No 11424, Thursday 18 Jun 2015, Exa

ACROSS
1   Fifty-one beers laid out for free (11) LIBERALISED {LI+BEERS+LAID}*
9   Gone Girl in German (7) MISSING {MISS}{IN}{G}
10 Hounds with a deep voice guarding place (7) BASSETS {BAS{SET}S}

11 Right to wear cap in outing (4) TRIP {T{R}IP}
12 Knitted a little hem continuously (3,3,4) ALL THE TIME*
13 Out of nine, note the odd man out (3,2,3) ONE IN TEN*
16 Get old books for salesman (5) AGENT {AGE}{NT}
17 Offer to sell duck in apartment (5) FLOAT {FL{O}AT}
19 Parts of steel men forged (8) ELEMENTS*
21 Follow them in a luxurious car around East Course (4,6) ROLE MODELS {ROL{E} {MODE}LS}
23 Pound initially spent to see race (4) RUSH cRUSH
26 Language and some grammar at Highbrow (7) MARATHI [T]
27 Impressed by flight endlessly (7) STAMPED STAMPEDe
28 Amateurs talented? It's unusual (11) DILETTANTES*

DOWN
1   Deadline for student finishing off exam in IIT (5) LIMIT {L}{I{exaM}IT} Exa struck out!
2   Bachelor lad has it kept back for support (7) BASTION {BA{S{TI<=}ON}
3   Clear out of area with loot (4) RAID {R{A}ID}
4   Allowed girl in field to meet lover at the entrance (5) LEGAL {LE{G}A}{Lover}
5   This drug substitutes brown, cocaine and ecstasy (9) SUBSTANCE {SUBS}{TAN}{C}{E}
6   Reckless, like some spouses on television (9) DESPERATE [E&GK]
7   Choose month around Eid (6) DECIDE {DEC}{EID*}
8   Side view (6) ASPECT [DD]
14 Early to gather round a bar daughter suggested (9) INTIMATED {IN TIM{A}{T}E}{D}
15 Dull routine made exciting on entering a little tunnel's brook (9) TREADMILL {Tu...l}{R{MADE*}ILL}
17 Places to discuss documents for university to go through (6) FORUMS {FOR{U}MS}
18 Carry one litre with hesitation into very large tankers (6) OILERS {O{1}{L}{ER}S}
20 Heading off to play favourite instrument (7) TRUMPET {sTRUM}{PET}
22 Composer's last parting record (5) LISZT {LIS{Z}T}
24 Man has to show ID to see secret places (5) HIDES {H{ID}E}{S}
25 Brought up a little information (4) DATA {DAT}{A}<=

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No 11423, Wednesday 17 Jun 2015, Spinner

ACROSS
1   Uninitiated rider follows horse's lead in sport (6) HOCKEY {Ho..e}{jOCKEY}
4   Associate from Prime Minister's office about to be mobbed by party workers (8) COMPADRE {C{OMP<=}ADRE}
10 Decompose Lead-free smoke (7) MOULDER sMOULDER
11 Draw lots of drawings (7) DOODLES {D}{OODLES}
12 Army officer's negligence leads to breakdown (8) COLLAPSE {COL}{LAPSE}
13 Queen's call is mistaken (6) ERRING {ER}{RING}
15 Swimmer to escape score of zero (4) DUCK [MD]
17 Audiotaping jingle with electronic cable (9) RECORDING {R{E}{CORD}ING}
20 Circular patterns for cooking Dokla in vessels (5,4) POLKA DOTS {PO{LKA DO*}TS} Who all remember 'Little Dot'?

21 He basically inherits on ancestor's end (4) HEIR {HE}{In...s}{a...oR} &lit
24 Individual takes training in public (6) OPENLY {O{PE}NLY}
25 Operator resulting in value-addition (4,4) PLUS SIGN [CD]
28 Endlessly large ice formation (7) GLACIER {LARGe+ICE}* Semi&lit
29 Fantasize about silver buried in one mine (7) IMAGINE {1}{M{AG}INE}
30 Green revolution that is beginning to strengthen sources of power (8) ENERGIES {GREEN*}{IE}{St...n}
31 Happy reporter's dead (6) ELATED {ED} has {LATE}

DOWN
1   India’s top investigators entering location of murder (8) HOMICIDE {HOM{India}{CID}E}
2   Hard clue set to trap solver ultimately (5) CRUEL {C{s...eR}UEL*}
3   Make oneself beloved with close attention (6) ENDEAR {END}{EAR}
5   Chance of defeat demotivates spineless leaders (4) ODDS Acrostic
6   Project on hollow rocket accepted by arrogant engineer (8) PROTRUDE {PRO{TekcoR<=}UD}{E} Anno not clear. How is hollow rocket reversed?
7   Love affair beginning to destroy marriage (9) DALLIANCE {De...y}{ALLIANCE}
8   Flag hoisted bearing emblem (6) ENSIGN {EN<=}{SIGN}
9   Goal inside soccer ground leading to increase in volume (9) CRESCENDO {END} in {SOCCER}*
14 Remembrance for slain goat arranged (9) NOSTALGIA*
16 Operations head and retiring agent had to work together (9) COOPERATE {COO}{PER<=}{ATE}
18 Moving stealthily, king enters, brooding (8) SKULKING {S{K}ULKING}
19 One weird variety of plant (8) IRONWEED*

22 Stare, girl! Stare through girl! (6) GOGGLE {G}{O{G}GLE}
23 Attack beast to cause pain (6) ASSAIL {ASS}{AIL}
26 Setter's spot occupied by one fool (5) IDIOT {I}{D{1}OT}
27 Correct time to lament (4) TRUE {T}{RUE}

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