No 2706, Sunday 30 Sep 12

ACROSS
1   - Snub former US president suppressing right of female (5-3)  - BRUSH-OFF {B{R}USH}-{OF}{F}
5   - Virginia Lake and Greek character dance (6)  - VALETA {VA}{L}{ETA}
9   - Cleaner circumspect about boy (8)  - CHARLADY {CHAR{LAD}Y}
10 - Craft's required to catch small crows (6)  - BOASTS {BOA{S}TS}
12 - Disease may make one feel very low (6,5)  - YELLOW FEVER* &lit
15 - Page clergyman shortly (5)  - RECTO RECTOr
16 - Training college and sanatorium close to old wood (9)  - SANDHURST {SAN}{D}{HURST}
18 - Refuse to abandon one's opinion of partnerhip at company (5,4)  - STAND FIRM {STAND} {FIRM}
19 - Right about crops, primarily barley (5)  - TRUCE {TRU{C}E}
20 - Knight, leading small number in rear, controlled fire in battle (11)  - BANNOCKBURN {BA{N}{NO}CK}{BURN}
24 - Want the Parisian to give a pointer (6)  - NEEDLE {NEED}{LE}
25 - Former PM departs, joining one from Haifa maybe (8)  - DISRAELI {D}{ISRAELI}
26 - Dog in street, barking (6)  - SETTER*
27 - Mean to eat mostly raw fish (8)  - STINGRAY {STING{RAw}Y}
DOWN
1   - Reverse taxi over top of kerb (4)  - BACK {BAC<-}{K}
2   - State without a highway? Not all of it (4)  - UTAH [T]
3   - Buddy attached to golf club in LA? (9)  - HOLLYWOOD {HOLLY}{WOOD}
4   - Bilge in bows? (12)  - FIDDLESTICKS [DD]
6   - Apart from a cold dessert served up (5)  - ALOOF {A}{LOOF<-}
7   - Austere, Ivy cast in play (4,6)  - EASY VIRTUE*
8   - Returns hat lost in Scottish resort (10)  - ANSTRUTHER*
11 - One out and about after retiring? (12)  - SOMNAMBULIST [CD]
13 - Groups of musicians may bring money belts (5,5)  - BRASS BANDS {BRASS} {BANDS}

14 - Skinniest wins crates (bubbly) (10)  - SCRAWNIEST*
17 - Type of road accident caused by him, initially, Italian with ladder (3-3-3)  - HIT-AND-RUN {H}{IT}-{AND}-{RUN}
21 - Hardy dog with no lead? (5)  - OLLIE cOLLIE

22 - Expensive honey (4)  - DEAR [DD]
23 - Feel sorry for mine and yours at first (4) - PITY {PIT}{Y}

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No 10581, Saturday 29 Sep 12, Neyartha

Off to Church with Neyartha.

ACROSS

1   - Run off, clutching an advertisement for a risky venture (8) - ESCAPADE {ESCAP{AD}E}

5   - Church official’s chess piece (6) - BISHOP [DD]

9   - Can eyelet get damaged due to the welder’s fuel? (9) - ACETYLENE*

11 - Gopi leisurely conceals the ancient Roman skullcaps (5) - PILEI [T]

12 - Dance around inside the church with a blood relative (7) - COGNATE {C{OGNAT}E} 

14 - Relies on taking the Hungarian premier hostage with the forces (7) - THRUSTS {T{H}RUSTS}

15 - Petty naval officer, an expert with guns? (6-2-4) - MASTER-AT-ARMS {MASTER AT} {ARMS}

17 - Vest, say, for the peacekeepers with the German dress (12) - UNDERGARMENT {UN}{DER}{GARMENT}

20 - Drop catch when backing up and become a bowler’s target (7) - DUCKPIN Anno pending

22 - The auditor’s plans are serious (7) - INTENSE (~intents)

23 - Gain access to the computer system and go back to the end of the talk (5) - LINGO L(-og)IN(+og)

24 - It makes for an evening encounter at the Marina (3,6) - SEA BREEZE [CD]

26 - Harnessed revolutionary's fineness measure (6) - (Addendum - DENIER REINED)
27 Letter sent out after composing symphonies in a state of trance (8) - HYPNOSIS SYmPHONIeS* Is it 'letter' or 'setter' who is sent out? (See comments)

DOWN

1   - Letters from Pradeep archived by the church official (6) - EPARCH [T]

2   - Lancer beaten up outside the training ground by a church official (9) - CLERGYMAN {CLER{GYM}AN*}

3   - Yankee gets rid of the old professional with a heavy iron lever after… (3) - PRY PR(-o+y)Y

4  - … seeing linseed cooked for what is inside most heavy vehicles today (6, 7) - DIESEL ENGINES*

6   - Inherent protection available to the northbound salesman shown in brief (11) - IMPERMANENT {IM{PER<}MANENT}

7   - Oriental leaves the messy hostel for the woody hills (5) - HOLTS HOSTeL*

8   - Church official’s daughter taken out by the page was least interesting (6) - PRIEST (-d+p)PRIEST

10 - Unusual for pedestrian to follow a face in the crowd for the film (13) - EXTRAORDINARY {EXTRA}{ORDINARY}

13 - Reply to the call on the voicemail device for a landline (11) - ANSWERPHONE {ANSWER}{PHONE}

16 - Mountaineers missing out on a way to get to some of the Indian sepoys in 1857 (9) - MUTINEERS MoUnTaINEERS

18 - Charged after losing opener and got mixed-up (6) - ADDLED {ADD{L}ED}

19 - Holiday in the bay (6) - RECESS [DD]

21 - The church official has a gun, according to hearsay (5) - CANON (~cannon)

25 - A banker’s worry? (3) - RUN [CD]

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No.10580, Friday 28 Sep 12, Gridman

Gridman finishes with a slightly tougher puzzle. Lots of good surfaces and clues in 6A,14A,16A,27A,4D,5D,11D,18D,25D but my CoD is 29A. Understandably he could not have incorporated all the suggested words, but I think he did an excellent job in putting in as many as he did. So here is a big thank you on behalf of the solvers.

ACROSS
1 Enemy to check out, we hear, a warbler from France (8) FAUVETTE (~FOE VET)

6 Put out a butt (4) STUB (E) (DD) See comment from VJ below
9 Say zany guy losing heart in astronomical alignment (6) SYZYGY (SaY ZanY GuY)

10 Neptune qualifies partly as not being the same (7) UNEQUAL (T)
13 Agreed on a mixed drink (9) ORANGEADE (AGREED ON A)* Deja Vu looking at 17D here
14 Man consuming right seafood (5) PRAWN (PAWN outside R)
15 Indeed, one thousand spit (4) YESK (YES + K)
16 The act of waiters not doing their job (10) DISSERVICE (CD)
19 Too far on the circus tent (4-3-3) OVER, THE, TOP (OVER + THE + TOP)
21 Cleaning with hearth powder (4) WASH (W + ASH)
24 Agent returns to see the Italian in danger (5) PERIL (REP<= + IL)
25 Twice knock out zebra's head - hide cruelly in kerala town (9) KOZHIKODE (KO + KO + Z + HIDE)*
26 I will take up one City Improvement Trust that is unlawful (7) ILLICIT (I'LL + I + C.I.T)
27 Ran back to fight for contract (6) NARROW (RAN<= + ROW)
28 Wise men in imagination (4) MAGI (T)
29 Mad party with ol' friend (8) DOOLALLY (DO + OL + ALLY)

DOWN
2 A New Yorker's initial methods, irregardless (7) ANYWAYS (A NY + WAYS)
3  ``... all the -- of their life/ Is bound in shallows and miseries'' (Julius Caesar) (6) VOYAGE (GK)
4 Tasmanian tiger wallowing in the clay (9) THYLACINE (IN THE CLAY)*

5 Gush once with due preparation (5) EXUDE (EX + DUE*)
7 Main disaster from aunts: I'm upset (7) TSUNAMI (AUNTS I'M)*
8 Rest shown by these differently in financial statement (7,5) BALANCE,SHEET (BALANCE + THESE*)
11 Send out pro with love for English (6) EXPORT (EXPeRT with O for E)
12 Ply him with promos variously appearing in many forms (12) POLYMORPHISM (PLY HIM PROMOS)*
17 Such a note is forced - So, Franz, do differently (9) SFORZANDO  (SO FRANZ DO)*
18 Such characters aren't upright (6) ITALIC (CD)
20 Sound filter (7) EARPLUG (CD)
22 Cut much in old type of salamander (7) AXOLOTL (AX + LOT inside OL')

23 Riser wanders over a mountain range (6) SIERRA (RISER* + A)
25 Travel pack journalist passed illegally (5) KITED (KIT + ED)

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No 10579, Thursday 27 Sep 12, Gridman

Hats off to GM for putting in the suggested words.

ACROSS

1   - Taking away a bishop’s religious pamphlet, leader withdraws (11) - ABSTRACTION {A}{B'S}{TRACT}{1ON<- br="br">

9   - Operating system or add-in reconfigured (7) - ANDROID*

10 - Create a stir with it in a portal (7) - AGITATE {A}{G{IT}ATE}

11 - Night locale: land __ __ (2,3) - OF NOD [CD]

12 - Copy: “Don’t begin an act of restricting” (9) - IMITATION lIMITATION

13 - Fired up to vent rage after advent of enemy (5) - EAGER {E}{RAGE*}

15 - Imitations of two notes and shouts (9) - MIMICRIES {MI}{MI}{CRIES}

18 - A transmission technique that woman blacklisted, we hear (9) - BROADBAND {BROAD}{BAND}(~banned)

21 - He admits that he does not have to pay rent (5) - OWNER [DD]

22 - Gloomy warning beginning to harm radio technology (9) - BLUETOOTH {BLUE}{TOOT}{H}

24 - Rogue at first is in dirty film: “State of Confusion” (5) - SCRUM {SC{R}UM}

26 - Composers break off team, Sir (7) - MAESTRI*

27 - See old Indian coin following bits of special archaeology in tract (7) - SAVANNA {S}{A}{V}{ANNA}

28 - I freelanced excitedly in a region of Hollande’s nation (3,2,6) - ILE DE FRANCE*

DOWN

1   - Towel baba suffering in a weak state (2,1,3,3) - AT A LOW EBB*

2   - Litter French town (5) - SEDAN [DD]

3   - Got more from the manufacturer as doer erred badly (9) - REORDERED*

4   - Bad guy quiet about one element (7) - CADMIUM {CAD}{M{I}UM}

5   - One magazine is beginning moderation of a school of poetry (7) - IMAGISM {I}{MAG}{IS}{M}

6   - Foreign currency confused Raina (5) - NAIRA*

7   - Where a batsman is when he is not “in” (8) - PAVILION [CD]

8   - College administrator in Erode annoyed (4) - DEAN [T]

14 - See ugly bulges around little balls (8) - GLOBULES {G{LO}BULES*}

16 - Pass through X with six deliveries (5,4) - CROSS OVER {CROSS} {OVER}

17 - Dust-up in practice game (9) - SCRIMMAGE [DD]

19 - A boy is finally beginning exercise to spray finely (7) - ATOMISE {A}{TOM}{IS}{E}

20 - Shied away; church is to open (7) - DEHISCE {SHIED*}{CE}

22 - Blow to faculty? (4) - BUMP [DD]

23 - A word of contempt is thrown back by tribal (5) - TUTSI {TUT}{SI<->

25 - Arrest places national in wrecked condition (3,2) - RUN IN {RU{N} IN}

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No 10578, Wednesday 26 Sep 12, Gridman

Todays CW, as delightful as ever. Following Bhavan's colour code for the wish list words. GM's taken me to France today.

ACROSS

1   - The French tour that is a must in sight-seeing (6,5) - EIFFEL TOWER [GK]

9   - U.N. techy makes Indian relish (7) - CHUTNEY*

10 - Brochure from the French to process a felt (7) - LEAFLET {LE}{A}{FELT*}

11 - What an addict may need in getting rid of core habits (5) - REHAB [T]

12 - Trumpet a bit hoarsely a few are attractive (9) - TOOTHSOME {TOOT}{H}{SOME}

13 - Language team accepts artist’s question (5) - IRAQI {1{RA}{Q}1}

15 - Finally plan for moderate renewal of cathedral (5,4) - NOTRE DAME {N}{OTRE DAME*}

18 - Monstrous guise ogre ripped off (9) - EGREGIOUS*

21 - The first medical officer is a lazy type (5) - DRONE {DR}{ONE}

22 - A couple more/Than a score (6-3) - TWENTY-TWO [CD]

24 - Irritable film director races in (5) - RATTY {RA{TT}Y}

26 - Carefully nursed a male ballet dancer (7) - DANSEUR*

27 - Bird in paperback? (7) - PENGUIN [DD]

28 - An avatar is such a reasonable being (4-2-5) - DOWN-TO-EARTH [DD]

DOWN

1   - Trip not on! Old hand has no time to be rambling! (9) - EXCURSIVE {EXCURSIon}{VEt}

2   - Female green and loaded (5) - FLUSH {F}{LUSH}

3   - None flashing gaudy jewellery. It’s glorifying! (9) - ENNOBLING {NONE*}{BLING}

4   - A fitting suggestion in a readymade clothes store (3,2,2) - TRY IT ON [CD]

5   - A movement through exit in disapproval (7) - WALKOUT [CD]

6   - Succeed in handing out a piece of roti to everybody (5) - REACH {R}{EACH}

7   - Do reload what could be a gold mine (2,6) - EL DORADO*

8   - Small, yet troublesome complaint (4) - STYE {S}{YET*}

14 - Yielding to a hail without a bit of trepidation (8) - AGREEING {A}{GREEtING}

16 - Last to succeed in such a test (9) - ENDURANCE [DD]

17  - __ __ of 12 go to make a foot (5,4) - EVERY INCH [CD]

19 - Get too big for old, limited undergarment and G-string (7) - OUTGROW {O}{UndergarmenT}{G}{ROW}

20 - Opt to stray into restricted field event (4,3) - SHOT PUT {SH{OT P*}UT}

22 - Ocean movement causes some fetid emotion (4) - TIDE [T]

23 - Way things are going, conclusion will be after a couple of trials (5) - TREND {TRials}{END}

25 - Tamils’ top repenter is more faithful (5) - TRUER {T}{RUER}

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No.10577, Tuesday 25 Sep 12, Gridman

I suspect in this run most if not all puzzles from Gridman will contain words that were suggested here in the blog. Quite a few clues to like here including 14A, 17A, 25A, 6D, 16D, 18D and 22D, but my CoD is 5A

ACROSS

1 Note Tamil brother's kinsman returning marijuana (8) CANNABIS (C + ANNA + BIS<=)

5 Unsettled one? (6) DEBTOR (CD)

9 Plaintive like a Gray's poem (7) ELEGIAC (DD)

10 Transport Officer paces around with boot reinforcements (7) TOECAPS (TO + PACES*)

11 Disease of smoker in hotel, with zone abused initially (9) INFLUENZA (FLUE inside INN + Z + A)

12 It moves back and forth (5) ROTOR (<=>)

13 Don't begin work - yard is lubed up (4) OILY (tOIL + Y)

14 X - part of a sentence - here (9) CROSSWORD (CROSS + WORD)

CLUELESS

17 Advice to a plagiarist to do the job properly? Not exactly! (9) COPYRIGHT (CD)

19 Examine the southern prison (4) SCAN (S + CAN)

23 From such indubitable sources springs the supporter of a religion (5) HINDU (T)

24 Off-the-cuff admission by early arrival to union leader (9) IMPROMPTU (I'M PROMPT + U)

25 Four collect way-out anecdotes on art objects (7) IVORIES (IV + stORIES)

26 Exalt English names, with fifty figuring in a British honour (7) ENNOBLE (E + NN + L inside OBE)

27 Friend's attempt is insignificant (6) PALTRY (PAL + TRY)

28 Track officials on first courses? (8) STARTERS (DD)

DOWN

1 One expecting payment from old Indian leader and journalist (8) CREDITOR (CR + EDITOR)

2 Required // part of a Stephen King title (7) NEEDFUL (DD)

3 A muni's shed bad blood (6) ANIMUS (A MUNI'S)*

4 Intrigues icon by spreading absurdities (13) INCONGRUITIES (INTRIGUES ICON)*

6 It takes pluck to remove them: they may be pencilled in (8) EYEBROWS (DCD)

7 Time to exchange cart or another vehicle (7) TRACTOR (T + CART* + OR)

8 Others go around alternative holiday spot (6) RESORT (REST outside OR)

10 Hasn't sent prim orders for moving goods from one transport to another (13) TRANSSHIPMENT (HASN'T SENT PRIM)*

15 More sweet Greek character caught in disturbed Surrey (8) SYRUPIER (PI inside SURREY*)

16 Rudeness put out those who need software manuals (3,5) END,USERS (RUDENESS)*

18 Admit to rewriting a log: it's not in a soccer team's interest (3,4) OWN, GOAL (OWN + A LOG*)

SELF DEFEAT

20 Wire includes father as being up to the task (7) CAPABLE (CABLE outside PA)

21 Small person mum and terribly prim (6) SHRIMP (SH + PRIM*)

22 Inquest official loses nothing in bad situation (6) CORNER (CORoNER)

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List of words suggested here in the blog:

Krishnan	Android, Bluetooth, Broadband
Colonel	Masala Dosa, Sambar, Chutney
Barbadkatte	Abstraction, Encapsulation, Polymorphism, Inheritance
The Weirdo	Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame
Ajeesh	Parvathy, Mesencephalon, Kozhikode
Kathir	Agile, Self-Organised, Scrum
Padmanabhan	Copyright, Catalyst, Doctor
CA Prasad	Debtor, Creditor, Balance Sheet
D Srinivasan	Impromptu, Down to Earth, Hallucination
Rengaswamy	Hindu, Crossword, Corner
S	Prerogative, Pavilion, String Orchestra
Barbadkatte	Medula Oblongata, Zugzwang, Doolally

No 10576, Monday 24 Sep 12, Gridman

My choices in the CW today, thanks Gridman, but too many CD's for my liking.

ACROSS

1   - Get rid of the girl’s scrap (8) - DISPATCH {DI'S}{PATCH}

5   - America’s Uncle to stop spicy liquid dish (6) - SAMBAR {SAM}{BAR}

9   - Pity co-ed working to prepare matter for publication (8) - COPYEDIT*

10 - Tell others to sell directly (6) - RETAIL [CD] (Addendum - [DD] - See comments)

12 - Sole loony runs without a hoop (4) - ONLY LOoNY*

13 - Scholar loads as a cooked spicy dish is here (6,4) - MASALA DOSA {MA}{SALA DOSA*}

15 - It is hard: We want to hear from you, apparently (6) - CALLUS (~call us)

17 - Fairy begins looking for danger (5) - PERIL {PERI}{L}

20 - Fellow, try to get the fruit (5) - MANGO {MAN}{GO}

21 - Result-oriented city (6) - ULSTER*

24 - Stress gran is devious enough to break law (10) - TRANSGRESS*

27 - Release without charge (4) - FREE [DD]

29 - Almost thirst for a short time to get neckwear (6) - CRAVAT {CRAVe}{A}{T}

30 - Pet pundit doesn’t have an agent that precipitates action (8) - CATALYST {CAT}{anALYST}

31 - Catch the woman below (6) - NETHER {NET}{HER}

32 - Building for English soldiers occupying temporary accommodation (8) - TENEMENT {T{E}{MEN}ENT}

DOWN

1   - No, for one, to a movie buff (6) - DOCTOR [CD]

2   - Arm with flexibility? (6) - SUPPLY [DD]

3   - Region of the Far East (4) - AREA [T]

4   - Some search in Arikamedu for pottery (5) - CHINA [T]

6   - Near a dilapidated structure for sports (5) - ARENA*

7   - Coat of arms in brilliant display (8) - BLAZONRY [DD]

8   - Right, the priest’s clever and trustworthy (8) - RELIABLE {R}{ELI}{ABLE}

11 - Black currant cordial for accountant’s relative (6) - CASSIS {CA'S}{SIS}

14 - Henry, there’s nothing to the charismatic glow (4) - HALO {HAL}{O}

16 - See a kind of ray on Paris museum (6) - LOUVRE {LO}{UV}{RE}

17 - Quarry’s loud appeal (4) - PREY (~pray}

18 - It represents a person’s mood virtually (8) - EMOTICON [CD]

19 - An inspiring aid to a patient with URTI (8) - INHALANT [CD]

22 - Not beginning largely obscure diamond-shaped pattern (6) - ARGYLE lARGELY*

23 - Set of six disjointed texts put around leading educationist (6) - SEXTET {SEXT{E}T*}

25 - Hell to move son ahead in sunless spot (5) - SHADE (+s)SHADE(-s)

26 - It causes redness to quiet girl (5) - SHAME {SH}{AME}

28 - Fickle person’s conceited, it’s said (4) - FAKE [DD?] (Addendum - VANE (~vain) - See comments)

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No 2705, Sunday 23 Sep 12

ACROSS
1   - Black, old smuggler's hat (6)  - BOWLER {B}{OWLER}
4   - Bad fire in branch (8)  - OFFSHOOT {OFF}{SHOOT}
10 - Fixation of old boys at meeting (9)  - OBSESSION {OB}{SESSION}
11 - Follow lawsuit involving hospital (5)  - CHASE {C{H}ASE}
12 - By exit, dull submissive type (7)  - DOORMAT {DOOR}{MAT}
13 - Some camphor, aromatic in jar (7)  - AMPHORA [T]

14 - Master let coach horse about (13)  - SCHOOLTEACHER*
17 - What a photographer may use in a nudist colony? (8,5)  - EXPOSURE METER [CD]

21 - Weapon I raise is grabbed by Field Marshal (7)  - FIREARM {F{I}{REAR}M}
22 - Insincere, each person in revue (7)  - SHALLOW {SH{ALL}OW}
24 - A minor prize (5)  - AWARD {A}{WARD}
25 - Suddenly, everyone agreed about Charlie (3,2,4)  - ALL AT ONCE {ALL} {AT ON{C}E}
26 - A typical human being may never, sadly (8)  - EVERYMAN*
27 - Very dry American, one associated with a conspiracy long ago (6)  - BRUTUS {BRUT}{US}
DOWN
1   - Introspective family close to bankruptcy (6)  - BROODY {BROOD}{Y}
2   - Point, riding smashing horse in resort (6-5-4)  - WESTON-SUPER-MARE {WEST}{ON}-{SUPER}-{MARE}
3   - Racecourse record's very good over mile (5)  - EPSOM {EP}{SO}{M}
5   - Sweet affectionate worker (7)  - FONDANT {FOND}{ANT}
6   - Toady, extremely smarmy chap, not replaced (9)  - SYCOPHANT {SmarmY}{CHAP+NOT*}
7   - Flying separately, leader of team, not in touch with reality? (2,7,6)  - ON ANOTHER PLANET {ON ANOTHER PLANE}{T}
8   - A hirsute comic in reference books (8)  - THESAURI*
9   - Writer outside smart empty restaurant (6)  - BISTRO {BI{SmarT}RO}
15 - Farming economy (9)  - HUSBANDRY [E]
16 - Very muscular men may make complaint coming to bar (8)  - BEEFCAKE {BEEF}{CAKE}
18 - Dessert produced by graduate after dance (3,4)  - RUM BABA {RUM BA}{BA} This looks YUMMY!!

19 - 1000 cryptic clues might (6)  - MUSCLE {M}{CLUES*}
20 - Clothes found in River Severn, originally (6)  - TWEEDS {TWEED}{S}
23 - Player in element? Not initially (5) - ACTOR fACTOR

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No 10575, Saturday 22 Sep 12, Gridman

What is Gridman hinting at with his message today?

ACROSS

6   - No doubt about News Editor being dirt remover (7) - CLEANER {CLEA{NE}R}

7   - Make a speech to only half of the voters (5) - ORATE electORATE

9   - Against not one insect (3) - ANT ANTi

10 - They are enlightened demons leaving multidimensional sections (10) - ILLUMINATI MULTIdImensIoNAL*

11 - Decline to iron? (8) - DECREASE [DD]

13 - Research paper of the half-sister (6) - THESIS {THE}{SISter}

15 - Nobody but a religious woman is heard (4) - NONE (~nun)

17 - Edge towards 50 inside (5) - SIDLE {SID{L}E}

18 - Be effusive about gloomy one getting head start (4) - GUSH {GUS}{H} Anno not clear

19 - Add up to a group of hands, we hear (6) - ACCRUE (~a crew)

20 - Deceit in West Indian business on ship (8) - WILINESS {WI}{LINE}{SS}

23 - Tuneful toy (7,3) - MUSICAL BOX [E]

26 - More apt to lose both ends? Feel sorry! (3) - RUE tRUEr

27 - Something sticky in drug and lime concoction (5) - ELEMI {E}{LIME*}

28 - Crook Al breaking rowboat device (7) - OARLOCK*

DOWN

1   - European, with starry eye, properly presented 2011 (10) - YESTERYEAR {E+STARRY+EYE}*

2   - New York tribe gets no idea out (6) - ONEIDA*

3   - River rising in spectacular upper reaches (4) - URAL [T<-]

4   - Moving to remote sleeping unit (8) - ROOMETTE*

5   - Sound alarm about fighting by extreme ruffian (4) - WARN {WAR}{N}

6   - Don’t go on with Central leader’s well-being (5) - CEASE {C}{EASE}

8   - Involves gut to extinguish right (7) - ENTAILS ENTrAILS

12 - Send now without headers the message: “Provide funds” (5) - ENDOW {sEND}{nOW}

14 - Ignore omen manifesting in part of a ship (6,4) - ENGINE ROOM*

16 - Officer Commanding variously clued in to cover a passage (7) - OCCLUDE {OC}{CLUED*}

17 - I, a censor, revised the film script (8) - SCENARIO*

21 - Scholar with great interest losing son for unknown comfort (6) - LUXURY {L}{U(-s+x)XURY}

22 - Trim ship parts from bottom upwards (5) - SLEEK <-

24 - Article I encountered is facing the wrong way (4) - ITEM {I}{TEM<-}

25 - Almost bar allied group (4) - BLOC BLOCk

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No.10574, Friday 21 Sep 12, Sankalak

Sankalak, true to his style, finishes this run with a puzzle that is easy to unravel and enjoyable at the same time. A lot of clues and surfaces to appreciate, especially 22A, 30A, 32A , 2D, 4D, 6D, 9D,23D but my favourite is 20D

ACROSS
1 Business representative to work for agreement (7) COMPACT (CO + MP + ACT)
5 Flaccid alien, one that likes to stick to others (6) LIMPET (LIMP + ET)
11 Nobody goes back after unknown gas (5) XENON (X + NONE<=)
12 Chemical change to produce a toxin, I do suspect (9) OXIDATION (A TOXIN I DO)*
13 Object — to contain impetuous hiding (9) THRASHING (THING outside RASH)
14 Angry deserter held in the centre of pier (5) IRATE (RAT inside pIEr)
15 Name a Turkish chief or an Indian (4) NAGA (N + AGA)
17 Supporter puts paid to great old tales (7) LEGENDS (LEG + ENDS)
21 Cup, seal broken, found in medicine holder (7) CAPSULE (CUP SEAL)*
22 Carriage for child artist in the afternoon (4) PRAM (RA inside PM)
26 Many-headed creature, hardy variety (5) HYDRA (HARDY)*

27 Emotion-packed play in a male dorm fails (9) MELODRAMA (A MALE DORM)*
29 Xerox, say (9) PHOTOSTAT (E)

30 Some Americans visiting Spain casually (5) INCAS (T)
31 Gave a dirty look, making old general flushed (6) LEERED (LEE + RED)
32 Tom the plagiarist? (7) COPYCAT (CD)

DOWN
2 Man with something new, different, in the operating room (5) OWNER (NEW* inside OR)
3 Impose penalty for using force around North India (6) PUNISH (PUSH outside NI)
4 A snack, for one in the kitchen, that is (6) COOKIE (COOK + IE)
6 Head of government in media manoeuvre? That can be visualised (8) IMAGINED (G IN MEDIA)*
7 Play around but also gratify a desire to suppress beginnings of hurtful, immoral longing (9) PHILANDER (PANDER outside H I L)
8 Metal, German article that can be used to light fires (6) TINDER (TIN + DER)

9 Going out is titillating if not caught inside (7) EXITING (EXcITING)
10 Butterfly with a bit of curled hair! (7) RINGLET (DD)

16 Change organised to get imposing (9) GRANDIOSE (ORGANISED)*
18 Look out in flight for a cut of veal (8) ESCALOPE (LO inside ESCAPE)
19 Its change bodes ill for humanity (7) CLIMATE (CD)
20 My bases get shifted for a mission abroad (7) EMBASSY (MY BASES)*
23 Church primate included in honour list initially (6) CHAPEL (APE inside CH, L)
24 Drunken lawyer with a German following (6) BLOTTO (BL + OTTO)
25 A strange thing, not even unknown, about information technology (6) ODDITY (ODD + Y outside IT)
28 A volume by artist in African city (5) ACCRA (A + CC + RA)

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Bharat Bundh Jumbo Special, Wednesday 19 Sep 12, Arden

Here's the special for today and it's a Jumbo from Arden.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  EACH SOLVER CAN SUBMIT 3 ANSWERS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION, WITH ANNOTATIONS OF COURSE.

2.  THE CW WILL REMAIN OPEN TILL TOMORROW SO THAT VISITORS FROM OTHER TIME ZONES CAN ALSO HAVE A CRACK AT IT.

3.  THIS TIME AROUND THE ACROSS LITE VERSION IS BELOW THE GRID AND CLUES.

ACROSS

1   Release before suffering from the bends (13,8)

12 Auto maker had said yes when raided (7)

13 Decent one somehow gets tempted (7)

14 Air India follows call to this destination (5)

15 Note 47 is drowning in drink - make it forever (10)

16 Copies returned to new artist as he wants to break free (10)

18 Set up when associate loses right on return (6)

20 Port worker meets up with protagonist in 'From here to eternity' (7)

21 Plead with a friend to bring in private equity (6)

24 Over at Reuters, may be it is highly valued (8,5)

26 Throw one in a game (7)

28 Maintain standard disregarding time (4)

29 It is important that a girl has the oomph (5)

30 Fish for Jack, perhaps (5)

31 Country gets admitted with a formal introduction (4)

35 Issue when the sea cow's tail goes over its head (7)

36 For one who is so young, well...it is fashionable to know (6,7)

37 Small presence in the excreta of  bears (6)

39 A custodian for waters flowing over Germany (7)

41 Old Roman had clubs and diamonds...or, it was the other way around (6)

44 A technocrat works to keep you dry (6,4)

45 Get remission with a barrel of liquid (10)

48 The one before was headless abalone (5)

49 Attires fashioned thus are the most pretentious (7)

50 Summon the man back, before he finished his meal (7)

51 Play for teams and the awareness will create a steady flow of thought (6,2,13)

DOWN

1   Set of gears resolve a question in mathematics (12,9)

2   She cursed when left out of the ring (5)

3   Month - one as in cross dressing (10)

4   Not good plate to perforate (6)

5   Climbs over kin (7)

6   It is a very small part of the audiotape (4)

7   Clean up war- one explosion could be from this (7,6)

8   Kapil Dev, for example, is partly behind Ian Botham (6)

9   It is a crime to be sleeping with a child (10)

10 Much water has flown out, since Brigette Bardot followed direction over edit (7)

11 With brilliance, refutes radiation monitors (13,8)

17 Faint strokes conquered with inner love (5)

19 She got her seat changed (7)

22 There is support for the returning Indian, who is given a very warm treatment (7)

23 Cancel score (7)

25 Last train can't travel across the pond, as some would say (13)

27 Regularly killed after fight, in a flash (7)

32 Man embraces girl, and a dolly gets a Royal charter (5,5)

33 Fight and cry right inside (5)

34 Free copper left mired in debt? It doesn't make sense (10)

38 A ship gets the flag right away (7)

40 Big bird getting bit old, perhaps it is all mechanical (7)

42 Zero tax on company returns, is on the book size (6)

43 Relinquish because of pride (6)

46 Angry provo meets Lawrence (5)

47 May be some international flyer (4)

Enjoy solving.

No 10573, Thursday 20 Sep 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - The violin in a vocal concert, say (13) - ACCOMPANIMENT [CD]

10 - Flayed, but wrongly, because of someone else’s failure (2,7) - BY DEFAULT*

11 - Body tissue in a thinner version (5) - NERVE [T]

12 - Fuel supplier for hot water facility failing to start (5) - OILER bOILER

13 - Depressed, close family shows mark of royal ancestry (4,5) - BLUE BLOOD {BLUE} {BLOOD}

14 - Cheerful one, angel in another form (6) - GENIAL {GEN{1}AL*}

16 - Weapon with which to argue about English (5) - SPEAR {SP{E}AR}

19 - Like a stinging insect species found in the street (5) - WASPY {WA{SP}Y}

20 - Cake found in the community den (6) - ECLAIR {EC}{LAIR}

25 - Bikini, say, for everyone to put on after start of bash (9) - BEACHWEAR {B}{EACH}{WEAR}

NICE TWO-PIECE

26 - He had a commanding presence on the mountain (5) - MOSES [GK]

27 - Pleasing view for a good man in an Italian road (5) - VISTA {VI{ST}A}

28 - Usually, English learning gets trashed (2,7) - IN GENERAL {E+LEARNING}*

29 - In bad extremity, I develop the ability to use both hands equally (13) - AMBIDEXTERITY*

DOWN

2   - Would a dud cling precariously to some petting? (8) - CUDDLING*

3   - Proposal to give a kind of break to the queen (5) - OFFER {OFF}{ER}

4   - Fully experiences the beginning of bliss in choice jobs (6) - PLUMBS {PLUM{B}S}

5   - Situation in bridge that makes Tom spurn change (2,6) - NO TRUMPS*

6   - White mountain in the French Alps (4,5) - MONT BLANC [GK]

7   - A posh car in these days is limited in scope (6) - NARROW {N{A}{RR}OW}

8   - Rectangular thing that is old, black, extended (6) - OBLONG {O}{B}{LONG}

9   - Yields to decompression sickness (5) - BENDS [DD] Appears in the special in another form.

15 - All India Radio, a disembodied voice? (9) - AKASHVANI [CD]

17 - News agency, small in France, produces a craving (8) - APPETITE {AP}{PETITE}

18 - Classical language for kirtans composed around origin of Shakti (8) - SANSKRIT {SAN{S}KRIT*}

21 - Give a fresh lease of life to worn out shoes? (6) - RESOLE [CD]

22 - At a higher level as seen initially in all brainy, original, virtuous educators (5) - ABOVE {A}{B}{O}{V}{E}

23 - Resinous stuff, a soothing application with appeal (6) - BALSAM {BAL{SA}M}

24 - Born honest and cheerful (6) - BRIGHT {B}{RIGHT}

26 - Rather young and not so important (5) - MINOR [DD]

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