No 10430, Friday 06 Apr 12, Arden

ACROSS

9   - Old man gets additional choice from the Greek first lady (7) - PANDORA {P{AND}{OR}A}

10 - Wrongly said to have rest (3,4) - LIE DOWN {LIE D}{OWN}

11 - A platform otherwise set up to play guitar (7) - ROSTRUM {RO<-}{STRUM}

12 - Stop playing with fuel, it could be deadly (7) - BANEFUL {BAN}{FUEL*}

13 - With perseverance aim to replace country's figurehead with union leader (9) - ENDURANCE {END}{(-f+u)URANCE}

15 - It is a measure of vision (5) - OPTIC [E]

16 - It carries the fragrance of the city (7) - COLOGNE [DD]

19 - Journalist escapes honeytrap which was drawing him inside (7) - SUCTION SedUCTION

20 - Stand-in as the endless column moves (5) - LOCUM COLUMn*

21 - One could be reckless when challenged to stay back (9) - DAREDEVIL {DARED}{EVIL<-}

25 - It is publicity to give present (7) - PROFFER {PR}{OFFER}

26 - The woman will ring back for some protection (7) - SHELLAC {SHE}{LLAC<-}

28 - It may be reliant while climbing on board (7) - RATLINE*

29 - There is stalemate as every second film is outdated (7) - IMPASSE {fIlM}{PASSE}

DOWN

1   - Too thin for fights, one is told (6) - SPARSE (~spars)

2   - The world body is accustomed to something new (6) - UNUSED {UN}{USED}

3   - There is nothing inside to stop the animal (4) - BOAR {B{O}AR}

4   - Crawling beast, crazy maniac (6) - CAIMAN*

5   - Such superficial behaviour could be blessing (8) - GLIBNESS*

6   - Supported control which is thrust upon later (10) - REINFORCED {REIN}{FORCED}

7   - Pieces of paper to study, may be fit to include the alien (8) - CONFETTI {CON}{F{ET}TI*}

8   - One, oddly Gallic can be part of the English church (8) - ANGLICAN {AN}{GaLlIc}{CAN}

14 - Some Indian music and afternoon fare for the street urchin (10) - RAGAMUFFIN {RAGA}{MUFFIN}

16 - Prepared replicas of the instrument (8) - CALIPERS*

17 - It means closed factories when sentries miss nothing and catch cold (8) - LOCKOUTS LO(-o+c)CKOUTS

18 - Recommended at finish, rose unsteadily and died (8) - ENDORSED {END}{ROSE*}{D}

22 - Waste away evenly since it is unsophisticated (6) - RUSTIC {RUST}{sInCe}

23 - A rupee less for a fanciful silver bag (6) - VALISE {A+SILVEr}*

24 - A servant sans sight mostly (6) - LACKEY {LACK}{EYe}

27 - To discover initially you should follow your sixth sense (4) - ESPY {ESP}{Y}

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