No 10233, Monday 15 Aug 11, Arden

INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS

ACROSS

1   - The odd bet Marianne placed in the slot machine (3-5,6) - ONE-ARMED BANDIT*

10 - It is hard to set up identity (5) - RIGID {RIG}{ID}

11 - Metal worker past fifty, shows human resolve (9) - LANTHANUM {L}{ANT}{HANUM*}

12 - Frenzied feeding is not genuine (7) - FEIGNED*

13 - Facial feature seen when a noble gets knighthood (7) - EARLOBE {EARL}{OBE}

14 - Surrender the dividend (5) - YIELD [DD]

16 - The carthorse is changed, but they play (9) - ORCHESTRA*

19 - If one could be home at ten, one must be old! (4-5) - MOTH-EATEN*

20 - The pace at which student empowerment takes place inside (5) - TEMPO [T]

22 - Drunken people of the north are missing the head of clan (7) - SOTTISH ScOTTISH I looked at Kashmiri etc etc...

25 - A Bridge player's progress, it is the beginning (7) - NASCENT {N}{ASCENT}

27 - A merchant gets a place before the Queen (9) - STATIONER {STATION}{ER}

28 - Hang the head of department. It is a crime (5) - DRAPE {D}{RAPE}

29 - Dethroning game played when one is mean-spirited (3,2,3,6) - DOG IN THE MANGER* Somehow mean-spirited doesn't sound correct for a 'dog in the manger'

DOWN

2   - Casual line about girl going astray with a man (9) - NEGLIGENT {NE{G}LI*}{GENT}

3   - Some publicity over dress is extra (3-2) - ADD-ON {AD}{D-ON}

4   - Clumsy admiral to be replaced (9) - MALADROIT*

5   - An ass, or is it a horse in front of the church? (5) - DUNCE {DUN}{CE}

6   - It could be hot, barren and distasteful (9) - ABHORRENT*

7   - The wild beast makes so much noise to leave (5) - DINGO {DIN}{GO}

8   - When cross, one could lose it with a paint (7) - TEMPERA {TEMPER}{A}

9   - Being wily, it is back within shout (6) - CRAFTY {CR{AFT}Y}

15 - Go before it returns. Can I regulate what you eat? (9) - DIETICIAN {DIE}{IT<-}{CIAN*}

17 - The fish has swallowed sister? Strange problem! (9) - CONUNDRUM {CO{NUN}D}{RUM}

18 - Moderate 8 has mostly tea (9) - TEMPERATE {TEMPERA}{TEa}

19 - He chides us immediately, when exploited are back inside (7) - MISUSED [T<-]

21 - Beginning, when not in the group (6) - OUTSET {OUT}{SET}

23 - The Yankees have it, we hear (5) - TWANG [CD] Was stuck with DRAWL

24 - A premonition that Quasimodo is not back (5) - HUNCH HUNCHback

26 - The chair in one of those dance halls (5) - SEDAN [T]

GRID