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Starred clues have no definition but they all belong to the same category.

ACROSS
1   *Found in Pilska, Bulgaria (5)
4   Soldier holding guard, is terrier's helper (9)
9   Radioactive H? Track it with 50% barium (7)
10 *Yes! bounder is stripped (7)
11 Wet film covered nothing! (5)
13 Sodium and salt mostly are part of Rhinology (5)
15 NA half section of grass covered surface (3)
16 Constantly annoy an old horse (3)
17 *Demented pariah after losing his head (5)
19 Old money found in almost all of this country (5)
21 Complaint if cryptic clue is unclear at the end (5)
23 *Leading stormtroopers occasionally flew into Austria (5)
24 That man's greeting me at first (3)
25 Wombat's flying mammal (3)
26 *Small articles (5)
28 *Greeting with article and ring (5)
29 Applauded first contestant to cross the finish line 401 m ahead of the rest of the field (7)
31 *Melting Glaciers are no longer cold here (7)
33 *Primarily not used, kept up alongside a wandering foal (9)
34 *Medic hid an alter ego (5)

DOWN
1   *Hunk mad at breakup (9)
2   * Maybe I jingle internally (7)
3   This is worn oddly in Algeria (3)
4   *American man (5)
5   Demure hungry sloth is sleepy finally (3)
6   *Hear the hindu universal consciousness (5)
7   Forgetfulness of confused men in Asia (7)
8   Model trade patterned surface of tyre (5)
12 Odd-toed ungulate that a pirate captured (5)
14 Necktie joint (5)
18 This crime is a radical issue (5)
19 Sudden loud verbal attack (5)
20 Tight Marco took girl to department head (9)
22 Trim defender ensures reduction in resources (7)
24 Harass a man Dr H.K. Pence (3-4)
25 Author a meat product (5)
26 Separated initially is a reddish-brown (5)
27 * A song in North India (5)
30 Pair on the contray old Dutch (3)
32 Jazz around. By God! (3)

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No 11646, Thursday 10 Mar 2016, Aspartame

Spooner always gets my goat!!

*Starred clues have no definition, but share a common theme

ACROSS
1* Ian has a sip of cognac and horilka (6) SCOTCH {SCOT}{Co...c}{Ho...a}
4   Call from Chanel bra worker returned (6) WARBLE <=
9* Does this author have intoxicating effect on his readers? (4) SAKI [DD]
10 I developed apple balm that cannot be felt (10) IMPALPABLE {I}{APPLE+BALM}*
11 Animal needs time to become a bird (6) PIGEON {PIG}{EON}
12 Database regarding significance of railway (8) REGISTRY {RE}{GIST}{RY}
13 A rib slice cooked to be crusty (9) IRASCIBLE*
15* Coal, upon refinement, gives this drug (4) COKE [DD]
16 Yearn for a trouser (4) PANT [DD]
17* A solution of our angst (9) ANGOUSTRA {A}{OUR+ANGST}* (Correction ANGOSTURA - {A}{OUR+ANGST}*)
21 Tin is above Lanthanum and Tungsten. Those are rules! (5,3) CANON LAW {CAN}{ON} {LA}{W}
22* Priest heartily mixes one round (6) ELIXIR {ELI}{miXes}{1}{R}
24* Inns where I get sloshed (5,5) RHINE WINES*
25 Without doubt, lift turn over for a turn over (4) FLIP PLIFer* (Correction - PILFer <= - See comments)
26* Woman rapidly puked insides out having a drop of raki (6) SHERRY {SHE}{Rap{Raki}idlY}
27 Write down a case on Nurnberg city (6) PENANG {PEN}{A}{Nu...rG}

DOWN
1   Rougher calipers that do not have extreme precision are being recycled (7) SCALIER CALIpERS*
2   Declare that leaders of Oman preaching intolerance need education (5) OPINE Acrostic
3* Extremely inebriated worker is made content with spirit (7) CHIANTI {CH{In...d}{ANT}I}
5   Assert that loyalty with one party is no longer present (6) ALLEGE ALLEGiancE
6   Spooner is afraid of shoe on plant (5,4) B?A?S ?O?S (Addendum - BEARS FOOT {(-f+b)BEARS} {(-b+f)FOOT} - See comments)
7   Measure lager brewed with supplement (7) ENLARGE {EN}{LAGER*}
8* Argue with new ilk disturbing gin cocktail consumption (9,4) SPARKLING WINE {SPAR}{NEW+ILK}* over {GIN}*
14 A place to relax at a hot zone (3, 6) SUN LOUNGE [C&DD]
16 Speaks about leaving for duck hunts (7) POACHES {P(-re+o)OACHES}
18 To control hangover, seek extract (7) OVERSEE [T]
19 King got sick, obtained support (7) RAILING {R}{AILING}
20 Telephone — it can heat one up (6) BLOWER [DD]
23 Under the violation, half the content must be erased (5) INFRA INFRAction

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No 11636, Saturday 27 Feb 2016, Incognito

Note: Starred clues have no definitions but share a common theme.

Across

8 Japanese container found in the middle of main road (4) INRO (T)
9 Old Mexican from Arizona’s next to Lawrence and Charlie (5) AZTEC {AZ}{TE}{C}
10 First, tightly embrace a criminal (4) THUG {Tightly}{HUG}
11* That woman's after a soldier (6) ANTHER {ANT}{HER}

12* First Indian cry (8) FILAMENT {F}{I}{LAMENT}
13 Kiss large copper after time (8) OSCULATE {OS}{CU}{LATE}
15 Create electrically charged particles using material from onion? Is expensive! (6) IONISE (T)
17 Pans used for frying // eight legged creatures (7) SPIDERS (DD)
19 A six-footer on my back? Just the opposite (7) ANTONYM {ANT}{ON}{YM<=}
22 Holds hundred and fifty snakes (6) CLASPS {C}{L}{ASPS}
24 Handicapped devil broadcasted (8) IMPAIRED {IMP}{AIRED}
26 Had a second look at scene through mouthpiece of 32 (8) REVIEWED {RE{VIEW}ED} 
28* Return sauce around first (6) PISTIL {P{IST}IL<=}
30 Rush past menagerie mortuary initially (4) ZOOM {ZOO}{Mortuary}
31* Eggs are placed on a line (5) OVARY {OVA}{RY}
32 Boer is endlessly after round instrument (4) OBOE {O}{BOEr}

Down
1 A 'no' in French can mean quite soon (4) ANON {A}{NON}
2 Baffle and persecute a dog (8) FOXHOUND {FOX}{HOUND}

3 Student renders song around the end of Lent as an adoration of the Holy Trinity (6) LATRIA {L}{ARI{lenT}A}
4 I ran after Saint suffocated (7) STIFLED {ST}{I}{FLED}
5 “Old maid, kill in Mumbai suburb!” (8) SCULLION {S{CULL}ION}
6* Soldiers follow some terrorist attackers initially (6) STAMEN {Some}{Te..ist}{At..ers}{MEN}
7 Run excitedly after model and gyrate (4) TURN {T}{RUN*}
14* Leaps around (5) SEPAL {LEAPS*}
16* Found in nasty legends (5) STYLE (T)
18 Got up in front of forest tree (8) ROSEWOOD {ROSE}{WOOD}
20 Miss Ono excitedly hugged setter by oversight (8) OMISSION {MISS ONO}* around I
21 One of those grains that one might sow in the heat of youth (4,3) WILD OAT (CD)
23* Mother chases soldier retreating on street (6) STIGMA {ST}{IG<=}{MA}
25 Father has a yen for fruit (6) PAPAYA {PAP{A}{Y}A}

27 Cupid's present at the tail of a rhinoceros (4) EROS {rhinocEROS}

Reference list



Arizona=Az, Lawrence=TE, Charlie=C, That woman=Her, Soldier=Ant, First=F, Indian=I, Large=OS, Copper=Cu, Six-footer=Ant, Hundred=C, Fifty=L, First=Ist, Line=Ry, Round=O

No in French=Non, Student=L, Saint=St, Mumbai suburb=Sion, Soldiers=Men, Model=T, Setter=I, Mother=Ma, Soldier=GI, Street=St, Father=Papa, Yen=Y



Color/Font Scheme

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No 11527, Friday 16 Oct 2015, Incognito

Note: Starred clues have no definitions but share a common theme.

ACROSS
7   Spy an investment (4) BOND [DD]
8   He might have an ace up his sleeve, playing a harpischord in absence of old Indian husband (9) CARDSHARP {A+ hARPiSCHoRD}*
10 Horrified Turkish leader is on the street (6) AGHAST {AGHA}{ST}
11 Southern trekker is an exhibitionist (8) STRIPPER {S}{TRIPPER}
12 Disastrous when talc is spilt around Indian millet (8) TRAGICAL {TALC}* around {RAGI}
14 Tell, for example, an author (6) ARCHER [DD]
16 Weaving machine energised in Britain? That's a mistake (7) BLOOMER {B{LOOM}{E}R}
18 Dancer going around in Turkey (7) DERVISH [CD]

21 Get going, leaving it dancing and get a drink (6) EGGNOG {GEt+GOiNG}*

23 Rose breed mutation seen around the Spanish laboratory initially (8) REBELLED {BREED}* around {EL}{La...y}
25 Announce: “Setter is in favour of shelled creature” (8) PROCLAIM {PRO}{CLA{I}M}
*27 Game bird (6) GROUSE 

29 At first, friend went after Indian Telephone Company (9) INITIALLY {IN}{ITI}{ALLY}
*30 A type of bovine food (4) BEEF

DOWN
1   Silly poetry about heartless doll embracing mad George (8) DOGGEREL {DolL} around {GEORGE}* &lit
2   Papers each carry; that's a thought! (4) IDEA {ID}{EA}
3   Type of acid made by hermit in absence of Sulphur (6) ACETIC AsCETIC
4   Fight to take away the French ... (7) WRESTLE {WREST}{LE}
5   ... identity used, before giving your password (8) USERNAME [CD]
*6   Food fish (4) CARP
*9   Physical exercise by First Lady (5) PEEVE {PE}{EVE}
*13 Green coloured horse (5) GROAN {G}{ROAN}
*15 Six entered erstwhile Kolkata briefly (5) CAVIL {VI} in {CAL}
17 Bonus from great model individual surrounded by self-help group (2,6) EN GRATIS ??? around {GREAT}* Anno not clear (Addendum - EX GRATIA {EX} {GR}{A{T}{I}A} - See comments)
19 They sow in ploughed demesnes (8) SEEDSMEN*
*20 Perambulating — perambulating avoiding taipan (7) GRUMBLE {pERaMBULatinG}*
22 Sounds like Alexei Maximovich Peshkov's town in Russia (5) GORKI {~ gorky)
24 Enemy aircrafts usually encountered on golf courses (6) BOGEYS [DD] There are some more meanings for bogey
*26 Child's cot (4) CRIB
28 Circles roundabout in front of Royal Bank of Scotland (4) ORBS {O}{RBS}

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No 11430, Thursday 25 Jun 2015, Neyartha

Note: Starred clues carry no direct definition, but their answers are all related to a human organ.

ACROSS
1   Adolescent keeping up with The Times? (11) TEENYBOPPER [CD?]
9   *Letters from the applicant Hussain (7) CANTHUS [T]
10 Bank cashier? He may count votes in an assembly (6) TELLER [DD]
11 Tailless animal with a spiritual leader (5) RABBI RABBIt
12 Wrong of the sick English leader to delay return (7) ILLEGAL {ILL}{E}{GAL<=}
15 *Ukraine detains Victor and Elizabeth (4) UVEA {U{V}{E}A}
16 Colour of the grains, wasted according to hearsay (6,4) POWDER BLUE {POWDER} {BLUE}(~blew)
18 Canny ride I arranged for the rabble-rouser (10) INCENDIARY*
20 *Revolutionary electronic assistant from Apple? (4) IRIS <=
23 *Circular letter I found in the midst of a combination of notes (7) CHOROID {CHOR{O}{I}D}
24 Interrupt the model to replace a minute herb (3,2) CUT IN {T for M in CUMIN}
26 *Cereal presented prior to an unlimited set of courses (6) CORNEA {CORN}{mEAl} Anno for EA not clear
27 Marsh is introduced to a strange ping from an old coin (7) PFENING {P{FEN}ING} Nothing strange seen in the ping!! (Addendum - PFENNIG {P{FEN}NIG*} - See comments)
28 Tending to rise with the construction of the casino lanes (11) ASCENSIONAL*

DOWN
2   Cleansing that might result in a population decrease? (6) ETHNIC [CD]
3   Son goes up to meet Henry with a snack (4) NOSH {NOS<=}{H}
4   Rode out to participate in the field of an ancient racket game (10) BATTLEDORE {RODE}* in BATTLE
5   *Appreciable turn after the ice is removed (8) PALPEBRA APPReciABLE*
6   *I bellow for the audience (7) EYEBALL (~ i){EYE}{BALL}(~bawl)
7   South Carolina and Utah team to catch ring in-charge affected with a vitamin deficiency (9) SCORBUTIC {SC}{ORB}{UT}{IC}
8   Powerless moody saint got wasted (6) UNABLE UNstABLE
13 Certain Roman Catholic friars could be natives from West Indies (10) DOMINICANS [DD]
14 Celebrity's answer discarded by the Oriental in a parish house (9) PERSONAGE {E for A in PARSONAGE}
17 Overstep with the design of a fine ring (8) INFRINGE*
19 Mel ignored school-mates in trouble for working together (7) CAHOOTS {SCHOOl-mATe}* Is there an extra S in the fodder
21 *Hire Aussie leader at the wrong place (6) RETINA RET(-a)IN(+a)A
22 *Bends backward to accommodate the French (6) SCLERA {SC{LE}RA<=}
25 Occupied with the characters from the corrupt organization (2,2) UP TO [T]

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No 11401, Friday 22 May 2015, Neyartha

Note: Starred clues carry no direct definition, but they are all types of a geometric shape

ACROSS
1   It might get written after a person's departure (8) OBITUARY [E]
5   Rubble found by the young socialite and a gentleman from the east (6) DEBRIS {DEB}{RIS<=}
9   Greek character goes around Romania and America's south-east for the bridal wardrobe (9) TROUSSEAU {T{RO}{US}{SE}AU}
11 A sandwich without the topping for one who advocates (5) URGER bURGER
12 Clumsy boats returning to pick up Bill Knight's medieval musical instrument (7) SACKBUT SACKBUT {S{AC}{K}BUT<=}

14 Lamppost set up without son's hand-held computing device (7) PALMTOP LAMPPOsT*
15 Selected trio in trouble with the polygraphs (3,9) LIE DETECTORS*
17 Factors related to mental measurements (12) PSYCHOMETRIC [E]
20 English poet in Switzerland for sulphur in a dish (7) CHAUCER (-s+ch)CHAUCER
22 Oriental sign found outside the diary with a short poem (7) EULOGIE {E}U{LOG}IE Anno pending. (Addendum - ECLOGUE - {E}{C{LOG}UE} - See comments)
23 Medieval German pope and Italian philosopher condemned for heresy (5) BRUNO [DD/GK]
24 Protestant encountered folded dhotis inside (9) METHODIST {ME{DHOTIS*}T}
26 Rage revealed in letters from the Tennessee theatre ... (6) SEETHE [T]
27 ... next to the leading aspirin dispensary just around central Etowah's new terminal (8) ADJACENT Acrostic

DOWN
1   *Pushy four move out after the monarch abdicates (6) OBTUSE OBTrUSivE
2   *Sees coils getting unwound (9) ISOSCELES*
3   Raises part of the teacup set (3) UPS [T]
4   German physicist with an Indian herbal soap turns up for an X-ray (13) ROENTGENOGRAM {ROENTGEN}{OGRAM<=}
6   *Counterpart embracing retail development (11) EQUILATERAL {EQU{RETAIL*}AL}
7   *A religious ceremony for the auditor (5) RIGHT (~rite)
8   Left with no options, one might do this to a barrel's bottom (6) SCRAPE [CD]
10 Revolutionary to cure dependent at sea (13) UNPRECEDENTED*
13 Speaker's split fabric to make a garment (11) BREECHCLOTH (~breach){BREECH}{CLOTH}
16 Identify and appreciate (9) RECOGNISE [DD]
18 Diving apparatuses from South Carolina with Basu's uniform moved to the top (6) SCUBAS {SC}{(+u)UBAS(-u)}
19 Cross gets rid of the pawn in a set of seven and half a dozen (6) SEXTET SE(-p+x)XTET
21 *Copper carried by upset Greek character (5) ACUTE {A{CU}TE<=}
25 Star, becoming bright, needs no introduction to the eggs (3) OVA nOVA

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