No 10375, Thursday 02 Feb 12, Neyartha

ACROSS

1   - Ice develops mysteriously on the old bicycles (11) - VELOCIPEDES*

9   - They're in conversation about a possessive adjective (5) - THEIR (~they're)

10 - Creative army engineer softly moves a step forward for the periodical (9) - NEWSPAPER {NEW}{S(+p)PA(-p)PER}

11 - Mall's hoopla zapped partially (5) - PLAZA [T]

12 - Strange grid in grill, something destined for Bombay High? (8,3) - DRILLING RIG*

13 - Revise what may keep a piece of software current (6) - UPDATE [DD]

14 - Pleased to have left the English out of the agreement (7) - COMPACT COMPlACenT

18 - Some newspaper staff get gold shillings after turning the trend around (7) - EDITORS {EDIT<-}{OR}{S}

20 - Reel on seeing Switzerland take over Padova's primary train (6) - SCHOOL {S(-p+ch}CHOOL}

24 - Famous East German and Pole found participating in a noisy mock serenade (4-7) - BEST-SELLING {B{EST}-{S}ELLING}

26 - Old city retreat sends back the gibbon to the country (5) - RURAL {RU<-}{RAL}

27 - Guard at the Tower of London, a non-vegetarian? (9) - BEEFEATER [DD]

28 - American with Japanese parents from Tucson is eighty (5) - NISEI [T]

29 - Realistic about where things in the air go due to gravity? (4-2-5) - DOWN-TO-EARTH [DD]

DOWN

1   - Metal found in dam Na'vi built to hide uranium (8) - VANADIUM {VANADI{U}M*}

2   - Base nature of the journalist following the poor idea (3-6) - LOW-MINDED {LOW}-{MIND}{ED}

3   - Company announcing infamous Judean governor as a flight crew member (7) - COPILOT {CO}{PILOT}(~pilate}

4   - Drop by with the student's missing ribbed cotton fabric (3,2) - POP IN {POPl IN}

5   - Negatives may be developed here (8) - DARKROOM [E]

6   - Discontinue rent for resort (7) - STOPGAP {STOP}{GAP}

7   - Secure the beer sent up for bottling in Belarus (5) - BELAY {B{ELA<-}Y}

8   - Daylight, clearly visible? (5) - BROAD [CD]

15 - Singer's awful rhetorics (9) - CHORISTER*

16 - Show off entertaining sailor's second-grade weapon (8) - CROSSBOW {CRO{SS}{B}{O}W} 'O' for ordinary grade?

17 - Ruling clique member abandons ape in troubled archipelago (8) - OLIGARCH aRCHIpeLAGO*

19 - Rag, a bit old, is shredded (7) - TABLOID*

21 - Set lifted for packing by the old king in the seminary (7) - COLLEGE {COL{LEG<-}E}

22 - Impress Mark (5) - PRINT [DD]

23 - Mill in Switzerland embracing detailed plan (5) - CRUSH {C{RUSe}H}

25 - The Polish keep the Norse leader out for a short time in the film (5) - SHEET {SHEEn}{T}

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No 10374, Wednesday 01 Feb 12, M Manna

ACROSS

1   - Scoops out river swans (7) - DEEPENS {DEE}{PENS}

5   - Praise greatly (7) - APPLAUD [E]

9   - A city that attracts interest? (7) - CAPITAL [DD]

10 - One who puts up an English parson (7) - ERECTOR {E}{RECTOR}

11 - Inferior assistant returned to Bill in Asian capital (5) - DACCA {DAC<}{CA<-}

12 - A dunderhead came into line when spoken to (9) - ADDRESSED {A}{D}{DRESSED}

13 - Damage sacred seed scattered on box (9) - DESECRATE {SEED*}{CRATE} Sacred seed?

15 - Spare a change, for a barbed fork to catch fish (5) - SPEAR*

16 - Decided to govern (5) - RULED [DD]

18 - Same as infamous (9) - NOTORIOUS [E]

21 - Ted is poor maybe, but a saver (9) - DEPOSITOR*

24 - Moving an arm both ways (5) - ROTOR [CD]

25 - First man with his worker remained unyielding (7) - ADAMANT {ADAM}{ANT}

26 - Graduate for dollar, soon to get a wind instrument (7) - BASSOON {BA}{S}{SOON}

27 - They find pleasure in inflicting pain on others (7) - SADISTS [E]

28 - Finally rose somehow, to give sanction (7) - ENDORSE {END}{ROSE*}

DOWN

1   - Unravelled last month, an ode to daughter (7) - DECODED {DEC}{ODE}{D}

2   - Looks forward to arrive (7) - EXPECTS [CD]

3   - Sent to fourth door (9) - ENTRANCED {ENTRANCE}{D} ? 'D' being fourth alphabet?

4   - A lass to dance to Latin American music (5) - SALSA*

5   - A change designed to improve a text (9) - AMENDMENT [E]

6   - Small portion of pie for engineer (5) - PIECE {PIE}{CE}

7   - Being an entertainer, Lawrence takes up sitar for a public performance (7) - ARTISTE {TE+SITAR}*

8   - Laugh at Red as he takes a ride round (7) - DERIDER {RED+RIDE}*

14 - Adds comments on the year the state collapsed (9) - ANNOTATES {ANNO}{STATE*}

15 - Taken aback to find Pru is involved with Reds (9) - SURPRISED {PRU+IS+REDS}*

16 - Flushed, runs rings around military policemen (7) - REDCAPS {RED}{CAPS}

17 - Boy conceals scheme to see part of Scandinavia (7) - LAPLAND {LA{PLAN}D}

19 - Exit naturally without cover (7) - OUTDOOR [DD]

20 - Odd to find a good man stirred with anger (7) - STRANGE {ST}{ANGER*}

22 - Marks on car indicates crash on board ship (5) - SCARS {S{CAR}S}

23 - Rule out boy taking Russian money (5) - RUBLE{RU{B}LE}

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