Saturday 30 April 2011

No 10142, Saturday 30 Apr 11, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - Number specialist? (13) - MATHEMATICIAN [CD]
10 - Height shown in the drawing of the side of a building (9) - ELEVATION [DD]
11 - Commonly, it is not a mark of contamination (5) - TAIN'T [DD]
12 - Left with facility to hire accommodation maybe (5) - {L}{EASE}
13 - To enter CCC, I have to be unconventional (9) - ECCENTRIC*
14 - The drink to produce funny trance (6) - NECTAR*
16 - Locomotive power of old (5) - STEAM [CD]
19 - Brief breakdown of coir, say (5) - FIBRE*
20 - A strong, just liaison (6) - {A}{F}{FAIR}
25 - It gives the musician better reach (9) - AMPLIFIER [CD]
26 - Comrade, nameless, gets cooked (5) - FRIEnD
27 - Capital provided to end crash in food shop (5) - {DEL{H}I}
28 - Check-up for the mother-to-be (9) - ANTENATAL [E]
29 - One figuring in divorce suit maybe acquires a right to be a newspaperman (13) - {CO-R{R}ESPONDENT}
DOWN
2   - Held in it, an order is suspended temporarily (8) - ABEYANCE [CD]
3   - Lift for a governor with a way (5) - {HE}{AVE}
4   - People accept help from a young woman (6) - {M{AID}EN}
5   - Determination shown by a number supported by a big town (8) - {TEN}{A}{CITY}
6   - Divided into two equal parts (3,2,4) - CUT IN HALF [E]
7   - Place for birds built in a Latin way, on track (6) - {A}{VIA}RY}
8   - City of a great songwriter (6) - BERLIN [DD]
9   - What is in store for the trader (5) - STOCK [CD]
15 - It gives a sharp taste to food if iced air is circulated (9) - ACIDIFIER*
17 - Painting is the short answer for these skilled workers (8) - {ART}{IS}{ANS}
18 - Country with a task pain relief (8) - PAKISTAN*
21 - Travel, having swallowed 100 ML? That's a puzzle (6) - {RID{DL}E}
22 - Father, as the little one knows him (5) - DADDY [CD]
23 - Handsome chap in a spacecraft (6) - APOLLO [DD]
24 - Greek-German word for ‘cave' (6) - {GR}{OTTO}
26 - Good, leader of depredators is punished (5) - {FINE}{D}



9 comments:

  1. nice one

    100%.Thanks Sankalak for keeping his art of making the solvers elated and jubilant at the end of the solving.

    Mathu

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  2. Too many simple clues (16,25,28,2,6 and 22) for a Cryptic CW. Does it indicate some laziness in clueing?

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  3. Simplicity has always been Sankalak's hallmark.

    Despite the abundance of CDs today, the puzzle itself was enjoyable.

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  4. Enjoyable but kicking myself for not getting antenatal.
    Col.-21D- DL could be decilitre for 100 ml.

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  5. Honestly, I find Sankalak boring. Finish the crossword at express speed with no thrill of solving something difficult

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  6. Once again 100 % :) Good but not as good as yesterdays puzzle.
    Padmanabhan,
    Col has given a link for decilitre.

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  7. A gentle breeze!

    BERLIN had to be guessed, but nothing else fit with the crossings

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  8. Ajeesh,
    I mistook the question mark in the puzzle to be that of Col.Also failed to see the link.

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  9. 100%. am just new to this. and managed to pull it off!

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