No 10607, Wednesday 31 Oct 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   Left section, indeed (8) DEPARTED {DE{PART}ED}

6   Let hustler emerge in this manner (4) THUS [T]

9   Composer, moreover, goes through almost unbearable experience (6) HANDEL {H{AND}ELl}

10 Car leaves court of law: there’s stampede and efflux (7) OUTFLOW {cOUrT OF LaW}*

13 Advancing in years and faring well (7,2) GETTING ON [DD]

14 A party to bring shame (5) ABASH {A}{BASH}

15 Evildoer withdraws attempt on engineer (4) OGRE {OG<=}{RE}

16 On these many deals take place (4,6) CARD TABLES [CD]

19 Make waves with one ensconced in novel U.S. car seat (5,1,4) CAUSE A STIR {CAUSE A ST{1}R*}

21 Small jokester’s swaying movement (4) SWAG {S}{WAG}

24 Leader recalls publicity material on area near Delhi (5) NOIDA {NO1}{DA<=}

25 He always looks at the empty half of the glass (9) PESSIMIST [CD]

26 Lifts right out of shattered fireside (7) EDIFIES FIrESIDE*

27 Officer Commanding and copper, extremely prissy, take possession (6) OCCUPY {OC}{CU}{PrissY}

28 Abound in proper comeback (4) TEEM <=

29 A chatty relation (8) ANECDOTE [CD]

DOWN

2   One who demands a description of former thespian (7) EXACTOR {EX}{ACTOR}

3   Takes into consideration a money instrument by mistake (4,2) ADDS IN {A}{DD}{S IN}

4   Meg alters contrived messages of old (9) TELEGRAMS*

5   Soak right into this set of clues (5) DROWN {D{R}OWN}

7   Bag, worn-out, kept in room (7) HOLDALL {H{OLD}ALL}

8   What the tourists did with their eyes (3,3,6) SAW THE SIGHTS [CD]

11 Beat horribly? A good refreshment item is here! (6) TEABAG {BEAT*}{A}{G}

12 That is when one is old enough to get it off (3,2,7) AGE OF CONSENT [CD]

17 Stalactite or stalagmite? Portends I will have it uncovered (9) DRIPSTONE*

18 Plane crashes on one national (6) NEPALI {PLANE*}{I}

20 Til Sue and I managed to put to good purpose (7) UTILISE {TIL+SUE+I}*

22 Woman swinging with favourite dog (7) WHIPPET {W}{HIP}{PET}

23 See, I said: not adult but child is sticky (6) VISCID {V}{I}{S(-a+c)CID}

25 Beyond taking a dish from Italy (5) PASTA {PAST}{A}

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No.10606, Tuesday 30 Oct 12, Gridman

Quite a few clues with good surfaces and cryptic elements 9A, 10A,13A, 22A, 26A, 2D, 6D,7D, 22D, 25D but I liked 28A the most. Also a rather high on E/CDs puzzle. Colonel might be glad it is not his turn :)

ACROSS
1 Await officer’s opening harangue — it may make you spit out (11) EXPECTORANT (EXPECT + O + RANT)
9 Petition on search (7) REQUEST (RE + QUEST)
10 Top gear the rain destroyed (7) HAIRNET (THE RAIN)*

11 Solve this and you’ve really dug! (3,2) ATE,UP (CD)
12 When you put this in, it’s done! (9) COMPLETED (CD) Done = completed, don't see what the first half is hinting at.
13 A Cockney drops it in speech (5) AITCH (E)
15 Accommodation model gent got redesigned (9) LODGEMENT (MODEL GENT)*
18 What bus conductors expect passengers to tender (5,4) EXACT,FARE (E)
21 The man pitches tar in central part (5) HEART (HE + TAR*)
22 Despot’s poor treatment grips part of media (9) OPPRESSOR (POOR* outside PRESS)
24 Encountered returning officer in city (5) METRO (MET + OR<=) Officer and OR?
26 Head of clan — he must be going to get butcher’s knife (7) CLEAVER (C + LEAVER)

27 Expel broker with hidden vessel (4,3) TURN,OUT (TOUT outside URN)
28 It illuminates acres spread over principally hazy land (11) SEARCHLIGHT (ACRES* + H + LIGHT)

DOWN
1 If you do, you become famous — not that you get another handle (4,1,4) EARN,A,NAME (CD)
2 Ill-feeling when game is not finished (5) PIQUE (PIQUEt)
3 Revolutionary’s posh! At variance, makes an unsporting verbal attack (5,4) CHEAP,SHOT (CHE + POST AT*)
4 The kind of illusion // that is of all one’s eye (7) OPTICAL (DD)

5 A mother locked up in a storage building is conscience-stricken (7) ASHAMED (A + MA<= inside SHED)
6 Curly figure writ roughly by learner (5) TWIRL (WRIT* + L)
7 Three articles by the scholar causes abhorrence (8) ANATHEMA (AN + A + THE + MA)
8 Boss to consider leaving out the unknown (4) STUD (STUDy)
14 Every other star’s more buxom — not one to tiptoe (8) TRAMPLER (sTar + AMPLER)
16 A helper madly embraces Gridman — it’s short-lived! (9) EPHEMERAL (A HELPER* outside ME)
17 A retaliator’s vengeful move (3,3,3) TIT,FOR,TAT (E)
19 Fool to exalt open kingdom of old (7) ASSYRIA (ASS + AIRY<=)
20 Having no regular course, the man goes round pest (7) ERRATIC (ERIC outside RAT)
22 Concerning church in olden days (4) ONCE (ON + CE)
23 Roofing features women announced (5) EAVES (~EVES)

25 Skimpy item — if royal gets into it, there will be a crowd (5) THONG (THrONG)

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No 10605, Monday 29 Oct 12, Gridman

Off to the Haberdashers with Gridman today.

Starred clues are undefined but they belong to the same category

ACROSS

1* Fragrance relating to the mouth (8) BALMORAL {BALM}{ORAL}

5* Restrict one article (6) BANIAN {BAN}{1}{AN}

9   Bubble makers are turning over altered rotas (8) AERATORS {A{ERA<=}ATORS*}

10 Shabby old garment has label on (6) RAGTAG {RAG}{TAG}

12 Everyone individually would, to a T, instruct (4) EACH tEACH

13 Take note: beast sheds pounds to get publicity (10) ANIMADVERT {ANIMal}{ADVERT} Pounds and 'AL'?

15 Girl discarded medals (6) DAMSEL*

17 Unsteady gait by ace in subarctic ecosystem (5) TAIGA {GAIT*}{A}

20 Time with one seductive woman (5) HOURI {HOUR}{I}

21 Quit — or not quit? (6) RESIGN {RE}{SIGN}

24 One who goes after a pride? (10) LIONHUNTER [CD]

27 Individuals heard in the bygone days (4) ONCE (~ones)

29 Sarcastic piece — one’s no good (6) BITING {BIT}{1}{NG}

30 They have sweeping powers in a building (8) JANITORS [CD]

31* Little Augustus’s established (6) GUSSET {GUS}{SET}

32 Others not hard — relax! (4,4) REST EASY {REST} {EASY}

DOWN

1* Burmese leader more indolent, without a bit of initiative (6)  BLAZER {B}{LAZiER}

2* Trembling Carol hugs one (6) LORICA {LOR{1}CA*}

3   Having knowledge of boy leaving Canadian city (4) ONTO torONTO 'Tor' and boy?

4* One short month, in operation (5) APRON {APR}{ON}

6 Judicial sentence on a minor (5) AWARD {A}{WARD}

7 I had admitted Pinter presentation is courageous (8) INTREPID {I'{PINTER*}D}

8* Time to pull up Provincial Armed Constabulary? (8) NIGHTCAP {NIGHT}{CAP<=}

11* Direction to where shopping can be done (6) SMALLS {S}{MALLS}

14* Appeal on a harsh kind of punishment (4) SARI {SA}{RI}

16* It’s wrong to take top off (6) SARONG {SA}{wRONG}

17* To Agra, regularly (4) TOGA {TO}{aGrA}

18* British VIP’s endless request (8) PHILIBEG {PHILIp}{BEG}

19* Copper has much to set about (8) CULOTTES {CU}{LOT}{TES<=}

22* Side changed in southern African country (6) ANGORA ANGO(-l+r)RA

23* Judge hesitant to return approval (6) JERSEY {J}{ER}{SEY<=}

25 Part of door? Something else! (5) HINGE [DD] (Correction - [T])

26 Lift up the Orient behind (5) ELATE {E}{LATE}

28 Don’t like to hold back Scot’s outfit (4) KILT [T<=]

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Special, Sunday 28 Oct 12, Buzzer

Enjoy the Sunday special for today from Buzzer.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  3 answers per commenter in the comments section.

2.  Annotations to be provided.

3.  Acrosslite version is also given below.

This puzzle appeared first in the March 2012 edition of the Australian Crossword Club’s crOZworld magazine

Going Bananas by Buzzer

A dozen answers are all alike and not defined further. The rest of the clues are normal.

Across

1    Inn had pastramis cooked (7,8)

9    Notice stain and point (4)

10  Bull ranch right away turned into a charity organization (5)

11  Periodically connected in times past (4)

12  Mark 2 (5)

13  Drunk with love say in a way (2,2,5)

16  Witty remark coming from English farm animals (7)

18  Sister perhaps, after losing a pound of fat (7)

19  Glib talker's polished replies (7)

20  Depths of ebbing sea covered by ship (7)

22  Every disciple adopted one to two masters (9)

23  Time out for maiden in ballroom dance (5)

26  Casanova is a beast? (4)

28  Flying solo, easy at first for the unrestrained (5)

29  Little Sparrow seen in Olympia Fields (4)

30  Trouble in pairing receiver (8,7)

Down

2    Paris and Prague are western capitals (5)

3    Zero overhead vacuum? (11)

4    Broadcast at a snail's pace (4)

5    Non-stick material somehow felt by touching (6)

6    Bum gets kicked in a second? Huge nonsense (5,5)

7    Tailless bird is native to Australia (3)

8    React excitedly getting into a TV channel (9)

14  Scottish tobacco stem, seed and drug - important around Portugal (4-7)

15  Large worm-eaten building (10)

17  Pizza topping made of capsicum and three pieces of onion (9)

21  Revolutionary work , half a painting of the goddess of the undefined (6)

24  Good music? Essentially yes (5)

25  Couple on the telephone (4)

       27  Caught in the middle of catfights (3)

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No 2710, Sunday 28 Oct 12

ACROSS
1   - Song from doctor about a city, Latvia's capital (8)  - MADRIGAL {M{A}D}{RIGA}{L}
5   - Stabbed, king by fiend abroad (6)  - KNIFED {K}{FIEND*}
9   - Reasonable grounds, mostly (8)  - RATIONAL RATIONALe
10 - Figure outside broadcast's lengthy (6)  - OBLONG {O}{B}{LONG}
12 - One showing endurance during adversity, coming from Barbados to Iceland (5)  - STOIC [T]
13 - Old Hebrew king back in one place where something important happened (9)  - ISRAELITE {1}{S{RAEL<-}ITE}
14 - Fanatical propagandist, powerful energetic type possessing charm (3,9)  - HOT GOSPELLER {HOT} {GO{SPELL}ER}
18 - Rude lesbians in resort, they're not wanted (12)  - UNDESIRABLES*
21 - Collar man, criminal from Palma, perhaps (9)  - MALLORCAN*
23 - Cap removed from toy gun (5)  - RIFLE tRIFLE
24 - Cultivating endless fruit (6)  - RAISIN RAISINg
25 - Has treated unseasoned leather (8)  - SHAGREEN {HAS*}{GREEN}

26 - Want the Parisian to show pointer on dial (6)  - NEEDLE {NEED}{LE}
27 - Note making one irritable? Not quite (8)  - CROTCHET CROTCHETy
DOWN
1   - Gloomy, seaman on board again (6)  - MOROSE {MOR{OS}E}
2   - New red-top, unwelcome (2,4)  - DE TROP*
3   - Golf club's bridge award (4,5)  - IRON CROSS {IRON} {CROSS}

4   - Fantastic poise delivering song (7,5)  - AMAZING GRACE {AMAZING} {GRACE}

6   - Magnificent old British coin (5)  - NOBLE [DD]
7   - Following many in a bad way, a number of small ships (8)  - FLOTILLA {F}{LOT}{ILL}{A}
8   - Foolish constable found in dreadful bog in NI district (8)  - DOGBERRY {D{BOG*}ERRY}
11 - Independent MP may be more angry about judges (12)  - CROSSBENCHER {CROSS{BENCH}ER}
15 - Look at promising plant (9)  - EYEBRIGHT {EYE}{BRIGHT}

16 - Fool on ladder in rehearsal (5,3)  - DUMMY RUN {DUMMY}{RUN}
17 - Queen led over, following a deputy (8)  - ADELAIDE {A}{DEL<-}{AIDE}
19 - Far out, she floundered again (6)  - AFRESH {FAR*}{SHE*}
20 - Note about substance used for curdling (6)  - RENNET <-
22 - Rebuilt Loire college (5) - ORIEL*

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No 10604, Saturday 27 Oct 12, Sankalak

Another week of bliss with Gridman from Monday.

ACROSS

1   - Disguise at one time in American state (7) - CONCEAL {C{ONCE}AL}

5   - Please extend approval after end of waiting (7) - GRATIFY {G}{RATIFY}

10 - British queen accepts vessel as a kitchen aid (6) - BURNER {B}{URN}{ER}

11 - Tools to tackle nuts (8) - SPANNERS [E]

12 - Torn garter found in attic room (6) - GARRET*

13 - Lymph glands — a pair that helps to contain malformed node (8) - ADENOIDS {A{NODE*}IDS}

14 - Plants, large, patterned with bloomers (6) - FLORAL {FLORA}{L}

15 - Sausage with which to greet one, say (6) - SALAMI {SALAM}{I}

18 - The sense in buying goods from abroad (6) - IMPORT [DD]

20 - Garment put back in young Nora’s wardrobe (6) - SARONG [T<=]

23 - Bibliophile — but not really destructive of what he reads (8) - BOOKWORM [DD]

25 - What the bouncer may do to expel a lawyer? (6) - DISBAR [CD]

26 - Club, one carried by strong, brave man for a drink (8) - LIBATION {L{1}{BAT}ION} (Correction - {LI{BAT}{1}ON} - See comments)

27 - From a port, so melodious a piece of music (6) - ARIOSO {A}{RIO}{SO}

28 - A shrub to provide warmth to the girl (7) - HEATHER {HEAT}{HER}

29 - TV shows, did you say, for breakfast? (7) - CEREALS(~serials)

DOWN

2   - Copper in oral confusion about the eye (6) - OCULAR {O{CU}LAR*}

3   - Voice of a guerilla lieutenant close to soprano (9) - CONTRALTO {CONTRA}{LT}{O}

4   - Irate Rao, agitated, dumps one soda maker (7) - AERATOR {iRATE+RAO}*

6   - Learning books for those who use them (7) - READERS [CD]

7   - Dance of the reserves, a group of people who serve (5) - TANGO {TA}{NGO}

8   - An explosive mixture to reduce enthusiasm! (8) - FIREDAMP {FIRE}{DAMP}

9   - Set up people close to retirement in a public institution (13) - ESTABLISHMENT {ESTABLISH}{MEN}{T}

16 - I’d send all around to get a big win at the polls (9) - LANDSLIDE*

17 - Fossil creature provides ammunition over darkness, we hear (8) - AMMONITE {AMMO}{NITE}(~night)

19 - Twice cut short? Swindle! (3-4) - TWO-TIME {TWO TIMEs}

21 - Spread charge about rejected help (7) - RADIATE {RA{DIA<=}TE}

22 - A serf portrayed in canvas saliently (6) - VASSAL [T]

24 - Packing paper used by British fliers in kilotonnes (5) - KRAFT {K{RAF}T}

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No.10603, Friday 26 Oct 12, Sankalak

ACROSS
1 January, for one (8,5) CALENDAR, MONTH (E)
10 Catholic English king looked to be having unobstructed vision (5-4) CLEAR-EYED (C + LEAR + EYED)11 A tale about coir, say (5) FIBRE (FIB + RE)
12 Grown up boy lost head last month (5) ADULT (lAD + ULT)
13 Such friends as may take flight (9) FEATHERED (CD)
14 Leaving out royalty in a short passage from a book (6) ESTOPS ? Anno pending EXCEPT (EXCErPT) See comments
16 Salt kept by artist in wooden container (5) BORAX (RA inside BOX)
19 Condiment bottle found in French street in U.S. state (5) CRUET (RUE inside ConnecticuT)

20 Adornment with British honour, two rings included (6) BROOCH (O-O inside BR + CH)
25 Marine creatures that NASA seeks to reform (3,6) SEA,SNAKES (NASA SEEKS)*
26 Hardened pastry with a bit of demerara (5) CAKED (CAKE + D)
27 They accommodate future children (5) UTERI (CD)
28 Two aliens, quiet, trained in proper behaviour (9) ETIQUETTE (ET + ET + QUIET)*
29 Repository of ideas gets six British tongues go wagging (10,3) SUGGESTION,BOX (SIX B TONGUES GO)*

DOWN
2 It is enough to have competence (8) ADEQUATE  ADEQUACY (DD) See comments
3 Bird, for example, seen over the centre of Crete (5) EGRET (EG + cRETe)

4 24 hours with nothing to do? (3,3) DAY,OFF (CD)
5 It transfers heat from aspiring abstainers involved in torrid arrangement (8) RADIATOR (AA + TORRID)*
6 Not broadcasting because of a fear of hit, perhaps (3,3,3) OFF,THE,AIR (FEAR OF HIT)*
7 A tunic, thanks to the playwright (6) TABARD (TA + BARD)
8 Hydrocarbon associated with a number in gasoline (6) OCTANE (E)
9 Composer of some clever distinguished works (5) VERDI (T)
15 Father hiring out for bringing up children (9) PARENTING (PA + RENTING)
17 Irresponsible one leaving feels sick, disoriented (8) FECKLESS (FEELS SiCK)*
18 Parrot or fowl, a tad tasty, with two eggs (8) COCKATOO (COCK + A+ T + OO)

21 Concealed, secret meeting place, kept out of sight (6) HIDDEN (HID + DEN)
22 Consume as you drink, say (3,2) USE,UP (~YOU SUP)
23 Cake — a barrier to the French (6) GATEAU (GATE + AU)
24 Real class is inherent here in a saint’s birthplace (6) ASSISI (T)
26 Cold, hard metal container, one for making butter (5) CHURN (C + H + URN)

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No10602, Thursday 25 Oct 12, Sankalak

So the 'A' was added to prevent confusion in todays paper, the solution shown in the online edition is for 10601 and not the A version.

ACROSS

1   - Bituminous stuff makes snake stop (7) - ASPHALT {ASP}{HALT}

5   - Conservative journalist, receiving extension, rose up (7) - CLIMBED {C}{LIMB}{ED}

9   - Pretend not to see ole toothy hawker dissembling (4,3,5,3) - LOOK THE OTHER WAY*

10 - Antelope in Korea carries busy creature back (6) - REEBOK {R{EEB}OK}<=

11 - One that throbs can stop a URL working (8) - PULSATOR*

13 - Extend one leg somehow to trap a team leader (8) - ELONGATE {ELONG{A}{T}E*}

15 - Bit of bad luck makes girl lose a point and not quite happy (6) - MISHAP {MISs}{HAPpy}

18 - Wanting more and more grass in the outskirts of Germany (6) - GREEDY {Germ{REED}anY}

19 - Waiter, say, a bit timid and kind-hearted (8) - ATTENDER {A}{T}{TENDER}

22 - Such a sinner, no more a sinner! (8) - REFORMED [CD]

24 - Girl from South American state, not born there (6) - OLIVIA bOLIVIA

27 - Language that makes a New Yorker a Londoner? (8,7) - AMERICAN ENGLISH {AMERICAN}{ENGLISH}

28 - Place for a touch down and to finish one with impedance (3,4) - END ZONE {END} {Z}{ONE}

29 - A clergyman before submission (7) - PREBEND {PRE}{BEND}

DOWN

1   - In general, a lager, with time, deteriorates (2,5) - AT LARGE {A+LAGER+T}*

2   - Working class man with a soft part to play (5) - PROLE {P}{ROLE}

3   - Natural disasters willed by Providence (4,2,3) - ACTS OF GOD [E]

4   - Growth providing support for golfer having a bit of rheumatism (4) - TREE {T{R}EE}

5   - Copper and agent cease operating (3,3) - CUT OUT {CU}{T OUT}

6   - Articles from the Times revised (5) - ITEMS*

7   - Enchanted engineer and wife had a restless desire to do something (9) - BEWITCHED {BE}{W}{ITCHED}

8   - Try paid arrangement for a journey (3,4) - DAY TRIP*

12 - Had a meal with bits of apple, tortillas and eggs (3) - ATE {A}{T}{E}

14 - Old system of farming in England with no concealed ground! (4-5) - OPEN-FIELD {OPEN}-{FIELD}

16 - Dogmatic chap can guide Leo in reform, gaining love (9) - IDEOLOGUE {IDE{O}LOGUE*}

17 - Pickup from a devout establishment (3) - UTE [T]

18 - Connected danger halved by chap beginning to exercise (7) - GERMANE {danGER}{MAN}{E}

20 - Everyone escorted by the socialist has arrived (7) - REACHED {R{EACH}ED}

21 - "… the Ides of March” ( Julius Caesar ) (6) - BEWARE [GK]

23 - Creature that is part of an ENT surgeon’s field of study, technically speaking (5) - RHINO [CD]

25 - Sound produced by the very old—cold stuff (5) - VOICE {V}{O}{ICE}

26 - Untidy collection of things, inexpensive with initial cost cut (4) - HEAP cHEAP

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No 10601A, Wednesday 24 Oct 12, Sankalak

Wonder why the 'A' is there with the number?

ACROSS

1   - Caught agitating the surface and causing damage (9) - CRIPPLING {C}{RIPPLING}

5   - Currency note that I have found in France (5) - FIVER {F{I'VE}R}

8   - Fruit dish that makes for an order neat and tidy (5-3) - APPLE-PIE [DD]

9   - Energy with a twitch of the stomach (6) - PEPTIC {PEP}{TIC}

11 - Changes, losing head, a sign (5) - ARIES vARIES

12 - Drug that works deep in her treatment (9) - EPHEDRINE*

13 - Cosmetic for a large number, one acceptable (6) - LOTION {LOT}{1}{ON}

14 - Shape a friend with proper etiquette (8) - FORMALLY {FORM}{ALLY}

16 - Craft, one that is misused for a ploy (8) - ARTIFICE {CRAFT+1+IE}*

18 - Be able to pay for a fine brand of car (6) - AFFORD {A}{F}{FORD}

22 - Leaving Delaware unsullied carrying painting (9) - DEPARTURE {DE}{P{ART}URE}

23 - Sounds of laughter heard as press agency is excluded from petitions (5)  - PEALS apPEALS

24 - Expressing disapproval as might a crowd for a bad performance (6) - BOOING [CD]

25 - Praying desk designed by Euripides, unfinished (4-4) - PRIE-DIEU EURIPIDEs

26- A gentle push for group leader in bare surroundings (5) - NUDGE {NUD{G}E}

27- Area drained by river can grab people starting tourism (9) - CATCHMENT {CATCH}{MEN}{T}

DOWN

1   - Russian-French artist’s demand to accommodate old woman (7) - CHAGALL {C{HAG}ALL}

2   - Mark left by a grim PR in travels (7) - IMPRINT [T]

3   - Screen cops free first in net perhaps for a media meeting (5,10) - PRESS CONFERENCE {SCREEN+COPS+FREE+N}*

4   - I ask for those people at that same place (6) - IBIDEM {I}{BID}{EM}

5   - A basic right — to utter nonsense? Not really (7,2,6) - FREEDOM OF SPEECH [CD]

6   - Criticism by the three in villa the French vacated (7) - VITRIOL {VI{TRIO}Lla}

7   - Result of vitamin D deficiency ultimately changing, making one unsteady (7) - RICKETY {RICKET(-s+y)Y}

10 - Fire a bullet containing nothing (5) - SHOOT {SH{O}OT}

15 - Clean up before operation (5) - SCRUB [CD]

16 - He famously drew birds that abound oddly around university (7) - AUDUBON {AUD{U}BON*}

17 - Pity, HOD developing infectious disease (7) - TYPHOID*

19 - Have a view about a large kind of glass (7) - OPALINE {OP{A}{L}INE}

20 - Girl’s sudden blow causes revulsion (7) - DISGUST {DI'S}{GUST}

21 - You and I run from a fungal infection in plant (3,3) - WET ROT {WE}{T ROT}

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No.10601, Tuesday 23 Oct 12, Sankalak

Another entertaining puzzle from Sankalak who continues to be in good touch.

ACROSS
1 Creature featured in a parable or otherwise (5,4) POLAR,BEAR (PARABLE OR)*

5 Two officers, one drink! (5) COCOA (CO + CO + A)
8 A Shylock certain to be seen in an old place (6) USURER (SURE inside UR)
9 Cold and impersonal, a C-inC, ill, needs treatment (8) CLINICAL (A C-inC ILL)*
11 Cosmetic for old German statesman (4) KOHL (DD)
12 Wealthy chap in Delhi, say, is beginning to temporise (10) CAPITALIST (CAPITAL + IS + T)
14 Dreaded during WWII, it was a posh craft (1,4) U,BOAT (U + BOAT)

15 Good people who show people their places are people who exude emotion (7) GUSHERS (G + USHERS)
16 Bad-mannered hobo is disturbed about royalty (7) BOORISH (HOBO IS* outside R)
17 Such sound quality as may be in a trumpet on a largo (5) TONAL (T + ON + A + L) (Addendum - TONAL [T] - See comments)
19 Willingness to tolerate Cape accent anyhow (10) ACCEPTANCE (CAPE ACCENT)*
20 Looking back, this Chinese title can cause persistent distress (4) GNAW (WANG <=)
22 Stand-ins for risky parts on screen (8) STUNTMEN (CD)
23 Money in Europe that could knock out old star (6) KOPECK (KO + PECK)
24 Highly expressive compassion smothers Henry (5) PITHY (PITY outside H)
25 Gullible fellow, redcap allowed to enter Mumbai locality (9) SIMPLETON (MP + LET inside SION)

DOWN
1 Quiet and fortunate to be showing courage (6) PLUCKY (P + LUCKY)
2 Dismiss with contempt the grouch, fool struggling with a tutu (5,3,2,5) LAUGH,OUT,OF,COURT (GROUCH FOOL A TUTU)*
3 Artist capturing the governor bird (4) RHEA (RA outside HE)

4 Steadily moving merchandise on track? (7,5) ROLLING, STOCK (CD)
5 Trying to get political support for including leaders of very arrogant school sect in corporal punishment (10) CANVASSING (V A S S inside CANING)

INDEPENDENT CANVASSING

6 Small creature that can halt science icon getting destroyed (9,6) COCHINEAL, INSECT (HALT SCIENCE ICON)*
7 Sailors going across behind time causes erosion (7) ABLATES (ABS outside LATE)
10 But can they treat unbelievers? (5,7) FAITH, HEALERS (CD)
13 Personality disorder that makes one poach toys somehow (10) SOCIOPATHY (I POACH TOYS)*
16 Grizzly is awake, remains strong (5,2) BEARS,UP (BEAR + S + UP)
18 Article about vigil over a body could arouse one (6) AWAKEN (AN outside WAKE)
21 Earth containing trace of slimy grease (4) SOIL (S + OIL)

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No 10600, Monday 22 Oct 12, Sankalak

Nice way to start off a week of bliss.

ACROSS

1   - Therapy through repeating an idea to oneself — to use three-wheel transport! (4-10) - AUTO-SUGGESTION {AUTO}-{SUGGESTION}

8   - Depend on accepting a bit of raillery? Seldom (6) - RARELY {R{A}{R}ELY}

9   - Stop a rot developing in some cooked meat (3,5) - POT ROAST*

11 - Frenchman to hold a test, one to check it out again (2-7) - RE-EXAMINE {RE{-EXAM}{1}NE}

12 - Parsimonious policeman Henry featured in ping pong (5) - TIGHT {T{IG}{H}T}

13 - We read about one that is tired out (7) - WEARIED {WEAR{1}ED*}

15 - Eastern engagement in extremes of sickness has a calming effect (7) - SEDATES {S{E}{DATE}S}

17 - Student, one gainfully employed is still a student (7) - LEARNER {L}{EARNER}

19 - A bit of drizzle, then there was a fall of water but it was allowed to flow off (7) - DRAINED {D}{RAINED}

21 - Player, a Conservative, gets elevation (5) - ACTOR {A}{C}{TOR}

23 - Indian uncle accepts tea for a dance (3-3-3) - CHA-CHA-CHA {CHA{-CHA-}CHA}

25 - Feeling great joy in thwarting eastern tactics (8) - ECSTATIC {E}{TACTICS*}

26 - Outdoor party down under for a doll (6) - BARBIE [DD]

27 - A mean number of concern to a cricketer (7,7) - BATTING AVERAGE [CD]

DOWN

1   - Raw rice cooked by people in flight (7) - AIRCREW*

2   - Brief and pithy in making letters enjoyable (5) - TERSE [T]

3   - A sudden transition for a student in a rail terminal perhaps (9) - SALTATION {S{A}{L}TATION}

4   - They run away, probably to form a union (7) - ELOPERS [E]

5   - A way to predict the future for people in reserve? Rubbish! (5) - TAROT {TA}{ROT}

6   - Citrus fruit (non-oriental), popular and brown, for a primate (9) - ORANGUTAN {ORANGe}{U}{TAN}

7   - What a luxury car could be for an image in society (6) - STATUS [CD]

10 - Flier, reportedly an explorer (4) - BIRD(~byrd)

14 - Old Russian lady getting breakfast in continent (9) - ANASTASIA {A{NASTA}SIA}

16 - There, data doctored for an indicator in population statistics (5,4) - DEATH RATE*

17 - He has to have a following (6) - LEADER [CD]

18 - Quarrel as per instruction? Not this month! (7) - RUCTION instRUCTION

19 - Her clothes for him? What a bore (4) - DRAB [DD?] (Addendum - DRAG [DD] - See comments)

20 - Lifeless observer is an expert marksman (7) - DEADEYE {DEAD}{EYE}

22 - Respond to Sappers on performance (5) - REACT {RE}{ACT}

24 - Venomous creature with company support (5) - COBRA {CO}{BRA}

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