Special, Sunday 08 Apr 2018, Cryptic XI

The Cryptic XI this time around are (Ajeesh V M, Akshay Bhandarkar, Amrita Majumdar, Faten Ismail, Kaustav Datta, Manju Bajaj, Mona Sogal, Satyen Nabar, Shashwat Sinai Salgaocar, Vinod Raman, Viresh Ratnakar )

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

ACROSS
8   Love to stop corruption in essence (4)
9   A hint of strawberry layer can be found in this spoonful of ice cream? (5)
10 Piece of music created with love and some passion, by you and me (4)
11 Awareness of biopsy checklist (6)
12 Rolling Stones played for all, having Charlie and Keith originally (8)
13 Cafe made lip-smacking sandwiches (4)
14 Person filled with darkness, drawn to the lies circulated about you (10)
15 A section of the army, barring Andrew, at odds (7)
17 A small peek in the end at nude dancer sideways (7)
20 Graduate at college to fuss over agent (6,4)
23 Accent of ill-tempered Turkish leader (4)
24 Wanting wife's naughty kiss below pillars (8)
25 Some rude Bristolian scattered rubbish (6)
26 Don't allow red mark (4)
27 Family affair (5)
28 For starters, Oliver loves eating oriental spread (4)

DOWN
1   I'm not sure about taking time out for a French chap (8)
2   Perhaps tricks of selling treats at Xmas? (8,7)
3   Estimate value of glasses sold without case (6)
4   Heard, you are in bed, extremely lovely and debonair (7)
5   Bob, invaluable head of R&D, sacked? That's not true (8)
6   Propose reserve after company begins to forfeit payment in large volume (6-5, 4)
7   Risk having university students shot (6)
16 Oscar's out of rum - so I gifted this alcoholic beverage (8)
18 Instrument's high price overwhelmed everyone (8)
19 Have party on board (7)
21 Baby sadly caught a cold in father's office (6)
22 Confused about deal to adopt daughters? (6)

Across Lite version can be accessed at CRYPTIC XI 3

Enjoy.

Special, Sunday 15 Jan 2017, Cryptic XI

The Cryptic XI this time around are (Aakash Sridhar, Aashwina Mouli, Ajeesh V M[Compiler], Faten Ismail, Ganesh Nayak, Ramesh Jaganathan, Ramki Krishnan, S Srivathsan, Shashwat Sinai Salgaocar, Sreeni Sreenivasan and Vinod Raman). 

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

ACROSS
1   Family member played Stone-Paper-Scissors, to begin with (7)
5   Chief imprisoned in a city for lawlessness (7)
9   One who explains the Bible's arcane text, I see, with gravity (9)
10 A westbound road in India's capital (5)
11 Inspired batting by dude set to get century (7)
12 Somehow it is me on top of every list (7)
13 Dense rain covers inn (5)
15 Blueprints of happiness across thousand centuries (9)
17 Swellings affected many users (9)
20 Brought to trial with a bit of evidential material (5)
22 A research centre backed taking a team away from the main branch (7)
24 Slippery girl obtains fake visa (7)
26 Charlie, I would love to drink one peg (5)
27 How you rate yourself in playing life's game (4-5)
28 Setter on the radio "Storm's changing direction, it's on the face" (7)
29 Cut the ends of tall plants (plants having no trace of nicotine) to make cannabis cigarettes (7)

DOWN
1   Signals sons to capture loud chap (7)
2   Polish soldiers caught by Germany on the way back (5)
3   Portraitist described one with lesser detail (9)
4   Developed an idea to get small plants (7)
5   Seated on mud counter in a corner (7)
6   Fixed a scratch right away (5)
7   Very rotten carrion's consumed by East African Lion, say (9)
8   "My arse is on fire", man going in complains (7)
14 King stole essentially priceless article belonging to me? Check again! (9)
16 Mineral found right off Interstate interchange (9)
17 An evil involving acquisitiveness and rapacity, basically (7)
18 Onset of spring, fellow's working, wanting jonquil finally to propagate naturally (4-3)
19 More stylish woman's protected by shopkeeper (7)
21 Unable to see you coming up with drug on the French ship (7)
23 Bury currency note inside (5)
25 Angry with current charge (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at CRYPTIC XI 2

Enjoy.

Special, Sunday 24 Apr 2016, Cryptic XI

Welcome to our new setter group (Aakash Sridhar, Ajeesh V M[Compiler], Amrith Rajasekaran, Anjali Doney, Faten Ismail, Ganesh Nayak, Mohsin Ahmed, Ramki Krishnan, Sreeni Sreenivasan, Srivathsan Santhanam, Vinod Raman). 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   It's taken for granted Medusa's in trouble (7)
5   What Nostradamus did to compel respect, reportedly (7)
9   Modify old gallery to feature unlimited menus (9)
10 Walk better to be trim on the sides (5)
11 Get on to aircraft with setter,  heading west to Nepal, by mistake (7)
12 Put down finally and take land (7)
13 Annex extremely large in size (5)
15 Freely rest until one lets you in (9)
17 Bond is the first one to say "Hello" perhaps, while welcoming folks (9)
20 I would like to introduce key points (5)
22 Greeting kid with Ecstasy is mean(7)
24 Sliced bacon, foie gras: her special sandwiches (7)
26 I care about Heather (5)
27 Rubbish I packed into a present can be upsetting (9)
28 As reported, I run a bar (7)
29 Teams yet to admit the French player (7)

DOWN
1   Unrestrained glee when busting rear, never gets old (7)
2   Depute someone to come up with a plan (5)
3   Metallic element in male genes, a mutation (9)
4   Beloved daughter essentially needs a vacation (7)
5   In team, Kohli finally replaces old senior cricket player (7)
6   Produce finally separated, head down to fourth counter (5)
7   Leader of bandits infiltrating Suriname maybe operating under water (9)
8   We sheltered soldiers one time against hot wind (7)
14 Realities about Jesus, say (9)
16 Orderly has pipes fixed around hospital (9)
17 Master made out inside college (7)
18 Handsome Oriental worker gets support (7)
19 Bladed instrument primarily in rotation - source of energy (7)
21 Sir sets cryptic for nuns (7)
23 Smart students essentially overlooked this mission (5)
25 Ban team entering the Spanish league, eventually (5)

Across Lite version can be accessed at CRYPTIC XI 1

Enjoy.