No 10360, Friday 13 Jan 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - A plain rightist, excited, is pernickety (13) - HAIRSPLITTING*

10 - Right hand reversed in painting: it is showing a joint problem (9) - ARTHRITIS {ART}{HR<-}{IT}{IS}

SEE THIS CARTOON

11 - Unfair to do it yourself? About right (5) - DIRTY {DI{RT}Y}

12 - Girl, escorted by students, is steady (5) - LEVEL {L{EVE}L}

13 - Swing! (9) - OSCILLATE [E]

14 - Such an angle is more than a right one (6) - OBTUSE [CD]

16 - Money made from dough (5) - BREAD [DD]

19 - Soup for the two containing a piece of radish (5) - BROTH {B{R}OTH}

20 - Footballer keeps doubly black thing found on the beach (6) - PEBBLE {PE{BB}LE}

25 - Priest who made Clem angry somehow (9) - CLERGYMAN*

26 - Advertisement for an aviator (5) - FLYER [DD]

27 - To fall behind the Spanish, on reflection, is lawful (5) - LEGAL {LE}{GAL}<-

28 - Order that at one time confined restless Indra (9) - ORDINANCE {O{INDRA*}NCE}

29 - Tempi rendered wrongly — that was decided in advance (13) - PREDETERMINED*

DOWN

2   - Bustle that an idler lacks (8) - ACTIVITY [CD]

3   - Pastoral wall painting changed at the top (5) - RURAL (-m+r)RURAL

4   - The magic medicine of Asterix! (6) - POTION [GK]

5   - Unsafe sinecure abandoned (8) - INSECURE*

6   - Sudden flood following big shake, possibly (5,4) - TIDAL WAVE [CD]

7   - 98.6 (6) - NORMAL [CD]

8   - Urge the dogs beginning to hunt, with everyone ahead of ducks (6) - HALLOO {H}{ALL}{OO}

9   - Reportedly chews on pieces of information (5) - BYTES (~bites)

15 - Strained to get drugs distributed around capital of Liberia (9) - STRUGGLED {STRUGG{L}ED*}

17 - Put an end to a collector's item abroad (5,3) - STAMP OUT {STAMP} {OUT}

18 - Suspended animation for a regulation, say (8) - ABEYANCE [DD]

21 - Educated, lost head but made money (6) - EARNED lEARNED

22 - A device to measure notes in a particular order (5) - SCALE [DD]

23 - He has no choice in his vocation! (6) - BEGGAR [CD]

24 - More cynical insider, confused, loses heart (6) - SNIDER INSiDER*

26 - The enjoyment a soldier derives from primitive plants (5) - FUNGI {FUN}{GI}

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No 10359, Thursday 12 Jan 12, Sankalak

ACROSS

1   - German car, black, large, with a note loud enough to be heard (7) - AUDIBLE {AUDI}{B}{L}{E}

5   - Stick-in-the-mud who would have a tough end? (7) - DIEHARD {DIE}{HARD}

9   - Can a leonine Cuban moo, however? Very rarely (4,2,1,4,4) - ONCE IN A BLUE MOON*

10 - Way to travel with a long step (6) - STRIDE {ST}{RIDE}

11 - Little bird meets stranger, a disciplinarian (8) - MARTINET {MARTIN}{ET}

13 - Conversation expected to cover one with a record (8) - DIALOGUE {D{I}{A}{LOG}UE}

15 - A good, bright colour containing a drop of eosin? Just so (6) - AGREED {A}{G}{RE{E}D}

18 - Such weather as may portend rain (6) - CLOUDY [CD]

19 - Sailor dispatched with doubled energy to find the one missing (8) - ABSENTEE {AB}{SENT}{EE}

22 - Edible seed for a little bird, one in a pod (8) - CHICKPEA {CHICK}{PEA}

24 - A type with appeal followed by a liberal in charge (6) - ITALIC {IT}{A}{L}{IC}

27 - Clinic deserving to be rebuilt gets motoring permits (7,8) - DRIVING LICENCES*

28 - What a correspondent often claims to be at the end of a missive (7) - SINCERE [CD]

29 - Got going again, finding money in grass (7) - RESUMED {RE{SUM}ED}

DOWN

1   - Excited artist upset, beginning to object, gets exploited (7) - AROUSED {AR<-}{O}{USED}

2   - Scenery seen last month, golden in colour (5) - DECOR {DEC}{OR}

3   - Visually challenged group provides cover for the observer (9) - BLINDFOLD {BLIND}{FOLD}

4   - Antelope, docked, shows energetic style (4) - ELAN ELANd

5   - Everyone taken in by prosecutors in old TV show (6) - DALLAS {D{ALL}A'S}

6   - Turn out for a tennis great (5) - EVERT [DD]

7   - Decoration for British navy people in a spot (9) - ADORNMENT {A}{DO{RN}{MEN}T}

8   - Old actor Robert, with ecstasy and dawn of divinity, made a gift (7) - DONATED {DONAT}{E}{D}

12 - The stick to prod the actor (3) - CUE [DD]

14 - Formal end to an oblation, I suspect (9) - ABOLITION {OBLATION+I}*

16 - Eminence that is thrust upon some, as the Bard said (9) - GREATNESS [GK]

17 - Old President who took a bit out of Elizabeth (3) - ABE [T]

18 - Carbon and acid-mix as produced by these insects (7) - CICADAS {C}{ACID*}{AS}

20 - Forgiven former Conservative gets employed (7) - EXCUSED {EX}{C}{USED}

21 - Distance once conquered by upper-class eagle (6) - LEAGUE {EAGLE+U}*

23 - Weapon that an English informer brought up (5) - KNIFE {KNIF}{E}<-

25 - Uncle most upset, sent out by stand-in (5) - LOCUM {UnCLe+MOst}*

26 - Row made in union close to disaster (4) - TIER {TIE}{R}

GRID