No 10676, Tuesday 22 Jan 13, Buzzer

A good opener from Buzzer, the NE corner had me buzzing around for a while.

ACROSS

1   Dog on moon? That’s a rarity (5) CURIO {CUR}{IO}

4   Need judge during end game (9) BLACKJACK {B{LACK}{J}ACK}

9   Kitchen appliance given by generous donator (7) TANDOOR*

10 Value of a pick-up truck (7) UTILITY [DD]

11 Showing respect for icon I set out to follow his lead (9) HONORIFIC {His}{FOR+ICON+I}*

12 Branch office primarily in the middle of nowhere (5) LIMBO {LIMB}{O}

13 Small money bag (6) POCKET [DD]

15 Forecast carried by newspaper edition stirred public opinion (8) FOMENTED {F{OMEN}T}{ED}

18 Dispose of sarong very cheaply (3,1,4) FOR A SONG*

19 Beef tongue say (6) MUSCLE [DD]

22 Scales that are uncalibrated to some extent (5) LIBRA [T]

24 Second hand, dilapidated divan taken in without due consideration (9) UNADVISED {U{DIVAN*}SED}

26 Riding bike to get articles for flower show (7) IKEBANA {BIKE*}{AN}{A}

27 A first-class pulsating climax mostly gets praise (7) ACCLAIM {A}{C}{CLIMAx*}

28 One function church trust put together in earnest (9) SINCERELY {SIN}{CE}{RELY}

29 Reason soldier is restricted by line of control (5) LOGIC {LO{GI}C}

DOWN

1   Mug goes round attending church to bring oneself up to date (5,2) CATCH UP {C{AT}{CH} UP}

2   Trimming/cutting corners leads to an argument (3-2) RUN-IN pRUN-INg

3   Going round Lourdes so unappealing in a sense (9) ODOURLESS*

4   Wanting to live on the outskirts of Frankfurt (6) BEREFT {BE}{RE}{FrankfurT}

5   When caught in marriage it is capital (8) ASUNCION {AS}{UN{C}ION}

6   Kipper — extremely bad seafood (5) KRILL {KippeR}{ILL}

7   A cricket team’s mantra over a third of the game is self-evident (9) AXIOMATIC {A}{XI}{OM}{A}{TIC-tac-toe}

8   It is needed to decipher vital part of a sentence (3,4) KEY WORD [CD]

14 Sea crab I hit on the head (9) CARIBBEAN {CRAB+I}*{BEAN}

16 English queen, one said to be questionable (9) EQUIVOCAL {E}{QU}{1}{VOCAL}

17 Brood over united cabinet reshuffle (8) INCUBATE {U+CABINET}*

18 Duke of Edinburgh announced special incentives (7) FILLIPS (~philip){FILLIP}{S}

20 Rare medicine, not one that is prevalent (7) ENDEMIC MEDiCINE*

21 Happy to accept casual host (6) GALAXY {GA{LAX}Y}

23 Answer to puzzle comes as surprise (5) AMAZE {A}{MAZE}

25 Jargon intoned without learning initially (5) SLANG {S{L}ANG}

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No.10675, Monday 21 Jan 13, Neyartha

Neyartha has one cross word many to say

ACROSS
1 Posh pleasure boat (5,7) CABIN, CRUISER (E)

8 Cynic gets Pole’s misplaced funds (7) SCOFFER (COFFERS with S going to the front)
9 Part of a lathe found in a castle tower (6) TURRET (DD)
11 Fancy biscuit obtained using the speaker’s small bow (5,4) PETIT, FOUR (~PETITE FORE)

12 Flight or train path? (5) AISLE (E)
14 Unenthusiastic Poles abandoned translucent mixture (9) RELUCTANT (TRAnsLUCENT)*
16 Mention time to make way for the Yankee with a hoot (4) YELL (TELL with Y for T)
18 Sound from Leo was partly uproarious (4) ROAR (T)
19 Assess light for a cricket game (4,5) TEST, MATCH (TEST + MATCH)
21 Failure to ignore Washington’s call (5) SHOUT (waSHOUT)
22 Suffering hoarder goes around Iowa, showing a food poisoning symptom (9) DIARRHOEA (HOARDER* outside IA)
23 Dirty student moves in for Idaho storm (6) SQUALL (SQUALid/L)
25 Go over to scratch the head like an educated person (7) ITERATE (lITERATE)
26 Sister spies note hidden by Anonymous in a formal public statement (12) ANNUNCIATION (NUN + CIA + TI inside ANON)

DOWN
2 Maid on atoll brewed a Spanish wine (11) AMONTILLADO (MAID ON ATOLL)*
3 IT finds ethnic design covering back of … (8) INFOTECH (ETHNIC* outside OF<=)
4 … motor car built to carry new bird (9) CORMORANT (MOTOR CAR* outside N)

5 Speak in complete … (5) UTTER (DD)
6 … sentences at first with the elite comedian informally (6) SCREAM (S + CREAM)
7 Street in Pondicherry, prior to independence? (3) RUE (CD)
8 Magnificent lawn of the police informer (10) SUPERGRASS (SUPER + GRASS)
10 A kind of insurance for the student engulfed by heartache at sea (10) HEALTHCARE (L inside HEARTACHE*)
13 Attendants caught with an Irish staple vegetable (5,6) SWEET, POTATO (~SUITE + POTATO)
15 Drunkard goes up with a niacin compound for the Italian conductor (9) TOSCANINI (SOT<= + NIACIN*)
17 Independent regent gets upset after following me from the south (8) EMERGENT (REGENT* after ME<=)
20 Realise Tina is at fault for sheltering Austrian revolutionary (6) ATTAIN (TINA* outside AT<=)
22 Bob (American singer), Charlie and Ed leave right away to launder without water (5) DYLAN (DrYcLeAN)
24 Functioning as something adequate (3) QUA (T)

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