No 12701, Saturday 10 Aug 2019, Arden

Across

1. With complaining wife everyone comes here to pray (7,4) WAILING WALL {W}{AILING} {W}{ALL} Is it an &lit? Else what is the defn?
7. Decline, it's not the full story (3) SAG {SAGa}
9. Talk of heads that are free (5) LOOSE (CD?) (Addendum - (~loos) - See comments)
10. Account of how one hurried back with some food (9) NARRATION {RAN<=}{RATION}
11. Unrelated, perhaps remains the same (9) UNALTERED {UNRELATED*}
12. Good score – in short keen to get fifty (5) EAGLE {EAG{L}Er}
13. Sorrowful trend, maybe decelerating (7) ELEGIAC {ELEGIAC+TREND*}={DECELERATING}
15. Period to review issue (4) EMIT {TIME<=}
18. Back a back (4) ABET {A}{BET}
20. Associated with anonymous business opening (7) COGNATE {COGNATE-{N}}={CO}{GATE}
23. My private breed (5) CORGI {COR}{GI}
24. Arranged loan, Spain gets capital (9) ANNAPOLIS {LOAN+SPAIN*}
26. It's a big comedown from a height in a curtain (9) AVALANCHE {A}{VALANC{H}E}
27. Reading every compass (5) REACH {R}{EACH}
28. Feel sorry in //  a way, while in Paris (3) RUE (DD)
29. Prefer two boys facing each other, it will give one a jolt (8,3) ELECTRIC EEL {ELECT}{RIC} {LEE<=}

Down

1. Aquatic creatures in half the country (part of Great Britain excluded) (8) WALRUSES  {WALRUSES}{WAL{RUSsia}ES}

2. Devotee says work can wait (8) IDOLATER {I}{DO}{LATER|
3. In record time becomes clumsy (5) INEPT {IN}{EP}{T}
4. Comprehensive information on the boy (7) GENERIC {GEN}{ERIC}
5. A game – make it short (7) ABRIDGE {A}{BRIDGE}
6. Raising and going away, regularly seen inside (9) LEAVENING {LEAV{sEeN}ING}
7. Booze partly lost in godowns (6) STINGO (T)
8. Criminals crossing English river (6) GANGES {GANG{E}S}
14. Overlap India and China, allow an economic union (9) IMBRICATE {I}{M{BRIC}ATE}
16. Follow people to the water outlet (8) TAILRACE {TAIL}{RACE}
17. Cheers erupt from mid-level for an astronomer (8) HERSCHEL {H{CHEERS*}L} Mid-level = Between H(igh) & L(ow)

19. Part that puts husband in a daze (7)  TRANCHE {TRANC{H}E}
20. Agreement as soon as there is TV coverage (7) CONCERT {C{ONCE}RT}
21. Excels at regular intervals, the song is sweet (6) ECLAIR {ExCeLs}{AIR}
22. Cooler inside, are they esoteric? (6) ARCANE {AR{CAN}E}
25. For example, Tata's average is picking up (5) PARSI {PAR}{IS<=}

Reference List

With=W, Wife=W, Fifty=L, Business=Co, My=Cor, Private=GI, Reading=R
Record=EP, Time=T, English=E, Husband=H, TV=CRT

Colour/Font Scheme

Definition, Solution, Component letters, Embedded links, Theme word,  Anagram Indicator, C/C indicator, Reversal Indicator, Hidden word Indicator, Letter Pick indicator, Deletion Indicator, Homophone Indicator, Movement Indicator, Positional Indicator, Substitution, Indicator, Link/Connector, Extraneous

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No 12700, Friday 09 Aug 2019, Arden

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ACROSS
6   Urge to return and adopt gold standard, say (5) GAUGE {G{AU}GE<=}
7   Work overtime, reduce Carbon by exposure to atmosphere (8) AERATION {Ac{ERA}TION}
10 Release snake, it goes under fence, mostly (7) UNCLASP {ASP} under {UNCLe}
11 Labour leader follows the bank and church like a hawk (7) TIERCEL {La...r} after {TIER}{CE}

12 A piece of bone, say in a Hindi movie (7) PATELLA {PA{TELL}A}
13 Workers are taken in by a star... (7) ANTARES {ANT{ARE}S}
14 ...fate of American consumers lies with stargazers (5-6) LOTUS EATERS {LOT}{US} {EATERS}
19 Subject on seaweeds without a support (7) ALGEBRA {ALGaE}{BRA}
21 It couldn't take off, is dead copy (7) EMULATE {EMU}{LATE}
23 Comfort in housing (7) CONSOLE [DD]
25 Criminal law – read about unfair treatment (3,4) RAW DEAL*
26 Countrymen get 50% share (8) MALDIVES {MAL{DIVide}ES}
27 Agony chasing bars, when exposed it's all gas (5) ARGON {aGONy} after {bARs}

DOWN
1   Capital city even sells some wine... (8) MUSCATEL {MUSCAT}{sElLs}
2   ...tell them to sell (6) RETAIL (~ re tell?)
3   Manoeuvre as in space over a water body (7,3) CASPIAN SEA {AS+IN+SPACE}* over {A}

4   Fuss about the fog (4) FRET [DD]
5   Agree, these are missing from touch screen, possibly (6) CONCUR {tOUCh+sCReeN}*
6   Fellow loses heart, gets back in a bad mood (6) GRUMPY {GuY} over {RUMP}
8   Stage at the middle, in that place (7) THEATRE {THE{AT}RE}
9   Rich fabric (5) PLUSH [DD]
13 "The Samurai" is shot in a very unprofessional manner (10) AMATEURISH*
15 Consider it a bold, free newspaper (7) TABLOID* &lit
16 Extremely sadistic – punish and clean up (8) SCAVENGE {Sa...iC}{AVENGE}
17 Travesty right in front (5) FARCE {FA{R}CE}
18 Magician takes flight (6) MERLIN [DD]
20 Affable setter has got in a tangle (6) GENIAL {GEL} over {IN+A}*
22 Open to peacekeepers, but war breaks out quietly (6) UNWRAP {UN}{WAR*}{P}
24 Hermes lost love, gained admiration (4) ENVY ENVoY

Reference List
Gold = AU, Carbon = C, Church = CE, Support = BRA, Right = R, Setter = I, Peacekeepers = UN, Quietly = P, Love = 0

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No 12699, Thursday 08 Aug 2019, Gridman

ACROSS
1   Reserved beach around the tip of Triplicane (3-5) SET-ASIDE {SEASIDE} over {Tr...e}
5   Mend carried out retaining middle fold of tomb (6) DOLMEN {D{fOLd}MEN*}

10 Sentimental Frenchman endlessly lauding dancing (7) MAUDLIN {M}{LAUDINg*}
11 Revised report about one French mime PIERROT {REPORT}* over 1

12 Spell 'canter' incorrectly (6) TRANCE*
13 Writing on the wall: "German count healthy individual" (8) GRAFFITI {GRAF}{FIT}{I}
15 Flower in the eye (4) IRIS [DD]
16 Interpreting prisoner's deceptive plan to trap Russian (10) CONSTRUING {CON}{ST{RU}ING}
18 Aim to retain central hero as Number 1 (10) GOALKEEPER {GOAL}{KEEP}{hERo}
20 The old, oddly thin, elusive subject (4) YETI {YE}{ThIn}
23 In a month trophy goes to a new resident (8) OCCUPANT {OC{CUP}{A}{N}T}
24 Resident Editor to follow market (6) RETAIL {RE}{TAIL}
26 Exaggerate what's plain about airconditioning (7) OVERACT {OVER{AC}T}
27 Copy lass' abrupt, odd Caribbean music (7) CALYPSO {COPY+LASs}*

28 Madman – last one in station, say (6) NUTTER {s...oN}{UTTER}
29 Newspaper editing site's revised "Pesky Doc" (4,4) COPY DESK*

DOWN
1   What a mystery solver or you would look for (9,2,2,2) SOMETHING TO GO ON [CD]
2   Nuts pushed French friend into huge wave (7) TSUNAMI {NUTS*}{AMI}
3   Second force leaves nothing to piece together (6) SPLICE {S}{PoLICE}
4   Force starts to dwell in nice temperature (4) DINT Acrostic
6   Begin shooting – around it, people may gather in winter (4,4) OPEN FIRE [DD]
7   Swallow one drink (7) MARTINI {MARTIN}{1}
8   If all equipments are in disrepair, __ __ __ (7,4,4) NOTHING WILL WORK FITB
9   Tyrannised by spreading dope about the reporters (9) OPPRESSED {OP{PRESS}ED*}
14 Page introducing pages (5,4) COVER NOTE [CD]
17 Snow lander to avoid trail (3-5) SKI-PLANE {SKIP}{LANE}
19 Old standard-bearer like Iago (7) ANCIENT [GK]
21 Model, once buxom (7) EXAMPLE {EX}{AMPLE}
22 Put into use odd deep trick (6) DEPLOY {DeEp}{PLOY}
25 Somehow chose to ignore second iteration (4) ECHO CHOsE*

Reference List
Frenchman = M, Russian = RU, The old = YE, New = N, Resident Editor = RE, Airconditioning = AC, French friend = AMI, Second = S, Once = EX,

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No 12698, Wednesday 07 Aug 2019, Gridman

Solved while returning from the San Diego Safari Park.

ACROSS
1   Rolling on, hamara Jack has become a big shot (7) MAHARAJ {HAMARA}*{J}
5   Overcharge, Pir? (3-3) RIP-OFF {PIR}* [RA]
9   Bird to steal one nest, to begin with (5) ROBIN {ROB}{1}{Nest}

10 Funny cartoon about extremely light singer (9) CONTRALTO {CARTOON}* over {LighT}
11 I, with regent, cooked up a number (7) INTEGER {I}{REGENT*}
12 Dear, once out, becomes thoughtful (7) PENSIVE exPENSIVE
13 My incomplete group of birds (5) GEESE {GEE}{SEt}
14 Won't give baksheesh. That's level! (2,7) NO TIPPING [DD]
16 Supporter not out to flag an inspiration (9) BRAINWAVE {BRA}{IN}{WAVE}
19 See, I missed a prospect (5) VISTA {VISiT}{A}
21 Abroad, there's good line. Move on! (7) OUTGROW {OUT}{G}{ROW}
23 Dismiss dens? (4,3) SEND OFF {DENS}* [RA]
24 Fellows, don't start table fight (9) ENCOUNTER {mEN}{COUNTER}
25 Sage mantris high, to a certain extent (5) RISHI [T]
26 Came upon hesitancy over old one hurtling (6) METEOR {MET}{E{O}R}
27 Abandons no southern sweets (7) DESERTS DESsERTS

DOWN
1   One whose business is to make matches (8,6) MARRIAGE BROKER [CD]
2   Regular colour about a piece (7) HABITUE {H{A}{BIT}UE}
3   Deny Green's faltering and beginning to use drug (7) RENEGUE {GREEN*}{Use}{E}
4   And Raja goes round saving up account of tree (9) JACARANDA {AND+RAJA}* over {AC}

5   Quickly approach crazy pun by Russian (3,2) RUN UP {RU}{PUN*}
6   Standard cut vegetable (7) PARSNIP {PAR}{SNIP}

7   Film director's cruel with endless note (7) FELLINI {FELL}ENI Anno for ENI pending (Addendum - {FELL}{mINIm} - See comments)
8   Yet these shenanigans will reverberate back home (7,7) FOREIGN AFFAIRS [C&DD]
15 Cherished use trader exploited (9) TREASURED*
17 Diplomat's briefcase (7) ATTACHE [DD]
18 Run back, true to form, to promote growth (7) NURTURE {RUN<=}{TRUE*}
19 Jury panels even I respect from within (7) VENIRES [T]
20 Stand for special partners in underprivileged surroundings (7) SPONSOR {S}{PO{NS}OR}
22 Server, I spilled what's sought after in Chennai (5) WATER WAiTER

Reference List
Jack = J, Once = EX, Supporter = BRA, Good = G, Old = O, Southern = S, Drug = E, Account = AC, Russian = RU, Cruel = FELL, Special = S, Partners = NS(North, South)

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No 12697, Tuesday 06 Aug 2019, Gridman

ACROSS
1   Lack of punctuality of Delhi leader back in the French ship (8) LATENESS {LA}{TENE}{SS} Anno for TENE pending (Addendum - {L{NETA<=}E}{SS} - See comments)
5   Sailor returns with brown cane (6) RATTAN {TAR<=}{TAN}
9   Climb up with new, primarily invigorated muscles (7) SCALENI {SCALE}{N}{In...d}
10 One who doesn't play with anybody else (7) SOLOIST [CD]
11 Father moving again to part of South America (9) PATAGONIA {PA}{AGAIN+TO}*
12 Safari employee no big consumer (5) EATER bEATER
13 Well, she drops top teacher (4) GURU Anno pending (Addendum - {GUsheR}{U} - See comments)
14 In hacienda, foremost of lodgers cooked a Mexican dish (9) ENCHILADA {HACIENDA}* over {Lo...s}
17 True, a claw is damaged. What the cats do! (9) CATERWAUL*
19 Scent model left in bar (4) RAIL tRAIL
23 Said to change part of church (5) ALTAR (~alter)
24 I smoke languidly and follow sled puller (6,3) ESKIMO DOG {I+SMOKE}*{DOG}
25 Last three bits of glass held back in cart (7) TUMBREL {TUMB(LER<=)}

26 Wraps boy, seen wandering around and shivering (7) ENROBES {EN{ROB}ES*}
27 Ceremony gets trial conducted around union chief (6) RITUAL {RIT{Un..n}AL*}
28 Priest beginning to secure changes in church books (8) PSALTERS {Pr...t}{Se...e}{ALTERS}

DOWN
1   Yet some readers of newspapers might begin from here (4,4) LAST PAGE [CD]
2   One betrays characteristic to chiefs of other ranks (7) TRAITOR {TRAIT}{Ot..r}{Ra..s}
3   Little urges for cakes with __ __? (2,4) NO EGGS {NO}{EGGS} FITB Little/No? See comments
4   Yarn after yarn came from this machine of the Mahatma (8,5) SPINNING WHEEL [CD]
6   Curative plants – everything the man too outspent (8) ALLHEALS {ALL}{HE}{ALSo}
7   Novel character with journalist danced (7) TWISTED {TWIST}{ED}
8   Basic quality of Mother Earth (6) NATURE [DD]
10 Brussels hack with daring adventurers (13) SWASHBUCKLERS* {BRUSSELS+HACK+W}*
15 Rare art I found used in green houses (8) TERRARIA*

16 Support in extraordinary sites for plaintive poets (8) ELEGISTS {E{LEG}ISTS*}
18 Try volunteers rising and disrupting Met exercise (7) ATTEMPT {TA<=}{MET*}{PT}
20 Saudi able to shoot heads in sonic range (7) AUDIBLE {sAUDI}{aBLE}
21 Maul a cricket player (6) BATTER [DD]
22 Without scruples, a man's taking a kind of exam (6) AMORAL {A}{M}{ORAL}

Reference List
New = N, Father = PA, Big = B, Top = U, Model = T, Boy = ROB, Out = O, Journalist = ED, With = W, Volunteers = TA, Man = M

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No 12696, Monday 05 Aug 2019, Gridman

ACROSS
1   As danger develops, half of them go back to the French officer (8) GENDARME {DANGER*}{thEM<=}
6   Blackleg in second taxi (4) SCAB {S}{CAB}
9   Upset, I'm leaving the other woman in tension (6) STRESS miSTRESS
10 French city's capacity to bond (7) VALENCE [DD]
13 Smart Ali's driving away scaremongers (9) ALARMISTS*
14 Approaches new listeners (5) NEARS {N}{EARS}
15 Vision mentioned browser's destination (4) SITE (~sight)
16 Research panel that must come to a point (5,5) FOCUS GROUP [C&DD]
19 A man's felt a need to squelch criminal (10) MALFEASANT*
21 Powder in metal container (4) TALC [T]
24 Author Carl backing Assamese natives (5) NAGAS<=
25 Flexible, holies met freely (9) LITHESOME*
26 Work's big problem for marsupial (7) OPOSSUM {OP}{OS}{SUM}

27 Correct about clamp (6) REVISE {RE}{VISE}
28 It's Gridman conforming (4) SAME {SA}{ME}
29 One whose relation will be revealing (8) TELLTALE [CD]

DOWN
2   One in a race went without complaint (7) ENTRANT {wENT}{RANT}
3   Cheerless? Not right! Mother's given to reverie (6) DREAMY DREA(-r+m)MY
4   Parts of circuits get rupees cast around crazy stories (9) RESISTORS {R{STORIES*}S}
5   Roof features women mentioned (5) EAVES (~eves)
7   US coin and a very old coin from Cuba (7) CENTAVO {CENT}{A}{V}{O}
8   Where a gentleman keeps something close to his heart (6,6) BREAST POCKET [CD]
11 Correspondent's payment – nothing coming up for a long period! (6) LINAGE {NIL<=}{AGE}
12 Mean Indian sect member one day gets debt notices (12) PARSIMONIOUS {PARSI}{MON}{IOUS}
17 Contrived U-turn Lana pulled off (9) UNNATURAL*
18 Reportedly anticipates head count (6) CENSUS (~senses)
20 The French tend to get extra space (7) LEGROOM {LE}{GROOM}
22 Awakening from a never-ending spin around the States (7) AROUSAL {A}{RO{USA}Ll}
23 Smooth winnings to a gambler (6) VELVET [DD]
25 Keep down maid oddly in Paris bed (5) LIMIT {LI{MaId}T}

Reference List
Second = S, New = N, Work = OP, Big = OS, About = RE, It = SA(Sex Appeal), With = W, Right = R, Mother = M, Rupees = RS, Very = V, Old = O, Paris Bed = LIT

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Special, Sunday 04 Aug 2019, Scientist X,

Welcome to our new setter. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.

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

ACROSS
1   Mathematical constant heard starting the hot online news about a snake (6)
4   Theoretical interest in pertaining to education? (8)
9   A group of twenty Presidents transformed into a cadaver (6)
10 Mao, for one, presides  over a meeting (8)
12 Fast cat made right something to be true (4)
13 Part of an ear leaving European by to influence (5)
14 Important growth of feline hair, say! (4)
17 Expectation to lose it first and get back ScientistX at front to get liberation (12)
20 Good man, representative to company and carbon copy of ScientistX cause Pharyngitis (12)
23 Black bringer of bleak news! (4)
24 In this month, half a spinning top backwards serves as a distraction (5)
25 Strike as a punishment with black or green? (4)
28 Computer partly overdosed with Selenium became cool! (8)
29 Local Area Network backed him to hear a book of songs (6)
30 Risk seat to build character! (8)
31 Understanding danger to a public hall (6)

DOWN
1   Personal assistant partly stated clearly, calmed down (8)
2   Steer thermal power fuel endlessly towards a defector (8)
3   Expel a good man joined at Osmania University (4)
5   Living together! (12)
6   Dog, tear apart to shed small drops (4)
7   Short madam with part malice produces warm blooded vertebrate (6)
8   A dog tooth? (6)
11 Past, present and future force mixing to have all the parts (12)
15 Severe angle? (5)
16 Writers find it, one also finds it to start speaking (5)
18 Seen creed discrimination, lose ending was broadcast (8)
19 Hal,on a bit, organized skiing and rifle shooting (8)
21 Tropical shrub needs twice cooling instrument having Artificial Intelligence back (6)
22 Socialist with hot star removed off to dedicate (6)
26 Show this to fire? (4)
27 The ugly radiation inside a constellation (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at SCIENTISTX 1

Enjoy.

The Sunday Crossword No 3059, Sunday 04 Aug 2019

ACROSS
1   Flames from bonfires you'd vacantly started (10) BOYFRIENDS {BONFIRES+YouD}*
6   First of Carlings imbibed by drunk Caledonian (4) SCOT {S{Ca...s}OT}
9   Oh dear: in Asia, soy pod undergoing 'modification' (4-1-5)  OOPS-A-DAISY*
10 Pro bono lawyer's rate: that's about right (4) FREE {F{R}EE}
12 Football pundit's behind Yorkshire side: 'I don't like that, giving ground' (12) HILLSBOROUGH {HILL'S}{BOROUGH}(~boro) Anno pending See comments
15 Terrible dragon overcomes island, becoming object of worship (4,3) RAIN GOD {DRAGON}* over {I}
16 Nobody, after embracing Chinese philosophy, remains nobody (3,1,3) NOT A ONE {NO{TAO}NE} Shouldn't that be TAOISM?
17 Caught fish between banks of Tweed (7) TANGLED {Twee{ANGLE}D}
19 Less substantial (when describing noise, primarily)? (7) TINNIER {TIN{N}IER} &lit
20 Sticky secreting structures revealed as mud unclogs sloppily (6,6) MUCOUS GLANDS*
23 Sour spell (4) TURN [DD]
24 Show contempt as chicken amateur finally beats retreat (4,1,5) COCK A SNOOK {COCK}{A}{b..tS}{NOOK}
25 Apply layer of coolant, not evenly (4) COAT {CoOlAnT}
26 Misreading of Jude: priest is a joke! (3,7) JEU DESPRIT*

DOWN
1   Personal problem? Fine to show reserve (4) BOOK {BO}{OK}
2   Remove organs from pet after rising, shrill sounds (4) YAPS <=
3   Wilde's prison reportedly permitted recitals (7,5) READING ALOUD {READING}{ALOUD}(~allowed)
4   Communicated something using mixed media about the French (7) EMAILED {EMAI{LE}D*}
5   Hullabaloo about stub put out in receptacle (7) DUSTBIN {D{STUB*}IN}
7   Wealth taken from doddery OAP? I concur (10) CORNUCOPIA*

8   Operatic act avoiding bum note? It's kids' stuff (3,5,2) THE THREE RS {THE THREE tenoRS}
11 They're seen in classrooms strewing kids around (7-5) WRITING-DESKS*
13 Calculating, cold: possibly I'm the replacement for Conservatives' leader (10) ARITHMETIC {im+the)* for (c) in ARCTIC
14 'Select' prison: more spacious, by the sound of it, with pleasant place for lunch (6,4) PICNIC AREA (~ pick nick airier}
18 Infernal, horrible poetry, 'When Half Becomes One' (7) DOGGONE DOGG(-erel+one)ONE
19 Acknowledged North Korea originally involved in suspicious death (7) THANKED {THA{N}{Ko..a}}ED*}
21 In favour of vociferously delivering a number (4) FOUR (~for)
22 Second outfit to offer little satirical observation (4) SKIT {S}{KIT}

Reference List
Right = R, Island = I, Amateur = A, Personal problem = Body Odour = BO, North = N, Second = S

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No 12691, Tuesday 30 Jul 2019, Spinner

ACROSS
1   Wordplay is hard to take advantage of (6) PUNISH {PUN}{IS}{H}
4   A ball with very small proceeds (8) ADVANCES {A}{D{V}ANCE}{S}
10 Scrub bishop filled with filth (7) RUBBISH [T]
11 Fractured season beginning to derail around first of January (7) INJURED {IN{Ja...y}URE}{De...l}
12 After six balls, near defeat! (8) OVERCOME {OVER}{COME}
13 Handy fuel wasted by American (6) USEFUL {FUEL*}{US}
15 Exploit group after money (4) MILK {M}{ILK}
17 Style fest turned into medium for viral propagation in Africa (6,3) TSETSE FLY*

20 Check fraud's caravan (9) CONSTRAIN {CONS}{TRAIN}
21 Spotted amongst returning brigade yesterday (4) EYED [T<=]
24 Everyone runs around the day before pre-university course (1,5) A-LEVEL {AL{EVE}L}
25 Firm overwhelmed by extraordinary income of money (8) ECONOMIC {E{CO}NOMIC*}
28 Be suspended, having patched up bad clutch (7) HANDBAG {HAN{BAD*}G}
29 Perhaps a very small mark that's red? (7) SCARLET {SCAR}{LET} Anno for LET pending See comments
30 Awareness to retain differentiator, creating anticipation (8) SUSPENSE {S{USP}ENSE}
31 Cold reduced and fizzled out (6) CEASED {C}{EASED}

DOWN
1   Renders each version on point (8) PERFORMS {PER}{FORM}{S}
2   In part, snob leverages aristocrat (5) NOBLE [T]
3   Control ultimately helps one producing spells (6) SWITCH {h..pS}{WITCH}
5   Physician's patent, say, for medical apparatus? (4) DRIP {DR}{IP}
6   Corrected exactly after commercial by editor (8) ADJUSTED {AD}{JUST}{ED}
7   Clue fairly complicated? Not Spinner's, precisely! (9) CAREFULLY {CLUE+FAiRLY}*
8   Deal accepts demand draft for hamper (6) SADDLE {SA{DD}LE}
9   Call to embrace theism destroyed by science (9) CHEMISTRY {CR{THEISM*}Y}
14 Steps from affected castes gaining voice (9) STAIRCASE {ST{AIR}CASE*}
16 Solo needs tightening up of unresolved parts (5,4) LOOSE ENDS*
18 Piece together animal insignia missing tail (8) ASSEMBLE {ASS}{EMBLEm}
19 Erudite is dead cute, somehow (8) EDUCATED*
22 Cleans up wife's remains (6) WASHES {W}{ASHES}
23 Mellow following England's win (6) ENGAGE {EN}{GAGE} Gage/Mellow? (Addendum - {AGE} after {ENG} - See comments)
26 Beer poured into empty mugs for men (5) MALES {Mu{ALE}gS}
27 Periods – a girl's everyday suffering, basically (4) AGES Acrostic

Reference List
Hard = H, Very = V, Small = S, Money = M, Firm = CO, Differentiator = USP, Cold = C, Point = S, Patent = IP, Commercial = AD, Editor = ED, Wife = W, England = EN

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No 12690, Monday 29 Jul 2019, KrisKross

ACROSS
1   Setter's job? Essentially work to cheat (8) IMPOSTOR {I'M}{POST}{wORk}
5   Car heading off to religious area – an ideal place (6) UTOPIA {aUTO}{PI}{A}
9   Servant follows son to welcome daughter (8) DOGSBODY {DOGS}{BO{D}Y}
10 Wish for ripe bananas (6) ASPIRE {AS}{RIPE*}
12 Very rare Lego set is too big (9) OVERLARGE {V+RARE+LEGO}*
13 Pass in Australia is so long (5) ADIEU {A{DIE}U}
14 Hide your initial anger (4) FURY {FUR}{Your}
16 Sierra Leone's boating crew demonstrates skill (7) SLEIGHT {SL}{EIGHT}
19 Deceitful guard returns one's valise after removing contents (7) EVASIVE {SAVE<}{1}{Va..sE}
21 Name of German perfume (4) OTTO [DD]
24 Cause of irritation in mouth or nose (5) THORN [T]
25 Couple designing fine art near church (9) INTERFACE {FINE+ART}*{CE}
27 Play small song, says Spooner (6) LEEWAY {(-w+l)LEE}{(-l+w)WAY}
28 "India matters" – boring book, quite irritating (8) TIRESOME {T{I}{RES}OME}
29 Pet butterfly, say (6) STROKE [DD]
30 Synonym for "rooms" could be found in this (8) CHAMBERS [C&DD]

DOWN
1   After getting elected, spoke about keeping order within the House (6) INDOOR {IN}{RO{O}D<<=}
2   Young animal's leg twisted in ditch (6) PIGLET {PI{LEG*}T}
3   Fortune-teller is back near Luxembourg (5) SIBYL {IS<=}{BY}{L}
4   The German in French airport is well-behaved (7) ORDERLY {OR{DER}LY}
6   Will new team at last win in cricket match? (9) TESTAMENT {TES{TEAM*}{wiN}T}
7   Unions not possibly patronising (8) PAIRINGS PAtRonISING* [CA]
8   Competent American court imprisons oriental queen (8) ADEQUATE {A}{D{E}{QU}ATE}
11 Egyptian city's rising God (4) ZEUS<=
15 In England, the standard wedding card (5,4) UNION JACK {UNION}{JACK}

17 Pals kept running, getting words of encouragement (3,5) PEP TALKS*
18 He could do a smashing job (8) SABOTEUR [CD]
20 English team, with captain in the middle, walk out (4) EXIT {E}{XI}{capTain}
21 Very large aircraft finally loaded – but it can't take off (7) OSTRICH {OS}{a...fT}{RICH}

22 Lots of blood when stabbed by a lance's tip (6) GALORE {G{A}{La..e}ORE}
23 Shylock perhaps regularly dealt with small gems (6) JEWELS {JEW}{dEaLt}{S}
26 Watery discharge in lodge, say (5) RHEUM (~room)

Reference List
Religious = PI, Area = A, Daughter = D, Very = V, Church = CE, India = I, Matters = RES, Order = O, American = A, Court = DATE, Oriental = E, Queen = QU, English = E, Very Large = OS, Small = S

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Special, Sunday 28 Jul 2019, K Koteswar Rao

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

ACROSS
9   What do you see in Working Capital? (6,1)
10 Bush is not right anymore! (7)
11 He is invested with priestly functions in preference to have supper with Earl (7)
12 17, not following order while on the move (2,5)
13 Drunk is said to be a contemptible person but closely integrated (9)
15 Everything revealed when stripped finally! (2-3)
16 Without hesitating, disconnected employee (7)
19 Issue emanating from 28 by spending time to bring in pressure (7)
20 They sell tickets unofficially to tourists? No, Sir! (5)
21 Reportedly strengthen positive number (5-4)
25 Baked meat loaf, not from porridge (7)
26 Pretending deaf in the last month for non-payment (7)
28 Prepared to take time on issue that goes on head (7)
29 Could be extensive negative number (7)

DOWN
1   A king is consumed by thing of no value? How ingenious! (6)
2   Dugong is groomed animal to work with hunters (6)
3   It’s a mistake to change direction to get a metal disc (4)
4   12, duck out to be in the soup bowl (6)
5   Short tunes in air-conditioned state perhaps (8)
6   Decorative work by brother, I had, using mineral (10)
7   List of options prevents but provide help on computers (4,4)
8   Strategy of Indonesian orchestra includes piano (4,4)
14 Servant arranged in a crosswise direction (10)
16 Privy to exposed body! (8)
17 Vixen holding back number (8)
18 Violating misfielding (8)
22 Vegetable is hard to cook (6)
23 Hardened to get ruined (6)
24 Amount Due East of XX100 (6)
27 One who is good at deceiving is at the back of variables (4)

Across Lite version can be accessed at KKR 26

Enjoy.

The Sunday Crossword No 3058, Sunday 28 Jul 2019

3789
ACROSS
1   HS2's plans: official reports describe detailed electric transportation (6,6) BULLET TRAINS {BULLET{mART<=}INS}
10 Disney tune the French singer's getting to at last (3,2,2) LET IT GO {LE}{TIT}{Ge...g}{tO}

11 Hanover king, egregious lunatic after losing America (6,1) GEORGE 1  EGREGIOus*
12 Get on... get on... about... about... (5) AGREE {AG{RE}E}
13 Final half of bowling, champ's losing heart a lot (4,4) VERY MUCH {deliVERY}{MUnCH}
15 Rashly, he sued aunt for carelessness (5,5) UNDUE HASTE*
16 Vain and regularly indulged (4) IDLE InDuLgEd
18 Dutch specialty that's made round? (4) EDAM* &lit

20 To be summarily dismissed, you might do this at the butcher's counter (3,3,4) GET THE CHOP [DD]
22 A polenta stew requiring next to no effort (2,1,5) ON A PLATE*
24 Sun god's receiving thanks from worshipper (5) RASTA {RA'S}{TA}
26 Original impetus for feminist campaign (5,2) TIMES UP*
27 Actually, half-missing dearly departed balloon (7) INFLATE {INFact}{LATE}
28 Atmospheric processes produced by automobiles overtaking bishop on bike (6,6) CARBON CYCLES {CAR{B}{ON}{CYCLE}S}

DOWN
2   Spoke, and mumbled, without mumbling at first (7) UTTERED mUTTERED
3   Um... I'd like to have a look at that (3,2,3) LET ME SEE [DD]
4   Also, knight removed from chessboard (4) TOOK {TOO}{K}
5   Taking last two slices, bistro guest ate in country, not respecting others (5,5) ROGUE STATE [T] What is 'last two slices' for? Where is the telescopic indicator?
6   Make horizontal axis the reverse of what you'd expect (5) IRONY {IRON}{Y}
7   'Good to enter into unrestrained nudism': big name in psychoanalysis (7) SIGMUND {SI{G}MUND*}
8   Somehow, seaport usable for vessels used only for fun (8-5) PLEASURE-BOATS*
9   Pershing felt a worry, creating machines of war (7,6) FIGHTER PLANES*
14 Become a success, capable of recompense (4,2,2,2) MAKE IT UP TO {MAKE IT}{UP TO}
17 Enormous jerk about to commit sin with one female (8) TERRIFIC {T{ERR}{1}{F}IC}
19 American cinema, oddly uninspiring (7) ANAEMIC {A}{CINEMA*}
21 One caught in childhood game wearing quaint socks (7) HOSTAGE {HOS{TAG}E}
23 Behold! First half of pulpit address delivers one that's been left behind (5) LOSER {LO}{SERmon}
25 Element derived from quartz in compounds (4) ZINC [T]

Reference List
The French = LE, About = RE, Thanks = TA, Bishop = B, Axis = Y, Good = G, Female = F, American = A, Behold = LO

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No 12689, Saturday 27 Jul 2019, Afterdark

Thanks Col. for blogging for the last three weeks

Across

1. Unfair to retain bureaucrats in an area (6) BIASED {B{IAS}ED}
4. Seaming wicket in Glamorgan, primarily seen by the beginning of summer at England (6) SEWING {Summer}{E}{W}{IN}{Glamorgan}
9. One against 13? Time to regret (4) TRUE {T}{RUE}
10. Had copies distributed earlier on pressure from Bishop's office (10) EPISCOPATE {COPIES*}{P}{ATE}
11. In Ottawa, Sabina gets a spice (6) WASABI (T)
12. Too many administrators and headman, a vanity to the extremes (3-5) TOP-HEAVY {TOP-}{HE}{A}{VanitY}
13. A new crime's now on? False (9) INSINCERE {I}{N}{SIN}{CE}{RE}
15. Kings are tyrants, heartless going to wars pointlessly (5) TSARS {TyrantS}{wARS}
16. Started to pray for Sun, to begin with shower to go away (5) BEGUN {BEG}{sUN}
18. Butler in terrible mood after being dismissed; crowd is backing (5-4) MAJOR-DOMO {{RO}{JAM}<=}{MOOD*}
22. Wrong name, also name in memoirs wrongly spelled (8) MISNOMER {N} in {MEMOIRS*}
23. Small place; has faulty shower (6) SPLASH {S}{PL}{HAS*}
25. Mock doctor, a miser spending some money at charity event (10) FUNDRAISER {FUN}{DR}{A}{mISER}
26. Out in the morning and wander (4) ROAM {RO}{AM}
27. A den made over anew essentially, for a group of nine (6) ENNEAD {A+DEN*} around {aNEw}
28. Hat on forehead? Perhaps he is absent (6) FEDORA {FOREHEAD-HE*}

Down

1. Promise once more, to follow Bible and keep reading (7) BARGAIN {B}{A{R}GAIN}
2. Article about king at a battlefield (5) ARENA {A{RE}N}{A}
3. Best set sent back in European Community? Sad (7) ELEGIAC {E{{AI}{GEL}<=C}
5. Avoid English, Science and Physical Education at the beginning (6) ESCAPE {E}{SC}{And}{Physical}{Education}
6. Influenced with leader being absent, aimed to control media, perhaps (9) IMPRESSED {aIM{PRESS}ED}
7. Recover and turn up (3,4) GET OVER (DD)
8. Award for winner's biased perhaps (8,5) VICTORIA CROSS {VICTOR}{1 ACROSS} Biased is the solution to 1 across in this grid
14. Extinct creature? UN doing a clone using an egg (9) IGUANODON  {UN+DOING+A*} around {O}

17. Gourmet's imposing, needs curries often (7) EPICURE {EPIC}{cUrRiEs}
19. Watch two balls; wait (7) OBSERVE {O}{B}{SERVE}
20. Cosmetic used by mother to conceal a blemish (7) MASCARA {M{A}{SCAR}A}
21. Animal could be a chimp, a langur in captivity (6) IMPALA (T)

24. Clumsy old guard; dud, should be sacked for being slow (5) LARGO {OLD+GUARD-DUD*}

Reference List

Bureaucrats=IAS, Wicket=W, England=E, Time=T, Pressure=P, Man=He, A=I, New=N, Now=CE (Common Era), On=Re, Being dismissed=RO (Run Out), Name=N, Out=RO (Run Out), In the morning=AM
Bible=B, Reading=R, Article=An, King=RE (Rex Edward), Best=AI (A-One), European Community=EC, English=E, Science=Sc, Egg=O, Ball=O, Ball=B

Colour/Font Scheme

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No 12688, Friday 26 Jul 2019, Afterdark

RULES FOR POSTING ON FRIDAY ONLY

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ACROSS
1   Determined to transfer director to British capital; dejected and overwhelmed (6,4) BOGGED DOWN {(-d+b)BOGGED}{DOWN}
6   Soldiers coming back after end of fight capturing a plant (4) TARO {OR<=} after {T} over {A}

10 Boy! Louis is mad to cross the middle of river. Evidently (9) OBVIOUSLY {BOY+LOUIS}* over {riVer}
11 Counter opening earlier, runs out of stock of calling device (5) PAGER {GAP<=}{Ea...eR}
12 Drawback! Book desptached for capital of Canada takes time, internal mix up at Germany. Get a courier (7,6) CARRIER PIGEON {(-b+c)CARRIER} {PI}{G}{EON}
14 Chilled daiquiri, cognac, absinthe at the end leads to dysentry primarily (4) ICED {d...rI}{c...aC}{a...hE}}{Dy...y}
15 Perhaps extra zone Congress eventually conceded to Left in the poll for vacant seat (2-8) BY-ELECTION {BYE}{(-s+l)LECTION}
17 Teacher is strict, our group got notified first (10) INSTRUCTOR {STRICT+OUR}* over {No...d}
21 Man, say is skeletal essentially (4) ISLE {IS}{skeLEtal}
23 Five missing; servant covers up mysterious clash necessitating a court order (6,7) SEARCH WARRANT {SERvANT}* over {ARCH}{WAR}
25 Small bird found in the lot we let fly (5) OWLET*
26 Fluctuating returns, large discrepancy found in the centre, covered up (9) IRREGULAR {IRR}{EG{foUnd}LAR*}
27 Worst owner to retain place (4) STOW [T]
28 Decreased flow around Chennai in the middle, rose again (10) REASCENDED {DECREASED}* over {cheNnai}

DOWN
1   Born in difficulty, child is bearing a trouble from the start, leading to a complaint (10) BRONCHITIS {BORN*}{CH}{1}{Tr...e}{IS}
2   Teacher manages to control errant students at the beginning (9) GOVERNESS {GOVERN{Er...t}{St...t}S}
3   Sweethearts's hugs and kisses and stroke is almost sensational (6) EXOTIC {swEet}{XO}{TIC}
4   Eldest royal, tucked in and put to sleep (7) DESTROY [T]
5   Receipt for wife's account features an unknown quantity (7) WAYBILL {W}{A}{Y}{BILL}
7   Gas in car gone (5) ARGON [T]
8  Vegetable is good, recipe's awesome primarily (4) OKRA {OK}{Re...e}{Aw...e}
9   A regular pint with ice flakes can be connected to breathlessness (6) APNEIC {A}{PiNt}{ICE*}
13 Father to learner; be free and ignorant (10) UNLETTERRED {UN(-f+l)LETTERED}
16 Everything in street kept before often needs to be fixed (9) INSTALLED {IN}{ST}{ALL}{nEeDs}
18 Property of earl at the outskirts of Tilbury right in the front (6) REALTY {(+r)REA(-r)L}{Ti...rY}
19 Company! Can it be endless and in the middle gain energy with drug? (7) COCAINE {CO}{CAn}{It}{aNd}{E}
20 Drawback to have son following and no turning back in the front and beyond (7) ONWARDS {DRAW<=}{S}<=>{NO<=}
22 Shoe found in Britain, at Oxford's good, high class and cheap essentially (6) BROGUE {BR}{O}{G}{U}{chEap}

23 Attack is almost ending, to retreat against third front (5) SALVO {LASt}{V}{frOnt}
24 Cast is primarily terrific, gets Oscar for keeping spectators on the edge repeatedly (4) TOSS {Te...c}{O}{Sp...rS}

Reference List
Director = D, Soldiers = OR, Book = B, Left = L, Child = CH, Wife = W, Father = F, Learner = L, Company = CO, Energy = E, Son = S, Good = G, Against = V

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