No 10247, Wednesday 31 Aug 11, Gridman

ID MUBARAK

ACROSS

1   - Rio meets turning out to be boring (8) - TIRESOME*

5   - All's recalled about half-blue monster (6) - SCYLLA {S{CYan}LLA<-}

9   - Good manners of one hamlet resident — finding no regal retreat — in metropolitan area (8) - CIVILITY {C{I}{VILlager<-}ITY}

10 - Fit for the inner man? (6) - EDIBLE [CD]

12 - Money for one rebel leader in U.S. city (4) - LIRA {L{I}{R}A}

13 - In which condition we don't see doctors (4,6) - GOOD HEALTH [E]

15 - Language of some Intel gurus you heard inside? (6) - TELUGU {TEL{U}GU} [T+]

17 - Tilts shoe parts? (5) - HEELS [DD]

20 - Chose abode without publicity (5) - OPTED adOPTED

21 - Animal in parcel of land next to old church (6) - OCELOT {O}{CE}{LOT}

24 - Invigorating. Boris usual in activation (10) - SALUBRIOUS*

27 - Old writer abandons son in parliament (4) - DUMA DUMAs

29 - Bring into play volunteers in line-up (6) - ENTAIL {EN{TA}IL<-}

30 - Abbot and Mom flung a destructive device (4-4) - ATOM-BOMB*

31 - Cut alien's bill (6) - DOCKET {DOCK}{ET}

32 - Sot assimilated a short travel option (8) - DRUNKARD {DRUNK}{A}{RD}

DOWN

1   - Mark the French touch (6) - TICKLE {TICK}{LE}

2   - Turn back from Ranchi's top tennis champion (6) - REVERT {R}{EVERT}

3   - Therefore laid first one out: off the shelf (4) - SOLD {SO}{LaiD}

4   - Mark German king's byword (5) - MOTTO {M}{OTTO}

6   - Sponge from head of department in prison (5) - CADGE {CA{D}GE}

7   - Marked boy embracing beautiful girl (8) - LABELLED {LA{BELLE}D}

8   - Girl gets your old stone — precious stone (8) - AMETHYST {AME}{THY}{ST} Have heard of AMY but not AME as a name.

11 - Exhort Justice to interrupt a rude interpretation (6) - ADJURE {AD{J}URE*}

14 - Margaret's drink? (4) - MEAD [DD]

16 - More work (6) - UTOPIA [CD]

17 - Cover for thug? (4) - HOOD [DD]

18 - Wish to leave for Germany with dispatch (8) - GODSPEED {GO}{D}{SPEED}

19 - Vigorous wielding of lathi etc (8) - ATHLETIC*

22 - Copper — police — taking away diamonds to a dome (6) - CUPOLA {CU}{POLice}{A}

23 - Wearing clothes, rudely barge into the first of dressing-rooms (6) - GARBED {GARBE*}{D}

25 - Wait to grab right honeymooner (5) - BRIDE {B{R}IDE}

SEE THIS CARTOON

26 - Declare total (5) - UTTER [DD]

28 - Last word on a primarily mild measure (4) - AMEN {A}{M}{EN}

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