No 10450, Monday 30 Apr 12, Anitya

Veni, vidi, vici....whooooosh....

ACROSS

8   - Writer comrade — one who accumulates (8) - COMPILER {COM}{PILER}

9   - Friend and champion in king's house (6) - PALACE {PAL}{ACE}

10 - On fire, sailor spreads zeal (6) - ABLAZE {AB}{ZEAL*}

11 - Big animal leapt: hen trembled (8) - ELEPHANT*

12 - He creates something original (8) - INVENTOR [E]

13 - Dislike covering a traffic light (6) - HATRED {HAT}{RED}

14 - What a glutton would appreciate (1,3,2,4,5) - A LOT ON ONES PLATE [CD]

18 - A bighead scattered tens — not here (6) - ABSENT {A}{B}{TENS*}

20 - Coming to know fifty are making money (8) - LEARNING {L}{EARNING}

23 - Lowly fellows tense underground (8) - BASEMENT {BASE}{MEN}{T}

24 - Dirty head of clan glowing (6) - CRUDDY {C}{RUDDY}

25 - Observation not something cool (6) - NOTICE {NOT}{ICE}

26 - Stadium entrance where no collection is made (4,4) - OPEN GATE [CD]

DOWN

1   - Robert to discard reel (6) - BOBBIN {BOB}{BIN}

2   - Indian father's tear is obvious (8) - APPARENT {APPA}{RENT}

3   - Celt in form of customer (6) - CLIENT*

4   - Yet you've to pay for rendering in another language (4,11) - FREE TRANSLATION [CD]

5   - They are delivered at conventions (8) - SPEECHES [CD]

6   - Dahl to throw away what's no longer in fashion (3,3) - OLD HAT*

7   - Examination after examination is least sufficient (8) - SCANTEST {SCAN}{TEST}

15 - Dog has a nail within (8) - LABRADOR   L{A}{BRAD}OR The Anitya regular..

16 - Rambling attender talked much (8) - NATTERED*

17 - If bad, it's swearing (8) - LANGUAGE [CD]

19 - It might cover a pupil (6) - EYELID [CD]

21 - Longs for going over right bridges (6) - ARCHES {A{R}CHES}

22 - Untidy strip in a state of undress (6) - NUDITY*

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No 2684, Sunday 29 Apr 12

ACROSS
1   - A farmer finally fit, fit for ploughing (6)  - ARABLE {A}{R}{ABLE}
4   - Property propositions (8)  - PREMISES [DD]
9   - Cry of lady swimming in a residential enclave in Nassau (6,3)  - LYFORD CAY*
11 - Bread, and what's used to make it (5)  - DOUGH [DD]
12 - A charming French accent (5)  - ACUTE {A}{CUTE}
13 - Boy, a youth who drowned saving ten (9)  - ALEXANDER {A}{LE{X}ANDER}
14 - Irritable about intelligence surrounding large ship (12)  - CANTANKEROUS {CA}{N{TANKER}OUS}
18 - Old English weapon found in barracks by Welsh river (12)  - QUARTERSTAFF {QUARTERS}{TAFF}

21 - Dropped charges causing one to cry (4,5)  - SHED TEARS {SHED} {TEARS}
22 - One identifies bishop and rook pocketed by child (5)  - MITRE {MIT{R}E}

23 - Some characters in healthy Droitwich spa (5)  - HYDRO [T]
24 - Deteriorate? Manage to consult foremost of doctors (3,2,4)  - RUN TO SEED {RUN} {TO} {SEE}{D}
25 - Beginning to ask one about new lead for dog (8)  - AIREDALE {A}{I}{RE}{LEAD*}

26 - Note from voice on the radio (6)  - TENNER (~tenor)
DOWN
1   - Wanting marriage, daughter drops out of amorous relationship (8)  - ALLIANCE dALLIANCE
2   - A female, articulate and rich (8)  - AFFLUENT {A}{F}{FLUENT}
3   - Big freight vessel left for Britain (5)  - LARGE (-b+l)LARGE
5   - So marry her, one moved, displaying logic (5,2,6)  - RHYME OR REASON*
6   - A fellow, surrounded by kinky US dames, complained (4,1,4)  - MADE A FUSS {MADE {A F}USS*}
7   - Read about king, well-built (6)  - STURDY {STU{R}DY}
8   - Circle province (6)  - SPHERE [DD]
10 - American rustic - fine example by pub on line (7-6)  - CRACKER BARREL {CRACKER} {BAR}{REL}
15 - Maturity shown by a deckhand originally guarding hold out at sea (9)  - ADULTHOOD {A}{D}{HOLD+OUT}*
16 - Harshly criticise article on a building that was built to honour gods (8)  - PANTHEON {PAN}{THE}{ON}

17 - Bid to imprison complete delinquent (8)  - OFFENDER {OFF{END}ER}
19 - When this is not shown, old lady makes a complaint (6)  - ASTHMA {AS}{THis}{MA}
20 - Kind offer (6)  - TENDER [DD]
22 - Animal lows close to byre (5) - MOOSE {MOOS}{E}

No 10449, Saturday 28 Apr 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - What one detective in villa is expected to solve? (8) - HOMICIDE {HOM{I}{CID}E}

5   - "History repeats __" (6) - ITSELF [GK]

10 - All I noticed in container rolling back is a metallic element (7) - GALLIUM {G{ALL}{I}UM<-}

11 - A couple of learners' spring is completely fit (3,4) - ALL WELL {A}{LL} {WELL}

12 - Make a mistake in roll (6) - MUFFIN {MUFF}{IN}

13 - Greedy American's enraged at Head of Facilitators going away (8) - USURIOUS {US}{fURIOUS}

15 - Make a small move in the outer limits of church (4) - INCH {IN}{ChurcH}

16 - What note-takers would appreciate in a Bible or a Gita (4,6) - SIDE MARGIN [DD]

18 - Your old unknown head of clan to draw on a flimsy defence (4,6) - THIN EXCUSE {THIN E}{X}{C}{USE}

20 - Confounded mother with a bit of nuisance (4) - DAMN {DAM}{N}

23 - Rao gone hesitantly to a place that's off-limits (2-2,4) - NO-GO AREA {NO-GO ARE*}{A}

24 - Small hips? Dang! (6) - SHOCKS {S}{HOCKS} 'Hocks' are not exactly the 'hips' are they?

26 - Straightens up Sen grovelling following neta's thundering (7) - NEATENS {NETA*}{SEN*}

27 - Girl's comfort or affliction (7) - DISEASE {DI'S}{EASE}

28 - Puts up Crete's sections (6) - ERECTS*

29 - Send coach I abandoned to station master and appeal (8) - TRANSMIT {TRAiN}{SM}{IT}

DOWN

1   - An old machine or a rich divorcee may demand this (4,11) - HIGH MAINTENANCE [DD]

2   - Bad man's story not one dismissed wildly (7) - MALEFIC {MALE}{FICtion}

3   - Credit is doubly causing a big problem (6) - CRISIS {CR}{IS}{IS}

4   - " __ __ a favour; get a feature of the Taj Mahal" (4) - DOME {DO}{ME}

6   - Not a course for a free ride (4,4) - TOLL ROAD [CD]

7   - For example, somehow loner intrudes soon (3,4) - ERE LONG {E{RE LON*}G}

8   - Emerges well from a difficult situation — as a cat does physically (5,2,4,4) - FALLS ON ONES FEET [CD]

9   - Indian tip for graduate and the first of kids? “I can't believe it!” (9) - BAKSHEESH {BA}{K}{SHEESH}

14 - VIP's spread that is considerable? (3,6) - BIG CHEESE {BIG} {CHEESE}

17 - Drat! Leer curiously and you may be slapped with a grave warning (3,5) - RED ALERT*

19 - One unlikely to appreciate charge made by popular Gandhian leader (7) - INGRATE {IN}{G}{RATE}

21 - Enthusiastically welcome a small volume Mali put out (7) - ACCLAIM {A}{CC}{MALI*}

22 - The select picked out (6) - CHOSEN [DD]

25 - Now a start to revelling month in Israel (4) - ADAR {AD}{A}{R}

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No 10448, Friday 27 Apr 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Rex entered, however, and finished (7) - THROUGH {TH{R}OUGH}

5   - Word of entreaty in pastor's rental document (6) - PLEASE {P}{LEASE}

9   - High pair on board (5) - KINGS [CD]

10 - “Thy faith hath saved thee; ____ ____ ____” (Luke) (2,2,5) - GO IN PEACE [GK]

11 - Saw good sea cucumber (7) - TREPANG {TREPAN}{G}

12 - Before a bumpy ride, Ram stepped back and joined a union (7) - MARRIED {MAR<-}{RIDE*}

13 - Become accustomed to removing damage from written agreement (5) - INURE INdentURE

14 - Fixation for a daughter's way of speaking (9) - ADDICTION {A}{D}{DICTION}

16 - Lass raged about what may be worn for a special occasion (4,5) - GALA DRESS*

19 - Some calling out in specialised language (5) - LINGO [T]

21 - Talk about weight that is lost? (7) - EXPOUND {EX}{POUND}

23 - It guards the ticker (3,4) - RIB CAGE [CD]

24 - How a thief would leave (5,4) - STEAL AWAY [CD]

25 - Faithful in Belgium? (5) - LIEGE [DD]

26 - Journalist tired working to get a bit of opinion in (6) - EDITOR {EDIT{O}R*}

27 - Pile on stage performer? (7) - REACTOR {RE}{ACTOR}

DOWN

1   - A Yankee's tights ripped? Don't be too serious about it (4,6,4) - TAKE THINGS EASY*

2   - Poem by boy on German and French water (7) - RONDEAU {RON}{D}{EAU}

3   - Steal attention from Goel oddly after stupa falls (7) - UPSTAGE {STUPA*}{GoEl}

4   - Top quality — a student should be gratified with it (4-5) - HIGH-GRADE [DD]

5   - Light bender, teacher leans back in the afternoon (5) - PRISM {P{RIS<-}M}

6   - Derived from observation: boy holds politician at lunchtime (7) - EMPRIC {E{MP}{1}RIC}

7   - Was somehow greeting on Long Island in a foreign language (7) - SWAHILI {WAS*}{HI}{LI}

8   - Broadening seen perhaps when one's listening to another (7,4,3) - BENDING ONE'S EAR*

15 - Stored rye haphazardly in tin can? (9) - DESTROYER*

17 - Get communication by the mouthful ? (3-4) - LIP-READ [CD]

18 - Garment for pair (7) - DOUBLET [DD]

19 - Nearly cheeky retort to essayist's plant (7) - LOBELIA {dLOB<-}{ELIA}

20 - Most orderly home has brewed tea (7) - NEATEST {N{TEA*}EST}

22 - Weirdo, I left, tossing wife's gift (5) - DOWER WEiRDO*

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No 10447, Thursday 26 Apr 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Source of extra pay in due course, apparently (8) - OVERTIME {OVER}{TIME}

5   - 100-0? Understood! (6) - CAUGHT {C}{AUGHT}

9   - Citizen's theme (7) - SUBJECT [DD]

10 - Soldier, therefore, began lifting the umbrella (7) - PARASOL {PARA}{SO}{L}

11 - A Tyson act to be thrown regardless of the effort involved (2,3,4) - AT ANY COST*

12 - Great support for village officer (5) - BRAVO {BRA}{VO} The supporter strikes again!
13 - Go flat with Deutsch song (4) - LIED {LIE}{D}

14 - About proto Mac produced for garbage disposal (9) - COMPACTOR {C}{PROTO+MAC*}

17 - Where in the mall you seek a bite (4,5) - FOOD COURT [CD]

19 - Bring down? Said to bring up! (4) - RAZE (~raise)

23 - Opposite of conclusion, in brief (5) - INTRO [CD]

24 - Got what was left (9) - INHERITED [E]

25 - Smell doctor has a way for heroics (7) - BOMBAST {BO}{MB}{A}{ST}

26 - Time to justify crime of betrayal (7) - TREASON {T}{REASON}

27 - First of debased males mistreated woman (6) - DAMSEL {D}{MALES*}

28 - Jumps around ultimately sneaky mole groups (3,5) - SPY RINGS {SP{Y} RINGS}

DOWN

1   - Old boy finds cleats strewn – a problem to be overcome (8) - OBSTACLE {OB}{CLEATS*}

2   - Half of them for duo to hug (7) - EMBRACE {thEM}{BRACE}

3   - Related to the old colour fabric (3-3) - TIE-DYE {TIE-D}{YE}

4   - Weatherman encountered Erode's top mapper of mountains (13) - METEOROLOGIST {MET}{E}{OROLOGIST}

6   - Exercise class for increased oxygen consumption (8) - AEROBICS [DD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

7   - Brutal force makes scapegoat leave state confused (7) - GESTAPO ScaPEGOAT*

8   - A couple of learners in tugboat service get fat (6) - TALLOW {T{A}{LL}OW}

10 - Ultimatum that should have turned one a silent sufferer (3,2,2,4,2) - PUT UP OR SHUT UP [CD]

15 - Propose publicity for a case four left (8) - ADVOCATE {AD}{VOCATivE}

16 - If you meet them on course, you're stuck (4,4) - DEAD ENDS [CD]

18 - Choose one mother – best possible (7) - OPTIMUM {OPT}{I}{MUM}

20 - A strain troubled the worker (7) - ARTISAN {A}{STRAIN*}

21 - Could bird be teased? (6) - RIBBED*

22 - Backlog of a king and nurse (6) - ARREAR {A}{R}{REAR}

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No 10446, Wednesday 25 Apr 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Eastern relation displaced (8) - ORIENTAL*

6   - Sly man leaves parade (4) - ARCH mARCH

9   - With a little freedom, marriage consent promotes sexual drive (6) - LIBIDO {LIBerty}{I)(DO}

10 - Struck the first of stags and took along (7) - SLUGGED {S}{LUGGED}

13 - Legal landmarks in distribution of cassettes (4,5) - TEST CASES*

14 - Soothing application to preserve about fifty (5) - SALVE {SA{L}VE}

15 - Have to get to work with dough, we're told (4) - NEED (~knead)

16 - Yet it might shake during an earthquake (5,5) - TERRA FIRMA [CD]

19 - What Gridman might say if he hears a lie or if he is opposed to a foreign product (1,4,3,2) - I WONT BUY IT {I} {WON'T BUY IT}

21 - Primate holding first of services in a place for prayer (4) - APSE {AP{S}E}

24 - Fresh place for putting (5) - GREEN [DD]

25 - Got an earful? (9) - OVERHEARD [CD]

26 - Endure — describing the No. 10 batsman dismissed finally? (7) - OUTLAST {OUT}{LAST}

27 - Squabble on publicity is purposeless (6) - ADRIFT {AD}{RIFT}

28 - Setter out of work is a listless person (4) - MOPE {M{OP}E}

29 - A big number always caught heartless lady in a crafty way (8) - CLEVERLY {CL}{EVER}{LadY}

DOWN

2   - Reprint by university in irregular series (7) - REISSUE {REISS{U}E*}

3   - Show woman going round in open carriage (6) - EVINCE {EV{IN}{C}E}

4   - Bride's tackle (9) - TROUSSEAU [CD]

5   - Suffers defeat in fifty big bets on a regular basis (5) - LOSES {L}{OS}{bEtS}

7   - Rug Earl ordered is nothing out of the ordinary (7) - REGULAR*

8   - With which one wouldn't put all the cards on the table (6,6) - HIDDEN AGENDA [CD]

11 - Fun at sea could turn out to be dangerous (6) - UNSAFE*

12 - Such a ticket doesn't offer one a seat (8-4) - STANDING-ROOM [CD]

17 - Repeat it after soldiers with hesitation, adding a note (9) - REITERATE {RE}{IT}{ER}{A}{TE}

18 - Boy on the outskirts of Zambia for a bit of poetry (6) - STANZA {STAN}{ZambiA}

20 - A measure for a measure? (3,4) - ONE STEP [CD]

22 - Not serious like Shakespeare? (7) - PLAYFUL [DD]

23 - Fee for ward? (6) - CHARGE [DD]

25 - Work on a nervous complaint of the eye (5) - OPTIC {OP}{TIC}

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No 10445, Tuesday 24 Apr 12, Gridman

Enroute to Coimbatore to attend a wedding, no time to look up anyone there. Will be on may way back tomorrow night.
ACROSS

1   - Does the team high-up still have any virtue? (4-7) - VICE-CAPTAIN [DD]

9   - With which one is without any restriction (2,5) - NO LIMIT [E]

10 - Plain enough to endlessly retain an old coin (7) - SAVANNA {SAVe}{ANNA}

11 - How sailors are in trouble? (2,3) - AT SEA [DD]

12 - Fool not hard, not retreating (9) - SIMPLETON {SIMPLE}{TON<-}

13 - Form of Arabic leaders of intelligentsia ran and questioned inquisitively (5) - IRAQI {I}{R}{A}{Q}{I}

15 - People in these places are not in the centre of action (9) - SIDELINES [CD]

18 - Mix setter produced is radical (9) - EXTREMIST*

21 - A Greek letter from the Tamilian (5) - THETA [T]

22 - Everybody without exception stumbles on lean lad (3,3,3) - ONE AND ALL*

24 - Characteristic of journey after Poles are disallowed (5) - TRAIT TRAnsIT

26 - When one has a chance of being snapped? (5,2) - PHOTO OP [CD]

27 - Brother, less likely to work, doesn't start to get charcoal grill (7) - BRAZIER {BR}{lAZIER}

28 - Moving to bury Eastern weapon (11) - INTERESTING {INTER}{E}{STING}

DOWN

1   - Destroy vehicle ladies abandoned (9) - VANDALISE {VAN}{LADIES*}

2   - Stills politician on the rise in civil service (5) - CALMS {C{ALM<-}S}

3   - Belligerent mob active wildly (9) - COMBATIVE*

4   - Animal rights organisation's extremely useless old hat (7) - PETASUS {PETA'S}{UselesS}

5   - Muse Das is wrong to have taken it for granted (7) - ASSUMED*

6   - Such an engagement is in the main (5) - NAVAL [CD]

7   - Example of how a batsman is poised (8) - INSTANCE {IN}{STANCE}

8   - Girl pockets a bread (4) - NAAN {NA{A}N}

14 - Where a conqueror of Everest is (2,3,3) - AT THE TOP [CD]

16 - Allow one-time warrant and take the situation in stride (3,2,4) - LET IT PASS {LET} {I}{T} {PASS}

17 - One take this medicine to improve one's brain function (5,4) - SMART DRUG [CD]

19 - Where a person having some trouble is (2,1,4) - IN A SPOT [CD]

20 - No road user can go past it without paying required change (4,3) - TOLL BAR [CD]

22 - Apologetic comment in old circular letter's footnote (4) - OOPS {O}{O}{PS}

23 - She turns Scotsman secreting money order (5) - NAOMI {NA{OM}I}<-

25 - Excuse from old fighter in scrap not taken to the end (5) - ALIBI {ALI}{BIt}

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No 10444, Monday 23 Apr 12, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Scrawl: In France who's good to replace our sailors in unit? (8) - SQUIGGLE {S{QUI}(-in+g)GLE}

5   - Mat has caused an unhealthy condition (6) - ASTHMA*

9   - Sprang to deliver form of choral music (4-4) - PART SONG*

10 - Fret over small person changing male to female (6) - FIDGET (-m+f)FIDGET

12 - Cheer as path of travel is announced (4) - ROOT(~route)

13 - He and she, without exception, perhaps (4,2,4) - BOTH OF THEM [CD]

15 - Web designer? (6) - SPIDER [CD]

17 - Was trying to say Gridman and worker come together (5) - MEANT {ME}{ANT}

20 - Ones putting money back in the States (5) - UNITS {U{NIT<-}S}

21 - Supreme Court nice about the sort of railway on the Nilgiris, for example (6) - SCENIC {SC}{NICE*}

24 - Bachelor teases fan badly in parties (10) - BEANFEASTS {B}{TEASES+FAN}*

27 - Bare-bones film from unknown director? (1-3) - X-RAY {X}-{RAY}

29 - The French begin piling lot of atomic particle (6) - LEPTON {LE}{P}{TON}

30 - Money enthusiast laid out for baked item (8) - DOUGHNUT {DOUGH}{NUT}

31 - Water sprinkled by Henry on garland (6) - WREATH {WATER*}{H}

32 - Rosy view taken of work by man having certain belief (8) - OPTIMISM {OP}{TIM}{ISM}

DOWN

1   - Extremely good Serb up in a fluster (6) - SUPERB*

2   - Force to leave State base (6) - UPROOT {UP}{ROOT}

3   - Great to be holding one's main idea (4) - GIST {G{1'S}T}

4   - Jargon of the official in government (5) - LINGO [T]

6   - Poles on one noisy inhalation (5) - SNIFF {SN}{I}{FF}

7   - Keg takes up all space with chief (8) - HOGSHEAD {HOGS}{HEAD}

8   - Public transport fellow to mechanise (8) - AUTOMATE {AUTO}{MATE}

11 - Daily to nearly receive censure (6) - CHARGE {CHAR}{GEt}

14 - Father in a foreign country is evergreen (4) - UPAS {U{PA}S}

16 - Girl's hit-back is grim (6) - DISMAL {DI'S}{MAL<-}

17 - Central pipe (4) - MAIN [DD]

18 - Some trim at bottom is an ornamentation (8) - FURBELOW {FUR}{BELOW}

19 - Bagpipe played around learner in New York city (3,5) - BIG APPLE {BIG APP{L}E*}

22 - Second-class route that is coming up for the country (6) - BRUNEI {B}{RUN}{EI<-}

23 - Order small mystery to be resolved after line is found missing (6) - SYSTEM {S}{MYSTEry*}

25 - Jeer at female boor (5) - FLOUT {F}{LOUT}

26 - Band in miserable withdrawal after onset of tension (5) - TROOP {T}{ROOP<-}

28 - Hindu god retreating from main gallery (4) - AGNI <-

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No 2683, Sunday 22 Apr 12

ACROSS
1   - Expectation of the man taking work on board (4)  - HOPE {H{OP}E}
3   - Trying on red heels and short trousers (10)  - LEDERHOSEN*

10 - Ready examples of rehearsed moves (3,6)  - SET PIECES [DD]
11 - Dexterous lady primarily brought in to make earthenware (5)  - DELFT {DE{L}FT}

12 - Smart choice crossing river (5)  - PRICK {P{R}ICK}
13 - Look at key and wonder? (3-6)  - EYE-OPENER {EYE}-{OPENER}
14 - Key issue in 2011, say (5,6)  - PRIME NUMBER {PRIME} {NUMBER}
18 - A Muse could make poets richer (11)  - TERPSICHORE*
21 - Play tune no end, hit by Armstrong originally (9)  - MELODRAMA {MELODy}{RAM}{A}
23 - Respond emotionally about turn (5) - REACT {RE}{ACT}
24 - Extremist in Kabul, traitor (5)  - ULTRA [T]
25 - Special revolutionary character (3-6)  - RED-LETTER {RED}-{LETTER}
26 - It may bring comfort to a child, receiving love if throaty, suffering (5,5)  - TOOTH FAIRY {O+IF+THROATY}*
27 - Cold, and sore throat (4)  - CRAW {C}{RAW}
DOWN
1   - Weed round front of semi with instrument, gardening aid (8)  - HOSEPIPE {HO{S}E}{PIPE}
2   - Girl, aristocratic? Not quite (8)  - PATRICIA PATRICIAn
4   - Former cashier, we hear, in a royal treasury (9)  - EXCHEQUER {EX}{CHEQUER}(~checker)
5   - Follow unseen, mostly in disguise (5)  - ENSUE UNSEEn*
6   - Reportedly conceal Scottish explorer, with difficulty, in a West End location (4,4,6)  - HYDE PARK CORNER (~hide){HYDE} {PARK} {CORNER}
7   - Famous lawgiver given good farewell (2,4)  - SO LONG {SO LON}{G}
8   - Kind disposition (6)  - NATURE [DD]
9   - Highly amused, choose the odd tale to be broadcast (7,2,5)  - TICKLED TO DEATH {TICK}{THE+ODD+TALE}*
15 - Onlooker before with rest shivering outside (9)  - BYSTANDER {BY}{ST{AND}ER*}
16 - Talk idly about award? It doesn't make any difference (2,6)  - NO BETTER {N{O M}ATTER}
17 - How earth may be turned into an airport (8)  - HEATHROW*
19 - Size of a horse used for riding (6)  - AMOUNT {A}{MOUNT}
20 - Bachelor by house, extremely drunk (6)  - BLOTTO {B}{LOTTO}
22 - Vessel from Kenya or Tanzania (5) - AORTA [T]

No 10443, Saturday 21 Apr 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - City set in a river (8) - ADELAIDE {A}{DE{LAID}E}

5   - Sour detective in Air India beginning to complain (6) - ACIDIC {A{CID}I}{C}

10 - Arab perhaps, sore of throat, leaving Austria (5) - HORSE HOaRSE

11 - Prisoner attempts to accept victory, succeeds (9) - CONTRIVES {CON}{TRI{V}ES}

12 - Old partner is reportedly nervous in life (9) - EXISTENCE {EX}{IS}{TENCE}(~tense)

13 - White, healthy marine creature (5) - WHALE {W}{HALE}

14 - Following end of earthquake, American lake appears frightening (5) - EERIE {E}{ERIE}

16 - Residence for English soldiers in canvass shelter (8) - TENEMENT {TEN{E}{MEN}T}

18 - Took steps to seize a theologian, one drug-dependent (8) - ADDICTED {A{DD}{I}CTED}

20 - Lawful support by a student (5) - LEGAL {LEG}{A}{L}

24 - A friend or a fighter with love (5) - AMIGO {A}{MIG}{O}

25 - Present at festival time to greet sage differently (6,3) - EASTER EGG*

27 - Artistic Assistant Engineer's article: “Spasm” (9) - AESTHETIC {AE'S}{THE}{TIC}

28 - Purnima going after insects catches one (5) - IMAGO [T]

29 - Candles for recorders (6) - TAPERS [DD]

30 - A stronghold where abandoned serfs rot (8) - FORTRESS*

DOWN

1   - Accomplish something… (7) - ACHIEVE [E]

2   - … even before a nobleman? That is right (7) - EARLIER {EARL}{IE}{R}

3   - A time to store information for the spy (5) - AGENT {A}{GEN}{T}

4   - Respectable lineage without a trace of snobbery (6) - DECENT DEsCENT

6   - Acrobatic movement to make thee crawl miserably (9) - CARTWHEEL*

7   - Eccentric lady had a meal (7) - DEVIATE {DEVI}{ATE}

8   - Most comfortable officer on endless afternoon nap (7) - COSIEST {CO}{SIESTa}

9   - Enter GI, puzzled by the whole entity! (7) - INTEGER*

15 - Teach hero to become the object when describing action between two people (4,5) - EACH OTHER*

17 - Becomes a turncoat with shortcomings (7) - DEFECTS [DD]

18 - First male worker is stubborn (7) - ADAMANT {ADAM}{ANT}

19 - Gets dehydrated, stops talking (5,2) - DRIES UP [DD]

21 - On hand, a pineapple? (7) - GRENADE [CD]

22 - Roman army divisions, say, surrounded by big cats (7) - LEGIONS {L{EG}IONS}

23 - Shy cop troubled by thriller movie (6) - PSYCHO* The scene that haunted me for a long time when I was a young

26 - Throw out resident from an obscure Victorian house (5) - EVICT [T]

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N0 10442, Friday 20 Apr 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - The strange way cameras add to honours for actors (7,6) - ACADEMY AWARDS*

10 - List made by little Catherine includes some wood in Andhra University (9) - CATALOGUE {CAT{A{LOG}U}E}

11 - A lesion, large – cure difficult (5) - ULCER {L+CURE}*

12 - Coffee, the way it is done by Indian uncle? Not half (5) - MOCHA {MO}{CHAcha}

13 - Too sick to get up (9) - BEDRIDDEN [E]

14 - Reportedly dear dish (6) - SAMBAR [~sambar(deer)]

16 - Illegal payment, one accepted by British engineer (5) - BRIBE {BR}{I}{BE}

19 - Short cloak right for a playful dance (5) - CAPER {CAPE}{R}

20 - Current on-line version (2,4) - EL NINO*

25 - Using both eyes in UCLA, Robin improved (9) - BINOCULAR*

26 - Haul over the coals (5) - SCOLD [CD]

27 - American beginning to hunger in South India gets Japanese dish (5) - SUSHI {S{US}{H}I}

28 - Drinking French wine, gunner goes berserk – frightening! (9) - UNNERVING {UNNER{VIN}G*}

29 - The realm of the beasty ruler? (6,7) - ANIMAL KINGDOM [CD]

DOWN

2   - Last resting place for a spiteful woman, a ‘hair-dresser' (8) - CATACOMB {CAT}{A}{COMB}

3   - Greek character seen in a citadel tantalises (5) - DELTA [T]

4   - African statesman to read up on old American statesman (6) - MUGABE {MUG}{ABE}

5   - They make improvements to the last words about the German (8) - AMENDERS {AMEN{DER}S}

6   - Place of rock temples in Egypt found as I bumbled about, losing Penny (3,6) - ABU SIMBEL {AS+I+BUMBLEd}*

7   - Ten years said to have been ruined (6) - DECADE (~decayed)

8   - Temporary accommodation on board for rascals (6) - SCAMPS {S{CAMP}S}

9   - Thousand currency units – thousand! (5) - GRAND {G}{RAND}

15 - Belief in mob rule, a rash, manic disorder (9) - ANARCHISM*

17 - It activates a ringer, ringer with influence (4,4) - BELL PULL {BELL} {PULL}

18 - Old emperor greeting return of gold, struck by love (8) - HIROHITO {HI}{RO<-}{HIT}{O}

21 - Later part of life of a lad with ego conquered (3,3) - OLD AGE {LAD+EGO}*

22 - Demean a bachelor's English (5) - ABASE {A}{BA'S}{E}

23 - Simultaneous performance with soprano in harmony (6) - UNISON {UNI{S}ON}

24 - Brother with a French identity initially in Asian State (6) - BRUNEI {BR}{UNE}{I}

26 - Shoot of the season, nameless (5) - SPRIG SPRInG

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No 10441, Thursday 19 Apr 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - Rush around in anger about a lawmaker (7) - RAMPAGE {R{A}{MP}AGE}

5   - Slavery that made super spy in books grow old (7) - BONDAGE {BOND}{AGE}

9   - Handout from mother, no queen, spells out the way to live with the bare minimum resources (4,4,2,5) - FROM HAND TO MOUTH {HANDOUT+FROM+MOTHer}*

10 - Prize for protection (6) - SHIELD [DD]

11 - A club to strike a leg — bound to break (8) - BLUDGEON*

13 - Middle-easterner finds causes of trouble in sheltered area (8) - LEBANESE {LE{BANES}E}

15 - Measure of current in the morning in every compass point (6) - AMPERE {AM}{PER}{E}

18 - Wild cat decapitated in a part of a plant (6) - ANTHER pANTHER

19 - Theatrical doctor caught holding famous violin (8) - DRAMATIC {DR}{AMATI}{C}

22 - A performance enhancer in outer space? (8) - ASTEROID {A}{STEROID}

24 - State as then known, in which a doctor is sanctified (6) - ORISSA [T]

27 - See this to assess likely developments, it's a breeze! (3,3,4,5) - HOW THE WIND BLOWS [CD]

28 - Furniture item for a lanky lad (7) - TALLBOY {TALL}{BOY}

29 - The seat sis adapted for a afternoon naps (7) - SIESTAS*

DOWN

1   - Saying no to the umpire starting to lurk around America (7) - REFUSAL {REF}{USA}{L}

2   - I wander back with a New Zealander (5) - MAORI {MAOR}{I}<-

3   - Deposit engineer found around much of London, very pale yellow (3,6) - ASH BLONDE {ASH} {B{LONDon}E}

4   - A volcano in the chemistry lab? (4) - ETNA [DD]

5   - Conflict for an old, initially bashful Prime Minister, finally losing energy (6) - BATTLE {B}{ATTLEe}

6   - Itinerant one, not crazy, loses time (5) - NOMAD {NOt}{MAD}

7   - Such parks may be fun (9) - AMUSEMENT [CD]

8   - Increase by two points, risk losing 100 initially (7) - ENHANCE {EN}{cHANCE}

12 - Demand to be included in task force (3) - ASK [T]

14 - Means of getting dry, but not only in a resort place (4,5) - BATH TOWEL [CD]

16 - Unforgettable — could it be a Rommel, however? (9) - MEMORABLE*

17 - Where one may keep a deposit (3) - URN [CD]

18 - Unscrupulous one with a defective cover overhead (1,3,3) - A BAD HAT {A} {BAD} {HAT}

20 - Framework for endless pursuit by little sister (7) - CHASSIS {CHASe}{SIS}

21 - Half the distance to a famous battle (6) - MIDWAY [DD]

23 - Hope for an addict caught in a rare habit (5) - REHAB [T]

25 - Creature that posed holding up book (5) - STOAT {S{TO<-}AT}

26 - Objectives — but they do not justify the means, they say (4) - ENDS [CD]

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No 10440, Wednesday 18 Apr 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - Thrilled to find clue in the document (9) - DELIGHTED {DE{LIGHT}ED}

5   - One aspect with which to confront troop leader (5) - FACET {FACE}{T}

8   - Goodbye till we meet again in Paris (2,6) - AU REVOIR [GK]

9   - Mix of metals getting the third prize (6) - BRONZE [DD]

11 - Very big motor, much coveted in Hollywood (5) - OSCAR {OS}{CAR}

12 - The most promising? Correct, among the toppers (9) - BRIGHTEST {B{RIGHT}EST}

13 - Shapeless mass of a party faces election reverse (6) - DOLLOP {DO}{LLOP<-}

14 - Prisoner punished and locked up (8) - CONFINED {CON}{FINED}

16 - Feline, oriental, unpleasant sort (8) - CATEGORY {CAT}{E}{GORY}

18 - Healthy things to eat from golf links? (6) - GREENS [DD]

22 - The instrument to make her plan on playing (9) - ALPENHORN*

23 - Beat that is both right and wrong (5) - THROB {BOTH+R}*

24 - Fighter is in before an expatriate (6) - EMIGRE {E{MIG}RE}

25 - A certain small design for a container (8) - CANISTER {CERTAIN+S}*

26 - Prominent person ending studies in good health (5) - SWELL {S}{WELL}

27 - Ram with a prize — a flower (9) - BUTTERCUP {BUTTER}{CUP}

DOWN

1   - The pitch of a baseball player (7) - DIAMOND [CD]

2   - A cry ill-interpreted as poetic (7) - LYRICAL*

3   - Warren Hastings was one, so was Rajaji (8-7) - GOVERNOR-GENERAL [GK]

4   - Ovid's star-crossed lover in this myth is believable (6) - THISBE [T]

5   - Without precedent, silly tiff tires mother (3,3,5,4) - FOR THE FIRST TIME*

6   - Interest in business (7) - CONCERN [DD]

7   - Taken care of in health centre at editor's bidding (7) - TREATED [T]

10 - Oral instruction to boy to acquire a wild ox (5) - BISON (~buy){BI}{SON}

15 - It could sweep a black bit of space (5) - BROOM {B}{ROOM}

16 - Reminders of aerial bombing (7) - CRATERS [CD]

17 - Some beef that a desi pot cooked (7) - TOPSIDE*

19 - Mistake a spasm as being irregular (7) - ERRATIC {ERR}{A}{TIC}

20 - Probe US design and get more serious (5,2) - SOBER UP*

21 - Not damaged by modern diplomacy (6) - INTACT {IN}{TACT}

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No 10439, Tuesday 17 Apr 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - Living together in a mystic Obi spell (9) - SYMBIOTIC*

5   - Trousers for ‘quackers' (5) - DUCKS [DD]

8and 10 Dn. - Premeditation seen when a careful home got hit, wrecked (6,12) - MALICE AFORETHOUGHT*

9   - Friendliness of one in a good French residence (8) - BONHOMIE {BON}{HOM{I}E}

11 - Singer in the buff? Get her out! (4) - ALTO ALTOgether

12 - Astringent lotion, but not for women? (10) - AFTERSHAVE [CD]

14 - For whom wannabe lawmakers develop a quinquennial respect! (5) - VOTER [CD]

15 - Makes further changes to what dieters corrected (2-5) - RE-EDITS*

16 - Cheerful young lad goes around university with worker (7) - BUOYANT {B{U}OY}{ANT}

17 - Physical education to preserve a nut! (5) - PECAN {PE}{CAN}

19 - Transporter accommodates a ruler, transferring title (6,4) - MAKING OVER {M{A}{KING} OVER}

20 - Lower part of a wall in a good adobe construction (4) - DADO [T]

22 - In the EC, vegans driven to eat refuse? (8) - SCAVENGE*

23 - This flier would welcome a good blow (6) - GLIDER [CD]

24 - Sound of a petty fight about a pound (5) - SPLAT {SP{L}AT}

25 - Time to make a demand for a church working group (4,5) - TASK FORCE {T}{ASK} {FOR}{CE}

DOWN

1   - Get American uncle to criticise craft (6) - SAMPAN {SAM}{PAN}

2   - Explosive soviet drink! (7,8) - MOLOTOV COCKTAIL [DD]

3   - Poles sacked by informer with a restless desire (4) - ITCH snITCH

4   - The style of a crewcut (5-7) - CLOSE-CROPPED [CD]

5   - Bursting of a fruit releasing seeds in a scenic hedge — a thousand lost, scattered (10) - DEHISCENCE (SCENIC+HEDgE}*

6   - Facility on board ship for a friend's rise? (9,6) - COMPANION LADDER {COMPANION} {LADDER}

7   - Money carried by Moshe Kelson in Tel Aviv perhaps (7) - SHEKELS [T &lit]

10See 8 Ac.

13 - A touch of tacky smear suppresses men's accomplishment (10) - ATTAINMENT {A}{T}{TAIN{MEN}T}

16 - Engineer is lost in thought, causes puzzlement (7) - BEMUSES {BE}{MUSES}

18 - Under which a great one found enlightenment (2,4) - BO TREE [GK]

21 - Key indicator in music that caught the French beginning to falter (4) - CLEF {C}{LE}{F}

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No 10438, Monday 16 Apr 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - Singular word to describe a group of things (10,4) - COLLECTIVE NOUN [E]

8   - Universal ideas developed for goodbyes (6) - ADIEUS {U+IDEAS}*

9   - I've replaced gold in front tooth, clear and sharp (8) - INCISIVE INCIS(-or+i've)IVE

11 - He gets the machine going in a sudden stoppage with hesitation (9) - INSTALLER {IN}{STALL}{ER}

12 - Hard, slippery creatures, despicable ones (5) - HEELS {H}{EELS}

13 - Building with half the need provided by observers, reportedly (7) - EDIFICE {neED}{IF}{ICE}(~eyes)

15 - Pests that almost bind you and me around the street (7) - LOCUSTS {LOCk}{U{ST}S}

17 - Fragrant stuff to enrage one (7) - INCENSE [DD]

19 - Resin found in ammunition with a trace of carbon (7) - SHELLAC {SHELL}{A}{C}

21 - Type of musical composition, not large, not involving royalty (5) - FUGAL FrUGAL Needed help on this

23 - Pack too much in six deliveries, gloat and start dancing (9) - OVERCROWD {OVER}{CROW}{D}

25 - Look after the most important article in container (8) - MAINTAIN {MAIN}{T{A}IN}

26 - Popular act, one after the other (2,4) - IN TURN {IN} {TURN}

27 - Common sailor's food additive? (6,8) - SODIUM CHLORIDE [DD]

DOWN

1   - A cup of tea, cut of lemon and something to cool it all (7) - CHALICE {CHA}{L}{ICE}

2   - Refuges with an atmosphere in the outskirts of Lourdes (5) - LAIRS {Lou{AIR}deS}

3   - Learning auctioned? Strange (9) - EDUCATION*

4   - Semi-proven art rejected, left on one side (7) - VENTRAL {proVEN}{TRA<-}{L}

5   - The sound of one with four legs or, beginning now, nearly eight! (5) - NEIGH {N}{EIGHt}

6   - Widespread in LAN, virus needs treatment with energy (9) - UNIVERSAL {LAN+VIRUS+E}*

7   - After a month, little sister gets a viral infection (6) - SEPSIS {SEP}{SISter}

10 - Depressed member of an Oxford team (4) - BLUE [DD]

14 - False identity — in Congo it is unusual (9) - INCOGNITO*

16 - Belief surrounds shortened scene in a climax (9) - CRESCENDO {CRE{SCENe}DO}

17 - Bad reputation of a modern household, without one pound! (6) - INFAMY {IN}{FAMilY}

18 - Self-importance — it goes crumbling with the onset of meekness (7) - EGOTISM {IT+GOES*}{M}

19 - Proceed legally on time and get fat (4) - SUET {SUE}{T}

20 - The rhythm of a strange dance in church (7) - CADENCE {DANCE*}{CE}

22 - Police use it still, a thing carried (5) - LATHI [T]

24 - Optician losing the way in Windows (5) - OCULI OCULIst

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