No 10557, Saturday 01 Sep 12, Arden

Arden continues to delight.

ACROSS

1   - What a dictator gets to clean up the system (8,6) - SWEEPING POWERS [CD]

10 - Timeless characteristic of a dish (5) - RAITA {tRAIT}{A}

11 - Bird said to make old man calm (9) - PASSERINE {PA}{SSERINE}(~serene)

12 - Whatever lies below this is mine (7) - PITHEAD [CD]

13 - Doubt the accused (7) - SUSPECT [DD]

14 - Caught by a hand to come up (5) - CLIMB {C}{LIMB}

16 - Sick to find the heart of a Schnauzer on a chair (9) - NAUSEATED {schNAUzer}{SEATED}

19 - Reason Goa could be having such restricted places (2-2,5) - NO-GO AREAS*

20 - It is about free return of a physicist (5) - DIRAC {DIR}{AC} <-

22 - Tile set up second time (7) - TESSERA {TES<-}{S}{ERA}

25 - Sailor in retreat, carrying silent stain (7) - TARNISH {TAR}{NI<-}{SH}

27 - Moving across in a casual shirt party animals have most of the beer (9) - TRAVERSAL {T}{RAVERS}{ALe}

28 - Just having a beginner’s talent (5) - FLAIR {F{L}AIR}

29 - Put one in a bowl before father’s attempts at making some dessert (6,8) - DANISH PASTRIES  {D{AN}ISH} {PA'S}{TRIES} I'm hungry already!!

DOWN

2   - Game fish making some noise (9) - WHISTLING {WHIST}{LING}

3   - Please finally, those who are dead (5) - ELATE {E}{LATE}

4   - Currently it shows total opposition (9) - IMPEDANCE [CD]

5   - Pants to school during intervals (5) - GASPS {GA{S}PS}

6   - With starting price before and after close, shop till you drop (9) - OVERSPEND {OVER}{SP}{END}

7   - The cream among the literati (5) - ELITE [T]

8   - Toiled over three points a boy should follow (7) - SWEATED {S}{W}{E}{A}{TED}

9   - Subject includes the river in a geographical feature (6) - TROPIC {T{R}OPIC}

15 - Jewellery for two, one allows later (9) - BRACELETS {BRACE}{LETS}

17 - Disturbs steel nuts, perhaps (9) - UNSETTLES*

18 - Stop exhibiting most of the fur in the gallery… (9) - TERMINATE {T{ERMINe}ATE}

19 - ….Agree to accommodate gallery as one wrote down the score (7) - NOTATED {NO{TATE}D}

21 - Remain united with the man in the centre (6) - COHERE {CO{HE}RE}

23 - Multiply with a second pledge (5) - SPAWN {S}{PAWN}

24 - One would sit up to hear his tales (5) - AESOP {A}{ESOP<-} &lit

26 - Consult any which way (5) - REFER <->

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