ACROSS
1 - Weakness may make one yield a bit clumsily, dropping article (8) - DEBILITYa*
5 - Exercise caution when we return in denuded cover (6) - {B{EW<-}ARE}
10 - One of many parts? That's the truth around the east (5) - {FAC{E}T}
11 - It is standard in India, also in France (9) - TRICOLOUR [CD] My COD
12 - Lice least bothered by divine (9) - CELESTIAL*
13 - Tie common in trades (5) - UNION [DD]
14 - Big cat, good in a row (5) - {TI{G}ER}
16 - Malodorous fliers (8) - STINKERS [DD]
18 - Champion lawyer (8) - ADVOCATE [DD]
20 - Use the ‘Undo' tool? (5) - ERASE [CD]
24 - Garbage which, with unknown addition, may qualify lucre (5) - FILTHy
25 - Much noise, always poetic, made by unscrupulous trader (9) - {RACKET}{EER}
27 - Skier's transport has frail chit trembling… (9) - CHAIRLIFT*
28 - … in the midst of a bit of a scam on ground (5) - AMONG [T]
29 - Cooked, in hot water (6) - STEWED [E]
30 - Banked upon the deep end being repaired, died (8) - {DEPENDE*}{D}
DOWN
1 - That's what comes of living beyond one's means (7) - DEFICIT [CD]
2 - Reverse the record in arrears of work (7) - {BACK}{LOG}
3 - Bloomer that means a great deal to you and me (5) - {LOT}{US}
4 - Tasty morsel that a bird chewed (6) - {TIT}{BIT}
6 - Gift of the gab (9) - ELOQUENCE [CD]
7 - East Saigon erupting? Eat your heart out (7) - AGONIS(E)*
8 - They can be run by messengers (7) - ERRANDS [CD]
9 - Fail to observe a rule but be alive to change (7) - VIOLATE*
15 - Runner that the hero cares about (9) - RACEHORSE*
17 - Would such a sky make the lead player tipsy? (7) - {STAR}{LIT}
18 - EC staff disposition creates an impact (7) - AFFECTS*
19 - Rural location for a house, semi-huge (7) - {VILLA}{huGE}
21 - Lymphoid tissue that is dead? No, I suspect (7) - ADENOID*
22 - After reversal of direction, poor magazine editor is very angry (7) - {EN<-}{RAG}{ED}
23 - Gardening tool from an American state, an article beginning to yellow inside (6) - {SC}{Y}{THE}
26 - Beginning of the end overdue? Cheer up! (5) - {E}{LATE}
1 - Weakness may make one yield a bit clumsily, dropping article (8) - DEBILITY
5 - Exercise caution when we return in denuded cover (6) - {B{EW<-}ARE}
10 - One of many parts? That's the truth around the east (5) - {FAC{E}T}
11 - It is standard in India, also in France (9) - TRICOLOUR [CD] My COD
12 - Lice least bothered by divine (9) - CELESTIAL*
13 - Tie common in trades (5) - UNION [DD]
14 - Big cat, good in a row (5) - {TI{G}ER}
16 - Malodorous fliers (8) - STINKERS [DD]
20 - Use the ‘Undo' tool? (5) - ERASE [CD]
24 - Garbage which, with unknown addition, may qualify lucre (5) - FILTH
25 - Much noise, always poetic, made by unscrupulous trader (9) - {RACKET}{EER}
27 - Skier's transport has frail chit trembling… (9) - CHAIRLIFT*
29 - Cooked, in hot water (6) - STEWED [E]
30 - Banked upon the deep end being repaired, died (8) - {DEPENDE*}{D}
DOWN
1 - That's what comes of living beyond one's means (7) - DEFICIT [CD]
2 - Reverse the record in arrears of work (7) - {BACK}{LOG}
3 - Bloomer that means a great deal to you and me (5) - {LOT}{US}
4 - Tasty morsel that a bird chewed (6) - {TIT}{BIT}
6 - Gift of the gab (9) - ELOQUENCE [CD]
7 - East Saigon erupting? Eat your heart out (7) - AGONIS(E)*
8 - They can be run by messengers (7) - ERRANDS [CD]
9 - Fail to observe a rule but be alive to change (7) - VIOLATE*
15 - Runner that the hero cares about (9) - RACEHORSE*
17 - Would such a sky make the lead player tipsy? (7) - {STAR}{LIT}
18 - EC staff disposition creates an impact (7) - AFFECTS*
19 - Rural location for a house, semi-huge (7) - {VILLA}{
21 - Lymphoid tissue that is dead? No, I suspect (7) - ADENOID*
22 - After reversal of direction, poor magazine editor is very angry (7) - {EN<-}{RAG}{ED}
23 - Gardening tool from an American state, an article beginning to yellow inside (6) - {SC}{Y}{THE}
No comments-going by the law of inverse proportions,quality of the CW should be excellent.
ReplyDeleteI second Col.'s COD-just ingenious.Took a while to get it,but once there it looks so simple and makes us wonder why we did not get it in the first place.
Have been enjoying Sankalak's offerings the last few days
ReplyDeleteThere was a discussion a few days back about the proper plural of octopus.I found today:
ReplyDeletehttp://dictionary.reference.com/etymology/octopi
It says "octopuses" is correct and octopi is mistaken as the correct one.
@Paddu 10 24: Kindly explain. I am not getting the point
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