ACROSS
1 - Uncommunicative and curt, ain’t flexible (8) - TACITURN*
5 - Entertainer’s admission of being a drug-taker (6) - {AM}{USER}
10, 21 Dn. - Complete freedom of action, not only for the French (5,7) - CARTE BLANCHE [CD]
11 - Shop assistant who may sell good sari collection (9) - SALES{G}IRL*
12 - Peasants in the middle-east knock down a bird, pocketing note (9) - {FELL}{A}{H{E}EN}
13 - Code-maker who dropped a note from a feeling of guilt (5) - (-re)MORSE
14 - Security device for people directing movement of planes in the outskirts of Loughborough (5) L{ATC}H
16 - Would a professional decline into a pathological condition? (8) - {PRO}{LAPSE}
18 - As GM, I do act oddly opinionated (8) - DOGMATIC*
20 - Where in Africa can one get an excellent sweet round roll in return (5) - {NUB<-}{IA<-}
24 - Be full of them to be lively (5) - BEANS [CD]
25 - A French duke in the custody of socialist worker? Not needed (9) - {RED}{UND}{ANT} Not sure of anno (Correction to Anno - {RED}{UN}{D}{ANT})
27 - Venus in Athens? (9) - APHRODITE [E]
28 - A look at a part of the ship, originally oval (5) - {DECK}{O}
29 - Label going with package reconstructs 28 ahead of time (6) - DOCKE*{T}
30 - Runners wait for their orders (8) - STARTERS [E]
DOWN
1 - What a diplomat has to be? (7) - TACTFUL [E]
2 - Simple band, round thing, beginning to tarnish (7) - CIRCLE{T}
3 - An enclosing sheath that he cares to conceal (5) - THECA [T]
4 - Fungus formed round points gives a reddish-brown colour (6) - RUS{S}{E}T
6 - Smell, fresh lemon or honeydew (4,5) - MUSK {MELON*}
7 - The rider puts his foot in it (7) - STIRRUP [E]
8 - Lever that is designed to take the burden off (7) - REL{IE}VE*
9 - Kind of meeting open to all or only half the people? Never! (7) - (-peo){PLE}{NARY}
15 - One has to be late to get one’s name on it (9) - HEADSTONE [E]
17 - Tumour, bifid or otherwise (7) - FIBROID*
18 - Poor reverted worker was an expert (3,4) - {DAB<-) HAND
19 - Lucid symbolic diagram gets one cent (7) - {GRAPH}{I}{C}
21 - See 10 Ac.
22 - They write to the French over a short spell (7) - {AU}THORS*
23 - First appearance at a commercial opening (6) - {AD}{VENT}
26 - The lowest point in a broken drain (5) - NADIR*
GRID
Monday, 2 November 2009
Sunday, 1 November 2009
No 2556, Sunday, 01 Nov 09
ACROSS
1 - Penguins, say, of varying types (6) – DIVERS (~diverse)
4 - Poet, reportedly game, getting no backing (8) – (~tennis){TENNYS}{ON<-} )
10 - Certainly a certainty (4,5) – {SURE} {THING}
11 - Street urchin playing endlessly (5) – GAMIN(-g)
12 - Poke about round small hen house (5) – ROO{S}T
14 - Beautiful girl taking a piece in board game (9) – B{A}{GAT}ELLE A popular childrens game when I was a kid I remember having a couple of the boards
15 - A soft drink, something unattractive after beer? (6,5) – {BITTER} {LEMON}
18 - A number of swans in short biblical book (11) – LAMENTATION Answer based on crossings, Anno pending (Addendum - this is a [DD] see comments section)
21 - Station wagon's condition in anticlockwise race (6,3) – E{STATE} CAR <- )
22 - Els, for example, with one parting eagle (5) – ERN{I}E
23 - Honours European, corpulent (5) – {OBES}{E}
24 - Landlord to save in secret (9) – INN{KEEP}ER
26 - Calamity resulting from Diane's bloomer (8) – {DIS}{ASTER}
27 - Sunny on leaving resort (6) – BRIGHT(-on)
DOWN
1 - Give account of journalist after editor turned up (8) – {DE<-}{SCRIBE}
2 - Drink reverend upset over speaker? (8) – {VER<-}{MOUTH}
3 - Despicable person giving lift to sailor (3) – RAT <- )
5 - Intended to wear this? (10,4) – ENGAGEMENT RING [CD]
6 - Nurse, popular girl after dark (11) – {NIGHT}{IN}{GALE} GALE is the name of a boy, I thought GAIL was the name of a girl. The anno could be {NIGHT}{IN}{GAL}E which leaves E in suspense (Addendum - see comments section)
7 - Drop of sherry, enough to taste (6) – {S}{AMPLE}
8 - Stake in extremely notorious French city (6) – N{ANTE}S
9 - Amusement device nimble chaplain plays (7,7) – PINBALL MACHINE*
13 - Vocal group's threat spelt out (3,8) – THE PLATTERS* Google search result
16 - Clean round pub close to big Canadian city (8) – {W{INN}IPE}{G}
17 - Nice rest spoilt behind closed doors (2,6) – IN SECRET*
19 - Lower back's additional support (6) – SECOND [DD]
20 - Emphasise head of state rests uneasily (6) – {S}{TRESS*}
25 - Peter Rabbit's blunder (3) – ERR [T]
GRID
1 - Penguins, say, of varying types (6) – DIVERS (~diverse)
4 - Poet, reportedly game, getting no backing (8) – (~tennis){TENNYS}{ON<-} )
10 - Certainly a certainty (4,5) – {SURE} {THING}
11 - Street urchin playing endlessly (5) – GAMIN(-g)
12 - Poke about round small hen house (5) – ROO{S}T
14 - Beautiful girl taking a piece in board game (9) – B{A}{GAT}ELLE A popular childrens game when I was a kid I remember having a couple of the boards
15 - A soft drink, something unattractive after beer? (6,5) – {BITTER} {LEMON}
18 - A number of swans in short biblical book (11) – LAMENTATION Answer based on crossings, Anno pending (Addendum - this is a [DD] see comments section)
21 - Station wagon's condition in anticlockwise race (6,3) – E{STATE} CAR <- )
22 - Els, for example, with one parting eagle (5) – ERN{I}E
23 - Honours European, corpulent (5) – {OBES}{E}
24 - Landlord to save in secret (9) – INN{KEEP}ER
26 - Calamity resulting from Diane's bloomer (8) – {DIS}{ASTER}
27 - Sunny on leaving resort (6) – BRIGHT(-on)
DOWN
1 - Give account of journalist after editor turned up (8) – {DE<-}{SCRIBE}
2 - Drink reverend upset over speaker? (8) – {VER<-}{MOUTH}
3 - Despicable person giving lift to sailor (3) – RAT <- )
5 - Intended to wear this? (10,4) – ENGAGEMENT RING [CD]
6 - Nurse, popular girl after dark (11) – {NIGHT}{IN}{GALE} GALE is the name of a boy, I thought GAIL was the name of a girl. The anno could be {NIGHT}{IN}{GAL}E which leaves E in suspense (Addendum - see comments section)
7 - Drop of sherry, enough to taste (6) – {S}{AMPLE}
8 - Stake in extremely notorious French city (6) – N{ANTE}S
9 - Amusement device nimble chaplain plays (7,7) – PINBALL MACHINE*
13 - Vocal group's threat spelt out (3,8) – THE PLATTERS* Google search result
16 - Clean round pub close to big Canadian city (8) – {W{INN}IPE}{G}
17 - Nice rest spoilt behind closed doors (2,6) – IN SECRET*
19 - Lower back's additional support (6) – SECOND [DD]
20 - Emphasise head of state rests uneasily (6) – {S}{TRESS*}
25 - Peter Rabbit's blunder (3) – ERR [T]
GRID
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