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}

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