No 10429, Thursday 05 Apr 12, Arden

ACROSS

1   - A kind of music revival place which cannot survive on its own (8) - PARASITE {PAR}{A}<-{SITE}

5   - Way to change is mostly inside the flower (6) - STAMEN {ST}{AMENd}

10 - It is fashionable to be seen on one (7) - CATWALK [CD]

11 - Perhaps try it with uniform mass of an element (7) - YTTRIUM {TRY+IT}*{U}{M}

12 - Hesitant and embarrassed having slipped up (5) - ERRED {ER}{RED}

13 - Android may be evenly valuing the fruit inside (9) - AUTOMATON {vAlU{TOMATO}iNg}

14 - In other words, he beat me up — I'l have to admit it's my fault (3,6,3) - EAT HUMBLE PIE*

18 - New Delhi gets the moolah and you get taxed for it (7,5) - CAPITAL GAINS {CAPITAL} {GAINS}

21 - Such secret writings could make Cora happy (9) - APOCRYPHA*

23 - A dish of fish and rice for his wanderings around America (5) - SUSHI {S{US}HI*}

24 - Exist now and existed before — back to puzzle (7) - BEDEVIL {BE}{DEVIL<-}

25 - Pulling any other chess piece? (7) - YANKING {ANY*}{KING}

26 - It is the wrong list (6) - ERRATA [CD]

27 - Heavenly intervention while the reality show is on (8) - ETHEREAL [T]

DOWN

1   - Look out for a stake (6) - PICKET [DD]

2   - Comeback still (6) - RETURN Anno pending (Addendum - RETORT [DD] - See comments)

3   - Stick to the position taken before lent (5,4) - STAND FAST {STAND} {FAST}

4   - Catch a cold? With medicine relax (4,1,5,4) - TAKE A CHILL PILL {TAKE} {A} {CHILL} {PILL}

6   - An emblem that goes into temple walls (5) - TOTEM [T]

7   - Platforms to look up over the sea (8) - MAINTOPS [E]

8   - Some nine turned out and were proposed as candidates (8) - NOMINEES*

9   - As a modern-day professional, the man says “let's stay without a break-up” (7,7) - SYSTEMS ANALYST {MAN+SAYS+LET'S+STaY}*

15 - Enclosing alternative of the distant past (4,5) - LONG SINCE*

16 - It lets you grope for a word, playfully (8) - SCRABBLE [CD] Used to be my favourite game till all those 2 letter words were invented.

17 - He maintains an exceptionally pure inner grip (8) - UPHOLDER {UP{HOLD}ER*}

19 - Aim to get the snake angry (6) - ASPIRE {ASP}{IRE}

20 - Bard who kept watch right inside (6) - VIRGIL {VI{R}GIL}

22 - To join or split at the junction? (5) - RIVET {RIVE}{T}

 

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