No.10885, Monday 23 Sep 2013, Arden

Clearly Arden does not have triskaidekaphobia. The long ones (all starting with C, incidentally) are handled beautifully. Especially 8d.

A Nina can be seen today ...

ACROSS

1 Comes down after the bird’s in a holiday location (6,7) CANARY ISLANDS (LANDS after CANARY IS)

10 As a parting remark, gold has to perish (5) ADIEU (AU has DIE)

11 Native’s roots in Lincoln (9) ABORIGINE (ORIGIN in ABE - Abraham Lincoln)

12 First timer created inferno over west-bound train (9) DEBUTANTE (DANTE, the author of Inferno, over TUBE, the underground train, <)

13 Make hundred to fifty-fifty in own surroundings (5) HALVE (L in HAVE surroundings)

          I especially like the splitting of fifty-fifty into 2 parts, the first as a part of the definition and the second as 

          a part of the word play

14 Maintained one got it wrong, following a victory (7) AVERRED (ERRED following A V for victory)

16 Inspector of gold and diamonds finds it with gold (7) AUDITOR (AU D IT OR)

18 A mild sort protecting gunners’ top officer (7) ADMIRAL ((A MILD)* protecting RA)

          The first Sea Lord, is an Indian male first, ...

20 In future aluminium will be used sideways (7) LATERAL (LATER AL)

22 Soldiers transport gets a representation (5) REBUS (RE BUS)

24 Bitter when gas ran out at sea (9) ANGOSTURA (GAS RAN OUT)*

          Time to pull out the shaker

26 Gratifying, but against it originally (9) SATIATING (AGAINST IT)*

27 Fish like thoughts? (5) IDEAS (IDE AS)

28 Minor logistic problem for an investigator (13) CRIMINOLOGIST (MINOR LOGISTIC)*

DOWN

2 Friendly one follows another during walk (7) AMIABLE (A following 1, during AMBLE)

3 Crooked art dealer swaps amateur for something classy — he is never faithful (9) ADULTERER (ART DEALER -A +U)*

4 Long to hear a story (5) YEARN (~YARN=story)

5 Delay on the way by one week, everything will follow (9) STONEWALL (ST ONE W ALL)

          What night-watchmen in cricket tests used to do

6 His mother converted to a fundamentalist sect (5) AMISH (HIS MA)*

          Reminded me of Amish Tripathi author of the Shiva Trilogy

7 Soaring flyer’s allowed very little (7) DRIBLET (BIRD< LET)

8 Help coming up when crushed between vehicles, for others it could be fatal (7,6) CARDIAC ARREST (AID< between two CARs, REST)

9 Intellectual plays arising from a complaint (8,5) CEREBRAL PALSY (CEREBRAL PLAYS*)

15 Coaster in a Chinese port is spotted, perhaps (9) DALMATIAN (MAT in DALIAN)

17 Finding Charlie’s gone for Sunday and hating it (9) DETESTING (DETECTING-C+S)

19 The hoodlum gets the crowd back mostly (7) MOBSTER (MOB STERn)

21 Trouser tailored for transmission devices (7) ROUTERS (TROUSER)*

          I wonder if they are used by Reuters

23 Cramp finally affects deep sea diver’s arm (5) SPASM (affectS deeP seA diver'S arM)

25 Russian writer left after he was repeatedly told to leave (5) GOGOL (L after GO GO)

No 2757, Sunday 22 Sep 2013

ACROSS
1   Willing to learn from medical man, the Italian head of embryology (6) DOCILE {DOC}{IL}{E}
4   Son, violently attacked crossing Libya's capital, ran (8) SMUGGLED {S}{MUGG{L}ED}
9   Tea is prepared after Sunday afternoon nap (6) SIESTA {S}{TEA+IS}*
10 Extramarital sex upset true lady (8) ADULTERY*
12 Sash to wrap round body after first of wins (6,5) WINDOW FRAME {W}{INDOW} {FRAME}
13 Novelist from district of London close to Pimlico (3) ECO {EC}{O}
14 Mysterious death in a short, Hitchcock's last film (1,4,2,3,4) A SHOT IN THE DARK {DEATH+IN+A+SHORT}*{K}
17 Nervous MP has date with former PM in a London park (9,5) HAMPSTEAD HEATH {MP+HAS+DATE}* {HEATH}
19 Sky broadcast (3) AIR [DD]
21 Relatives at sea? (6,5) SISTER SHIPS [CD]
23 One daughter, Isolde, possibly put on a pedestal (8) IDOLISED {1}{D}{ISOLDE*}
24 Clever to bring in an English king (6) CANUTE {C{AN}UTE}
25 Tass, long spreading a Gorbachev initiative (8) GLASNOST*
26 Understood about place causing anger (6) SPLEEN {S{PL}EEN}

DOWN
1   Deny any connection with row about pig (6) DISOWN {DI{SOW}N}
2   Mo changes, changes dress (9) CHEONGSAM*

3   Off the booze during card game and bingo (5) LOTTO {LO{TT}O}
5   Editor, one got hold of by graduate, examines university course (5,7) MEDIA STUDIES {M{ED}{1}A} {STUDIES}
6   See supporting information about grey duck (9) GOLDENEYE {G{OLD}EN}{EYE}

7   Belgian city, for example, in piece of fiction (5) LIEGE {LI{EG}E}
8   Cold, plant where a liner may be built (3,4) DRY DOCK {DRY} {DOCK}
11 Place not catering for private dining? (8,4) OFFICERS MESS [CD]
15 Ruling passion of old boy sitting (9) OBSESSION {OB}{SESSION}
16 A special characteristic, odd trait, found on Scottish island (9) ATTRIBUTE {TRAIT*}{BUTE}
17 Male group welcoming a court case (7) HEARING {HE}{A}{RING}
18 Behind adult not inclined to leniency (6) ASTERN {A}{STERN}
20 German's OK after port wine (5) RIOJA {RIO}{JA}
22 Pickle's fraudulent business scheme - Peregrine's first (5) SCAMP {SCAM}{P}