Thursday 31 May 2012

No 10477, Thursday 31 May 12, Buzzer

I am on the train on my way back to Bangalore, so don't be surprised if you see an incomplete CW popping up at 8:30, all depends on the connectivity on the train.
'B'-day today!
ACROSS
9   - Battalion overly engrossed in strategy (7) - (Addendum - PLATOON {PLA{TOO}N} - See comments)
10 - Brazilian city in South-East America is important (7) - SERIOUS {SE}{RIO}{US}
11 - Bandage is a despicable covering (5) - (Addendum - SPICA [T] - See comments)
12 - Bottleneck before tramp to thumb a ride (5-4) – HITCH-HIKE {HITCH}-{HIKE}
13 - Bar magistrate and another official (4,5) - LINE JUDGE {LINE} {JUDGE}
14 - Beaten path in the woods to follow (5) - TRAIL [DD]
15 - Bulb one lit around a foyer (7) - (Addendum - SHALLOT - {S{HALL}OT} - See comments)
17 - Ballet performer under a special training (7) - DANSEUR {UNDER+A+S}*
19 - By the sound of it pasta is only a cent (5) - PENCE Anno pending (Addendum - PENNY (~penne) - See comments)
20 - Band overcoming final hesitation to give a performance (9) - RENDERING {R{END}{ER}ING}
22 - Burial chamber in Seoul, a building wrapped in silence (9) - MAUSOLEUM {M{A+SEOUL*}UM}
24 - Balance from both sides (5) - LEVEL <->
25 - Buggy code with odd behaviour (7) - DECORUM {CODE*}{RUM}
26 - Bauble made by silly knitter (7) – TRINKET*
DOWN
1   - Biblical dozen with a job peeling flesh (8) - APOSTLES {A}{POST}{fLESh}
2   - Budget speech presented with capital deficit (6) - (Addendum - RATION oRATION - See comments)
3   - Bees' produce befitting a queen, gelatin perhaps (5,5) - (Addendum - ROYAL JELLY {ROYAL} {JELLY} -  See comments)
4   - Broken tooth end is sharp (2,3,3) - ON THE DOT*
5   - Bloodsucker, from the outset, selects prey (6) - TSETSE [T]
6   - Bridge and rummy, casual hobbies primarily (4) – ARCH {A}{R}{C}{H}
7   - Bully at mid-on sledged England's opener (8) - DOMINATE {DOMINAT*}{E}
8   - Bargain from a street deal, 500 less (1,5) - A STEAL {A} {ST}{dEAL}
14 - Beef cut redolent in cooking (10) – TENDERLOIN*
16 - Broadcast in Oz under a new name (8) - ANNOUNCE {A}{N}{N}{OUNCE}
17 - Blow up device; it may end in ruins (8) - DYNAMITE*
18 - Badge of royalty changing hands in accordance with law (8) - REGULATE Anno pending (Addendum - REGALITY - (-l+r)REGALITY - See comments)
19 - Balm for shock prof regularly prepared (6) - POMADE {PrOf}{MADE}
20 - Bleary-eyed man in card game lost one million (6) - RHEUMY {R{HE}UmMY}
21 - Bring up bill, one grand, for in charge (6) - INVOKE Anno pending (Addendum - INVO(-ic+k)KE - See comments)
23 - Blades trim rough edges (4) -  OARS cOARSe




Wednesday 30 May 2012

No 10476, Wednesday 30 May 12, Anitya

ACROSS
7   - No foreign servant (8) - DOMESTIC [DD]
9   - Smells no strong source of stink (6) - ODOURS {O}{DOUR}{S}
10 - Frank: “We are in business” (4) - OPEN [DD]
11 - Approaching or approximating (6,4) - COMING NEAR [DD]
12 - Type of tiger crushed bangle (6) - BENGAL*
14 - Where an employee may like to be kicked (8) - UPSTAIRS [CD]
15 - Resolution of the French sacking (13) - DETERMINATION {DE}{TERMINATION}
17 - Rules about religious observance by girl (8) - CRITERIA {C}{RITE}{RIA}
19 - Muller loses union! Think! (6) - PONDER POuNDER
21 - Expert ahead in line of work (10) - PROFESSION {PRO}FESSION
22 - Big party's karma, did you say? (4) - FATE {FAT}{E} What party is 'E'? (Addendum - FETE (~fate) - See comments)
23 - Manage a state! Be in control! (6) - GOVERN [DD]
24 - US canine running wild! What a pest! (8) - NUISANCE*
DOWN
1   - Fifty in railway compartment join together (6) - COUPLE {COUP{L}E}
2   - Dramatic display said to be noticed (4) - SEEN (~scene)
3   - “Perfectionist” label over learner (8) - STICKLER {STICK{L}ER}
4   - Indicates N,E, W and S (6) - POINTS [DD]
5   - Discovered headless state – it's base (10) - FOUNDATION {FOUND}{nATION}
6   - Course on tryout that proves to be a testing one? (5,3) - TRIAL RUN [CD]
8   - Comrade about to enter arms stockpile: that's the intelligence (13) - COMMUNICATION {COM}{MUNI{CA}TION}
13 - Eat to the full! Be quiet! (3,7) - GET STUFFED [DD]
15 - Once a developing site (4,4) - DARK ROOM [CD]
16 - A page after page to finish: nine in back-of-the book section (8) - APPENDIX {A}{P}{P}{END}{IX}
18 - Feel bitter about tens spent (6) - RESENT {RE}{TENS*}
20 - Lure ten wickedly to diamonds (6) - ENTICE {TEN*}{ICE}
22 - Female's rule in error (4) - FLAW {F}{LAW}




Tuesday 29 May 2012

No 10475, Tuesday 29 May 12, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - When once you do, you've settled! (3,1,4) - PAY A BILL [CD]
5   - Sailor almost came back to taxiing area (6) - TARMAC {TAR}{eMAC}
10 - Ol' learner on first course takes a long time for artwork (7) - COLLAGE {Course}{OL}{L}{AGE}
11 - Does he find fault while eating? (7) - NIBBLER [DD]
12 - Peacekeepers on Line of Control to get Kashmiri leader free (6) - UNLOCK {UN}{LOC}{K}
13 - Describing a reporter replete with exclusive stories? Not exactly! (8) - SCOOPFUL SCOOPFULl
15 - Trained gymnast at heart is nervous (4) - EDGY [T]
16 - Break up completely — how a glass object that is dropped would… (2,2,6) - GO TO PIECES [CD]
18 - Perhaps pay out when rising to a higher level (2,3,3,2) - ON THE WAY UP*
20 - Humour by doctor faced with withdrawal problem (4) - MOOD {MO}{OD}
23 - Drink some whiskey, perhaps, and enjoy winter chill (4,1,3) - TAKE A NIP [DD]
24 - Short piece for short royal — one swimwear (6) - BIKINI {BIt}{KINg}{1}
26 - In the company of medical officer steeped in Woody Allen theme (7) - AMONGST {A{MO}NGST}
27 - I'm inapt playing kettledrum (7) - TIMPANI*
28 - Make harmless G-man to back American engineer (6) - DEFUSE {DEF<-}{US}{E}
29 - Signal in distress how an injured arm may be (2,1,5) - IN A SLING*
DOWN
1   - What a tourist may sendonlooker's capital script captured extraordinarily (7-8) - PICTURE POSTCARD {O+SCRIPT+CAPTURED}*
2   - Religiously, agitated Iris leaving crumpled Christmas decoration (4,3) - YULE LOG rELiGiOUsLY*
3   - Boy hurried to check fork (6) - BRANCH {B}{RAN}{CH}
4   - Place falsehood at end of haiku (4) - LIEU {LIE}{haikU}
6   - Rambo is aflutter for a divine refreshment (8) - AMBROSIA*
7   - Evil fellow provided return to primary chaos (7) - MALEFIC {MALE}{FI<-}{C}
8   - What motorists and golfers should avoid (8,7) - CARELESS DRIVING [CD]
9   - How people voice something together (2,1,6) - IN A CHORUS [CD]
14 - Mark in Rome repeated about one having nothing at all (3,2,4) - NOT AN IOTA {NOT A}{N {1}OTA}
17 - Medleys Salem gent disturbed endlessly (8) - MELANGES {SALEM+GENt}*
19 - Go away to strip? (4,3) - TAKE OFF [DD]
21 - Japanese art — half original by Parisian friend (7) - ORIGAMI {ORIGinal}{AMI}
22 - Kind of test for drunk bringing up measure (6) - LITMUS {LIT}{MUS<-}
25 - Knock out heads that rise! (4) - STUN <-




Monday 28 May 2012

No.10474, Monday 28 May 2012, Gridman

Typically elegant puzzle from Gridman. There is a good mix of clue types, but he seems to have favoured anagrams. Because some of them appear in clusters, it felt like there were more than the actual 10.

ACROSS

1 Full of energy, Andy runs to take voice booster (7) DYNAMIC  ANDY* + MIC
5 Reputed Rex leaves dirty commission (6) DEPUTE rEPUTED*
9 One tired gets forty of them on the sly (5) WINKS (CD)
10 From where one may pick up the paper on the way (4-5) NEWS-STAND (E)
11 Blink badly over time at a smudge on paper (7) INKBLOT  BLINK* + O + T
12 Lamenting, for example, bursting into essayist with college head (7) ELEGIAC EL(EG)IA + C

Doctor, he has a terrible peanut elegy


13 Drink to father without publicity (5) TODDY TO + DadDY
14 Ma'm, Albert has recipe for ingredient in porter (5,4) AMBER,MALT (MA'M ALBERT)*
16 Hearing aid lost on terrace (3,6) EAR, CORNET (ON TERRACE)*
19 Blow to one's foremost zest for life (5) GUSTO GUST + O
21 Crush with work on the rotary, perhaps (7) OPPRESS OP + PRESS
23 See, old devil throws out learner in bloom (7) LOBELIA LO + BELIAl

24 Treat a guy strangely for a long time? (5,4) TRETA, YUGA (TREAT A GUY)*
25 In Shimla this is wielded as elsewhere by the police (5) LATHI (T)
26 A big wave, on top of that (2,4) AS,WELL A + SWELL
27 Swears hotel's within audible range (7) EARSHOT (T)

DOWN

1 Where the dentist works in low spirits (4,2,3,5) DOWN, IN, THE,MOUTH (DD)
2 The French refusal to second child for a kind of tiles (3-4) NON-SKID NON + S + KID
3 This might cost a batsman his wicket (7) MISPLAY (CD)
4 Check prisoners' coach (9) CONSTRAIN CONS + TRAIN


5 Act smart-alecky without one to look for water (5) DOWSE DO + WiSE
6 Gone to a different rue for a scientist (7) PASTEUR  PAST + RUE*
7 Raita Poles cooked for bygone sovereign (7) TSARINA (RAITA + NS)*
8 Actualities don realised as school head (14) EDUCATIONALIST (ACTUALITIES DON)* Very smooth. My CoD
15 Domineering woman's weapon (6-3) BATTLE-AXE (DD)


17 Royal woman of rank sending man out to check (7) REPRESS R + EmPRESS
18 Cow beyond a washhouse's limits (7) OVERAWE OVER + A + WashhousE
19 A turkey he eats hastily (7) GOBBLER (DD)
20 Mark, it may be on a flower (7) SPLOTCH (CD)
22 Bone in basket, we hear (5) SKULL (~SCULL) This one is a little odd in the sense Chambers lists skull itself as a shallow basket for fish etc, so the homophone might be redundant

Sunday 27 May 2012

No 2688, Sunday 27 May 12

This appeared on 01 April in the Observer, that's why 12A, 14A and 25A are almost impossible to solve.
ACROSS

1   - Felt for shipmate at sea collared by journalist (10) - EMPATHISED {E{SHIPMATE*}D}
6   - Chief stud (4) - BOSS [DD]
9   - A boost to self-esteem achieved on English horse that's inferior (3,4) - EGO TRIP {E}{GO T}RIP
10 - Anteater chained, maltreated (7) - ECHIDNA*
12 - 14 or 25 (7,6) - POISSON D'AVRIL [CD]
14 - 12 or 25 (5,4) - APRIL FOOL [CD]
15 - Old article penned by that woman novelist (5) - HEYER {HE{YE}R}
16 - Wooden old actor-manager close to Goldwyn (5) - TREEN {TREE}{N}
18 - Wife is at home nursing prisoners of state (9) - WISCONSIN {W}{IS}{CONS}{IN}
21 - Still together (2,3,4,4) - AT THE SAME TIME [DD]
23 - Nearing resort, hittable (2,5) - IN RANGE*
24 - Camping item perhaps missent abroad (4,3) - MESS TIN*
25 - 12 or 14 (4) - GOWK [CD]
26 - Scathing when gang housed in portable shelter (10) - ASTRINGENT {AS}{T{RING}ENT}
DOWN
1   - Still the same (4) - EVEN [DD]
2   - Get on with Miranda's father? Mostly (7) - PROSPER PROSPERo
3   - Made for Hallowe'en, watch number later, outside, at onset of night-time (6,7) - TURNIP LANTERN {TUR{NIP} {LA{N}TER}N}
4   - One meeting member regarding painting technique (7) - IMPASTO {I}{MP}{ASTO}
5   - Unknown number fired from outside, non-stop (7) - ETERNAL ExTERNAL
7   - Neat hospital attendant (7) - ORDERLY [DD]
8   - A trap for the unwary consumer in shopping area in a rush? (5,5) - SMALL PRINT {S{MALL} PRINT}
11 - Cartoonist having hour in the bar, soon worse for wear (5,8) - HEATH ROBINSON {H}{IN+THE+BAR+SOON*}
13 - No longer bothered over looking after people (4,6) - PAST CARING {PAST} {CARING}
17 - Actor we cast - admit we were wrong (3,4) - EAT CROW*
18 - Wife stands seeing small furry creatures (7) - WEASELS {W}{EASELS}
19 - Pilot going about a mile in vessel (7) - STEAMER {STE{A}{M}ER}
20 - Ghost commanding a form of respect (7) - SPECTRE*
22 - Section without lights learner driver avoided (4) - UNIT UNlIT

Saturday 26 May 2012

No 10473, Saturday 26 May 12, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Spring to king's pet representation: how secrets should be… (4-4) - WELL-KEPT {WELL}-{K}{PET*}
5   - Biblical character's sanctimonious tale retold (6) - PILATE {PI}{TALE*}
9   - They are informal wear, informally (1-6) - T-SHIRTS [CD]
10 - Jumped to see clumsy adult move over edge of lane (7) - VAULTED {V}{AULT{E}D*}
11 - Amah, leave being agitated. Eat! (4,1,4) - HAVE A MEAL*
12 - Clubs' restrictions? (5) - IRONS [DD]
13 - Extremely unsung record in Nigerian city (4) - UGEP {UnsunG}{EP}
14 - Many a person masks these for a youthful appearance (4,5) - AGED LOOKS [CD]
17 - Somehow packs rice but not in a kitchen fixture (5,4) - SPICE RACK*
19 - Boo! Stretched note in instrument (4) - OBOE {BOO*}{E}
23 - More attractive female out – one putting on shows? (5) - AIRER fAIRER
24 - Rogues hold out – riot in gaols (9) - HOOLIGANS {HO}{OLIGANS*} Is HO a recognised abbrev for 'hold out'?
25 - Walker on empty highway on high – overly excited (5,2) - HYPED UP {HighwaY}{PED} {UP}
26 - Consequences from one politician's deeds (7) - IMPACTS {I}{MP}{ACTS}
27 - Magical cry from others in post office (6) - PRESTO {P{REST}O}
28 - A writer's credits (8) - ASCRIBES {A}{SCRIBES}
DOWN
1   - Be careful! Time keeper's abroad! (5,3) - WATCH OUT {WATCH} {OUT}
2   - The French possess right within this port (2,5) - LE HAVRE {LE} {HAV{R}E}
3   - District Magistrate away from crumbling landmark in Haryana city (6) - KARNAL LANdmARK*
4   - Cruiser's pressing phase modified (9,4) - PASSENGER SHIP*
6   - One Sion nun, enraged, is at the same pitch (2,6) - IN UNISON {1}{N UNISON*}
7   - Craftsmanship in paintings, perhaps (7) - ARTWORK [CD]
8   - Such a child is first in line, presumably (6) - ELDEST [CD]
10 - Deal botched up during successes in finals (13) - VALEDICTORIES {V{DEAL*}ICTORIES}
15 - Authenticate a customer's first loan (8) - ACCREDIT {A}{C}{CREDIT}
16 - Reportedly feels engineer's getting big counting jobs (8) - CENSUSES {CE{NSUSE}'S} Anno not clear (Addendum - (~senses){CENSUS}{E'S} - See comments)
18 - OK piper's new-style hat (7) - PORKPIE* Enumeration should be (4-3)
20 - Carry footless deer up? No, a young bruin (4,3) - BEAR CUB {BEAR} {kCUB<-}
21 - Clean with a violent push (4,2) - WASH UP {W}{A}{SH UP*}
22 - Nothing for each fastener (6) - ZIPPER {ZIP}{PER} Did you know that "Zipper" is onomatopoeia, because it was named for the sound it makes when you use it, a high-pitched "zipper!" (From Wiki)




Friday 25 May 2012

No 10472, Friday 25 May 12, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Good man found fault with, for being hard up (8) - STRAPPED {ST}{RAPPED}
6   - Hindu idol secreted in van about to start (4) - SIVA {S}{I}{V}{A}
9   - He oversees time-servers (6) - JAILER [CD]
10 - Doing very well — at the casino? (2,1,4) - ON A ROLL [CD]
13 - International man is employed in a Durgapur establishment, perhaps (9) - IRONWORKS {I}{RON}{WORKS}
14 - Overshadow and ward off female (5) - DWARF {WARD*}{F}
15 - Greeting? Yes, greeting (4) - HIYA {HI}{YA}
16 - Observers who may not be in a sit-in? (10) - BYSTANDERS [CD]
19 - Mover's vehicle? (7,3) - REMOVAL VAN [CD]
21 - Playboy's ornamental button (4) - STUD [DD]
24 - To leading botanist, this tree will be more obvious (5) - ALDER bALDER
25 - In Seoul I'm travelling in luxury car… (9) - LIMOUSINE*
26 - …And how? Quite the rage! (2,5) - IN STYLE {IN}{STYLE}
27 - Almost go and read out to merchant (6) - TRADER {TRy}{READ*}
28 - Gay revelry overwhelms old artist (4) - GOYA {G{O}YA*}
29 - The man and I in perturbation show uncertainty (8) - HESITATE {HE}{S{I}TATE}
DOWN
2   - Time to have a piece of cake over company's appointment on board? (3,4) - TEA COSY {T}{EA {CO}SY}
3   - Lets sickly-looking son to move down (6) - ALLOWS (-s)ALLOW(+s)S
4   - Representation of harbour light by boy (9) - PORTRAYAL {PORT}{RAY}{AL}
5   - Lets go of lozenges (5) - DROPS [DD]
7   - Single out one too behind (7) - ISOLATE {I}{SO)(LATE}
8   - Like a bolt from the blue (3,2,1,6) - ALL OF A SUDDEN [E]
11 - Eager for a right study tool to begin with (6) - ARDENT {A}{R}{DEN}{T}
12 - Taking in notes just by looking and performing (5-7) - SIGHT READING [CD]
17 - For ones on a bench the estate ma'm gathered (9) - TEAMMATES*
18 - To excess extremely liberally following ham's word (6) - OVERLY {OVER}{LiberallY}
20 - Quality of one retiring from way to dirty place (7) - MODESTY {MODE}{STY}
22 - Roughly interacts without article to make scores of 60 (7) - TRISECT InTERaCTS*
23 - Finally, you stay after a large number in foreign land (6) - KUWAIT {K}{U}{WAIT}
25 - Sponger left, spewing out ‘Chee' (5) - LEECH {L}{CHEE*}




Thursday 24 May 2012

No 10471, Thursday 24 May 12, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - The latest girl a man is taking out today (7,4) - CURRENT DATE [DD]
9   - Worthy number to battle around – one shirt torn off! (7) - NOTABLE {NO}{BATtLE*}
10 - Workman begins picking useless things (7) - PLUMBER {P}{LUMBER}
11 - With return of sweetheart, cry of pain? Not at all! (5) - NOHOW {NOH<-}{OW}
12 - Get even a literate in trouble (9) - RETALIATE*
13 - Page placed in correct order (5) - RECTO [T]
15 - C'mon! Mine's the correctly jiggled aid to memory (9) - MNEMONICS*
18 - An ob session for an old kind of recordings? Not exactly (9) - MONOMANIA {MONO}{MANIA}
21 - Female band member released (5) - FREED {F}{REED}
22 - Protects a fallen observer (9) - SPECTATOR*
24 - Moved fifty to a wretched dwelling (5) - HOVEL {HOVE}{L}
26 - Hardy overwhelming some agents is a fabrication (7) - FIGMENT {FI{GMEN}T}
27 - Gathering scattered pear at top of grange (7) - REAPING {PEAR*}{IN}{G}
28 - Days gone by prefect analysed as tense (4,7) - PAST PERFECT {PAST} {PREFECT*}
DOWN
1   - Cheat a French tutor in puzzle (9) - CONUNDRUM {CON}{UN}{DRUM}
2   - Throw up on road to Erode (5) - RETCH {R}{ETCH}
3   - Scope for confused bowler with old mantra (5,4) - ELBOW ROOM {ELBOW R*}{O}{OM}
4   - Article on more tricky proposition (7) - THEOREM {THE}{MORE*}
5   - A member positioned finally the cane for soldier with a loss (7) - AMPUTEE {A}{M}{PUT}{E}{E}
6   - Just the same peer (5) - EQUAL [DD]
7   - Harsh about a garment I have after onset of summer (8) - ABRASIVE {A}{BRA}{S}{I'VE} No support today!
8   - Correct time to feel sorry (4) - TRUE {T}{RUE}
14 - Meet a great number on outskirts (8) - CONVERGE {C}{ON}{VERGE}
16 - Dirty Thai offer's no longer broadcast (3,3,3) - OFF THE AIR*
17 - Boy's extremely recondite crossword solution is additional information (9) - SIDELIGHT {SID}{E}{LIGHT}
19 - Jots down objections besetting gallery (7) - NOTATES {NO{TATE}S}
20 - Broadcast doctor's work in certain plane delivery (3-4) - AIR-DROP {AIR}-{DR}{OP}
22 - Peter's out of danger (4) - SAFE [DD]
23 - Union that is seen in lodge (3-2) - TIE-UP {T{IE}-UP<-} No reversal indicator? Or is it TUP (See comments)
25 - Second of models appearing in dreadful stuff (5) - VOICE {V{O}ICE} (Correction - VOILE {V{O}ILE} - See comments below)

Wednesday 23 May 2012

No 10470, Wednesday 23 May 12, Gridman

U in some clues stands for an article of utility
ACROSS
1   - Activists in practice shots, losing initial success, gain force (8) - FIGHTERS (-s+f)FIGHTERS
5   - Doctor wears outer covering in battle (6) - COMBAT {CO{MB}AT}
9   - A less than average current event: I panted horribly at edge of lake (4,4) - NEAP TIDE {NEAP TID*}{E}
10 - Disheartened diver overwhelmed by fish in Arctic plain (6) - TUNDRA {TUN{DiveR}A}
12 - Placid woman at end of confrontation (4) - EVEN {EVE}{N}
13 - U to look for kind of drum (10) - FISH KETTLE {FISH}{KETTLE} Enumeration should have been (4,6)
15 - Oil worker in the studio? (6) - ARTIST [CD]
17 - Wah! Going round to Ratnagiri's top and noisy landing area (5) - WHARF {WAH*}{R}{F}
20 - Sally goes after extremely expensive outfit (5) - EQUIP {E}{QUIP}
21 - Brush in bathroom with initially fine, amber-coloured hair (6) - LOOFAH {LOO}{F}{A}{H}
24 - U cuts insects (10) - CHOPSTICKS {CHOPS}{TICKS}
27 - U has a tub overturned (4) - TAVA {TAV<-}{A}
29 - High-pitched crying noise from Middle East section (6) - MEWING {ME}{WING}
30 - 12 o'clock might bring G (8) - MIDNIGHT {MID}{NIGHT}
31 - Arre, rollicking good man is least encountered (6) - RAREST {ARRE*}{ST}
32 - Lift chicken separated by rowing team (8) - HEIGHTEN {H{EIGHT}EN}
DOWN
1   - U has enjoyment pulling boy up (6) - FUNNEL {FUN}{NEL<-}
2   - U said to be more sizable (6) - GRATER (~greater)
3   - Jiggers for small children (4) - TOTS [DD]
4   - Artist did almost integrate spokes (5) - RADII {RA}{DId}{I}
6   - Early seed causes superior to be caught in tangled love (5) - OVULE {OV{U}LE*}
7   - Pretend to stay still! See saint in bed (8) - BEDSTEAD {BE)(D{ST}EAD}
8   - This even exchange could be rated (5-3) - TRADE OFF {RATED*} {OFF}
11 - Holding bomb, try to reach slum area (6) - GHETTO {G{H}ET}{TO}
14 - Little bit from dear work (4) - DROP {DR}{OP}
16 - Inserted one coin at last with face up (6) - INLAID {I}{coiN}{LAID<-}
17 - Come again with head cover (4) - WHAT {W}{HAT}
18 - Crewmen, moving around, ring a recent arrival (8) - NEWCOMER {NEWC{O}MER*}
19 - Contest of strength that has a great pull among participants (3-2-3) - TUG-OF-WAR [CD]
22 - Wander on to obtain U (6) - GADGET {GAD}{GET}
23 - Hitch female when net unravels (6) - FASTEN {F}{AS}{NET*}
25 - Congestion site wrong for you and me (5) - SINUS {SIN}{US}
26 - U gets king fermented feni (5) - KNIFE {K}{FENI*}
28 - Comfortable rise of professional killers (4) - SNUG <-




Tuesday 22 May 2012

No 10469, Tuesday 22 May 12, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - He plies his craft (7) - BOATMAN [CD]
5   - Physical power is defective, needs a bit of correction inside (7) - FACULTY {FA{C}ULTY}
10 - Bit of gum, a sticky thing used in vanish (6) - MASTIC [T] The printers devil strikes again!
11 - But it is not that other things cultivated do not bring money (4,4) - CASH CROP [CD]
12 - For a cold, one hot stuff! (6) - CHILLI {CHILL}{I}
13 - The spark to get the motor going (8) - IGNITION [CD]
14 - Sue can change the time allowed for payment of bills of exchange (6) - USANCE*
15 - It flows in drains from three points with a good bit of effluents (6) - SEWAGE {S}{E}{W}{A}{G}{E}
18 - Endlessly bother old boy going back to get a loan (6) - BORROW {BO}{yRROW}<-
20 - Bill of fare for sailor provided with a bit of flair (6) - TARIFF {TAR}{IF}{F}
23 - Technician loses time, manipulating inert gene (8) - ENGINEER {INERt+GENE}*
25 - Military division holds universal collection of writings (6) - CORPUS {CORP{U}S}
26 - One wanting in score (8) - NINETEEN [CD]
27 - Operational cargo storage in a state of suspension (2,4) - ON HOLD {ON} {HOLD}
28 - Say, look at the team on promenade location (7) - SEASIDE (~see){SEA}{SIDE}
29 - Nameless, hidden chipmunk now noticeable (7) - UNKNOWN [T]
DOWN
2   - Plant for which other ranks pine (6) - ORACHE {OR}{ACHE}
3   - Betting system that Aristotle developed (9) - TOTALISER*
4   - Bridge variety on sale to the highest bidder (7) - AUCTION [DD]
6   - Sailor, asked to go south, fails to appear (7) - ABSENTS {AB}{SENT}{S}
7   - Like a diamond yet to reveal its facets (5) - UNCUT [DD]
8   - Painstaking and methodical, even if coarse (8) - THOROUGH {THO'}{ROUGH}
9   - Nice dancer, top sort, but frequently involved in mishaps (8,5) - ACCIDENT PRONE*
16 - Very slender victory, accepted the RAF unexpectedly (5,4) - WAFER THIN {W{AFER TH*}IN}
17 - The negative aspect of fixed ODIs end with a bit of watchfulness (8) - DOWNSIDE {ODIS+END+W}*
19 - Welcome break even if reportedly a frail finish (7) - WEEKEND (~weak){WEEK}{END}
21 - Creature managed to capture one officer escorting another (7) - RACCOON {RA{C{CO}O}N}
22 - Bandit not confined by legislation (6) - OUTLAW {OUT}{LAW}
24 - Suggestions from French accepted by administrators (5) - IDEAS {I{DE}AS}




Monday 21 May 2012

No 10468, Monday 21 May 12, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - They wait for none, proverbially: would Eden admit it, however? (4,3,4) - TIME AND TIDE*
9   - When editor accepts money, it is taken for granted (7) - ASSUMED {AS}{SUM}{ED}
10 - In a small mouthful, I'd find it tasteless (7) - INSIPID {IN}{SIP}{I'D}
11 - Artist backs boy in a criminal act (5) - ARSON {AR<-}{SON}
12 - Statesman who made the clergy sick (9) - CHURCHILL {CHURCH}{ILL}
13 - German Mark that is turned into small coin (4) - DIME {DM+IE}*
15 - Mourned the capture of first lady by network (7) - GRIEVED {GRI{EVE}D}
19 - Prison official appearing in court is a bad failure (5,2) - SCREW UP {SCREW}{UP}
20 - Sri Lanka included in spectacles – capital! (4) - OSLO {O{SL}O}
24 - Code of behaviour of alien, quite upset by note (9) - ETIQUETTE {ET}{QUIET*}{TE}
25 - Sustain a liability from a vain cursory adventure (5) - INCUR [T]
27 - Wild petuniaRugby Union girl has one (7) - RUELLIA {RU}{ELL{1}A}
28 - Luke and Lee playing strangles small guitar (7) - UKELELE*
29 - Flighty chatter by a cocky tyke? Ay, silly and loveless (7-4) - YACKETY-YACK {a+CoCKY+TYKE+AY}*
DOWN
1   - Experiments that a good man fixed up (5) - TESTS {TES}{TS}<-
2   - Just a little time for a warning in Montana (6) - MOMENT {M{OMEN}T}
3   - Cite the evidence for Italian leader coming after commercial (6) - ADDUCE {AD}{DUCE}
4   - One quid Ira spent on drink (8) - DAIQUIRI {1+QUID+IRA}*
5   - Note carried by lowly creature unknown to others (2,6) - IN SECRET {IN SEC{RE}T}
6   - Vacuum created when one like Victoria gave up right for money (9) - EMPTINESS {EMP(-r+tin)TINESS}
7   - Rumours spread by funny people about a Pole (7) - CANARDS {C{A}{N}ARDS}
8   - Dictator at a party, left with a suggestion of fury (5) - ADOLF {A}{DO}{L}{Fury}
14 - The processes used by lamb girl in swallowing some pork (8) - MACHINERY {MA{CHINE}RY}
16 - Form of government by British engineers, known to all (8) - REPUBLIC {RE}{PUBLIC}
17 - A box that may be acceptable to an odd chap (8) - SUITCASE {SUIT}{CASE}
18 - Urge Tom to become a foodie (7) - GOURMET*
21 - Defy – or put up with daughter (5) - BEARD {BEAR}{D}
22 - Charming looks of a lover seen over time unknown (6) - BEAUTY {BEAU}{T}{Y}
23 - Retreating soldiers captured by spies in movie (6) - CINEMA {CI{NEM<-}A}
26 - Examine the position of king threatened on board (5) - CHECK [DD]




Sunday 20 May 2012

No 2687, Sunday 20 May 12

ACROSS
1   - Woolly coat to take to the cleaners (6)  - FLEECE [DD]
4   - Sack smaller, so of no use (8)  - BOOTLESS {BOOT}{LESS}
10 - Therefore gets expert to study something from the baker (4,5)  - SODA BREAD {SO}{DA B}{READ}
11 - Banter after good goal (5)  - GRAIL {G}{RAIL}
12 - Learning, new actress (5)  - LOREN {LORE}{N}
13/14 - Not for long, one or two or three may with dog barking (4,5,4,8)  - HERE TODAY GONE TOMORROW*

18 - Tree is hiding the Prince, elusive character (4-1-3-4)  - WILL-O-THE-WISP {WILL-O-{THE}-W}{IS}{P}
21 - One of the Channel Islands - grow old on it in a retreat (9)  - HERMITAGE {HERM}{IT}{AGE}
23 - Article absorbing female, very pale (5)  - ASHEN {A{SHE}N}
24 - Some extra item or feature (5)  - TRAIT [T]
25 - Football team, grimly humorous before game (9)  - BLACKPOOL {BLACK}{POOL}
26 - South American republic holding alternative view (8)  - PANORAMA{PAN{OR}AMA}
27 - Wily yachtsman's beginning to get vessel ahead (6)  - CRAFTY {CRAFT}{Y}
DOWN
1   - Girl upset breaking safety device in body of aircraft (8)  - FUSELAGE {FUSE{LAG<-}E}
2   - Eternal City, ancient, in conclusion (8)  - ENDURING {END{UR}ING}
3   - Unexpectedly incriminate best high-ranking member? (7,8)  - CABINET MINISTER*
5   - Discipline in class (5)  - ORDER [DD]
6   - Work it with 'Telegraph', somehow, to illustrate Charles Blondin, perhaps (9,6)  - TIGHTROPE WALKER*
7   - Animals buried in huge landslide (6)  - ELANDS [T]
8   - Boy in news, extremely lucky in resort (6)  - SELWYN {NEWS+LuckY}*
9   - Be circumspect, at first, over hot meal cooked in a sauce (8)  - BECHAMEL {BE}{C}{H}{MEAL*}
15 - New Year host in this Scottish town (8)  - ROTHESAY*
16 - Immediately cancel, over the phone (5,3)  - RIGHT OFF (~write off)
17 - No set pieces here in passable theatrical work (4,4)  - OPEN PLAY [CD]
19 - Stop talking in jail (4,2)  - SHUT UP [DD]
20 - Other ranks row about a decree (6)  - ORDAIN {OR}{D{A}IN}
22 - A line on tramp in book (5) - ALBUM {A}{L}{BUM}

Saturday 19 May 2012

No 10467, Saturday, 19 May 12, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - In the end, we left Watt's galleon wrecked (2,4,4) - AT LONG LAST wATTS GALLeON*
7   - Shrub containing cocaine care of accountant (4) - COCA {CO}{CA}
9   - Speciality cook accepts a bit of cash for the promoter (6) - BACKER {BA{C}KER}
10 - Such a knife could cut a hawser in half and is valued (8) - SERRATED {hawSER}{RATED}
11 - Note about creepy eastern viper getting remission (8) - REPRIEVE {REP{R}IEVE*} (Addendum - {R{E}{PRIEV*}E} - See comments}
12 - Popular breakfast item not good when not working (6) - IDLING {IDLI}{NG}
13 - Completely dehydrated, lad accepts right end, suffering (4,3) - BONE DRY {BO{NE D(R)*}Y}
16 - Leather from a swine's relative (7) - PIGSKIN {PIG'S}{KIN}
17 - Following track, journalist got a whiff (7) - SCENTED {SCENT}{ED}
19 - Jade dug out? Declare what it is! (7) - ADJUDGE*
22 - Creature producing bad smell in one point (6) - SPONGE {S{PONG}E}
23 - Arthur's knight had a weapon ahead of everything (8) - LANCELOT {LANCE}{LOT}
26 - Begin as a celebrity business solicitor (5,3) - START OUT {STAR}{T OUT}
27 - Encroach in a popular way (6) - INROAD {IN}{ROAD}
28 - Pastry for an admirer concealing the onset of love (4) - FLAN {F{L}AN}
29 - Scale for measuring heat in a fine hearth perhaps (10) - FAHRENHEIT*
DOWN
2   - Oriental missile back in business (5) - TRADE {TRAD}{E}<-
3   - Source of wood, teak or elm originally, seasoned (3,4) - OAK TREE {TEAK+OR+Elm}*
4   - Eat like a pig and good blood flows all around (5) - GORGE {GOR{G}E}
5   - The response from Indians we respect (6) - ANSWER [T]
6   - Scared stiff, tried fire treatment (9) - TERRIFIED*
7   - Wine? Or tea with endless happiness? (7) - CHABLIS {CHA}{BLISs}
8   - Getting rid of dirt, get pure and croon (9) - CLEANSING {CLEAN}{SING}
14 - A bone causing political convulsion with hundred replacing fifty (9) - OCCIPITAL PO(-l+c)CITICAL*
15 - Recited without effort from a part of the film, with editor absent (6,3) - REELED OFF {REEL}{ED} {OFF}
18 - There is no pressing need for such clothes (3-4) - NON-IRON [CD]
20 - Discover a French painting, hot (7) - UNEARTH {UNE}{ART}{H}
21 - Hang on to some eggs (6) - CLUTCH [DD]
24 - Innocent one in a part of the church (5) - NAIVE {NA{I}VE}
25 - Creature in Oklahoma, a Greek character (5) - OKAPI {OK}{A}{PI}




Friday 18 May 2012

No.10466, Friday 18 May 2012, Sankalak

Like he has been for most of his puzzles in the past few months, Sankalak has dished out another entertainer.
ACROSS

1 Settling plans for gin in Scottish island? Good (9) ARRANGING  ARRA(GIN*)N + G
5 A sign of dental trouble with loss of carbon (5) ARIES  (c-)ARIES
8 Collection of information in the east — a bad failure (8) DATABASE (EAST A BAD)*
9 A song of praise heard, with appeal for non-violence (6) AHIMSA  A + (~)HYMN + SA


11 A work by Satish Gujral, say (5) MURAL (GK)  You can see some of his wonderful work at his website
12 Since gone bonkers, he was the one to get the goods (9) CONSIGNEE (SINCE GONE)*
13 Hooligan, drinking rum, dozed (6) NODDED  N(ODD)ED
14 Bovine minder with the right dog, a suspect (8) GOATHERD (THE R DOG A)*
16 Touching, like two such angles (8) ADJACENT  (C&DD)
18 Basket of meat for each (6) HAMPER HAM + PER
22 Fortified place where a car pool is unusual (9) ACROPOLIS (CAR POOL IS)*
23 A steep rock face where it is cold, with existence without energy and a suggestion of freeze (5) CLIFF C + LIF(-e) + F
24 Handsome chap in a party confronts immorality the wrong way (6) ADONIS A + DO + SIN<-
25 An enticement to trap youth club leaders in bed (8) CARRYCOT  CARR(YC)OT

26 Passage figuring in Shanghai's legend (5) AISLE (T)
27 Prize-winners in our time wearing prizes awarded (9) MEDALISTS MEDAL(IST)S Should there have been an indicator for US spelling?

DOWN

1 Awfully bad sign from a part of the body (7) ABDOMEN (BAD*) + OMEN
2 Not active any more but again worn out (7) RETIRED RE + TIRED
3 Jimmy Carter got it, so did Obama (5,5,5) NOBEL, PEACE, PRIZE (GK)

4 Insignificant one in a trendy group (6) INSECT IN + SECT
5 A racist march also can become a song for a festive time (1,9,5) A, CHRISTMAS, CAROL  (RACIST MARCH ALSO)*
6 One small measure seen differently as huge (7) IMMENSE  I + MM + SEEN*
7 Children have admiration for an alga, maybe (7) SEAWEED SE(AWE)ED
10 Diplomat showing covetousness with nothing at heart (5) ENVOY ENV(O)Y
15 It signals the end among fallen knights in retrospect (5) KNELL  ..LLEN K.. (T)<-
16 Where Montgomery made capital (7) ALABAMA (CD)
17 Creatures — for them jobs are tailored (7) JERBOAS (JOBS ARE)*

19 Royal people incorporated in print media endlessly (7) PRINCES PR(INC)ES(-s)
20 Arbiter, for all to see, set up, makes a denial (7) REFUTES REF + U + SET<-
21 ”No man is an …” (John Donne) (6) ISLAND (GK)

Thursday 17 May 2012

No 10465, Thursday 17 May 12, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - Popular art not confined to Rolling Stones? (4,5) - ROCK MUSIC [CD]
5   - Controlling pus, we finish the operation successfully (3,2) - SEW UP*
8   - Evil wealth for obtaining bullets etc., coated in manganese (6) - MAMMON {M{AMMO}N}
9   - Queen is not queen? That is even stranger (8) - QUAINTER {QU}{AIN'T}{ER}
11 - The instrument of one not telling the truth, say (4) - LYRE (~liar)
12 - Organise and improve a water course by the track (10) - STREAMLINE {STREAM}{LINE}
14 - Billiard stroke in a plain offensive (2-3) - IN-OFF [T]
15 - Pull out old essay (7) - EXTRACT {EX}{TRACT}
16 - Order accepted by newly-wed for a sedative (7) - BROMIDE {BR{OM}IDE}
17 - The salts of a race course (5) - EPSOM [DD]
19 - The place for medicines and, oddly, sundry pastimes, but no Tums! (10) - DISPENSARY {SuNDRY+PAstImES}*
20 - Girl, maiden, nabbed by revolutionaries (4) - IRMA {IR{M}A}
22 - The nature of a TV serial featuring one chap in a long story (8) - EPISODIC {EP{I}{SOD}IC}
23 - Go missing from French bivouac (6) - DECAMP {DE}{CAMP}
24 - Rows that cause outpourings of grief, we hear (5) - TIERS (~tears)
25 - The drains, misused, are damaged (9) - TARNISHED*
DOWN
1   - Sound made by doctor in control … (6) - RUMBLE {RU{MB}LE}
2   - … regardless of the weather and whatever happens (4,4,2,5) - COME RAIN OR SHINE [CD]
3   - The state of mind to reverse unpleasant fate (4) - MOOD <-
4   - Without it, secure celibate gets tangled in famous case (5,7) - CAUSE CELEBRE {SECURE+CELiBAtE}*
5   - Call it shameful that admission test is held in decrepit site (10) - STIGMATISE {STI{GMAT}{IS}E*}
6   - Near enough — and not beyond the range of the gun? (6,4,5) - WITHIN ARMS REACH [DD]
7   - Trap erected in harbour — an omen (7) - PORTENT {POR{TEN<-}T}
10 - Pompous chap who would overfill what he wears (7,5) - STUFFED SHIRT [CD]
13 - Four voices trained to be loud and forceful (10) - VOCIFEROUS*
16 - Poor advance with no return? (3,4) - BAD DEBT [CD]
18 - Yarn by journalist is distorted (6) - WARPED {WARP}{ED}
21 - Drink up from a fine flagon (4) - FENI <-