No 10960, Thursday 19 Dec 2013, Spinner

Floored by Spinner in the SE corner.

ACROSS

1   Co-graduate swallowed by foal (6) COBALT {CO{BA}LT}

4   City where you open aperture and shoot nature endlessly (3,5) ABU DHABI {A}{BU D}{HABIt}

10 Ruin a meal with a trace of chilly (7) SCUPPER {S{C}UPPER}

11 Caught the girl with the reporter, but there was nothing between them (7) LASSOED {LASS}{O}{ED}

12 Tailor exchanged unstrapped top for nothing with the client (8) CUSTOMER C(-o+u)UST(-u+o)OMER

13 Elongated circular on blog (6) OBLONG*

15 Returning wagon has unknown vessels (4) NAVY {NAV <=}{Y}

17 CIA carved out stuff related to the corpse (9) CADAVERIC*

20 A twist in the sequence given by one from Aspartame’s family (9) CYCLAMATE {CYCL{A}{MAT}E}

21 Wobble over and smirk (4) LEER <=

24 Plaster and return occupants’ lost container (6) STUCCO OCCUpanTS<=

25 Tramples small kids who belong to just one of a pair (8) (Addendum - STEPSONS {STEPS ON}{S}- See comments)

28 NRI has a way to pay almost all the money (7) EMIGREE {EMI}{GREEn}

29 Jazzy, furry kid exposed to the Italian football team (7) (Addendum - AZZURRI {jAZZy}{fURRy}{kId} - See comments)

30 I’m back in quiet house (8) DOMICLE {DO{MI<=}CILE}

31 The first miss… … (6) (Addendum - MAIDEN [MD] - See comments)

DOWN

1   Windows, say, in a church adhere to slope-ratio (8) COSECANT {C{OS}E}{CANT}

2   Genre from down South (5) BLUES [CD] (Addendum - {BLUE}{S} - See comments)

3   The French penny and 2000 pounds equal a Greek coin (6) LEPTON {LE}{P}{TON}

5   A shock, if it’s from the family of 15,19 and 27 (4) BOLT [CD]

6   Girl’s first assistant fleeced the handicapped (8) DISABLED {DI'S}{A}{BLED}

7   Express regret for Ground-Zero spoilage (9) APOLOGISE {O+SPOILAGE}*

8   Plant in crack gets oxygen (6) INDIGO {IN}{DIG}{O}

9   Military command from Mars? (5,4) ORDER ARMS *{MARS}

14 Drunken stalwarts might have used this at the end of the party (4,5) LAST STRAW*

16 Following order, omit survey for lack of time (9) VOYEURISM {OMIt+SURVEY}* Definition seems inappropriate? (See comments.)

18 Energy plastic circlet cannot transmit? (8) ELECTRIC {E}{LECTRIC} Definition not clear (&lit - See comments)

19 Second prize in the kitty for Scot of old German origin? (8) (Addendum - PRUSSIAN {P{R}USS}{IAN} - See comments)

22 Mount Chimborazo, at first, was part of Andes by arrangement (6) ASCEND {AS{C}END*}

23 Palaeozoic coal left was burnt by parasites (6) EPIZOA PAlaEOZoIc*

26 Had a row with old attorney at first, and was embarrassed (5) OARED {O}{A}{RED}

27 Pinch the head off the duck (4) TEAL sTEAL

No 10959, Wednesday 18 Dec 2013, Aspartame

Some awesome anagram constructions today. Looks like Aspartame has taken some abvns from the famous loooong list.

ACROSS

1,21 He devastates saloons using a book (4,6,3,6) EATS SHOOTS AND LEAVES*

8   Ought to have little space for one who is late (4) OBIT {O}{BIT} O for Ought? See comments

9   Symbolic tree has half of your vitae engraved (10) FIGURATIVE {FIG}{yoUR}{VITAE*}

10 Request for sprinklers and cut the ends off (6) PRAYER sPRAYERs

11 Divorce (3-5) NON-UNION ? Anno not clear if the answer is correct. [CD] - See comments

12 Employment agency that yields nothing? (3,6) JOB CENTRE Anno for second half not clear See comments

14 Ignore unmarried woman (4) MISS [DD]

15 Plan to travel with top official (4) PLOY {PL{O}Y}

16 Dying in it can cause embarrassment (9) INDIGNITY*

20 Proverbial body measure of problems (4,4) KNEE DEEP [CD]

23 Comical son describing cultural destruction (10) ICONOCLASM*

24,25 Type of weapon amateur sitcoms aim to broadcast (4-9,4) SEMI-AUTOMATIC ARMS* Should have been weapons

DOWN

1   Go, go kill the king. That’s an order! (7) EMBARGO {EMBARk}{GO}

2   Stylish top exchanged for a bit of nylon that’s worn out (5) TATTY (-n+t)TATTY T for top?

3   Colour that adds flavour (7) SAFFRON [C&DD]

4   Argon based medical procedure? (5,10) ORGAN TRANSPLANT {ARGON}*

5   Some satyr antagonises a slave-driver (6) TYRANT [T]

6   Observation position taken by a soldier (9) ATTENTION [DD]

7   Cunning daughter got jealous when Newton was dumped (7) DEVIOUS {D}{EnVIOUS}

13 Often, cult of sheik insists on being bound tightly (5-4) CLOSE-KNIT {CuLt Of ShEiK iNsIsTs} Awesome construction

15 Medicine from Japan ace approves (7) PANACEA [T]

17 Religious mails sorted by in-charge (7) ISLAMIC {MAILS*}{IC}

18 Can there be no end to time, son? (7) THERMOS {THERe}{MO}{S}

19 Spider surveillance tool (6) WEBCAM [CD]

22 Villain from Delhi leaves a society located in an ancient Iraqi settlement (5) ASSUR {AS{S}URa}