No 11143, Tuesday 22 Jul 2014, Sunnet

Blistering Barnacles! Sunnet's pangram gave me a run for my money in the NW corner.

ACROSS
1   Cheroots obtained from vehicles carrying police officer (6)  CIGARS {C{IG}ARS}
4   Hay fever sent back model in one hour (8)  RHINITIS {RH}{1}{NI}{TIS}<=
10 Arm yearns to express (9) LONGSWORD {LONGS}{WORD}

                 Cartoon by Bhargav

11 Sew cut in garment (5) TUNIC*
12 One Spanish railway having a single component (5) UNARY {UN}{A}{RY}
13 Discard headless salt water fish? (4,1,4) DROP A LINE {DROP} {sA LINE}

14 Legendary being reformed Roman Catholic union (7) UNICORN {RC+UNION}*
16 Tighten equipment holding nitrogen (4) KNIT {K{N}IT}
19 Nothing found by contraction of the ear (4) OTIC {O}{TIC}
21 Islander's brewing ingredient has a point (7) MALTESE {MALT}{ESE}
24 Divided, captured prey without resistance, like eagles perhaps (5-4) SHARP-EYED {SHAR{Pr-EY}ED}
25 US fan's untidy mess (5) SNAFU*
26 A shortage of woe! (5) ALACK {A}{LACK}
27 Customs and I.T. raid on Technology leader ordered (9) TRADITION {IT+RAID+ON+Technology}*
28 O! Tipsy lady is going around recklessly (8) DARINGLY {DA{RING}LY*}
29 Knave's direction produced discordant sound (6) JANGLE {J}{ANGLE}

DOWN
1   Stone's ring contains copper found near America (8) CALCULUS {CAL{CU}L}{US}
2   Poem of firearm and drink around modern times (5,3) GUNGA DIN {GUN}{G{A D}IN}
3   Copper is not as good as it used to be (5) RUSTY [DD]
5   Ate cut fish (7) HADDOCK {HAD}{DOCK}

6   He built Thana-Jog line (9) NATHANIEL {THANA*}{LINE*}
7   Can money reveal adventurous reporter? (6) TINTIN {TIN}{TIN}
8   Nearly leak confidential information (6) SECRET SECRETe
9   Information about historic fair (6) GOLDEN {G{OLD}EN}
15 Frank exposes sack to a trace of nitroglycerine (9) OUTSPOKEN {OUTS}{POKE}{N}
17 Engineers with money, cutting and taking it easy (8) RELAXING {RE}{L}{AXING}
18 Order to demolish Queen's church (8) SEQUENCE {QUEENS}*{CE}
20 Clear appeal stumped American gangster (7) CRYSTAL {CRY}{ST}{AL}
21 In the middle of maiden voyage (6) MEDIAN*
22 Perhaps Australia's area (6) ISLAND [CD]
23 Asian market to block accepting American state's associate (6) BAZAAR {B{AZ}{A}AR}
25 He is considered the destroyer of rash Ivanovic (5) SHIVA [T]

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No.11142, Monday 21 Jul 2014, Vulcan

Zimbly loved it!

ACROSS
8 Finest way to live, first of all (4) BEST (ST, with BE first)
9 Responsible move — Arsenal were extremely brilliant to start with (10) ANSWERABLE (ARSENAL W E B)*
10 Unusual shocks reported (6) SCARCE (~SCARES)
11 Drive with an elegance in a competition of speed (4,4) DRAG RACE (DR A GRACE)
12 I belong to myself. Being disheartened not on the cards (8) IMMINENT (I'M MINE NoT)
14 Programmer breaks the ice (6) TECHIE (THE ICE)*
16 Billions enter the website (4) BLOG (B LOG)

17 Man, say, one last to jump in bed (5) BIPED (1 P in BED)
18 Bail out an undeveloped backward state — heart of India (4) PUMP (UP< MP)
19 Express disapproval over a doctor prescribing grass (6) BAMBOO (BOO around A MB)
21 Criticism of princess directed at a family (8) DIATRIBE (DI A TRIBE)

Cartoon by Rishi

23 I left, lit a cigar, smoked — sad (8) TRAGICAL (LiT A CIGAR)*
26 Use 1 ml special mixture with breakfast cereal (6) MUESLI (USE 1 ML)*
27 Style of architecture, Eva, our aunt resorted to (3,7) ART NOUVEAU (EVA OUR  AUNT)*
28 Remain in dire straits (4) REST (T)

DOWN
1 Blame cheap ingredients used for making dessert (5,5) PEACH MELBA (BLAME CHEAP)*
2 Rest, swim and fish — excellent (8) STERLING (REST* LING)
3 I dare you to a contest in flower arrangement (6) RACEME (RACE ME)
            I dare you to Race 'Me !'
4 American English Dictionary primarily employed (4) USED (US E D)
5 Dead man leaving a share in the title (8) DEPARTED (PART in DEED)

 Cartoon by Bhargav

6 Football club wearing a rib kind of material (6) FABRIC (F.C. wearing (A RIB)*)  Is kind=sort, the anind?
7 Stop, say, an alliance (4) BLOC (~BLOCK)
13 Source of protein in food — turned out to be not so exciting (5) TEPID (P in DIET<)
15 Disable PIN (10) IMMOBILISE (2) Nice misdirection by capitalising 'pin', a wrestling or chess move)
17 Dealers for readers? (4,4) BOOK CLUB CD
18 One leaving money for developing a flower garden (8) PARTERRE (PARTER RE)
20 Plead with an individual to go away (6) BEGONE (BEG ONE)
22 Covering Republican's involvement in an affair (6) ARMOUR (R in AMOUR)
24 Exceptional part of Maharashtra region (4) RARE (T)
25 Look stunned, upset (4) LEER (REEL<)

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