No 12349, Thursday 21 Jun 2018, Gridman

ACROSS
1   Attractive medical department gets final touch (8) ENTICING {ENT}{ICING}
6   Con's feeling of guilt is endless (4) SHAM SHAMe
9   Almost amusing, silly spirit (6) ANIMUS AMUSINg*
10 Suffer, without a bit of relief, transport nightmare (7) INCUBUS {INCUr}{BUS}
13 On poetry lady is hollow and in an opposite direction (9) REVERSELY {RE}{VERSE}{LadY}
14 Cruel disbursal of riches (5) LUCRE*
15 Area of London is very nearly sexy (4) SOHO {SO HOt}
16 Relatives make rough playtimes around female (10) STEPFAMILY {PLAYTIMES}* aroind {F}
19 Fusspots are not idle with corpses (10) BUSYBODIES {BUSY}{BODIES}
21 Rounds of smoked ham (limited) (4) AMMO gAMMOn
24 Peculiar urge to carry old cosmetic (5) ROUGE {R{O}UGE*}
25 One who objects to poor turnout without official's cap by examiner (9) PROTESTER {POoR*}{TESTER}
26 Funny edict: each to have summer quencher (4,3) ICED TEA {EDICT}*{EA}
27 Queen jumps around one like horse (6) EQUINE {EQU{1}NE*}
28 Learning method reportedly put down (4) ROTE (~wrote)
29 Food for team performing at formal dance (8) MEATBALL {TEAM*}{BALL}

DOWN
2   In heaven, putting out a recollection of old city (7) NINEVEH {IN+HEaVEN}*
3   Shut up man after man with upstart in anger (6) IMMURE {I{M}{M}{Up}RE}
4   One new court vacated in haste is examined officially (9) INSPECTED {1}{N}{SPE{CourT}ED}
5   Char leaves head of dabha for good with merriment (5) GAILY (-d+g)GAILY
7   Greetings about footloose composer leaving barbecue (7) HIBACHI {HI}{BACH}{HI} Why footloose? Was it because he had 20 children? (Addendum - {HI}{BACh}{HI} - See comments)

8   These secret journeys may result in routs (7,5) MYSTERY TOURS {ROUTS}* [RA]
11 Arrest a band? (6) COLLAR [DD]
12 Middle-of-the-road safety device (5,7) CRASH BARRIER [CD]

17 Phone name involved in remarkable events (9) PHENOMENA*
18 A boy told to go away (6) ABSENT {A}{B}{SENT}
20 He is in a class but not by himself alone (7) STUDENT [CD]
22 M and Latina are descriptive of the morning (7) MATINAL {M+LATINA}*
23 Dull man, stupid bum (6) BENUMB {BEN}{BUM*}
25 Son overwhelmed by trophy for sacred poem (5) PSALM {P{S}ALM}

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Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 68

As much as Masefield told us what Quinquireme of NINEVAH brought from distant Ophir, I shall tell you what Clement brought from distant SOHO.  Gifts for Rita!  AMMO! Rita the bombshell!! The two were often in compromising positions which none found out. Linda had an inkling of what was going on but for the time being seemed to be content learning PSALMS by ROTE.

A Punjabi friend of hers had consoled her. "Zara Sambhalna. Haan Bade Dokhe Hein..." Take care. Yes, they are betrayers.."

In order to attract the crowds gravitating towards Gemini, Clement had taken some steps. He had recruited another dancer who  had danced at the Moulin ROUGE. She soon became a PHENOMENA. He instructed the two to dance GAILY. The steps and gestures ought to be ENTICING. And he arranged for MATINAL shows when the dancers in Gemini were busy teaching the STUDENTS!!

Controlling the crowds became an INCUBUS and he outsourced the task to a professional team.

As the bouncer he could at best prevent one PROTESTOR by holding the COLLAR. But not many! And as a Millionaire owner he did not want to do the job of a lowly bouncer.

What happened next?

Trivia:

1. Babuji Dheere Chalna is a song sung by Geeta Dutt. (Film: AAR PAAR ) Music: O.P. Nayyar

The tune is lifted from "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" sung by Gaby Moreno.

2. You may like to hear the sax cover: "Quizas, quizas" Fer Moreno Corte Sax.

No 12348, Wednesday 20 Jun 2018, Gridman

ACROSS
1   Worker leaves US city — outstanding one — as criminal (11) SAFECRACKER {SantA FE}{CRACKER}
9   Beau married in an excited state (7) ADMIRER*
10 Eminent ruler leaves for northern city (7) NANKING (-r+n)NANKING
11 Southern side's energy (5) STEAM {S}{TEAM}
12 They kill time... toil disastrously with a couple of hesitations and begin striking (9) LOITERERS {TOIL*}{ER}{ER}{St...g}
13 German city's 'must-haves'? Not half! (5) ESSEN ESSENtials
15 Greek character's extremely limited cover for early years (9) CHILDHOOD {CHI}{Li...eD}{HOOD}
18 Vessel's brought back ruined society photographs (9) SNAPSHOTS {PANS<=}{SHOT}{S}
21 Close lead of victor disappears (5) INNER wINNER
22 Indian friend is beginning to misconstrue old religion (9) MITHRAISM {MITHRA}{IS}{Mi...e} Actually friend is just mithr. The problem with Roman English for Indian words is it can be spelt many ways, like Mitr, Mithr etc.
24 Left one child with one fruit (5) LICHI {L}{1}{CH}{1}
26 Major player besieged outside Indian city (7) LEAGUER beLEAGUERed
27 Middle daughter wearing spectacles leaves for cooking (7) OREGANO {O{REGAN}O}
28 Active gendarme overworking may finally get extra pay for taking risks (6,5) DANGER MONEY {DANGERM{ON}E*}{maY}

DOWN
1   All but authenticate experts, excluding advanced garment makers (9) SEAMSTERS {SEAl}{MaSTERS}
2   Mademoiselle goes after iron woman in France (5) FEMME {FE}{MME}
3   Small change over mere crumpled clothes for the dead (9) CEREMENTS {CE{MERE*}NTS}
4   Bill, with Cyril, tearing up fabric (7) ACRYLIC {AC}{CYRIL*}
5   Kit OK in rigged-up raft (3-4) KON-TIKI*

6   Get up around noon for wash (5) RINSE {RI{N}SE}
7   Clean exercise in window-dressing (4,4) WIPE-DOWN {PE} in {WINDOW}*
8   Is furious without redface for a long time (4) AGES rAGES
14 Firing squad exercised in the water around matter no end (4,4) SWAT TEAM  {SW{mATTEr}AM} No end or No ends? Is not exactly a firing squad
16 Mad, mad about tiller training in military marching squad (5,4) DRILL TEAM {MAD}* over {TILLER}*
17 Dirty room could well be turned into one for sleeping (9) DORMITORY* &lit
19 O, very short, new letter in Greek (7) OMICRON {O}{MICRO}{N}
20 Unknown person reported problem — area is without head (7) SOMEONE (~sum){SOME}{zONE}
22 Indian who has a growing concern in the household (4) MALI [CD]
23 Put through the mill, girl leaves circle (5) ROUND gROUND
25 The first big brother holds hard ornament (5) CHAIN {C{H}AIN}

GRID

Bhargav's Talepiece

The bouncer and the dancer - Part 67

DO PHOOL EK MALI !!

Men who for AGES were wanting to have a glimpse of Kayal were dumbstruck. The recent CHAIN of events made her SOMEONE. No longer a mystery, a MITHRAISM as one blabbered.Admired by some. Craved by many.

The LOITERERS aROUND Gemini increased by the day and by night. Many were ADMIRERS of the SNAPSHOTS circulated through Whatsapp.

SS realised the money spinning opportunity and made tiers of entry:

Special, Very Special and VIP.

What with the Inspector getting free VIP entry everyday and in return providing a SWAT TEAM with no DANGER MONEY to boot!!

SAFECRACKER Linda wore a sullen look. With a kerchief in her hand to WIPE DOWN the tears, was in no mood to continue reading Thor Heyerdahl's KONTIKI gifted to her by an admirer - not of her dance but the DELICATESSEN dished out by her. Some with an OREGANO trail!

Rita shifts from a DORMITORY type accomodation at Gemini to an INNER luxury suite provided by Clement who fails to discern the FEMME FATALE!!

Trivia:

1. Ek Phool Do Mali is a 1969 Hindi movie.

2. Oregon trail is the long East- West wagon route in US.

3. Free, Seekra (quick) and VIP queues in our Temples!!