No 10398, Wednesday 29 Feb 12, Neyartha

ACROSS

6   - Abandon supply… (5) - YIELD [DD]

7   - … to the Massachusetts whaling town made famous by limericks (9) - NANTUCKET [GK]

There once was a man from Nantucket

 Who kept all his cash in a bucket.

  But his daughter, named Nan,

Ran away with a man

  And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

10 - Deliver note sent ahead by the UP leader in the midst of rocks at the cliff base (6) - RESCUE (+re){RE)(SC{U}(-re)E}

11 - Mother ignored bottom plate put outside in the sink (8) - DIMINISH {D{IM}{IN}ISH} ? Anno pending (Addendum - {DI{MINImum}SH} - See comments}

12 - Piercing jewellery piece of the harsh judge thrown out by the Earl (7) - EARRING (-j+e)EARRING

13 - Sees Cuban hiding some diving gear (5) - SCUBA [T]

14 - Quantity of something about which no one is certain (7) - UNKNOWN [E]

15 - Witty joker goes back with cooked ham for some Greek money (7) - DRACHMA {DRAC<-}{HAM*}

18 - John, in speaking to the police department, was comprehensible (5) - LUCID (~loo){LU}{CID}

19 - Revolutionary eventually gets rigorous imprisonment in the repeat hearing (7) - RETRIAL {RET{RI}AL<-}

20 - Dangerous racists settle around the island over a geological timescale (8) - TRIASSIC {TR{I}ASSIC*}

22 - Initially place lumber inside nursery to help with the column support (6) - PLINTH {P}{L}{I}{N}{T}{H}

23 - Sluggard scratching head with some smoothing tools used by manicurists (9) - NAILFILES {sNAIL}{FILES}

24 - Spirit found in a Tianjin nightclub (5) - JINNI [T]

DOWN

1   - Score: -1 (8) - NINETEEN [E]

2   - On-screen letter? (10,4) - ELECTRONIC MAIL [CD]

3   - Broke AG ready to provide the old outdoor storage fee (7) - YARDAGE*

4   - Scrap one of the Intel microprocessor lineups (4) - ATOM [DD]

5   - Studied to find out, we hear, about the Middle Eastern water body (3,3) - RED SEA (~read){RED} {SEA}(~see)

8   - Conservative's unfortunate junction visit results in ‘Madras Eye' (14) - CONJUNCTIVITIS {C}{JUNCTION+VISIT*}

9   - Inspected sheep picked up by the underwater worker from the south (8) - REVIEWED {REVI{EWE}D<-}

13 - Group of microbes found in crumpled polyester left outside (8) - SEROTYPE POlYESTER*

16 - Michigan in flames over worker being aggressive (8) - MILITANT {MI}{LIT}{ANT}

17 - Windpipe in painting drawn up by a revolutionary undergoing imprisonment (7) - TRACHEA {TR{A}{CHE}A<-}

18 - Awkward palaver initially ignored by the ones in need of a metamorphosis (6) - LARVAE pALAVER*

21 - Spotless Oriental making way for the Pole in the hero's tale (4) - SPIC (-e+s)SPIC

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No 10397, Tuesday 28 Feb 12, Anitya

Anitya must be disappointed, except for Bhavan we all missed out on yesterday's Nina which was 'Hi, here comes another setter'
ACROSS

8   - Navy's main strength (3,5) - SEA POWER [CD]

9   - Concerning friend? Indeed! (6) - REALLY {RE}{ALLY}

10 - Five aired off — not all the same (6) - VARIED {V}{AIRED*}

11 - Currently rejection meets with a shock, reportedly (8) - NOWADAYS {NOW}{A}{DAYS}(~daze) Anno for 'NOW' not clear (Addendum - {NO}{W}{A}{DAYS}(~daze) - See comments)

12 - Examine, see — all right? X? (4,4) - LOOK INTO {LO}{OK} {INTO}

13 - A minister recalled American dislike (6) - ANIMUS {A}{NIM<-}{US}

14 - Overly equipped and ready for bottle (5,2,3,5) - ARMED TO THE TEETH [CD] That should be 'battle'

18 - Special care about keyboard bar (6) - SPACER {SP}{CARE*}

20 - Took a look at cut-back and dug deep! (8) - EXAMINED {EXA<-}{MINED}

23 - What Bryan III dished out? (8) - BIRIYANI*

24 - Region's noble unknown (6) - COUNTY {COUNT}{Y}

25 - iPad's browser on a trek? (6) - SAFARI [DD]

26 - One way to wax — as a speaker might! (8) - ELOQUENT [CD]

DOWN

1   - Smooth in a score (6) - LEGATO [E]

2   - At special icy area, the French dot (8) - SPRINKLE {SP}{RINK}{LE}

3   - Wends scattered around Eastern country (6) - SWEDEN {SW{E}DEN*}

4   - What the paper follows is today's pattern (5,2,3,5) - TREND OF THE TIMES [CD]

5   - No bawler gets roasted malt brew (5,3) - BROWN ALE*

6   - A joiner entered General Hospital for one leader (6) - GANDHI {G{AND}H}{I}

7   - Soft, common courtship in women's wear (8) - PLAYSUIT {P}{LAY}{SUIT}

15 - Salesman off-rails in avenger's action (8) - REPRISAL {REP}{RAILS*}

16 - Turtle from pawn in region (8) - TERRAPIN {TERRA{P}IN}

17 - Philosopher whose follower has refined taste (8) - EPICURUS [CD]

19 - High point of the ride cut short by upper figure (6) - CLIMAX {CLIp}{MAX}

21 - Do a news job? It can be dropped! (6) - ANCHOR [DD]

22 - Navigation instrument with top detached is still there (6) - EXTANT sEXTANT

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No 10396, Monday 27 Feb 12, Anitya

Welcome Anitya.
ACROSS

7   - Sees Sian settled in a state of comfort (8) - EASINESS*

9   - Sailor's back with brown cane (6) - RATTAN {RAT<-}{TAN}

10 - Smell from kheer spilt outside hospital (4) - REEK KhEER*

11 - Fan having bother in the end (10) - AFICIONADO AFICION{ADO} Only the end is specified?

12 - Puzzle in eastern mag unravelled (6) - ENIGMA {IN+E+MAG}*

14 - Shallow freight carrier in which fish and snake are hidden (8) - KEELBOAT K{EEL}{BOA}T Where do the 'K' and 'T' come from?

15 - Sprinter's device — it won't do for a writer (8,5) - STARTING BLOCK [DD]

17 - Where one may find a dish — where one may shout from? (8) - HOUSETOP [CD]

19 - A routine said to be raised (6) - AWEIGH {A}{WEIGH}(~way)

21 - Woman, extremely repugnant, in one circle is annoying (10) -  IRRITATING {I}{R{RITA}{T}ING}

22 - Account on real estate measure (4) - ACRE {AC}{RE}

23 - Car for one who is late? (6) - HEARSE [CD]

24 - Newspaper article — what you do with a new leaf (8) - TURNOVER [CD]

DOWN

1   - About Sein producing cheese component (6) - CASEIN {CA}{SEIN}

2   - Porcine remark? (4) - OINK [CD]

3   - Big question heard on electrical power unit (8) - MEGAWATT {MEGA}{WATT}(~what)

4   - Finally take miner's crumpled fur (6) - ERMINE {E}{MINER*}

5   - Penniless — do ‘notes' result? (5-5) - STONE BROKE {NOTES*} {BROKE}

6   - Ant-eater right in Dvaraka going around (8) - AARDVARK {AA{R}DVARK*}

8   - Sore thumb? (8,5) - STICKING POINT [CD]

13 - Good girl's lie about material (5,5) - GLASS FIBRE {G}{LASS} {FIB}{RE}

15 - Senior having courage without a hint of alarm — he uses whip (8) - SCOURGER {S{COURaGE}R}

16 - He is boastful -- brother with a good-good painting (8) - BRAGGART {BR}{A}{GG}{ART}

18 - It is on a table for service in the afternoon (3,3) - TEA SET [CD]

20 - Fills up chasms? (6) - GORGES [DD]

22 - Vera's predecessor in plant? (4) - ALOE [GK]

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No 2675, Sunday 26 Feb 12

ACROSS
1   - Chose bar, newly built in Welsh resort (8) - ABERSOCH*
5   - Blunder made by fielder at Oxford? (4-2) - SLIP-UP {SLIP)-{UP}
9   - One instrument after another producing a piece of music for an old dance (8) - HORNPIPE {HORN}{PIPE}
10 - Type of sausage obtained from one of the Greek islands, mostly (6) - SALAMI SALAMIs

11 - Detest gaudy bar small house installed (5) - ABHOR {AB{HO}R*}
12 - Ten inside a large church in a Devon town (9) - AXMINSTER {A}{X}{MINSTER}
14 - Formal clothes is what a woman may wear at a funeral, we hear (7,5) - (~mourning)MORNING DRESS
18 - St Michael viewed differently after the play (3,9) - THE ALCHEMIST {THE} {STMICHAEL*}
21 - Sword found in former Catholic burial ground (9) - EXCALIBUR {EX}{C}{BURIAL*}
23 - Last of a series of home games (5) - OMEGA [T]

24 - A gallon in pool is unsatisfactorily small in amount (6) - MEAGRE {ME{A}{G}RE}
25 - Overwhelm one person in religious order with fruit (8) - INUNDATE {I}{NUN}{DATE}
26 - Most certainly with more justification (6) - RATHER [CD]
27 - Visual faculty certainly needed in rowing crew (8) - EYESIGHT {E{YES}IGHT}
DOWN
1   - Retreat from wood ahead of pack (6) - ASHRAM {ASH}{RAM}
2   - Blue celestial body close to Mercury (6) - EARTHY {EARTH}{Y}
3   - Exceptionally good ball in championship match (5,4) - SUPER BOWL {SUPER} {BOWL}
4   - Tyrannical whaler, at a pinch a cruel seaman (7,4) - CAPTAIN AHAB {AT+A+PINCH+A}*{AB}
6   - Pick up king, then knight (5) - LEARN {LEAR}{N}
7   - Sparkling repartee - it should bear fruit (4,4) - PEAR TREE*
8   - Tedious talk about border plant (8) - PRIMROSE {P{RIM}ROSE}

13 - Corny moment involved dog in classic tale (11) - MONTMORENCY*
15 - Demonises criminal in a state capital (3,6) - DES MOINES*
16 - Arrest me for flying flag (8) - STREAMER*
17 - Liking poem's initial charm (8) - PENCHANT {P}{ENCHANT}
19 - Write a note, then another, in a Malaysian state (6) - PENANG {PEN}{AN}{G} (Addendum - {PEN}{A}{N}{G} - See comments)
20 - Article left in shelter, a special gift (6) - TALENT {T{A}{L}ENT}
22 - Lively lager and stout (5) - LARGE*

No 10395, Saturday 25 Feb 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Remove from power and speak monotonously about the nutty (8) - DETHRONE {D{THE*}RONE}

5   - South Africa rather fair to nature hike (6) - SAFARI {SA}{FAIR*}

10 - A blemish boy said to make out (7) - SUNSPOT (~son){SUN}{SPOT}

11 - Accountant's vehicle parked before a tree (7) - CASCARA {CA'S}{CAR}{A}

12 - We in France leave small label back for chewy stuff (6) - NOUGAT {NOUs}{GAT<-}

13 - Ordered Stuart to take the first step (5,3) - START OUT {STUART+TO}*

15 - Tilt back the bulb (4) - LEEK <-

16 - Gone flat ? A driving problem when a stepney is needed (5,1,4) - BURST A TYRE [CD]

18 and 4 dn. - What an office boss might tell his steno less expansively (4,1,5,4) - TAKE A BRIEF NOTE [CD]

20 - Mistake a number leaving church area (4) - APSE lAPSE

23 - Move quickly away from home to landing area (8) - OUTSTRIP {OUT}{STRIP}

24 - Which in a balloon won't make it 1 dn. (3,3) - HOT AIR [CD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

26 - He stockpiles crumpled reams around a square (7) - AMASSER {AM{A}{S}SER*}

27 - Fuss about British vegetable (7) - POTHERB {POTHER}{B} Pother is a new word for me

28 - Youth means determinedly to be a positive guy (3-3) - YES-MAN {Y}{ES-MAN*}

29 - Break out after cur? (8) - FRACTURE*

DOWN

1   - Such a balloon won't go up! (15) - DISINFLATIONARY [CD]

2   - Not returning to certain clerical clipping (7) - TONSURE {TON<-}{SURE}

3   - Formally withdraw toll applied to engineers (6) - REPEAL {RE}{PEAL}

4   - See 18 ac.

6   - “Old inhabitant of Nineveh,” Rani says, “collapsed” (8) - ASSYRIAN*

7   - Gray topic? (7) - ANATOMY [GK]

8   - Ancient ruler — I haven't figured out. Very bad! (4,3,8) - IVAN THE TERRIBLE {IVAN THE*} {TERRIBLE}

9   - SIT ceases to produce raptures (9) - ECSTASIES*

14 - They go down digging (9) - QUARRIERS [CD]

17 - Disney film buff takes time over the continent (8) - FANTASIA {FAN}{T}{ASIA}

19 - Gear-cases? (7) - KITBAGS [CD]

21 - Tableland where Paul, in a reel, consumes beverage (7) - PLATEAU {PLA{TEA}U*}

22 - U.S. writer all but correct in rhyme (6) - POETIC {POE}{TICk}

25 - Stimulate most of the sudden growth (4) - SPUR [DD]

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No 10394, Friday 24 Feb 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Proceed to water source with adult beast (7) - GORILLA {GO}{RILL}{A}

5   - Fight marsupial with head of clan replacing Welsh leader (6) - COMBAT (-w+c)COMBAT

9   - Once more a bit of additive in drink (5) - AGAIN {A}{G{A}IN}

10 - A number darn confused and finished in vehicle (9) - LANDROVER {L}{DARN*}{OVER}

11 - Rau gets entangled in starch tree? No, it's cactus (7) - SAGUARO {SAG{RAU*}O}

12 - Ace makes contact with not one of nicknames (7) - ALIASES {A}{LIASES}

13 - Come to terms with a sin — almost (5) - AGREE {A}{GREEd}

14 - If Calgary could produce toadstool… (3,6) - FLY AGARIC*

16 - One prize after another thrown back at the upper class (3,6) - TOP DRAWER {TOP} {DRAWER}<-

19 - Undiscerning, daughter missed taking one Russian dish (5) - BLINI BLIN(-d+i)I

21 - Chewing two bits of tandoori hurt (7) - TASTING {TAndoori}{STING}

23 - Cop drunk, resulting in separation (5-2) - SPLIT-UP {SP}{LIT-UP}

24 - Blog — a bit I changed is not to be omitted (9) - OBBLIGATI*

25 - Number added for part of a wood joint (5) - TENON {TEN}{ON}

26 - O, old unknown military officer having unknown quantity (6) - OXYGEN {O}{X}{Y}{GEN}

27 - Boys nursing retrograde desire for organs (7) - KIDNEYS {KID{NEY<-}S}

DOWN

1   - Office divider with a lot of visibility (5,9) - GLASS PARTITION [CD]

2   - A larger formation of mineral (7) - REALGAR*

3   - Pedigree the basis for a stringer's payment (7) - LINEAGE {LINE}{AGE} 'age' and payment? (Addendum - LINEAGE [DD] - See comments)

4   - Not many paid out to a fellow (3,3,3) - ALL TOO FEW*

5   - Commanding Officer no good with a drum (5) - CONGA {CO}{N}{G}{A}

6   - Time when you spoke out of sadness (7) - MORNING MOuRNING

7   - Commercial cover for consultant (7) - ADVISOR {AD}{VISOR}

8   - Lawnmowers leave these in their wake (5,9) - GRASS CLIPPINGS [CD]

15 - Standard of staff attached to house adjunct (9) - YARDSTICK {YARD}{STICK}

17 - Where letters are dropped (7) - POSTBOX [E]

18 - Tirade over barrier? (7) - RAILING [DD]

19 - Boy very happy — not in time (7) - BELATED {B}{ELATED}

20 - 10,20,30,40… Head of Economics is passionate (7) - INTENSE {IN}{TENS}{E}

22 - Staple that is exported out of Nigeria in distress (5) - GRAIN NiGeRIA*

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No 10393, Thursday 23 Feb 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Drink — hesitation in it gives freedom (8) - LIBATION LIBerATION

5   - Turkish chief, getting stone, is horror-struck (6) - AGHAST {AGHA}{ST}

9   - Family man — no mean personal assistant (7) - GRANDPA {GRAND}{PA}

10 - Homeless woman glad by a relocation (3,4) - BAG LADY*

11 - Chennai's leader greeting — Chinese leader after Chinese leader bringing dog (9) - CHIHUAHUA {C}{HI}{HUA}{HUA}

12 - Norse god's new point (5) - THORN {THOR}{N}

13 - Scum on the pond in a botanical garden (4) - ALGA [T]

14 - Pitiful, pitiful deer, deserted, went here and there (9) - MEANDERED {MEAN}{DEER*}{D}

17 - Indian spirit's condition for raid (9) - DEVASTATE {DEVA}{STATE}

19 - Nettle former President? (4) - BUSH [DD]

23 - A sin boomerangs in play (5) - ALIVE {A}{LIVE<-}

24 - Riga ruler tortured? Not quite right! (9) - IRREGULAR*

25 - Base dance? (7) - FOOTING [DD] Dance?

26 - Provokes police officer on informal evenings (7) - IGNITES {IG}{NITES}

27 - General to colour, having looked suggestively (6) - LEERED {LEE}{RED}

28 - Agha, pair suffering loss of power to write (8) - AGRAPHIA*

DOWN

1   - Pro in sound reasoning puts ailing co. in order (8) - LOGICIAN*

2   - Bingo! a team leader squelched in lake activity (7) - BOATING {BINGO+A+T}*

3   - Lodged one deputy inside to clean the house (4,2) - TIDY UP {T{I}{DY} UP<-} No reversal indicator for PUT ? See comments

4   - Budgeting thus is no big deal (2,1,10) - ON A SHOESTRING [CD]

6   - One with drive? Proceed to pick up the woman, we hear (2-6) - GO-GETTER (~go get her)

7   - Adam and Leo dressed in silk (7) - ALAMODE*

8   - Having a go is causing strain (6) - TRYING [DD]

10 - Thinking about supporter in rough weather in Gujarat's capital (13) - BRAINSTORMING {BRA}{IN}{STORM}{IN}{G}

15 - Point from where to serve in court (8) - BASELINE [E]

16 - Domestic maid's daughter separated and shifted for personal appeal (8) - CHARISMA {CHAR}{MAIdS*}

18 - Essence of record one made on bulky book (7) - EPITOME {EP}{I}{TOME}

20 - What you may have to do to open a door (7) - UNLATCH [E]

21 - Legal lady's capital terribly impressive (6) - LAWFUL {L}{AWFUL}

22 - Where NTR left grandaunt stranded? (6) - UGANDA GrANDAUnt*

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No 10392, Wednesday 22 Feb 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Rudely replies a trainer (8) - ESPALIER*

6   - U.S. newspaper high in backing strip (4) - LATH {LAT}{H}

9   - Pairs British champions (6) - BRACES {BR}{ACES}

10 - Technique superior for the French infant's food (7) - FORMULA {FORM}{U}{LA}

13 - Puzzled printer gets employment trainee to understand (9) - INTERPRET {PRINTER*}{E}{T} ET stands for 'employment trainee'?

14 - Artist is at end of patience for pay hike (5) - RAISE {RA}{IS}{E}

15 - Russian leader in drink to beam (4) - GRIN {G{R}IN}

16 - Take exception to dance on the snooker table? (6,4) - OBJECT BALL {OBJECT} {BALL}

19 - A gambler ventured – one with a higher prospect of winning? (1,6,3) - A BETTER BET {A} {BETTER} {BET}

21 - Girl's bra's slipped? Dress up! (4) - GARB {G}{BRA*}

24 - Doctor's tea or choice coffee (5) - MOCHA {MO}{CHA}

25 - Revealed to be charged with having hidden leading assassin (9) - INDICATED {INDIC{A}TED}

26 - Touch rest falling in shreds (7) - TATTERS {TAT}{REST*}

27 - Article south Indian scholar begins for dissertation (6) - THESIS {THE}{S}{I}{S}

28 - Commander's lines in set of standards (4) - CODE {C}{ODE}

29 - Matching outfit for model seen with the doctor almost allowed (8) - ENSEMBLE {SEEN*}{MB}{LEt}

DOWN

2   - Titters about fugue parts (7) - STRETTI*

3   - A couple of hundred old royal delegates begin to make peace (6) - ACCORD {A}{CC}{O}{R}{D}

4   - Bin crier's contact: one who writes is here! (9) - INSCRIBER*

5   - Equip again a disconcerted fighter without force and horse (5) - REFIT FIghTER*

7   - A famous person without a line on earthy substance (7) - ALUMINA {A}{LUMINAry}

8   - Star – or what a female lead star possesses (8,4) - HEAVENLY BODY [DD]

11 - Quality prized by antique collectors (6) - RARITY [CD]

12 - Figured help comes back to Indian village scholar and jerk (12) - DIAGRAMMATIC {DIA<-}{GRAM}{MA}{TIC}

17 - Corrects measures on assignations (9) - EMENDATES {EM}{EN}{DATES}

18 - Hit with bullets faster – in utter confusion (6) - STRAFE*

20 - In a tizzy former wife gave an example (7) - EXCITED {EX}{CITED}

22 - An eminence of workers? (7) - ANTHILL [CD]

23 - Son's best choice is to yell (6) - SCREAM {S}{CREAM}

25 - Crucial point in copy of The Hindu ? (5) - ISSUE [DD]

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No 10391, Tuesday 21 Feb 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Mira implies varying haughtiness (11) - IMPERIALISM*

9   - Give cheat on the way out some praise (7)  - TRIBUTE conTRIBUTE

10 - Special cloth spoilt. What a big stain! (7) - SPLOTCH {SP}{CLOTH*}

11 - Big revolver? (5) - EARTH [CD]

12 - Lore set out in chart. Not too bad! (9) - TOLERABLE {T{OLER*}ABLE}

13 - Shellfish brought back from a farther canteen (5) - NACRE <-

15 - Girl, not completely illumined, nearly primed to become regular (9) - NORMALISE {NORMA}{LIt}{SEt}

18 - Would this movement restrict the men? (6,3) - WOMENS LIB [CD]

21 - Order to communist to keep quiet. That's a tiny bit (5) - SHRED {SH}{RED}

22 - Man, argue violently about one having disease (9) - NEURAGMIA ? {NEURAGM{I}A*} I could find only NEURALGIA in my dictionary.

24 - Acknowledgement for destruction of ogre by revolutionary leader (5) - ROGER {OGRE*}{R}

26 - Mel, root terribly for the violin effect (7) - TREMOLO*

27 - Short uncle, no longer trendy, hot and rude (7) - UNCOUTH {UNCle}{OUT}{H}

28 - What a diligent housemaid is expected to do or what a lucky gambler may make (1,5,5) - A CLEAN SWEEP [DD]

DOWN

1   - Latest article: thousand at present are informed (2,3,4) - IN THE KNOW {IN} {THE} {K}{NOW}

2   - More important monk (5) - PRIOR [DD]

3   - Unrefined, when not refined? (5-4) - ROUGH-HEWN {ROUGH}-{WHEN*}

4   - Evans at interpretation of a foreign language (7) - AVESTAN*

5   - Isolated in Tamil Nadu town without second union leader's key (7) - INSULAR {IN}{SULu{A}R} How does the 'key' fit in!!

6   - Bad moral is in the mouth (5) - MOLAR*

7   - More thick-set with b-bustier manifestation (8) - STUBBIER*

8   - Clarified butter with good, hot bits of kheema (4) - GHEE {G}{H}{khEEma}

14 - Data processor's limitless sex appeal in more winsome environment (8) - COMPUTER Anno pending (Addendum - {C{oOMPh}UTER} - See comments)

16 - Separates sailor's parcels (9) - ABSTRACTS {ABS}{TRACTS} Tracts can be a 'parcels of land' but not just 'parcels' See comments below.

17 - I'd helpers contributing to church position (9) - ELDERSHIP*

19 - Source of light in the sanctum sanctorum (4,3) - LAMP OIL [CD]

20 - Supporter saw in France artist's brilliant performance (7) - BRAVURA {BRA}{VU}{RA}

22 - Accumulates safety devices (4) - NETS [DD]

23 - A wanderer heard it's a nice smell (5) - AROMA {A}{ROMA}(~roamer)

25 - Measure wit taking high-class note (5) - GAUGE {GA{U}G}{E}

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No 10390, Monday 20 Feb 12, Gridman

Gridman's stumped me today!!
ACROSS

1   - End. (4,4) - FULL STOP [DD]

5   - Difficulty a conventional person heard (6) - STRAIT (~straight)

9   - Everyone at hand from the beginning (3,5) - ALL ALONG {ALL} {ALONG}

10 - Improvement from a State act (6) - UPTURN {UP}{TURN}

12 - Bring female out to make plates (4) - ETCH fETCH

13 - I hector pal rudely for being one who is fond of teddy bears (10) - ARCTOPHILE*

15 - Abuse one in business (6) - TIRADE {T{I}RADE}

17 - Officer in charge on street is showing no emotion (5) - STOIC {ST}{OIC}

20 - Appeal to sustain branch of peace (5) - OLIVE {O}{LIVE}

21 - Girl begins dressing prepared meals (6) - DAMSEL {D}{MEALS*}

24 - Desire for good, thin sound quality (10) - GREEDINESS {G}{REEDINESS}

27 - What you have here is what a detective looks for (4) - CLUE [CD]

29 - With mouth agape, confessed to being a last character (6) - (Addendum - AMAZED {AM}{A}{ZED} - See comments)

30 - Clumsy person has top class meat thrown back all around him — reason is poisoning (8) - (Addendum - TOXAEMIA - {T{OX}AEM<-}{IA<-} - See comments}

31 - D __ the defeated shrinking back, having dealt in used goods (6) - (Addendum - RESOLD {RESOL<-}{D} - See comments)

32 - Bachelor somehow enticed a newly married man (8) - BENEDICT {B}{ENTICED*}

DOWN

1   - Skirts could be flaming red when the dynasty is gone (6) - FLARED {FLAming}{RED}

2   - One in circuitous call for small flowers (6) - LILACS {L{I}LAC<-}{S}

3   - Back off, leave English county and be moody (4) - SULK Anno pending (Addendum - SUffoLK - See comments)

4   - He has sleeping drug — a great many fall (5) - OWNER dOWNER

6   - Convertible driver's option for a fill? (3,2) - TOP UP [DD]

7   - Bali unto creating a plant (8) - ABUTILON*

8   - Bent cent? Deny circulation (8) - TENDENCY*

11 - Lot of papers, by the way, in a continuous flow (6) - STREAM {ST}{REAM}

14 - Dainty biscuit? (4) - NICE [DD] Isn't Nice a brand name?

16 - Fellows under a head of department get extra things (3-3) - ADD-ONS {A}{D}{D-ONS}

17 - Moistens up in difficult situation (4) - STEW WETS<-

18 - Hippie with fine taste in the arts? (4,4) - (Addendum - LONG HAIR [DD] - See comments)

19 - Film obliquely (8) - SIDEWAYS [CD] ? ([DD] - See comments)

22 - Some reunion folks, some calumnies (6) - ALUMNI [T]

23 - Caught up with no-soft go (6) - (Addendum - DEPART TRApPED - See comments)

25 - Think about daughter in the pink (5) - DREAM {D}{RE}AM Anno not clear (Addendum - DWELL {D}{WELL} - See comments)

26 - Hit second particle (5) - SMITE {S}{MITE} (Correction - {S}{MOTE})

28 - Finally placed porter in valley (4) - DALE {D}{ALE}

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No 2674, Sunday 19 Feb 12

ACROSS
1   - Lying down in middle of boulevard after drink (6) - SUPINE {SUP}{IN}{E}
4   - In which one may see Odette boast about the French leading English (4,4) - SWAN LAKE {SWAN {LA}K}{E}
10 - Girl cuddling boy in a state (9) - LOUISIANA {LOUIS{IAN}A}
11 - Clear away thatch aloft (3,2) - MOP UP {MOP} {UP}
12 - Cat, say, brought back after search (7) - SCOURGE {SCOUR}{GE<-}

13 - Hornblower's short speech after end of clash (7) - HORATIO {H}{ORATIOn}
14 - Suspicious transaction with him, a republican? (14) - ANTIMONARCHIST {TRANSACTION+HIM}*
17 - Said of a gunslinger pulling a fast one? (5,2,3,4) - QUICK ON THE DRAW [CD]
21 - Drank one given by doctor, one by bunk (7) - IMBIBED {I}{MB}{I}{BED}
22 - Court finally presented with motive for act of betrayal (7) - TREASON {T}{REASON}
24 - Fuss about a single step in a series (5) - STAIR {ST{A}IR}
25 - Complete change of opinion concerning fellow expert (5-4) - ABOUT-FACE {ABOUT}-{F}{ACE}
26 - Provide forceful evidence against the Italian, Italian arrested by pair (8) - MILITATE {M{IL}{IT}ATE}
27 - Is worried about small son getting pet (6) - CARESS {CARES}{S}
DOWN
1   - Willy Loman? Name lass involved (8) - SALESMAN*
2   - Roman god in place, cast out (5) - PLUTO {PL}{OUT*}
3   - Quack remedy in no way unusual (7) - NOSTRUM {NO}{ST}{RUM}
5   - Around northern tip of region, one state with a new meteorological facility (7,7) - WEATHER STATION {WEATHE{R} NSTATION*}
6   - Chief magistrate upset about demo (7) - NOMARCH {NO}{MARCH} Connection between 'on' and magistrate not clear
7   - Inordinate praise about favourite hors d'oeuvre (9) - APPETISER {AP{PET}ISER*}
8   - Use Forster device? (6) - EMPLOY {E.M.}{PLOY} My COD
9   - Respond humorously to fool getting comfortable role? (4,2,4,4) - TAKE IN GOOD PART {TAKE IN} {GOOD} {PART}
15 - Computer image of distressed lamb in hut (9) - THUMBNAIL*
16 - Trendy types, carollers surrounding wife (8) - SWINGERS {S{W}INGERS}
18 - Jazz fan about to reveal what goes on in nightclub? (7) - CABARET {CA{BARE}T}
19 - Choose artist showing a complex character (7) - ELECTRA {ELECT}{RA}
20 - Turn down quantity of Chinese food (3,3) - DIM SUM {DIM} {SUM}

23 - Small girl gets fish (5) - SKATE {S}{KATE}

No 10389, Saturday 18 Feb 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - Capital with arcane British construction (8) - CANBERRA {ARCANE+BR}*

5   - Insulted junior pressman returns escorted by a senior one (6) - ABUSED {A}{BUS<-}{ED}

10 - It's about roaming, but being lost, in ancient city (5) - OSTIA {ITS+AbOut}*

11 - Light made from lamb pelt, a curiosity (5,4) - TABLE LAMP*

12 - Charming suitor, almost loaded, carries note (9) - BEAUTIFUL {BEAU}{TI}{FULl}

13 - Rapid writer (5) - STENO [CD] (Correction - SWIFT [DD] - See comments)

14 - The measure of a monarch (5) - RULER [DD]

16 - Tricked by a trap in the finish (8) - ENSNARED {EN{SNARE}D}

18 - Countermeasure against spot beginning to erupt (8) - ANTIDOTE {ANTI}{DOT}{E}

20 - Teams which may be taken to show support (5) - SIDES [DD]

24 - Conservative girl's bloomer (5) - CANNA {C}{ANNA}

25 - A cover, say, strong and ready for use (9) - AVAILABLE {A}{(~veil)VAIL}{ABLE}

27 - Messenger gets her good brain working (9) - HARBINGER {HER+G+BRAIN}*

28 - A recess for Henry, pleasant all around (5) - NICHE {NIC{H}E}

29 - Express sorrow about the final word accepted by the left (6) - LAMENT {L{AMEN}T}

30 - Like the sky on a cloudy night, lacking big players (8) - STARLESS [DD]

DOWN

1   - Tool used in a cold fight over prohibition (7) - CROWBAR {C}{ROW}{BAR}

2   - A game to catch everyone around Belgium (7) - NETBALL {NET}{B}{ALL}

3   - One-time English law that was just right (5) - EXACT {EX}{ACT}

4   - Formally approve agreement to please one failing to start (6) - RATIFY gRATIFY

6   - Prayers for the happiness of British author in the Bahamas (9) - BLESSINGS {B{LESSING}S}

7   - Providing better shelter from heat could be more dishonest (7) - SHADIER [DD]

8   - Appointed to be placed in action (7) - DEPUTED {DE{PUT}ED}

9   - Mollusc found by sailor by himself (7) - ABALONE {AB}{ALONE}

15 - Help raised in allowance for nuclear fallout (9) - RADIATION {RA{DIA<-}TION}

17 - Volunteer force in retreat, big, is free and threatening (2,5) - AT LARGE {AT<-} {LARGE}

18 - Spirit of business head office besieged by everyone (7) - ALCOHOL {AL{CO}{HO}L}

19 - A puzzle for some Spartan grammarians (7) - TANGRAM [T]

21 - A beadle caught slipping into total disorder (7) - DEBACLE {BEADLE+C}*

22 - They are searching — for a marine cause of trouble, by the sound of it (7) - SEEKERS (~sea){SEE}{KERS}(~curse)

23 - Growing underground, it causes the motor to deteriorate (6) - CARROT {CAR}{ROT}

26 - He shuns company but brings unity between sides (5) - LONER {L{ONE}R}

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No 10388, Friday 17 Feb 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - Under par, not up to the mark (5,8) - BELOW STANDARD {BELOW} {STANDARD}

10 - In an old place, alien gets across people, becoming used to it (9) - INUREMENT {IN}{UR}{E{MEN}T}

11 - Supernatural being puts defence wing back on track (5) - FAIRY {FAI<-}{RY}

12 - Fruit universal in Georgia and Virginia (5) - GUAVA {G{U}A}{VA}

13 - Kind of memory needed for storing information (9) - RETENTIVE [E]

14 - Choose one of two (6) - PREFER [E]

16 - Plans made on 13th April about Austria (5) - IDEAS {IDE{A}S}

19 - Unlikely story of confusion in Sri Lanka (5) - SPIEL {S{PIE}L}

20 - Pelted, got very drunk (6) - STONED [DD]

25 - Represent by a figure how boys smile somehow (9) - SYMBOLISE*

26 - Parts of cow used as food beginning to turn smelly (5) - TRIPE {T}{RIPE}

27 - Highway from the heart (5) - AORTA [DD]

28 - Cries in NE exposed as hypocritical (9) - INSINCERE*

29 - Strength needed when getting the sack following editor's return? (13) - DETERMINATION {DE<-}{TERMINATION}

DOWN

2   - Tried to do better than a bird, overdue, beginning to despair (8) - EMULATED {EMU}{LATE}{D}

3   - Musical work written in hope rather than reason (5) - OPERA [T]

4   - Drink that can make one go wrong in modest surroundings (6) - SHERRY {SH{ERR}Y}

5   - Capacity that makes UTI adept perhaps (8) - APTITUDE*

6   - One charged to protect worker (9) - DEFENDANT {DEFEND}{ANT}

7   - Dry fruit which, for the artist, is trendy (6) - RAISIN {RA}{IS}{IN}

8   - Call using the last word about gun culture (4,2) - RING UP {RI{NG U*}P}

9   - Sorts unknown in a backward Irish clan (5) - TYPES {T{Y}PES<-}

15 - Personage, one deployed without right in spying (9) - ESPIONAGE [PErSONAGE+i}*

17 - Food shop with spirit accommodates one in a state of confusion (8) - DELIRIUM {DELI}{R{I}UM}

18 - Lead player opposed to start? (8) - ANTIHERO [CD]

21 - Fuel extracted from oilseed, nothing less (6) - DIESEL oILSEED*

22 - Some writing by the old about a ship in retreat (5) - ESSAY {E{SS}{A}Y}<-

23 - Shadows seen by doctor starting research in the Emirates (6) - UMBRAE {U.{MB}{R}A.E.}

24 - Time of year — a marine issue? (6) - SEASON {SEA}{SON}

26 - A doctrine enshrined in a remote network (5) - TENET [T]

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No 10387, Thursday 16 Feb 12, Sankalak

Just a 'W' short of a Pangram, if  2D had been aware we would have had one!!
ACROSS

1   - Display of false confidence by Vora — bad flop (7) - BRAVADO*

5   - The patient one, not so important, with no work to do (7) - JOBLESS {JOB}{LESS}

9   - What a struggling, new comedian lacked — an ornament (7,8) - DIAMOND NECKLACE {N+COMEDIAN+LACKED}*

10 - Hear observers spar for a simple cooler (6) - ICEBOX (~eyes){ICE}{BOX}

11 - Obsessive about routine, corps leader flips (8) - NEUROTIC {ROUTINE+C}*
13 - Bring out — about ten pence? That is clear (8) - EXPLICIT {E{X}{P}{LICIT}

15 - Vegetable — it comes out in great speed (6) - CELERY CELERitY

18 - Ingenious leader of class, learner always … (6) - CLEVER {C}{L}{EVER}

19 - … blustered about Election Commissioner but withdrew his statement (8) - RECANTED {R{EC}ANTED}

22 - Elaborate action to conceal shadow (8) - DETAILED {DE{TAIL}ED}

24 - Marshbird, losing right, is annoyed (6) - BITTEN BITTErN

27 - Unfurl racist art, curiously relating to basic physical facilities (15) - INFRASTRUCTURAL*

28 - Discomfort of a man accepting All India Service (7) - MALAISE {MAL{AIS}E}

29 - Flaming hair, not that of a Socialist chief necessarily (7) - REDHEAD {RED}{HEAD}

DOWN

1   - Manner expected of a doctor in a plot, right? Maybe (7) - BEDSIDE {BED}{SIDE}

2   - Memorable words from a duke over time (5) - ADAGE {A}{D}{AGE}

3   - Say sorry! (9) - APOLOGIZE or APOLOGISE [E]

4   - Theologist in very large advantage (4) - ODDS {O{DD}S}

5   - Junior engineer made a mistake losing heart and was mocked (6) - JEERED {JE}{ERrED}

6   - He reportedly needs to make a living (5) - BAKER [CD]

7   - Statute made by English people on time to include new deed (9) - ENACTMENT {E}{N}{ACT}{MEN}{T}

8   - Drawing beginning to yellow is incomplete (7) - SKETCHY {SKETCH}{Y}

12 - Seed, very soft one inside (3) - PIP {P{I}P}

14 - Abundant enough to fill up net perhaps (9) - PLENTIFUL*

16 - With incomplete detail, came back wasted (9) - EMACIATED {DETAIl}{CAME}<-

17 - Barrel, weight 2.2 pounds, contains earth (3) - KEG {K{E}G}

18 - Element, one found in churned mud in English river (7) - CADMIUM {CA{DM{I}U*}M}

20 - Suspended and in a corner hemmed in by our TV (7) - DANGLED {D{ANGLE}D}

21 - A nuisance the French found in the kitchen (6) - PESTLE {PEST}{LE}

23 - Middle-easterner on All India Radio, IQ suspect (5) - IRAQI {AIR+IQ}*

25 - Minimum number for a crowd? (5) - THREE [CD]

26 - Source of gummy stuff from Antigua researched (4) - GUAR [T]

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