No 10554, Wednesday 29 Aug 12, Buzzer

HAPPY ONAM

I didn't see any of the butterflies that Bhavan anticipated!!

ACROSS

9   - Hope to get a chance one time (4,3) - LONG AGO {LONG} {A}{GO}

10 - Self-aggrandisement for example, no mistake (3,4) - EGO TRIP {EG}{O} {TRIP}

11 - It is a disgrace drunkard’s unchanged (5) - SHAME (~same)

12 - Amateur’s well trained but not commercially motivated (3-6) - NON-PROFIT {NON-PRO}{FIT}

13 - Order in a manner of speaking (9) - INDICTION {IN}{DICTION}

14 - Man who is somewhat inebriant (5) - BRIAN [T]

15 - North Indian city surrounding a famous waterfall (7) - NIAGARA {N}{I}{AG{A}RA}

17 - Parts of a computer pulsing erratically (4-3) - PLUG-INS*

19 - Knock down base (5) - FLOOR [DD]

20 - PG accommodation without keys at first (9) - WODEHOUSE {WO}{D}{E}{HOUSE}

22,6 - Down: It admits odor? (9,4) - REVOLVING DOOR {REVOLVING ODOR}

24 - Said to be one and only largest Asian capital (5) - SEOUL (~sole)

25 - Knight wearing gaudy dress (7) - GARNISH {GAR{N}ISH}

26 - Cut hot dog in pieces and share equally (2,5) - GO DUTCH {CUT+H+DOG}*

DOWN

1   - Positive indicator of endless luxury — Scorpio perhaps (4,4) - PLUS SIGN {PLUSh} {SIGN}

2   - Outstanding peacekeepers given remuneration (6) - UNPAID {UN}{PAID}

3   - Sit and drink tea during broadcast (4,1,5) - TAKE A CHAIR {TAKE A {CHA}IR}

4   - Nothing left in devastated tsunami region of Australia (5,3) - MOUNT ISA {M{O}UNT ISA*}

5   - Curb ruling that’s no good at all (4,2) - REIN IN {REIgNINg}

6   - See 22 Across

7   - Rude picture of a tennis player, one appearing in newspaper (Independent) (8) - GRAFFITI {GRAF}{F{1}T}{I}

SEE THIS CARTOON

8   - Is kid snorting cannabis right? (4,2) - SPOT ON {S{POT} ON}

14 - Some of the mob rush as I’d expected for discount (5,5) - BRUSH ASIDE [T]

16 - Abandon or leave a plant (4,4) - ALOE VERA*

17 - Teaching exercise deputy accepted eagerly (8) - PEDAGOGY {PE}{D{AGOG}Y}

18 - Least bothered with your secret (8) - STEALTHY {LEAST*}{THY}

19 - Seek gold and silver with iron coating (6) - FORAGE {F{OR}{AG}E}

20 - Importance of work in a restaurant reportedly (6) - WEIGHT (~wait)

21 - Submarines turn and snake around strait (1-5) - U-BOATS {U}-{BOA{T}S}

23 - Layperson, one among a hundred thousand (4) - LAIC {LA{I}C}

LINK TO GRID

Another pleasant evening spent in the company of Arden, Kishore and David at Bowring Institute Bangalore. Pictures at the THCC Families blog.