No 9884, Friday 02 Jul 10, M Manna

ACROSS

1   - Fresh eggs a change from fruit? (10) - {GREEN}{G{A}GES*}

6   - Temporary quarters Bill arranged for congressman (4) - {CA*}{MP}

9   - A large aquatic American animal (7) - MUSKRAT [E] is semi-aquatic and not aquatic

10 - Same as remainder (7) - RESIDUE [CD]

12 - Said again and again (8) - REPEATED [E]

13 - Disturbed Ian goes to quarter to meet her (5) - {A{N}NI*}{E}

15 - Gold given to holy man to enact short religious dramas (5) - {AU}{TO}{S}

17 - Mark ingested a peculiar mixture (9) - DESIGNATE*

19 - Militant strike leader? (9) - AGGRESSOR [CD]

21 - Seeing a crab, turned him raging (5) - {RAB{I}C*}

23 - Clumsy and unsuitable (5) - INEPT [E]

24 - Start or finish for the scholastic session in United States (8) - {TERM}{IN}{US}

27 - Old boy's seen and heard to be blue (7) - {OB}{SCENE}(~seen)

28 - Dust particles reduced from timber (7) - SAWDUST [E]

29 - A fizzy drink (4) - SODA [E]

30 - Stuffing not replaced on bear (10) - {PADDING}{TON} Eerie again this clue was there verbatim in yesterday's TELEGRAPH CW!!

DOWN

1   - A contest for recreation (4) - GAME [DD]

2   - I see a new way, simplest of all (7) - {EASIE*}{ST}

3   - When you're better off she goes (5) - NURSE Is that so ?

4   - Struck by posers? (9) - ATTITUDES [CD]

5   - Strayed from the right conduct (5) - ERRED [CD]

7   - Dead and decomposed into extra matter (7) - ADDENDA*

8   - Choice testimonial given to Penny (10) - {P{REFER}ENCE}

11 - Rock ‘n' roll (7) - STAGGER [CD]

14 - Dreadful result of having a claim redirected to us (10) - {CALAMI*}{TO}{US}

16 - Odd respect for emblem of authority (7) - SCEPTRE*

18 - Astonished, almost certain it was forced (9) - {SURe}{PRISED}

20 - Fancied one at the party, we hear (7) - GUESSED (~guest)

22 - No end of a fight but gets calm when one leaves flowers (7) - {BOUt}{QUiET}

24 - Greek character from the Territorial Army (5) - {THE}{TA}

25 - He made a win for the King (5) - {I}{R}{WIN} Awful!!

26 - A light gun for ten dollars (4) - {S}{TEN}

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No 9883, Thursday 01 Jul 10, M Manna

Manna has maintained his CD percentage today also!!

ACROSS

1   - Approximate idea of how far you've strayed from the fairway? (5,8) - {ROUGH} {ESTIMATE}

8   - Send out again and again to get the children (7) - {RE}{ISSUE}

9   - A friendly gathering — or quite the opposite? (7) - {A}{SOCIAL} &lit

11 - The principal first violin in an orchestra (6) - LEADER [DD]

13 - Dad for a change, scares them to flight (8) - ESCAPERS {PA + SCARES)* How does A become E?

15 - Some of the dailies rejected the epic (5) - ILIAD [T<-]

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16 - Save from ruin (7) - SALVAGE [CD]

18 - Be about your business! (7) - CONCERN [DD}

19 - Gold coin used formerly on the continent (5) - DUCAT [CD]

21 - Is, on being cast into the old prison, tortured (8) - {AG{ON}{IS}ED} 

23 - One of us has a merciless headache (6) - {ME}{GRIM}

25 - Bill makes best pot of potato starch (7) - TAPIOCA (AI+POT+AC)* ?

26 - Snake! Stop! It's on the footpath (7) - {ASP}{HALT}

28 - Bribe to ensure a catch will be dropped (6,3,4) - GREASE THE PALM [CD]

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DOWN

2   - Art of folding papers into decorative shapes (7) - ORIGAMI [E]

3   - Fuel empty boastful talk (3) - GAS [DD]

4   - Appears to observe narrowly (4) - EYES ?

5   - I left carriages by the factory, having had a change of heart (10) - {TRAiNS}{PLANT}

6   - A benign tumour (5) - MYOMA [E]

7   - Vessel once controlled by three banks? (7) - TRIREME [CD]

8   - The walk of the rich? (7,4) - ROLLING GAIT [CD] One of the worst clues I've ever seen?

10 - The stab that ended it all (4,7) - LAST ATTEMPT [CD]

12 - French man in a delightful garden on the coast of West Germany (5) - {E{M}DEN}

14 - Declare that a fool never fasted (10) - {ASS}{EVER}{ATE}

17 - Dan again makes an effort to find him (5) - {AND*}{RE}

18 - A butcher's knife (7) - CHOPPER [E] Why not CLEAVER?

20 - Cut short the end of animal (7) - {CUR}{TAIL}

22 - She may possibly turn into a lion (5) - ILONA*

24 - A series of unexpected occurrences (4) - RASH [CD]

27 - To slip pass suddenly (3) - POP [CD]

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