No 2722, Sunday 20 Jan 13

ACROSS
1   Cheerful bishop's flexible (6) BLITHE {B}{LITHE}
4   Get down to nudism, astonishingly (8) DISMOUNT*
9   Liqueur price list outrageous - expensive, ultimately, for one (6,3) TRIPLE SEC {PRICE LIST(-i+e)}*

11 English textile town, to the west a university (5) KEELE {KEEL<=}{E}
12 Against carrying on, old Italian chap (7) ANTONIO {ANT{ON}I}{O}
13 Recall one hundred odd swallowing drop of special medicine? (7) NOSTRUM {NO{S}T}{RUM}
14 E.g. neck ends? (5,6) CLOSE FINISH [CD]
16 Exactly how rent is paid? (2,3,6) TO THE LETTER [DD]
20 Note journalists keep back (7) REPRESS {RE}{PRESS}
21 A group working in desert (7) ABANDON {A}{BAND}{ON}
23 Model, keeping one's balance (5) POISE {PO{1}SE}
24 Dissolute peer loves to get up late? (9) OVERSLEEP*
25 A boozy bender touring eastern city up north (8) ABERDEEN {A}{BERD{E}EN*}
26 Gambler in cap (6) BETTER [DD]

DOWN
1   Comic strip character, a valet (6) BATMAN [DD]
2   Stupid, one point put about one in charge (7) IDIOTIC {1}{D{1}OT}{IC}
3   Girl's broken heel close to pavilion (5) HELEN {HEEL*}{N}
5   Behind bars having committed swindle - judge intolerant (13) INCONSIDERATE {IN{CON}SIDE}{RATE}
6   Rough and ready model needing dress (9) MAKESHIFT {MAKE}{SHIFT}
7   Excavate part of chateau near there (7) UNEARTH [T]
8   Louise's partner playing Hamlet (6) THELMA*
10 Area in which pollution is controlled, not good for the kipper house? (9,4) SMOKELESS ZONE [CD]
15 Recovering, continuously ingesting them (2,3,4) ON THE MEND {ON {THE M}END}
16 Leader in Premiership, a cut above the others? (7) TOPSIDE  [DD]
17 Flush? Reportedly posted a trivial amount of money (3,4) RED CENT {RED} {CENT}(~sent)
18 Doctor's entertaining chat over a brandy (6) GRAPPA {G{RAP}P}{A}
19 Even row about card game (2,1,3) ON A PAR {O{N A P}AR}
22 Some Beaujolais left in passageway (5) AISLE [T]

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No 10674, Saturday 19 Jan 13, Neyartha

On a 'theerth yatra' with Neyartha.

ACROSS

1   Mineral found by scholar initially in a sacred place (8) BASILICA {BA}{SILICA}

5   Model left out patterns in the riot (6) FRACAS FRACtAlS

9   An indispensable requirement for successful chip fabrication? (5,4) CLEAN ROOM [CD]

11 Stray by mistake and find the Greek forest god (5) SATYR*

12 Failure to start off after the apprentice moved forward was a disappointment (7) LETDOWN m(+l)LE(-l)TDOWN

14 Metal gate placed in front of the firedog (7) ANDIRON {AND}{IRON}

15 Fresh clue Sen framed for amiability (12) CHEERFULNESS*

17 Fear ointment may create agitation (12) FERMENTATION*

20 Standing height (7) STATURE [DD]

22 Bill egalitarians helped to make was unconstitutional (7) ILLEGAL [T]

23 He returned to get hold of the westbound policeman’s age (5) EPOCH {E{POC}H}<=

24 Jeans that may incur the displeasure of the conservatives? (4-5) SKIN-TIGHT [CD]

26 Father interrupted by a god in the sacred place (6) PAGODA {P{A}{GOD}A}

27 Soundly rest after getting a view of the lens (8) EYEPIECE {EYE}{PIECE}(~peace)

DOWN

1   Live clam cooking results in a stall in the doldrums (6) BECALM {BE}{CLAM*}

2   Mark heard the cat raised by the French in the exhibition (9) SPECTACLE (~speck){SPEC}{TAC<=}{LE}

3   Arrest revolutionary with iodine deficiency on the Chilean airline (3) LAN NAiL<=

4   Top fairy-tale heroine becomes the throne’s female heir (5,8) CROWN PRINCESS {CROWN} {PRINCESS}

6   Suburban team housed in a rental unit was entertained (11) RESIDENTIAL {RE{SIDE}NT{1}AL}

7   Furnish letters from advocate Ram (5) CATER [T]

8   Withdraw with the king exiled by an Oriental to a sacred place (6) SHRINE SHRIN(-k+e)E

10 Strangely, military abuse has the quality of being quantifiable (13) MEASURABILITY*

13 Began to talk inside and got shocked (4-7) OPEN-MOUTHED {OPEN-{MOUTH}ED}

16 Nosegay in disarray after Gujarati enters a sacred place (9) SYNAGOGUE {SYNAGO{GU}E*}

18 Inattentive army chief takes off, being upset (6) ASLEEP {A}{SLEEP<=}

19 Careless master discarded imperfect thimble (6) BLITHE THImBLE*

21 Together with Mike’s trainee on board (5) ALONG {A(-m+l}lONG}

25 Cover for the head (3) TOP [DD]

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Slide show of all the snaps taken on 17th at Chennai