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JUMBO SPECIAL by ARDEN

No 10248, Thursday 01 Sep 11, Gridman

GANESH CHATHURTHI GREETINGS

ACROSS

1   - One in the style of but inferior to a city slicker? (11) - SUBURBANITE &lit

9   - King's things in large display by one auctioneering head (7) - REGALIA {REGAL*}{I}{A}

10 - Got wrong. Didn't understand properly (7) - MISTOOK [DD]

11 - Bundling out Yemen's foe (5) - ENEMY*

12 - Purses bogeyman squandered in seconds (9) - MONEYBAGS {MONEYBAG*}{S}

13 - American alternative estuary (5) - DELTA [DD]

15 - In France, it is gobbling up Jimmy, the most dexterous (9) - CLEVEREST {C{LEVER}EST}

18 - They miss the first spot in competitions (7-2) - RUNNERS-UP [E]

21 - Attack is withdrawn, say, at end of June (5) - SIEGE {SI<-}{EG}{E}

SEE THIS CARTOON

22 - A product will last as long as this (5,4) - SHELF LIFE [CD]

24 - Encouragement to Xmas saint endless (5) - TONIC {TO}{NICk}

26 - Hardened spectra dispersed (7) - PRECAST*

27 - Grandmother embraces one former President in blissful state (7) - NIRVANA {N{I}{RV}ANA}

28 - Quantities put out around delta are separated by the same amount of space (11) - EQUIDISTANT {EQUI{D}ISTANT*}

DOWN

1   - Yield to right conclusion in more certain circumstance (9) - SURRENDER {SUR{R}{END}ER}

2   - It's played on base (5) - BUGLE [CD]

3   - Ace rarely erred in this track event (5,4) - RELAY RACE*

4   - Being weak, a name is changed by one startup company (7) - ANAEMIC {A}{NAEM*}{I}{C}

5   - One small measure seen in change that's big (7) - IMMENSE {I}{MM}{ENSE*}

6   - Go for Elia's speciality (5) - ESSAY [DD]

7   - Mark well in Latin (4,4) - NOTA BENE [E]

8   - Shikaris miss Hari running around for certain sports equipment (4) - SKIS ShIKariS*

14 - Stayed back to fish before onset of dawn (8) - LINGERED {LING}{ERE}{D}

16 - Moneylender won't like these but schoolchildren will (4,5) - EASY TERMS [DD]

17 - Ditch worker's cutting (9) - TRENCHANT {TRENCH}{ANT}

19 - Japanese therapy for Utah sis in distress (7) - SHIATSU*

20 - Public Relations even had journalist dressed fussily (7) - PREENED {PR}{E'EN}ED}

22 - Drinks for half the meal endless (4) - SUPS {SUPper}{S}

23 - Fine meal served for old love (5) - FLAME {F}{LAME*}

25 - Animal penned by many a landowner (5) - NYALA [T]

GRID