Thursday, 2 December 2010

No 10014, Thursday 02 Dec 10, Spiffytrix

ACROSS
1   - Turn your back on police officer with small number of soldiers (6) - {IG}{NO}{RE}
4   - Real-time processing of army supplies (8) - MATERIAL* (Correction - MATERIEL*)
10 - Device used for rewinding movies? (9) - FLASHBACK [CD]


11 - Bush Senior (5) - ELDER [DD] Nice one
12 - Catch a politician from India (4) - {NET}{A}
13 - Behind the queen, husband hugs hot male item (10) - {AFT}{ER}{S{H}AVE}
15 - Band's parting song for the people's champion (7) - TRIBUTE [CD] I hate CD's (Addendum - {T{RIB}UNE} _ See Spiffytrix's comment below)
16 - Editor immersed in reports about this country (6) - SW{ED}EN <-
19 - Escape from the east before wicked woman is decapitated (6) - {E}{oGRESS}
21 - Head boy runs ahead — that's how it should be (7) - P(+r)RE(-r)FECT
23 - Expect one with the heartless Captain to be in trouble (10) - {ANT{I}CIPA}{ThE}*
25 - Hospital's besieged with support for you (4) - {T{H}EE}
27 - Smell nothing forbidding (5) - {O}{DOUR}
28 - Frank finished without any deadlines (4-5) - {OPEN}-{ENDED}
29 - I relegated old fliers for their actions (8) - {EX}{P(-i)LO(+i)ITS}
30 - Rest returned some Chinese swords (6) - DROWSE <-
DOWN
1   - Eight lay down — symbolically forever (8) - INFINITY (Infinty symbol like figure 8 lying down)
2   - Almost new part of electrical circuit (4,5) - {N}{EAR THING}
3   - Asura hurriedly swallowed another asura (4) - RAHU [T]
5   - Workers have lifted deer with chains on legs (7) - {AN{KLE<-}TS}
6   - Road's level on both sides — absolutely level (4-6) - {EVEN}-{ST}{EVEN}
7   - Old PM not right for our country (5) - INDIrA 
8   - Fat queen's room for storing food (6) - {LARD}{ER}
9   - Crisp cake? Nothing crisp about it (6) - WAFFLE [DD]
14 - Somehow procure gas for ship's officer (10) - SUPERCARGO* Never heard this before
17 - Funny way he does make-up (9) - EYESHADOW*
18 - I was there at the English PM's residence by the river (8) - {AT}{TEN}{DEE}
20 - Drink wine for encouragement (7) - {SUP}{PORT}
21 - To move with light steps in shower, take off shoes at first (6) - sPATTER Nice clue
22 - Soldiers capture half Goan poet (6) - {TA}{GOan}{RE}
24 - Miserable model hauled up at parade (5) - {T}{ROOP} <-
26 - Psychic's fine post heroin detox (4) - SEER ? Anno pending (Addendum - ShEER - See comments)

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

No 10013, Wednesday 01 Dec 10, Neyartha

early outing to the bus stand to drop someone off, will be back later
ACROSS
1  - Strengthening plate used as an aperture controller? (9) - DIAPHRAGM [DD]
6   - Japan tickets hidden by clown (5) - ANTIC [T]
9   - Place example over stand (3,2) - {GE}{T UP} <-
10 - Agreeing to a treaty in Germany's capital (9) - {ACCORD}{IN}{G}
11 - Informal farewell outside for very loud Asian with thin silk (7) - {TA{FF}{E}TA}
12 - Social visitor from China's capital replacing female American lumberjack (6) - (-f+c)CALLER
14 - Whereabouts of migratory winged insect detailed (5) - LOCUSt
15 - Deadline to find herb said to be near the boundary (4,5) - (~thyme){TIME} {LIMIT}
17 - Use a shoot twisted up in a building with hops-drying kilns (4,5) - OAST HOUSE*
19 - Complain, after commencement, to the centre (5) - HINGE ? (Addendum - wHINGE - See comments)
20 - Counter space to accommodate French wine on the floor (6) - {PA{VIN}G<-}
22 - Multi-author musical composition collects average money in Cuba (7) - {CENT{AV}O}
24 - Ancient Roman administrators in a set of 3? (9) - TRIUMVITE [DD] (Correction - TRIUMVIRI [DD] - See comments)
25 - Description of an undamaged bell? (5) - SOUND [DD]
26 - Oriental at the mouth goes to the midpoint of this European river (5) - RHEIN Anno pending
27 - 9.46 trillion kilometres? (5-4) - LIGHT YEAR [E]
DOWN
1   - PC draws up trumpet coil diagram without Ram (7,8) - DIGITAL COMPUTERram*
2   - Indian tri-wheelers carrying field officer with copper for an optical device (9) - {AUTO{FO}{CU}S}
3   - Unfortunate mishap lessee concealed (7) - HAPLESS [T]
4   - African flowers for the Muslim leader's Pashtun cooking (10) - {AGA}{PANTHUS*}
5   - Dielectric found by a Hebrew prophet, reportedly (4) - MICA(~micah)
6   - Character attached to armour on a post inside an aeroplane (7) - AIR{MAIL}
7   - Silence taken out by model's high-pitched warble (5) - (-sh+t)TRILL
8   - Smoker's mouthpiece cleansed altogether in an apple drink (9,6) - {CI{GARETTE HOL}DER}
13 - Challenging the honesty of a Gemini chap is bad (10) - IMPEACHING*
16 - Small pit trap for one raising some European herbs (9) - {MIN{I}{ATUR<-}E}
18 - Word game for a prison employee (7) - HANGMAN [DD]
19 - Remote controller given by graduate knight not seen in woven container (7) - HANDbaSkET
21 - What one may raise in anger? (5) - VOICE [CD]
23 - Laid-back call (4) - DIAL<-