No 10504, Monday 02 Jul 12, Buzzer

ACROSS

8   - Grab a bunch of eggs (6) - CLUTCH [DD]

9   - Set back after lying outright (8) - POSTPONE {POST}{PrONE}

10 - Expressed ire about rank superficial item (8) - EYELINER (~ire){EYE{LINE}R}

11 - August: only month not somehow hot (6) - SOLEMN {SOLE}{MoNth*}

12 - Consider tic-tac-toe a non-U.K. recreation (4,4,7) - TAKE INTO ACCOUNT*

14 - Dislike a museum? Good to skip ahead then (7) - ALLERGY (-g)ALLER(+g)GY

16 - Special unit arranged final check for satellite (7) - SPUTNIK {SP}{UNIT*}{K}

19 - Peculiar British contraption for showing a measure of global warming (6,9) - CARBON FOOTPRINT {B+CONTRAPTION+FOR}

22 - Spread the word before a church (6) - PREACH {PRE}{A}{CH}

24 - Associate welcomed company’s revolutionary move (8) - RELOCATE {REL{OC<-}ATE}

25 - Show admiration for the learned? Me too (8) - LIKEWISE {LIKE}{WISE}

26 - Cures provided by multipurpose rum shops (6) - SERUMS [T]

DOWN

1   - Agree to take part in soccer perhaps (4,4) - PLAY BALL [DD]

2   - Statesman, a teetotaller outside beer? On the contrary, takes Ecstasy (6) - ATTLEE {A{TT}LE}{E}

3   - Insane hang-gliding stunt (10) - SHENANIGAN*

4   - One flier in two arguments (7) - SPARROW {SPAR}{ROW}

5   - Watering hole lacks zip in its present condition (2,2) - AS IS oASIS

6   - Make clear littering pollutes (5,3) - SPELL OUT [DD] (Addendum - SPELL OUT* - See comments)

7   - He’s single (3-3) - ONE-MAN [CD]

13 - Big-time operator. IST may be (10) - CAPITALIST {CAPITAL}{IST}

15 - Took to assembled miracle beds heartily (8) - EMBRACED  {assEMBled}{miRACle}{bEDs}

17 - With rat, fast termination is a possibility (2,2,4) - IN NO TIME tErMINaTION* (See comments)

18 - Conservative approach to envy (2,5) - GO GREEN [DD]

20 - Nifty run out breaks opening (6) - ADROIT {AD{RO}IT}

21 - History book (6) - RECORD [DD]

23 - Next in line to broadcast on the radio (4) - HEIR (~air)

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No 2693, Sunday 01 Jul 12

ACROSS
1   - Sent a message about Slovenian tourist destination (6)  - CABLED {CA}{BLED}
4   - Desert that woman? On the contrary (6)  - RATHER {RAT}{HER}
10 - Brings up in houses built across river (9)  - NOURISHES {NOU{R}ISHES*}
11 - Count's child at university (3,2)  - TOT UP {TOT} {UP}
12 - Unfashionable shed one rejected (7)  - OUTCAST {OUT}{CAST}
13 - Starts to avoid key meals (7)  - LUNCHES LaUNCHES
14 - Groom's award in sport? (3,2,3,5)  - MAN OF THE MATCH [DD]
17 - The most tongue-tied manages this without the slightest exaggeration? (2,3,3,5)  - TO SAY THE LEAST [CD]
21 - Royal attendant has no time for messenger (7)  - COURIER COURtIER
22 - Urge simple changes involving uranium (7)  - IMPULSE {IMP{U}LSE*}
24 - Love game, possibly last in series (5)  - OMEGA {O}{GAME*}
25 - I must be protected by guns regulation (9)  - ORDINANCE {ORD{I}NANCE}
26 - I may pose a problem for a dog (6)  - SETTER [DD]
27 - Stand by wife, a sly type (6)  - WEASEL {W}{EASEL}
DOWN
1   - Charlie, on French river, making soup (8)  - CONSOMME {C}{ON}{SOMME}

2   - Lacking sharpness, trombone, say, in club? (5,10)  - BLUNT INSTRUMENT {BLUNT} {INSTRUMENT}
3   - Girl from Israeli port brought over around one (5)  - ERICA {ER{I}CA<-}
5   - Social worker, woman, having short chat before the baby's born (9)  - ANTENATAL {ANT}{ENA}{TALk}
6   - Struck senior teacher - possible punishment to get prominent media attention (3,3,9)  - HIT THE HEADLINES {HIT} {THE HEAD}{LINES}
7   - Meal for old man, among others (6)  - REPAST {RE{PA}ST}
8   - Roofing material which church required (6)  - THATCH {THAT}{CH}
9   - A squalid property surrounding yard provides sanctuary (6)  - ASYLUM {A}{S{Y}LUM}
15 - Charm of fiesta can, somehow (9)  - FASCINATE*
16 - Light ale brewed at that place inside (8)  - ETHEREAL {E{THERE}AL*}
18 - Flowering plant in a Lancashire river (6)  - YARROW [DD]

19 - What one may have expected from 'Sweeney Todd' (musical affair)? (6)  - HAIRDO {HAIR}{DO}
20 - Game the French boycotted is over (6)  - ACROSS lACROSSe
23 - Writer, for example, brought up in a London suburb (5) - PENGE {PEN}{GE<-}