No 10490 Friday 15 Jun 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - Despised opener suffering from intense mental problem (4,10) - DEEP DEPRESSION*

8   - Inner wear of a person, very cold stuff (6) - BODICE {BOD}{ICE}

9   - Seat for a critic with no personal experience of the subject (8) - ARMCHAIR [CD]

11 - Leaving university, holder shut out at entrance (9) - THRESHOLD {HOLDER+SHuT}*

12 - French author's epic story with novel start (5) - SAGAN {SAGA}{N}

13 - Substitute for a canine, for example (7) - DENTURE [CD]

15 - In London it is a month of good weather (7) - MAYFAIR {MAY}{FAIR}

17 - Docile madam becomes very pleasant to hear (7) - MELODIC {DOCILE+M}*

19 - Have faith but fail to justify beginnings of vile envy (7) - BELIEVE {BELIE}{V}{E}

21 - The general intention of healer provided with time (5) - DRIFT {DR}{IF}{T}

23 - For a pig, onions could be causing contamination (9) - POISONING*

25 - Commanding officer and chief engineer, drinking beers, get together in a group (8) - COALESCE {CO}{ALES}{CE}

26 - Fly mentioned in note about groups (6) - TSETSE {T{SETS}E}

27 - In a sad home, teapot's stirred up to produce something to eat (6,8) - MASHED POTATOES* Yummy I'm hungry!!

DOWN

1   - A piece in document taken away from the account (7) - DEBITED {DE{BIT}ED}

2   - In the Emergency Room I would initially exclude a duck (5) - EIDER {E{I'D}{E}R}

3   - A dog to prove dad's hunch wrong! (9) - DACHSHUND*

That's not right Dad !!!

4   - What a nobleman may have — medal or otherwise (7) - EARLDOM*

5   - Priests' wear accountants leave for foot-wear! (5) - SOCKS casSOCKS

6   - An evergreen commercial on energy drink (9) - ORANGEADE {ORANGE}{AD}{E}

7   - Tool to find a symbol in public relations (6) - PRUNER {P{RUNE}R}

10 - Top off invigorating air in a particular area (4) - ZONE oZONE

14 - Misusing pill, Runa, beginning to age, is one who never had a child (9) - NULLIPARA {PILL+RUNA}*{A}

16 - Between Korea and China, it allows eye to wander (6,3) - YELLOW SEA*

17 - A doctor among defamed iconoclasts (6) - MEDICO [T]

18 - Where in Massachusetts would a f'fish swallow a monkey? (4,3) - CAPE COD {C'{APE} COD}

19 - Top edge of a cup or black edge? (4) - BRIM {B}{RIM}

20 - Little birds that legates released (7) - EAGLETS*

22 - Where would a dentists be without them? (5) - TEETH [CD]

24 - An overture in brief (5) - INTRO [CD]

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