No 10446, Wednesday 25 Apr 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Eastern relation displaced (8) - ORIENTAL*

6   - Sly man leaves parade (4) - ARCH mARCH

9   - With a little freedom, marriage consent promotes sexual drive (6) - LIBIDO {LIBerty}{I)(DO}

10 - Struck the first of stags and took along (7) - SLUGGED {S}{LUGGED}

13 - Legal landmarks in distribution of cassettes (4,5) - TEST CASES*

14 - Soothing application to preserve about fifty (5) - SALVE {SA{L}VE}

15 - Have to get to work with dough, we're told (4) - NEED (~knead)

16 - Yet it might shake during an earthquake (5,5) - TERRA FIRMA [CD]

19 - What Gridman might say if he hears a lie or if he is opposed to a foreign product (1,4,3,2) - I WONT BUY IT {I} {WON'T BUY IT}

21 - Primate holding first of services in a place for prayer (4) - APSE {AP{S}E}

24 - Fresh place for putting (5) - GREEN [DD]

25 - Got an earful? (9) - OVERHEARD [CD]

26 - Endure — describing the No. 10 batsman dismissed finally? (7) - OUTLAST {OUT}{LAST}

27 - Squabble on publicity is purposeless (6) - ADRIFT {AD}{RIFT}

28 - Setter out of work is a listless person (4) - MOPE {M{OP}E}

29 - A big number always caught heartless lady in a crafty way (8) - CLEVERLY {CL}{EVER}{LadY}

DOWN

2   - Reprint by university in irregular series (7) - REISSUE {REISS{U}E*}

3   - Show woman going round in open carriage (6) - EVINCE {EV{IN}{C}E}

4   - Bride's tackle (9) - TROUSSEAU [CD]

5   - Suffers defeat in fifty big bets on a regular basis (5) - LOSES {L}{OS}{bEtS}

7   - Rug Earl ordered is nothing out of the ordinary (7) - REGULAR*

8   - With which one wouldn't put all the cards on the table (6,6) - HIDDEN AGENDA [CD]

11 - Fun at sea could turn out to be dangerous (6) - UNSAFE*

12 - Such a ticket doesn't offer one a seat (8-4) - STANDING-ROOM [CD]

17 - Repeat it after soldiers with hesitation, adding a note (9) - REITERATE {RE}{IT}{ER}{A}{TE}

18 - Boy on the outskirts of Zambia for a bit of poetry (6) - STANZA {STAN}{ZambiA}

20 - A measure for a measure? (3,4) - ONE STEP [CD]

22 - Not serious like Shakespeare? (7) - PLAYFUL [DD]

23 - Fee for ward? (6) - CHARGE [DD]

25 - Work on a nervous complaint of the eye (5) - OPTIC {OP}{TIC}

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