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

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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

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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)

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

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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

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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)

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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