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Across
6 Worker’s words of resignation to maistry at last in times gone by (9) ANTIQUITY
7 She may cry “Uncle!” as stage head leaves Scene I in disarray (5) NIECE
10 Hindu leader also recalled taunt (4) HOOT
11 No warden he – replaced without delay (4,3,3) HERE AND NOW
12 A medical officer almost awake and randy (7) AMOROUS
13 Front part of carriage, yet moving, threatening to collapse (7)
14 At school, small section in marked improvement (7) UPSWING
17 Inspiration for musician with repute falling off after end of note (7)
21 Started job sorting out things in a museum (6,4) OBJETS D'ART
22 In favour of first-class meeting places (4) AYES
23 Call bumpkin exchanging 1000 for 500 (5) YODEL
24 In no port I discharged black wine (5,4) PINOT NOIR
Down
1 Parasite worn-out in custody of pious maiden (7) PINWORM
2 Rope for artist? (7) PAINTER
3 What the aged once had but cannot boast of any longer (12) YOUTHFULNESS
4 Its call has to be answered periodically (6) NATURE
5 Antelope has young goat turning up twice (3-3) DIK DIK
8 Small farm frequently goes after credit (5) CROFT
9 Acts of getting accustomed to perverse Haitians’ bout (12) HABITUATIONS
15 Painter Picasso or Poet Neruda (5) PABLO
16 Gardening tool, small, the German retrieved (6) WEEDER
18 Master has Oriental fellows to destroy international leader (7)
19 Scope of original six lodged in cathedral stall (7) PURVIEW
20 Female friends in France extremely loth to starve (6) FAMISH
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
9694
Across
1 The outcome of such erosion is plain (9)
6 Scouts’ parade (5) FLOAT
9 Equally determined to secure an item of value (5) ASSET
10 A tear in a printed sheet indicates extraction (9)
11 A solitary crustacean (6,4) HERMIT CRAB
12 Distraught seer giving tongue (4)
14 Injured GI and rest of patients given required treatments (7)
15 Made indirect reference to everybody about dude (7) ALLUDED
17 Materials used as inner surface to garments (7)
19 Less expensive (7) CHEAPER
20 Has snow settled? (4) OWNS
22 With no top man, male stress may result (10)
25 A manufacturer of spirit, yet in dire trouble (9)
26 Issues of Japanese immigrants found in U.S. quarter (5) ISSEI
27 To place players on stage for greater visibility is to err foolishly (5) RETRO
28 Stripped down? Anything but! (7-2) DRESSED UP
Down
1 Chap directed to be informer of a beautiful girl (5)
2 The allegation made in a store’s found to be false (9) ASSERTION
3 Contracting for the production of a string net (10) ASTRINGENT
4 There’s great pressure on the little pest before the lawsuit (7) IMPACTS?
5 Blissful state where Ivan ran wild (7) NIRVANA
6 A taste for seaweed (4)
7 Delighted to be broadcasting (2,3) ON AIR
8 He may tend to ape soldier to give a false appearance (9)
13 Plans to make nasty pictures (10) BLUEMOVIES
14 Elevated rank that’s difficult to achieve (4,5) HIGH ORDER
16 Weighed down with iron indeed? (9) DEPRESSED
18 On the way, Ted got everybody in and blocked the road (7)
19 Tie around core group having common interest (7) COTERIE
21 Detects a direction among those voting against (5)
23 Skip around maiden barely giving her attention (5) SKIMP
24 One does not expect to hear the truth from him (4) TYRO
1 The outcome of such erosion is plain (9)
6 Scouts’ parade (5) FLOAT
9 Equally determined to secure an item of value (5) ASSET
10 A tear in a printed sheet indicates extraction (9)
11 A solitary crustacean (6,4) HERMIT CRAB
12 Distraught seer giving tongue (4)
14 Injured GI and rest of patients given required treatments (7)
15 Made indirect reference to everybody about dude (7) ALLUDED
17 Materials used as inner surface to garments (7)
19 Less expensive (7) CHEAPER
20 Has snow settled? (4) OWNS
22 With no top man, male stress may result (10)
25 A manufacturer of spirit, yet in dire trouble (9)
26 Issues of Japanese immigrants found in U.S. quarter (5) ISSEI
27 To place players on stage for greater visibility is to err foolishly (5) RETRO
28 Stripped down? Anything but! (7-2) DRESSED UP
Down
1 Chap directed to be informer of a beautiful girl (5)
2 The allegation made in a store’s found to be false (9) ASSERTION
3 Contracting for the production of a string net (10) ASTRINGENT
4 There’s great pressure on the little pest before the lawsuit (7) IMPACTS?
5 Blissful state where Ivan ran wild (7) NIRVANA
6 A taste for seaweed (4)
7 Delighted to be broadcasting (2,3) ON AIR
8 He may tend to ape soldier to give a false appearance (9)
13 Plans to make nasty pictures (10) BLUEMOVIES
14 Elevated rank that’s difficult to achieve (4,5) HIGH ORDER
16 Weighed down with iron indeed? (9) DEPRESSED
18 On the way, Ted got everybody in and blocked the road (7)
19 Tie around core group having common interest (7) COTERIE
21 Detects a direction among those voting against (5)
23 Skip around maiden barely giving her attention (5) SKIMP
24 One does not expect to hear the truth from him (4) TYRO
Thursday, November 19, 2009
9693
ACROSS
1 Powerless rogue has nothing to cover (8) IMPOTENT
5 Get the better of teacher (6) MASTER
10 Merely frozen water for the magistrate (7) JUSTICE
11 Stretcher (7)
12 Soak to the skin dear, topless woman (6) DRENCH
13 To get ahead, receive in excess (8) OVERTAKE
15 Do they throw away their lines? (4) CAST
16 Bearing being sent away? (10)
18 Children alone are cared for in these homes (10) ORPHANAGES
20 Solo dance in city (4) OSLO
23 Dry dean perks up with song (8) SERENADE
24 Mason’s weapon? (6) MORTAR
26 Press output doesn’t begin incitement to riot (7) EDITION
27 Examine leading ultra’s act in ancient soldiers’ shelter (7) TESTUDO
28 Fifty-five leave villages in a rampage for stored fodder (6) SILAGE
29 Ma’am and gals concoct mixtures (8) AMALGAMS
DOWN
1 June 1 discussion turned out to be marked by imprudence (15) INJUDICIOUSNESS
2 Own groups around the leader of Sikhs (7) POSSESS
3 Fool at church showing evidence of nervousness (6) TWITCH
4 Name that’s yielding up another name (4) NOEL
6 Expedition in the manner of the French metropolis going round river (8)
7 Measure a solution: bird’s shedding tear (7)
8 From where people come out refreshed (10,5)
9 Postpone, for the holiday has finished (5,4) LEAVE OVER
14 Girl accepts Dan’s withered flower (9) CELANDINE
17 Phantom occupation that’s unforgettable? (8) HAUNTING
19 Biased but not to full extent (7) PARTIAL
21 A necessity when up is mandarin orange (7) SATSUMA
22 Labour around polls (they say): if inflamed it needs to be removed (6) TONSIL
25 Exciting time for a piece of news (4) ITEM
1 Powerless rogue has nothing to cover (8) IMPOTENT
5 Get the better of teacher (6) MASTER
10 Merely frozen water for the magistrate (7) JUSTICE
11 Stretcher (7)
12 Soak to the skin dear, topless woman (6) DRENCH
13 To get ahead, receive in excess (8) OVERTAKE
15 Do they throw away their lines? (4) CAST
16 Bearing being sent away? (10)
18 Children alone are cared for in these homes (10) ORPHANAGES
20 Solo dance in city (4) OSLO
23 Dry dean perks up with song (8) SERENADE
24 Mason’s weapon? (6) MORTAR
26 Press output doesn’t begin incitement to riot (7) EDITION
27 Examine leading ultra’s act in ancient soldiers’ shelter (7) TESTUDO
28 Fifty-five leave villages in a rampage for stored fodder (6) SILAGE
29 Ma’am and gals concoct mixtures (8) AMALGAMS
DOWN
1 June 1 discussion turned out to be marked by imprudence (15) INJUDICIOUSNESS
2 Own groups around the leader of Sikhs (7) POSSESS
3 Fool at church showing evidence of nervousness (6) TWITCH
4 Name that’s yielding up another name (4) NOEL
6 Expedition in the manner of the French metropolis going round river (8)
7 Measure a solution: bird’s shedding tear (7)
8 From where people come out refreshed (10,5)
9 Postpone, for the holiday has finished (5,4) LEAVE OVER
14 Girl accepts Dan’s withered flower (9) CELANDINE
17 Phantom occupation that’s unforgettable? (8) HAUNTING
19 Biased but not to full extent (7) PARTIAL
21 A necessity when up is mandarin orange (7) SATSUMA
22 Labour around polls (they say): if inflamed it needs to be removed (6) TONSIL
25 Exciting time for a piece of news (4) ITEM
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
9691
ACROSS
1 Get together with cheat on the edge (8) CONVERGE
5 Monkey with a new colour (6)
9 Don’t do anything to show it! (7) NEGLECT
10 Asian leader, attacked harshly, is disconcerted (7) ABASHED
11 Having an appearance for Doordarshan? (9) TELEGENIC
12 Gridman is back having encountered insect (5) EMMET
13 Country in super utopian state (4) PERU
14 Alas, saint turns attacker (9) ASSAILANT
17 Start-up (9)
19 It leaves certain things to certain people (4) WILL
23 Cut short graduate and boy (5)
24 Make inoffensive bad ode and act by wayward sire (9) DEODORISE
25 A lot of time to put footless Indian disciple in a step by step arrangement (7)
26 It takes a lot of time to note to repeat (7) ITERATE
27 Dread making ultimately unpleasant mistake (6) TERROR
28 Herein a spun-out tale, out of this world (8) ETHEREAL
DOWN1 Once path’s hacked, war memorial is seen (8) CENOTAPH
2 Fuss-pot has leggin thrown at redhead (7) NIGGLER
3 Drive ne’er paved on the limits of Gooty (6) ENERGY
4 Learn everything about the job by infiltrating a worker? (3,4,4,2) GET ONES HAND IN
6 ”Woman: shall we go for a buzzer or __ __ __ __ better option?” (2,1,4,1) IS A BELL A
7 One grandmother taking in murmur that is bestial (7) INHUMAN
8 Untidy — untidy with nothing on (6) NUDITY
10 One who goes for the digs (13) ARCHAEOLOGIST
15 French wine, pulse, with two ducks for the meal (8)
16 Flower girl, we hear, follows the conservative (8)
18 Fielder Tom dear in France (7) CATCHER
20 One friend carries one ton to copy (7) IMITATE
21 Sailor despatched, showing a lack of attention (6) ABSENT
22 Stick together with company present (5)
1 Get together with cheat on the edge (8) CONVERGE
5 Monkey with a new colour (6)
9 Don’t do anything to show it! (7) NEGLECT
10 Asian leader, attacked harshly, is disconcerted (7) ABASHED
11 Having an appearance for Doordarshan? (9) TELEGENIC
12 Gridman is back having encountered insect (5) EMMET
13 Country in super utopian state (4) PERU
14 Alas, saint turns attacker (9) ASSAILANT
17 Start-up (9)
19 It leaves certain things to certain people (4) WILL
23 Cut short graduate and boy (5)
24 Make inoffensive bad ode and act by wayward sire (9) DEODORISE
25 A lot of time to put footless Indian disciple in a step by step arrangement (7)
26 It takes a lot of time to note to repeat (7) ITERATE
27 Dread making ultimately unpleasant mistake (6) TERROR
28 Herein a spun-out tale, out of this world (8) ETHEREAL
DOWN1 Once path’s hacked, war memorial is seen (8) CENOTAPH
2 Fuss-pot has leggin thrown at redhead (7) NIGGLER
3 Drive ne’er paved on the limits of Gooty (6) ENERGY
4 Learn everything about the job by infiltrating a worker? (3,4,4,2) GET ONES HAND IN
6 ”Woman: shall we go for a buzzer or __ __ __ __ better option?” (2,1,4,1) IS A BELL A
7 One grandmother taking in murmur that is bestial (7) INHUMAN
8 Untidy — untidy with nothing on (6) NUDITY
10 One who goes for the digs (13) ARCHAEOLOGIST
15 French wine, pulse, with two ducks for the meal (8)
16 Flower girl, we hear, follows the conservative (8)
18 Fielder Tom dear in France (7) CATCHER
20 One friend carries one ton to copy (7) IMITATE
21 Sailor despatched, showing a lack of attention (6) ABSENT
22 Stick together with company present (5)
Friday, November 13, 2009
9688
Across
1 Bird on fire? There’s nothing to it! (8) FLAMINGO
5 Mother on modified diet succeeded (4,2) MADE IT
9 Capsize on open vessel (8) OVERTURN
10 Indian uncle having tea after endless conversation (6) CHACHA
12 Tribal of the Nilgiris not fully present (4) TODA
13 Sort out pen with inauspicious result (10) PORTENTOUS
15 Puts out nothing to royal in trance (6) STUPOR
17 Choose from the lecture (5) ELECT
20 Tiny file circulated by peon finally (5) ELFIN
21 Strata in 50 developed years (6) LAYERS
24 Declaration that no one is to return to the fast train (10) EXPRESSION
27 Phobia of extremely stiff appendage (4) FEAR
29 Folly of girl overwhelming girl in extreme comicality (6) IDIOCY
30 Dog boy carrying fabric around leading atelier (8) ALSATIAN
31 Not much kindled before outlet (6) LITTLE
32 Cut short pro leaving counterpart in a whirl (8) TRUNCATE
Down
1 Is buoyant in Florida with grains (6) FLOATS
2 Changes fellows in advertisements (6) AMENDS
3 Nation outside borders allotted very small amount (4) IOTA
4 Dress circle for Australian dustman (5) GARBO
6 Pale when woman appears (5) ASHEN
7 Sen hovers around secret boxes (8) ENCLOSES
8 Passages on characteristics about bridge players (8) TRANSITS
11 Well-set right in the den (6) STURDY
14 Eastern heavyweight in foreign school (4) IOTA
16 Fine-tune a language? (6) POLISH
17 Country causes close to immense anger (4) EIRE
18 Curative for engineer and setter laid up (8) REMEDIAL
19 Article from a book but not in the book (8) OFFPRINT
22 Somehow regain a Canadian town (6) REGINA
23 Draw back from band in the church (6) CRINGE
25 Very good! Fast go away! Outdo! (5) EXCEL
26 Nothing to glare about without a person who gives a flirtatious look (5) OGLER
28 In the clear – never by merit (4) EARN
1 Bird on fire? There’s nothing to it! (8) FLAMINGO
5 Mother on modified diet succeeded (4,2) MADE IT
9 Capsize on open vessel (8) OVERTURN
10 Indian uncle having tea after endless conversation (6) CHACHA
12 Tribal of the Nilgiris not fully present (4) TODA
13 Sort out pen with inauspicious result (10) PORTENTOUS
15 Puts out nothing to royal in trance (6) STUPOR
17 Choose from the lecture (5) ELECT
20 Tiny file circulated by peon finally (5) ELFIN
21 Strata in 50 developed years (6) LAYERS
24 Declaration that no one is to return to the fast train (10) EXPRESSION
27 Phobia of extremely stiff appendage (4) FEAR
29 Folly of girl overwhelming girl in extreme comicality (6) IDIOCY
30 Dog boy carrying fabric around leading atelier (8) ALSATIAN
31 Not much kindled before outlet (6) LITTLE
32 Cut short pro leaving counterpart in a whirl (8) TRUNCATE
Down
1 Is buoyant in Florida with grains (6) FLOATS
2 Changes fellows in advertisements (6) AMENDS
3 Nation outside borders allotted very small amount (4) IOTA
4 Dress circle for Australian dustman (5) GARBO
6 Pale when woman appears (5) ASHEN
7 Sen hovers around secret boxes (8) ENCLOSES
8 Passages on characteristics about bridge players (8) TRANSITS
11 Well-set right in the den (6) STURDY
14 Eastern heavyweight in foreign school (4) IOTA
16 Fine-tune a language? (6) POLISH
17 Country causes close to immense anger (4) EIRE
18 Curative for engineer and setter laid up (8) REMEDIAL
19 Article from a book but not in the book (8) OFFPRINT
22 Somehow regain a Canadian town (6) REGINA
23 Draw back from band in the church (6) CRINGE
25 Very good! Fast go away! Outdo! (5) EXCEL
26 Nothing to glare about without a person who gives a flirtatious look (5) OGLER
28 In the clear – never by merit (4) EARN
Sunday, November 1, 2009
The Hindu Crossword 9677 Sankalak
Across
1 Uncommunicative and curt, ain’t flexible (8) TACITURN
5 Entertainer’s admission of being a drug-taker (6) AMUSER
10, 21 Dn. Complete freedom of action, not only for the French (5,7) CARTE BLANCHE
11 Shop assistant who may sell good sari collection (9) SALESGIRL
12 Peasants in the middle-east knock down a bird, pocketing note (9)
13 Code-maker who dropped a note from a feeling of guilt (5) MORSE
14 Security device for people directing movement of planes in the outskirts of Loughborough (5) LATCH
16 Would a professional decline into a pathological condition? (8) PROLAPSE
18 As GM, I do act oddly opinionated (8) DOGMATIC
20 Where in Africa can one get an excellent sweet round roll in return (5)
24 Be full of them to be lively (5) BEANS
25 A French duke in the custody of socialist worker? Not needed (9) REDUNDANT
27 Venus in Athens? (9) APHRODITE
28 A look at a part of the ship, originally oval (5) DECKO
29 Label going with package reconstructs 28 ahead of time (6) DOCKET
30 Runners wait for their orders (8) STARTERS
Down
1 What a diplomat has to be? (7) TACTFUL
2 Simple band, round thing, beginning to tarnish (7)
3 An enclosing sheath that he cares to conceal (5) THECA
4 Fungus formed round points gives a reddish-brown colour (6) RUSSET
6 Smell, fresh lemon or honeydew (4,5) MUSK MELON
7 The rider puts his foot in it (7) STIRRUP
8 Lever that is designed to take the burden off (7) RELIEVE
9 Kind of meeting open to all or only half the people? Never! (7)
15 One has to be late to get one’s name on it (9) HEADSTONE
17 Tumour, bifid or otherwise (7) FIBROID
18 Poor reverted worker was an expert (3,4)
19 Lucid symbolic diagram gets one cent (7) GRAPHIC
21 See 10 Ac. CARTE BLANCHE
22 They write to the French over a short spell (7)
23 First appearance at a commercial opening (6) ADVENT
26 The lowest point in a broken drain (5) NADIR
1 Uncommunicative and curt, ain’t flexible (8) TACITURN
5 Entertainer’s admission of being a drug-taker (6) AMUSER
10, 21 Dn. Complete freedom of action, not only for the French (5,7) CARTE BLANCHE
11 Shop assistant who may sell good sari collection (9) SALESGIRL
12 Peasants in the middle-east knock down a bird, pocketing note (9)
13 Code-maker who dropped a note from a feeling of guilt (5) MORSE
14 Security device for people directing movement of planes in the outskirts of Loughborough (5) LATCH
16 Would a professional decline into a pathological condition? (8) PROLAPSE
18 As GM, I do act oddly opinionated (8) DOGMATIC
20 Where in Africa can one get an excellent sweet round roll in return (5)
24 Be full of them to be lively (5) BEANS
25 A French duke in the custody of socialist worker? Not needed (9) REDUNDANT
27 Venus in Athens? (9) APHRODITE
28 A look at a part of the ship, originally oval (5) DECKO
29 Label going with package reconstructs 28 ahead of time (6) DOCKET
30 Runners wait for their orders (8) STARTERS
Down
1 What a diplomat has to be? (7) TACTFUL
2 Simple band, round thing, beginning to tarnish (7)
3 An enclosing sheath that he cares to conceal (5) THECA
4 Fungus formed round points gives a reddish-brown colour (6) RUSSET
6 Smell, fresh lemon or honeydew (4,5) MUSK MELON
7 The rider puts his foot in it (7) STIRRUP
8 Lever that is designed to take the burden off (7) RELIEVE
9 Kind of meeting open to all or only half the people? Never! (7)
15 One has to be late to get one’s name on it (9) HEADSTONE
17 Tumour, bifid or otherwise (7) FIBROID
18 Poor reverted worker was an expert (3,4)
19 Lucid symbolic diagram gets one cent (7) GRAPHIC
21 See 10 Ac. CARTE BLANCHE
22 They write to the French over a short spell (7)
23 First appearance at a commercial opening (6) ADVENT
26 The lowest point in a broken drain (5) NADIR
Friday, October 30, 2009
9676
ACROSS
1 - Greek god, a revolutionary with self-assurance (7) - PANACHE
5 - The lump I have is solid and heavy (7) - MASSIVE
9 - Body tissue under one’s control (9,6) - VOLUNTARY MUSCLE
10 - Kind of sale, sad trial around the east (6) - RETAIL
11 - Village headman attends Amritsar panchayat heads meet (8) - SARPANCH
13 - Desire for making money after end of anxiety (8) - YEARNING
15 - Choice of work, note, with no backing (6) - OPTION
18 - A lot of money for including the limits of knowledge in an agreement (6) - PACKET
19 - A plant that could reveal a love tangle (4,4) - ALOE VERA
22 - Result of too much water in the tank (8) - OVERFLOW
24 - Uprising relating to current potential (6) - REVOLT
27 - I go from the yards, excited at finding unexpected sources of help (5,10) - FAIRY GODMOTHERS
28 - He has called it a day! (7) - RETIREE
29 - Closely related to a Teutonic language and English (7) - GERMANE
DOWN
1 - Want fresh poetry about victory? (7) - POVERTY GREAT CLUE!
2 - An African gets nothing with occupational therapy but… (5)
3 - … he gets the goods … (9) - CONSIGNEE
4 - … and other things shortly (2,2) - ET AL
5 - A sign of distress when labour celebrates (6) - MAYDAY
6 - Decline that has affected a million plus (5) - SLUMP
7 - Kind of bonus to induce better performance (9) - INCENTIVE
8 - Butler’s fictional land nowhere spelt out (7) - EREWHON
12 - What a writer needs is found in the middle of a golf field (3) - INK
14 - An old scientist was little Albert, one licensed to dispense medicines (9) - ALCHEMIST
16 - Guru with a soft eye, for example (8) - PRECEPTOR
17 - Expression of approval in Spain (3)
18 - Extend a public relations bid (7) - PROFFER
20 - Performer remains the same even when docked (7) -
21 - A creature that the old coot disturbed (6) - COYOTE
23 - Entrance area for accommodating you (old fashioned) (5) - FOYER
25 - Mantra, say, with a letter from Greece (5) - OMEGA
26 - Bad weather made worse by emission (4) - SMOG
1 - Greek god, a revolutionary with self-assurance (7) - PANACHE
5 - The lump I have is solid and heavy (7) - MASSIVE
9 - Body tissue under one’s control (9,6) - VOLUNTARY MUSCLE
10 - Kind of sale, sad trial around the east (6) - RETAIL
11 - Village headman attends Amritsar panchayat heads meet (8) - SARPANCH
13 - Desire for making money after end of anxiety (8) - YEARNING
15 - Choice of work, note, with no backing (6) - OPTION
18 - A lot of money for including the limits of knowledge in an agreement (6) - PACKET
19 - A plant that could reveal a love tangle (4,4) - ALOE VERA
22 - Result of too much water in the tank (8) - OVERFLOW
24 - Uprising relating to current potential (6) - REVOLT
27 - I go from the yards, excited at finding unexpected sources of help (5,10) - FAIRY GODMOTHERS
28 - He has called it a day! (7) - RETIREE
29 - Closely related to a Teutonic language and English (7) - GERMANE
DOWN
1 - Want fresh poetry about victory? (7) - POVERTY GREAT CLUE!
2 - An African gets nothing with occupational therapy but… (5)
3 - … he gets the goods … (9) - CONSIGNEE
4 - … and other things shortly (2,2) - ET AL
5 - A sign of distress when labour celebrates (6) - MAYDAY
6 - Decline that has affected a million plus (5) - SLUMP
7 - Kind of bonus to induce better performance (9) - INCENTIVE
8 - Butler’s fictional land nowhere spelt out (7) - EREWHON
12 - What a writer needs is found in the middle of a golf field (3) - INK
14 - An old scientist was little Albert, one licensed to dispense medicines (9) - ALCHEMIST
16 - Guru with a soft eye, for example (8) - PRECEPTOR
17 - Expression of approval in Spain (3)
18 - Extend a public relations bid (7) - PROFFER
20 - Performer remains the same even when docked (7) -
21 - A creature that the old coot disturbed (6) - COYOTE
23 - Entrance area for accommodating you (old fashioned) (5) - FOYER
25 - Mantra, say, with a letter from Greece (5) - OMEGA
26 - Bad weather made worse by emission (4) - SMOG
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
9662
Across
1 Witness to examine a hill (8) TESTATOR wrong clue?
5 Bill sound to be playing a part (6) ACTING
10 Critic, an unsolicited caller (7) KNOCKER
11 Tapa cloth is such a fabric (7) UNWOVEN
12 Merchant recalls edit substituting ‘centre’ with ‘right’ (6) TRADER
13 Silver bedding shining (8) AGLITTER
15 Repeat from noble Cholas (4) ECHO
16 One might dip into it to get some key work done (6,4)
18 Without human responses this study cannot be conducted (10)
20 Gridman backs one student — a boy (4) EMIL
23 Publicist gets certain words in axioms (8) PROVERBS
24 Uncle Richard’s minister (6) CLERIC
26 Too old (7) OVERAGE
27 Artist with instrument not entirely used to make a pasta dish (7) RAVIOLI
28 Figurehead to steer roughly? Rot! (6) FESTER
29 Horse towering in Mumbai suburb (8) STALLION
Down
1 Finally let people know by an uncovering (4,3,5,3) TAKE THE WRAPS OFF
2 Bear with Tom’s rolling with endless pain (7) STOMACH
3 Don’t begin to fret over primarily trivial ornament (6) ANKLET
4 Partially took rare vegetable (4) OKRA
6 Covers for hundred and fifty steeped in debts (8)
7 Where an artificial fertilisation might take place (2,5) IN VITRO
8 When candidates are chosen in all or most constituencies (7,8) GENERAL ELECTION
9 Yet these expenses have to come into the books (9)
14 This has one but long words have more of these (9) SYLLABLES
17 Cattle on time in a part of the ship (8) STEERAGE
19 They worship Senior coming up to a doer’s play (7) ADORERS
21 Radio pioneer to spoil for exotic icon (7) MARCONI
22 Yoke a leading villain in unhealthy cell (6) CLAVEL
25 Worry about ornamental work (4) FRET
1 Witness to examine a hill (8) TESTATOR wrong clue?
5 Bill sound to be playing a part (6) ACTING
10 Critic, an unsolicited caller (7) KNOCKER
11 Tapa cloth is such a fabric (7) UNWOVEN
12 Merchant recalls edit substituting ‘centre’ with ‘right’ (6) TRADER
13 Silver bedding shining (8) AGLITTER
15 Repeat from noble Cholas (4) ECHO
16 One might dip into it to get some key work done (6,4)
18 Without human responses this study cannot be conducted (10)
20 Gridman backs one student — a boy (4) EMIL
23 Publicist gets certain words in axioms (8) PROVERBS
24 Uncle Richard’s minister (6) CLERIC
26 Too old (7) OVERAGE
27 Artist with instrument not entirely used to make a pasta dish (7) RAVIOLI
28 Figurehead to steer roughly? Rot! (6) FESTER
29 Horse towering in Mumbai suburb (8) STALLION
Down
1 Finally let people know by an uncovering (4,3,5,3) TAKE THE WRAPS OFF
2 Bear with Tom’s rolling with endless pain (7) STOMACH
3 Don’t begin to fret over primarily trivial ornament (6) ANKLET
4 Partially took rare vegetable (4) OKRA
6 Covers for hundred and fifty steeped in debts (8)
7 Where an artificial fertilisation might take place (2,5) IN VITRO
8 When candidates are chosen in all or most constituencies (7,8) GENERAL ELECTION
9 Yet these expenses have to come into the books (9)
14 This has one but long words have more of these (9) SYLLABLES
17 Cattle on time in a part of the ship (8) STEERAGE
19 They worship Senior coming up to a doer’s play (7) ADORERS
21 Radio pioneer to spoil for exotic icon (7) MARCONI
22 Yoke a leading villain in unhealthy cell (6) CLAVEL
25 Worry about ornamental work (4) FRET
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
9661
Across
1 Harsh treatment to war-weary boy turning around end of lane (3,4) RAW DEAL
5 Policeman on beat to choose not to do anything (3,3) COP OUT
9 Requests for umpire’s decisions (5) CALLS
10 Cheat gets French car without tailboard to rest awkwardly (9) FRAUDSTER
11 New? Hesitations by one hundred over kind of keypad (7) NUMERIC
12 Beastly drone in almost vapid surroundings (7)
13 Cadet, in a flutter, didn’t just stand there (5) ACTED
14 Smashing descent (5-4) CRASH DOWN
16 Yet these may take a big step (5,4) SMALL FEET
19 Old actor returns to first-class emirate (5) DUBAI
21 Free sailor loves to wander (7) ABSOLVE
23 Secret remedy can be found in perennial (7)
24 Where you might collect some money with a swipe (4,5)
25 Nibs scattered around eastern dramatist (5)
26 Indirect efforts in a second on a Roman date (6) ASIDES
27 Meet by chance in a collision? (3,4) RAN INTO
Down
1 Preliminary survey by cheat in revival (14) RECONNAISSANCE
2 It follows “Hail-fellow” in an old, back-slapping greeting (4-3) WELL MET
3 Made certain Sen rued sufficiently enough (7) ENSURED
4 Fiftyone rather fleecy about origin of core in biological series (4,5) LIFE CYCLE
5 Film one raccoon-like creature (5) COATI
6 High eminence to dash around in New Zealand stockade (7)
7 Worker in University post office is musically bouncy (2-5) UP TEMPO
8 General proclamation in favour of Papal representative having the last word on end of conflict (14)
15 He will get his pupils to draw (3,6) ART
17 Helps fool to sit properly on edge of sofa (7) ASSISTS
18 Y’all dip into where a frog might be perched (4,3) LILY PAD
19 A line taken away from the lexicon, in a manner of speaking (7) DICTION
20 Brother creates noise about gran’s last blessing (7)
22 Elucidates a clue is out; revises the rest and sends for publication (5) EDITS
1 Harsh treatment to war-weary boy turning around end of lane (3,4) RAW DEAL
5 Policeman on beat to choose not to do anything (3,3) COP OUT
9 Requests for umpire’s decisions (5) CALLS
10 Cheat gets French car without tailboard to rest awkwardly (9) FRAUDSTER
11 New? Hesitations by one hundred over kind of keypad (7) NUMERIC
12 Beastly drone in almost vapid surroundings (7)
13 Cadet, in a flutter, didn’t just stand there (5) ACTED
14 Smashing descent (5-4) CRASH DOWN
16 Yet these may take a big step (5,4) SMALL FEET
19 Old actor returns to first-class emirate (5) DUBAI
21 Free sailor loves to wander (7) ABSOLVE
23 Secret remedy can be found in perennial (7)
24 Where you might collect some money with a swipe (4,5)
25 Nibs scattered around eastern dramatist (5)
26 Indirect efforts in a second on a Roman date (6) ASIDES
27 Meet by chance in a collision? (3,4) RAN INTO
Down
1 Preliminary survey by cheat in revival (14) RECONNAISSANCE
2 It follows “Hail-fellow” in an old, back-slapping greeting (4-3) WELL MET
3 Made certain Sen rued sufficiently enough (7) ENSURED
4 Fiftyone rather fleecy about origin of core in biological series (4,5) LIFE CYCLE
5 Film one raccoon-like creature (5) COATI
6 High eminence to dash around in New Zealand stockade (7)
7 Worker in University post office is musically bouncy (2-5) UP TEMPO
8 General proclamation in favour of Papal representative having the last word on end of conflict (14)
15 He will get his pupils to draw (3,6) ART
17 Helps fool to sit properly on edge of sofa (7) ASSISTS
18 Y’all dip into where a frog might be perched (4,3) LILY PAD
19 A line taken away from the lexicon, in a manner of speaking (7) DICTION
20 Brother creates noise about gran’s last blessing (7)
22 Elucidates a clue is out; revises the rest and sends for publication (5) EDITS
Monday, October 12, 2009
9660
Across
1 Poor folks, they don’t have a roof over their heads (8) HOMELESS
5 Senior citizen looked and fell in line (6) OBEYED
9 Every ogre driven off at a brisk speed (7) ALLEGRO
10 Associate — one may be sleeping (7) PARTNER
11 In which ships are tossed (5,4) HOARY SEAS
12 Consumed masala tea in some measure (5) EATEN
13 Contributes to a disease? (4) AIDS
14 Brand new is one that is … … (5,4) NEVER USED
17 £ (5,4) POUND SIGN
19 And others return behind time (4) LATE
23 Sound part of the telecast (5) AUDIO
24 For three-quarters of an hour, ring wild boors for representation of endlessness (9)
25 Am sure about the quarter portion to be administered (7) MEASURE
26 Greeting leaders of New Delhi in Dutch nation (7) HOLLAND
27 Had a beat with dupe running around Lok Sabha (6) PULSED
28 Clothes to appear shockingly on the left side (8) APPARELS
Down
1 Catch repeatedly a sign of approval (4,4) HEAR HEAR
2 Duck on a road beyond the public walk (7) MALLARD
3 Extra member’s so long (3-3) LEG BYE
4 Where one shouldn’t light a cigarette? (9,4) SMOKELESS ZONE
6 French wine for former cricketer (auxiliary) (8) BORDEAUX
7 Get zany about Chinese river (7) YANGTZE
8 Boldness of American lawyer’s circle (6) DARING
10 A sheep springs out of what isn’t a cargo vessel (9,4) PASSENGER SHIP
15 One northern village officer’s instrument is spiral (8) INVOLUTE
16 Looks overwhelm crazy aids in beaches (8) SEASIDES
18 Strange guy’s opening offer for Doordarshan dance (7) ODDBALL
20 From where fliers take off and where they return (7) AIRBASE
21 Become more friendly with branch in western state (4,2) CLAM UP?
22 Loss of willpower by cartoonist — one in U.S. city (6)
1 Poor folks, they don’t have a roof over their heads (8) HOMELESS
5 Senior citizen looked and fell in line (6) OBEYED
9 Every ogre driven off at a brisk speed (7) ALLEGRO
10 Associate — one may be sleeping (7) PARTNER
11 In which ships are tossed (5,4) HOARY SEAS
12 Consumed masala tea in some measure (5) EATEN
13 Contributes to a disease? (4) AIDS
14 Brand new is one that is … … (5,4) NEVER USED
17 £ (5,4) POUND SIGN
19 And others return behind time (4) LATE
23 Sound part of the telecast (5) AUDIO
24 For three-quarters of an hour, ring wild boors for representation of endlessness (9)
25 Am sure about the quarter portion to be administered (7) MEASURE
26 Greeting leaders of New Delhi in Dutch nation (7) HOLLAND
27 Had a beat with dupe running around Lok Sabha (6) PULSED
28 Clothes to appear shockingly on the left side (8) APPARELS
Down
1 Catch repeatedly a sign of approval (4,4) HEAR HEAR
2 Duck on a road beyond the public walk (7) MALLARD
3 Extra member’s so long (3-3) LEG BYE
4 Where one shouldn’t light a cigarette? (9,4) SMOKELESS ZONE
6 French wine for former cricketer (auxiliary) (8) BORDEAUX
7 Get zany about Chinese river (7) YANGTZE
8 Boldness of American lawyer’s circle (6) DARING
10 A sheep springs out of what isn’t a cargo vessel (9,4) PASSENGER SHIP
15 One northern village officer’s instrument is spiral (8) INVOLUTE
16 Looks overwhelm crazy aids in beaches (8) SEASIDES
18 Strange guy’s opening offer for Doordarshan dance (7) ODDBALL
20 From where fliers take off and where they return (7) AIRBASE
21 Become more friendly with branch in western state (4,2) CLAM UP?
22 Loss of willpower by cartoonist — one in U.S. city (6)
Friday, October 9, 2009
9658
Across
1 Foreseeing the future, one hundred and fifty vent on worker after half the voyage (11) CLAIRVOYANT
9 Four out in harbour begin to haul and put out in small quantities (4,5) POUR FORTH
10 One opening in skirt (5) AVOID :) cool!
11 Speck on saltpetre (5) NITRE
12 Snappish anger describing returning novice cricket player with one run (9) IRRITABLE
13 Strong point as determined (5) ASSET
15 Playwright with it surrounding the man in Japanese city (9) HIROSHIMA
18 What one might wear during a condolence (4,5) DARK DRESS
21 Fissure on Chennai’s top port (5) CLEFT
22 One whose relations may be stopped if heard already (9)
24 Revolutionary about to back drunkard (5) TOPER
26 What one might do with the depths? (5) PLUMB
27 The sort of person who is not welcome (9) INTRUSIVE
28 Witty person one might see at the time of Diwali? (6,5) BRIGHT SPARK
Down
1 Submissively, with a bare head (3,2,4) CAP IN HAND
2 American lawyer went up last month to mature person (5) ADULT
3 Thought of what Mirror did? (9) REFLECTED
4 Ergo, his transformation is like a monster (7) OGREISH
5 Notice — at this place Rex is an ally (7) ADHERER
6 Pamphlet which to sailors is theoretical (5)
7 15, for example (4,4) BOMB SITE
8 Lied about not working (4) IDLE
14 Act of cleaning tree in northern State (6-2) SPRUCE UP
16 Somehow use recast scissors (9) SECAUTERS
17 It’s past amidships toward the stern (9) AFTERDECK
19 They are honourably discharged with distinction in East Indies (7) EMERITI
20 Expand term (7) STRETCH
22 Swathed soundly and transported (4)
23 Catch senior citizen — a wealthy individual (5) NABOB
25 Father’s taking one — a coin (5) PAISA
1 Foreseeing the future, one hundred and fifty vent on worker after half the voyage (11) CLAIRVOYANT
9 Four out in harbour begin to haul and put out in small quantities (4,5) POUR FORTH
10 One opening in skirt (5) AVOID :) cool!
11 Speck on saltpetre (5) NITRE
12 Snappish anger describing returning novice cricket player with one run (9) IRRITABLE
13 Strong point as determined (5) ASSET
15 Playwright with it surrounding the man in Japanese city (9) HIROSHIMA
18 What one might wear during a condolence (4,5) DARK DRESS
21 Fissure on Chennai’s top port (5) CLEFT
22 One whose relations may be stopped if heard already (9)
24 Revolutionary about to back drunkard (5) TOPER
26 What one might do with the depths? (5) PLUMB
27 The sort of person who is not welcome (9) INTRUSIVE
28 Witty person one might see at the time of Diwali? (6,5) BRIGHT SPARK
Down
1 Submissively, with a bare head (3,2,4) CAP IN HAND
2 American lawyer went up last month to mature person (5) ADULT
3 Thought of what Mirror did? (9) REFLECTED
4 Ergo, his transformation is like a monster (7) OGREISH
5 Notice — at this place Rex is an ally (7) ADHERER
6 Pamphlet which to sailors is theoretical (5)
7 15, for example (4,4) BOMB SITE
8 Lied about not working (4) IDLE
14 Act of cleaning tree in northern State (6-2) SPRUCE UP
16 Somehow use recast scissors (9) SECAUTERS
17 It’s past amidships toward the stern (9) AFTERDECK
19 They are honourably discharged with distinction in East Indies (7) EMERITI
20 Expand term (7) STRETCH
22 Swathed soundly and transported (4)
23 Catch senior citizen — a wealthy individual (5) NABOB
25 Father’s taking one — a coin (5) PAISA
9657
Across
1 Supporter with suitable sizer for coal-burning vessels (8) BRAZIERS
5 By the way, duck, even with head cut, is heavy food (6)
9 This isn’t hard to play (4,4) EASY GAME
10 Hound bird beyond the capital of Bihar (6)
12 Italian coins eerily retrieved outside the limits of Eravady (4) LYRE
13 Where one might be distressed (6,4) BARBER SHOP
15 Legend has it that this lady rode barely (6) GODIVA
17 Kind of strip that might raise a laugh (5) COMIC
20 Nothing to big watchmaker (5) OMEGA
21 Network with jaggery for monkey (6) LANGUR
24 Pirate’s talkathon? (10) FILIBUSTER
27 It breaks every day! (4) DAWN
29 An egg I scrambled is becoming rather old (6) AGEING
30 Short skirts go to the Cabinet (8) MINISTRY cool!
31 One thousand workers return to tea in makeshift (6)
32 I am involved in property valuation (8) ESTIMATE
Down
1 Insect insect let off (6) BEETLE
2 Silly sailor on top of dredger (6) ABSURD
3 I have a game with a villainous character (4) IAGO
4 In the shade leader of roisterers shifts position in dance (5) UMBRA
6 His or her gift at last went to successor (5) THEIR
7 Kennel (4,4) DOGS HOME
8 The kind of running that is advisable for you to achieve goal? (4-4) EVEN PACE
11 Get old boy to employ no engineer (6) OBTAIN
14 Yoga-trained painter (4) GOYA
16 To maltreat, I have a couple of learners not launching trick (3-3) ILL USE
17 Fifty in rookie set (4) CLUB
18 Luggage carrier puts up Krishna’s first vehicle for hauling over circle (4,4)
19 Very determined, the man will overhaul TNEB (4-4) HELL BENT
22 Spell on fellow followed by retinue, not fashionable (6) MANTRA
23 It causes a breakdown (6)
25 Protest prohibition on the boundaries of Daundh (5) BANDH
26 Gates that are not for entrance (5) EXITS
28 Incomplete note on kind of van (4) MINI
1 Supporter with suitable sizer for coal-burning vessels (8) BRAZIERS
5 By the way, duck, even with head cut, is heavy food (6)
9 This isn’t hard to play (4,4) EASY GAME
10 Hound bird beyond the capital of Bihar (6)
12 Italian coins eerily retrieved outside the limits of Eravady (4) LYRE
13 Where one might be distressed (6,4) BARBER SHOP
15 Legend has it that this lady rode barely (6) GODIVA
17 Kind of strip that might raise a laugh (5) COMIC
20 Nothing to big watchmaker (5) OMEGA
21 Network with jaggery for monkey (6) LANGUR
24 Pirate’s talkathon? (10) FILIBUSTER
27 It breaks every day! (4) DAWN
29 An egg I scrambled is becoming rather old (6) AGEING
30 Short skirts go to the Cabinet (8) MINISTRY cool!
31 One thousand workers return to tea in makeshift (6)
32 I am involved in property valuation (8) ESTIMATE
Down
1 Insect insect let off (6) BEETLE
2 Silly sailor on top of dredger (6) ABSURD
3 I have a game with a villainous character (4) IAGO
4 In the shade leader of roisterers shifts position in dance (5) UMBRA
6 His or her gift at last went to successor (5) THEIR
7 Kennel (4,4) DOGS HOME
8 The kind of running that is advisable for you to achieve goal? (4-4) EVEN PACE
11 Get old boy to employ no engineer (6) OBTAIN
14 Yoga-trained painter (4) GOYA
16 To maltreat, I have a couple of learners not launching trick (3-3) ILL USE
17 Fifty in rookie set (4) CLUB
18 Luggage carrier puts up Krishna’s first vehicle for hauling over circle (4,4)
19 Very determined, the man will overhaul TNEB (4-4) HELL BENT
22 Spell on fellow followed by retinue, not fashionable (6) MANTRA
23 It causes a breakdown (6)
25 Protest prohibition on the boundaries of Daundh (5) BANDH
26 Gates that are not for entrance (5) EXITS
28 Incomplete note on kind of van (4) MINI
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
9656
Across
1 Written agreement not favoured for the bridgework (7)
5 Built a spire in an ancient country (6) PERSIA
10 Maker’s own kind of domestic products! (4,4) HOME MADE
11 King and one American used to destroy a plan (6)
13 Foreign national tradesmen right in front of the king (4) TURK
14 Somehow tolerate holding an American lazy person (5,5) LOTUS EATER
16 Annoyed to eliminate a player (3,3) PUT OFF
18 The French in United Kingdom measure one blood group for an illness (8) LEUKEMIA
21 Flashing a red light in case of an emergency! (8)
22 Excursion for religious chaps at first in a Northern Ireland club (6) PICNIC
25 Hold people in the edges of tents in a drainage area (10) CATCHMENT
27 Important issue for a leaderless group of twenty people (4)
30 One who is in an endeavour to know the truth (6) SEEKER
31 Top poets decide to surround an Indian leader facing the other way (8) OPPOSITE
32 Strongly hate the French exam (6) DETEST
33 Clutch of eggs in the surroundings (7)
Down
2 New member drops the barrel of wheat (5)
3 Time in the morning everyone initially to be docile (4) TAME
4 Exciting news of the soldiers man has initially heard on television (3,3)
6 Top group of the Spanish have it to experience in the beginning (5) ELITE
7 Player in the southern port is at last a soldier (9) SPORTSMAN
8 Religious teacher (7) ACHARYA
9 Keep quiet after talking too much (4,2) SHUT UP
12 Tricked the doctor around in court in Spain (5) DUPED
15 Using few words, captain primarily is in an ancient city in Thailand (4)
17 It is required for people who are not well (9) TREATMENT
19 Vegetable for the king who is unwell (4)
20 Gold coin for the kind person (5)
21 Defendant is very annoying without the lawyer at last (7) ACCUSED
23 Every second call the lady in Romania intelligent (6) CLEVER
24 Plates made with the raw material (6) STAPLE
26 Listens to the man, an editor in South (5) HEEDS
28 Edible bulb put in macaroni only (5) ONION
29 Fur of an animal is outside the circle (4) COAT
1 Written agreement not favoured for the bridgework (7)
5 Built a spire in an ancient country (6) PERSIA
10 Maker’s own kind of domestic products! (4,4) HOME MADE
11 King and one American used to destroy a plan (6)
13 Foreign national tradesmen right in front of the king (4) TURK
14 Somehow tolerate holding an American lazy person (5,5) LOTUS EATER
16 Annoyed to eliminate a player (3,3) PUT OFF
18 The French in United Kingdom measure one blood group for an illness (8) LEUKEMIA
21 Flashing a red light in case of an emergency! (8)
22 Excursion for religious chaps at first in a Northern Ireland club (6) PICNIC
25 Hold people in the edges of tents in a drainage area (10) CATCHMENT
27 Important issue for a leaderless group of twenty people (4)
30 One who is in an endeavour to know the truth (6) SEEKER
31 Top poets decide to surround an Indian leader facing the other way (8) OPPOSITE
32 Strongly hate the French exam (6) DETEST
33 Clutch of eggs in the surroundings (7)
Down
2 New member drops the barrel of wheat (5)
3 Time in the morning everyone initially to be docile (4) TAME
4 Exciting news of the soldiers man has initially heard on television (3,3)
6 Top group of the Spanish have it to experience in the beginning (5) ELITE
7 Player in the southern port is at last a soldier (9) SPORTSMAN
8 Religious teacher (7) ACHARYA
9 Keep quiet after talking too much (4,2) SHUT UP
12 Tricked the doctor around in court in Spain (5) DUPED
15 Using few words, captain primarily is in an ancient city in Thailand (4)
17 It is required for people who are not well (9) TREATMENT
19 Vegetable for the king who is unwell (4)
20 Gold coin for the kind person (5)
21 Defendant is very annoying without the lawyer at last (7) ACCUSED
23 Every second call the lady in Romania intelligent (6) CLEVER
24 Plates made with the raw material (6) STAPLE
26 Listens to the man, an editor in South (5) HEEDS
28 Edible bulb put in macaroni only (5) ONION
29 Fur of an animal is outside the circle (4) COAT
9655
Across
1 Work plan namely the man takes from the modules (8) SCHEDULE
5 Sound repetition at first envelops caves hanging overhead (4) ECHO
9 Holds the parts of a machine (8) CLUTCHES
10 Denial to utter an opening statement (4,2) LEAD IN
12 Last points to measure the borders of the dress (4) ENDS
13 Left a socialite to mingle in nearby areas (10) LOCALITIES
15 Using passwords is the way of proving who you are! (14) AUTHENTICATION
17 Study of the mind of a polygamy sect, oh! is in trouble (14) METAPSYCHOLOGY
21 Travelling accommodation of an elite flyer (5,5) FIRST CLASS
22 Leave out the low grade layer of a rock formed (4) LAVA
25 Soldiers in front of the key player pose a threat (6) MENACE
26 It happens during a power failure! (8) BLACKOUT
27 Relax, each in London area (4) EASE
28 Caught officially on arrival, set to roam in the outskirts of England (8) ARRESTED
Down
1 Holy texts at last are protecting a conservative Democratic leader (6) SACRED
2 Chase the dog (5) HOUND
3 Decide to play without the French gambling device (4) DICE
4 What one does at home when tired, perhaps (3,4) LIE DOWN
6 Noteworthy king is kind of liberated dismissing the Republican (10) CREDITABLE
7 No way gain in anyway by issuing an order (9) ORDAINING
8 They are imposed on speeding motorists or drunken drivers! (5) FINES
11 Fifty-one follow the mother in the country (4) MALI
14 Utensils cut wooden pieces (10) CHOPSTICKS
16 Something said for you on Tuesday in a dazed state around England (9) UTTERANCE
18 Said, couple together have a common ingredient (4) YOLK
19 Worker has to entertain guests in the French castle (7) HOLSTER
20 Interrupted Henry, late in shifting the date (6) HALTED
21 Gets angry with the head foreman’s muse in disguise (5) FUMES
23 Walking in the afternoon to the Foreign Office with leaders of Other Territories (5) AFOOT
24 Current male desire (4) ACHE
1 Work plan namely the man takes from the modules (8) SCHEDULE
5 Sound repetition at first envelops caves hanging overhead (4) ECHO
9 Holds the parts of a machine (8) CLUTCHES
10 Denial to utter an opening statement (4,2) LEAD IN
12 Last points to measure the borders of the dress (4) ENDS
13 Left a socialite to mingle in nearby areas (10) LOCALITIES
15 Using passwords is the way of proving who you are! (14) AUTHENTICATION
17 Study of the mind of a polygamy sect, oh! is in trouble (14) METAPSYCHOLOGY
21 Travelling accommodation of an elite flyer (5,5) FIRST CLASS
22 Leave out the low grade layer of a rock formed (4) LAVA
25 Soldiers in front of the key player pose a threat (6) MENACE
26 It happens during a power failure! (8) BLACKOUT
27 Relax, each in London area (4) EASE
28 Caught officially on arrival, set to roam in the outskirts of England (8) ARRESTED
Down
1 Holy texts at last are protecting a conservative Democratic leader (6) SACRED
2 Chase the dog (5) HOUND
3 Decide to play without the French gambling device (4) DICE
4 What one does at home when tired, perhaps (3,4) LIE DOWN
6 Noteworthy king is kind of liberated dismissing the Republican (10) CREDITABLE
7 No way gain in anyway by issuing an order (9) ORDAINING
8 They are imposed on speeding motorists or drunken drivers! (5) FINES
11 Fifty-one follow the mother in the country (4) MALI
14 Utensils cut wooden pieces (10) CHOPSTICKS
16 Something said for you on Tuesday in a dazed state around England (9) UTTERANCE
18 Said, couple together have a common ingredient (4) YOLK
19 Worker has to entertain guests in the French castle (7) HOLSTER
20 Interrupted Henry, late in shifting the date (6) HALTED
21 Gets angry with the head foreman’s muse in disguise (5) FUMES
23 Walking in the afternoon to the Foreign Office with leaders of Other Territories (5) AFOOT
24 Current male desire (4) ACHE
9654
Across
8 Piece of writing giving an editorial opinion? (7,7) LEADING ARTICLE
9 Arrived with the regular real device (6) CAMERA
10 Old soldiers covering South Island at midnight are in returning an official symbol (8) INSIGNIA
11 Enough for a Democratic leader to consider as the same (8) ADEQUATE
13 No one seems regularly making sounds (6) NOISES
14 Controls over an Inspector General, as naxalite head quits at last (6) REIGNS
16 Support His Majesty before God (6) BRAHMA
19 Small wave on Rhode Island has the pupil every second on the boat (6) RIPPLE
21 Not right to ban moral characters (8) ABNORMAL
23 Passer-by has left money in the resort to be distributed (8) STROLLER
24 It attracts you at the pole! (6) MAGNET
26 United Nations in search for one noble trying to cover an Afghan leader universally recognised (14) UNQUESTIONABLE
Down
1 No dealer will cut the shrub (8) OLEANDER
2 Contest for a group of people (4) GAME
3 Paint a design on party decorations (6) PINATA
4 Missing the first mark on it, odd ends exploded (7) IGNITED
5 One to get a life term! (8) PRISONER
6 Catcher can fly this bird (10) KINGFISHER
7 Fish for one in the street (6)
12 Give and take a pound for the queen only in the beginning (4,3,3) QUID PRO QUO
15 Without reason, want a smaller amount of money (8) NEEDLESS
17 Got up to notice around a weak combination of bridge opponents (8) AWAKENED
18 Arab returning is outside the house in an island country (7) BAHRAIN
20 In a canvas shelter, with some purpose (6) INTENT
22 Kind of ceremony initially not accepted in China (6)
25 American soldier sheltering an old boy on the desert (4) GOBI
8 Piece of writing giving an editorial opinion? (7,7) LEADING ARTICLE
9 Arrived with the regular real device (6) CAMERA
10 Old soldiers covering South Island at midnight are in returning an official symbol (8) INSIGNIA
11 Enough for a Democratic leader to consider as the same (8) ADEQUATE
13 No one seems regularly making sounds (6) NOISES
14 Controls over an Inspector General, as naxalite head quits at last (6) REIGNS
16 Support His Majesty before God (6) BRAHMA
19 Small wave on Rhode Island has the pupil every second on the boat (6) RIPPLE
21 Not right to ban moral characters (8) ABNORMAL
23 Passer-by has left money in the resort to be distributed (8) STROLLER
24 It attracts you at the pole! (6) MAGNET
26 United Nations in search for one noble trying to cover an Afghan leader universally recognised (14) UNQUESTIONABLE
Down
1 No dealer will cut the shrub (8) OLEANDER
2 Contest for a group of people (4) GAME
3 Paint a design on party decorations (6) PINATA
4 Missing the first mark on it, odd ends exploded (7) IGNITED
5 One to get a life term! (8) PRISONER
6 Catcher can fly this bird (10) KINGFISHER
7 Fish for one in the street (6)
12 Give and take a pound for the queen only in the beginning (4,3,3) QUID PRO QUO
15 Without reason, want a smaller amount of money (8) NEEDLESS
17 Got up to notice around a weak combination of bridge opponents (8) AWAKENED
18 Arab returning is outside the house in an island country (7) BAHRAIN
20 In a canvas shelter, with some purpose (6) INTENT
22 Kind of ceremony initially not accepted in China (6)
25 American soldier sheltering an old boy on the desert (4) GOBI
9651
Across
1 In a cramped place, disturbed sects quarrel about to start an order (5,8) CLOSE QUARTERS
8 In an instant, it’s unusual to breathe in a short time (9) HEARTBEAT
9 Comes down on the frail glass every second (5)
10 Cut the backdrop when length is taken in place of number (7) CURTAIL
12 To diffuse in the flower initially lacking a layer (6) OSMATE
14 Start a paragraph to mostly say the initial lines making a sacred song (5) PSALM
16 Answer back to the regular star on ship (4) SASS
19 Number one naming word (4)
20 It’s the common first line greeting! (3,3,3) HOW ARE YOU
21 Measure the cask at last, with overturned oil (4) KILO
22 Indicates his sex appeal returned to bewitch the young (4) SAYS
25 Initially not allowed afterwards to preserve the plant (5) CANNO
27 Walking aid in an empty car cut out in the house (6) CRUTCH
29 Having a few teeth at the hollow end to measure the bone of the gangster (7) EDENTED
32 Wrong reason to leave an empty trap for birds (5)
33 They are the ones who do not keep their cool! (9) ALARMISTS
34 Rightist pal in anger is arguing over details (13) HAIRSPLITTING
Down
2 Broken trails over a single herb (7)
3 Rituals turn out one line of the doctrine (5)
4 Completely crushes the quartz at first you sell in pieces (6) QUELLS
5 Actors lacking an alternative for performances (4) ACTS
6 Somehow airlifts extracting the strong herb (5) TOFUS????
7 City soldiers covering fifty-one to put in grave (9)
8 Cuts through the hot articles on cakes regularly (5) HACKS
11 Line of chips distributed around the western city (7) IPSWICH
12 Islamic dynasty in Oman mostly is unknown to the young today (7) OMAYYAD
13 Helps diners to select the listed food items! (5) MENUS
15 Kitchen garment for father taken up by Ron (5) APRON
17 Sacred text nowadays for an individual to have a right to honour at first (3,6) ADI GRANTH
18 Maybe others lacking energy are not tall (5) SHORT
23 Anyhow train as a craftsman (7) ARTISAN
24 Auctions it for the French (5)
26 Language in northeast for a friend in the capital of Indonesia (6) NEPALI
28 Shout of approval for a champion always (5) CHEER
30 Last to see the French men with an exotic insect (5) EMMET
31 Temporary lodging outside for a gathering (4) TARP
1 In a cramped place, disturbed sects quarrel about to start an order (5,8) CLOSE QUARTERS
8 In an instant, it’s unusual to breathe in a short time (9) HEARTBEAT
9 Comes down on the frail glass every second (5)
10 Cut the backdrop when length is taken in place of number (7) CURTAIL
12 To diffuse in the flower initially lacking a layer (6) OSMATE
14 Start a paragraph to mostly say the initial lines making a sacred song (5) PSALM
16 Answer back to the regular star on ship (4) SASS
19 Number one naming word (4)
20 It’s the common first line greeting! (3,3,3) HOW ARE YOU
21 Measure the cask at last, with overturned oil (4) KILO
22 Indicates his sex appeal returned to bewitch the young (4) SAYS
25 Initially not allowed afterwards to preserve the plant (5) CANNO
27 Walking aid in an empty car cut out in the house (6) CRUTCH
29 Having a few teeth at the hollow end to measure the bone of the gangster (7) EDENTED
32 Wrong reason to leave an empty trap for birds (5)
33 They are the ones who do not keep their cool! (9) ALARMISTS
34 Rightist pal in anger is arguing over details (13) HAIRSPLITTING
Down
2 Broken trails over a single herb (7)
3 Rituals turn out one line of the doctrine (5)
4 Completely crushes the quartz at first you sell in pieces (6) QUELLS
5 Actors lacking an alternative for performances (4) ACTS
6 Somehow airlifts extracting the strong herb (5) TOFUS????
7 City soldiers covering fifty-one to put in grave (9)
8 Cuts through the hot articles on cakes regularly (5) HACKS
11 Line of chips distributed around the western city (7) IPSWICH
12 Islamic dynasty in Oman mostly is unknown to the young today (7) OMAYYAD
13 Helps diners to select the listed food items! (5) MENUS
15 Kitchen garment for father taken up by Ron (5) APRON
17 Sacred text nowadays for an individual to have a right to honour at first (3,6) ADI GRANTH
18 Maybe others lacking energy are not tall (5) SHORT
23 Anyhow train as a craftsman (7) ARTISAN
24 Auctions it for the French (5)
26 Language in northeast for a friend in the capital of Indonesia (6) NEPALI
28 Shout of approval for a champion always (5) CHEER
30 Last to see the French men with an exotic insect (5) EMMET
31 Temporary lodging outside for a gathering (4) TARP
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
9644
Across
1 Figure an analogue with zero weight (13) PARALLELOGRAM
10 Helpful one who was good in NT (9) SAMARITAN
11 Black, luxurious colour of embarrassment (5) BLUSH
12 Restore note with three points (5) RENEW
13 Creature, pale boar, beginning to roar, collapses (5,4) POLAR BEAR
14 Angry response about a run in reverse (6) RETORT
16 A duke, part liberal, can improvise (2-3) AD LIB
19 Disapproving look of a milk producer in the limits of survival (5) SCOWL
20 In a flower they are the palest components put together (6) PETALS
25 Ill temper of a dear one you reportedly cut up (9) PETULANCE
26 Region in Europe with some mighty role models (5) TOREL
27 A Bengali’s energy shows judgment (5) SENSE
28 Customs man, say, gets recognition in a month (9) APPRAISER
29 Useless and unwanted is the pet whale in for treatment (5,8) WHITE ELEPHANT
Down
2 Fossil fuel, it is found in the north-east (8)
3 Weapon that is right in a quarrel (5) ARROW
4 Reliefs obtained when you reportedly slept fitfully (3-3) LET UPS
5 Succeed in finding a woman, property-owner (8) LANDLADY
6 You might wear it and chat with a king, have a meal (9) GABARDINE
7 Charm of a university, a hindrance (6) AMULET
8 A Shylock, certainly, in the heart of Puri (6) USURER
9 Talk about the right aid to navigation (5) CHART
15 Remember to make a repeat pick up (9) RECOLLECT
17 Ballet in which an ankle was broken (4,4) SWAN LAKE
18 Good Harris (cockney) performing for a body of soldiers (8) GARRISON
21 The state of Chennai in summer (6) SULTRY
22 Uncontrollable movement in spring’s beginning to matter (5) SPASM
23 Smell given out by the rawest enchilada (6) STENCH
24 Rulers in democracy (6) PEOPLE
26 Instruct everyone to follow time (5) TEACH
1 Figure an analogue with zero weight (13) PARALLELOGRAM
10 Helpful one who was good in NT (9) SAMARITAN
11 Black, luxurious colour of embarrassment (5) BLUSH
12 Restore note with three points (5) RENEW
13 Creature, pale boar, beginning to roar, collapses (5,4) POLAR BEAR
14 Angry response about a run in reverse (6) RETORT
16 A duke, part liberal, can improvise (2-3) AD LIB
19 Disapproving look of a milk producer in the limits of survival (5) SCOWL
20 In a flower they are the palest components put together (6) PETALS
25 Ill temper of a dear one you reportedly cut up (9) PETULANCE
26 Region in Europe with some mighty role models (5) TOREL
27 A Bengali’s energy shows judgment (5) SENSE
28 Customs man, say, gets recognition in a month (9) APPRAISER
29 Useless and unwanted is the pet whale in for treatment (5,8) WHITE ELEPHANT
Down
2 Fossil fuel, it is found in the north-east (8)
3 Weapon that is right in a quarrel (5) ARROW
4 Reliefs obtained when you reportedly slept fitfully (3-3) LET UPS
5 Succeed in finding a woman, property-owner (8) LANDLADY
6 You might wear it and chat with a king, have a meal (9) GABARDINE
7 Charm of a university, a hindrance (6) AMULET
8 A Shylock, certainly, in the heart of Puri (6) USURER
9 Talk about the right aid to navigation (5) CHART
15 Remember to make a repeat pick up (9) RECOLLECT
17 Ballet in which an ankle was broken (4,4) SWAN LAKE
18 Good Harris (cockney) performing for a body of soldiers (8) GARRISON
21 The state of Chennai in summer (6) SULTRY
22 Uncontrollable movement in spring’s beginning to matter (5) SPASM
23 Smell given out by the rawest enchilada (6) STENCH
24 Rulers in democracy (6) PEOPLE
26 Instruct everyone to follow time (5) TEACH
9643
Across
1 Accommodation for high level people? (9) PENTHOUSE
5 Secretion that can be reversed in total (5)
8 But he might also break one! (8) LAWMAKER
9 Playing TT, Somu is the greatest (6) UTMOST
11 Farmland that Rajaji frequently went after (5) CROFT
12 Notorious Boston killer had a change of heart but he was a laggard (9)
13 For a number, wrong-doing is back as a game (6) TENNIS
14 Mixed trades, so diversified (8) ASSORTED
16 CIA’s name spoilt by one with poor memory (8) AMNESIAC
18 A bit of music, let it remain unchanged, including extended play (6) SECTAT
22 Bond movie that put a playboy in a satellite? Right (9) MOONRAKER
23 A good way to find an evergreen (5)
24 Stockings for Poles only? Funny (6) NYLONS
25 Small joint, three feet in length, that turns out big floaters (8) SHIPYARD
26 Social subdivision in a stronghold loses fifty (5) CASTE
27 What position does the horoscope show? (9) PLANETARY
Down
1 Creature with a place to develop (7) POLECAT
2 Just arrived! (7) NEWBORN
3 A cover but it is no guarantee against illness (6,9) HEALTH INSURANCE
4 The Bard’s view on the state of a crowned head (6) UNEASY
5 Be a role model (3,1,4,7) SET A GOOD EXAMPLE
6 A little something to read? (7) BOOKLET
7 Measured and recorded as 100 cm in America by journalist (7)
10 An alloy used in wind instruments (5) BRASS
15 Nails which, with 10, give the essential details (5) TACKS
16 Annual publication that a casual man actually carries (7) ALMANAC
17 Pasta preparation, new, lots of it (7) NOODLES
19 Creature in New Zealand with a strange aura that lacks hydrogen (7)
20 It is the third of seven in the calendar (7) TUESDAY
21 German composer finally altered by Creator (6) BRAHMA
1 Accommodation for high level people? (9) PENTHOUSE
5 Secretion that can be reversed in total (5)
8 But he might also break one! (8) LAWMAKER
9 Playing TT, Somu is the greatest (6) UTMOST
11 Farmland that Rajaji frequently went after (5) CROFT
12 Notorious Boston killer had a change of heart but he was a laggard (9)
13 For a number, wrong-doing is back as a game (6) TENNIS
14 Mixed trades, so diversified (8) ASSORTED
16 CIA’s name spoilt by one with poor memory (8) AMNESIAC
18 A bit of music, let it remain unchanged, including extended play (6) SECTAT
22 Bond movie that put a playboy in a satellite? Right (9) MOONRAKER
23 A good way to find an evergreen (5)
24 Stockings for Poles only? Funny (6) NYLONS
25 Small joint, three feet in length, that turns out big floaters (8) SHIPYARD
26 Social subdivision in a stronghold loses fifty (5) CASTE
27 What position does the horoscope show? (9) PLANETARY
Down
1 Creature with a place to develop (7) POLECAT
2 Just arrived! (7) NEWBORN
3 A cover but it is no guarantee against illness (6,9) HEALTH INSURANCE
4 The Bard’s view on the state of a crowned head (6) UNEASY
5 Be a role model (3,1,4,7) SET A GOOD EXAMPLE
6 A little something to read? (7) BOOKLET
7 Measured and recorded as 100 cm in America by journalist (7)
10 An alloy used in wind instruments (5) BRASS
15 Nails which, with 10, give the essential details (5) TACKS
16 Annual publication that a casual man actually carries (7) ALMANAC
17 Pasta preparation, new, lots of it (7) NOODLES
19 Creature in New Zealand with a strange aura that lacks hydrogen (7)
20 It is the third of seven in the calendar (7) TUESDAY
21 German composer finally altered by Creator (6) BRAHMA
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
9633
Across
1 Downfall of a rotter in a legal action (7) CASCADE
5 I’m in favour yet show displeasure (7) GRIMACE
10 Nil rebels involved in bringing the wall down in this city (6) BERLIN
11 Whatever happens, I intend to turn the key in it (8) ACCIDENT
12 Seeing first class cricket match make declaration (6) ATTEST
13 Guess I’m in property (8) ESTIMATE
14 Steer around square to get on the way (6) STREET
15 Course on orals arranged for navigation systems (6) LORANS
18 Joining a party extremist much admired (6) ADORED
20 Flushed runs a ring around military policeman (6) REDCAP
23 It’s my belief people are occupying the building (8)
25 Lawless character making copper angry (6) PIRATE
26 Are not so concerned about, being unintelligent (8)
27 UNESCO distributed small quantities (6) OUNCES
28 Blue steel possibly required by an engineer (7)
29 Runs over a second time (7)
Down
2 Silver sent for distribution to representatives (6) AGENTS
3 For him, business is picking up (9) COLLECTOR
4 For meals, Ted arranged a tent as part of kitchen (7) DINETTE
6 A detailed account of a public music performance (7) RECITAL
7 Mother takes daughter early morning to meet elderly woman (5) MADAM
8 Dependable algebraic quantity (8) CONSTANT
9 But not voiced (6,7)
16 On getting back the cooker, move everything around (9) REARRANGE
17 A small deposit secures! (8)
19 Most profoundly engrossed (7)
21 Mourn ailing old peer (7) DEPLORE
22 Tent made for lawyer, to wait (6) ATTEND
24 Heard he could move round and round (5)
1 Downfall of a rotter in a legal action (7) CASCADE
5 I’m in favour yet show displeasure (7) GRIMACE
10 Nil rebels involved in bringing the wall down in this city (6) BERLIN
11 Whatever happens, I intend to turn the key in it (8) ACCIDENT
12 Seeing first class cricket match make declaration (6) ATTEST
13 Guess I’m in property (8) ESTIMATE
14 Steer around square to get on the way (6) STREET
15 Course on orals arranged for navigation systems (6) LORANS
18 Joining a party extremist much admired (6) ADORED
20 Flushed runs a ring around military policeman (6) REDCAP
23 It’s my belief people are occupying the building (8)
25 Lawless character making copper angry (6) PIRATE
26 Are not so concerned about, being unintelligent (8)
27 UNESCO distributed small quantities (6) OUNCES
28 Blue steel possibly required by an engineer (7)
29 Runs over a second time (7)
Down
2 Silver sent for distribution to representatives (6) AGENTS
3 For him, business is picking up (9) COLLECTOR
4 For meals, Ted arranged a tent as part of kitchen (7) DINETTE
6 A detailed account of a public music performance (7) RECITAL
7 Mother takes daughter early morning to meet elderly woman (5) MADAM
8 Dependable algebraic quantity (8) CONSTANT
9 But not voiced (6,7)
16 On getting back the cooker, move everything around (9) REARRANGE
17 A small deposit secures! (8)
19 Most profoundly engrossed (7)
21 Mourn ailing old peer (7) DEPLORE
22 Tent made for lawyer, to wait (6) ATTEND
24 Heard he could move round and round (5)
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Across
1 Speak evil but not to one’s face (4-4) BACK-BITE
5 Established paddock? (6)
9 Leave hurriedly to prepare a rough bed (2,1,4) DO A BUNK
10 Short slogan produces a tingle (7)TAGLINE
11 Compete with setter rushing around to produce table napkin (9)SERVIETTE
12 Foodie, to begin with, receives direction for banquet (5)FEAST
13 Dismiss French novelist overlooking Public Relations (4)OUST
14 Opener presents important portions of journey (3,6)
17 Skit jeers unfairly at watercraft users (3-6)JET SKIERS
19 Artist, by the way, backs a despot (4) TSAR
23 Poem’s final stanza in keen voice (5) ENVOI
24 Get it moving, as you might with a motorcycle! (4-5) KICK START
25 Dance around in a manner with a marsupial (7) WALLABY
26 An impression from the publisher (7) EDITION
27 Second-in-command takes turn in department attending to duty at last (6) DEPUTY
28 Trampled on the Oriental in mass rush (8) STAMPEDE
Down
1 Man yearns extremely to jump to a vehicle repair facility (4,4) BODY SHOP
2 Ashok, Kirti, Shaurya and the like (7) CHAKRAS
3 Kutch town serves up A-one snack (6) BHUJIA
4 Tease each meek kitty in a different way (4,3,6) TAKE THE MICKEY
6 Sporting contest that has a pull on team members (3-2-3) TUG OF WAR
7 Body of troops ordered to carry kit (7)
8 Builds straight up on top of stupa (6) ERECTS
10 Her cute stares produce box of valuables (8,5)TREASURE CHEST
15 Wannabe’s partisan manifestation (8)ASPIRANT
16 I leave epicentre in a whirl — that’s a cloak! (8) PRETENCE
18 Pen perhaps about love practised in cover (7) ENVELOP
20 Strange disease in the Marina (7) SEA SIDE
21 Sounded like a Persian? (6) MEOWED
22 Mother, therefore, turns up, holding one metallic element (6) OSMIUM
1 Speak evil but not to one’s face (4-4) BACK-BITE
5 Established paddock? (6)
9 Leave hurriedly to prepare a rough bed (2,1,4) DO A BUNK
10 Short slogan produces a tingle (7)TAGLINE
11 Compete with setter rushing around to produce table napkin (9)SERVIETTE
12 Foodie, to begin with, receives direction for banquet (5)FEAST
13 Dismiss French novelist overlooking Public Relations (4)OUST
14 Opener presents important portions of journey (3,6)
17 Skit jeers unfairly at watercraft users (3-6)JET SKIERS
19 Artist, by the way, backs a despot (4) TSAR
23 Poem’s final stanza in keen voice (5) ENVOI
24 Get it moving, as you might with a motorcycle! (4-5) KICK START
25 Dance around in a manner with a marsupial (7) WALLABY
26 An impression from the publisher (7) EDITION
27 Second-in-command takes turn in department attending to duty at last (6) DEPUTY
28 Trampled on the Oriental in mass rush (8) STAMPEDE
Down
1 Man yearns extremely to jump to a vehicle repair facility (4,4) BODY SHOP
2 Ashok, Kirti, Shaurya and the like (7) CHAKRAS
3 Kutch town serves up A-one snack (6) BHUJIA
4 Tease each meek kitty in a different way (4,3,6) TAKE THE MICKEY
6 Sporting contest that has a pull on team members (3-2-3) TUG OF WAR
7 Body of troops ordered to carry kit (7)
8 Builds straight up on top of stupa (6) ERECTS
10 Her cute stares produce box of valuables (8,5)TREASURE CHEST
15 Wannabe’s partisan manifestation (8)ASPIRANT
16 I leave epicentre in a whirl — that’s a cloak! (8) PRETENCE
18 Pen perhaps about love practised in cover (7) ENVELOP
20 Strange disease in the Marina (7) SEA SIDE
21 Sounded like a Persian? (6) MEOWED
22 Mother, therefore, turns up, holding one metallic element (6) OSMIUM
Thursday, September 3, 2009
9628
Across
1 Excellent trophy returned to 15 (3-5) TOP NOTCH
6 Endlessly examine an earlobe adornment (4) STUD
9 Stigma on transport officer, hopelessly drunk (6) BLOTTO
10 As applied to soothe the kisser (3,4) LIP BALM
13 A lot Sheik arranged quickly (4,1,4) LIKE A SHOT
14 Travel light? (5) GREEN cool !
15 Make an impression? (4) DENT
16 Author opposed, with love, the ruination of Ely (5,5) CONAN DOYLE
19 Fab nudists resolved objections (3,3,4) IFS AND BUTS
21 Bungle with handwarmer? (4) MUFF
24 Stock metal on the street (5) STORE
25 Taking a tumble, old boy after car-crash has a nervous twitch (9) ACROBATIC
26 A top’s tailored for the French adherent (7) APOSTLE
27 This month I have fifty to add slowly (6) INSTIL
28 Advertisement for quilted bedcover? (4)
29 Once date drew out a story (8) ANECDOTE
Down
2 Flatters relative for waterproof garment (3-4) OIL SKIN
3 Just okay! (3,3) NOT BAD
4 Fine one is said to be used in investigating process (9) TOOTHCOMB
5 Diplomat has great deal to slave (5)
7 Gyrated wildly in drama (7) TRAGEDY
8 Once timed off in producing knock-on consequences (6,6) DOMINO EFFECT
11 Father guarding a gallery occupant in temple (6) PAGODA cool one!
12 Laid mad plans to demolish genie’s home (8,4) ALLADIN'S LAMP
17 Late period of existence (5-4) AFTER TIME
18 Unusual nature’s to go without a prelude to revolution (6)
20 Play for admiration: who’s discovering it’s not on? (4-3) SHOW OFF
22 How you might loosen a cap (7) UNTWIST
23 Humbled the foundation in present time (6) ABASED
25 Nearabout a scene of combat (5) ARENA
1 Excellent trophy returned to 15 (3-5) TOP NOTCH
6 Endlessly examine an earlobe adornment (4) STUD
9 Stigma on transport officer, hopelessly drunk (6) BLOTTO
10 As applied to soothe the kisser (3,4) LIP BALM
13 A lot Sheik arranged quickly (4,1,4) LIKE A SHOT
14 Travel light? (5) GREEN cool !
15 Make an impression? (4) DENT
16 Author opposed, with love, the ruination of Ely (5,5) CONAN DOYLE
19 Fab nudists resolved objections (3,3,4) IFS AND BUTS
21 Bungle with handwarmer? (4) MUFF
24 Stock metal on the street (5) STORE
25 Taking a tumble, old boy after car-crash has a nervous twitch (9) ACROBATIC
26 A top’s tailored for the French adherent (7) APOSTLE
27 This month I have fifty to add slowly (6) INSTIL
28 Advertisement for quilted bedcover? (4)
29 Once date drew out a story (8) ANECDOTE
Down
2 Flatters relative for waterproof garment (3-4) OIL SKIN
3 Just okay! (3,3) NOT BAD
4 Fine one is said to be used in investigating process (9) TOOTHCOMB
5 Diplomat has great deal to slave (5)
7 Gyrated wildly in drama (7) TRAGEDY
8 Once timed off in producing knock-on consequences (6,6) DOMINO EFFECT
11 Father guarding a gallery occupant in temple (6) PAGODA cool one!
12 Laid mad plans to demolish genie’s home (8,4) ALLADIN'S LAMP
17 Late period of existence (5-4) AFTER TIME
18 Unusual nature’s to go without a prelude to revolution (6)
20 Play for admiration: who’s discovering it’s not on? (4-3) SHOW OFF
22 How you might loosen a cap (7) UNTWIST
23 Humbled the foundation in present time (6) ABASED
25 Nearabout a scene of combat (5) ARENA
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
9627
Across
1 Having a strong desire to act, good man takes time with singular vehicle (5-6) STAGE STRUCK
9 Having lost inflections, stranded at Pontiac (9) ANAPTOTIC
10 Range of a maiden piece (5) DEBUT
11 Yale’s Yale (5) ELITE
12 The state of persons with no work? (9)
13 Fiftyone extremely busy on a Saharan nation (5) LIBYA
15 Shoddy primer by a new director receives censure (9) REPRIMAND
18 One with no self-respect in small group at Vellore exposed (9) GROVELLER
21 Before the publicity men, I got nothing right (5) PRIOR
22 Bird found horribly broke in farm wagon (4-5)
24 Heath returns at last to alley having ample space (5) ROOMY
26 Reportedly push a foot-operated keyboard (5) PEDAL
27 We mix indiscriminately in once-touted “Land of Enchantment” (3,6) NEW MEXICO
28 It holds a wicked lighter (11) CANDLESTAND
Down
1 Dance — you may have to do more than this, though! (5,1,3) SHAKE A LEG
2 Member of a Sikh political party also known as “Fiftyone” (5) AKALI
3 Give hope to forgotten central leader taking time to gather attendants (9)
4 Gossip takes time to rattle off (7) TATTLER
5 Disconnect with clans disturbed in Uttar Pradesh (7) UNCLASP
6 Jack heard a section of the church (5)
7 Emirate with a timeless custom accommodating youth (3,5) ABU DHABI
8 Article Time revised (4) ITEM
14 Commanded that the seal be held in encirclement (8)
16 Foreign dealers (9) IMPORTERS
17 Can you affect a cleanup without this? (5,4) DIRTY TOOD
19 Country boy rises with no new support (7) LEBANON
20 Owen, having lost his capital, comes up in true surroundings for one more round (7) RENEWAL
22 Cried having scrubbed the head off (4) WEPT
23 Memento for Roman Catholic priest included (5) RELIC
25 Old boy gets punishment for catching one antelope (5)
1 Having a strong desire to act, good man takes time with singular vehicle (5-6) STAGE STRUCK
9 Having lost inflections, stranded at Pontiac (9) ANAPTOTIC
10 Range of a maiden piece (5) DEBUT
11 Yale’s Yale (5) ELITE
12 The state of persons with no work? (9)
13 Fiftyone extremely busy on a Saharan nation (5) LIBYA
15 Shoddy primer by a new director receives censure (9) REPRIMAND
18 One with no self-respect in small group at Vellore exposed (9) GROVELLER
21 Before the publicity men, I got nothing right (5) PRIOR
22 Bird found horribly broke in farm wagon (4-5)
24 Heath returns at last to alley having ample space (5) ROOMY
26 Reportedly push a foot-operated keyboard (5) PEDAL
27 We mix indiscriminately in once-touted “Land of Enchantment” (3,6) NEW MEXICO
28 It holds a wicked lighter (11) CANDLESTAND
Down
1 Dance — you may have to do more than this, though! (5,1,3) SHAKE A LEG
2 Member of a Sikh political party also known as “Fiftyone” (5) AKALI
3 Give hope to forgotten central leader taking time to gather attendants (9)
4 Gossip takes time to rattle off (7) TATTLER
5 Disconnect with clans disturbed in Uttar Pradesh (7) UNCLASP
6 Jack heard a section of the church (5)
7 Emirate with a timeless custom accommodating youth (3,5) ABU DHABI
8 Article Time revised (4) ITEM
14 Commanded that the seal be held in encirclement (8)
16 Foreign dealers (9) IMPORTERS
17 Can you affect a cleanup without this? (5,4) DIRTY TOOD
19 Country boy rises with no new support (7) LEBANON
20 Owen, having lost his capital, comes up in true surroundings for one more round (7) RENEWAL
22 Cried having scrubbed the head off (4) WEPT
23 Memento for Roman Catholic priest included (5) RELIC
25 Old boy gets punishment for catching one antelope (5)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
9625
Across
1 Squirrel gets thick slice of fruit perhaps around lunch time (8) CHIPMUNK
5 Moderate means (6) MEDIUM
9 Go, bundle off the thick stick (8) BLUDGEON
10 Goes along with the rest to sit relaxed in part of aircraft (4,2) FITS IN
12 The woman with the daughter is in the shack (4) SHED
13 Very large, smashingly so romantic (10) ASTRONOMIC
15 Child has almost easy time (6) SEASON
17 Region where side in wrongdoing changes from one to the other (5) CLIME
20 Perfect one to lead another way (5) IDEAL
21 Roughly heard notice’s last to stick (6) ADHERE
24 Change in course of fight without head of criminals involved (10) ALTERATION
27 Daughter’s backing welcome to deity (4) DEVA
29 Recall state politician for a remake (6) REVAMP
30 Everyone goes after bog in Texan city (8) MARSHALL
31 Agitated, I sent around fifty to obtain support (6) ENLIST
32 Last month Democrat’s opposite had charm broken down (8) DECREPIT
Down
1 Young reporter first to become painter (6) CUBIST
2 In old city the journalist is hardened (6) INURED
3 Big game prowling (4) MEGA
4 Corners no king in empty outfields (5) NOOKS
6 Lamb’s follower? (5)
7 One might lose sleep over this complaint (8) INSOMNIA
8 Hampers mother’s embracing clean operation (8) MENACLES
11 Fish round river and channel (6) TROUGH
14 Awe-struck by a learner’s whip mark (4) WEAL
16 Worker lodged in reserved hovel (6) SHANTY
17 Copper at right junction is brusque (4) CURT
18 “Princess with charm is not all inexperienced.” – Argue (8) DISAGREE
19 On Iron Street four with young boy are in celebration (8) FESTIVAL
22 Levant with a politician after year-end (6) DECAMP
23 It may keep one on one’s toes (6) BALLET
25 Engineer to sum up with mythological twin (5) REMUS
26 Nothing to assess in spout (5) ORATE
28 One who gives custom to the service-provider (4) USER
1 Squirrel gets thick slice of fruit perhaps around lunch time (8) CHIPMUNK
5 Moderate means (6) MEDIUM
9 Go, bundle off the thick stick (8) BLUDGEON
10 Goes along with the rest to sit relaxed in part of aircraft (4,2) FITS IN
12 The woman with the daughter is in the shack (4) SHED
13 Very large, smashingly so romantic (10) ASTRONOMIC
15 Child has almost easy time (6) SEASON
17 Region where side in wrongdoing changes from one to the other (5) CLIME
20 Perfect one to lead another way (5) IDEAL
21 Roughly heard notice’s last to stick (6) ADHERE
24 Change in course of fight without head of criminals involved (10) ALTERATION
27 Daughter’s backing welcome to deity (4) DEVA
29 Recall state politician for a remake (6) REVAMP
30 Everyone goes after bog in Texan city (8) MARSHALL
31 Agitated, I sent around fifty to obtain support (6) ENLIST
32 Last month Democrat’s opposite had charm broken down (8) DECREPIT
Down
1 Young reporter first to become painter (6) CUBIST
2 In old city the journalist is hardened (6) INURED
3 Big game prowling (4) MEGA
4 Corners no king in empty outfields (5) NOOKS
6 Lamb’s follower? (5)
7 One might lose sleep over this complaint (8) INSOMNIA
8 Hampers mother’s embracing clean operation (8) MENACLES
11 Fish round river and channel (6) TROUGH
14 Awe-struck by a learner’s whip mark (4) WEAL
16 Worker lodged in reserved hovel (6) SHANTY
17 Copper at right junction is brusque (4) CURT
18 “Princess with charm is not all inexperienced.” – Argue (8) DISAGREE
19 On Iron Street four with young boy are in celebration (8) FESTIVAL
22 Levant with a politician after year-end (6) DECAMP
23 It may keep one on one’s toes (6) BALLET
25 Engineer to sum up with mythological twin (5) REMUS
26 Nothing to assess in spout (5) ORATE
28 One who gives custom to the service-provider (4) USER
Sunday, August 30, 2009
9624
Across
1 Worker to secretly leave the horned mammal (8) ANTELOPE
5 Dishonest scheme firstly surely cons another manager (4) SCAM
9 Channel Islands new man is back about with the spice (8) CINNAMON
10 Kind of matter added to augment weight (6)
12 The present fruit (4) DATE
13 Relieved lad, leave it in a different style (10) ALLEVIATE
15 Hand over the short people noticed, dropping hundred named earlier (5-9) ABOVE MENTONED
17 Giving up almost the red fabric covering the queen is Her Majesty in the capital of Tibet (14)
21 Organise initially to spread titans out in a remote area (10) OUTSTATION
22 Bomb’s first particle (4) ATOM
25 Take at first an hour at tea-time for the tree at last to grow well (5) THRIVE
26 Friendly American is in charge of the sailor and the French (8) AMICABLE
27 A narrow way in Louisiana in the north-east (4) LANE
28 It surely needs to be sealed to be posted (8) ENVELOPE
Down
1 Arrive with the small tree in the passageway (6) ARCADE
2 Basic belief heartlessly the teen discovers (5) TENET
3 Weight of the cargo (4) LOAD
4 Difficult to question student held with money (7) PROBLEM
6 Writers often face such disapprovals (10)
7 No ailment to destroy the hormone (9) MELATONIN
8 Said without one covering the right hand of the musical instrument (5)
11 Position inside a male anatomy (4) LEAN
14 Mutually settled the number of events in sequence (4,6) EVEN STEVEN
16 Liberal at developing two groups (9) BILATERAL
18 Busy with the tax officer following the superior (2,2)
19 Quiet woman to dance with an entertainer (7)
20 Prevent one member journalist in England (6) IMPEDE
21 Commander has time to notice a group of eight (5) OCTET
23 Mark on a social outcast (5) TABOO
24 Came out to the highest point (4) ACME
1 Worker to secretly leave the horned mammal (8) ANTELOPE
5 Dishonest scheme firstly surely cons another manager (4) SCAM
9 Channel Islands new man is back about with the spice (8) CINNAMON
10 Kind of matter added to augment weight (6)
12 The present fruit (4) DATE
13 Relieved lad, leave it in a different style (10) ALLEVIATE
15 Hand over the short people noticed, dropping hundred named earlier (5-9) ABOVE MENTONED
17 Giving up almost the red fabric covering the queen is Her Majesty in the capital of Tibet (14)
21 Organise initially to spread titans out in a remote area (10) OUTSTATION
22 Bomb’s first particle (4) ATOM
25 Take at first an hour at tea-time for the tree at last to grow well (5) THRIVE
26 Friendly American is in charge of the sailor and the French (8) AMICABLE
27 A narrow way in Louisiana in the north-east (4) LANE
28 It surely needs to be sealed to be posted (8) ENVELOPE
Down
1 Arrive with the small tree in the passageway (6) ARCADE
2 Basic belief heartlessly the teen discovers (5) TENET
3 Weight of the cargo (4) LOAD
4 Difficult to question student held with money (7) PROBLEM
6 Writers often face such disapprovals (10)
7 No ailment to destroy the hormone (9) MELATONIN
8 Said without one covering the right hand of the musical instrument (5)
11 Position inside a male anatomy (4) LEAN
14 Mutually settled the number of events in sequence (4,6) EVEN STEVEN
16 Liberal at developing two groups (9) BILATERAL
18 Busy with the tax officer following the superior (2,2)
19 Quiet woman to dance with an entertainer (7)
20 Prevent one member journalist in England (6) IMPEDE
21 Commander has time to notice a group of eight (5) OCTET
23 Mark on a social outcast (5) TABOO
24 Came out to the highest point (4) ACME
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
9620
Across
1 Sclera infection causes this inflammation! (9,4) BLOODSHOT EYES
8 International restaurant bill of the journalist is not controlled (9) UNCHECKED
9 Emperor is regularly back in the room (5) AKBAR
10 Morning ideas developed for an enzyme (7) AMIDASE
12 Way one starts to sell the rock pieces (6) STONES
14 A light coverlet (5) THROW
16 Opinion found in to misguide actions (4) IDEA
19 Regular retreats in periods of time (4) ERAS
20 Disperse the orange mob with a curved missile (9) BOOMERANG
21 In the modern age, go back to work on the carpentry stria (4) DADO
22 Studies the star character (4) ARTS
25 Closely follow the result (5) ENSUE
27 Separated an old man on the road from the detective going back (6) PARTED
29 Speak incessantly (7) PRATTLE
32 Important person returning the books to a key player (5) PIVOT
33 False appearances of a President to wrongly screen an alien held (9) PRETENSES
34 It is recited late in the afternoon, as in the church (7,6) EVENING PRAYER
Down
2 Hundred thousand almost hid in the north-east city (7) LACHINE
3 Function without the note in the theatre (5) OPERA
4 Upset sheikh disowns the house covering a water wheel (6) SAKIEH
5 They are predicted as advantages in a competition (4) ODDS
6 Claim as due the correct amount (5) EXACT
7 Extra component of art papers are in a different style (5,4) SPARE PART
8 Branch of medicine in the United Nations for an Iranian leader (5) UNANI
11 Not erected around the doorstep without resistance (7) STOOPED
12 Waste the kind of her headless garment (7) SWEATER
13 The end of Greek alphabet (5) OMEGA
15 Animal comes up to the small plants (5)
17 Add details to a misrated function (9) DRAMATISE
18 Sailor has an alternative time to terminate (5) ABORT
23 Let rice out on the network of lines (7) RETICLE
24 Gets rid of the buildings (5) SHEDS
26 Maintenance to safeguard information in court (6) UPKEEP
28 Somehow a teen has taken in food (5) EATEN
30 Field of subject entered by sportsmen ultimately (5) ARENA
31 Does not close the round enclosure (4) OPEN
1 Sclera infection causes this inflammation! (9,4) BLOODSHOT EYES
8 International restaurant bill of the journalist is not controlled (9) UNCHECKED
9 Emperor is regularly back in the room (5) AKBAR
10 Morning ideas developed for an enzyme (7) AMIDASE
12 Way one starts to sell the rock pieces (6) STONES
14 A light coverlet (5) THROW
16 Opinion found in to misguide actions (4) IDEA
19 Regular retreats in periods of time (4) ERAS
20 Disperse the orange mob with a curved missile (9) BOOMERANG
21 In the modern age, go back to work on the carpentry stria (4) DADO
22 Studies the star character (4) ARTS
25 Closely follow the result (5) ENSUE
27 Separated an old man on the road from the detective going back (6) PARTED
29 Speak incessantly (7) PRATTLE
32 Important person returning the books to a key player (5) PIVOT
33 False appearances of a President to wrongly screen an alien held (9) PRETENSES
34 It is recited late in the afternoon, as in the church (7,6) EVENING PRAYER
Down
2 Hundred thousand almost hid in the north-east city (7) LACHINE
3 Function without the note in the theatre (5) OPERA
4 Upset sheikh disowns the house covering a water wheel (6) SAKIEH
5 They are predicted as advantages in a competition (4) ODDS
6 Claim as due the correct amount (5) EXACT
7 Extra component of art papers are in a different style (5,4) SPARE PART
8 Branch of medicine in the United Nations for an Iranian leader (5) UNANI
11 Not erected around the doorstep without resistance (7) STOOPED
12 Waste the kind of her headless garment (7) SWEATER
13 The end of Greek alphabet (5) OMEGA
15 Animal comes up to the small plants (5)
17 Add details to a misrated function (9) DRAMATISE
18 Sailor has an alternative time to terminate (5) ABORT
23 Let rice out on the network of lines (7) RETICLE
24 Gets rid of the buildings (5) SHEDS
26 Maintenance to safeguard information in court (6) UPKEEP
28 Somehow a teen has taken in food (5) EATEN
30 Field of subject entered by sportsmen ultimately (5) ARENA
31 Does not close the round enclosure (4) OPEN
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