - {U}{MP}{TEEN}
3   - Opening statement on chronic drinker is delicious (7) - {S}{C}{RUMMY}
4   - Yet a single can rest there! (6,3) - DOUBLE BED [CD]
5   - Drum beaten with a gesture in dance in India (5) - {MUDR*}{A}
6   - Publicity about youth on rich display is at great cost (7) - {P{Y}R}{RHIC*}
7   - Journalist provided with reserve building (7) - {ED}{IF}{ICE}
8   - Hands that have come to stay (9,5) - PERMANENT STAFF [CD]
15 - Syce describing Mae's refurbished recreation centre (5,4) - {G{AMES*} ROOM}
17 - Propane distribution existing in theory only (2,5) - ON PAPER*
18 - Drive in French army (7) - {EN}{FORCE}
19 - Clues thrown about divine embraces (7) - {CU{DD}LES*}
20 - Short piece about Atma's cultivation of a variety of rice (7) - {B{ASMAT*}It}
22 - Transmits to saint's terminals (5) - {S}{ENDS}

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No 2619, Sunday 30 Jan 11

ACROSS
1   - Introduction to Homer, or superb Roman poet (6) - {H}{OR}{ACE}
4   - A crooner, fellow from an Oxfordshire town (8) -  {A}{BING}{DON} Needed Google help on this
9   - Irritable old servants (6) - LIVERY [DD]
10 - Awfully foul brew could make one flounce (8) - FURBELOW* Not heard this before

12 - Precise, short theatre cleaner (8,6) - {SURGICAL} {SPIRIT} Anno for Spirit not clear
14 - Itinerant Romanians in an Italian-speaking country (3,6) - SAN MARINO*
16 - Card (king) Welshman rejected (5) - {K}{NAVE<-}

17 - A bye, perhaps, in over (5) - EXTRA [DD]
19 - Accept compassion is to be encouraged (4,5) - {TAKE} {HEART}
21 - Two pianists, drunk (6,3,5) - BRAHMS AND LISZT
24 - Free wood used to make a stall (8) - {LOOSE}{BOX} Didn't know that Box was a kind of wood.
25 - Guide by hand (6) - MANUAL [DD]
26 - Anxiety shown by South American writers at closing of bookstore (8) - {S}{US}{PENS}{E}
27 - Small number on team backing inventor (6) - {EDIS}{ON} <-

DOWN
1   - Relative in his flares, bullied around start of term (4-6) - {HALF-SIS{T}ER*}
2   - Right above pirate ship (5) - {R}{OVER}
3   - Company car is damaged making for a Mediterranean island (7) - {CO}{RSICA*}

5   - OU sportsman keeping a woman of intelligence (12) - {BLUE}{STOCKING}
6   - Beat writer, at first, with a club (7) - {NIB}{LICK}
7   - During an illness, almost over, trouble a spiritual leader (5,4) - {yDAL{AI L}AM<-}{A}<-

8   - Pond creature young toad initially turns into (4) - {NEW}{T}

11 - Class points out what a theatre may put on (7,5) - {VARIETY} {SHOWS}
13 - Running on tenth lap in old Olympic event (10) - PENTATHLON*
15 - Hitchcock film noir - too darned American (9) - {NOTORIO*}{US}
18 - A grant secured by the sportsman? (7) - {A}{TH{LET}E}
20 - Rope with which Henry gets cart hauled up (7) - {HAL}{YARD<-}

22 - Problems housing 50 in wretched dwellings (5) - {S{L}UMS}
23 - Additional matter written about learner driver (4) - P{L}US Anno not clear (Addendum - {P{L}US} - See comments)

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No 10064, Saturday 29 Jan 11, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - The standing of a celebrity? (8) - PEDESTAL [CD]
5   - Magazine coming out feebly, we hear (6) - WEEKLY(~weakly)
9   - Oriental females close to one respectful address (7) - {E}{FF}{END}{I}
10 - Fellow, do nothing! Di's retailed a piece of information (7) - {F}{ACT}{O}{ID<-}
11 - Can one be sunny about such a scenario? (9) - MOONSCAPE [CD]
12 - Pull art pull made by one learner (5) - {TRA*}{I}{L}
13 - Said to spoil musical instrument (4) - LUTE(~loot)

14 - Evelyn, it'd disintegrate, obviously! (9) - EVIDENTLY*
17 - Its result may be a table (9) - WOODCRAFT [CD] I had Carpentry initially and got stuck
19 - Rail pop's circle (4) - {DAD}{O}Something amiss in the definition
23 - Follow girl going after nurse (5) - {EN}{SUE}
24 - Started dietitian's training (9) - INITIATED*
25 - Sale with lots on offer (7) - AUCTION [CD]
26 - Two millions list in swollen Seine: that's massive! (7) - {I{MM}ENSE*}
27 - One careful about consumption (6) - DIETER [CD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

28 - Stay! Dune is shifting! It will be precarious! (8) - UNSTEADY*
DOWN
1   - Intro by rep confusing! Blame laid out! (8) - {PRE*}{AMBLE*}
2   - Agent up on platform, spilling drink, to thaw out (7) - {DEF<-}{ROSTrum}
3   - Most sound army dwelling (6) - SA{NEST} Anno for SA pending (Addendum - SA comes from Salvation Army thanks to CV at the Orkut group.)
4   - San Marino dive blasted! That's harsh criticism! (13) - ANIMADVERSION* New word for me
6   - Turning on former townsman, one no good (8) - {EX}{CIT}{I}{N}{G} Anno for CIT not clear (Addendum - See comments)
7   - Wiseacre corrected on walk round centre of Kolar (4-3) - {KNOWA{L}L*}

SEE THIS CARTOON

8   - Shouts at unknown oldies running away, deserting one (6) - {Y}{ODELSi*}
10 - What is in it will be in your ken (5,2,6) - FIELD OF VISION [CD]
15 - Advantage West Indies corner laterally (8) - {EDGE}{WI}{SE}
16 - The military to adhere around one armoury at last (8) -{SOLD{I}ER}{Y}
18 - Commanding Officer — one less affected by bone (7) - OSS(I)CLE*
20 - After worker, girl will return feeler (7) - {ANT}{ENNA<-}
21 - See change of gear on road (6) - {REGA*}{RD}
22 - Fate of Karnataka's leader is settled (6) - {K}{IS}{MET}

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No 10063, Friday 28 Jan 11, Gridman

No cartoons or pictures as I am off for golf.

ACROSS
1   - Riddles — Daily a local disposes of one (8) - {CHAR}{A}{DESi}
6   - Record find not finished (4) - DISCover
9   - Endlessly prate about copper having lot of powder (6) - {TALk}{CU}{M}
10 - Idealistic Union Territory work for Scot (7) - {UT}{OP}{IAN}
13 - Attendants give hope to college head leaving for capital of Tripura (9) - EN(-c+t)TOURAGE
14 - Thrust nothing into clenched hand (5) - {F{O}IST}
15 - Tirade out-and-out as a leader of Rajasthan quits (4) - arRANT
16 - Old bouncer rocks! What a high standard! (6,4) - CORDON BLEU*
19 - Thanks to Balu and Sara offering a clean slate (6,4) - {TA}{BULA RASA*} Never heard this before
21 - Wrong turning, but jog along! (4) - TROT <- My COD
24 - Bumbling Thai covering one country (5) - {HA{I}TI*}
25 - Let it be Latin! (6,3) - STATUS QUO [E]
26 - Questionable lead involving member, it is stated (7) - {AL{LEG}ED*}
27 - Similar to silly-billy? (6) - NITWIT [CD]
28 - Fox a tribal (4) - {TOD}{A}
29 - Approved the back of a book, in conclusion (8) - {EN{DORSE}D}
DOWN
2   - Encourage Teheran escapade (7) - HEARTEN*
3   - Compensate soldiers ahead of exploit (6) - {RE}{COUP}
4   - English moderate taken in by forbidding manner (9) - {D{E}{MEAN}OUR}
5   - Therefore take pickle (5) -{SO}{USE} 
7   - First sign (7) - INITIAL [DD]
8   - Learns vehicle almost crashes into building (12) - {CONS}{TRUCk}{TION*}
11 - Duck females in the middle of fight some distance away (6) - {O}{FF}{IN}{G}
12 - Intimate adoption of the Harare tot (5-2-5) - HEART-TO-HEART*
17 - Sneered at daddies huddled around the entry gate (9) - {DISDA{IN}ED*}
18 - The sort of saucer for a sort of squad? (6) - FLYING [DD]
20 - Checked the footloose beloved who was in the front (7) - {BRIDe}{LED}
22 - Need second revolutionary leader to step down for Tory leader to even up? (7) - {RE}{QUI(-t)}RE Anno pending (Correction - REQUI(-r+t)TE - Thanks to Bhavan, see comments)
23 - Meeting for an essential American television show (6) - {MUST}{ER}

25 - Plant in small border (5) - {S}{EDGE}

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No 10062, Thursday 27 Jan 11, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Head to go after section here in France and get in the act! (11) - {PART}{ICI}{PATE}
9   - Knocking sound made by Rex on emptied apartment thrice (3-1-3) - {R}{AT}-{A-T}{AT}
10 - Become nervous as teens swarm on you softly? (5,2) - {TENSE*} {U}{P}
11 - Holy man sorrowful having lost time in hovel (5) - {SAD}{HUt}

12 - Jaws bind awkwardly in men (9) - {MA{NDIB*}LES}
13 - Eye doctor has no stone for round windows (5) - OCULIst

15 - What may be in a botanist's folder (5,4) - LOOSE LEAF [CD]
18 - Bargee, get fresh supply of kitchen equipment (3-6) - EGG-BEATER*
21 - Giant painter one ignored (5) - TITiAN
22 - Joiner's tool — without which a jigsaw will have hole in the middle (6,3) - {CENTRE} {BIT}

24 - C.M.? No, turn around expansively for an event manager in short (5) - {EM}{CEE}
26 - Patch going around one jawan (7) - {SOLD{I}ER}
27 - Foreign national gets a letter sequence — a new one (7) - {A}{FGH}{A}{N}{I}
28 - Unpaid? Excellent! (11) - OUTSTANDING [DD]
DOWN
1   - Angels manage with viewing device (9) - {PERIS}{COPE} My COD
2   - Scolded for having given a speech without Head of Operations in attendance (5) - oRATED
3   - Footloose Siva entering in real surroundings: entering without right (9) - {IN}{TRU{SIVa}E}
4   - Of the innermost coat in tin mali rubbed off (7) - INTIMAL*
5   - Shakespearean character: worker followed by most of the head (7) - {ANT}{ONIOn}
6   - Boredom shown by drunken nuisance-creators (5) - ENNUI [T]
7   - Such a secret is not likely to have leaked out (4-4) - WELL-KEPT [CD]
8   - Work, old, gets endless promotion (4) - {O}{PUSh}
14 - Fellow following old city to play every other, losing no time (8) - {UR}{GENT}{pLaY}
16 - Oriental, then gone round for soma, for instance (9) - {E}{NTHEOGEN*}
17 - As done in a digital examination (9) - FINGERING [CD]
19 - Silk for nude in gallery limitless (7) - {TA{BARE}Te}
20 - Engineers on field take back (7) - {RE}{TRACT}
22 - Curse copper on ship (4) - {CU}{SS}
23 - Roughly horn catching one for money (5) - {RH{I}NO*}
25 - Fur on one tropical mammal (5) - {COAT}{I}

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No 10061, Wednesday 26 Jan 11, Gridman

REPUBLIC DAY GREETINGS to everyone.

Stumped by 31A.
ACROSS
1   - Gag the woman journalist for being dry (8) - {WIT}{HER}{ED}
5   - Sailor playing ruse on drug addict (6) - {AB}{USER*}
9   - Church on rear parts of Chirala to charge rent (8) - {LA}{CE}{RATE}
10 - Lincoln and old mother back school-lab subject (6) - {AM}{O}{EBA}<-

12 - Cut, top bit removed and frozen (4) - dICED
13 - Fussy about mislaid hod (3-7) - OLD-MAIDISH*
15 - Old money placed in exercise area (6) - {PE}{SET}{A}
17 - Furious, loses head over the process of growing old (5) - rAGING
20 - Soul of comic superhero not black (5) - bATMAN
21 - Pitches said to cause agonies (6) - THROES(~throws)
24 - People should love … … on earth, bearing no ill! (3,7) - {ONE} {A{NO}THER*} Not sure of Anno. How is Love - One ?
27 - Vegetable? At rear of refrigerator is fruit! (4) - {PEA}{R}

29 - Evasive in giving key to unknown (6) - {SHIFT}{Y}
30 - Relating to land use in Indian city, rain-battered (8) - {AGRA}{RIAN*}
31 - Fashionable lady with tiny emptied hand (6) - D?C{TinY}L Something seems to be amiss here
32 - Nosey Parker's viewfinder (8) - PEEPHOLE [CD]
DOWN
1   - We have strange link to the clouds (6) - {WE}{LKIN*}
2   - Food for little Tommy? (6) - TUCKER [CD]

Little Tommy Tucker

Sings for his supper.

What shall we give him?

White bread and butter.

How shall he cut it

Without a knife?

How will he be married

Without a wife?

3   - Get nearabout (4) - EARN*
4   - Praise by former wife not completely narrated (5) - {EX}{TOLd}
6   - Disney character, black, has half of what it takes (5) - {B}{AMBItion}

7   - Won't this remedy do for the general? (8) - SPECIFIC [DD]
8   - They are swinishly reckless on the way (4,4) - ROAD HOGS [CD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

11 - Harm one married couple (6) - {I}{M}{PAIR}
14 - Office worker clips flower (4) - PEONy
16 - Whole about to be lost to hollow tiny being (6) - {ENTIre}{TinY}
17 - Tactful cough (4) - AHEM [E]
18 - Five made some ado and left in a hurry (8) - {V}{AMOOSED*}
19 - One may not even remember one is … (8) - AMNESIAC [CD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

22 - Wool-gathering in Rome? (6) - MERINO* My COD
23 - Love variety of fruit (6) - {O}{RANGE}
25 - Unpleasant Pole-turned-model is trim (5) - {N}{A(-s+t)TTY}
26 - High flier, one finally having broken a leg (5) - {E}{AGLE*}
28 - Complain about vehicle parking (4) - {CAR}{P}

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No 10060, Tuesday 25 Jan 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
8   - Infuriate one behind the wheel mostly as the characters all threw up outside (5,2,3,4) - {DRIVEr} {UP THE WALLr*}
9   - You hold the big lab vessel (6) - {AMP{U}LE}
10 - You left it back to the partner at the end (8) - {U}{L}{TI<-}{MATE}
11 - Problem that may be hard to solve (8) - BAFFLING [CD]
13 - Caught an officer not in charge of the chest (6) - {C}{OFFicER}
14 - The prophet is the first to enter the jail premises in Hungary (6) - {E}{LIJA*}{H} What's the AInd for JAIL?
16 - Kind of swelling resulting in lameness (6) - SPAVIN [E] Had to Google this
19 - Mostly the best are in turn to be first coming for an outing (6) - {PICk}{NI<-}{C}
21 - Nice caricatures have been drawn without the sir (8) - ACCURATEsir*
23 - Like some curtains set, lads decide to cover the entrance finally (8) - {TASSEL{E}D*}

24 - It's extracted in good condition in this new state (6) - {ORE}{G}{O}N} What condition is 'O' ? (Addendum - {ORE}{GO}{N} - See comments)
26 - Having little importance for a popular show if one can challenge it with determination (14) - {IN}{SIGN}{IF}{I}{CAN}{C}{E} My COD

DOWN
1   - Alas! Dame orders for water (5,3) - ADAMS ALE*
2   - Graphics file format is universal in this Japanese city (4) - {GIF}{U}
3   - You people are a bit interested in the Sana native (6) - {YE}{MEN}{I}
4   - Son in Poland will encourage an act of spending money extravagantly (7) - {S}{PL}{URGE}
5   - Like snow, a top wave (8) - WHITECAP [DD]

6   - Kind of disease in the south where few revamp the settlements (5,5) - {S}{WAMP FEVER*}
7   - Note the following area map of the Nebraska river (6) - {PLAT}{TE} 
12 - Comfortable association between two individuals (10) - FRIENDSHIP [CD] Why only two?
15 - Kiwi city (8) - AUCKLAND [E]
17 - Get in or release the new gas in the air (8) - {NITROGE*}{N}
18 - Military leader will regularly guard an American lawyer if sent up (7) - {G}{A}{D}{DA}{FI<-}

20 - Sumerian earth goddess is popular with the girl (6) - {IN}{ANNA}
22 - Cry of dismay following the king in position (6) - {CR}{OUCH}
25 - Bird is in danger nearby (4) - ERNE [T]

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No 10059, Monday 24 Jan 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
1   - Parting word to declare about an artist (8) - {SAY}{ON}{A}{RA} Give me 'an' 'a' ...
5   - Appeal to some cop leaders (4) - PLEA [T]
9   - Report that a snow leopard is following the girl (8) - {ANN}{OUNCE}
10 - Shocked Turkish official is initially silenced today (6) - {AGHA}{S}{T}

THC solvers these days

12 - Cling-on the pocket particles (4) - LINT [CD]
13 - Sandwiches at the German port for the king in the first ship (10) - {HAMBURG}{ER}{S}

15 - Same patriotic men kind of leave it with arrogance (4,9) - {SELF} {IMPORTANCEit*} Self is same ?
17 - Cinderella's love interest (6,8) - PRINCE CHARMING [E]

SEE THIS CARTOON

21 - Part of the water cycle that disappears (10) - EVAPORATES [DD]
22 - Fade out like Beethoven (4) - DEAF*
25 - Parent gets cut up by surgeon's saw (6) - TREPAN*
26 - Suppress the way soldiers are at the tip off a viewpoint (8) - {ST}{RA}{aNGLE}
27 - Recover the boot part, overheard (4) - HEAL(~heel)
28 - Weapon supply meant for restoration (8) - {ARM}{AMENT*}
DOWN
1   - Important way inside the megaplex (6) - {ST}{APLE} How do we decide to take only APLE from megaplex?
2   - Lost anyone in this Chinese city (5) - YANANe* by lost I presume 'e' is to be deleted from anyone, but how does the 'o' become an 'a'?
3   - It may be common or abstract? (4) - NOUN [CD]
4   - Get back the short recipe for the French, one master (7) - {REC}{LA}{I}{M}
6   - Exponents of mathematics (10) - LOGARITHMS [CD]

7   - A discussion among men of the Trojan war king (9) - {A}{GAMEMNON*} My COD
8   - Sees people to set back a deadline initially (5) - {D}{A}{TES}<-
11 - Insurance broker is trapped in the Spanish river (4) - EBRO [T]
14 - African character is outside with the maiden and a lawyer, a female enthusiast (10) - {AFrIC{IO}NA*}{DA} Anno pending
16 - Virgin queen of England (9) - ELIZABETH [E]
18 - Friend goes up to the comedian in front to show some appreciation (4) - {C}{LAP<-}
19 - A risk taker is a partner-in-crime (7) - {A}{BETTOR}
20 - Overcome an attack (6) - AFFECT [DD]
21 - Taken in each evening hour (5) - {EA}{TEN}
23 - Bird dog is not black (5) - bEAGLE

24 - Old man is a bit active in an art movement (4) - {DAD}{A}

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No 2618, Sunday 23 Jan 11

ACROSS
1   - Part of the UK was invaded by the French (5) - {WA{LE}S}

4   - Purchase, on the phone before work, a derivative (2-7) - (~buy){BY}-{PRODUCT}
9   - Thorough? Off-target twice, apparently (3-3-3) - OUT-AND-OUT
10 - Treacherous type losing wife's support (5) - wEASEL
11 - Fragment Marlene forced out of wealthy landowner, perhaps (9-6) - GENTLEMAN FARMER*
12 - Storming start (5) - ONSET [DD]
14 - Tennis player, contemptible on passenger ship? (9) - {BASE}{LINER}
16 - Hope film director's put in new oratorio (4,2,3) - {ROA{D} TO RIO*}
18 - Hare off across middle of neutral ground (5) - {EAR{T}H*}
19 - Work for a pianist after the day job? (9,6) -  MOONLIGHT SONATA [CD]
21 - Expresses mild disapproval in front of one Bantu tribe member (5) - {TUTS}{I}

22 - Lourdes so relaxing being free from smell (9) - ODOURLESS*
23 - Tiny fish in good bowl, item used by cook (6,3) - {FRY}{IN}{G} {PAN}
24 - Floral feature has tulip's head in centre of ring (5) - {PE{T}AL}
DOWN
1   - Offender harassed dog owner on end of pier (9) - {WRONGDOE*}{R}
2   - Tell principal of Loughborough College (3,2) - {L}{ET ON}
3   - Sleeveless shirt - team's leader is after one (7) - {SINGLE}{T}
4   - Literary people blog Rob Roy, sum up novel (10,5) - BLOOMSBURY GROUP*
5   - Act firmly to gain momentum (3,4,4,4) - PUT ONES FOOT DOWN [DD]
6   - More than a couple of pounds altogether (7) - {OVER}{A}{LL}
7   - Constellation seen from Mars in our galaxy? (4,5) - URSA MINOR*
8   - Row about lodge's first doorkeeper (5) - {TI{L}ER}
13 - Able to endure stormy weather was theory, unfortunately (9) - SEAWORTHY*
15 - Tries during proper practice session (9) - REHEARSAL [DD] (Addendum - {RE{HEARS}AL} - See comments)

17 - Incredible bar in European capital (7) - {TALL}{INN}
18 - Ecstasy obtained by tearaway, as a boost to self-esteem? (3,4) - {E}{GO T}{RIP}
19 - Second suitable upturned design (5) - {MO}{TIF<-}
20 - Boy losing book causes alarm (5) - ALbERT

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No 10058, Saturday 22 Jan 11, Nita Jaggi

Stumped by 6D and 18D

ACROSS
7   - Poisonous extract on a trip, one collects (8) - ATROPINE*
9   - A hole in a stocking (6) - POTATO [CD]
11 - Support the journalist now caught in by a native from both sides (9) - ADHERE{N{C}E} Anno pending
12 - Dutch leaders pursue about dismissing eight lords (5) - {DU}KES Anno pending (Addendum - {DU}{KEeS<-} - See comments)
13 - Artist you see on a river (6) - {A}{RA}{U}{C}{A}
14 - Conducted a raid at the city's hangar site (8) - {AIRD*}{ROME}
17 - Fought with the queen on arrival with the Spanish editor (9) - {QU}{ARR}{EL}{ED}
22 - Man is let to adjust with the disorders (8) - AILMENTS*
23 - Cheerful Bishop is turned on by the man (6) - {B}{LIT}{HE}
25 - Clock sounds (5) - TICKS [E]
27 - No one in the carnival has a name to handout for this form of dance (9) - {FAiR}{A}{N}{DOLE}
28 - Sign of controversy as you are guarding the boat (6) - {U{PROA}R}
29 - Plot against the jailbird in front of the high riser (8) - {CON}{SPIRE}
DOWN
1   - Physicist is away for a period of time (7) - {FAR}{A}{DAY}
2   - Supporter at hand is a worker from the priestly category (7) - {BRA}{H}{MAN}
3   - Silly bridge opponents follow old soldiers (5) - {INA}{N}{E}
4   - Arctic firm is on the fringe of the land (4) - {CO}{LanD}
5   - Accumulation of jobs not done in time maybe (7) - BACKLOG [E]
6   - Personal matter on affairs to rise eventually (7) -?O?S?E? (Addendum - {DO'S}{SIER*} - See comments)
8   - Emergency umbrella-like device (9) - PARACHUTE [E]
10 - Dressup at the night spot in the perfect state (7) - {BED}{I}{ZEN}
15 - Notice the water hole on both sides of the geysers in the tenements (9) - {D{WELL}IN}{G}{S}  DIN from ?
16 - To please a girl, try if it is possible (7) - (G)RATIFY*
18 - Unknown worker has a house outside the borders of an ancient city (7) - {X}{ANT}{H}U? (Addendum - {X}{ANT}{HoUSe} - See comments}
19 - Pick the painter for a mythical being (7) - {ELECT}{RA}
20 - Bar seat that is for the sting participant (7) - {STOOL}{IE}
21 - Biblical cruel princess (7) - JEZEBEL [E]
24 - Sing in an empty car around New Orleans in retrospect (5) - {CaR}{O}{ON<-}
26 - Balkan native left this kind of driver (4) - SLAVe  Not sure of Anno

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No 10057, Friday 21 Jan 11, Nita Jaggi

Few brilliant flashes today in the heap of trash!!

ACROSS
1   - French school leaders educate children on line everyday (5) - {E}{C}{O}{L}{E}
4   - Crucial element of French art is promiscuously seen around the college (7) - {ES}{SEN{C}E*}
10 - Spa spots (6) - SAUNAS [E]
11 - An apartment for English people trapped in a circus shelter (8) - {TEN{E}{MEN}T}
13 - And so on his second thoughts ignored the pace-setters mysteriously (8) - ETCETERAps* (addendum - ETCETERAps's* - See comments)
14 - Caught a rope without the loop left on this part of the flower (6) - {C}{A}{RoPE}{L}

16 - Stick the small bag (4) - POKE [DD] You can poke someone with a stick, but can you use poke to mean stick?
17 - The Spanish city tax officer will judge the voters (10) - {EL}{E}{CTO}{RATE} Spanish on double duty?
20 - Palace dweller is a clear winner (5,5) - {ROYAL} {FLUSH}

21 - Knock out the holy man in United Nations (4) - {ST}{UN}
24 - Slanted type of writing (6) - ITALIC [E]
26 - Old king in princedom turns out an oriental salad (8) - {COLE}{SeLAW<-}
28 - I say to the looker in agreement (3,2,3) - (~i){EYE} {TO} {EYE} 
29 - Pressure on the small lock (6) - {S}{TRESS}
30 - Relaxed adult is training in silence (2,5) - {A}{T} {PEACE}
31 - Says no to study in the side yards (5) - {DEN}{YardS} And I always thought it was spelt as 'denies' !!!
DOWN
2   - Can opener (6,3) - CHURCH KEY [E] Never knew this

3   - Shack in the meadow is not proper (6) - {LEA}{NTO*}
5   - Soundly shake off the storage building (4) - SHED [DD] Why do we need 'soundly' ?
6   - Lift the Spanish girl on the mountain (8) - {EL}{EVA}{TOR}
7   - Reduced energy in the boy (5) - {CH{E}AP}
8   - Not up the bridal path leaving one record (6) - {AiSLE}{EP}
9   - Burial markers are on the way to the Spanish arcade on both sides (6) - {ST}{EL}{ArcadE}
12 - Singsong sounds (7) - TRILLES [E] (Addendum - TRALALA [E] - See comments)
15 - Cut out a small cross, one in position (7) - {S}{C{I}SSOR*}
18 - Heavy guns in magazine items (9) - ARTILLERY [DD] Intended DD is incorrect.
19 - Popular alternative in a different Shakespearean locale (8) - {ELS{IN}{OR}E} My COD
20 - Commando is in a police action on the eastern side (6) - {RAID}{E}{R}
22 - We are confined in the den which is most up-to-date (6) - {NE{WE}ST}
23 - Sofa is in position at an exact point (6) - {SET}{TEE}
25 - Gangster in England will note an Alaskan native (5) - {AL}{E}{UT} UT is a note? (Addendum - Yes it is - See comments)

27 - Align the second track in North Carolina (4) - {S}{Y}{NC} How is Y a track, I don't know

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No 10056, Thursday 20 Jan 11, Nita Jaggi

Bowled, but not bowled over by 25A
ACROSS
4   - Left no trace of the vehicle mostly in the building (8) - {VAN}{In}{SHED}
8   - How to cover the headless doll completely? (6) - {H{dOLL}OW} Are 'hollow' and 'completely' synonymous?
9   - Shine on the Italian chimney cabinet set disappeared long ago (10) - {IL}LUMINATE Anno pending Addendum - {IL}{LUM}{INATEbc*) - See comments)
10 - Bold buddy regularly follows an ordeal with determination (4) - {sLOg}{U}{D}Not sure of anno
11 - Opt to drop an offspring, overheard (4) - CEDE(~seed)
13 - Barricade erected out for an ace dog (6) - BRIARDace*

15 - City on the Bay of Bengal has a religious school (7) - {MADRAS}{A}
17 - Spill oil behind the house for this Hindu festival (4) - {H}{OLI*}
18 - Sound of the puffed up blood line (4) - VEIN(~vain)
19 - Go-around over on this kind of fence (7) - {CYCL{ON}E} Never knew that chain-link fence was also known as cyclone fence

21 - Woman in Bali mostly has this kind of tea (6) - {HER}{BALi}
22 - Sultan's land has no worker (4) - {O}{MAN}

25 - Master ignores the journalist's accomplishment (4) -?E?T (Addendum - deFEAT - See comments)

26 - Writing material (10) - CHALKBOARD ? [CD] Material?

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27 - Protected a Shiite leader out of a United Nations eatery in front (6) - INSUR{E} Anno beats me (Addendum - {IMaM}{UN}{E} - See comments)
28 - Run through touching the car in a procession (8) - RE{HEARSE} Where do we get RE from?
DOWN
1   - Hit the mammal (5) - WHALE [DD]
2   - Break up the park lake (6) - {P}{LOUGH}
3   - Credit card action at an electronic terminal (5) - SWIPE [CD]
4   - Treasure you left back inside the flower holder outside (5) - {VA{L)(U<-}sE} S for 'side' ?
5   - Mostly identify the same place one first arrives in the African state (7) - {NAMe}{IB}{I}{A} IB and 'same place'? See comments

6   - Difficult event is one to be organised later by a Somali leader (9) - {S}{ENSIT(I)VE*}
7   - Train teen characters to offer hospitality (9) - ENTERTAIN*
12 - Trader by now shows that you can bet on it (5) - DERBY [T]
14 - So she or he colours the lucky charm (9) - HORSESHOE*
15 - Star woman found the fruit (9) - {MIRA}{BELLE}

16 - Conference of males in an Indian city (5) - SALEM*
19 - Distinction of the bullet size (7) - CALIBER [DD]
20 - Examine one means of payment, overheard (6) - CHEQUE(~check) Definition in the centre. Homophone indicator misplaced !
22 - No wise fellow is in front of the Missouri river (5) - {O}{SAGE} Wise fellow is at the back here!!
23 - Thorough check of the German car by an extreme idealist (5) - {AUDI}{T} My COD (Clue Of the Day) with great reluctance
24 - Rather inclined to be pricey (5) - STEEP [DD]

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No 10055, Wednesday 19 Jan 11, Nita Jaggi

ACROSS
2   - Easy kind of swimming stroke (6) - BREAST [CD]
7   - I am back with an important detailed podium feature (4) - {M'I<-}{KEy}
9   - Hill station is excessively dry at last (4) - {OOT<-}{Y} How does 'TOO' get reversed?
10 - Fanatic miller cuts the cereal grass (7,6) - AFRICAN MILLET* Never knew Ragi was African or Finger Millet

12 - Purchase the tavern once more out in Austria (7) - {BAR}{aGAIN} What a sentence!
13 - Left out the tropical variety of this fruit (7) - APRICOTl* We ate one yesteday too.
15 - Refreshments are in a mess (4) - MEAL ? [CD]
17 - No boy heartily follows his sixth sense in the city (5) - {ESP}{O}{O} No means 'O' here !! Must congratulate NJ for finding such cities.
18 - I ignore the fable writer settled in the Dominican capital (4) - PESOa* I meaning A here. My son is working there right now.
19 - No wayward character leaves the western route (7) - {R{O}ADWAYw*} and  here !!
21 - No air can be blown in this instrument (7) - {O}{CARINA*} and here also !!

23 - Typewriter sound (8,5) - CLICKETY CLACK [CD]
27 - A good man rises for an arab emperor (4) - {TS<-}{AR}
28 - Many use different pool sticks (4) - {C}{UES*}
29 - In front of the seaweed behind Gort's men (6) - BEFORE is what fits. Anno pending.
DOWN

1   - Fix a bit of tape on a bag of goodies (6) - {PIN}{A}{TApe} Like our 'Dahi Handi'of Janmashtami seen above. My No 1 clue for today

 2   - Soiled beggar led an angry demonstration in front (10) - {BEDRAGGLE*}{D}
3   - Some see pictures in a big story (4) - EPIC [T]
4   - Small family casing (4) - {S}{KIN}
5   - Second big cat abruptly falls in mud (4) - {S}{nOIL<-}
6   - You and I fail to notice the difficult situations of broadcasters (8) - STATIONSui*
8   - Zoo attraction for an early astronaut (5) - CHIMP [CD]
11 - President withholds fictitious payments in this kind of peace treaty (7) - AMNESTYp*
13 - It may be an expression of regret for one's mistakes (7) - APOLOGY [E]

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14 - Can tip more characters about the prominent status (10) - IMPORTANCE*
16 - For once, chariots are repaired out this year for one practising black magic (8) - {EX}{ORCISTha*} HA from 'Hoc Anno Domini' meaning 'This year of our lord'
20 - Leg support for one odd killer (5) - {AN}{K}{L}{E}
22 - Japanese members abroad (6) - NIKKEI [E]
24 - Japanese box is popular with the leaders of Russian organisations (4) - {IN}{R}{O}

25 - Displayed item is a clock (4) - TIME*
26 - Briefly cook over the hot silver salmon (4) - {CO{H}Ok}

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No 10054, Tuesday 18 Jan 11, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - A very long time for a sad one going round the earth (4,4) - {BLUE} {MOON}
5   - Business mogul's domain (6) - EMPIRE [CD]
10 - Governor wearing rigid piece of bed linen (5) - {S{HE}ET}
11 - Such a victory from an avalanche? (9) - LANDSLIDE [CD]
12 - Complimentary weapon for one on his own (9) - {FREE}{LANCE}
13 - Tax on business causes tears to flow (5) - RATES*
14 - Vigorous, like some powerful US tycoons (5) - LUSTY [T]
16 - Tower for defence built by Babar in Chithor initially (8) - BARBI(C)AN*

18 - Songbird — also a celebrity swimmer (8) - {STAR}{LING}

20 - Red dye used in noise control (5) - EOSIN*
24 - Freight that makes a vehicle move (5) - {CAR}{GO}
25 - Plain, starved of affection, consumed a drop of nicomorphine (9) - {UNADOR{N}ED}
27 - One-time tax I have found to be too much (9) - {EX}{CESS}{I'VE}
28 - Holy one, depressed human abandoning man (5) - {SAD}{HUman}

29 - Provincial governor, with appeal, reversed role (6) - {SA}{TRAP<-}
30 - Look for gold from a potential team member (8) - PROSPECT [DD]
DOWN
1   - Timid and self-conscious at a boisterous party, develops flu (7) - {BASH}{FUL*}
2   - Do not consume so much if it serves no purpose (7) - {USE}{LESS}
3   - Element, Tritium, found in food (5) - {ME{T}AL}
4   - Where to be for a Net-conference (2,4) - ON LINE [CD]
6   - Scrooge, fit but very unhappy (9) - {MISER}{ABLE} My No 1 clue for the day

7   - Like Dostoyevsky's Myshkin (7) - IDIOTIC [CD]
8   - Philosopher who had sore men treated (7) - EMERSON*
9   - Cover for a bender at church (7) - KNEEPAD [CD]
15 - Part of the Pacific that allows the old English to transform (6,3) - {YE}{LLOW S(E)A*}
17 - Hormone essential for glucose metabolism (7) - INSULIN [E]
18 - The competitor's objective upsets coppers on duty (7) - {SUC<-}{CESS} Not a very good definition in my view.
19 - Fruit, a tropic variety (7) - APRICOT*

21 - How a legislature usually gets adjourned (4,3) - SINE DIE [CD]
22 - Admittedly, there is an absence of uncertainty (2,5) -  {NO} {DOUBT}
23 - Move headlong in one's chosen occupation (6) - CAREER [DD]
26 - A refuge where one may find dates? (5) - OASIS [CD]

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No 10053, Monday 17 Jan 11, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - A factory but not necessarily one making lamps (5,8) - LIGHT INDUSTRY [CD]
10 - Revenue official who had trials quashed (9) - TAHSILDAR*
11 - A bid for somehow including iron (5) - {OF{FE}R*}
12 - Salary includes rest and recreation? Dodge it (5) - {PA{RR}Y}
13 - Study a French instrument as a riddle (9) - {CON}{UN}{DRUM}
14 - They may adorn the rooms of the young (3-3) - PIN-UPS [CD]
16 - Disapprove of French appeal (5) - {DE}{CRY} My No 1 clue for the day
19 - Blunder, one admitted by brother (5) - {B{ONE}R}
20 - In Syria a place for a people endlessly travelling (6) - {A}{LEPPOe*}
25 - Coe's libel turns aggressive (9) - BELLICOSE*
26 - Fat? Sit! (5) - SQUAT [DD]
27 - Give patient care! (5) - NURSE [E]
28 - Mysterious giant mice tamed (9) - ENIGMATIC*
29 - Trained in violent attack, they can act in fair weather also (13) - STORMTROOPERS [CD]
DOWN
2   - Natural and essential in new ether treatment (8) - INHERE(N)T*
3   - Hirsute, vocal Henry! (5) - HAIRY (~harry)
4   - Persuade girl to get in front of church (6) - {INDU}{CE}
5   - Insane daughter set off grenade (8) - {D}{ERANGED*}
6   - “Patriotism is the last refuge of a ….” (Boswell's Life of Johnson) (9) - SCOUNDREL [E]
7   - Improvement in the potential level of performance following religious education (6) - {RE}{FORM}
8   - Measure by state to increase intensity (4,2) - {STEP} {UP}
9   - A conservative inclination to obstruct (5) - {C}{RAMP}
15 - He makes too much money from his business (9) - PROFITEER [CD]

17 - Strongly suggestive of older net design (8) - REDOLENT*
18 - Records upset, say, by sound of incoherent speech (8) - {SPL<-}{UTTER}
21 - Study of light in the tropics failed, with lack of regulation to start with (6) - OPTICSr*
22 - Somewhat eroded, skeletal wood (5) - {E}{BONY}
23 - Flowering stem of broccoli left to rot outside operating room (6) - {FL{OR}ET*} Operating rooms are normally OT's

24 - Sheep penned by a farmer in open orangery (6) - MERINO [T]

26 - Briefly describe a problem at a higher place (3,2) - {SUM} {UP}

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