Special, Sunday 31 Jan 2016, Dr Satyen Nabar

Three answers per commeter (Annotations compulsory) till 6 PM
Please provide all your answers in one comment.

ACROSS
1   Give agreement (6)
4   If this is blocked, a doctor goes bananas! Round is cancelled, bring in top intensivist! (7)
8   Back off! Vehicle with deer to leave hastily (7)
9   Most classy correspondence about girl (7)
11 Agency guys entering trendy bar (10)
12 Have fun with bird (4)
13 Some fancy nickname for sceptic (5)
14 Fashionable nightclub where one shakes this (3, 5)
16 Fools briefly hurt by examiner (8)
18 Passage in Shanghai’s legislature (5)
20 Headless dead body leading to squabble (4)
21 Endure criminal boxing back without restraint (10)
23 These toys keep one sane? (7)
24 What you discard when fracture has healed (4-3)
25 Good to not completely stoop while starting exercise to be healthy (7)
26 Perhaps don’t intend to humiliate (6)

DOWN
1   Afresh in a bikini, a gal makes a comeback (5)
2   Piece of toast for prisoner accepting defeat (7)
3   About people supplying information for funds (9)
5   Regarding first awesome contest (5)
6   Too disturbed absorbing misery? Tragic tale (7)
7   A nun cries out for protection (9)
10 What’s rare about this songstress and revolutionary (9)
13 Throw away one’s wicket? Give a dressing-down (9)
15 Fighter heading off to board aircraft with ordinary girl (5-4)
17 Limitlessly skilful story capable of being expressed in words (7)
19 Phantom threat (7)
21 Early development locations? (5)
22 Impish female in river recalled (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed as Dr SATYEN NABAR 3

Enjoy.

The Sunday Crossword (2878), Sunday 31 Jan 2016

ACROSS
1   Tips from someone with doubt about traitor leading to seizure (13) SEQUESTRATION {So...nE}{QUEST{RAT}ION}
9   Revolutionary ruler retaining old cook (5) ROAST {O} in {TSAR<=}
10 Survive scrap that's desperate (4-5) LAST-DITCH {LAST}-{DITCH}
11 Roofing material fellows attached to part for all to see (7) BITUMEN {BIT}{U}{MEN}
12 Torpedo for instance from ship, one in distance (7) MISSILE {SS}{1} in {MILE}
13 Memorable time in base (8) IMMORTAL {T} in {IMMORAL}
15 Appeal following search for figure (5) DIGIT {DIG}{IT}
16 Upset about loud firearm (5) RIFLE {RI{F}LE}
17 Editor revised tales after quiet support (8) PEDESTAL {P}{ED}{TALES*}
19 Small jumper for customer in store? (7) SHOPPER {S}{HOPPER}
21 Friend keeping positive about examination (7) PERUSAL {SURE<=} in {PAL}
22 Accepted second wife, lawful (9) SWALLOWED {S}{W}{ALLOWED}
23 Some artistic ingenuity needed for cake decoration? (5) ICING [T]
24 Go into main tent prepared for show (13) ENTERTAINMENT {ENTER}{MAIN+TENT}*

DOWN
1   Saint put on garment in flashing light (6) STROBE {ST}{ROBE}
2   Lawman initially trapped by criminal can quote famous Bond movie (7,2,6) QUANTUM OF SOLACE {La...n} in {CAN+QUOTE+FAMOUS}*
3   Spontaneously pace about after European vote (9) EXTEMPORE {E}{X}{TEMPO}{RE}
4   Claw used in brutal onslaught (5) TALON [T]
5   Put together article on predicament, upset and drained (9) ASSEMBLED {A}{SSEM<=}{BLED}
6   River popular before twilight, mostly (5) INDUS {IN}{DUSk}
7   Roughly right on this name for county (15) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE*
8   Risk in hospital restricted by nurse (6) THREAT {H} in {TREAT}
14 Lifted prize, prize of highest quality (3-6) TOP-DRAWER {TOP}-{DRAWER} <=
15 Terribly tired, one's leaving (9) DESERTION*
16 Stand up to run over development of sites (6) RESIST {R}{SITES*}
18 Insult lacking in substance (6) SLIGHT [DD]
20 Guide holy group (5) PILOT {PI}{LOT}
21 Gold turning up under stuff in Italian city (5) PADUA {PAD}{UA<=}

GRID

No 11612, Saturday 30 Jan 2016, Anon

Across

1 I quit casino in revolt to takeover (11) ACQUISITION {I QUIT CASINO}*
9 Censors communist deeds (7) REDACTS {RED}{ACTS}
10 Remains of Arian at retreat (6) ASHRAM {ASH}{RAM}
11 Grain for one in confusion (5) MAIZE {MA{I}ZE}

12 Recover from regular reef, one caught in mollusc (7) RECLAIM {ReEf}{CLA{I}M}
15 Press, we hear, is a prerequisite (4) NEED {~KNEAD}
16 Eat chapatti, say, after recess (5,5) BREAK BREAD {BREAK}{BREAD}
18 Clone turned out to be daring deer (4,6)  DEAD RINGER {DARING DEAR}*
20 Monster dwells in antifog realms (4) OGRE (T)
23 Writes single odd view when preoccupied (7) PENSIVE {PENS}{I}{ViEw}
24 Car maker has no lasting sound (5) AUDIO {AUDI}{nO}
26 Fraud Earl, oddly, is a mendicant (6)  FAKEER {FAKE}{EaRl}
27 Permitted everyone to be in debt to first draft (7) ALLOWED {ALL}{OWE}{Draft}
28 Broadcasters sense rewards in a revolution (11) NEWSREADERS {SENSE REWARD}* Extra S in fodder

Down

2 Money, we hear, primary triumphs prestige (6) CACHET {~CASH}{Tri..s}
3 Major (or Minor) Russian premier enters America (4) URSA {U{Rus..n}A}
4 Good man has beer with friends during deadlocks (10) STALEMATES {ST}{ALE}{MATES}
5 Halibuts composed in Bantu language? (8) TSHILUBA {HALIUTS}*
6 Iridescent gem is initially not elite (7) OPALINE {OPAL}{Is}{Not}{Elite}
7 Professional adults drink on seafront (9) PROMENADE {PRO}{MEN}{ADE}
8 Notice wrongdoing, counsel (6) ADVICE {AD}{VICE}
13 Oblique rants, in a way, are poetry (10) TRANSVERSE {RANTS*}{VERSE}
14 Jazz has light lyrics (4,5) IDLE WORDS {IDLE}{WORDS}
17 Cuts uncertainty in wagers (8)  BRISKETS {B{RISK}ETS}

19 Assert that generation is ordinary (7) AVERAGE {AVER}{AGE}
21 Descend into the warehouse (6) GODOWN {GO}{DOWN}
22 Fighter knocks second crown out of one who yells (6) BAWLER {BrAWLER}
25 Approach retiring room (4) WARD<=

Reference list

Communist=Red, One=I, Single=I, Car maker=Audi, Everyone=All 

America=USA, Good man=St(From Saint), Notice=Ad

Color/Font Scheme

Definition,Solution,Component letters,Anagram Indicator,C/C indicator,Reversal Indicator,Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator,Deletion Indicator,Homophone Indicator,Movement Indicator,Positional Indicator,Substitution Indicator

GRID

No 11611, Friday 29 Jan 2016, Vulcan

Friday morning blues, it's one of those days today :-)

ACROSS
1   Boss around and get to keep coalition member powerless in the centre (8) (Addendum BALLYRAG {B{ALLY}{poweRless}AG} - See comments)
5   One in North America map perhaps (6) PANAMA (Addendum {A+NA+MAP}* &lit - See comments) Is Panama in North America or Central America?
10 Drink you gave is said to be juicy (9) SUCCULENT (~suck){SUCC}{U}{LENT}
11 Student with endless load kept awake (5) (Addendum - PUPIL {P{UP}ILe} - See comments)
12 Match pressure basically leading to difficulty (6) PLAGUE ? {P}{Le...g}{AGUE} (Addendum - PLIGHT {P}{LIGHT} - See comments)
13 Blesses struggling nations (7) ANOINTS*
14 Mess created by controversial diary containing secrets about Republican leaders (8) DISARRAY {DIARY}* around {Se...s}{Ab..t}{Re...n}
15 Starting to have a blast, party in style (6) (Addendum - HAIRDO {Have}{AIR}{DO} - See comments)
18 Snatch union leader — caught following bad moves (6) ABDUCT {BAD*}{Un..n}{CT}
20 Large savages roaming this city (3,5) LAS VEGAS {L}{AS VEGAS}*
22 It is commonplace to sing a tune and tap (7) HUMDRUM {HUM}{DRUM}
25 Primarily eco-friendly dresses with dull colours (6) (Addendum - PALELY {PAL{Eco}LY} - See comments)
27 Bury here and run off (5) INURN {IN}{RUN*}
28 English town more conservative, least exciting (9) NEWCASTLE {NEW}{C}{LEAST*}
29 Control with a knob (6) HANDLE [DD]
30 Take a walk around rocky strip to find particular kind of species (4,4) (Addendum - TREE FROG {T{REE F}ROG} - See comments)

DOWN
1   Live outside a small ground (4) BASE {B{A}{S}E}
2   Restricted by all codes I generated (9) LOCALISED*
3   Almost one year gone, you eventually becoming no ____ (7) YOUNGER {YR+GONE+yoU}* Anno not clear
4   Pertaining to Native American language spoken in Utah, mostly alien, exotic (8) (Addendum - ALEUTIAN - {UTAh+ALIEN}* - See comments)
6   Jar with hot pickles on top, aroma is fantastic (7) AMPHORA {H+Pi...s+AROMA}*
7   Man say, first to settle in North American city (5) (Addendum - ASPEN {A{Se...e}PE}{N} - See comments)
8   References each American operating within IS (9) (Addendum - ALLUSIONS {ALL}{US}{I{ON}S} - See comments)
9   Volcano starts to erupt, town's natives alerted (4) ETNA Acrostic
14 Disturbed one, what she'd perhaps make (5,4) DEATH WISH {I+WHAT+SHE'D}* &lit
16 Device's temperature over normal limits (9) (Addendum - REGULATOR {REGULA{T}{O}R} - See comments)
17 A new quiet machine to safeguard workers (8) MANPOWER {M{A}{N}{P}OWER}
19 Gemstone rings attached to crown (7) CORONAL {COR{ON}AL}
21 Estimate damage in the end after a vault is broken into (7) VALUATE {A+VAULT}*{d...gE}
23 Express deep regret for Indian men, extremely repressed (5) MOURN Anno pending (Addendum - M{OUR}eN} - See comments)
24 Produce excellent flavour (4) MINT  [DD]
26 Mountain climber goes hiding (4) BERG [T]

GRID

No 11610, Thursday 28 Jan 2016, Lightning

ACROSS
1   Extreme thought essentially held by sought after swinger (8) PENDULUM {P{END}{thoUght}LUM}
5   A symbol of burden on the other side (6) ACROSS {A}{CROSS}
9   Impress one new secretary (8) INSCRIBE {1}{N}{SCRIBE}
10 Resistance to cut tree to make part of a barrel (6) BREECH {B{R}EECH}
12 Crush postage accessory (5) STAMP [DD]
13 A symbol of fortitude, physicist falling short at the start (9) AMPERSAND {AMPERe}{SAND}
14 Neglect one good nuclear mineral deposit (6) IGNORE {1}{G}{N}{ORE}
16 Fundamentalist caught in movement away from centre (7) RADICAL {RADI{C}AL}
19 Supporter truly being courageous (7) BRAVERY {BRA}{VERY}
21 Dehydrated, passes each minute with a wandering mind (6) DREAMY {DR{EA}{M}Y}
23 Change in dialect is indistinguishable (9) IDENTICAL*
25 Our neighbour in Ambur relocated (5) BURMA*
26 One knight certain to protect (6) INSURE {1}{N}{SURE}
27 Routine of first lady at line from dawn to dusk (8) EVERYDAY {EVE}{RY}{DAY}
28 Descend to warehouse (6) GODOWN {GO DOWN}
29 Impressive beauty of main road in Paris going west (8) GRANDEUR {GRAND}{EUR<=}

DOWN
1   Capri establishment detained religious man (6) PRIEST [T]
2   Engineer again lost in homesickness (9) NOSTALGIA*
3   Cut open, grate turnip after peeling its top off (5) UNRIP tURNIP*
4   Shadow cast by one half of parasol on earth after a gale begins (7) UMBRAGE {UMBRella}{A}{Gale}{E}
6   Carry bank magazine (9) CARTRIDGE {CART}{RIDGE}
7   Love extremely good ending (5) OMEGA {O}{MEGA}
8   List of clues he cracked with daughter (8) SCHEDULE {CLUES+HE+D}*
11 Knocks over box (4) SPAR <=
15 Upset in open, hard fight (9) OVERTHROW {OVERT}{H}{ROW}
17 Happened to miss the last game in English city (9) CAMBRIDGE {CAMe}{BRIDGE}
18 Accommodating soldier wearing old gaudy jewelry (8) OBLIGING {O}{BLI{GI}NG}
20 Letters from lady acknowledging foolish talk (4) YACK [T]
21 Abused climbing bear (7) DELIVER <=
22 Advocate’s work in film (6) LAWYER {LA{W}YER}
24 Relieved of ailment, is relieved start to finish (5) EASED (-d)isEASE(+d)D
25 Shed providing shelter to old nobleman (5) BARON {BAR{O}N}

GRID

Special, Wednesday 27 Jan 2016, Sridhar Krishnan

Three answers per commenter (annotations compulsory) till 6 PM
Please provide all your answers in one comment

ACROSS
9   Galileo onto mysterious history surrounding prehistoric expert (15)
10 A posh house, you said, after a couple of drinks (7)
12 Swing backing role with apparent comfort (7)
13 A fine line in learning to lose the wise one for topless wife (5-4)
14 Mindful of conflict between first characters (Adam and Eve) (5)
15 Saps graduate! (4,3)
18 Endurance of beasts left out for last breakfast on the way back (7)
21 Lively ambassador leaves unhappy state for dance (5)
23 Flay former mate for dirty erotica (9)
25 Release reactive bluish phosphorus (7)
26 Angry Poseidon about to leave east causes incident (7)
29 Inconsiderate to knead his sourdough and grind without us (6,9)

DOWN
1   Larger-than-life show's centrepiece (4)
2   Michael Faraday partly rejects bug (4)
3   Hospital, therefore, admitting sheep. Not again! (4,2,2)
4   Resulted from guarantee but no right to fifth amendment (6)
5   Toolmaker prays to cover pirated stuff (8)
6   Music Nostradamus composed without drums (6)
7   Alter one, Italian, flaky intelligentsia (8)
8   Let treacle flow in the absence of learners and other odds and ends (2,6)
11 Dye man applied to woman on the rise (5)
15 Old man's game permit (8)
16 Story's odd characters include Ed and Moby endlessly tormenting a fellow (8)
17 That is hers stitched into absainer's dress (3,5)
19 Sealed software brain correct to include leading technology (8)
20 Reputed college backs Democrat (5)
22 She quit translating Sinhalese for foreigners (6)
24 Poltical radical to scratch angel (6)
27 Evacuate Okinawa and Honshu for another island (4)
28 Kills myths that don't have a thing to stand on (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at Sridhar Krishnan 2

Enjoy.

No 11609, Tuesday 26 Jan 2016, Skuldugger

REPUBLIC DAY GREETINGS

ACROSS
1   Coat fails to provide contrast to comedian (3,2,4)  ACT AS FOIL*
6   North American article that goes well with curry (4) NAAN {NA}{AN}
8   Something taboo about woman being on top (8) DOMINANT {DO{MINA}NT} Not sure of Anno See comments
9   Lucre corrupts the law (6) WEALTH*
10 Passage may entail carnal stimulation (10,5) ALIMENTARY CANAL*
11 Merchant's collaborator Brown, for instance, smuggles gold (5) IVORY {IV{OR}Y}
13 Bask in the glow, get unusual black, tan hues (8) SUNBATHE {B+TAN+HUES}*
15 Racial conflict, hostility ultimately dismantled with swiftness (8) ALACRITY {RACIAL+{c...cT}+{h...tY}}*
18 Councillor in contact with unknown associate (5) CRONY {CR}{ON}{Y}
20 Wild attraction with fishy, mammalian tinges (6,9) ANIMAL MAGNETISM*
23 Flier blows off wings to stay off the radar (3,3) LIE LOW {fLIEr} {bLOWs}
24 Divested of head growth, make a noise. Indeed! (8) DEHORNED {DE{HORN}ED}
25 Advanced period of self-restraint (4) LENT [DD]
26 Provided sustenance for sickly runts we found extremely emaciated (3-6) WET-NURSED {RUNTS+WE}*{Em...eD} &lit

DOWN
1   Ringed reed composed of coral to any extent, reportedly (5) ATOLL (~at all) Reed typo for Reef?

2   Garden implement orderly got me had rusty head (7) TRIMMER {TRIM}{ME}{Ru..y}
3   Young lover's dancing was all the rage (5) SWAIN {WAS*}{IN}
4   Expenses sailor wrung out of criminal layabouts (7) OUTLAYS LAYabOUTS*
5   Base, dissembling, far from lofty (3-5) LOW-LYING {LOW}-{LYING}
6   Climbing up from cellar again, falls (7) NIAGARA [T<=]

7   Lambskin article donned by dishevelled star, say, Shah Rukh (9) ASTRAKHAN {A}{STAR*}{KHAN}

12 Mysterious Levantine suitor (9) VALENTINE*
14 Is setter likely to get with a woman during a cold squall? (8) WILLIWAW {WILL I}{W}{A}{W}
16 Quadruped (goat) oddly lacking in Arthurian setting (7) CAMELOT {CAMEL}{gOaT}
17 Ready to rock 'n' roll as far back as anyone can remember (4,3) YEAR DOT*
19 Phenomenal roadster loses tempo, finally slows down (7) RETARDS RoADSTER*
21 Politician's jacket (5) NEHRU [DD]

22 Looking up details of ride (5) STEED ?

GRID

No 11608, Monday 25 Jan 2016, Incognito

ACROSS
1   Removing water content may lead to drying death (11) DEHYDRATING*
9   Boy left mutilated gerbil for hybrid animal (5) LIGER GERbIL*

10 Accountant's charity fair for Royal Irish Academy's food outlet (9) CAFETERIA {CA}{FETE}{RIA}
11 MIT hens pun wildly and get retribution (10) PUNISHMENT*
12 Father’s with Indian redhead couple (4) PAIR {PA}{I}{Re...d}
13 Religious leader found in mihrab, bizarrely (5) RABBI [T]
15 Expectorate behind Head Office next to Albert's nursing home (8) HOSPITAL {HO}{SPIT}{AL}
17 Richthofen's embarrassed aristocrat (3,5) RED BARON {RED} {BARON}
19 Approaches player and lugs ... (5) NEARS {N}{EARS}
22 ... son with black stuff for leading performer (4) STAR {S}{TAR}
23 Dark summer snake (5,5) BLACK ADDER {BLACK} {ADDER}

26 Scary dream about horse after dark (9) NIGHTMARE {NIGHT}{MARE}
27 Aircraft panel’s damaged (5) PLANE*
28 Sincerity displayed by auditor having cosy pad near cape (11) EARNESTNESS {EAR}{NEST}{NESS}

DOWN
1   Fortified position with revolving gun, including leading infantryman, after commencement of day (3,2) DUG IN {Day}{UG {In...n}N*}
2   His mohair was destroyed in nuked city (9) HIROSHIMA*
3   Leave secretly — last month a non-civil cop followed (6) DECAMP {DEC}{A}{MP}
4   An Iberian royal may be son of Al (criminal) (7) ALFONSO*
5   Setter’s not confused X (4) INTO {I}{NOT}*
6   Monster recast gun at Agra (9) GARGANTUA*
7   One who runs away to marry queen, having damaged Opel (6) ELOPER {E{OPEL*}R}
8   Scout patron changed direction from North to left (6) PATROL PATRO(-n+l)L
14 Dishevel sleeping place, with waste cloth tied on broken leg (9) BEDRAGGLE {BED}{RAG}{LEG*}
16 Explosive fruit found under tree (9) PINEAPPLE {PINE}{APPLE}

17 Hate letters from millionaire's enterprise (6) RESENT [T]
18 Ok, Alice makes animal feed (3,4) OIL CAKE*
20 Shout out Indian honorific before English king (6) SHRIEK {SHRI}{E}{K}
21 Take a millilitre (a drop of elixir) before exercise (6) ACCEPT {A}{CC}{El...r}{PT}
24 Distributes cards and trades (5) DEALS [DD]
25 Move and electrify prison (4) STIR [MD]

GRID

Special, Sunday 24 Jan 2016, Spritzer

Three answers per commenter (annotations compulsory) till 6 PM
Please provide all your answers in one comment

ACROSS
1   Odds and ends from rubbish in vessel (6)
5   Enticers writhing, quietly (2,6)
9   Sprint around outward for paraphernalia (8)
10 Property lost in surreal tycoon (6)
11 Major gangster keeping child for sum (5,5)
12 Friends return thump (4)
13 Recital 21? Perfect! (8)
16 "Look!" "Dome!" (6)
17 Perfect edge to Pakistan's chief (6)
19 Working errands around Oriental cans? (4-4)
21 Idle around bistro (4)
22 Six or half a dozen? (3,3,4)
25 Relax! Attention? On the contrary (2,4)
26  "How?", said in mock 21 (8)
27 Acquired, evaluated and replaced ship with two-hundred (8)
28 Betters rollerblader from head-to-toe (6)

DOWN
2   Seat in each airplane (5)
3   Notice fellow's accessory (3-2)
4   Alarm rattles erratically (7)
5   Clumsily work with model after almost 9 (7)
6   Almost certain and unnecessary (7)
7   Notebook, perhaps, from girlfriend after first coffee? (9)
8   Ten dancer's frolicked and captivated (9)
14 Person who fits great with one learner - irrational, not quite perfect? (9)
15 Complex interactions created without numbers (9)
18 Soft coats for sportsmen (7)
19 Rising story in Communist kindred (7)
20 A threat written inside? (2,5)
23 Hold equity (5)
24 Shirt off, Mr. Scrooge (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at SPRITZER 4

Enjoy.

The Sunday Crossword (2877), Sunday 24 Jan 2016

ACROSS
1   Transported from point after time, bearing north (6) ENRAPT {E{N}RA}{PT}
4   Sad, vocal, befuddled? That'll be the brandy (8) CALVADOS*
10 Freeloading artist with singular appeal, one protected by cover in retirement (9) PARASITIC {PA{RA}{S}{IT}{1}C<=}
11 Upset in middle of plea, breaking free (5) RILED {pLEa} in {RID}
12 Endlessly ridicule language about love and meditation (13) CONTEMPLATION {CONTEMPt}{LATI{O}N}
14 One exacting retribution against foe finally consumed by fury (7) AVENGER {A{V}{foE}NGER}
16 Musical fashionable in the past (7) CHICAGO {CHIC}{AGO}
17 Goat mostly inhabiting rocky lair in country (7) LIBERIA {L{IBEx}RIA*}

 

19 Follow triumph (7) SUCCEED [DD]
20 Method of solving problems in revolutionary manner with country in panic (5,3,5) TRIAL AND ERROR {T{RIA<=}{L AND} ERROR}
23 Bitterness holding good? That's nonsense (5) BILGE {BIL{G}E}
24 Odd tips recur in sacred text (9) SCRIPTURE*
25 Order son to follow obligations, restricting noise (8) TIDINESS {TI{DIN}ES}{S}
26 Believe in sacred item (6) CREDIT [T]

DOWN
1   In particular spot, holding diamonds up above everything (10) ESPECIALLY {ESP{ECI<=}{ALL}Y}
2   Show again some clearer understanding (5) RERUN [T]
3   Bird, as revealed by sad page in press, gone (9,6) PASSENGER PIGEON*

5   Old-fashioned roguish spies turned up (7) ARCHAIC {ARCH}{AIC<=}
6   Vine that's damaged receiving repair (8,7) VIRGINIA CREEPER*

7   Describe food shop smart entrepreneur's opening (9) DELINEATE {DELI}{NEAT}{En...r}
8   Team gave expression of relief, reportedly (4) SIDE (~sighed)
9   Spout garbled rubbish initially in daze (6) STUPOR {SPOUT*}{Ru...h}
13 Gained impression about king followed by me in awe (10) WONDERMENT {WON}{DE{R}{ME}NT}
15 Doctor in place in Washington, first off, on day beset by difficulties (9) EMBATTLED {sE{MB}ATTLE}{D}
18 Learner when in classes disregarding right books of charts (7) ATLASES (rAT{L}{AS}ES)
19 Guard head of state on arrival (6) SENTRY {St..e}{ENTRY}
21 Plump for quantity of sandwiches (5) ROUND [DD]
22 Support article with stake (4) ABET {A}{BET}

No 11607, Saturday 23 Jan 2016, Incognito

Across

    7  Boss gets approval // to prepare food //  for explorer (4) COOK {CO}{OK} (MD)

    8  Complainant's simple argument (9) PLAINTIFF {PLAIN}{TIFF}

  10  Country, Father and Old Church (6) FRANCE {FR}{AN}{CE}

  11  Theodore caught animal and stumbled (8) TOTTERED {T{OTTER}ED}

  12  PM who was seen to be a Middle-Easterner after decapitation (8) DISRAELI {dISRAELI=Middle Easterner}

  14  Make unknown variety of liquor (6) BRANDY {BRAND}{Y}

  16  Personal // soldier (7) PRIVATE (DD)

  18  For example, Patton's groups preceded First Lieutenant (7) GENERAL {GENERA}{L}

  21  Unplanned parts of Qatar and Oman (6) RANDOM (T)

  23  You can do without this // addendum (8) APPENDIX (DD)

  25  Type of punishment meted out // to an NCO (8) CORPORAL (DD)

  27  Country cousin's citrus preparation (6) RUSTIC {CITRUS*}

  29  Poetical device found in "donkey on a North Carolina estate initially" (9) ASSONANCE {ASS}{ON}{A}{NC}{E}

  30  Military group is not suitable - it has no force (4) UNIT {UNfIT}

Down

    1  Dispatch rider carried model for nobleman (8) COURTIER {COUR{T}IER}

    2  Similar to a relative (4) AKIN {A}{KIN}

    3  Man captured by policeman and soldiers displayed round object (6) SPHERE {SP}{HE}{RE}

    4  First murderer's suitable leader (7)  CAPTAIN {C{APT}AIN}

    5  Shaky United Nations building to house horses (8) UNSTABLE {UN}{STABLE}

    6  Setter travels around India with explosive device (4) MINE {M{IN}E}

    9  Deploy // 3 (5) FIELD (DD) (3d=SPHERE)

  13  A virgin, to begin with, was dressed in scarlet and expressed delight (5)  RAVED {R[A}{V}ED}

  15  Association of Southeast Asian Nations? Shortly, you will find it here - Please answer (5) ASEAN (T)

  17  Rama returned in two days, initially carrying dates from India (8) TAMARIND {T{AMAR<=}IND} Anno not clear {T|{AMAR<=}{IN}{D} See Comments

  19  In the beginning, a bachelor joined Indian telephone manufacturer's office (2,6) AB INITIO {A}{B} {IN}{ITI}{O}

  20  Do not utter Indian honorific in a hill-station, honey (7) DARLING {DARjeeLING}

  22  Smell a resident of Rome endlessly (5) AROMA {A}{ROMAn}

  24  Report was rewritten for O'Henry (6) PORTER {REPORT*}

  26  Col.'s // abstention from bidding (4) PASS (DD)

  28  Slimy creature // lugs around // bullet // for a shot of liquor (4) SLUG {LUGS*}(MD)

GRID

No 11606, Friday 22 Jan 2016, Scintillator

Sound Crossword.

ACROSS
1   Disease of children — or it's afflicting minors, primarily (6) AUTISM {AU}{ITS*}{Mi...s} OR=Gold=AU
4   Romanticism of thought associated with student philosophy (8) IDEALISM {IDEA}{L}{ISM}
9   Require to put up a loud burst? (6) DEAFEN {A}{F} in {NEED<=}
10 Aunt injured with a partial lump in fall (8) AUTUMNAL {AUNT+A+LUMp}*
12 Tense wife had a desire and got a spasm (8) TWITCHED {T}{W}{ITCHED}
13 Reluctant to write a poem (6) AVERSE {A}{VERSE}
15 Air strikes on Germany? (4) RAID {AIR}*{D} Semi&lit
16 Watchmen stun dacoits on the run after killing model (10) CUSTODIANS {STUN+DACOItS}*
19 Fictional character in Sholay bringing up all emotions originally (10) CINDERELLA {CINDER}{Em...s <=}{LLA<=}
20 No end to deadly virus countered in bottom of the ear (4) LOBE EBOLa <=
23 Clear out rum can that's unpleasant (6) RANCID {R{CAN*}ID}
25 One who authorises insurance company faces ugly sneer (8) LICENSER {LIC}{SNEER*}
27 New male recruit in this plant (8) TURMERIC {M+RECRUIT}*
28 Rhine flowing around one end of Cologne to bring prosperity (6) ENRICH {RHINE}* around {Co...e}
29 Mere 'No' is misinterpreted for emergence (8) EMERSION*
30 Adjust piano and bring to default position (6) PRESET {P}{RESET}

DOWN
1   One examines books after passing examinations (7) AUDITOR [CD]
2   Custom in Bengal — sister taken care of by husband after end of torment (9) TRADITION {t...nT}{R{ADITI}ON} Not sure if the anno is right (Addendum - {t...nT}{RA{DI}TION} - See comments)
3   Painting of endless firmament has to corrode (6) SKETCH {SKy}{ETCH}
5   Monotonous buzz emitted by percussion instrument (4) DRUM [DD]
6   A holy book describing your extraordinary system of medicine (8) AYURVEDA {A}{YoUR}{VEDA} Are 'The Vedas' holy books?
7   Influential criminal is beheaded (5) INNER sINNER
8   Pursue llamas fenced from behind for a bone (7) MALLEUS [T<=]
11 A secretion providing cure to treat adults (7) CERUMEN {CURE*}{MEN}
14 Earache to ail a girl when sick (7) OTALGIA {TO+AIL+A+G}*
17 Sound qualities improved at Cisco, US (9) ACOUSTICS*
18 Last month I heard chimes with a degree of loudness (8) DECIBELS {DEC}{I}{BELS}(~bells)
19 Preserve dry smear, essentially using surgical instrument (7) CURETTE {CURE}{TT}{smEar}
21 1 Dn's killed in close range (7) EARSHOT {EAR}{SHOT}
22 One starting to drive loses heart, becomes more unsuccessful (6) LEANER LEArNER
24 Bundle of fibres in cheek (5) NERVE [DD]
26 I'll mostly be tearing in to knock out Juliet's follower (4) KILO {ILl} in {KO}

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No 11605, Thursday 21 Jan 2016, Arden

ACROSS
1   Use them shortly by ruse (6) EMPLOY {'EM}{PLOY}
4   Fighting tool buried inland (8) BRAWLING {BR{AWL}ING}
9   Bend over empty chair, with a cry of pain (6) CROUCH {ChaiR}{OUCH}
10 Girl writing about boy in Michigan (3,5) ANN ARBOR {ANN A}{R}{BOR<=}
12 Pretentious boy got high before I had returned (3-2-3) LAH-DI-DAH {LA{H}-D}{I}-{HAD<=}
13 Look to grab victory fast (6) STARVE {STAR{V}E}
15 Shortly take over works housing sick — wrongs committed (12) PECCADILLOES {tPECCA<=}{D{ILL}OES}
18 Born to survive — it's expensive for number one steel maker (5,7) BLAST FURNACE {B}{LAST} {FUR}{N}{ACE}
21 Gold plating — be a Twist in the tale (6) OLIVER {O{LIVE}R}
22 Remove member and a match takes place (8) AMPUTATE {A}{M{PUT}ATE}
24 Reveals fish caught showing identifying marks (3,5) BAR CODES {BAR {COD}ES}

25 Queen's wrath over India's inclusion (6) REGINA {REG{I}NA<=}
26 Extremely nice to wear a new dress — making an allowance (8) DEARNESS {nicE} in {A+N+DRESS}*
27 America's good — no interest or time to pay one's bills? (6) USANCE {USA}{NiCE}

DOWN
1   Cut half the cargo in flight (8) ESCALOPE {LOad} in {ESCAPE}
2   Support him with currency — banks give forecast (8) PROPHECY {PROP}{HE}{Cu...cY}
3   Naomi and Noel bounce off — happens rarely (4,2,1,4,4) ONCE IN A BLUE MOON*
5   Feel sorry having to end with rejection letter (4) RUNE {RU{r...oN}E}
6   Slacks after rough weather — you must take control (4,3,8) WEAR THE TROUSERS {WEAR THE}* {TROUSERS}
7   Local has to lift up native (6) INBORN {IN{BOR<=}N}
8   Fish catcher's abrasive (6) GARNET {GAR}{NET}

11 If I am so bad, they must be too! (7) MAFIOSI* Semi&lit
14 Notoriety of a film with the French characters (3,4) ILL FAME {A+FILM+LE}*
16 Part of American aid — an act to promote a neighbour (8) CANADIAN [T<=]
17 Live normal, shun a drink (8) BEVERAGE {BE}{aVERAGE}
19 Stop because it's tender (6) FORBID {FOR}{BID}
20 Mountain climbing is wrong before one (6) SIERRA {SI<=}{ERR}{A}
23 Method exempt for tax (4) CESS proCESS

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No 11604, Wednesday 20 Jan 2016, Arden

ACROSS
1   Against work, sitting pretty (8) OPPOSING {OP}{POSING}
5   Land remains a valuable commodity (6) ASHORE {ASH}{ORE}
10 Our heart breaks taken right out of his writing (7) THOREAU {OUR+HEArT}* Semi&lit
11 Beginning to remove clot from damaged contact lens... (7) NASCENT {coNtACT+lENS}*
12 ... and in Paris saying “return or refuse” (5) WASTE {WAS}{TE} <=
13 National artefacts in a camera shot (9) AMERICANA*
14 By chance, change some cops and others get named (12) COINCIDENTAL {COIN}{CID}{E{N}TAL}
18 Mother will speak “ this place is under control” (12) PROTECTORATE {PROTECT}{ORATE}
21 Operatic heroine's unfinished song creates a spark (9) ELECTRODE {ELECTRa}{ODE}
23 Dirty article taken off the fence, perhaps (5) UNCLE UNCLEan
24 Remove scum and demand protection (3,4) SKI MASK {SKI M}{ASK}
25 Forming pictures and thinking- but not at home (7) IMAGING IMAGINinG
26 Democrat never swapped top spots in state capital (6) DENVER {D}{N<=>EVER}
27 Metal top removed, needs red cross (8) INCENSED {zINC}{NEEDS*}

DOWN
1   American power- only for raising capital (6) OTTAWA {O}{TTAW}{A} <=
2   French author's head strong- but gives way to daughter (6) PROUST PROU(-d+st)ST
3   Way the girl will work on one handling the cargo (9) STEVEDORE {ST}{EVE}{DO}{RE}
4   Are tunnels made to hide what's done to computer architecture? (6,8) NEURAL NETWORKS {WORK} in {ARE+TUNNELS}*
6   Food we found in short supply (5) SUSHI {S{US}HIp}
7   Hams finished with part of bible (8) OVERACTS {OVER}{ACTS}
8   What it takes to cross river? Guts (8) ENTRAILS {ENT{R}AILS}
9   Far from the coast, plan your home decor (8,6) INTERIOR DESIGN {INTERIOR} {DESIGN}
15 Train essentially went by travel time (9) ENTOURAGE {wENt}{TOUR}{AGE}
16 Switched second grade for school- seemed satisfied (8) APPEASED {APPEA(-r+s)SED}
17 Entertainer against muzzling the press (8) COMEDIAN {CO{MEDIA}N}
19 Regular mode of investing- receives credit on Siemens shares (6) SCRIPS {S{CR}IP}{S}
20 Henry's tense, head of department took no chances (6) HEDGED {H}{EDGE}{De...t}
22 Kid will let change in leadership happen (5) TEASE (-l+t)TEASE

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No 11603, Tuesday 19 Jan 2016, Arden

Master at work today.

ACROSS
1   Happy to beg and get two quarters (7) PLEASED {PLEA{S}{E}D}
5   Burst river inundated accommodation (7) DEFLATE {DE{FLAT}E}
9   Protecting the Irish — some of them (5) THEIR [T]
10 Number's watched — keeps happening (9) SEVENTEEN {S{EVENT}EEN}
11 Magna Carta not good — bad craft (9) CATAMARAN {MAgNA+CARTA)*

12 Some amount of betrayal taking place in Crimea (5) YALTA [T]
13 Don't take taxi back — Bacardi rum is dry (4) ARID bacARDI*
15 How trade may be executed in future — taking one from here (5,3) DEATH ROW*
18 Makes camel sit for the climber (8) CLEMATIS*

19 Touch round instrument (4) TUBA <=

22 Stadium in Kolkata renamed (5) ARENA [T]
24 Cheat before you offer (9) PRETENDER {PRE}{TENDER}
26 Ran in having paid for it (9) HOTFOOTED {HOT}{FOOTED}
27 Setter goes back and forth, tense seeing insect (5) EMMET {EM<=>ME}{T}
28 Wrong to have held one back — it holds wicked things (7) MENORAH {M{ENO}RAH}<=

29 Felt one's born for a show (7) MATINEE {MAT}{1}{NEE}

DOWN
1   Places order for takeover (6) PUTSCH {PUTS}{CH}
2   Electrical switch, I see being replaced by the old on poles, say (9) ELECTORAL {ELECTR(-ic+o}OAL}*(~polls)
3   Run to school and study (5) SCRAM {S}{CRAM}
4   To brush aside record, tried another way (9) DISCREDIT {DISC}{TRIED*}
5   Doctor vanished — he's left the seat (5) DIVAN VANIsheD*
6   Imagine special soldiers avoiding threat (5,4) FANCY THAT {FANCY} {THreAT}
7   A currency depending on the size (5) AREAL {A}{REAL}
8   Need an arrangement for a group of nine (6) ENNEAD*
14 Degrade our air (9) DEMEANOUR {DEMEAN}{OUR}
16 Master at sea will check port (9) AMSTERDAM {MASTER*}{DAM}
17 Stupid man, so dumb — do you complain to him? (9) OMBUDSMAN*
20 Shelf at home covers six feet (6) FATHOM [T]
21 Twist and turn, as he follows the code (6) WRITHE {WRIT}{HE}
23 Had detained suspect, did let go (5) EATEN {dETAiNEd}*
24 Play area is mine — catch taken at boundaries (5) PITCH {PIT}{CatcH}
25 Establish before court (5) ERECT {ERE}{CT}

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No 11602, Monday 18 Jan 2016, Arden

ACROSS
9 Blue river view (7) OBSCENE {OB}{SCENE}
10 Distant reflection, ray could be flashy (7) RAFFISH {RAF<=}{FISH}
11 Knock on head — hide painful response in this place (7) BAHRAIN {B{AH}RAIN}

12 Tata organisation acquired most of real estate in state capital (7) ATLANTA {LANd} in {TATA}*
13 Handel's work, late by a month (4,5) DEAD MARCH {DEAD} {MARCH}
15 Breaking each left claw (5) CHELA*

16 Calling one an immoral beast (7) CHEETAH (~cheater)

19 Reason to wear torn garment (7) RAIMENT {R{AIM}ENT}
20 Vassal in a Belgian city (5) LIEGE [DD]
21 Well known side, close to a line (9) LEGENDARY {LEG}{END}{A}{RY}
25 Assaults in part of police records (3,4) MUG SHOT {MUG S}{HOT} Hot from ? See comments 26 Bill bowled them out in play (7) MACBETH {AC}{B} in {THEM}*
28 Tea and drink break for worker throwing a fit (7) TANTRUM {T}{ANT}{RUM}
29 God! the writer's back on air (7) NEPTUNE {NEP<=}{TUNE}

DOWN
1 Sick doctor runs on call... (6) MORBID {MO}{R}{BID}
2 ...while volunteers gherao him heartlessly with a complaint (6) ASTHMA {AS}{T{HiM}A}
3 Cheese after short break (4) FETA AFTEr*
4 It's often nerve-racking to keep note (6) TENNER [T]
5 Break nose (8) BREATHER [DD]
6 A fine story about long suffering (10) AFFLICTION {A}{F}{F{L}ICTION}
7 Finally, one in seven could be from a capital (8) VIENNESE {onE+IN+SEVEN}*
8 Bird's nice, depending on whether it gets high or low (8) PHEASANT P(-l+h)HEASANT

14 The thing that blows on a mountain (10) MATTERHORN {MATTER}{HORN}

16 Boston, say, hosted a run leading to tragedy (8) CALAMITY {C{A}{LAM}ITY}
17 Developing hospital wing has to consolidate (8) EMERGENT {E{MERGE}NT}
18 Break it up (4,4) HALF TIME [CD] (Addendum - TIme <= -See comments)
22 House of stone in India (6) GEMINI {GEM}{IN}{I}

23 Praise modernity on radio channel (6) AVENUE {AVE}{NUE}(~new)
24 Is God a he? Why different? (6) YAHWEH*
27 Face work in church (4) COPE {C{OP}E}

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