No 10572, Wednesday 19 Sep 12, Sankalak

HAPPY GANESH CHATHURTHI

NOTE

1  A SPECIAL CW ON THE OCCASION OF GANESH CHATHURTHI WILL BE UPLOADED AT 10:30 AM TODAY. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE SAME WILL BE POSTED WITH THE CW.

2.  SINCE THERE WILL BE NO PAPER TOMORROW AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE SO CALLED BHARAT BUNDH A JUMBO SPECIAL WILL BE UPLOADED AT 7 AM TOMORROW. INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE THERE WITH THE CW.

ACROSS

1   - The French nobleman in action made an inference (7) - DEDUCED {DE{DUC}ED}

5   - A bit of prose perhaps, to while away the time (7) - PASSAGE {PASS}{AGE}

9   - A member of the government who would incite tribesman to revolt (7,8) - CABINET MINISTER*

10 - Law, one on performance (6) - ACTION {ACT}{1}{ON}

11 - Endlessly cold, pretty girl — but immature (8) - CHILDISH {CHILl}{DISH}

13 - Once a collier, say, now he sets tests for students (8) - EXAMINER {EX}{A}{MINER}

15 - Reddish brown colour gives a bit of unusual glow (6) - AUBURN {A}{U}{BURN}

18 - High praise for guy getting involved with Leo (6) - EULOGY {GUY+LEO}*

19 - Helping in crime is a gamble people start taking (8) - ABETMENT {A}{BET}{MEN}{T}

22 - Indian army deployed around the large island where a Bonaparte ended his days (2,6) - ST HELENA {S{T HE}{L}ENA}

24 - Creature, little devil in the manner of an antelope (6) - IMPALA {IMP}{A'LA}

27 - Loaded with weaponry, destroyed the tattered home (5,2,3,5) - ARMED TO THE TEETH*

28 - Editor holding a gun in a part of London (4,3) - EAST END {E{A}{ST EN}D}

29 - Mark of a pause in writing by new democrat shows order (7) - COMMAND {COMMA}{N}{D}

DOWN

1   - Give orders to test acid afresh, removing sulphur (7) - DICTATE {TEsT+ACID}*

2   - First appearance of union leader sunk in borrowings (5) - DEBUT {DEB{U}T}

3   - Overlooking a swindle by lecturer in origin of genetics (9) - CONDONING {CON}{DON}{IN}{G}

4   - What one ought to do for tax (4) - DUTY [DD]

5   - Danger posed by parking lamp (6) - PLIGHT {P}{LIGHT}

6   - Small bit of medicine that can light a fire (5) - SPILL {S}{PILL}

7   - Feature of a word of praise about tenor (9) - ATTRIBUTE {A}{T{T}RIBUTE}

8   - Made of clay, new heater crumbled (7) - EARTHEN {N+HEATER}*

12 - Teacher’s qualification for a place to rest (3) - BED {B.Ed}

14 - Humble salt, lacking energy, turns clumsy (3,6) - ALL THUMBS {HUMBLe SALT}*

16 - The final terms — agree, or else … (9) - ULTIMATUM [CD]

17 - British honour accepted by Bob ever so gratefully (1,1,1) - OBE [T]

18 - Direction to hold a Russian, say and make him a vassal (7) - ENSLAVE {EN{SLAV}E}

20 - With rising skill, outbuilding is vandalised (7) - TRASHED {TRA<-}{SHED}

21 - Temporarily suspended over the cargo storage area (2,4) - ON HOLD {ON} {HOLD}

23 - The French have a measure for volume — a big spoon (5) - LADLE {L{A}{DL}E}

25 - Popular Indian nut! (5) - ARECA [GK]

26 - Stylish greeting in a carbon copy (4) - CHIC {C{HI}C}

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