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Topic started by pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jun 17 23:11:57 2006. [Full View]

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In this thread, we solve The Hindu crosswords every day. Today's crossword puzzle can be accessed as:

1. go to http://www.thehindu.com/
2. Click on 'Miscellaneous' on the left menu

You can post answers - as you crack - in this thread.

Across

1 My job, as pal badly spelled out, is to

make night attire (4-4,7) BABY DOLL PYJAMAS

9 Cleansing agent put off squire (9) DETERGENT

10 Phoned leader of expedition for compass (5) RANGE

11 Happening just before start of tournament (5) EVENT

12 Saving made by company that's
invested in foreign money (7) ECONOMY

14 Publicans in the North needing minders (10) INNKEEPERS

16 Book to attend every single social function (4) CALL

18 A cat, tiny thing (4) ATOM

19 Caron (& Louis) cast in play (10) CORIOLANUS

21 A permit held by the sportsman (7) ATHLETE

23 Caught, she's out in game (5) CHESS

25 Electronic device in fashion -
millions after it (5) MODEM

26 A Swedish queen creating terrible stir
in country (9) CHRISTINA

27 Upset learning a letter reveals
an emotional relationship (7,8) ETERNAL TRIANGLE

Down

1 Bird with a grub flying around cloudy ridge (10) BUDGERIGAR

2 Women need beauty treatment as
a private matter (7,3,3,2) BETWEEN YOU AND ME

3 Girl heard too, unfortunately (8) DOROTHER

4 City in Belgium for example featured in story (5) LIEGE

5 A medley of popular tunes could be up to prior (9) POTPOURRI

6 Jack has quarrel in port (6)

7 Talking idly about one extremely
youthful crime (5,10) MONEY LAUNDERING

8 Fix a casserole (4) STEW

13 Fails to hear husband in pothole,
bringing narrow escape (5,5) CLOSE SHAVE

15 Tested about Latin language (9)

17 Want, in new base, a source of water (5,3) BLACK SEA

20 Article supporting bogus doctor-priest (6) SHAMAN

22 Dread (after opener's dismissal)
making a mistake (5) ERROR

24 Learn about head of muscovy duck (4)SMEE

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jun 19 0:36:53 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Vehicle departs with load (7) CARGOES

5 They always have work on hand (7)

9 Intense lovers have organised a rare do on Sunday (7) ADORERS

10 Nastier mixed drink (7) RETSINA

11 Highly praise old lot on return (5) EXTOL

12 Promotional mobility being given encouragement (9)

13 Repairing stone pump has top priority (9) UPPERMOST

15 Lawrence run to adjust the receiver (5) TUNER

16 Speaks with furious passion (5) RAGES

18 Being in wrong groove and getting tied up in a knot causes depravity (9) TURPITUDE

21 Notes main diversion from state (9) MINNESOTA

24 Aircraft corridor (5) AISLE

25 Moslem queen is no sour grape (7) SULTANA

26 Employee at an American ranch (7) COWHAND

27 Extend a sentence (7) STRETCH

28 Idiot has affectation of superiority as chief (7) AIRHEAD

Down

1 Gallic Tom gets Gallic water where Gallic wine is made (7) CHATEAU

2 Head of the house? (7) ROOFTOP

3 Rulers needing a spell of bowling at a famous cricket ground (9) OVERLORDS

4 Briefly he up-dates information on board (5)

5 Finding corruption in an order, the man's choked (9)

6 Excel in performance (5)

7 Noise a scholar made at the omission (7) ELISION

8 A music man colouring (7)

14 The sap too irrational to be a manipulator (9) OSTEOPATH

15 Engaging native activity (6,3) TRIBAL WAR

16 Ancient Egyptian who tossed seamers (7) RAMESES

17 Let inside information on resistance collated in a more amiable manner (7) GENTLER

19 Puts wrong age to gain advantage (7) UPSTAGE

20 Forster concluded that corrections had been made (7) EMENDED

22 Former play brought out in a precise way (5) EXACT

23 Bill in a car crash in Ghana (5) ACCRA
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jun 19 23:39:21 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Devious imp could expose abnormal love for a parent (7,7) OEDIPUS COMPLEX

8 Prepare the body for burial (6) EMBALM

9 Impediment that is a feature in some races (8) OBSTACLE

11 Opposing monopolies but not necessarily against faith (9) ANTITRUST

12 Dog, French one found in a brick carrier (5) HOUND

13 Item displayed as a piece of evidence (7) EXHIBIT

15 Property agent getting a true elevation (7) REALTOR

17 Aid sent afresh as an alternative (7) INSTEAD

19 Young hare, always a hindrance all around (7) LEVERET

21 A sound production (5) VOICE

23 Reported advise to Catherine to acquire fur is two-pronged (9) BIFURCATE

25 She has a complaint relating to sugar (8) DIABETIC

26 Last of green limes used in sweet cake (6) SIMNEL

27 Rigid frontal feature said to be a mark of being unruffled by fear etc. (1,5,5, 3) A STIFF UPPER LIP

Down

1 Function, in a threatre perhaps (7) OPERATE

2 For the girl coming out it is a negative entry (5) DEBUT

3 Playing tabla in dim surroundings is satisfactory (9) PALATABLE

4 Spacecraft that could tire Rob awfully (7) ORBITER

5 Way to include a bit of carbon in a piece of ground (5) PATCH

6 Chance meeting that two bridge players oppose (9) ENCOUNTER

7 One of two that Polonius did not want his son to be (6) LENDER

10 Abrupt loss of love in royal assembly (4) CURT

14 Are his plots a travesty on healing places? (9) HOSPITALS

16 Give publicity to a drive east gone sour (9) ADVERTISE

17 Attack, like Mohd Ghazni was wont to do (6) INVADE

18 Interrogate after completion of mission `Fire bed"? (7) DEBRIEF

19 The side that was not right and quit (4) LEFT

20 It keeps a frontal bit of attire in place (3-4) TIE CLIP

22 Resin for L,M and E?(5) ELEMI

24 Cancel and remove article from yearbook (5)ANNUL
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jun 20 5:21:11 2006. [Full View]

Teamwork with orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jun 20 23:51:02 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Fruity brightness for giving publicity (9) LIMELIGHT

5 Throat problem right in the course of a successful strike (5) CROUP

8 Plant that a large number tolerate (6) MALLOW

9 Marine creature found in drinking place, oddly clean (8) BARNACLE

11 Collective security body mentioned in an explanatory statement (4) NATO

12 Modest and not making any conjectures? (10) UNASSUMIMG

14 The benefit of finding uranium in a valley (5) VALUE

15 What Bradman, perhaps, might have worn around the sleeve (7) ARMBAND

16 Submissive, "downtrodden" person (7) DOORMAT

17 Former mate to begin lecture and praise (5) EXTOL

19 Acquired a support and got surprised (5,5) TAKEN ABACK

20 Goat's milk cheese that a housewife takes in (4) FETA

22 Seaweed product processed in Agra twice over (4,4) AGAR AGAR

23 Garment for a Kipling character on Oxygen (6) KIMONO

24 The total score, high by end of play (5) TALLY

25 What India had to meet in 1975 � a state of crisis (9) EMERGENCY

Down

1 Song of mourning at a time of fast around morning (6) LAMENT

2 Russian drink with incendiary capabilities? (7,8) MOLOTOV COCKTAIL

3 Cat that may be revealed in pride? (4) LION

4 See-through nature (12) TRANSPARENCY

5 Swindle partner carrying money? Perfect! (10) CONSUMMATE

6 Very rarely, like when a satellite is in depression? (4,2,1,4,4) ONCE IN A BLUE MOON

7 Promised to make a projection in public debt initially (7) PLEDGED

10 Spineless creature (12) INVERTEBRATE

13 Simple kind of school for beginners (10) ELEMENTARY

16 Take away from French ground (7) DETRACT

18 Covering for article in imitation (6) CANOPY

21 Ruler of family with good beginning (4) KING
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jun 21 2:22:22 2006. [Full View]

Some help from orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jun 21 22:05:39 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Fairies manage a submarine aid (9) PERISCOPE

5 Niagara, say? Not true (5) FALSE

8 Divine dispensation � a flood perhaps (3,2,3) ACT OF GOD

9 Such leave is taken, not granted (6) FRENCH

11 A fool whom Dostoevsky `booked' (5) IDIOT

12 In China, cars spread sweetener (9) SACCHARIN

13 A sound movie? (6) TALKIE

14 False display of strange repentance loses a point (8) PRETENCE

16 Contract to rebuild a convent (8) COVENANT

18 Money for a horse (6) AMOUNT

22 Lead or copper, say, a lowly element (4,5) BASE METAL

23 Meat that could be brought home to mark achievement (5) BACON

24 Banished once, I showed the way (6) EXILED

25 To behave imperiously, man of action goes around pit (8) DOMINEER

26 Glasses that, in full form, could be ridiculous things (5) SPECS

27 Capable of causing genetic change, anemic gut's treated (9) MUTAGENIC

Down

1 Liberace, say, seen as part Thespian is timeless (7) PIANIST

2 A second hearing (2-5) RE TRIAL

3 Security provided by company, not a singular advantage (6,2,7) SAFETY IN NUMBERS

4 Instrumentalist, an old boy first to carry nothing (6) OBOIST

5 Temporarily it is a night item before reconstruction (3,3,4,5) FOR THE TIME BEING

6 "In the � � we are all dead" (Keynes) (4,3) LONG RUN

7 Improve with directions? He can, somehow (7) ENHANCE

10 Singular worry may cause fear (5) SCARE

15 Harmony number one (5) UNITY

16 Spider networks (7) COBWEBS

17 Human's tail bone, say, a remainder of what once was (7) VESTIGE

19 Dirty blowgun cleaned out in part (7) UNCLEAN

20 Brown bit of magic, say, relating to mystic practices (7) TANTRIC

21 A number followed by the majority, practically (6) ALMOST
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jun 22 1:38:52 2006. [Full View]

Thankx, orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jun 22 22:46:03 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 A political leader I left in church (7) MINSTER

5 Role in English river on behalf of one side only (2,5) EX PARTE

9 Curious cynic let loose in a world peace-keeping unit (8,7) SECURITY COUNCIL

10 Observers reportedly limit what could be on the Everest (6) ICECAP

11 Withdrawing for making a restoration (8)

13 What an English legislator has is � stress (8) EMPHASIS

15 Forceful and offensive about time in prison (6)

18 Stir up a fashionable vision, say (6) INCITE

19 Unbalanced, badly spoiled daughter (8) LOPSIDED

22 Communication facility, no free service here (8) PAYPHONE

24 Rabies treated in a part of Europe (6) SERBIA

27 A peon dances thus wildly for something that is easily decided (4,3,4,4) OPEN AND SHUT CASE

28 All together, found in religious celebration in the East-northeast (2,5) EN MASSE

29 Presumptuous but moving ahead (7) FORWARD

Down

1 The collection I have is considerable (7) MASSIVE

2 A recess for Henry in French resort (5) NICHE

3 Shrewish person, a German teetotaller, strangely (9) TERMAGANT

4 Book held by artist is a register of names (4) ROTA

5 Go over the limit (6) EXCEED

6 Cut a dried fruit (5) PRUNE

7 Kind of spirit certified to be different (9) RECTIFIED

8 Pastoral poem heard in Community record (7) ECLOGUE

12 Suggest a gratuity (3) TIP

14 Thick-skinned animal, in a dry camp he rages (9) PACHYDERM

16 One who checks a trendy presence reportedly (9) INSPECTOR

17 Situation for a patient one (3) LOT

18 Get better with one member and wander (7) IMPROVE

20 What confronts one at the end of a one way street (4,3) DEAD END

21 Working on margin, becomes nervously irritable (2,4) ON EDGE

23 One way the coin could fall (5) HEADS

25 What an East African boss may be called (5)

26 Cook displaying a bit of French efficiency (4) CHEF
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jun 24 0:43:34 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Suitableness could be a restriction (13) QUALIFICATION

10 Watering hole, legal, ending anonymity, gets a build-up (9) PUBLICITY

11 A horseman's condition (5) RIDER

12 Careful South Indian Vaishnavite? (5) CHARY

13 Revealing but allowing no come back (7,2) LETTING ON

14 Seeing visions is vague and impractical (6) DREAMS

16 Hairstyle with a bit of a reversed partial ponytail (5) PLAIT

19 An attempt at literary composition (5) ESSAY

20 Port that does as designed (6) ODESSA

25 Be of one mind with Ramon: he is reformed (9) HARMONISE

26 The cost of income? Just the opposite (5) OUTGO

27 A woman wears it at a conservative festival (5) CHOLI

28 Universal charge that is mistaken for tactlessness (9) GAUCHERIE

29 Science of law vocalised in jury's caution (13) JURISPRUDENCE

Down

2 Having suffered no defeat, like a not out batsman (8) UNBEATEN

3 People (not clergymen) find appeal in ballad (5) LAITY

4 Minor weakness � result of bile deficiency (6) FOIBLE

5 Pieces of quartz, say, objects of fortune tellers' attention (8) CRYSTALS

6 Panic stricken, tried fire treatment (9) TERRIFIED

7 Inescapable concomitant of advancing years (3,3) OLD AGE

8 Possibly hot part of a hospice diet (6) SPICED

9 Salt solution found by the British in the east (5) BRINE

15 Infamous statesman who ordered non-English limousines (9) MUSSOLINI

17 Settling differences and preparing to go on stage? (6,2) MAKING UP

18 Mysterious coteries broken up (8) ESOTERIC

21 The highest point in the orbit (6) APOGEE

22 A live-wire experience! (5) SHOCK

23 Gold-coloured alloy used to decorate furniture etc. (6) ORMOLU

24 Language � Tulu, e.g. revised (6) TELUGU

26 Pigment found in a loch recently (5) OCHRE
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jun 24 9:47:28 2006. [Full View]

Thanx, orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jun 24 22:49:57 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Shell of yellow car missing rear end (5)

4 Arrive and examine cabinet (8)

8 Fed gruel that he prepared � that's
to experience hardship! (4,3,7) FEEL THE DRAUGHT

10 Girl in poem, Maud (4) EMMA

11 Ready to start the day at college?

An expert abroad (2,3,5)

13 It carries letters about mother

and the Italian coach (4,5) MAIL TRAIN

15 Reject the Spanish weapon (5) ELBOW

16 Foundation school initially goes
after scholars attached to one (5) BASIS

17 College girl from Norfolk town (5,4)

19 Unstable African oil state (10) CALIFORNIA

20 Destruction caused by bug
shaken off plant (4)

22 This may be raised on board a ship
from Qatar if a gunnel is damaged (10,4) QUARANTINE FLAG

24 Insulating material, like finest
found by sailor (8) ASBESTOS

25 Do some, but not all, by end

of July (5) PARTY

Down

1 Away? Ray is mistaken (3-4) OFF BEAM

2 An adaptation of timeless
Mountie film (4,2,2,2,5) MEET ME IN ST LOUIS

3 Legal documents reportedly for
luxury hotel (4) RITZ

4 One who's 11 and out? (11)

5 Other ranks locked in a row (3)

6 Crass, rude, misguided campaigners (9) CRUSADERS

7 Etonian, a monkey? One could
make his teacher laugh (9,6) SCHOOLBOY HOWLER

9 Pack some clothes to wear (4) STOW

12 People of no importance making
awful noise in tent (11) NONENTITIES

14 Time to expect church working party (4,5) TASK FORCE

16 Reverse taxi up on to top of kerb (4) BACK

18 Inquisitive about e.g. a bouquet (7) NOSEGAY

21 Sunk low in river, first of piles (4) DEEP

23 Wine taster's difficulty (3)NET
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Jun 25 22:45:11 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Sharpshooter selects a fellow (8) MARKSMAN

5 An approach to current duty (6) ACCESS

10 Fruit of the French day (5) LEMON

11 Monometer modified as a timekeeper in music (9) METRONOME

12 Way to go when the road is blocked (9) DIVERSION

13 Move furtively and go down, carrying pound (5) SLINK

14 Half-rotten vegetable matter used as manure a lot around centre of lowland (5) MULCH

16 A tar never turns publican (8) TAVERNER

18 American painter who gave a hoot? (8) WHISTLER

20 Recordist gets right back around a monkey (5) TAPER

24 Fire causing a certain gleam here (5) INGLE

25 Divide and bury a faction (9) INTERSECT

27 Heavy bit of clothing worn by C.O., a target for mockery (9) GREATCOAT

28 Seat of the president (5) CHAIR

29 Takes the test again, tries afresh with smart start... (6) RESITS

30 ... in addition to altering sea walls (2,4,2) AS WELL AS

Down

1 Factory barrier that helps raise water level in a stream (7) MILLDAM

2 Incomplete shift in a genuine change of residence (7) REMOVAL

3 Navigational aid, a sound device (5) SONAR

4 In the body it is in a warm pitiful place (6) ARMPIT

6 Flier's support causing wrinkles around the eyes (5,4) CROWS FEET

7 Wearing away through noise or otherwise (7) EROSION

8 In the audio system, it could be loud (7) SPEAKER

9 Alumnus of famous school, not English, in a frenzy (7) ETONIAN

15 Dancing Otto, tenth one in southern Africa (9) HOTTENTOT

17 Part creator and part mortal (7) DEMIGOD

18 Mangle a device for drying clothes (7) WRINGER

19 Entrance for trained singers (7) INGRESS

21 Gain mastery before cry of despair is heard (7) PREVAIL

22 Profit makes a come back (7) RETURNS

23 Social position that could go with a symbol (6) STATUS

26 Outing for scouting in short (5)RECCE
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jun 26 12:14:33 2006. [Full View]

Happy teamwork with orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jun 26 22:13:00 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Important part of diet for a professional youngster, reportedly (7) PROTEIN

5 Large deer, a dear part of Indian cooking (6) SAMBAR

11 One lady lost in ancient part of Asia Minor (5) LYDIA

12 They bear the water-carrier's sign (9) AQUARIANS

13 Hiding or showing a film (9) SCREENING

14 Policeman getting points from dense growth of bushes (5) COPSE

15 Old Peruvian in a plain cathartic state (4) INCA

17 One more of the same kind on earth possibly (7) ANOTHER

21 Minded taking in the French but approved (7) CLEARED

22 Players getting drink before start of match (4) TEAM

26 Ward off part of retrograde jobcentre vagaries (5) AVERT

27 Attire of Gandhian simplicity (9) LOINCLOTH

29 Pay back with a laterite formation (9) RETALIATE

30 Cheerless redhead embraced by loved one (5) DREAR

31 The fabric of crazy artists (6)

32 Bitterness in South Asian group as plenum ends (7)

Down

2 Navigator's aid, either way you look at it (5) RADAR

3 Businessman trashes red art (7) TRADER

4 It is used for making dyes for one glossy fabric (6)

6 Acts of savagery, awful rot in a big town (8) ATROCITY

7 Take the Lord's name in vain (9) BLASPHEME

8 Meat for the more impetuous (6) RASHER

9 One castle rebuilt with pliable material (7) ELASTIC

10 Word play by a man is caustic (7) PUNGENT

16 Composed and brought together in one volume (9) COLLECTED

18 Could a male cultivate a woman's scarf ? (8) MANTILLA

19 Revolutionary advance in poisonous oxide (3,4) RED LEAD

20 A measure of progress endlessly voiced in Greek (or Roman) vessel (7) AMPHORA

23 Aromatic liquid from a part of the sea? Odd (3,3)

24 Films that came in for editing (6) CINEMA

25 10 down, a detective in charge (6) ACIDIC

28 Does as told in an order? Yes, heartlessly (5) OBEYS
From: rajes002 on Tue Jun 27 18:07:54 2006. [Full View]

The link to the pdf file on hinduonnet webpage is broken !

You can download the pdf file from here...

http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/28/stories/2006062886410900f.pdf

UPDATE: It is working now!!
From: rajes002 on Tue Jun 27 21:25:33 2006. [Full View]

POSTING AFTER A LONG TIME!!!

Across

1 Objectivity, an important part of an artist's work (11): PERSPECTIVE

9 Fireback causes bad red sore (7): REREDOS

10 Blow up and set free (7):

11 Money in part of Europe, non-English (5):

12 Hard, sweet re-construction of a dividing line (9): WATERSHED

13 Ritual drink of some dipsomaniacs (4): SOMA

15 Crazy one tears a large tunic (7):
LUNATIC

19 City of lakes (7):

20 Curious turn in silver (4): AGOG??

24 Pay Hall to formulate method of treating sickness (9): ALLOPATHY

25 Fertilizer dropped by fliers (5):

27 Mentally slower old boy, drug taker swallowing drop of tequila (7):

28 Ole chap reformed, marking a new era (7): EPOCHAL

29 Bosses of wrong-doers seal off editorial (11): RINGLEADERS

Down

1 For the garden, a warm bit of clothing (5)

2 Draft a proclamation � revolutionary performance! (6)

3 Maratha statesman, first of professionals, he was different (6): PESHWA

4 Stale joke from a reported board-game enthusiast (8) CHESTNUT

5 Behave harshly if sick: foot the bill (3-5) ILL-?????

6 Ground fish, an inhabitant of this world (9): EARTHLING

7 Claim to be a college faculty member with no alternative expression (7)

8 Prepared and willing to study an unknown (5): READY

14 Contrivance for adjusting the amplitude of waves causes ultra mood change (9): MODULATOR

16 Paid back a boy for a tuning device (8): DIAPASON

17 Throaty, sounding as if coming from a sewer? (8)

18 Mean, like the strife of Gray's madding crowd (7): IGNOBLE

21 Co-ck wearing a hat (5):

22 Carnivore which might be mirthful (6): HYAENA

23 Pass over a new region (6): IGNORE

26 Old tennis star's cricketing trophy (5): ASHES
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jun 27 22:19:49 2006. [Full View]

10 Blow up and set free (7): ENLARGE
11 Money in part of Europe, non-English (5): FRANC
7 Claim to be a college faculty member with no alternative expression (7) PROFESS
8 Prepared and willing to study an unknown (5) READY
17 Throaty, sounding as if coming from a sewer? (8) GUTTURAL
From: rajes002 on Tue Jun 27 23:09:38 2006. [Full View]

PP - thanks for the additions.... here is somee more....

4 Stale joke from a reported board-game enthusiast (8) CHESTNUT

1 For the garden, a warm bit of clothing (5): PARKA
From: rajes002 on Tue Jun 27 23:59:18 2006. [Full View]

19 City of lakes (7): UDAIPUR
From: rajes002 on Wed Jun 28 0:05:57 2006. [Full View]

5 Behave harshly if sick: foot the bill (3-5) ILL-?????

I think this is ILL-TREAT - but dont know what "foot the bill" means!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jun 28 1:54:05 2006. [Full View]

One of the giiving a treat is ,I suppose, taking friends/relatives to hotel & buy them food. So 'ill treat' is correct!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jun 28 2:10:47 2006. [Full View]

2 Draft a proclamation � revolutionary performance! (6) REDACT
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jun 28 8:31:19 2006. [Full View]

25 Fertilizer dropped by fliers (5): GUANO
27 Mentally slower old boy, drug taker swallowing drop of tequila (7): OBTUSER
21 Co-ck wearing a hat (5): CAPON
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jun 29 0:46:21 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Sign of omission (10) APOSTROPHE

6 A great distance away (4) AFAR

9 Take steps to give instructions (7)

10 Are they caught napping after a smoke? (7)

12 Judge in certain courts (8)

13 He keeps far too much to himself (5) MISER

15 Deduce from facts (5) INFER

17 Complex antic rite (9) INTRICATE

19 Anticipate to be taken into custody (9) APPREHEND

21 A visitant at your place (5) GUEST

23 Right fact for skill in art (5) CRAFT

24 Possibly towards stern (5,3)

27 Completed and become void (7) EXPIRED

28 Heighten to intensify qualities (7) ENHANCE

29 Fall down in a basin (4) SINK

30 Effect produced on mind (10) IMPRESSION

Down

1 A Semetic craftsman (4)

2 Myself, used on regal style (7) OURSELF

3 Dance to make most of the pungent smell disappear (5) TANGO

4 Use this gearing device too much? (9) OVERDRIVE

5 He goes for long walks for pleasure (5)

7 Bulbous African plant with fragrant coloured flowers (7) FREESIA

8 They tend to rise again (10) RESURGENTS

11 Extracting information by force (7) PUMPING

14 Capitalists skilled in managing public funds (10) FINANCIERS

16 Return to previous state (7) REENTER

18 Child's cuddly toy (5,4) TEDDY BEAR

20 Enclosure for a young child to amuse himself (4,3) PLAY PEN

22 Title of respect in Turkey (7) EFFENDI

24 Pert young woman (5) MADAM

25 Those characteristic spirit of a system (5) ETHOS

26 Cast of mind or disposition (4)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jun 30 0:27:13 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Animal to throw its rider to one of the pack? (9) BUCKHOUND

5 Drug addict maybe (4) USER

8 Place for scientific investigations (3) LAB

9 Tallest living animal (7) GIRAFFE

10 Rather before on time (3) ERE

11 Excel in performance (5) OUTDO

12 Ten narrow cords hard to operate (9) STRINGENT

13 Bring in better soldiers to improve quality of a force (7) STIFFEN

15 Fly set again to carry many diseases (6) TSETSE

17 Pay back expenses incurred (6) REFUND

18 A snobbish get-together in a sound way (7)

21 A chicken maybe, to bind and pack (9)

22 Silly to be somewhat in an ecstasy (5) INANE

24 Travel precipitately (3) RUN

25 Len with aces enfolds tightly (7) ENLACES

26 Notice one included help (3) AID

27 Minute fragments and grit found here (4) SAND

28 Hung up and sued to spend somehow (9) SUSPENDED

Down

1 Instrument for creating stream of air (7) BELLOWS

2 Old measure of a piece of copper (5) CUBIT

3 Acceptable to be causing an insurrection (8) UPRISING

4 Put out of shape and make ugly (6) DEFORM

5 Give some thought to a royal engineer on business bent (3,4,6) USE ONES BRAINS

6 Force of thought to be physically manifested occult means (9)

7 In the middle there is pronounced perfume (6) CENTRE

9 Grow to dislike one's boss to the point of total unreason? (2,3,4,4) GO OFF ONES HEAD

14 Laze in fun possibly but not when suffering from this (9) INFLUENZA

16 Measured movements especially of sound (8) CADENCES

17 Engineers' wrong to answer back (6) RETORT

19 Made submission and surrendered (7) YIELDED

20 Dagger mark to lobe us (6) OBELUS

23 Render presentation as gift (5) AWARD
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jul 1 0:05:39 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Lacking in some essential points (9) DEFICIENT

6 Tide be low for the basin (5)

9 Risky undertaking (7) VENTURE

10 Cruel creditor lacking clincher? (7)

11 Real estate (6)

12 I'd go in for this dye somehow (6) INDIGO

15 Difficult undertaking to come in and operate with lever (10) ENTERPRISE

16 Young bovine animal (4) CALF

18 A perfunctory kiss (4) PECK

19 Supplication in one's job (10)

23 Medical jabber (6) NEEDLE

25 Intelligent part of soul (6) SPIRIT

28 Cheese made by piling curds and forming smooth mass (7) CHEDDAR

29 Underwater missile with explosive warhead (7) TORPEDO

30 Remove recorded signal (5) ERASE

31 Nautical spars on credit as an obsolete measure (9) YARDSTICK

Down

1 Separate partnership (7) DIVORCE

2 Zealots somehow are extravagantly fanciful (9) FANTASTIC

3 Give return blow while parrying (7) COUNTER

4 Make level the day before (4) EVEN

5 Work the man left to enquire after (4) TASK

6 Out of reach to the further side (6) BEYOND

7 He tries to break the stone with other people's clothes? (5) DHOBI

8 Start to flee (7) TAKEOFF

13 Boy is leaving some foreign money (5) FRANC

14 A northerner of course (5)

17 One of god's elect (2,7)

18 Grand manner of a Greek god suffering (7)

20 Desires eagerly and aims at high things (7) ASPIRES

21 Chain of interconnected operations (7) NETWORK

22 Promise to uncle, perhaps (6) PLEDGE

24 Swollen state of tissues (5) EDEMA

26 Donkey serenade (4) BRAY

27 Feature in a scintillating way (4) STAR
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jul 1 23:22:55 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Pamphlet on vessel in dock (8)

5 Constant interference in stable (6) STATIC

10 Expert on paper to take firm

action (5,4)

11 Field of interest, important to

millions (5) REALM

12 One of the same kind close to General

Eisenhower (4) LIKE

13 Baking aid has staggering power

at home (7,3) ROLLING PIN

15 He won't, I hope, in new story (6-3-4)

18 Fruit holy women need abroad (8,5) HONEYDEW MELON

20 I'd to enter French region of US state

capital (10) PROVIDENCE

22 Lively mole's got right inside (4) SPRY

24 Crime, bit of robbery committed by

a boy (5) ARSON

25 About to call one about uprising (9) REBELLION

26 Spot old books in French resort (6) NOTICE

27 Bold, Nelson at sea in it (8) INSOLENT

Down

1 Feeble, the French cutting tool (6) SICKLE

2 Bird in dirty Australian river (5,4)

3 Playboy? One may see a croupier

with one (4) RAKE

4 A beastly show of grief? (9,5) CROCODILE TEARS

6 Volunteers managed to broadcast

a piece of dance music (10) TARANTELLA

7 Vagrant in carriage drinking drop

of meths (5) TRAMP

8 Indian from Colorado, soldier

and revolutionary (8)

9 Book club � man notices

changes (5,4,5) UNCLE TOMS CABIN

14 Treat guy in Nice hospital,

unsanitary (10) UNHYGIENIC

16 Graves? One may know a lot

about various ones (9)

17 Check on a simple member

of the clergy (8) CHAPLAIN

19 Reportedly ring a young bird (6) CYGNET

21 Start working with group (5) ONSET

23 Short cut taken by Oscar and

one of nine sisters (4)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Jul 2 23:08:01 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Dog a regular manner of procedure by right (7) COURSER

5 Lively party making noisy disturbance (7) SHINDIG

9 Garden herb used in salads (7) LETTUCE

10 Strum or make speech on the platform (7) ROSTRUM

11 Formal acknowledgement of debt (3) IOU

12 Twitch becomes feeble after a little while (5) TWEAK

13 A bit of a bone from knee to ankle (5) TIBIA

14 Closely imitated (6) ECHOED

15 Low subdued voice singers like Bing Crosby (8) CROONERS

18 Thing aware of beforehand (8) FORESEEN

20 Keep engaged (6)

24 Vibrating parts used in some wind instruments (5) REEDS

26 Fewer and far between (5) RARER

27 Odd irregular piece of material (3) RAG

28 Get into one of those coaches? (7) ENTRAIN

29 In the intermediate part (7) BETWIXT

30 Religious Muslim vowed to austerity (7)

31 Dates Ed made to be calm and composed (7) SEDATED

Down

1 Come into conflict and clash (7) COLLIDE

2 Turn hut round, it is said to be false (7) UNTRUTH

3 Sitting tenants who pay no rent (9) SQUATTERS

4 Danced round (6) REELED

5 Players whose main concern is to score goals (8) STRIKERS

6 Piece let into dress (5) INSET

7 Bed capable of lasting (7) DURABLE

8 Pivoted rings for keeping things (7) GIMBALS

16 Thought too highly about being taxed too much locally (9) OVERRATED

17 Reduce expenditure relating to a deep ditch (8) RETRENCH

18 Keep off for loud finale (7)

19 Go in again to see some bizarre entertainment (2,5) RE ENTER

21 Transport of supplies by aircraft (7) AIRLIFT

22 Nullified to deny existence (7) NEGATED

23 Place between earth and Hades (6) EREBUS

25 Member of the Turkish irregular cavalry (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jul 3 23:12:24 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 The puppeteer needs to be in control to do this (4,3,7) PULL THE STRINGS

9 Blunder in the manner of speaking or writing (8)

10 Device awarded for proficiency (5)

12 In some notable prophetic happening (4) OMEN

13 Advantage of a lead in a race (5)

14 Symbol used as a representation (4) LOGO

17 Happiness on journeys especially in a stolen car (8)

18 Uncontrollable laughter of a teenager (6) TITTER

20 Drink of the gods (6) NECTAR

22 He undertakes to kill treacherously a couple of fools (8) ASSASSIN

25 Enable to get over difficulty (4)

26 The face that launched a thousand ships (5) HELEN

27 Interesting facts not primarily known (4) NEWS

30 Measure of fluid (5) OUNCE

31 Inspire with passion to burn again (2-6) REIGNITE

32 Servant living out with dotty message for us? (5,9) TELEGRAPH

Down

2 Not tightly fastened (7) LOOSELY

3 Draws out of site (4) TIES

4 Means Paul used to get messages across (8)

5 Watches to send back (6) TISSOT

6 Metrical foot of short and long syllable (4) IAMB

7 Did badly among rough set rushing here and there (7)

8 The property of a slimmer perhaps (11)

11 But for example study the intersection (11)

15 Ultimate end (5) FINAL

16 Be equal to one in a competition (5) RIVAL

19 Particularly belonging to one person (8) ESPECIAL

21 Improvised passage for solo instrument or voice (7) CADENZA

23 Images formed by rays of light (7) SPECTRA

24 Search out secrets (6) FERRET

28 A large quantity of wood (4)

29 Cosy as a bug in a rug (4) SNUG
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jul 4 22:47:59 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Stake in centre of a pleasant estate (4) ANTE

3 What Adam and Eve did caused trouble (6,4) RAISED CAIN

10 Dried evergreen shrub used to make refreshing beverage (3,4) TEA LEAF

11 Walks with military steps (7) MARCHES

12 Straight lines from centre to circumference of circle (5) RADII

13 Belonging to all persons in the world (9) UNIVERSAL

14 Jumbo the plane crashed (8) ELEPHANT

15 Ran aground to difficulties (6) STRAND

18 Constraining or impelling force (6) THRUST

20 Separate portions of anything written (8) ARTICLES

24 Watery animal fluid with high antibody content (9) ANTISERUM

26 Dance to make most of the pungent smell disappear (5) TANGO

27 Think I have dug out silver (7) IMAGINE

28 Hardest part of human extremity (3,4) TOE NAIL

29 Biologist of innate and real history (10) NATURALIST

30 Be supported in sloping position (4) LEAN

Down

1 A powerful goddess providing a beginning to energy (7) ASTARTE

2 Indulge in senseless talk (7) TWADDLE

4 A loud and voluble description of a rich society (8) AFFLUENT

5 Highest point of ambition (6) SUMMIT

6 Song of mourning (5) DIRGE

7 Loss of speech due to brain damage (7) APHASIA

8 Settled oneself comfortably in the nest (7) NESTLED

9 Things that cause great pleasure (8) DELIGHTS

16 Lets this prickly plant bear dense flower heads somehow (8) THISTLES

17 Consumes by fire (8) CREMATES

18 Establishment where a public service is provided (7) STATION

19 Withdraw and expressly abandon (7) RETRACT

21 Descendants of an ancestor (7) LINEAGE

22 No smell somehow but distended withal (7) SWOLLEN

23 Severe trying experience (6) ORDEAL

25 He flies down slopes just for fun (5) SKIER
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jul 5 11:50:48 2006. [Full View]

Helped by orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jul 5 23:09:21 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 The band was, in a Sherlock Holmes story (8) SPECKLED

5 So Carl belted out songs of joy (6) CAROLS

9 Deliveries projected but the weather is doubtful (8) OVERCAST

10 Declare that the fool has hesitation to begin (6) ASSERT

12 Friend to finish the game (4) MATE

13 What a strongman would do so that he may rule (5,5) WEILD POWER

15 Trickle first into the heart of Hindiland (6) DISTIL

17 Branch in Karnataka faces fate (5) KARMA

20 Throws money around the street (5)

21 Stop sleeping! (6)AAKEN

24 Regret on the French street at 1200, perhaps (3,3,4) RUE THE

27 Release without charge (4) FREE

29 What is taught, with skimpy clothes (6) LESSON

30 Having great insight, the expert discovered (8) PROFOUND

31 Throws airs about in the General Hospital. How showy! (6) GARISH

32 If a film has this, it's quite popular among theatre-goers (1,4,3) A GOOD RUN

Down

1 Rants about height attained in a communication facility (6) STORMS

2 Chooses the Spanish sect mistakenly (6) ELECTS

3 Toy with the poet out for excitement (4) KICK

4 Follow directions to prosecute (5) ENSUE

6 Storyteller strikes a pose (5) AESOP

7 Work over an interchange � it may make you rather tired (8) OVERWORK

8 Weekend when rusty Ada perks up! (8) SATURDAY

11 Every bit of things on a meadow flower (6)

14 Large! Neat! (4)

16 Star-turn, extremely hasty, is worthless (6) TRASHY

17 Wanting to cry? (4)

18 Not necessarily a cripple in a fielding position (5,3) SHORT LEG

19 Does he value donkeys and sort unendingly? (8) ASSESSOR

22 Reasonable person? (6)

23 Continue nursing a tissue? (6) TENDON

25 Shoot down the jeerings (5) HOOTS

26 Take off? (5)

28 Hairstyle noticed in a frontier province (4) AFRO
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jul 6 23:06:56 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 A place in Sri Lanka to come in later, perhaps (11) TRINCOMALEE

9 Numbers of rival teams (7) ELEVENS

10 Lack the French pointers (7) NEEDLES

11 "To� , perchance to dream" (Shakespeare) (5) SLEEP

12 A better will peruse it as a matter of course (5,4) EVENT CARD

13 Lines from the Hub? (5) RADII

15 After fire, fabric is usually associated with ashes (9) SACKCLOTH

18 It provides music in a disco (5,4) DANCE BAND

21 Muslim ruler (5) AMEER

22 Such a view takes it all! (9) PANORAMIC

24 Jack in the pack (5) KNAVE

26 Cake for girl guide (7)BROWNIE

27 Widespread boast about a politician (7) RAMPANT

28 The political arena in the U.K. (11) WESTMINSTER

Down

1 Set great store by trade. Sure enough (9) TREASURED

2 Girl one Frenchman goes after (5) IRENE

3 What's offered on sale is a feeble attempt by a poet, perhaps (5,4) CHEAP LINE

4 Overcomes raging streams (7) MASTERS

5 Such a fringe is the more nonsensical members (7) LUNATIC

6 Three points awarded to my opponent (5) ENEMY

7 Without any company whatsoever (3,5) ALL ALONE

8 Employed American journalist (4) USED

14 What a beast of prey may be doing with its victim (6,2) DINING ON

16 Burglar or gag-writer? (9) CRACKSMAN

17 Reaping machine (9) HARVESTER

19 Such a hunter is sure to miss the target (7) AIMLESS

20 For one short month the circle follows strange propriety of conduct (7) DECORUM

22 They serve porters, among others (4) PUBS

23 W� ne'er did what you may do with an expired subscription (5) RENEW

25 Separate a section (5) APART
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jul 7 8:23:28 2006. [Full View]

Thanx, orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jul 7 23:01:28 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Means to declare historic periods (8) AVERAGES

6 One pose. Really? (2,2) IS IT

9 Of last month (6) ULTIMO

10 Somehow nail a U.P. writer (7) NAIPAUL

13 A china set ordered from an old German trading post (9) HANSEATIC

14 Travelling allowance � model set in a shoe company (5) BATTA

15 Spotted the baked dish, garnished at last (4) PIED

16 Unimportant � like a ghost? (10) IMMATERIAL

19 Unfounded rumour but one that won't be quite active? (4,6) IDLE GOSSIP

21 Turn heads and stupefy (4) STUN

24 It is kind for the brightest star, for example, to come back (5) GENUS

25 Old king banishes the treble (9) ETHELBERT

26 Fancy one journal put out in the East (7) IMAGINE

27 He and coed turned around and repeated (6) ECHOED

28 Fasten to the right row (4) TIER

29 What an unsatisfied writer may do with balls of paper (4,4) TOSS AWAY

Down

2 Vela can mend the draped border (7) VALANCE

3 Pulled up (6) RAISED

4 Happy days of the decent paper (4,5) GOOD TIMES

5 Junior in charge of sound (5) SONIC

7 Former Prime Minister � a learned man in Hindu law (7) SHASTRI

8 What a salesman may do about a nine-yard sari? (4,2,6) TALK AT LENGTH

11 Natural in chapathi, we hear (6) INBRED

12 All the things one wants to buy (8,4) SHOPPING LIST

17 Pains Hess takes for the attribute of a mimic (9) APISHNESS

18 Saga is about a tennis player (6) AGASSI

20 The derivation of the Railway Era? (7) LINEAGE

22 Have two articles placed around the thing for her (7) THERESA

23 And, for her, one article is placed inside two articles, one of them foreign (6) ALTHEA

25 Choose cream (5) ELECT

Joyful solving spree atorkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jul 8 22:58:08 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 A horse exercised on the beach (6) ASHORE

4 Accompany European type around

China's capital (6) ESCORT

9 Saying attributed to one showing at

Cruft's, proposing marriage? (4,2,4,2,3)

11 Put on trial, US soldier back in

Scottish isle (7) ARRAIGN

12 Artist needing help (a struggling

Italian artist) (7) RAPHAEL

14 Ring foremost of botanists also (4) CALL

15 Fellow taking taxi, forgetting bishop

and monk (9)

18 Wine and dine in harbour (9) ENTERTAIN

19 Girl crushed by satirists (4) IRIS

21 Crime of wicked senator (7) TREASON

23 I could be given permission to

enter running heat (7) ATHLETE

24 Obscure bird? Boy rings any number

in a fantastic place (5-6-4)

26 Doing wrong, English bishop and

social worker (6) ERRANT

27 Bird, duck, on shimmering Loire (6) ORIOLE

Down

1 A launch at sea (6)

2 Valet cheers wildly in a fortified manor

house in Kent (5,6) HEVER CASTLE

3 Prompting involving a deposit (9)

5 What a judge may do, in part, we hear,

in court (3,2) SIT UP

6 Leaders of our Liberal Democrats,

advanced in years (3) OLD

7 Follow gang a lot, uneasily (3,5) TAG ALONG

8 This crossword's written by a chap

for one and all (5,3,4)

10 Tedious and ill-mannered youth's

playing grand now inside (4-5-3)

13 Knowing one, extremely perceptive

convict put on old group of islands (11) ARCHIPELAGO

16 Happy hour - binge in one next door (9) NEIGHBOUR

17 Writer has story about head of charming

amulet (8) PENTACLE

20 Be given new deal - that's good for

parish officer (6) BEADLE

22 Litter in saloon (5)

25 Some bourbon belonging to us (3)OUR
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Jul 9 22:50:26 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Cards in Indian warehouse don't have a try � pass on to others! (4,4) HAND DOWN

5 Modify bit in the church (6) CHANGE

9 Knocking sound (3-1-3) RAT A TAT

10 Person sporting a new Maruti (7) HANUMAN

11 I near such a strange creature in the main (3,6) SEA URCHIN

12 Mother has a look-back for the girl (5) MADAM

13 Declare in a veritable manner (4) AVER

14 Which will, no doubt, make a cultivator deprived (4,5) POOR YIELD

17 What a car traveller has when on a potholed road (5,4) BUMPY RIDE

19 Actor meets English tennis player (4) ASHE

23 Boy on the come-back trail has appeal to one from a disadvantaged caste (5) DALIT

24 What a patient receives at the hands of a doctor (9) TREATMENT

25 Sen doesn't begin to get all-round claps and hug (7) ENCLASP

26 Spanish nobleman (7) GRANDEE

27 Death is said to bear this instrument (6) SCYTHE

28 Good man and boy stick to established principle (5,3) STAND PAT

Down

1 By no means an easychair (4,4) HARD SEAT

2 Shell found in an asylum? (7) NUTCASE

3 Stops man not involved in soaps (6) DETERS

4 Walker told to be careful (5,4,4) WATCH YOUR STEP

6 Had a mind to sack the female attendant (8) HANDMAID

7 Roman or Arabic? Figure it out! (7)NUMERAL

8 Journalist admits disturbed Anne in a group of nine (6) ENNEAD

10 One-twentieth of a ton (13) HUNDREDWEIGHT

15 Mark and accountant silent about ready payment (4,4) SPOT CASH

16 Perceptive, dispatched about one-in-ten (8) SENTIENT

18 One is not fortunate to be so (7) UNLUCKY

20 What you do when you press on the accelerator (5,2) SPEED UP

21 Won't these snakes ever make deductions? (6) ADDERS

22 "That � � again! It had a dying fall!" (Shakespeare) (6) STRAIN
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jul 10 1:53:02 2006. [Full View]

Quick teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jul 10 22:53:10 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Makes another lose his capital (7) BEHEADS

5 He is not in with the coppers (6) OUTMAN

9 One training for military service (5) CADET

10 The Greek Goddess of memory (9) MNEMOSYNE

11 Imperturbable, Officer Commanding embracing one in last disturbance (7) STOICAL

12 France of France (7) ANATOLE

13 Rant about Oriental cave (5) ANTRE

14 Religious rite that master can formulate anew (9) SACRAMENT

16 Seeing only two colours, the princess, funny, takes an hour (9) DICHROMIC

19 Not every gallant European visitor heads for the desert (5) NEGEV

21 Such a leader is a `mullah' (7) ISLAMIC

23 Novel character is odd aboard ship (7)

24 Tape Senor interpreting the international language (9) ESPERANTO

25 Animal horn I break (5) RHINO

26 Hides coats (6) COVERS

27 Young fellow swallows solitary humbug (7) BOLONEY

Down

1 A nuisance from behind to the person at the wheel (4-4,6) BACK SEAT DRIVER

2 Skin not in a secret place (4-3) HIDE OUT

3 Briefcase diplomat (7) ATTACHE

4 2 + 2, for instance? (6,3) SIMPLE SUM

5 The end of the home game (5) OMEGA

6 Indian portal � an alternative in the police station (7) THORANA

7 "Is there _ _ of it? I would like to have a second helping" (3,4) ANY MORE

8 Notice one banian � or an unknown quantity. It might give you a thrill (9,5) DETECTIVE STORY

15 Jester's cap for a fop (9) COCKSCOMB

17 West Indian ballad (7) CALYPSO

18 Regret on dish not being fully done (7) REMORSE

19 Such a person will give even-handed treatment (7)

20 Foreigner involved in scattering grain around the European Council (7) GRECIAN

22 Hundred individuals display ice-cream holders (5) CONES
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jul 11 22:51:39 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Bunyan's pilgrim made it (8) PROGRESS

5 "Cormorant" not right. "Walrus" is (3,3) SEA COW

10 Surgeons play their part in it (7) THEATRE

11 Vehicle in gala display has Indian spice (7) LAVANGA

12 Adjust to the East (6) ORIENT

13 A doctor embraces a footloose saint � an old saint (8)

15 Manipulates Gir's resources (4) RIGS

16 In a precedence, this should follow "greatest now" (5,5)

18 Resembles � follows doctor's instruction post-prandial (5,5) TAKES AFTER

20 Inferior track doesn't have an opening (4)

23 Turn too much? (8) OVERFLIP

24 Dozing? Wake up, please! (6) ASLEEP

26 Device for separating isotopes (7) ISOTRON

27 Get a Greek character, girl! (7) ACHIEVE

28 Conduit is good, say (6) GUTTER

29 Some madly go around the girl with treacle (8) MOLASSES

Down

1 A country that lacks spirit may have to resort to this (6,9) PETROL RATIONING

2 Vacancy for old writer in Gujarat's capital (7) OPENING

3 Reprimand sailor (6)

4 Noticed the show, reportedly (4) SEEN

6 If you're in such a position, others may want to be in it (8) ENVIABLE

7 Sentence against the sixth court (7) CONVICT

8 They predict the wet or perhaps stormy conditions (7,8) WEATHER

9 Venerable teacher, say Raja Ravi Varma (3,6) OLD MASTER

14 Dinner few share with recent ally (3,6) NEW FRIEND

17 What you do to evict a person from illegal occupation (3,5) USE FORCE

19 You're not invited! (4,3) KEEP OUT

21 Thus, 10 will become 9 (3,4) ONE LESS

22 Mat has caused an unhealthy condition (6) ASTHMA

25 Henry, there's nothing to the aura (4) HALO
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jul 13 7:25:29 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Noisy class with a loving disposition (9)

6 A store of French cannabis (5) DEPOT

9 Tree for a small enclosure (5) ASPEN

10 Bon voyage, Veronica (9)

11 Fabricated tapestries can be revealing (5,5) STRIP TEASE

12 Running together shortly (4) SYNC

14 Brief jottings taken at precise times (7) MINUTES

15 Recognises the warnings issued (7) NOTICES

17 Goes along with dope, sent inside (7) ASSENTS

19 Flinches from conservative singer uneasily (7) CRINGES

20 Anyway Pedro has no right to become an idiot (4) DOPE

22 Partner due to be agitated and smitten (10) ENRAPTURED

25 Puts down a sporting group, traditionally (9)

26 Story of Athenian culture (5)

27 Controlled the cattle? (5) DROVE

28 Disturbance always caused by a fraudster (9)

Down

1 Charles hungry in the mess (5)

2 Partisans can be such trying people (9) ASPIRANTS

3 Mention `pot' could be all powerful (10) OMNIPOTENT

4 Pieces of chicken ordered by the dozen? (7)

5 Restore, after denying to son, capital cover (7)

6 An art movement invented by childish parent (4) DADA

7 An exceptional type having sense of duty towards benefactors (5) PRIVY

8 Projects info and entertainment over a distance (9) TELECASTS

13 Rigorous trial (6,4) STRICT

14 Are mended � put right � when twisted (9) MEANDERED

16 Weed � taking care, get it dealt with (9)

18 South east military alliance right in Congress (7) SENATOR

19 An annual race on Epsom Downs (7)

21 One in a game could result in one being game (5) PINGO?

23 Month end alternative for stage embellishments (5) DECOR

24 To inspire fear, monster may therefore return (4) OGRE
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jul 13 22:51:32 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Machines for reproduction? (7) COPIERS

5 Vehicle running to seed? (7) CARAWAY

10 Support the continental drive (6)

11 A little difference about one's causing a hassle (8) NUISANCE

12 Find a horse on beach (6) ASHORE

13 The French dream for retirement � something extra always (8)

14 Make good pure and firm arrangement (6)

15 Performs with possibly scant direction (6) ENACTS

18 A dropout but may have been a member of a dominant Indian community (6)

20 He is in charge but has a leader (6)

23 Do they throw up kitchenware in their cups? (8)

25 Cheered at the deal made by Lawrence (6) ELATED

26 He renders an account to military caretaker (8)

27 Any of several fish have gold on back (6) TRITON

28 Housing developments across the herring pond! (7)

29 It sparks off a megaton explosion (7) MAGNETO

Down

2 Female monster who inspires fear (6) OGRESS

3 Agitating to get home for the cricket match (2,7)

4 Lover that is producing outstanding work (7)

6 Jack joins Neil for a jaunt in a Texas city (7) ABILENE

7 In the style of marine danger signal (5) ALARM

8 Spot on article about a junior minister (8) ACCURATE

9 Descriptive of a harassed housewife who might cook this way (5,8)

16 Commercial declamation held in very high regard (9) ADORATION

17 One enters a London hospital for titled people (8)

19 A job given to the Italian gospeller (7) APOSTLE

21 Passivity I retain somehow (7) INERTIA

22 Expel top red acting suspiciously? (6) DEPORT

24 As Tom put right, plant has a pore for ingress of gases (5) STOMA
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jul 14 23:01:21 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Diana's curious but impartial (13) DISINTERESTED

8 Most mysterious river bug (7) DEEPEST

9 Prudent, well mannered for the most part and in charge (7) POLITIC

11 What is hot to the tongue and cold to the ear? (6) CHILLI

13 Preserve strength in anti-movement (8) MAINTAIN

15 Memorable occurrence held at calm time (5) EVENT

16 Treatment is the right pay adjustment (7) THERAPY

18 Thin parallel layers of rock formation (7) STRATAL

19 Forced to leap down to press lever by foot (5) PEDAL

21 A toxin to repel in nice surroundings (8) NICOTINE

23 The main shadow of a sailor (3,3)

25 Manage to describe episcopal status (7) OVERSEE

26 Eastern characters can be really serious minded (7) EARNEST

28 Coming about new meter is good publicity (13) ADVERTISEMENT

Down

2 Detail to make a little mite miserable (7)

3 Stir everybody in jail to show keen resentment (3) IRE

4 Automatic betting machine (4)

5 Somehow delay Peter time and time again (10) REPEATEDLY

6 Son accepts A1 in his drawing room (5) SALON

7 For transportation try to use a wide lower part of river (7) ESTUARY

8 Notedly with gradual reduction in loudness (11) DECRESCENDO

10 Something wicked and frivolous helps dispel the gloom (6,5) CANDLE LIGHT

12 Producing after the expected time (5) LATER

14 A word of thanks to Mr. Brown is not to the point (2,1,7) AT A TANGENT

17 When in drink a representative can be generous (5) AMPLE

18 Contrived last month's cues to accomplish the attempted (7) SUCCEED

20 Resentment built as Ned dug nothing out (7) DUDGEON

22 A test made at eating and drinking (5) TASTE

24 Young Leonard's sight better using this (4) LENS

27 Strike violently (3) RAM
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jul 15 23:16:15 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Midget's mouth treated by doctor
following bit of trouble (3,5) TOM THUMB

5 In Gormenghast, he besieges an ancient city (6) THEBES

9 Short note about article written by old
boy in Brazilian city (3,5) SAO PAULO

10 Ghouls I played, Hungary departed? (6)

12 House changes when leader's not
there (5) ARIES

13 Mistake as regards judgment (9) OVERSIGHT

14 Plankton-eater lying in the warmth
by quiet vessel (7,5) BASKING SHARK

18 An attractive girl with a lot of
money (1,6,5) A PRETTY PENNY

21 Sherlock's flight of fancy, Philip read
out, involves oriental maiden? (4,5) PIPE DREAM

23 Home help returns from Asian
country (5) INDIA

24 Complaint - girl stifles it (6)

25 Exhibit British salad vegetable planted
round the North (8) BRANDISH

26 Sway scrap dealer (6)

27 Demote King's English ambassador (8) RELEGATE

Down

1 Navigator volunteers on South
Island (6) TASMAN

2 Evangelist - second one to carry one (6) MOONIE

3 Principal's keen to get an
advantage (4,5) HEAD START

4 Poet - important one's heading off
for town (6,6) MILTON KEYNES

6 Fish catches in tugs (5) HAULS

7 Fetched, mostly before noon, in
a carriage (8) BROUGHAM

8 Wave holding one Italian mushroom (8)

11 See ten airmen flying in part of
France (5-2-5) SEINE ET MARNE

15 Awareness shown by one during
prison term (9) SENTIENCE

16 Blemish full of bother? Make-up's
required (3,5)

17 Monk in carriage tips freely (8) TRAPPIST

19 Girl, Welsh one, cuddled by another (6) EDWINA

20 Girl had pen, ornate (6) DAPHNE

22 Rubbish left out in avenue (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Jul 16 22:48:18 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 A needlewoman shows nervous tension after making up same model (10) SEAMSTRESS

6 Stiffen a bristle (4)

9 Bread to soak up pickled herring (7)

10 Fast organised by former newspapermen (7) EXPRESS

12 Goes on to make a profit (8) PROCEEDS

13 Stretch out right to consider everyone separately (5)

15 A stag with twelve or more points (5)

17 Very green, but a good mixer (9) EXTRAVERT

19 Crime perpetrated by real thugs (9) SLAUGHTER

21 Farmhouse victims lined with silver for a spell! (5)

23 Room will be found for this old Greek (5) ATTIC

24 Brother Ben is possibly going round a city in Australia (8) BRISBANE

27 Implements for the farmers (7) SICKLES

28 Old hunter, one caught a long time afterwards (7)

29 Was sorry for sounding rude (4) RUED

30 Solemnly declare that the fool always took food (10) ASSEVERATE

Down

1 One bound on a crest of a wave, we hear (4) SERF

2 Aversion to seeing gallery in ruins (7) ALLERGY

3 Total account made of leaves and shoots used for dyeing (5) SUMAC

4 Stand for certain stuff with much dislike (9) REPRESENT

5 Dams springs (5)

7 Harassed Eve late, to advance to higher position (7) ELEVATE

8 Maybe it's the case study of good taste (10)

11 Do what is to be done (7)

14 Walker risking prosecution, according to the signs (10) TRESPASSERS

16 Record I state briefly is reasonable (7) LOGICAL

18 Stop white ant spreading around North America (9) TERMINATE

20 One object, clear it away (7) ARTICLE

22 Artilleryman is given a plant (7) IGNATIA

24 Singer included one principal ingredient (5)

25 Stump of tree on isolated flat topped hill (5)

26 Not reported in the past (4) LATE
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jul 17 22:32:08 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Friend allowed on platform (6) PALLET

4 Ghostly lines of prismatic light (8) SPECTRAL

10 Pledge to carry the cases (7)

11 Within the home are the most intimate (7) NEAREST

12 The downfall of a heartless favourite (4) FATE

13 Each strict building regulation must concern them (10) ARCHITECTS

16 An inducement related to the effect (6)

17 Contains ma with proper sense (7) ENSEAMS

20 Soldiers from Michigan turning tail about one (7) MILITIA

21 Send Bill to go straight up the hill (6) ASCEND

24 Take care to ensure that midshipman is successful (4,4,2) EASY DOES IT

25 Resolute company (4) FIRM

27 Eloquent persons (7) ORATORS

29 Straighten up regulation around Alabama (7)

30 Read in news about solution of a problem (8) ANSWERED

31 Dogs or badgers? (6) HOUNDS

Down

1 Brave description of an old enemy (8)

2 Easy work welcomed by importers (5,6) LIGHT DUTIES

3 Forced to take back some cheese (4)

5 Liking to display quiet charm (8) PENCHANT

6 Plan to recycle liqueur (10) CHART REUSE

7 Found that hero ends up with small species of deer (3) ROE

8 The French examine critically the most recent development (6) LATEST

9 Objects to an apprenticeship (5)

14 Contest the capitalistic thesis (11) COMPETITION

15 Mum or Dad perhaps (10)

18 Insects could be seen by drinks seller (8) LICENSEE

19 Curious people on back street causing scraps (8)

22 A girl gets on in an Italian city (6) VERONA

23 Flashy headgear at an air display (5) TIARA

26 Can love be found in Ireland? (4)

28 They're classified as small (3) ADS
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jul 18 22:56:47 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Still possibly producing sausage (7) ASSUAGE

5 How best to serve the interests of the immoderate jingoists (7)

9 He will shortly ring a greeting (5) HELLO

10 New coats need yarns (9) ANECDOTES

11 Give details about a summon to court (6)

12 Composed by a pacifist, perhaps (8)

14 Unfamiliar user given direction to manage with care (5) NURSE

15 People asking questions of pitmen following cut back (9)

18 Wildly foolish being without taste perhaps (9) SENSELESS

20 Many get same top points (5)

22 A judicious fixed portion given to Al (8) REMEDIAL?

24 A steep adjustment to Iberian money (6) PESETA

26 Where Jack is at the centre of things (9)

27 Boy managed to get liberal note (5)

28 Gets me a disguise in South Wales (7)

29 Ponders another reply (7) RESPOND

Down

1 The supporters present may be accommodated in new stand (9) ADHERENTS

2 Many pliers used to join together the strands (7)

3 Announcement outside boxing booth which is nearby (5,4)

4 Cheese produced by a dame (4) EDAM

5 A bit much to gild the lily, so to speak (10)

6 The boy is a whirlwind, we hear (5)

7 The entertainer rates it differently (7) ARTISTE

8 Reflected in silence on the nine goddesses of liberal arts (5) MUSED

13 Producing an assessment of inherited factors (10) GENERATING

16 A lag seems to have affected the production of mental pictures (9)

17 We're helped in marked surroundings (9)

19 Chemical reagent said to represent Captain Moonlight's journey (7)

21 Eminent conductor could be a ring master (7) MAESTRO

22 Kingdom for a royal Frenchman (5) REALM

23 Go berserk with a stone assault (5)

25 A great potentate star! (4) TSAR
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jul 19 23:10:00 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Secured against loss or injury (7) INSURED

5 Win causing quiet churchman trouble (7) PREVAIL

9 A predicament to accept either choices, both untenable (7) DILEMMA

10 Strain of rattling one's tin (7) TENSION

11 Very hot pepper of special pungency (5) CHILI

12 Boring i.e. a wayward native inhabitant (9) ABORIGINE

13 Reckless person took risks with vile cocktail (4,5) DARE DEVIL

15 Not proper to leap at copper, to implore (5) PLEAD

16 Direct supplier of beef (5)

18 Barker the rubicund stationer (3,6) RED LETTER

21 What the trouser press puts, or intensifies (9) INCREASES

24 Copy one thousand, given time (5) IMAGE

25 Strange knit to split pea-plant (7)

26 The French to trace out sugar syrup (7) TREACLE

27 The underworld class is all cut up (7)

28 Answers for laboratory workers (7) RETORTS

Down

1 Dunce I'd mistakenly brought on (7) INDUCED

2 One goes in to join one in the army (7) SOLDIER

3 Memo about a lot of unsold books (9) REMAINDER

4 Mad gunner makes a theatrical entertainment (5) DRAMA

5 The Irishman took a turn on the beat (9) PATROLLED

6 Cross Channel listlessness (5) ENNUI

7 Foolish when I have one over the eight (7) ASININE

8 Oil applied to bats, wild in Leeds (7) LINSEED

14 Bright as a button and beautifully turned out (4,5) VERY SMART

15 A top man's pride sent crashing (9) PRESIDENT

16 Unilateral defence against barking? (7)

17 Inspires advance in sex change (7)

19 It became obsolete when the market backed the automobile (4,3) TRAM CAR

20 Refers to Oriental in disguise, for marijuana cigarettes (7) REEFERS

22 Irene in trouble turns to him (5) ERNIE

23 It's a right created string instrument (5) SITAR
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jul 20 23:09:08 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Rotting corpse with clue in blood cell (5,9) WHITE CORPUSCLE

8 Attend to a breakdown, go there (6) REPAIR

9 They help a horse look ahead (8) BLINKERS

11 That is Mac, suffering with a breathing difficulty (9) ASTHMATIC

12 Strainer is back with the first day (5) SIEVE

13 Agamemnon's daughter in a select radical group (7) ELECTRA

15 Omen now deciphered as indicating a periodic phase of a satellite (3,4) NEW MOON

17 Vehicle that Bertram carefully parked inside (7) TRAMCAR

19 Preferences of gentlemen on screen? (7) BLONDES

21 Roam around looking for a fight in extremes of peril (5) PROWL

23 Good feature, round thing that makes the car move (9) GEARWHEEL

25 Briskness seen in a city in the U.S.: shout about it! (8) ALACRITY

26 Fisherman, compleat one booked by Walton (6) ANGLER

27 Preliminary inspection for development of non-scenic areas (14) RECONNAISSANCE

Down

1 Military exercise, a sport in conflict? (3,4) WAR GAME

2 Putin's strange contribution (5) INPUT

3 Mysterious image in Connecticut unscrambled (9) ENIGMATIC

4 Bird gets lice scampering in cooking vessel (7) PELICAN

5 Big star is upset by cavity in facial bones (5) SINUS

6 Feudal superior or idle ogler, perhaps (5,4) LIEGE LORD

7 Nautically backwards (6) ASTERN

10 Location of the forge of Volcan in Italy (4) ETNA

14 Highly complicated tale: a bore, however (9) ELABORATE

16 Players of the flute, clarinet and so on (9) WOODWINDS

17 Superior cover that has to accommodate work (3,3) TOP CAP(OR HAT?)

18 A side, working and up-to-date (5-2) RIGHT ON

19 Could an old magistrate be a ruler? (4) BEAR?

20 Bout of extravagance in a place in a sudden mass movement (7) SPLURGE

22 Some music from a popular golden album (5) LARGO

24 The Spanish and French name of a girl (5)ELLEN
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jul 21 23:00:27 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Communication device to help clone production (9) CELLPHONE

5 Constable, artist, finds source of oil (5) COPRA

8 Substance initially derived from carbon, oxygen, barium, antimony, lithium and titanium (6) COBALT

9 Bird left gazing all around (8) STARLING

11 Instrument to evoke key spirit (4) DRUM

12 A mean fellow, he takes cap around (10) CHEAPSTAKE

14 Language quirk of old African leader getting order (5)

15 Nearest interpretation of seriousness (7) EARNEST

16 Muse of song (7) EUTURPE

17 One doing needlework in a drain (5) SEWER

19 With which to shoot American church building (4,6) CAMERA

20 Blackleg's cover for injury (4) SCAB

22 Packing for legal action perhaps (8) SUITCASE

23 Make a cut in a trendy measure, say (6) INCISE

24 Fear of those gone carrying the beginning of rubella (5) DREAD

25 A handspring, acrobatic revolution! (9) CARTWHEEL

Down

1 Insect with some thoracic adaptation (6) CICADA

2 Mutinous Brit leaves union in which much of the costs are due to wages (6-9) LABOUR

3 A tree on hand (4) PALM

4 The kind of perception that a psychic could have (12) EXTRASENSORY

5 Bottle openers seal prison officials (10) CORKSCREWS

6 What a civil surgeon may be permitted to do is not the general routine (7,8) PRIVATE PRACTICE

7 Add to Aunt Meg's discomfiture (7) AUGMENT

10 Performance by a small orchestra in summer: Bachic variation (7,5) CHAMBER MUSIC

13 Flavouring agent for an ersatz drink (6,4) CITRIC ACID

16 Forgiven and released from duty (7) EXCUSED

18 Sailors lie back and come down by rope (6) ABSEIL

21 Fall in winter reveals love in three directions (4) SNOW
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Jul 23 5:37:14 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Drink drop of sherry immediately

before dance (8)

5 Vital to reform a country (6) LATIVIA

9 Point out charge that involves a piece

of espionage (8) INDICATE

10 Reportedly unable to move old

plaster (6) STUCCO

11 Don gets upset with tennis call (3,2) NOT UP

12 Understand dignitary's not in (6,3) FIGURE OUT

14 Spread scandal � he did this maliciously,

right? (4,3,4) DISH THE DIRT

18 Dangerously ill, advocate in film (2,5,4) LA DOLCE VITA

21 Member of film crew arrived, then

managed to screen The Graduate? (9) CAMERAMAN

23 Film director's trailer about Oregon (5)

24 Member of rock band's crew in bar, one

describing article on Ecstasy (6) ROADIE

25 Russian girl with naval set at sea (8) SVETLANA

26 Expected girl to come back for

governess (6) DUENNA

27 Happy to attend fund-raisers in

best clothes? (4,4) GLAD RAGS

Down

1 One involved in covering Garmisch's

foremost sport (6) SKIING

2 Soft toy did strange thing (6) ODDITY

3 Withdraw support quietly � deal's

off (4-5) BACK PEDAL

4 After lucky escapes, the eleven players

perhaps give vent to anger (3,3,5) LET OFF STEAM

6 Player's agent blowing top (5) ACTOR

7 Old carriage in London station (8) VICTORIA

8 One deserting a position at end of

battle (8) APOSTATE

13 Stab awfully violent chap (not half!) in

horror story (6,5) GOTHIC NOVEL

15 Extremely thin, came up with a diet

that's different (9) EMACIATED

16 Usher brings confused lord back (5,3) BLACK ROD

17 A US lawyer, male, drinking salt

water (5,3) ADAMS ALE

19 Piece from Williamson, a tarantella (6) SONATA

20 Ignore detour (6) BYPASS

22 Be king then abdicate, not having

son (5)REIGN
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jul 24 4:17:50 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Red rugs to be spread in shop selling medicines etc. (9) DRUGSTORE

5 Clothing to provide partial redressal (5) DRESS

8 A large man but somehow able to walk (8) AMBULANT

9 Old general caught by a police officer is lost to the world (6)

11 Large quantities of paper (5) REAMS

12 Story in childlike style about d'deserter (9) NARRATION

13 More angry kind of colour (6) MADDER

14 Troops with a strict schedule, initially tough (8) REGIMENT

16 Nought and cross connect two old universities (8) OXBRIDGE

18 Compensating equivalent in a kind of printing (6) OFFSET

22 The most advanced military units in battle (5,4) FRONT LINE

23 Creature that arrived and left (5) CAMEL

24 Stockings for Poles only? Silly! (6)

25 Delicate ornamentation that could almost fill one with endless avarice (8)

26 Mysterious eastern lake (5) EERIE

27 Kind of cricket stroke needs five afresh (9) DEFENSIVE

Down

1 Sketch of city in U.P. in dark setting (7) DIAGRAM

2 Criticise unexpected pub raid (7) UPBRAID

3 Overcoming the urge to buy resins escalates difficulty (5,10) SALES RESISTANCE

4 Confessing to having property (6) OWNING

5 Unhappiness at a detective inspector's appeasement (15) DISSATISFACTION

6 A recluse before time, oddly (7) EREMITE

7 Wise step in a quandary (7)

10 Tested and subjected to court proceedings (5)

15 Once more an advantage (5) AGAIN

16 Illegal act of a receiver (7) OFFENCE

17 Chicken beginning to rot in a water heater (7) BROILER

19 Is Ramu a potential Japanese warrior? (7) SAMURAI

20 Organic compound, a part of TNT (7) TOLUENE

21 The idea that meat contains lithium (6) BELIEF
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jul 25 8:52:38 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Material for a doubly fat English freak (7) TAFFETA

5 Long lasting, as some consumer items should be (7) DURABLE

9 What one teaching biology, for example, could be (6,2,7) MASTER OF SCIENCE

10 Dignified, even if somewhat biased at elections (6) SEDATE

11 Writer who is an original leader (8) NOVELIST

13 Big snake from Canada, no kidding (8) ANACONDA

15 The best performance on file? (6) RECORD

18 Bag in garment, a place for the child's allowance (6) POCKET

19 Strange test case for a 15 (8) CASSETTE

22 Eye-glasses that could make the French feel the pinch (5-3) PINCE NEZ

24 Rodent with pain in the joint carried by Air India (6) AGOUTI

27 E.M.Forster's work against aid, a pose crumbling (1,7,2,5) A PASSAGE TO INDIA

28 Grasshopper that little Katherine carried out (7) KATYDID

29 Superior genetic factor said to bring cleanliness (7) HYGIENE

Down

1 Volunteers crush an Indian entertainment (7) TAMASHA

2 Combined with a little force and exploited (5) FUSED

3 Current conductor, positive or negative (9) ELECTRODE

4 Fleshy-leaved plant makes beer containing oxygen (4) ALOE

5 Tyrant with psychic power is in a spot (6) DESPOT

6 A flower of Europe? (5) RHINE

7 Creature that distracts a cod on bait (9) BANDICOOT

8 E.Dexter, in trouble, made a strenuous effort (7) EXERTED

12 A party creates fuss (3) ADO

14 Ruling sign of the Zodiac, maybe (9) ASCENDANT

16 Carefree and effortless in movement (4-5) EASY GOING

17 Club of some combatants (3) BAT

18 Words to infuse confidence kept pal moving (3,4) PEP TALK

20 Loan installment charge in Dubai for example (7) EMIRATE

21 Neptune or Poseidon (3,3) SEA GOD

23 Relaxed, in a surcease, dreaming (5) EASED

25 Improper French article? Expected! (5) UNDUE

26 Cut a design for topless sailing vessel (4) ETCH

Thanx to orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jul 25 23:23:24 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 State in India of the sherpa, hard and fresh (6,7) ANDHRA PRADESH

10 The reviewer is English? Find fault with that (9) CRITICISE

11 Tree that gives a total account (5) SUMAC

12 Incompetent female in military formation (5) UNFIT

13 Hurry up and seek a math revision (4,5) MAKE HASTE

14 Fat playing a part in incidental lowering of calories (6) TALLOW

16 Money from the bride, a wordy problem (5) DOWRY

19 Direct a bovine animal (5) STEER

20 Run away from French bivouac (6) DECAMP

25 Display gun as an item in an exhibition (9) SHOWPIECE

26 Incriminating thing introduced in the machinery (5) PLANT

27 Drawing implement, quite different from cheese (5) CHALK

28 Acceptance of confession (9) ADMISSION

29 Errand boy in press delivers pint right off (8,5) PRINTERS DEVIL

Down

2 Manicurist's tool to expose final lie (4,4) NAIL FILE

3 Haul up one amongst a large number of people (5) HOIST

4 Water plantain for old boxer's mother (6) ALISMA

5 Square tie in a coral formation? Not heard (4,4) REEF KNOT

6 What the patient may get after treatment (9) DISCHARGE

7 Missile, very big, a yummy Indian item (6) SAMOSA

8 Discharge the account and leave (6) ACQUIT

9 Small set of workers find prison official (5) SCREW

15 Soup token distributed for the candid (9) OUTSPOKEN

17 Authorise the emissary (8) DELEGATE

18 It would be suicide in Osaka (8) HARAKIRI

21 Obvious intellectual property (6) PATENT

22 Mentally prepare a clairvoyant to lose one hundred (5) PSYCH

23 Empty talk, the stuff of some balloons (3,3) HOT AIR

24 Part of the skin of an islander mistreated (6) DERMIS

26 Out-of-date permit and key (5)PASSE

Teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jul 27 1:02:12 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 A turning point for the pound and old European money (8) LANDMARK

5 Go up designing dances (6) ASCEND

10 Human or lord's house (5) MANOR

11 Reserve, say, a time of relaxation in European capital (9) BUCHAREST

12 Acrobat's walkway (9) TIGHTROPE

13 Old French ruler, twenty francs worth (5) LOUIS

14 Wild dog in a wood in government land (5) DINGO

16 Dwellers of the net (8) NETIZENS

18 Dues Lynd settled without notice (8) SUDDENLY

20 Poems written about English town (5) EPSOM

24 Cat-like creature caught, with one doc following (5) CIVET

25 Warning of all-male British movement (5,4) ALARM BELL

27 Dark sailor in a card game (5,4) BLACK JACK

28 Singles are what you can buy from a mutual fund (5) UNITS

29 Carrying tin to German capital is crazy (6) TOTING

30 Business disadvantage makes attendant spring back (5,3) TRADE GAP

Down

1 Type of company which constrains risk (7) LIMITED

2 Figure seen on an icon on a gondola (7) NONAGON

3 Be worthy of excellence (5) MERIT

4 It helps the typist to make an impression (6) RIBBON

6 Insignificant and short-lived? (5-4) SMALL TIME

7 Carry out an order of termination perhaps (7) EXECUTE

8 Hates and cancels examinations? (7) DETESTS

9 He may have unpleasant plans for you (7) SCHEMER

15 Ken, a voter, distressed when passed by (9) OVERTAKEN

17 A learner, Russian leader, goes over a Moorish castle (7) ALCAZAR

18 Ransack buttery for hidden instrument (7) SACKBUT

19 Abnormal Roman way in a depression (7) DEVIANT

21 Look at quality china, apparent but not genuine (7) SEEMING

22 Feeble youth extracts work (7) MILKSOP

23 Dog, one at a fair booth (6) BARKER

26 Character of a male, awfully loud (5)MOULD

Teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jul 27 22:59:28 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 In life, Mac strayed, creating evil (7) MALEFIC

5 Customer has the right to enter court (6) CLIENT

11 Gentle illumination (5) LIGHT

12 New model glad to get first prize (4,5) GOLD MEDAL

13 Roman military commander in counter-revolution (9) CENTURION

14 Curved, like a circle in part (5) ARCED

15 Express gratitude, lacking heart, for armoured vehicle (4) TANK

17 Old diet to develop muscle (7) DELTOID

21 Poison that went with old lace in old Capra film (7) ARSENIC

22 Swiss hero, say (4) TELL

26 An anaesthetic in the air (5) ETHER

27 Unconsumed food is abandoned: finished by saint (9) LEFTOVERS

29 Teach Ho to fabricate pain (9) TOOTHACHE

30 Money in South America is a source of sweetness to the French (5) SUCRE

31 Rowing boat, the girl's, twisted all around (6) WHERRY

32 Rattles fashioned to create a sudden scare (7) STARTLE

Down

2 Gas rising from an inferno gradually (5) ARGON

3 What to do when the kitchen is out of service (3,3) EAT OUT

4 German girl seen riding awkwardly (6) INGRID

6 Severely reprimand business graduates in a tardy situation (8) LAMBASTE

7 Pituitary or thyroid, say (9) ENDOCRINE

8 Executive Officer told about city in Ohio (6) TOLEDO

9 Appease by placing a hundred in collection vessel (7) PLACATE

10 Lightly built Pole, one who makes advances (7) SLENDER

16 The point of magnetic attraction (5,4) NORTH POLE

18 One looking for fresh research (8) SEARCHER

19 Bubble, frequent cause of failed pump (7) AIRLOCK

20 Bishop, inventor of antiseptic surgery for skin eruption (7)

23 Give the most superior cry of pain (6)

24 Outcome of a cause (6) EFFECT

25 Petrol pump down under, second grade, worse in design (6) DOWSER

28 Do better with popular software, say (5) EXCEL
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jul 28 23:44:23 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Honour for a jewel of India (6,5) BHARAT RATNA

9 Weapon with which to snub a girl (7) CUTLASS

10 A dressing � for the wall? (7) PLASTER

11 Colour in a Murdoch rendering (5) OCHRE

12 Kind of survey by a clad star dismissed (8) CADASTRAL

13 Cutting tool is something round which a wheel turns (4) AXIS

15 Ways of an Indian woman with good man's backing (7) STREETS

19 A seat that is for a police informer (7) STOOLIE

20 Pole able to do medical investigation (4) SCAN

24 Compare with coral and tree formation (9) CORRELATE

25 A pravasi maybe, at one time very glib (5) EXPAT

27 A girl to give indication of how to play music in a stirred up way (7)

28 Time in between to bury a large number (7) INTERIM

29 After victory, daughter screens car parts (11) WINDSHIELDS

Down

1 Composer covering time in a group (5) BATCH

2 Sailor, like a journalist, is humbled (6) ABASED

3 Home of German shepherds (6)

4 Tidy pair dancing, showing speed (8) RAPIDITY

5 Relocate upside down painting � exotic ferns (8) TRANSFER

6 I can't track endless change in a cold place (9) ANTARCTIC

7 One studying old Tamil dynasty in the outskirts of Sathur (7) SCHOLAR

8 Humorous, like some Balzac stories (5) DROLL

14 Meet a job seeker? (9) INTERVIEW

16 Give advance notice to Warren of change (8) FOREWARN

17 Girl reportedly leaves quarrelsome women (8) VIRAGOES

18 Study of the body of a toy-man possibly (7) ANATOMY

21 Beat it! (5)

22 Science of healing lost final points in Florentine family (6) MEDICI

23 Lament wasted in the mind (6) MENTAL

26 Airborne troops seen in some prose (5) PORES
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jul 29 23:38:22 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Strength of spirit shown in demonstration (5) PROOF

4 Seizure of power due to pact changing shape (4,5) COUP DETAT

9 Note what Jacob has? (6,1) MIDDLE C

10 Leather company had initially brought in extra (7) COWHIDE

11 Speech � Democrat's is rude on the radio (9) DISCOURSE

12 Gigli number on disc, foremost of recordings? (5)

13 Frank's to take part in a serious drama (8,4) STRAIGHT PLAY

17 Cocktail (not with it) (3-9) OLD FASHIONED

20 Unattached Austrian architect, first to enlist (5) LOOSE

21 Lead an attack and stab chief (9) SPEARHEAD

22 Creeping plant in caravan (7) TRAILER

23 Ring the Parisian in boat being loaded (7) OPULENT

24 Look at promising plant (9) EVERGREEN

25 One who gives name inside building's entrance (5) DONOR

Down

1 Petty Officer produced hair ointment (6) POMADE

2 Most rum in neighbourhood destroyed (6) ODDEST

3 Sympathiser in lower-level flat fractured radius (6,9) FELLOW TRAVELLER

4 See pest rock violently in train (9) COCKROACH

5 Article removed from dirty relative (5) UNCLE

6 Completely depressed child? He has sufficient reason (4,2,3,6) DOWN IN THE GROUND

7 Figure that's become involved in conflict involving Rhode Island (8) TRIANGLE

8 Greets extremely happy re-formed regiment (3,5) THE GREYS

14 Silly person to pay for plant (9) GOOSEFOOT

15 Way to limit permit for game of chance (8) ROULETTE

16 Recommend a meeting around five with OC (8) ADVOCATE

18 Number crossing river, one rising in Powys (6)

19 Journalist tried out duck within (6) EDITOR

21 Shoot Southern sanctimonius type (5)SPRIG
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Jul 30 23:26:21 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Biblical spendthrift's return fare (6,4) FATTED CALF

6 A guest has periodic fever with shivering (4) AGUE

9 Feeling of anxiety or worry (7) CONCERN

10 Blended lager is capital of North Africa (7) ALGIERS

12 Insofar? (8) INASMUCH

13 Marked with straight lines (5) RULED

15 Lay gems again differently (5) RESET

17 He is a theorist and a visionary (9)

19 Very good and pre-eminent (9) EXCELLENT

21 Very slow movement in music (5)

23 Experience that deserves narration (5) STORY

24 Placed apart so detail become confused (8) ISOLATED

27 Give mutual help to assist each other (3,4)

28 Surpass to deprive of lustre (7) ECLIPSE

29 Large extinct bird (4) DODO

30 Hollow election promises? (5,5) EMPTY WORDS

Down

1 Meet confidentially or deficiently (4) FACE

2 The landlord's half score of busybodies? (7) TENANTS

3 Makes smooth and uniform in quality (5) EVENS

4 She cohabits so as to study a young animal in the East (9) CONCUBINE

5 Hold back to restrain (5) LEASH

7 A family of geese making a reforming peer late (7) GREY LAG

8 Don't try solving the hard way (4,4,2) EASY DOES IT

11 Largest anthropoid ape (7) GORILLA

14 Sections of links a boy often dressed with oil (5,5)

16 Huntsman's cry to hound (5,2) TALLY HO

18 One who is interested in other people and things rather than one's own feelings (9) EXTROVERT

20 Many recorded that it was jammed (7) CROWDED

22 Defensive player who brushes aside attacks (7) SWEEPER

24 Mali's organised religion (5) ISLAM

25 Give limited quantity or sum (5) ALLOW

26 State of confusion (4) MESS
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jul 31 22:59:20 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Where recorder presides on tripod surrounded by buildings (9) COURTYARD

5 The right to withhold another's property sounds slender (4) LIEN

8 Soft stuffing used to diminish jarring (3) PAD

9 Bustle up to use horse-rider's foot-rest (7) STIRRUP

10 Come to perceive (3) SEE

11 Terminated at the extremity (5) ENDED

12 Asked earnestly to treat need (9) ENTREATED

13 Step towards aping wisdom (7) SAPIENT

15 A very noisy boy commits a breach of peace (6) AFFRAY

17 Beloved of Venus (6) ADONIS

18 Supervise doing work (7) OVERSEE

21 Aphrodite's emaciated form (9) ATROPHIED

22 In the loch realised there was some red clay (5) OCHRE

24 Tree with serrated leaves (3) ELM

25 Of invisible image that may be developed (7)

26 Considerable number (3) LOT

27 Of holiday in safe territory (4) FETE

28 Addicted to plunder or robbery (9) PREDATORY

Down

1 The tree Percy's treated with sulphur? (7) CYPRESS

2 Successfully dealt with a knotty problem (5) UNDID

3 A liquer I put down before going out (8) ANISETTE

4 Remove part or all of burden of rates (6) DERATE

5 We can't recall being affected by one (5,2,6) LAPSE OF MEMORY

6 Simple modes of expression in Never-Never land (4,5) EASY TERMS

7 Causing fatal injury (6) DEADLY

9 We do not think to act upon it (6,7) SUDDEN IMPULSE

14 I am not ready, says the computer reading a schedule (9) PROGRAMME

16 Make more compact (8) CONDENSE

17 Diminished and made to grow less (6) ABATED

19 Set uprightly or rigidly (7) ERECTLY

20 Highest point of excellence (6)

23 Beginning of a telephone conversation (5) HELLO
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Aug 1 23:27:37 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Element thin on the ground (4,5) RARE EARTH

6 Made a run for it, account briefly being in red (5) RACED

9 Take out by force anything fixed (7) EXTRACT

10 Revokes and rings again (7) REPEALS

11 Something attractively strange or unusual (6) EXOTIC

12 Sudden explosive involuntary sound (6) SNEEZE

15 Bought after use by previous owner (6,4) SECOND HAND

16 Establish in position (4) SEAT

18 A form of window decoration (4) SASH

19 Mother in water has prevailing trend of fashion (4,6) MAIN STREAM

23 Outsize catch for a bird that eats fish (6) OSPREY

25 Whole series of notes used in modern music (6) GAMUTS

28 Ardent enthusiasts who love to laze (7) ZEALOTS

29 Exact copy on a smaller scale (7) REPLICA

30 Ed set out to get the horse somehow (5) STEED

31 An allusion to one's character (9) REFERENCE

Down

1 Hand-rolled cigarettes for the midshipman (7) REEFERS

2 Operates in backward direction (9) RETROACTS

3 Exaltation in high spirits (7) ELATION

4 Assessment levied by local authorities (4) RATE

5 Basil from a feather-bedded family (4) HERB

6 Feel remorse for salesman and ten others (6) REPENT

7 Long for redhead in the grotto (5) CRAVE

8 Analyse and criticise in detail (7) DISSECT

13 Further formed in space or time (5) AHEAD

14 Senseless to be somewhat in an ecstasy (5) INANE

17 Infliction of capital punishment (9) EXECUTION

18 Is briefly unconscious of one's surroundings? (7) SNOOZES

20 One who is engaged in trapping wild animals (7) TRAPPER

21 Kneading curative treatment (7) MASSAGE

22 Out of reach on the further side (6) BEYOND

24 Aircraft which levels off (5) PLANE

26 First Russian imprisoned by Bolshevists' armed forces (4) TSAR

27 Short for teacher of high rank (4) PROF

Teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Aug 2 23:27:42 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Does counsel press one tailored in silk? (7) LAWSUIT

5 Staircases for the jet-set (7) FLIGHTS

9 Substance prepared from animal skin producing edible jelly (7) GELATIN

10 Cause to act or serve for a purpose (7) UTILISE

11 Expression of surprise (3) OHO

12 A resting place (5)

13 Unit of fluid measure (5) MINIM

14 Unusual remote body (6) METEOR

15 Acted with alacrity (8)

18 Treated with scornful abuse (8) INSULTED

20 A lamp come to earth perhaps (6)

24 Peculiar tendency of mind (5)

26 Gold or silver lace embroidery (5)

27 Expression of triumph or mockery (3)

28 Performance done without intermission (3-4) NON STOP

29 Continuing public disturbances (7) TURMOIL

30 Ella or Nora can be diminutive of this name (7) ELEANOR

31 Changelessness of identity (7) ONENESS

Down

1 A little space for the French stableman (3,4) LEG ROOM

2 Go courting but jilt the girl (4,3) WALK OUT

3 Numskull, say (5,4) UTTER FOOL

4 Sinew attaching muscle to bone (6) TENDON

5 Goes about restlessly (8)

6 Characteristic style of expression (5) IDIOM

7 Something needed to keep the lady's head tidy (4, 3) HAIR NET

8 Not baked? Show me instead how it could have been cooked (7) STEAMED

16 Heavy burden that goes against the grain (9)

17 At a discount? Not altogether (5,3) BELOW PAR

18 Concentrated in a high degree (7) INTENSE

19 Mlle is so well groomed seeing nothing is out of order (7) SOIGNEE

21 Scramble for something to seize (7)

22 Artificially produced radioactive isotopes (7)

23 Artificial ornamental cave (6) GROTTO

25 Person of superhuman size (5) TITAN
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Aug 3 23:48:48 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 In MI route, car I'm steering is made to look very small (14) MICROMINIATURE

9 Have too high an opinion of (8) OVERRATE

10 Spiny succulent plants (5) CACTI

12 The corn crop's outstanding features? (4) EARS

13 Display of shapely body on the wall (3,2) PIN UP

14 Woman of stately beauty (4)

17 Give ties for indication of remnants (8) VESTIGES

18 Great place for elopers (6)

20 Free from mental or emotional disorder (6) NORMAL

22 Not conforming to society (8) UNSOCIAL

25 Primitive cryptogram like seaweed (4) ALGE

26 Provide with weapons of more modern type (5) REARM

27 So be it (4) AMEN

30 Discourage or hinder by fear (5) DETER

31 Names that somehow inspire our love (8) ENAMOURS

32 One most capable of dealing with the situation now (3,2,3,6) MAN OF THE MOMENT

Down

2 Underground hollows (7) CAVERNS

3 Terrifying person (4) OGRE

4 Pictured to oneself something non-existent (8) IMAGINED

5 Full of fire (6) IREFUL

6 Diplomacy to just act with perception (4) TACT

7 Narrate in detail (7) RECOUNT

8 Device enabling one to see both far and near (7,4) BIFOCAL LENS

11 This direction to join the good company of harpists (11)

15 Drain off Middle East currency (5) DINAR

16 A royal heir setting things alight (5) ARSON

19 A screen I cunningly put up (8) INCREASE

21 Meeting for boat races (7) REGATTA

23 Steep baptismal order (7) IMMERSE

24 Indignant to be again dispatched in a rush (6) RESENT

28 Riot caused by a set of three (4) TRIO

29 Ordinary and second rate (2,2) SO SO
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Aug 4 23:22:23 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Insect in a mattress case (4) TICK

3 Causing contraction of body tissues (10) ASTRINGENT

10 Variety of synthetic material derived from an organic acid (7) ACRYLIC

11 She could be called Jessy for short (7) JESSICA

12 Capable of much control and endurance (5) STOIC

13 Defending or having up before (9) UPHOLDING

14 Supporting structures for table (8) TRESTLES

15 Stretched neck like a large wading bird (6) CRANED

18 Scented ointment for hair (6) POMADE

20 Trust in cleaner I upset (8) RELIANCE

24 Caught and bowled? (3,3,3) OUT AND OUT

26 Why one hears chat about a craft (5) YACHT

27 Something that has to be tolerated (7) ENDURED

28 Very hard and unyielding (7) ADAMANT

29 Desk about right at last for official who strictly follows the rules (10) BUREAUCRAT

30 Inflated rubber ring round wheel (4) TYRE

Down

1 Conveying of passengers on public routes (7) TRANSIT

2 Wear away gradually (7) CORRODE

4 Kept screened from view (8) EXCLUDED

5 Former rulers of some Indian states (6) RAJAHS

6 Speech having intonation through the breathing organ (5) NASAL

7 Number of copies of new publication (7) EDITION

8 Caused to sound like string when plucked (7) TWANGED

9 Placed at somehow to be conciliated (8) PLACATED

16 Time of need usually accompanied by depression (5,3) RAINY DAY

17 Means of examining information (4,4) TEST DATA

18 Saw a pirate going into the lead? (7) PROVERB

19 Man appointed to kill bulls in a ring (7) MATADOR

21 Plant's sweet fluid secreting organ (7) NECTARY

22 Name to authorise (7) ENTITLE

23 Belonging to the tall, blonde people of Northern Europe (6) NORDIC

25 She is a standard type of woman (5) NORMA

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Aug 5 23:21:55 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Wrong about grand gesture (4) SIGN

4 Bewilder gnome with excellent returns (6) BAFFLE

11 Distinctive character of those broadcast (5)

12 Market's overwhelming feeling about muddle (5-4)

13 Self-taught person in car did play a part (10)

14 Examine front of spam tin (4) SCAN

16 Danger faced by look-alike in film (6,8) DOUBLE JEOPARDY

18 What's this crib score worth if he loses badly? (3,3,3,5)

21 Cover nothing on bathing beach (4) NUDE

22 In Bush era, one destroyed a
German city (10)

25 Small fish with a bite that's nasty (9)

26 Boy finding any number in lake (5)

27 Ignore redeveloped area (6) REGION

28 Birch in centre of old wood (4)

Down

2 Forward from secret port (6,4)

3 Rover, not out, barking (5) NOMAD

5 A length, therefore further (4) ALSO

6 Around middle of afternoon, chef rings - `send out for
vinaigrette!' (6,8) FRENCH DRESSING

7 Straighten out former nurse (6) EXTEND

8 Engineers battled, reportedly, for
payment that's merited (6) REWARD

9 See nightgown and dude's excited - what may result? (7,7)

10 Vegetable producer (8)

15 Hot air? That's what you'd expect from them (3,7)

17 Ancient king with a lot of bottle? (8) JEROBOAM

19 Wrongdoer's small secret (6)

20 Telephone left in recess (6)

23 Animal later let loose (5) RATEL

24 Forbid executive toys? Not entirely (4)VETO
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Aug 6 23:53:17 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Young lady about to take - - in the slips (8) MISTAKES

5 Followed along the same lines as the drawing master's (6) TRACED

9 The just-concluded viva was about the country (8)

10 Ill-at-ease, I do sit with morons (6) IDIOTS

12 Still flat (4) EVEN

13 What a sweetheart writes means nothing to the landlord (4,6) LOVE LETTER

15 Good man finds foreign currency on the beach (6) STRAND

17 Glorify Bollywood's topper not so much (5) BLESS

20 It may be put down at the end of a sentence (5)

21 Whereon many a message may be unwound (6) SCROLL

24 Having started, the correction fluid has done its job (3,3,4)

27 Cover with a small dish (4) SPAN

29 Encroachment by Dorian Gray (6) INROAD

30 English poet with a great affection for fine fabric (8)

31 Such a child has no older siblings (6) ELDEST

32 Drag mail around in song (8) MADRIGAL

Down

1 Small fry writes rambling tome about pages (6)

2 Relative presence in a hospital? (6) SISTER

3 Goa's roving guide at start is popeyed (4) AGOG

4 Time to muse? (5) ERATO

6 Household appliance found without lid in crest (5) RADLE

7 Chuckles when clots, with her, get all confused (8) CHORTLES

8 Worry a princess with an accent (8) DISTRESS

11 Does this university professor never write? (6) READER

14 By the way, alien, let it stand (4)

16 Strike a pose! (6)

17 Bachelor is advanced in years but daring (4) BOLD

18 Heresy is such a belief (8)

19 Didn't agree: Fred fied vehemently (8) DIFFERED

22 Jumped when the police officer called (6) SPRANG

23 International source is bad (6)

25 This man is an executioner (5)

26 She distributes hoard (5) DHORA

28 Prophet given some weight in India in the past (4) SEER
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Aug 7 23:54:05 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Nest nice lad set up is secret (11) CLANDESTINE

9 Jumper accepts Indian garment in Argentine port (7) ROSARIO

10 Oh, magic cast by letters pertaining to Irish dialect (7) OGHAMIC

11 Having gained the advantage of New English wielded by the British publisher (3-2) ONE UP

12 Wearing which, one may drop down from the sky (9) PARACHUTE

13 More packed into next train (5) EXTRA

15 One who has the vessel gets the title (9) OWNERSHIP

18 Describing the size of the huge loch (9) LARGENESS

21 Hindu deity dumps rain around delta (5) INDRA

22 Adjust completely in a musical way (9) TUNEFULLY

24 Ray's letter from Greece? (5) GAMMA

26 This should make one shed some weight (7) DIETING

27 One who makes you see things better (7) OCULIST

28 Strictly, where does the rent go? (2,3,6) TO THE LETTER

Down

1 Of the body the air force man lugged around the edge of the aerodrome (9) CORPOREAL

2 Passage from a small island (5) AISLE

3 I prattled about an automobile accessory to keep out mud (4,5) DIRT PLATE

4 Sign of a poisonous creature (7) SCORPIO

5 Apparatus for separating isotopes (7) ISOTRON

6 And the French has this Latin moral (5) ETHIC

7 Some British submarines set up by Edward sprang a surprise (8) AMBUSHED

8 Account the man got causes pain (4) ACHE

14 Pressed upon the wronged without excusable words at first (8) THRONGED

16 It measures the precipitation (4-5) RAIN GAUGE

17 One who has a part in drama (4-5) PLAY ACTOR

19 Kindle a number to go round sources of Neyveli lignite (7) ENLIGHT

20 Some D.K. youth at first build a sports stadium (7) SKYDOME

22 Task list? (2-2) TO DO

23 Stone in Georgian river (5) FLINT

25 Doctor and I on street are found wet (5) MOIST

Teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Aug 9 0:04:34 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Describing office work in the ecclesiastical residence? (8) CLERICAL

6 Tracing lost aircraft (1,1,1,1)

9 It's the beginning of anything (6) EMBRYO

10 Enduring noise in a big way (7) ABIDING

13 Mere songs composed on a muted colour (9) MOSSGREEN

14 Wife has trap cleverly hidden (5) WRAPT

15 Attack on Lahore's top actress (4) LASH

16 Rants wildly over poetry � how cross! (10) TRANSVERSE

19 Flier disturbs the police � right? (10) HELICOPTER

21 Mark sailor deserting Beetle (4) SCAR

24 One who has been pipped at the post (5) LOSER

25 In grammar it indicates time that's gone (4,5) PAST TENSE

26 Means of entrance in Great Eastern vessel (7) INGRESS

27 Thus we stand, proverbially (6) UNITED

28 Each appears in great dress (4) GEAR

29 Due at pit, showing rare readiness to learn (8) APTITUDE

Down

2 Huge appetite with which sister follows luxury car (7) LIMOSIS

3 Fits up again (6) REGIGS

4 Style that makes hair quite short (5,4) CLOSE CROP

5 Come to know that the king accepts a knight (5) LEARN

7 "Vanished into air, into � � " (Shakespeare) (4,3) THIN AIR

8 Just about the right lead for being cheerful (5-7) LIGHT HEARTED

11 Complicated our sailors' promise, it is said (6) INWOVE

12 Where you may get some slight grip over the principles of farming? (12) SMALLHOLDING

17 Necessarily wants smut destroyed (5,4) NEEDS MUST

18 Uncommon mark on the church (6) SCARCE

20 Al sang a new order for macaroni (7) LASAGNA

22 Fight against 10 demons, to begin with (7) CONTEND

23 Rigorous dodge not completed in street (6) STRICT

25 Dad takes actor to old governor abroad (5) PASHA
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Aug 9 23:44:51 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Cade and Rani jump in cheerfulness (8) RADIANCE

5 Sailor's eye will take in everything (6) ABSORB

9 Offensive rumour about a retiring medical officer (7) NOISOME

10 Vel curt about damaged waterway (7) CULVERT

11 He gives money to the fashionable in more superior environment (9) FINANCIER

12 It sticks with the violinist (5) ROSIN

13 Objects to conclusions (4) ENDS

14 He will adjust your appearance so you may play a part (4-2,3) MAKE UP MAN

17 Edit a clue suitably to make it clear (9) ELUCIDATE

19 Tom has nothing on Roman statesman (4) CATO

23 Slow movement noticed in circulation of a particular gossip (5) LARGO

24 What an old man may mull over in later years (5,4) EARLY LIFE

25 One sent hurriedly after 40 customers (7) CLIENTS

26 U.S. city elegant in the past (7) CHICAGO

27 Sweet that Ragu's distributed at close of festivity (6) SUGARY

28 Two fools get one northern killer (8) ASSASSIN

Down

1 Chase (3,5) RUN AFTER

2 Stopped to spill gin indeed (7) DEIGNED

3 A cut of beef is available (6) AROUND

4 What the priest wears the old babu wore (8,5) CLERICAL DRESS

6 As pulled to produce a ringing sound (4,4) BELL ROPE

7 Supervise, we hear, away from India (7) OVERSEA

8 This bay is a convict settlement (6) BOTANY

10 What you pay when you settle the electricity bill? (7,6) CURRENT PRICES

15 Glass vessel floating in the sea? (8) SCHOONER

16 Fall from clouds (4,4) COME DOWN

18 Sporting fish seen around flatboat (7) LARKING

20 Article on mali's shooing off beasts (7) ANIMALS

21 These dresses are easy on the wearer (6) SLACKS

22 Evergreen combination of Amy and Ric (6) MYRICA

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Aug 10 23:14:44 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Which one might roll up for some manual job (7) SLEEVES

5 Drinking-cup rocks as I set (6) TASSIE

9 Elbow the sheep? (5) ANCON

10 Where one admission is made after another (9) TURNSTILE

11 Pa, I'm old enough to get a certificate (7) DIPLOMA

12 Robber crew encircling equipment (7) BRIGAND

13 Got up to admit one girl (5) ROSIE

14 Sen, iron it out so we get an advertisement (9) INSERTION

16 You may use it to make an opening or gain an entrance (5,4) BRASS KNOB

19 Record lost in epochal turn-out by ancient Tamil empire (5) CHOLA

21 Shorten a dentist's work (7) ABRIDGE

23 Persuade one to change one's belief (7) CONVERT

24 Ironbarks (9) EUCALIPTI

25 Clown is hostile to a hundred (5) ANTIC

26 It's ass settling into a state of inactivity (6) STASIS

27 One time plentiful, for instance (7) EXAMPLE

Down

1 Ordinary household servant in olden India? No, outstanding leader (8,6) STANDARD BEARER

2 Gets away before completing the time? (7) ESCAPES

3 Against senior serving drink (3,4) VIN ROSE

4 State employment (9) SITUATION

5 Tremble over spilt broth (5) THROB

6 Being more of a cry-baby, young sibling has halting rise (7) SISSIER

7 Somehow ram it in: the team needs a font (7) IMITARI

8 Where an editor has his say (7,7) LEADING ARTICLE

15 Contribute as an underwriter (9) SUBSCRIBE

17 A tropic-processed fruit (7) APRICOT

18 Restricts theologian involved in deals (7) SADDLES

19 Record "Goodbye," a musical work (7) CANTATA

20 When the vehicle has no roof (4-3) OPEN TOP

22 Nearly open public showings (5)EXPOS

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Aug 11 23:08:39 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 It's not worn during peace time (3,5) WAR DRESS

5 Dwelt on the sailor having died mysteriously (6) ABIDED

10 Between France and Spain, Dora ran furiously (7) ANDORRA

11 Ava slow in making confessions (7) AVOWALS

12 Tom meeting oriental goddess (6)

13 Steels mentally (6,2)

15 Language that friend and I write in (4) PALI

16 Part of page where nothing is written (5,5) BLANK SPACE

18 Nothing hard about this style (4,6) EASY MANNER

20 Sailor in right frame returned with a ski-lift (1-3) A BAR

23 Wisdom in tale on metropolis (8) SAGACITY

24 Japanese governor doesn't complete display with weapon (6)SHOGUN

26 Its vision is wicked (4,3) EVIL EYE

27 Doubly prevent a girl (7) BARBARA

28 To the unknown, his turn is playful (6) TOYIST

29 Asked for the bogus arrangement (8) BESOUGHT

Down

1 As might be asked by the listener of an eventful story (4,7,4) WHAT HAPPENS NEXT

2 Firebrand carries out raid on parts of Calif. (7) RADICAL

3 Something unusual: all in a flutter, I tarry (6) RARITY

4 Launch suitable method to gain influence (4)

6 It holds volumes (4,4) BOOK CASE

7 Nothing lively in the main here? (4,3) DEAD SEA

8 The magician must be present to do this with an article (12,3) DISAPPEARING ACT

9 One who is not in the driving seat (9) PASSENGER

14 Enter plea to hack the growth (5-4) PLANE TREE

17 Loud kisses given by old poet hugging hundred aboard (8) SMACKERS

19 Mean to communicate silently if on the edge of agony (7) SIGNIFY

21 What some sound crackers may produce (3,4) BIG BANG

22 In India, surround an employer strikingly ? (6) GHEROA

25 Effective island uprising (4)ABLE
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Aug 13 0:59:19 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Drink a litre in all (5) TOTAL

4 Language used after fool knocked
over glue (3,6) GUM ARABIC

9 Rest have told untruths before (3,4)

10 Lioness treated for injuries (7) LESIONS

11 Periodical shows little girl with vase
in a wood on outskirts of
Tredegar (5,7)

14 Supplying food item Allan ordered (9) ALIMENTAL

17 Girl engaging to Chekov? (5)

18 Article by newspaper initially
exposing robbery (5) THEFT

19 Feeds one sushi, worried about recipe (9) NOURISHES

20 Get ahead of one's turn and disregard
the row afterwards (4,3,5) JUMP THE QUEUE

25 Stare at notice at dance (7)

26 Extent of life around deserts
originally (7)

27 Soldier on exercises runs hard (9)

28 Pass either way (5)

Down

1,2 Statement hitherto all false? I don't
believe you (4,4,2,3,7)

3 Drop of Scotch in Cornish town is
free! (5)

4 Explosive piece? 100 found under bed (9) GUNCOTTON

5 Tooth, ancient but incomplete,
discovered in ruin (5) MOLAR

6 Twinkling star, a distant one with
name of an Ethiopian prince (3,6) RAS TAFARI

7,8 Item of furniture used by new cook in HQ (8) BOOK CASE

12,13 Had enough? Those often
threatened, possibly (2,3,3,2,4,6)

15 Group of attendants cheer, having
little time for head of college (9) ENTHUSING

16 Ludicrous comic (9) LAUGHABLE

21 Vitality plus nervous energy (5) PULSE

22 Eccentric short monarch, king (5) QUIRK

23, 24 Ignoring third of debt, what could
be repayable in 2008? (4,4)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Aug 16 7:59:26 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Apartheid issue in which written evidence is put down (5,3,5) BLACK AND WHITE

8 Composer who left his mark (7) STAINER

9 Coached by editor for a particular purpose (7) TRAINED

11 Made a fatal circuit at sea (6) AFLOAT

13 Girl student on course, got peer agitated (8) PROTEGEE

15 Echo the same thing (5) DITTO

16 Nice tax arrangement � but it's not right (7) INEXACT

18 Shortfall is handy around here in France (7) DEFICIT

19 Spoke again and again (5) RADII

21 Very wealthy tributary (8) AFFLUENT

23 Sort of ulcer caused by the latest investment spasm? (6) PEPTIC

25 To save up, I've concluded, can be dodgy (7) EVASIVE

26 Tree work (7)

28 Turning points in town? (6,7) STREET CORNERS

Down

2 Left ale split on the sheet (7) LEAFLET

3 Bill given direction to have sufficient power (3)

4 Gold with gunner has a certain coloured flow (4) AURA

5 Washing up aids do anything but encourage men folk (10) DETERGENTS

6 He has the skill to understand the core of a problem (5) HEART

7 Drunk performing inside this evening (7) TONIGHT

8 Relax, Tommy! It's only a joke! (5,2,4) STAND AT EASE

10 Wear ring in high gallery? (5,6) DRESS CIRCLE

12 A stupid fellow when upset becomes withdrawn (5) ALOOF

14 Frustrate by removing high C from disc concert (10) DISCONCERT

17 A European for the most part to come to terms (5) AGREE

18 Fined at becoming insolently bold (7) DEFIANT

20 The undisciplined ride to junction was more eccentric (7) DOTTIER

22 Act together as one (5) UNITE

24 Some pros long to visit a European capital city (4) OSLO

27 Gunner on course, covered a distance (3) RAN
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Aug 17 0:52:33 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Free to ring back, having ring back? (10) DISENGAGED

5 An offspring for Brazilian journalist arranged (4) BRED

9 Walked a horse around very quietly (7) STEPPED

10 Crazy about fruit (7) BANANAS

12 Reject animal in favour of large American plower (8) KILLDEER

13 Track course on river as alternative (5) SPOOR

15 The in charge has drawn out a treatise on morals (5) ETHIC

17 Where substitutes wait for subsidiary jobs (9) SIDELINES

19 Marine upset over the German excess (9) REMAINDER

21 Idles about to fall out of use (5) SLIDE

23 A Satan brings presents for children? (5) SANTA

24 Inherits the estate and makes a go of things (8) SUCCEEDS

27 Salt � it will come in bearing tax (7) NITRATE

28 Where an unthankful person might get a roasting (7) INGRATE

29 Ace leaving the top of the waves (4) SURF

30 Buffoon almost climbed the mound (10) MOUNTEBANK

Down

1 Some write on it, some provide sketches (4) DESK

2 Wishes daughter resorts to Scandinavian language (7) SWEDISH

3 Plane crash in the Himalayas (5) NEPAL

4 Applied oneself to short advertisement on ceremonial clothing (9) ADDRESSED

5 Coal burning fast on such days (5) EMBER

7 Summary reduction in manpower (3,4) RUN DOWN

8 Worried after a visit to the hairdresser? (10) DISTRESSED

11 Settles comfortably when sent to the newly made French quarter (7) NESTLES

14 Objects to going around before shows (10) REPRESENTS

16 Mexican girl almost smart and fashionable (7) CHICANA

18 Order bearing (9) DIRECTION

20 A senior pupil employed as a watch dog (7) MONITOR

22 End of booked passage holds article in a state (7) INDIANA

24 Sent nothing out in a constricted and contracted form (5) STENO

25 A high flier well below par when on course (5) EAGLE

26 Last month, thousand accommodated on platform (4) DECK
Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Aug 17 23:14:27 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Foul pass (6)

4 Perfect without the merest hint of any rain (8) SPOTLESS

10 Delayed Al on one side (7) LATERAL

11 A tree shelter in place (7)

12 Logs cut on either side of the Severn (4)

13 Stock freely distributed to investors (10)

16 He may turn out to be on the overt side (6) TREVOR

17 It responds to a stimulus (7) REACTOR

20 Action to reconstruct was the result of ten who care (7) REENACT

21 A pointer from a mouse? (6) CURSOR

24 Chaps on donkeys take time to make judgment (10) ASSESSMENT

25 Is circumventing less than one of the charged particles (4) IONS

27 Displeasure at the assault (7) OFFENCE

29 The highest part of the church needs to be pointed (7) STEEPLE

30 Tiles are to be used at the very beginning (8) EARLIEST

31 A French wine cartel broken up (6) CLARET

Down

1 Takes pleasure in being slighted, strangely enough (8) DELIGHTS

2 Depth measuring instruments ordered from the east (11) FATHOMETERS

3 Player in one of the early recordings (4)

5 Biblical character with a broken harp I observe (8) PHARISEE

6 A sporting bunch of racketeers! (6,4) TENNIS CLUB

7 Hesitate to repeat a mistake (3) ERR

8 Domestic squabbles are a bit of acts (6) SCENES

9 Bill may possibly lie for her (5)

14 Displays opera hat, the one that brings the house down (4,7) SHOWSTOPPER

15 Where Moses learnt his tables (5,5) MOUNT SINAI

18 Scout perhaps in the ship runs about playfully (8) SCAMPERS

19 There's a distinct possibility of observation (8) PROSPECT

22 State learning means a great deal (6)

23 Girl sang out of anxiety (5) ANGST

26 Water thoroughly (4)

28 Advanced note given to resistance (3)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Aug 18 23:16:19 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 In them students may learn about social divisions (7) CLASSES

5 Seaside disorder caused by pollution? (7) DISEASE

9 Protest against Jack and Henry taking gold (5) ABHOR

10 Fool with records � they'll raise no objection (9) ASSENTERS

11 Model again a new stamp (6) RETYPE

12 Made up instruction for the music writer (8) COMPOSED

14 A Canadian off Japanese parents � that's a sin? (5) NISEI

15 Opening election, party to make a speech carefully worked out (9) ELABORATE

18 In the study I have a fireplace to blacken (9) DENIGRATE

20 Dollar fare appears to be more secure (5) SAFER

22 Turning a gun on the heartless guide (5)

24 It's an illusion seeing silver in the mud (6) MIRAGE

26 Is leaving town for some large guns (9)

27 A Northerner with a type of necktie (5) ASCOT

28 Waterspout for the fireman! (7) HYDRANT

29 Revolutionary to work steadily with a little expense (7)

Down

1 Vexed but showing a sign of better feeling at heart (9) CHAGRINED

2 Firm friend with a chaste disposition (7) ACHATES

3 Very quietly one gets into line for undressing (9) STRIPPING

4 An obligation to secrecy (4) SEAL

5 Finding out Ted is a clod, may well be put out (10) DISLOCATED

6 Beginning of a new day (5) SUNUP

7 Tax free investment in continent causing indigestion (7) APEPSIA

8 Made comfortable to be relieved from pain (5) EASED

13 Store division (10) DEPARTMENT

16 Arranging reorganisation of station, be firm (9) OBSTINATE

17 See about a stern resolution in serious fashion (9) EARNESTLY

19 Denied revolver being used in necessity (7)

21 Accommodation overhead? (7)

22 Stretch out to Henry with care (5) REACH

23 She may be sick to the French (5)

25 Sharing a common pattern in short (4)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Aug 19 23:52:35 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Most of Italian wine left in church for man on board (6) CASTLE

4 Shaken, note, kept in school about it (8) AGITATED

9 Artisan needs Band-aid, then emergency room (9) PLASTERER

11 A shot to the offside towards point is shrewd (5) ACUTE

12 Holds file showing monument (7,6) NELSONS COLUMN

14 Social worker, woman, returned with an aerial (7) ANTENNA

16 Good mixer has litre in the course of drinking spree (7) BLENDER

17 It takes a rum one possibly to sweep one off one's feet (7) ENAMOUR

19 Sense I'm in dreadful form, pointing to a rival who can't be beaten (7) NEMESIS

21 Breakaway movement stopping ruler somehow (8,5) SPLINTER GROUP

24 A cereal with fruit? (5) ACORN

25 Assassin with an open razor (3-6) CUT THROAT

26 Crony, Alf, trained in the art of hunting with certain birds of prey (8) FALCONRY

27 Stiffness shown by Amber leaving arbitrary tribunal (6) STARCH

Down

1 Company to write to US golfer for capital(10) COPENHAGEN

2 Little square by shopping centre (5) SMALL

3 Lengthen lease, in writing (3,4)

5 Expression of surprise from British general and playwright (6,7) GORDON BENNETT

6 Speak badly of a duke during ceasefire (7) TRADUCE

7 Steaks done differently in Loire town (9) TOURNEDOS

8 In conference, pass on piece of tittle-tattle (4) DREK

10 Meals on wheels provider ? (10,3) RESTAURANT CAR

13 Go over plot with grump (10) CROSSPATCH

15 A poisonous fungus? A lot stood out (9) TOADSTOOL

18 Rosalind's lover is here in Florida (7) ORLANDO

20 Photograph fool having injection (3,4) MUG SHOT

22 Smell coming from European river, reportedly (5) ODOUR

23 Vulgar characters involved in foreign affairs (4) NAFF

Teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Aug 21 0:03:08 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Extends the quiet study made in Sunday school (7) SPREADS

5 Ask for one of the little people � fifty stone! (7) IMPLORE

9 A firedog to stir the fire (7)

10 This garden flower for the most part is composed of fleshy fruit (7)

11 Images of those admired (5) ICONS

12 It's close to being a provocative song (6,3)

13 Not quite matched? How irregular! (9) INTRICATE

15 Wheels around in a lively dance (5) RIDES

16 Skinhead getting on top of goody goody youth (5)

18 Make whole � or get near it, anyway (9) INTEGRATE

21 The head in consequence has become firmly established (9) ENSCONCED

24 Women's head ornament worn by former Persian kings! (5) TIARA

25 Made up a tale about the high ground (7) PLATEAU

26 They have hands to work for coverings (7)

27 Seems to be a downward progress of the French perfume (7) DESCENT

28 Given positive confidence (7) ASSURED

Down

1 Bantu made a wish around 1.50 (7) SWAHILI

2 New cadet or old soldier (7) REDCOAT

3 Attracting some attention when stopping? (9) ARRESTING

4 Directs the termination in ship (5)

5 Not disposed to snivel, though unable to settle (9)

6 More clean and unsoiled (5) PURER

7 Playing while travelling by coach (2,5) ON BOARD

8 Makes it safe to hire English nurses (7) ENSURES

14 Battle for liquor in a judicial assembly (9) AGINCOURT

15 Honest as this rogue could be (9) RIGHTEOUS

16 Walked short distance on road to take peep at daughter (7) STEPPED

17 Lass in car ordered out by rogues (7) RASCALS

19 A mate at old city, practices art for the love of it (7) AMATEUR

20 Went by Oriental circuits, getting one in press (7) ELAPSED

22 Have a look at an old boy, abnormally fat (5) OBESE

23 Will go mad in a muddle of doctrines (5) DOGMA
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Aug 21 23:53:12 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Doctor Alec's ire disguised in pretended grief (9,5) CROCODILES TEARS

8 Clothes for a skinny man in Theosophical Society (6) TWEEDS

9 Disc jockey, a head of a Hindu united family, in eastern capital (8) DJAKARTA

11 First male worker is followed by finalists in rally in a very determined wary (9) ADAMANTLY

12 Bit of a peculiar hum beamed from an imaginary line on earth (5) RHUMB

13 As might be a sweater, or brows (7) KNITTED

15 Doing business in tailless expensive fish (7) DEALING

17 Grass, a proteas variety (7) ESPARTO

19 Such a book has numbers of sheets missing (7) UNPAGED

21 One of Caesar's killers, accountants' accountant (5) CASCA

23 Spotted pet, one of many seen on screen (9) DAMATIAN

25 View yard afresh from path leading to house (8) DRIVEWAY

26 Disease-carrier set off twice (6) TSETSE

27 Modern operation for your sly Greek: he is surprised (7,7) KEYHOLE SURGERY

Down

1 A model's way of showing clothes (7) CATWALK

2 Work on time in musical drama (5) OPERA

3 Great work of art � by Mr. Chips" (3,6) OLD MASTER

4 Took pleasure in upsetting needy Jo (7) ENJOYED

5 Long narrow hill, part of athletes kermesse (5) ESKER

6 Diverting a ruler (Edward Rex) on a pleasure trip (9) REROUTING

7 Chatterbox's hydrogen balloon (6) GASBAG

10 Earring of the macho (4) STUD

14 Admission of being inactive and showing no emotion (9) IMPASSIVE

16 Customs official gets a soft word of praise right at the end (9) APPRAISER

17 Money to settle company dues (6) ESCUDO

18 Peculiar thing, the first, third or fifth delivery in the over? (7) ODDBALL

19 Repulsive plug dropped by hoodlum (4) UGLY

20 In a stupid way, deny Les is wrong (7) DENSELY

22 Hebrew character, first of all (5) ALEPH

24 Valuable fibre from plant raised in a greenbelt site (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Aug 22 23:36:29 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Record of what one can hear of a Radio Guam broadcast (9) AUDIOGRAM

5 Benefactor who made an opening around the north (5) DONOR

8 Steam from a boiler in Geneva poured out with a hiss (6) VAPOUR

9 A tax I rage about is given without legal obligation (2,6) EX GRATIA

11 Drive-in cargo ship (2-2) RO RO

12 One getting married or two? (10) BRIDEGROOM

14 Made a bovine sound (low) (5) MOOED

15 Endure the most and be the final one to lose the wicket (7) OUTLAST

16 Small dam in Tamil Nadu that a unit can repair (7) ANNICUT

17 Notorious assassin in a stall (5) BOOTH

19 Bewitched saint faced trouble (10) FASCINATED

20 Partner of radius in the forearm (4) ULNA

22 Solving crimes, Intelligence Officer finds a kind of chemical compound (8) ISOMERIC

23 Cause an obstruction in Cochin deriding regulations (6) HINDER

24 Hair of a player of no account? (5) TRESS

25 Jealous, as can be seen from one's look (5-4) GREEN EYED

Down

1 Modifier of a word of action unexpectedly, say (6) ADVERB

2 Tradesmen potter about in a big shop (10,5) DEPARTMENT STORE

3 The burden relating to America (4) ONUS

4 What Navratilova and Paes could play (5,7) MIXED DOUBLES

5 Go in, dear, to rustle up belittlement (10) DEROGATION

6 Countrywide time to cover colourful festival � 26th January perhaps (8,7) NATIONAL HOLIDAY

7 Take back in a notice in terms of reference (7) READMIT

10 Believe the sailor giving evaluation of one's ability to repay (6,6) CREDIT RATING

13 Bad temper caused by a chosen suit getting ripped (10) TOUCHINESS

16 A flat, if built with a bit of clay, may cause suffering (7) AFFLICT

18 Intense dislike for a panama, for example; bright in colour (6) REDHAT

21 Appearance of one accepted by people (4) MIEN

Happy teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Aug 23 23:33:09 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Cradle snatcher's partner? (5,4) CHILD WIFE

5 Officer, in depression, makes pattern of small loops (5) PICOT

8 What the postman makes as a result of labour (8) DELIVERY

9 Cured fish for a captain losing head (6) KIPPER

11 Clear reversal seen in periodic ultrasound scan (5) LUCID

12 Prosperity for all � a Savoyard's movement in India (9) SARVODAYA

13 Tell about money, it is smooth (6)

14 Do without a girl's money, say (8) DISPENSE

16 Parent's weapon, one to open the Inbox? (8) PASSWORD

18 Pithy way of interpreting "coming" (6) GNOMIC

22 It goes on a piece of glass in the lab and screens a feature (9) COVERSLIP

23 Composer of a regal composition (5) ELGAR

24 Secretion to make the listener swell (6) EARWAX

25 Agree to shrink (8) CONTRACT

26 Break common in political groups (5) SPLIT

27 Rescuer who may be triable or otherwise (9) LIBERATOR

Down

1 Treats with indulgence, with or without Molly (7) CODDLES

2 Sick? Is it said to be unauthorised? (7) ILLICIT

3 What the investor looks forward to could be broken up around the north: battle cry follows (8,7) DIVIDEND WARRANT

4 Somehow nourish loveless, sudden, big flow (6) INRUSH

5 Anonymous communication � from a writer full of venom, perhaps (6-3,6) POISON PEN LETTER

6 Army officer, a team leader (7) CAPTAIN

7 The better half to compete for a flat roof (7) TERRACE

10 Weak female upsets fibber (5)

15 The fabric of parade ground activity (5)

16 Partners of movers in the relocation business (7) PACKERS

17 Various levers � a novelty (7) SEVERAL

19 My allowance of money announced for one moving abroad (7) MIGRANT

20 Museum official puts dog on reversed roster (7) CURATOR

21 Self-confidence shown by pal involved with mob (6) APLOMB
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Aug 25 2:54:20 2006. [Full View]

Across
1 Russian dish, a variation from cold broths (7) BORSCHT
5 Be inclined in advance to dissemble (7) PRETEND
9 Simple home, with diligence, becomes a small production unit (7,8) COTTAGE INDUSTRY
10 Right, a beauty of a vegetable (6) RADISH
11 Try again with directions, practise (8) RECOURSE
13 Rope isn't commonly seen in battle makeup (3,5) WAR PAINT
15 Attack a fool: get sick (6) ASSAIL
18 In vain, editor is groomed to attack (6) INVADE
19 Agreement of daughter to drop out of flirtation (8) ALLAIANCE
22 The figure of American defence (8) PENTAGON
24 Putting two and two together (6) ADDING
27 Servant reportedly endorses study of household work (8,7) DOMESTIC SCIENCE
28 Using surface soil for covering dog's din somehow (7) SODDING
29 Oppressive wind upset two companies, sir (7) SIROCCO
Down
1 Support a fight in the rear line (4,3) BACK
2 Judged and rebuked severely (5) RATED
3 Where clothes may go hang? (4-5) COAT STAND
4 A row in a frontier? Not half (4) TIER
5 Gratify the German with a tax identification first (6) PANDER
6 Escape with a lewd utterance (5) ELUDE
7 Sign up volunteers at home to provide amusement (9) ENTERTAIN
8 Battery of an uninteresting kind? (3,4) DRY CELL
12, 17 Score level with a game for each (3,3) ONE ALL
14 Man gravid? Could be absolutely crazy (6,3) RAVING MAD
16 In the washing machine, it gives clothes quite a turn... (4,5) SPIN DRIER
18 ... and obstructs one representative, scattering seed (7) IMPEDES
20 The Greek-Spanish painter or a good Creole transformed? (2,5) EL GRECO
21 Fighting for a performance in the ring (6) BOXING
23 Musically very upset in a rendering of arias, say (5)
25 Icon I destroyed in a classical architectural style (5) IONIC
26 Egyptian goddess is seen twice here (4) ISIS
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Aug 25 23:11:30 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Frantically touring Greece to find a device for detecting radioactivity (6,7) GEIGER COUNTER

10 Aristocrat's vital fluid (4,5) BLUE BLOOD

11 Negative sounding equine cry (5) NEIGH

12 Dodge the first woman carrying notice (5) EVADE

13 Wild rose, inelegant variety (9) EGLANTINE

14 Belief in god is contained by those people (6) THEISM

16 Support at home for an intellectual (5) BRAIN

19 Brag about finding sulphur in vessel (5) BOAST

20 Power generator for a Monday trip (6) DYNAMO

25 An embargo executed � end of suspense for insurer to whom a wreck is left (9)

26 A fissure in half the muscle: foot is shortened (5) CLEFT

27 Heritage site in Karnataka mentioned by some Akshardham pilgrims (5) HAMPI

28 Hebrew prophet's regulations contained in the Pentateuch (6,3) MUSLIM LAW

29 What could co-passengers on board a ship be � having the same problems? (2,3,4,4) IN THE SAME BOAT

Down

2 Knowledgeable English editor pockets old gold coin (8) EDUCATED

3 Triangular section of wall that becomes black in strong wind (5) GABLE

4 High-level construction worker (6) ROOFER

5 The hoary fame of the Stars and Stripes (3,5) OLD GLORY

6 A lightweight, ninety-ton production! (9) NONENTITY

7 I rile feverishly, swallowing unknown cure-all (6) ELIXIR

8 Express opposition to a material thing (6) OBJECT

9 Bad-tempered person who got tamed in the bard's work (5) SHREW

15 With a singular expression, look for a game swimmer (9)

17 Giant waves that caused mass unit movement (8) TSUNAMIS

18 Flower that makes a bactrian turn sick, upset (8) CAMELLIA

21 Capital city shown in a terra cotta water colour (6) OTTAWA

22 Caught with pain in a hiding place (5) CACHE

23 Comic character, a servant in the services (6) BATMAN

24 Jettisoned goods associated with flotsam in odds and ends (6) JETSAM

26 Go up with a class one doctor (5) CLIMB
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Aug 27 0:04:31 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Go round a market, mostly in dense fog (3,4)

5 Mounted bullfighter with pair doc treated (7)PICADOR

9 A gypsy with a distinctive smell (5) AROMA

10 Literary hero found in lake in Virginia close to Bridgewater (9)

11 Start out on a journey with group, by the side of Scottish river (3,5) SET FORTH

12 Be up to some criminal activity then make off furtively (4,2)

14 A row of policemen, inadequate down by railway track (4,4,4) THIN BLUE LINE

17 Immediately before any serious study took place (2,5,5) AT FIRST SIGHT

20 Very good Dutch painter is alone (6)

21 Son is cross, failing to identify cutters (8) SCISSORS

23 G-man chose ridiculous dress (9) CHEONGSAM

24 Select piece of escalope, low in calories (5) ELITE

25 Call of wren tit learned (7) ENTITLE

26 Sup bubbly, before biting mushroom (7) UPSTART

Down

1 Power lift gets acclaim (6) PRAISE

2 A disease one got from a rodent (6) AGOUTI

3 Flying separately, team's leader, not
in touch with reality (2,7,6) ON ANOTHER PLANET

4 Head touring a Roman province (10)

5 Licked end of lollipop - superb (4) PLUM

6 A game of chess where pin is disastrous (7,8) CHINESE WHISPERS

7 Evil toad, awfully fit (8) DOVETAIL

8 Artist associated with Rhode Island draws freaks (8)

13 Welsh party dry? I clam up,
perplexed (5,5) PLAID CIMRU

15 Inflict a heavy defeat upon a large
number - fixed race (8) MASSACRE

16 A female, graceful and wealthy (8) AFFLUENT

18 Ian leaving US state with a girl (6) LOUISA

19 Express agreement when told to go (6) ASSENT

22 One famous golfer turned up in
Anglesey, say (4)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Aug 28 23:19:13 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Raising bees in a part of India, one with refinement (10) APICULTURE

7 Can a sailor be a head of a monastery in France? (4) ABBE

9 Chop permitted in a tasty dish (6) CUTLET

10 Grounding an electrical device (8) EARTHING

11 A supplement that could tie David in knots (8) ADDITIVE

12 Plant (milfoil) that is, by the end of the day, a missile (6) YARROW

13 Flaw brings a wry smile in the outskirts of Balharshah (7) BLEMISH

16 Quick light taps made partially by a pipit apathetically (7) PITAPAT

17 Marine creature of the month: work of art (7) OCTOPUS

19 Long, eventful journey, one by Homer? (7) ODYSSEY

22 It's apt, oddly, to be too old for something (4,2) PAST IT

23 Seat that might charm Ira (8) ARMCHAIR

26 Itchy skin eruption mentioned in an unfamiliar iambic verse (8) MILIARIA

27 One versed in law is fair about time in prison (6) JURIST

28 A spinner of indigo (4) ANIL

29 Precise look-alike of an indifferent chimer (4,6) DEAD RINGER

Down

2 Money for a hit (5) POUND

3 The substance to create tranquility around frenzied ICU (7) CALCIUM

4 It gives the cop something to charge people with (5) LATHI

5 Variable and rough new venue (6) UNEVEN

6 Flier likely to get the proverbial worm (5,4) EARLY BIRD

7 The guru is shy in a group of compulsive drinkers (7) ACHARYA

8 Have a good trip in France (3,6) BON VOYAGE

14 Production of milk � a lot I can't get distributed (9) LACTATION

15 Equipped with a doorlike cover, say, in the garage (9) SHUTTERED

18 Being tested in court action (2,5) ON TRIAL

20 Rana has a dizzy spell characteristic of a big desert (7) SAHARAN

21 A prohibition in American state for a tent by the seaside (6) CABANA

24 Very important prime minister once (5) MAJOR

25 Children are a topic of discussion (5) ISSUE

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Aug 30 0:08:52 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Head hunter's agent on the prowl (6,5) TALENT SCOUT

9 Daughter reportedly ruled and made constant demands on energy (7) DRAINED

10 Laced with a halogen, ODI side is transformed (7) IODISED

11 Measure employed in an ill-lit restaurant (5) LITRE

12 A car in USA chopped up for wood (9) CASUARINA

13 Flattery, the stuff of some operas (4) SOAP

15 Queen chases awful curse, is a deliverer (7) RESCUER

19 Low seat for a scooter driver, you say? (7) OTTOMAN

20 Independent secret agent is in a guessing game (1-3) I SPY

24 Notes of things to be remembered by dream man dithering about love (9) MEMORANDA

25 Sing with joy, girl! (5) CAROL

27 Mound of soil, result of worker's building effort (3,4) ANT HILL

28 Firearm given to British engineer by peacekeeper (4,3) BREN GUN

29 Songbird has a dark time in big storm (11) NIGHTINGALE

Down

1 "Your health!" in some bread (5) TOAST

2 Surgical knife named in medical journal (6) LANCET

3 Negative game of chance? Nothing doing (2,4) NO DICE

4 Old maid who could turn round an agitation reportedly (8) SPINSTER

5 Military hardware that I omitted in Presidential order (8) ORDNANCE

6 Irritability shown in a contest in essay-writing (9) TESTINESS

7 Soiled one trained to worship (7) IDOLISED

8 A chap who admits daughter is a publicity person ... (5) ADMAN

14 ... and a man out to repair a programmed robot (9) AUTOMATON

16 Seeking favour in a place of trial, fashionable, good (8) COURTING

17 Metal glove that can be taken up in a challenge (8) GAUNTLET

18 Big blow for one docked in a series of events (7) CYCLONE

21 Damaging criticism of Erasmus, hurting without us (5) SMEAR

22 Copy of transport, good in France (6) CARBON

23 Skin disorder with red blisters (6) ECZEMA

26 Disreputable person, with a bit of greed at heart, is an unprincipled one (5) ROGUE

Good teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Aug 30 23:05:55 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Places earmarked for those who deserve rest, as ordered (8,5) RESERVED SEATS

9 One who puts things right or changes them (7) AMENDER

10 Garland guaranteed to bring relaxation (7) LEISURE

11 Could a Roosevelt tolerate a stuffed toy? (5,4) TEDDY BEAR

12 Special robes expected to cover the fat (5) OBESE

13 Feel sleepy if English word's misspelt (6) DROWSY

14 Appointment of a representative of French heritage (8) DELEGACY

17 Where to get clean � spa town in England with space (8) BATHROOM

19 Money short: sibling gets cordial (6) CASSIS

23 Non-uniform civilian clothes (5) MUFTI

25 Begin to make a speech about one drink (9) ORIGINATE

26 Age is no cure for acute pains (7) AGONIES

27 A useful tool but, in the works, an impediment (7) SPANNER

28 Time for practical jokes for Lloyd of Paris, a deviant (5,5,3) APRIL FOOLS DAY

Down

1 Hauled over the coals and well and truly cooked (7) ROASTED

2 Fast vessel beats dope runner (9) SPEEDBOAT

3 Inflamed features common in snapshots (3,4) RED EYES

4 Breadwinner shows some clear nervousness (6) EARNER

5 Getting regular pay, but ladies are endlessly worried (8) SALARIED

6 The plug I sit for is about fat (7) ADIPOSE

7 Cheek that is common to goose and gander? (5) SAUCE

8 Where is beer made? In a British jug, last in display (7) BREWERY

15 Sailor, tarnished, did not cast his vote (9) ABSTAINED

16 Huge failure to make money in fuel (8) COLOSSAL

17 Pompous talk is a flop when truth dawns (7) BOMBAST

18 More wet national park in Washington (7) RAINIER

20 David's wife cooked up a good alibi (7) ABIGAIL

21 Put complete trust in menswear bypassing others (5,2) SWEAR BY

22 Complete failure provided upset when company trailed (6) FIASCO

24 Plant life in American state I'd missed (5) FLORA

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 1 0:57:36 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Converted in the sport of Wales (6,4) KICKED OVER

6 Let original form stand (4) STET

9 Showing undue favouritism towards one's relations (7) NEPOTIC

10 Meantime coming with international mire-slinging (7) INTERIM

12 Friend has some scenes with another team (8) PLAYMATE

13 First sign of the Zodiac (5) ARIES

15 Excitedly in motion (5) ASTIR

17 Attracting some attention when stopping (9) ARRESTING

19 Became unreasonably exorbitant (9) STEEPENED

21 A bit of shinbone (5) TIBIA

23 Common ground for negotiation (5) BASIS

24 Pertaining to conjunction of planets (7) SYNODIC

27 General pardon for little woman brandishing sten (7) AMNESTY

28 Member of the Oxford University (7) OXONIAN

29 Tide over prescribed course of food (4) DIET

30 A refurbished guide for those who went to wine and dine differently (3,7) NEW EDITION

Down

1 Of gentle and benevolent nature (4) KIND

2 He assists in operating the flying controls of an aircraft (7) COPILOT

3 Liberty to go or come (5) ENTRY

4 A profit never repeated? (4,5) ONCE AGAIN

5 Long absence from one's native land (5) EXILE

7 Ends interim agreement (7) TERMINI

8 It tells us when the new batch of mail gets in (4,6) TIME SIGNAL

11 Being conveyed across through passage (7) TRANSIT

14 Not genuine beaver? (5,5) FALSE BRAND

16 Takes up another assumed attitude and lies (7) REPOSES

18 Woman's long coat with cutaway front (9) REDINGOTE

20 Intrinsic nature that makes a thing what it is (7) ESSENCE

22 Bacteria that causes disease (7) BACCILI

24 Manner of writing or doing (5) STYLE

25 He hits the rock for cleaning (5) DHOBI

26 Soon presently (4) ANON

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 1 22:46:22 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 He takes out especially by force (9) EXTRACTOR

5 Ray of light (4) BEAM

8 Sooner than before (3) ERE

9 Slavish imitator (7) COPYCAT

10 She is an amateur nursemaid (3) AMA

11 Type of dilapidated manor (5) ROMAN

12 Regretful of the wrongdoing done (9) REPENTANT

13 Caused to spin with buzzing sound (7) WHIRRED

15 Twelfth sign of the Zodiac (6) PISCES

17 Announce or make known (6) NOTIFY

18 Criminally behaves with intent? (7) LOITERS

21 Chief officer of town or borough (9) PORTREEVE

22 Tickled trout for the teacher (5) TUTOR

24 Blunder in her reasoning (3) ERR

25 An additional one (7) ANOTHER

26 Long narrow inlet (3) RIA

27 Double button cap (4)

28 Impractical hope for some smokers (4,5) PIPE DREAM

Down

1 The ridge that frames the organ of sight (7) EYEBROW

2 Unit of heat (5) THERM

3 Caused to grow gradually small towards the end (7) TAPERED

4 Statement of ingredients for preparing dish (6) RECIPE

5 Heraldic device for lefthanded conductor? (5,8) BATON

6 A heavy fall of snow (9) AVALANCHE

7 Succulent plant with no leaves (6) CACTUS

9 Player who makes middling process (6,7) CENTRE FORWARD

14 Explain the meaning of writings (9) INTERPRET

16 I help cub to make good investment (4,4) BLUE CHIP

17 He is a new quiet relation (6) NEPHEW

19 Taunting remarks that often hurt (7) SARCASM

20 Recover what is lost (6) RECOUP

23 Concise element of smarter set (5) TERSE
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 2 22:53:13 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Take back nectar, possibly (6) RECANT

5 Second to best one causes great amusement (6) SCREAM

8 Man, perhaps, could make offer that includes gym (5) BIPED

9 Reach the required standard in test at university (7,2) MEASURE UP

11 US city architect meeting trouble in outskirts of Venice (9) NASHVILLE

12 Country home, one in withdrawn ad (5) INDIA

13 At one, try suspect officer, legal officer (8-7) ATTORNEY GENERAL

16 Formula One driver's form of exercise? (7,8) CIRCUIT TRAINING

19 American, long time in employment (5) USAGE

21 Steersman at sea, in a muddle (5-4) MARES NEST

23 Secretive contract, organised carefully (9) TIGHTKNIT

24 Pot plant (5) GRASS

25 Surveying instrument not able to highlight celestial body (6) PLANET

26 Excursion abroad in rear of tug (6) OUTING

Down

2 Interpreter showing model round top of rotunda (9) EXPOSITOR

3 New town development also finished (7) ANDOVER

4 Language from male in the rear (5) TAMIL

5 Son caught by one trying to get his own back, a sweeper? (9) SCAVENGER

6 Social gathering in Rouen to be rearranged (7) REUNION

7 A principal forward (5) AHEAD

8 Rely on a Conservative nobleman for a possible source of funds (4,7) BANK ACCOUNT

10 Blessed legate prays for entry to paradise (6,5) PEARLY GATES

14 Caf� site meant for reconstruction (9) ESTAMINET

15 Cause a noisy disturbance in lift, one in prison (5,4) RAISE CAIN

17 Left undefeated, though bowled out? (7) UNEATEN

18 Enlightenment? In a sense (7) INSIGHT

20 Michelangelo's financial backer (5) ANGEL

22 Allowance cut in proportion (5) RATIO

Special thanx to Chaturvasi, the moderator of the Orkut cwd community!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 2 23:24:38 2006. [Full View]

PP,

Across-
13. Attorney General

Down-
6. Reunion
10. Pearly Gates
18. Nirvana?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 3 1:55:35 2006. [Full View]

Wow! What a surprise,TN! I never knew you visited this thread. 3 of your answers are correct.
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 3 20:08:08 2006. [Full View]

PP, ��, á�� ¡� �� Ө� ��ĸ��¢�츢��. �� Ĩ�� 즸�� á� ��ž��

Across-
6. Mulla, Ulema?
9. Canasta
11. Static
15. Weather Man
16. Land?
18. Help?
23. Return
25. Season
28. Aerosol

Down-
1. Hacksaw
3. Hashish
13. Trick
14. Vague
20. Sterile
21. Nunnery
24. Tired
26. Club
27. Ammo
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 3 22:48:53 2006. [Full View]

TN, it makes me very happy to see you lending a hand here! I am almost embarrassed at my solo performance here!

Across

1 Fail to make a thorough go of tying the knot? (4,5) HALF HITCH

6 Muslim chief and religious leader (5) CALIF

9 Card game resembling rummy (7) CANASTA

10 Fail to come up to expectations (3,4) LET DOWN

11 Still attics are untidy (6) STATIC

12 Deep gorge with stream (6) CANYON

15 What meaner disposition of a meteorologist (7,3) WEATHER MAN

16 God's beautiful creation looking towards the sky (4) TREE

18 Enable to get over difficulty (4) TIDE

19 Means of passing one's time (10) OCCUPATION

23 A ticket to give back (6) RETURN

25 Time at which something is plentiful (6) SEASON

28 Spray for treatment of roseola (7) AEROSOL

29 Simplest member of the paraffin series (7) METHANE

30 A crucial or difficult point (5) NODUS

31 Whimsical in the style of a musicologist (9) CROTCHETY

Down

1 Tool for cutting metal (7) HACKSAW

2 Help to advance a factory worker (4,1,4) LEND A HAND

3 Dried leaves used as narcotic (7) HASHISH

4 Shallow lidless box forming compartment in trunk (4) TRAY

5 Grasp where the cargo is (4) HOLD

6 Forty winks? (6) CATNAP

7 Outrageously foolish person (5) LOONY

8 In France maybe redhead leaves money (7) FINANCE

13 Trained animal's unusual action (5) TRICK

14 Uncertain or ill-defined meaning you gave (5) VAGUE

17 Replace in lost position (9) REINSTATE

18 Winter rainfall for the tract of land (7) TERRAIN

20 Free from harmful bacteria (7) ASEPTIC

21 Home shared by unmarried sisters (7) NUNNERY

22 Decisive moment in time of danger (6) CRISIS

24 Exhausted and become weary (5) TIRED

26 Combination of parties to foster a particular interest (4) BLOC

27 Short for ammunition (4) AMMO

Good teamwork!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 3 22:57:03 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm.

4D may be tray.
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 3 22:59:16 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

6 Forty winks? (6) CATNAP

�� PP!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 3 23:08:56 2006. [Full View]

1A may be Hole Hitch.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 3 23:34:32 2006. [Full View]

TN, your answers make way for more answers. What a pleasure to work as team!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 4 0:05:21 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm 19A may be Occupation. Then you have to find P_E____ for the free of bacteria one.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Sep 4 3:12:27 2006. [Full View]

You are right, TN! And that answer has cleared 2 more!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 4 17:48:13 2006. [Full View]

Across-
1. Arrests
5. Revelry
9. Nothing
10. Illegal
11. Yet
13. Tribe
14. Derail
20. Carrot
24 Event?
27. Sum?
29. Brittle
31. Takeoff

Down-
1. Annoyed
2. Rotator
4. Sugary
6. Valet
7. Lagging
8. Yellers
21. Risotto
23. Combat
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Sep 4 22:52:36 2006. [Full View]

Hi, TN!
Let me consolidate the answers:

Across

1 Apprehends an artist turning on the others (7) ARRESTS

5 Very loud merry making in every way (7) REVELRY

9 What does not exist (7) NOTHING

10 Banned blackmarket (7) ILLEGAL

11 So far in the immediate future (3) YET

12 Broad rustic dialect (5)

13 Ethnic group (5) TRIBE

14 Fall off the track (6) DERAIL

15 Channels to proceed along the length of time (8)

18 Compelled to use violence in the finish (8) ENFORCED

20 Organge-red vegetable (6) CARROT

24 Notable occurrence (5) EVENT

26 What assumes great importance (5) GROSS

27 Expanse in abundance (3) SEA

28 I'd burst if you break the rest or calm (7) DISTURB

29 Fragile and apt to break (7) BRITTLE

30 Make wet with mud and dirty (7)

31 Become airborne from the ground (7) TAKEOFF

Down

1 An irritated doyen describing his state of mind (7) ANNOYED

2 Revolving apparatus causing to move round center (7) ROTATOR

3 Machine to turn the rider off (4,5)

4 Become excessively sweet to get what one wants (6) SUGARY

5 Mac's other name (8)

6 Virginia gave leave to the manservant (5) VALET

7 Going too slow and falling behind (7) LAGGING

8 Cowardly howlers (7) YELLERS

16 Comedy hits the mark (9) SLAPSTICK

17 A measure in for that should find a ready market (8)

18 Revised to improve me in the end (7) EMENDED

19 A plant with fragrant tubular flowers that is not fixed (7)

21 Sort it out to get the Italian dish of rice (7) RISOTTO

22 This is soaked to get a refreshing drink (3,4) TEA LEAF

23 Engage in battle (6) COMBAT

25 Turn over pages (5) THUMB
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 5 18:10:15 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
10. Idiot
12. Ruby, Opal?
13. Topsy?
14. Bear? Pain?
17. Onlooker?
20. Nectar?
22. Eclogue
26. Delay
27. Plan
31. Palmoil
32. Discriminatory

Down
4. Soldiers?
5. Option?
16. Souls?
23. Galileo
24. Delphi
28. Zinc?
29. Coma
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Sep 6 0:00:26 2006. [Full View]

A good try, TN!

Across

1 Dynamic and enlightened (7,7) FORWARD LOOKING

9 Requests the worker to be agreeable (8) PLEASANT

10 As a fool I do it badly (5) IDIOT

12 Glassy gemstone displaying variegated colours (4) OPAL

13 Opt so to lean down precariously (5) STOOP

14 Anything disagreeable which has to be endured (4) EVIL

17 Man who looks on him as a judge (8)

18 Movement in slow time (6)

20 Delicious beverage of the gods (6) NECTAR

22 Short poem, especially pastoral dialogue (7) ECLOGUE

25 Kids favour such a drop in a police force (4)

26 Prepared engineer another day (5)

27 Scheme of arrangement (4) PLAN

30 Got an order to make an Indian vehicle (5) TONGA

31 Viscous liquid from an upright unbranched tree (7) PALMOIL

32 Biased and preferential (14) DISCRIMINATORY

Down

2 About 50 with facility to set free (7) RELEASE

3 Service association comes up from a long way (4) AFAR

4 They are enlisted by conscription (8) DRAFTEES

5 Freedom of choice (6) OPTION

6 Contract with needles (4) KNIT

7 Succeeding in getting hold of a person (7)

8 Without definite occupation (2,1,5,3) AT A LOOSE END

11 Like a proficient actor's description of a curate's egg (4,2,5)

15 Commonly observed or done (5) USUAL

16 I have old-fashioned objects of love (5)

19 Place to resettle when idle (3,5) NEW DELHI

21 I burst into song before I drink the wine (7)

23 We would not have a telescope but for him (7) GALILEO

24 Ancient Greek oracle (6) DELPHI

28 Soft mineral in metal container (4) TALC

29 Unnatural heavy sleep (4) COMA
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Sep 6 1:00:57 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
17. Overseer

Down-
4. Draftees
11. Solo On Stage?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Sep 6 18:02:46 2006. [Full View]

PP ma'm,

Across
3. Passionate
10. Seagull
11. Chirrup
15. Precis
18. Answer
24. Lean Sugar
27. Revolve
29. Discordant
30 Envy

Down
1. Unscrew
2. Blanket
4. All's Well (good)
5. Second
6. Owing?
7. Acrylic
8 Exposes
9. Sunshade
16. Rarities
17. Election?
18. Allured
19. Scarves
21. Auction
23. Agreed
25. Salvo
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Sep 7 0:18:08 2006. [Full View]

Very well done, TN!

Across

1 You mob the protuberance in the centre (4) UMBO

3 Animation that ate into one to become amorous (10) PASSIONATE

10 Bird that dupes the sea with its web footed feet (7) SEAGULL

11 Make sharp twittering cry (7) CHIRRUP

12 Immoral men of fashion (5) RAKES

13 These theatres will mind being renovated (9) WINDMILLS

14 Unsuspected dangers (8) PITFALLS

15 Crisp summary of written work (6) PRECIS

18 The reply we wait for (6) ANSWER

20 Covered over by clouds (8) OVERCAST

24 Sweetness for the idler? (4,5) LEAN SUGAR

26 What is brought home after a successful undertaking (5) BACON

27 Move in circular orbit (7) REVOLVE

28 Untwist the strands of thread (7) UNTWINE

29 Incompatible and not in harmony (10) DISCORDANT

30 Resentful contemplation of a more fortunate being (4) ENVY

Down

1 Constant international body is loosened from fastening (7) UNSTRAP

2 Extensive cover for warmth (7) BLANKET

4 Everything is OK, though everyone is affected by inflation (4,4) ALLS WELL

5 Not long after the winner (6) SECOND

6 Hatred developing round one trapped in slung mud (5) ODIUM

7 Polymers get through this acid test (7) ACRYLIC

8 Displays former assumed attitudes (7) EXPOSES

9 Awning for shelter, especially on ship's deck (8) SUNSHADE

16 Uncommon morsels of melted cheese on toast (8) RAREBITS

17 Upset voter directed to the ballot-box? (8) OVERTURN

18 All are tempted to be won over (7) ALLURED

19 They are worn round head and shoulders to scare others? (7) SCARVES

21 Action you take at a sale for the highest bidder (7) AUCTION

22 Something stretched tightly (7) TENSELY

23 Consented to the proposal (6) AGREED

25 Simultaneous discharge of guns (5) SALVO

Good teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Sep 7 23:07:33 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Speed rate (8) VELOCITY

5 Have harmony, son, in marriage (6) UNISON

9 The present time appears sad? No way! (8) NOWADAYS

10 Here's aromatic liquid: rub may be effective (3-3) BAY RUM

12 Expel some of the jousters (4) OUST

13 Waste of tar by spilling causes friction between parties (5,2,3) STATE OF WAR

15 Doctor in mere operation exposes leg (6) MEMBER

17 Praise ten in embroidered tale (5) EXALT

20 Rapid writer (5) SWIFT

21 World body's assistance is retracted (6) UNSAID

24 Such prices are announced during "sales" (4-6) ROCK BOTTOM

27 Assist youth losing headgear (4) HELP

29 Half of them had a trick to use (6) EMPLOY

30 Nipponese tosses a coin for a shrub (8) JAPONICA

31 Talks about southern mountains (6) SPEAKS

32 Last month, I in a Bombay suburb made a judgment (8) DECISION

Down

1 A number to finish with an alternative seller (6) VENDOR

2 We lost. Perhaps, the kind of score which would make anyone lose! (6) LOWEST

3 Payment at the door leading to a final passage (4) CODA

4 Go on the street for a meeting (5) TRYST

6 Marsh, the fiction writer, for one (5) NGAIO

7 As might be turned to open or close a container (5-3) SCREW CAP

8 Name true facility able to solve arithmetical problems (8) NUMERATE

11 Moves the good man to acquire skills (6) STARTS

14 Run to hide! (4) PELT

16 Causes the point to be lost (6) BLUNTS

17 Boy in America (4) ERIC

18 Wild pursuers of royal thrones? (8) USURPERS

19 Follower puts dirty pile under the record (8) DISCIPLE

22 Twins make a sign (6) GEMINI

23 I am out of aspirin that's ordered for an injury (6) SPRAIN

25 A follower to secure the building (5) BLOCK

26 A hero stranded in an international airport (5) OHARE

28 Spoil one with Indian bread (4) ROTI

Thanx, Orkut!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 8 0:02:01 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

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Across
10. Bay Rum
31. Shills

Down
3. Code
6. Ngaio (Ngaio Marsh)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 8 2:35:22 2006. [Full View]

Thanx, TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 8 19:58:07 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

Across
17 Boy in America (4) ERIC
26 A hero stranded in an international airport (5) OHARE

�� PP
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 8 20:07:30 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Restorative?
9. Peeping
11. On top
12. Narrative
13. Avail
15 ____asia - �� PP.
18. Easter egg
22. Digging in
24. Idles
28. Enlargement

Down-
1. Reprobate
2. Slept
3. On impulse
5. Monarch
8. Bite
14. Assigned
16. Candidate
17. Amassment?
19. Egg cell
22. Drop/ Deck
23. Image
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 8 22:54:42 2006. [Full View]

Good start,TN!

Across

1 Lively stir over tea as a stimulant (11) RESTORATIVE

9 What you pay for cover? (7) PREMIUM

10 Horse or dog? (7)

11 In a dominant position (2,3) ON TOP

12 Ran back to share the account (9) NARRATION

13 Handy, but not clever to use (5)

15 Two officers go to a continent for a tuber (9)

18 It may be present during a Christian celebration (6,3) EASTER EGG

21 Numbers to which some may dress (5)

22 Working hard � as archaeologists may do? (7,2) DIGGING UP

24 Does nothing to repair the slide (5) IDLES

26 Contend to usurp the French (7)

27 Chief in the main sees it running against the ship (4-3)

28 It gives a bigger picture (11) ENLARGEMENT

Down

1 Pro involved in kickback is censurable (9) REPROBATE

2 What one did for the rest of the night (5) SLEPT

3 Whimsically opine slum is to be demolished (2,7) ON IMPULSE

4 Boy going before mother can come up with yearbook (6) ALMANAC

5 Like a supreme ruler without a risk (7) INSURED

6 Boy on a heath (5) ERICA

7 Sank into a mobile in New Hampshire town (8)

8 What you're often advised to do before you bear it (4) GRIN

14 The kind of tasks that are duties (8)

16 One who stands for election is almost frank with appointment (9) CANDIDATE

17 Saints sat in a huddle for helper (9) ASSISTANT

19 Ovum (3,4) EGG CELL

20 Grass, for one (7)

22 An elevator route (4)

23 Lest I break the fibre... (5) ISTLE

25 Thread I sell is woven (5) LISLE
From: Chaturvasi on Fri Sep 8 23:57:42 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Lively stir over tea as a stimulant (11) RESTORATIVE

9 What you pay for cover? (7) PREMIUM

10 Horse or dog? (7) POINTER

11 In a dominant position (2,3) ON TOP

12 Ran back to share the account (9) NARRATION

13 Handy, but not clever to use (5) AVAIL after deleting 'able' from 'available'

15 Two officers go to a continent for a tuber (9) COL OC ASIA

18 It may be present during a Christian celebration (6,3) EASTER EGG

21 Numbers to which some may dress (5) NINES (from the idiom 'dressed to the nines')

22 Working hard � as archaeologists may do? (7,2) DIGGING UP

24 Does nothing to repair the slide (5) IDLES

26 Contend to usurp the French (7) WREST LE

27 Chief in the main sees it running against the ship (4-3)

28 It gives a bigger picture (11) ENLARGEMENT

Down

1 Pro involved in kickback is censurable (9) REPROBATE

2 What one did for the rest of the night (5) SLEPT

3 Whimsically opine slum is to be demolished (2,7) ON IMPULSE

4 Boy going before mother can come up with yearbook (6) ALMANAC

5 Like a supreme ruler without a risk (7) INSURED

6 Boy on a heath (5) ERICA

7 Sank into a mobile in New Hampshire town (8)

8 What you're often advised to do before you bear it (4) GRIN

14 The kind of tasks that are duties (8)

16 One who stands for election is almost frank with appointment (9) CANDIDATE

17 Saints sat in a huddle for helper (9) ASSISTANT

19 Ovum (3,4) EGG CELL

20 Grass, for one (7)

22 An elevator route (4)

23 Lest I break the fibre... (5) ISTLE

25 Thread I sell is woven (5) LISLE

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 9 0:02:24 2006. [Full View]

The thread is honoured, Chaturvasi! Thanx, sir!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 9 0:18:07 2006. [Full View]

Chaturvasi,

Welcome sir. This thread is honored.

27. Chief in Main sees it running against the ship - Head Sea

Down-
7. Sank into a mobile in New Hampshire town - Atkinson
22. An elevator route - Down

PP ma'm,
13 Ac - Avail was in the list I posted. NeengaL athai ungaL list-il sErkka villaiya?
From: Chaturvasi on Sat Sep 9 0:36:27 2006. [Full View]

1 Pro involved in kickback is censurable (9) REPROBATE

2 What one did for the rest of the night (5) SLEPT

3 Whimsically opine slum is to be demolished (2,7) ON IMPULSE

4 Boy going before mother can come up with yearbook (6) ALMANAC

5 Like a supreme ruler without a risk (7) INSURED

6 Boy on a heath (5) ERICA

7 Sank into a mobile in New Hampshire town (8) already given

8 What you're often advised to do before you bear it (4) GRIN

14 The kind of tasks that are duties (8) ASSIGNED

16 One who stands for election is almost frank with appointment (9) CANDIDATE

17 Saints sat in a huddle for helper (9) ASSISTANT

19 Ovum (3,4) EGG CELL

20 Grass, for one (7) GUNTHER (diacritical mark ignored)

22 An elevator route (4) already given

23 Lest I break the fibre... (5) ISTLE

25 Thread I sell is woven (5) LISLE
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 9 0:50:01 2006. [Full View]

5 Like a supreme ruler without a risk (7) INSURED

This is 'Imperil'. Imperial, without 'a', imperil - to risk.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 9 2:28:59 2006. [Full View]

Yes!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 9 22:22:53 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Come on
4. On saddle
11. Error?
12. Lucid
14. Take for a ride
18. Irish Whiskey?
21. Excessive?
24. China?
25. �� PP

Down-
1. Creole
2. Munich
10. In the business
16 Kids show?
19. Decant
20. Opener
28. Smash
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 9 23:34:59 2006. [Full View]

Let me first enter the most sure answers, TN!

Across

1 Find company stocking book written by me (4,2) COME BY

4 Move, on horseback, approaching hurdles (2,6) UP STICKS

9 A short time after state capital makes agreement (9) CONCORDAT

11 Dread losing face making a mistake (5) ERROR

12 A lot of good fortune I had, it's clear (5) LUCID

13 Land feeling sad (5,4) TOUCH DOWN

14 Court disaster, be a jockey for a season
in America (4,3,1,4) RIDE FOR A FALL

18 What a cordon bleu chef provides,
with drop of usquebaugh in the sauce, I fancy (5,7) HAUTE CUISINE

21 Object about over-hasty beating (9) THRASHING

23 Vagrant in vehicle close to tip (5) TRAMP

24 Some newsworthy dragon, a monster (5) HYDRA

25 Put down volunteers in harbour (9) ENTERTAIN

26 Campaign funds supplied by chapter
based in Herts town street (3,5) WAR CHEST

27 Rigged result in old province (6) ULSTER

Down

1 Fowl followed by the French shellfish (6) COCKLE

2 Girl's nickname, reportedly (6) MONICA

3 Verbal attack made by outspoken page (9) BROADSIDE

5 Eat up in marvellous place at the top (3,3,2,5) PUT OUT OF SIGHT

6 Note the unusual force (5) TEETH

7 Petty officer material (8) CORPORAL

8 Not easy to explain having left in Choke (8) STRANGLE

10 Be dishonest, unfortunately, about
you and me, to accomplish what is needed (2,3,8) DO THE BUSINESS

15 A rule - tuna must be cooked and served
without dressing (2,7) AU NATUREL

16 TV programme is extremely childish -
so what's new (4,4) CHAT SHOW

17 Guard not in condition (8) OUTRIDER

19 Empty one container into another (6) VACANT

20 Key batsman? (6) OPENER

22 Band receives millions for a very
successful hit (5)SMASH

Thanx to Mr.Chaturvasi!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 9 23:49:36 2006. [Full View]

PP ma'm.

Is 8 Dn - Strangle?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 10 0:00:47 2006. [Full View]

Not sure,TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 10 0:08:24 2006. [Full View]

�� ŧ� �� ɡ?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 10 0:11:56 2006. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 10 22:38:00 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Long Suit
6. Rues?
9. Cherub
13. Idle Hands
15. Step
16. Eye Opening
21. Maha?
25. Vital Role/ Part

Down
2. Othello
3. Gorkha
4. Urban ----
8. Shining Edges?
17. �� PP
23. Old Age
25. Vodka
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 10 23:04:57 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Student on good number of articles in a bridge hand (4,4) LONG SUIT

6 Nurse confesses to be a hothead (4)

9 Young scout takes charge of the woman, an angel (6) CHERUB

10 Offender is a footloose pickpocket, part of a sect (7)

13 Workers who aren't working (4,5) IDLE HANDS

14 Nail Tom at the church (5) CATCH

15 Put foot down on part of the reintroduced treadle (4) TROD

16 View that happens in a pupil-to-pupil meeting? (3,7) EYE CONTACT

19 Language rajah and saint mix in usage (10) RAJASTHANI

21 Great like the start of an Indian state (4) MAHA

24 Lotus-like house for Mother (5) PADMA

25 What a star has in a film, no doubt (5,4) VITAL ROLE

26 Fenced-in politician ailed pathetically (7) IMPALED

27 Grants a minor point (6) AWARDS

28 Miss not the boy! (4) GIRL

29 Means: not I, but the firm fights (8) CONTENDS

Down

2 Shakespearean character to rise with a greeting (7) OTHELLO

3 Watchman in a Nepalese race (6) GURKHA

4 Rural fact? Just the opposite! (5,4) URBAN MYTH

5 Counts parasites (5) TICKS

7 Race not on, but a race in India (7) REGATTA

8 Describing the thin, sharp feature of a `battle-axe'? Not exactly! (7-5)

11 `Gap' pays a huge sum for a French article (6) LACUNA

12 One has to remove it after the present time (4-8) GIFT WRAPPING

17 Force one to study music (9) CONSTRAIN

18 Trouble after a vessel attack (6) ASSAIL

20 Indian city, to boot? (7) JODHPUR

22 Kept away: there's nothing to be greedy about the newspaperman (7) AVOIDED

23 The later part of life (3,3) OLD AGE

25 Five on an incomplete proclamation in Sanskrit (5)VEDIC
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 10 23:10:53 2006. [Full View]

PP,
26 Ac - Implied
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 10 23:46:57 2006. [Full View]

Thanx,TN, for your helpful contributions!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 11 12:02:20 2006. [Full View]

22 Kept away: there's nothing to be greedy about the newspaperman (7) - Avoided
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Sep 11 12:22:31 2006. [Full View]

You are right,TN! My editing with more answers was delayed by slow net speed!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 11 13:09:53 2006. [Full View]

14 Nail Tom at the church (5) - I had 'hitch' for this. I thought 'hit' because of the nail. But you know the cat from tom & jerry
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 11 13:20:33 2006. [Full View]

6 Nurse confesses to be a hothead (4) - oru vElai eros-aaga irukkumO?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 11 13:26:06 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

Thanx,TN, for your helpful contributions!

�¢�� , long suit, vital role, �� Ӿ� ��¢�ħ� ��즸��Ţ��ħ�!
��, come on (come by), in the business (do the business) �� â¡��
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 11 19:38:03 2006. [Full View]

Across-

1. Decrease
5. Lapped
9. On a roll
10. Needier
11. Do open not?
12. Heave (Avenue - short way)
13. Also
14. __master
17. Autoroute
19. Bait
23. Alias
24. On reserve, Ex service
25. Noonday?
27. Homage?
28. Reengage?

Down-
1. Drop dead
2. Crayons
3. Eroded
4. Silent Protest
6. Arethusa
7. Private
8. Darken
10. No Time to spare
15.
16.
18. Uniform
20. Sprouts?
21. Launch
22. Dry run
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Sep 11 23:27:47 2006. [Full View]

��ܼ��, TN! �� ب� ��Ţ��! ��Ţ� �� â� ��ġʸ� orkut� ��Ũ�� Ţ�ġ� �� ?

Across

1 Decline to remove wrinkles, apparently (8) DECREASE

5 Took up with the tongue (6) LAPPED

9 Having success after success, describing one doing angapradakshinam (2,1,4) ON A ROLL

10 More in want (7) NEEDIER

11 Rage as Valley tunes to a different disposition (2,4,3)

12 He has a short way to pull (5) HEAVE

13 Have a look around the South as well (4) ALSO

14 One who has control over the eyes (9) SPYMASTER

17 Are out and out new to French motorway (9) AUTOROUTE

19 I go into bat at the end of the line (4) BAIT

23 The aka ID (5) ALIAS

24 Retired soldier's status (2-7) EX SERVICE

25 Suffused by the 12 p.m. glare (7) NOONLIT

26 Worshipping raingod for a sprinkle (7) ADORING

27 Man is game! (6)

28 Fix again to the cart: hate it being loose (8) REATTACH

Down

1 Collapse, as a bird that's shot might do (4,4) DROP DEAD

2 They may be used to add colour to a writer's work (7) CRAYONS

3 South Indian town is at the end of the road, worn-out (6) ERODED

4 Not a telling demo (6,7) SILENT PROTEST

6 Nymph opens out heart to America (8) ARETHUSA

7 Undisclosed military rank (7) PRIVATE

8 Make it a shade bolder? (6) DARKEN

10 A preoccupied person's excuse while turning down a request (2,4,2,5) NO TIME TO SPARE

15 Diplomatic run as LOC becomes knotty (8) CONSULAR

16 How a person may be seen to be lying eventually (2,6) AT LENGTH

18 Similar dress (7) UNIFORM

20 North American tree as a mini growth (7) ANIMISA

21 Set up a motorboat (6) LAUNCH

22 Take a course to keep away from drinks (3,3) DRY OUT
From: Chaturvasi on Tue Sep 12 3:11:05 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Decline to remove wrinkles, apparently (8) DECREASE

5 Took up with the tongue (6) LAPPED

9 Having success after success, describing one doing angapradakshinam (2,1,4) ON A ROLL

10 More in want (7) NEEDIER

11 Rage as Valley tunes to a different disposition (2,4,3) DO ONE'S NUT (Doon plus anag. of 'tunes to')

12 He has a short way to pull (5) HEAVE

13 Have a look around the South as well (4) ALSO

14 One who has control over the eyes (9) SPYMASTER

17 Are out and out new to French motorway (9) AUTOROUTE

19 I go into bat at the end of the line (4) BAIT

23 The aka ID (5) ALIAS

24 Retired soldier's status (2-7) EX SERVICE

25 Suffused by the 12 p.m. glare (7) NOONLIT

26 Worshipping raingod for a sprinkle (7) ADORING

27 Man is game! (6) HOMBRE (two defintions, 'man' and 'game')

28 Fix again to the cart: hate it being loose (8) REATTACH

Down

1 Collapse, as a bird that's shot might do (4,4) DROP DEAD

2 They may be used to add colour to a writer's work (7) CRAYONS

3 South Indian town is at the end of the road, worn-out (6) ERODED

4 Not a telling demo (6,7) SILENT PROTEST

6 Nymph opens out heart to America (8) ARETHUSA

7 Undisclosed military rank (7) PRIVATE

8 Make it a shade bolder? (6) DARKEN

10 A preoccupied person's excuse while turning down a request (2,4,2,5) NO TIME TO SPARE

15 Diplomatic run as LOC becomes knotty (8) CONSULAR

16 How a person may be seen to be lying eventually (2,6) AT LENGTH

18 Similar dress (7) UNIFORM

20 North American tree as a mini growth (7) ANIMISA

21 Set up a motorboat (6) LAUNCH

22 Take a course to keep away from drinks (3,3) DRY OUT

P.S. I find some strange characters in previous exchanges. It seems you people are exchanging some words in Tamil. What font must I have so that my browser shows them all right?
From: Chaturvasi on Tue Sep 12 3:14:56 2006. [Full View]

20 North American tree as a mini growth (7) ASIMINA
From: Chaturvasi on Tue Sep 12 3:19:36 2006. [Full View]

Please ignore my question in the postscript above. I have since installed the font on my machine and I am able to read the Tamil characters!
From: Chaturvasi on Tue Sep 12 4:06:03 2006. [Full View]

Greetings to Mrs PP.
I am figuring out how to write in Tamil. Will learn by and by!
Wished to tell the Bush Country gentleman (ah, well, I too was one recently!) that I was once posting many messages here (though nowhere near your prolificacy). Then there was some prob with the forum and I was not contributing.
Even now I find that what with a 256kbps Broadband connection, things are a bit slow here!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Sep 12 5:33:31 2006. [Full View]

Wow, Chaturvasi! Welcome, welcome! The Hub went through a very bad phase of speed. It is not still back to its normal speed. Occassional trips are experienced. But much better.

There are quite a lot of sections & threads here, in both English & Tamil which could interest you.
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 12 21:47:27 2006. [Full View]

PP

Across-
1. Haryana
5. Scribe
9. Vodka
10. Allegiant
11. Allegro
12. Lullaby
13. Indic?
14. Eucharist
16. Estimable
19. Ditto?
21. Ovaries?
23
24. Acts of war
25. Trudy (a female name)
26
27

Down-
1. Have a bite to eat
2. Riddled
3. Analgic
4. At a low ebb
5. Salil
6. Regalia
7. Bharati
8. Stay at home type
15
17.
18
19
20. Beehive?
22 Newer
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Sep 12 23:20:43 2006. [Full View]

Very good start, TN!

Across

1 Interjection about Nayar settling in State (7) HARYANA

5 Give an account � not of the French journalist (6) SCRIBE

9 It is still made in Russia (5) VODKA

10 That is, gallant is somewhat steadfast (9) ALLEGIANT

11 A lively movement � legal or otherwise (7) ALLEGRO

12 Notes that may put a child to bed (7) LULLABY

13 Help brought back to one northern country (5) INDIA

14 Such a rite is suited to a Christian sacrament (9) EUCHARIST

16 A lib meet's shown to be worthy of respect (9) ESTIMABLE

19 He gets a measure and nothing more (5)

21 Deliveries occur persistently � more than expected (7) OVERRUN

23 Anne got revised capacity of vessels (7) TONNAGE

24 What belligerents indulge in (4,2,3) ACTS OF WAR

25 A true male name (5)

26 Coating that adds beauty to a wooden thing (6)

27 Let's fan out with hidden equipment to knock down (7)

Down

1 A hungry person would like to ... (4,1,4,2,3) HAVE A BITE TO EAT

2 Painted king is confused (7) RIDDLED

3 With such a condition, you don't feel pain (7) ANALGIA

4 In a state of depression on the Marina? (2,1,3,3) AT A LOW EBB

5 Old Hindi film music director Chaudhuri, for one (5) SILAL

6 Decorative clothing imported from Algeria (7) REGALIA

7 Rabindra or Visva goes before this (7) BHARATI

8 The sort that won't go places from one's residence (4-2-4,4) STAY AT HOME TYPE

15 Hundred treasure maimed animals (9) CREATURES

17 It gives support to a sort of settler (7)

18 Refreshing moral we discover in old writer (7) MARLOWE

19 Wordplay thrust on one � one from an upcountry State (7)

20 The stingiest are in home (7)

22 More recent northern vessel (5) NEWER
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 12 23:24:03 2006. [Full View]

PP ma'm, my edit and your post time are the same
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 12 23:30:46 2006. [Full View]

Down-
19. Punjabi
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Sep 12 23:42:16 2006. [Full View]

Yes, Punjabi is in my mind too. But shall we wait for the 27ac answer?
From: Chaturvasi on Wed Sep 13 5:33:26 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Interjection about Nayar settling in State (7) HARYANA

5 Give an account � not of the French journalist (6) SCRIBE

9 It is still made in Russia (5) VODKA

10 That is, gallant is somewhat steadfast (9) ALLEGIANT

11 A lively movement � legal or otherwise (7) ALLEGRO

12 Notes that may put a child to bed (7) LULLABY

13 Help brought back to one northern country (5) INDIA

14 Such a rite is suited to a Christian sacrament (9) EUCHARIST

16 A lib meet's shown to be worthy of respect (9) ESTIMABLE

19 He gets a measure and nothing more (5) PINT O

21 Deliveries occur persistently - more than expected (7) OVERRUN

23 Anne got revised capacity of vessels (7) TONNAGE

24 What belligerents indulge in (4,2,3) ACTS OF WAR

25 A true male name (5) A VERY

26 Coating that adds beauty to a wooden thing (6) VENEER

27 Let's fan out with hidden equipment to knock down (7) S(KIT)TLE

Down

1 A hungry person would like to ... (4,1,4,2,3) HAVE A BITE TO EAT

2 Painted king is confused (7) RIDDLED

3 With such a condition, you don't feel pain (7) ANALGIA

4 In a state of depression on the Marina? (2,1,3,3) AT A LOW EBB

5 Old Hindi film music director Chaudhuri, for one (5) SALIL

6 Decorative clothing imported from Algeria (7) REGALIA

7 Rabindra or Visva goes before this (7) BHARATI

8 The sort that won't go places from one's residence (4-2-4,4) STAY AT HOME TYPE

15 Hundred treasure maimed animals (9) CREATURES

17 It gives support to a sort of settler (7) TRESTLE

18 Refreshing moral we discover in old writer (7) MARLOWE

19 Wordplay thrust on one - one from an upcountry State (7) already answered PUN JAB I

20 The stingiest are in home (7) NE(ARE)ST

22 More recent northern vessel (5) NEWER
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Sep 13 5:51:20 2006. [Full View]

Thanx, C_Vasi!

What a great pleasure & honour it is to have the moderator of Orkut's crossword puzzle solving community to wrap up the day's puzzle here!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Sep 13 22:09:52 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1.
2. Upbeat
10.
11.
12. Ocular
13. Bixbyite
15. Fred?
16. Floppy disk
18. Roll models
20
23. Talk show
24.
26. Myopics
27. Sea boat?
28. Sayings
29. Bulletin

Down-
1. Hair on fire times?
2. Erasure
3.
4. Ears?
6. Peer boys?
7. Emeriti
8.
9. Chain pull
14. All drowsy
17. Omission
19. Lollopy
21. Back out
22. You all
25. Esau
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Sep 13 22:56:38 2006. [Full View]

Hi,TN! Very impressive!

Across

1 Wicked chum has no right to his getting relocated (8) FIENDISH

5 Uttar Pradesh pound is optimistic (6) UPBEAT

10 Tract on flea flying in without hindrance (7) LEAFLET

11 Practising this will keep one well (7) HYGIENE

12 Copper in oral deposition is able to be seen (6) OCULAR

13 Big bits dispatched to the East are a mineral (8) GIBBSITE

15 That man, a journalist, would take care (4) HEED

16 PC fops idly turn on device to store data (6,4) FLOPPYDISC

18 You may imitate them for oriental style in lists (4,6) ROLE MODELS

20 Dark black bone uncovered (4) EBON

23 Chatty TV programme (4,4) TALK SHOW

24 Soft on actor-politician giving cover (6) PONCHO

26 Short-sighted persons managing Olympics turn trainee out (7) MYOPICS

27 It enables one to manoeuvre in the main (3,4) SEA ROOM

28 Ya, sign suggests a proverb (6) SAYING

29 Hospital report on condition of a person who has been shot, apparently (8) BULLETIN

Down

1 Be in difficult times as harlots, inflamed, disperse (4,2,4,5) FALL ON HARD TIMES

2 Wiping out of an age, to be certain (7) ERSURE

3 Note of grief, say (6) DOLLAR

4 Sound sense of position (4) SITE

6 At a wedding, they carry the bride's train (4-4) PAGE BOYS

7 Merit that is attributed to former professors (7) EMERITI

8 Deftest con-man, he runs away with famous book (3,7,2,3) THE DESCENT OF MAN

9 If unauthorised, it will invoke fine on our railways (5-4) CHAIN PULL

14 Describing a person who's completely heavy-lidded (3-6) ALL DROWSY

17 Neglect nothing on errand (8) OMISSION

19 See, polly is sick, walking clumsily (7) LOLLOPY

21 Welsh on promise to drive the car from the garage, perhaps (4,3) BACK OUT

22 The solvers, from my point of view (3,3) YOU ALL

25 Isaac's first-born (4) ESAU

Good teamwork,TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Sep 13 23:19:03 2006. [Full View]

8 Deftest con-man, he runs away with famous book (3,7,2,3)

PP Ma'm
Is this The beacons of --- ?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Sep 13 23:33:44 2006. [Full View]

24 Soft on actor-politician giving cover (6) - Poncho (�� ʸ�)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Sep 13 23:35:47 2006. [Full View]

No, TN! It is Darwin's 'The descent of man'!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Sep 13 23:45:54 2006. [Full View]

�� ʸ�, �ú��š��
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Sep 14 1:39:40 2006. [Full View]

Yes! Correct!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Sep 14 22:28:09 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Communist
6.
9. Mouse
10. Newspaper?
11. Cumbersome?
12
14
15. Elevate
17. Annuals
19
20. Gala?
22
25. Simpleton
26. Toupe
27.

Down-
1. Comic
2.
3. Unexpected?
4. Induces?
5
6
7
8
13 Terminator
14. Analgesic
16. At leisure
18. Shouted
19
21
23. Greet
24. Glut?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Sep 14 22:56:59 2006. [Full View]

Hi, TN! Why crying???

Across

1 He relates to the welfare of organised community (9) SOCIALIST

6 Remove dirt from heath land (5) SCRUB

9 Savoury meat for a venomous snake! (5) ASPIC

10 Sort of paper � round? (9)

11 Laborious work with heavyweight used for sharpening (10) GRINDSTONE

12 Fish in a lake elsewhere (4) EELS

14 Teems, as spring comes in (7) ABOUNDS

15 Lawrence takes leave to switch to higher position (7) ELEVATE

17 Year books of plants (7) ANNUALS

19 It alters sound under the sea, we hear (7)

20 A delay upsets this celebration (4) GALA

22 Patient � that is the purpose of a stretcher (10) FORBEARING

25 Herb, the heavyweight � no great thinker (9) SIMPLETON

26 Managed to eat up somehow, although looking rather grey (5) TAUPE

27 A grain found in oak wood (5) ACORN

28 Put off a fellow � could be cleaner! (9) DETERGENT

Down

1 Common parlance for clinkers around the North (5) SLANG

2 Tropic island grain (9) CAPRICORN

3 Unintentional change of key (10) ACCIDENTAL

4 Spurs on (7) INCITES

5 Roman poet from recent organisation with energy (7) TERENCE

6 One bound on a crest of a wave, we hear (4) SURF

7 Bird loses part of crest (5)

8 In Israel, it's ale she gives to scholar (9) BEERSHEBA

13 He has to plan terms ahead (10) HEADMASTER

14 Brewed ales again provide relief from pain (9) ANALGESIA

16 "Men love in haste, but they detest � " (Byron) (2,7) AT LEISURE

18 Called out in shelter (7) SHOUTED

19 The government case (7) CABINET

21 State of suspense caused by member receiving circular letter (5)

23 Hail? Cry in Scotland (5) GREET

24 A large landlady full of vivacity (4) ELAN
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Sep 14 23:07:05 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

Hi, TN! Why crying???

PP, Unable to find more answers
23 Dn is certainly 'greet'. Greet means cry in scotland!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Sep 14 23:09:28 2006. [Full View]

But 'sleet' is hail? Let us wait for the ac answer!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Sep 14 23:16:31 2006. [Full View]

PP,

10 Ac Circulate?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Sep 14 23:21:33 2006. [Full View]

Not sure!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Sep 14 23:23:42 2006. [Full View]

5 Roman poet from recent organisation with energy (7) - Terence.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 15 5:42:21 2006. [Full View]

TN, you ARE right about 'greet'!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 15 10:14:19 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

20 AC Gala �� 즸��Ţ��¡? �Ħ��ʧ� ��ǧ�!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 15 10:18:51 2006. [Full View]

'gala' accepted, TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 15 13:59:33 2006. [Full View]

PP, ��ġ �â�� Ģ�� 째�� Ţ�� ո��
21 Ac - Limbo.
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 15 22:04:09 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Animate
5. Bicycle?
10. Stoner?
11.
12. Caring
13. Pioneers?
14. Gather?
15. Tester
18. Pastas
20. Arthro?
23.
25. Leered
26
27. Endive
28. Instant?
29.

Down-
2. Not bad
3. Mendicant
4. Troughs?
6. Patriot?
7. Elite?
8. Lectured?
9. Kindergartens
16. Surrender
17. Napolean
19. Specify?
21. Tellers
22. Leaven
24
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 15 22:59:59 2006. [Full View]

A good start, TN!

Across

1 Encourage the production of meat in a broadcast (7) ANIMATE

5 An accommodating vehicle, this (7) CARAVAN

10 A horse that carries a gem! (6) STONER

11 In no danger of being stumped for pay increment (8) INCREASE

12 Remain properly concerned with sea (6) MARINE

13 Men of vision (8) DREAMERS

14 Unstable seat taken with hesitation at festival (6) EASTER

15 A canopy to check with a certain hesitation (6) TESTER

18 Father's and child's thanks for Italian courses (6) PASTAS

20 A rigid back (6)

23 Learnt to become easy-going (8) TOLERANT

25 Looked lecherously also reeled drunkenly (6) LEERED

26 Ground providing shelter for soft-shelled amphibian (8) TERAPIN

27 Plant to close � I've resolved (6) ENDIVE

28 Tick given on the spot (7) INSTANT

29 Old queen finding broadcast a strain (7) TSARINA

Down

2 Good? Or just passable? (3,3) NOT BAD

3 An individual without resources. One cannot follow better (9) MENDICANT

4 Hill split asunder by raging stream (7) TORRENT

6 A standard-bearer of former times (7) ANCIENT

7 A light shed on the side (5) ABEAM

8 Declared red seats reelected (8) ASSERTED

9 Danger! Tinkers all over the place in these schools! (13) KINDERGARTENS

16 Almost certain to give yield (9) SURRENDER

17 In exasperation a Pole once beat up a Corsican (8) NAPOLEON

19 Right pen use, has to make it well defined (7) SHARPEN

21 Do they cash in on retailing? (7) SELLERS

22 Go north and cause a ferment (6) LEAVEN

24 Regretted caging a bird (5) EGRET
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 15 23:19:27 2006. [Full View]

PP,

19 Dn is Sharpen.

26 Ac - It may not be scorpion.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 15 23:28:16 2006. [Full View]

�� Ũ� �â, ��? �� 󧾸��. �� ....
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 15 23:33:42 2006. [Full View]

Terrapin. �ɡ� �� ¡� ��. �ɡ�� Ţ�� о��!
instant - �â��. ��Ģ�� â��!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 15 23:42:55 2006. [Full View]

�� â, TN! ��ɡ� Ţ�� ɡ� ��!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 16 9:22:49 2006. [Full View]

PP, 6 A standard-bearer of former times (7) - Ancient.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 16 10:31:11 2006. [Full View]

Yes! Only one more to go!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 16 11:45:42 2006. [Full View]

20 A rigid back (6) - Assure?
But Tellers is surely right.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 16 12:18:00 2006. [Full View]

'cash' indicates it can be 'tellers', also 'stiff' indicates 'arthro'! Monday we shall know the answers!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 16 12:25:26 2006. [Full View]

Yes, that is how I found tellers first and then mentioned Arthro with a because it is just a prefix.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 16 22:57:30 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Drink wine editor cared for (9)

6 A Caledonian course (5) ASCOT

9 Earl Grey again, or something very different (7,3,2,3) ANOTHER CUP OF TEA

10 A bird dog has no lead (5)

11 Promiscuous pinching rear of nymphet never to be forgotten (8)

13 Aide-memoire about a part that is still to come (9)

15 Component for firearm (5)

16 Against having party in flat (5)

17 Players engaged in search (4,5)

19 Cut off group of houses needing help, reportedly (8)

20 Manage to catch son in thicket (5)

22 Two men skirting round female on the game (4,2,3,6)

23 Peculiar hat on very large musketeer (5) ATHOS

24 One up for trial? (4,5)

Down

1 Incorrigible rascal, first to snog head girl (10)

2 I may be taken around one by a chap who works the land (10,5)

3 Colour of Loch Ree (5) OCHRE

4 Delayed rider at races (7) TARRIED

5 Group member departs with
strangers (7)

6 These holy books could make chap pray
in a different way about love (9)

7 Go to that special new rural health
facility (7,8)

8 Young child comprehending article
perfectly well (2,1,1) TO A T

12 Subsidence in a kibbutz, say (10)

14 Shirty after golf club medal (4,5)

17 Songbird alit awkwardly in bed (4,3)

18 Money, cash, half spent on fresh leeks (7)

20 Grip both ends of coral snake (5) CLASP

21 Lady's fingers highlighted by satisfactory (4)OKRA
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 16 23:10:56 2006. [Full View]

PP,
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 16 23:16:29 2006. [Full View]

�� ! ��ξ�� âﺢ�! �� 󧾸�� �째�. �� θ�� ! ��¢��ɡ�� о�� š�쨸!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 16 23:31:43 2006. [Full View]

PP,
9 Earl Grey again, or something very different (7,3,2,3) - �� __ cup of tea - �� .

24 One up for trial? (4,5) - Clay court -�� ġ�.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 16 23:39:16 2006. [Full View]

another cup of tea?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 16 23:40:03 2006. [Full View]

24 ac rendaavathu word starts with 'p'!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 16 23:41:26 2006. [Full View]

Can 13 ac be 'remainder'?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 16 23:48:30 2006. [Full View]

I thought, reminders.

I thought you will find 10 Ac, 20 Ac, 6 Dn, and 18 Dn.

Ac- 22 Two men skirting round female on the game (4,2,3,6) ---- -- --- Circle ?
Dn - 7 Go to that special new rural health
facility (7,8) -------- hospital ?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 16 23:50:37 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

another cup of tea?

Yes, Please give the other answers this one gives!!!

17 DN - Tail end?
15 AC - Curio?
22 AC - Lady in the circle?
24 AC - Next phase - �� ġ�. �� ڸ��.
From: Chaturvasi on Sun Sep 17 0:22:25 2006. [Full View]

I am using the entire cluesheet to post my answers, with acknowledgement to those who have already entered theirs here.

1 Drink wine editor cared for (9) SUPPORTED

6 A Caledonian course (5) ASCOT

9 Earl Grey again, or something very different (7,3,2,3) ANOTHER CUP OF TEA

10 A bird dog has no lead (5) EAGLE

11 Promiscuous pinching rear of nymphet never to be forgotten (8) IMMORTAL

13 Aide-memoire about a part that is still to come (9) REMAINDER

15 Component for firearm (5) PIECE

16 Against having party in flat (5) CONDO

17 Players engaged in search (4,5) CAST ABOUT

19 Cut off group of houses needing help, reportedly (8) BLOCKADE

20 Manage to catch son in thicket (5) COPSE

22 Two men skirting round female on the game (4,2,3,6) KING OF THE CASTLE

23 Peculiar hat on very large musketeer (5) ATHOS

24 One up for trial? (4,5) TEST PILOT

Down

1 Incorrigible rascal, first to snog head girl (10) S?A?E?R?C?

2 I may be taken around one by a chap who works the land (10,5) PLOUGHMAN'S LUNCH

3 Colour of Loch Ree (5) OCHRE

4 Delayed rider at races (7) TARRIED

5 Group member departs with strangers (7) DRUMMER

6 These holy books could make chap pray in a different way about love (9)- APOCRYPHA

7 Go to that special new rural health facility (7,8) COTTAGE HOSPITAL

8 Young child comprehending article perfectly well (2,1,1)- TO A T

12 Subsidence in a kibbutz, say (10) SETTLEMENT

14 Shirty after golf club medal (4,5) IRON CROSS

17 Songbird alit awkwardly in bed (4,3) COAL TIT

18 Money, cash, half spent on fresh leeks (7)- SH EKELS

20 Grip both ends of coral snake (5) CLASP

21 Lady's fingers highlighted by satisfactory artist (4) - OKRA
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 17 2:48:41 2006. [Full View]

Wow,C_Vasi! You are a genius! I am dumbfounded by your wealth of knowledge!
It is a pleasure to learn from you!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 17 21:55:59 2006. [Full View]

TN, for Saturday's puzzle our 'tellers' is correct, but it is 'astern' and not 'arthro'!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 17 21:58:13 2006. [Full View]

Chaturvasi,
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 17 22:01:17 2006. [Full View]

PP

Across-
1. Mollycoddled
8. Cheddar
9. Quantum?
13. Vertical
15. Rated
16. Husband
18. Minaret
19. Award
28. Illustrations

Down-
2. Oneself
3. Lad
4. Cure
6. Least
8. Camaraderie
12. Laden
17. Adage
20. Avignon
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 17 22:59:35 2006. [Full View]

Well done, TN!

Across

1 Pampering by arranging for the girl to take on only light cooking (13) MOLLYCODDLING

8 Hard cheese. It's in the Mendips (7) CHEDDAR

9 Waits we hear, for small units in a system (7) GRAMMES

11 Mutinous New York male a malicious person (6) MEANLY

13 An example of a standing posture (8) INSTANCE

15 Tailoring trade gets assessed for community charge (5) RATED

16 What a guy's called is certain to hold him back (7) SURNAME

18 In extraordinary time ran up a prayer tower (7) MINARET

19 Small advertisement about hostilities received a prize (5) AWARD

21 Suggestive of financial aid in hiring charge (8)

23 Fairly modern quarters to pine for (6) NEWISH

25 Minced pie given to priest unlikely to suit his taste (7)

26 Standard cut of vegetable (7) PARSNIP

28 Draws public attention with information (13) ADVERTISEMENT

Down

2 Trap one in order to be effective (7) OPERANT

3 Many advertisement made for a male companion (3) LAD

4 Remedy suggested by French priest (4) CURE

5 Corrupt editor returns produce (10) DEGENERATE

6 Smallest amount of grass found on road (5) LEAST

7 Candidate for new one to go round colliery (7) NOMINEE

8 A raider came round for good fellowship! (11)

10 Marshal's office means management of course (11) STEWARDSHIP

12 The French study may be burdened (5) LADEN

14 Contracting for a second phone in temporary home (10) ASTRINGENT

17 Lawman engulfed in age recites an old saying (5) ADAGE

18 Buried in soft earth as medical treatment? (7) MUDDIED

20 Gavin moved on to French city (7) AVIGNON

22 Turn in to lose a contemptible person (5)

24 Chooses to work on way back (4) OPTS

27 Drive hard down to batter (3) RAM
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 17 23:08:28 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

26 Standard cut of vegetable (7) PARSNIP

Equal cut will be the same.
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 17 23:45:20 2006. [Full View]

PP, 23 Ac - newish
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Sep 18 0:55:25 2006. [Full View]

'newish'! what a new word! TN,
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 18 22:22:12 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Apparition
6. Epic
9. Chianti
10. Aspirin
15. Aided
17. Avoidance
19. Transcend
21. Topic
23. Bandit
29. Task

Down-
1. Arch
2. Pointed
3. Range
5. Orals
7. Puritan
8. Conscience
14. Hartebeest
18. Orderlies
24. Bulge
26. Mess
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Sep 18 22:49:35 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Something said to affect one's appearance (10) EXPRESSION

6 Impressive record an in charge made (4) EPIC

9 I burst into song before I drink in Tuscany (7) CHIANTI

10 Endless craving for common drug (7) ASPIRIN

12 Specially recommended trees, on direction, loaded on board ship (8)

13 It can be made into a fantastic trick (5) ANTIC

15 Senior persons may get ideas from assistants (5) AIDES

17 Shunning a video can be misconstrued (9) AVOIDANCE

19 Exceed the range of human understanding (9)

21 Subject of discourse relates to optic distortion (5) TOPIC

23 Scholar, a drunken bum in this country (5)

24 He sings the first few notes with sonorous quality (8) BARITONE

27 When there's a change of plea, men select a jury (7) EMPANEL

28 Take off as I am taking one to the gallery (7)

29 Time to question a given work (4) TASK

30 Critical letter checkers encircle the last three vowels (10)

Down

1 In a way set church design on glass (4) ETCH

2 Sharp indicated (7) POINTED

3 He turns to the English to rein in (5)

4 Neat design suggested by a nautical Engineer (9)

5 Solar affected, he appears for exams � but not written (5) ORALS

7 Joke about girl being very moral (7) PURITAN

8 Study physics, for instance, and gain more awareness (10) CONSCIENCE

11 Applause for archbishop in area in front of stage (7) PLAUDIT

14 An antelope is a robust animal, it's said (10)

16 We back new colour to keep going (7)

18 Servants in a mess require false evidence (9) ORDERLIES

20 Incidentally a prop to plead with holy man may be necessary (7)

22 A party where there is plenty of milk and guinea fowl? (7)

24 It's a bug, the French have, about a protuberance (5) BULGE

25 It's a test, to err in it, is not right (5)

26 Hash will be offered in the canteen (4) MESS
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 18 23:14:23 2006. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Sep 19 1:13:42 2006. [Full View]

athenna sirippu? santhOsham?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 19 21:37:05 2006. [Full View]

PP ��,

�¢�� 즸��Ţ��ħ�!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 19 21:49:36 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Decamp
4. Concrete?
10. Abettor
11. Retired
12. Acre
16. Ideals
30. Small car
31. Pass on

Down-
1. Dramatic
2. Cheer leader
3. Mute
6. Letting out?
15. Flat denial
26. Hera
28. Lea
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Sep 19 22:52:04 2006. [Full View]

TN, ippadi azuvalaamaa? Sorry for the omission!

Across

1 Last month a politician had to do a bunk (6) DECAMP

4 Firm despite breaking law in the beginning (8)

10 A superior henchman (7) ABETTER

11 No longer working, but unlikely to get a flat (7) RETIRED

12 Care may be taken of a large area (4) ACRE

13 I dial a dept. about waste (10) DILAPIDATE

16 One does business with perfect models (6) IDEALS

17 Monarchical state of chessman and monk (7) KINGDOM

20 Number of identical articles issued at one time (7)

21 Rude secret police used coercion on person to perform act (6) DURESS

24 A long-legged creature, one gathers (10)

25 A touching article or tract (4) AREA

27 College sphere supplied with crude oil (7)

29 Civil and military awards obtained by degrees (7) HONOURS

30 Mini auto as opposed to an automobile (5,3) SMALL CAR

31 Bequeath in a touching way? (4,2) HAND ON

Down

1 Striking on stage (8) DRAMATIC

2 Crowd rouser provides comfort with German songs, we hear (5,6) CHEER LEADER

3 Device to subdue musical instrument sound (4) MUTE

5 Creature of power in the land (8)

6 Leasing or releasing, maybe (7,3) LETTING OUT

7 Move around in an affected manner (3) AIR

8 In a row I should be less disorderly (6)

9 Art in building skill to instruct (5) TRAIN

14 Living on top of the world? (5,6) ABOVE GROUND

15 Utter refutation of housing list request? (4,6) FLAT DENIAL

18 Wrong to be peevish in having a Spanish omelet (8)

19 Making dope doubly popular is criminal! (8) ASSASSIN

22 Almost the finest place in Greece (6) ATHENS

23 Lawman takes tea in a country house (5) DACHA

26 One has an article for her (4) ANNA

28 The French have an arable land under pasture (3)LEA
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 19 23:36:58 2006. [Full View]

PP, 22 Dn Athens?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Sep 20 1:49:37 2006. [Full View]

athEn! appadinnu ninaikkirEn!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Sep 20 21:21:01 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1. Riposte
5. Crannog
10. Tangerine
14. Tutor
15.
22. Southpaw
24. Broker
26. Ravishing?
27. Trust?
29. Redhead

Down
1. Realistic
2. Project
4. Eats
5. Connivance
8. Guess
16. Saturated
17.
19. Crumble?
22. Sorts
23. Heave
25. Agar
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Sep 20 23:27:18 2006. [Full View]

'Athens' yEmaarrivittathu! eppadi 'Thebes' maranthathu? kavanam romba sitharukirathu!

Across

1 Sharp reply about tripe so awful (7) RIPOSTE

5 Old Gaelic lake dwelling that makes Ann go back after credit (7) CRANNOG

9 To obtain silver ring, artist goes to marketplace (5) AGORA

10 Fruit of Argentine origins (9) TANGERINE

11 Nine bees go berserk at mountain goats (6) IBEXES

12 One's urge to appear liberal (8) GENEROUS

14 It's time to route proper coach for boys (5) TUTOR

15 Out of the ordinary police work (9) ARRESTING

18 The spiteful woman grabbing one's arm for cheese (9) CAMEMBERT

20 It ran out as a retinue (5) TRAIN

22 A left handed boxer (8) SOUTHPAW

24 Possibly a stock exchange member (6) BROKER

26 Really delightful, so absorbing the listener in the finish (9) RADIATING

27 An orient in temporary cover, holds his opinion as true (5) TENET

28 Ambition in a boy to become an operator (7) SURGEON

29 His hair colouring would seem to make him an ideal Soviet leader (7) REDHEAD

Down

1 Strangely clear it is and life like (9) REALISTIC

2 Stick out for a scheme requiring concerted effort (7) PROJECT

3 Having caught the spirit, beat it! (5,4) �SNARE DRUM

4 Good man returns to further education on lizards (4) EATS

5 Study a secret arrangement to sanctify a place, may be (10) CONSECRATE

6 She arranges a deal with English (5) ADELE

7 Capital of Iran changed by witchcraft? (7) NAIROBI

8 Random surmise (5) GUESS

13 Real action over rent (10)

16 Drat! A suet pudding is full of fat (9) SATURATED

17 Great need may be brought about (9) GENERATED

19 The former decay (7) MOULDER

21 Moderately slowly and before in time (7) ASKANCE

22 Separates structures for storing (5) SORTS

23 He gets Eva to move into a certain position (5) HEAVE

25 Official to right culture medium (4) AGAR
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Sep 20 23:51:15 2006. [Full View]

PP 15 Out of the ordinary police work (9) - Arresting
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Sep 21 0:11:38 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

'Athens' yEmaarrivittathu! eppadi 'Thebes' maranthathu? kavanam romba sitharukirathu!

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Sep 21 1:22:38 2006. [Full View]

�� Ǣ� �� !

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From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Sep 21 19:59:40 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

�� Ǣ� �� !

�� !

'��'�� Ţ��!!!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Sep 21 23:29:16 2006. [Full View]

,TN! �� ġ� �� Ţ� �� ɢ��¡� �� Ţ� �� !

Across

1 Awful rotters, distillers! (7) RETORTS

5 With Sense, I'm turning to Greek Goddess for retribution (7) NEMESIS

9 Wild Greek tiger, starts a train of action (7) TRIGGER

10 A dimmer version of London theatre (7) MERMAID

11 Being at the lowest emotional state Dam moves out of Rhode Island (5) NADIR(a spelling mistake in the clue suspected!)

12 She cleans to give the steward a break (9) SENESCHAL

13 When put out over a worker he's really aggressive (9) ASSAILANT

15 Entertains great multitudes (5) HOSTS

16 Watching a little jockey in great form (5) EYING

18 Read about a train crash � such a bloomer (9) CARNATION

21 Operated on by head surgeon? (9) TREPANNED

24 Patterns general character of classes (5) TYPES

25 Oil change needed after expedition in North Africa (7) TRIPOLI

26 Expenses incurred by damage of cargo (7)

27 Mitigate the unpleasantness (7) SWEETEN

28 Dubious character (7) SUSPECT

Down

1 Building's large cask is in road � broken (7) ROTUNDA

2 Mixed stir about poem on triple electrodes (7) TRIODES

3 Looking about (9) REGARDING

4 Arranges to put in good order (5) SORTS

5 It's not a minor change he proposes (9) NOMINATOR

6 Spoil the back road to markets (5) MARTS

7 Hides drug in a secret place (7) STASHES

8 Impose upon a host as a burden (7) SADDLES

14 Noises can cause such a rising (9) ASCENSION

15 Not feeling a shelter's called for (9) HEARTLESS

16 English countries inheritance (7) ESTATES

17 That is set I'm making into separate parts of a list? (7) ITEMISE

19 Appropriate spot for the glitterati to socialise (2,5) IN PLACE

20 Recalling an aroma coming into being (7) NASCENT

22 Apt to do arrangement for take over (5) ADOPT

23 Not right leads for large quantities (5) DEALS
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 22 11:37:41 2006. [Full View]

PP,

Across
26 Expenses incurred by damage of cargo (7) - Overage

Down
1 Building's large cask is in road broken (7) - Rotunda
19 Appropriate spot for the glitterati to socialise (2,5) - In focus
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 22 11:53:23 2006. [Full View]

1st is correct, 2nd doubtful! Some more answers added!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 22 22:20:13 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Vitreous humo u r
8. Cancel
11. Normalize
12. Strop
13. Yawning
17. Rotunda
19. Papyrus
21. Morse
25. Showgirl

Down-
1. Vacancy
2. Tenor
3. Elevation
4. Hampers
5. Moans
6. Underwear
10. Ling
14. Water down
16. Amphibian
17. Remiss
18. Attires
22. Eagle
24. Incus
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 22 23:17:04 2006. [Full View]

A red letter day, TN! The grid over!

Across

1 Our U movies hurt a part of the eye (8,6) VITREOUS HUMOUR

8 A container to dispose of, you say? Stop it from happening (6) CANCEL

9 Be non-committal about DD's alert somehow (8) STRADDLE

11 Bring to the usual state a girl with horrid lies (9) NORMALISE

12 Sharpener used in bistro perhaps (5) STROP

13 Wide open, like the mouth of a bored one? (7) YAWNING

15 A plant in the main (7) SEAWEED

17 Turn, do a turn in a circular construction (7) ROTUNDA

19 Basis for writing in ancient Egypt (7) PAPYRUS

21 Code that the Royal Engineers abandoned in anguish (5) MORSE

23 Wet blanket's outlook (9) PESSIMISM

25 Entertainer whose whirls go wrong (8) SHOWGIRL

26 Relating to government revenue � large amounts provided in return (6) FISCAL

27 Learned people, all sitting in outskirts of Ennore uncomfortably (14) INTELLIGENTSIA

Down

1 What one may fill when taking a job and create when leaving it (7) VACANCY

2 The general drift of thought � of Caruso? (5) TENOR

3 Scale drawing of building shows grandeur (9) ELEVATION

4 The lass scampers without top cover (7) HATLESS

5 Laments of some Samoan sailors (5) MOANS

6 Slip etc., can't they be talked about? (9) UNDERWEAR

7 Part of mobile phone providing opener which father and daughter follow (6) KEYPAD

10 Fish from Islington (4) LING

14 Wet the feathers and weaken (5,4) WATER DOWN

16 It can travel on land and water in Namibia freely, carrying the potential of Hydrogen (9) AMPHIBIAN

17 Negligent priest cut short by girl (6) REMISS

18 A quiet place in Mumbai for clothes (7) APPAREL

19 Pain in the neck? Step off! (4) PEST

20 Where, in Africa, I am also confused (7) SOMALIA

22 Keen-eyed flier (5) EAGLE

24 Anvil-shaped bone in the ear (5) INCUS

Happy teamwork!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 22 23:36:06 2006. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 23 22:17:13 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1. Cherub
9. Long time no see
11. Thesaurus
12. Coral
17. Alladin
20. Naiad
24. Dialled ---
25. Warrior
26. Beagle?

Down-
2. Horse's --pointer
4. Biter, Buyer?
5. __mission
7. _____ royal
8. Shelley
10. Atan
16. Repulsion
21. Delhi
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 23 22:54:50 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Is tale about a champion of the

court? (6) AGASSI

5 More than one mall has cedars

spreading round centre of plaza (7) ARCADES

9 It's ages since we met, so let me in on

e.g. changes (4,4,2,3) LONG TIME NO SEE

11 Reference book he's got in house (9) THESAURUS

12 A ring forming a reef (5) ATOLL

13 Injured? One inside must be joined (7) MARRIED

15 Irreligion shown by warriors yet to

be converted (7) IMPIETY

17 Pantomime character, object of

ridicule - ugly son? (7) BUTTONS

18 Kids' playroom has railway laid by

carer (7) NURSERY

20 Diana disguised as a water nymph (5) NAIAD

22 Vehicle part Carol damaged (6,3) PATROL CAR

24 Son phoned about bad sign linked

to English fruit (7,6) SEVILLE ORANGE

25 Fighting man arrives in West Indies

ahead of certain soldiers (7) WARRIOR

26 Dog from UK in a short list, possibly (6) �SALUKI

Down

2 Eventer, girl rode, bothered dog (6,9) GOLDEN RETRIEVER

3 Man's on air, being broadcast in

republic (3,6) SAN MARINO

4 Bury at home getting fright? Not half! (5) INTER

5 Disclosure made by a daughter on

crusade (9) ADMISSION

6 Georgia caught leg earlier leaving

dance (5) CONGA

7 Located European, reportedly a

threat to the king (10,5) DISCOVERED CHECK

8 Poet may be modest about magazine (7) SHELLEY

10 Article one came across after

revolution (4) ITEM

14 Appraised newly-constructed exit (9) DISAPPEAR

16 Employees in Nelson upset after

rep knocked over (9) PERSONNEL

17 Crew made out cutter (7) BANDSAW

19 House in Tipperary or Kilkenny (4) YORK

21 Capital husband invested in food

shop (5) DELHI

23 Ring-shaped object, disc with awful

rust round it (5)TORUS
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 23 23:40:45 2006. [Full View]

down-
19. York
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 24 1:41:40 2006. [Full View]

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From: Chaturvasi on Sun Sep 24 7:25:53 2006. [Full View]

26ac Dog from UK in a short list, possibly (6) SALUKI Expln: UK in anagram of A LIS (after deleting T from LIST)

6dn Georgia caught leg earlier leaving dance (5) Expln not too clear now: 'Georgia' is GA, 'caught' is C; the rest of it to be worked out.

23dn Ring-shaped object, disc with awful rust round it (5) TORUS Expln: O (disc) in anag. of RUST
From: Chaturvasi on Sun Sep 24 7:28:46 2006. [Full View]

Georgia - GA
caught - C
leg - ON (maybe from cricket side; cf. OFF-SIDE)
earlier - suggesting that 'C ON' goes before GA
leaving - resulting in
dance - def.
From: Chaturvasi on Sun Sep 24 7:54:56 2006. [Full View]

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 24 8:15:39 2006. [Full View]

��¢� ��측�� Ţ��, ��!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 24 22:07:05 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Dyspepsic
5.
8. Hookah
9. Amenable
11 Iota
12 Anno Domini
14. Reese
15. Gum tree
16. Ragtime
17. O_n_l
19. Salmon pink
20. Etui
22. Clearest
23. Across
24. Tryst
25. Depressed

Down-
1. Dahlia
2. Shooters Gallery
3. Elan
4. Common ground
5. Conformant
6. Fabric relations
7. Itemize
10. Underexposed
13. Meritocrat
16. Rose cut
18. Biased
21. Acne
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Sep 24 23:09:55 2006. [Full View]

Another red letter day, TN!

Across

1 Suffering from indigestion, bad-tempered (9) DYSPEPSIC

5 Corn lost from sign in tourist resort (5) CAPRI

8 Smoker's aid from a streetwalker, say (6) HOOKAH

9 Willing to listen to the last word, Lincoln accommodated student (8) AMENABLE

11 Jot a letter in Greek (4) IOTA

12 Indian moon seen differently in the year of our lord (4,6) ANNO DOMINI

14 Relative's English in French resort (5) NEICE

15 Eucalyptus, a sticky growth? (3,4) GUM TREE

16 I'm great, composing syncopated music (7) RAGTIME

17 Bird with some sinuous elegance (5) OUSEL

19 A plain monk's fresh colour (6,4) SALMON PINK

20 Labour body in the East Indies gets the bag (4) ETUI

22 The most luminous lace tears: others follow (8) CLEAREST

23 Kind of clue that poses a burden (6) ACROSS

24 Have a go, by the way, in a rendezvous (5) TRYST

25 Media, in action � sad and gloomy (9) DEPRESSED

Down

1 Flower for Hilda, a mutation (6) DAHLIA

2 Rally those going crazy in firearms practice area (8,7) SHOOTING GALLERY

3 Energy and flair revealed in chaste language (4) ELAN

4 Area of mutual agreement, a non-special area (6,6) COMMON GROUND

5 Study the potential for performance first of one who toes the line (10) CONFORMIST

6 Maintenance of a good image by well-known kinsmen (6,9) PUBLIC RELATIONS

7 I see Tim struggling to list out things (7) ITEMISE

10 At a lower level, old partner sat for a picture with insufficient light (12) UNDEREXPOSED

13 He believes that rulers should be chosen for their superior abilities (10) MERITOCRAT

16 Start of training course prepared for a way to refine a diamond (4-3) ROSE CUT

18 Civil service in resting place is partial (6) BIASED

21 Insomniac needs to conceal skin trouble (4) ACNE

We did it!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Sep 24 23:27:34 2006. [Full View]

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6 DN - �� Ţ�� 째 ��â�� Ţ��!
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tale - fairy tale. champion - 'ch'. Court for courtship. �� Ţ�Φ�� ̧�, �� .
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Sep 25 1:48:55 2006. [Full View]

�� !
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 25 22:11:46 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1. Wallpaper
5. Throb
8. Go along
9. Praise
11. Abuse
12. Elsewhere
13. Hiding
14. Amenable?
16. Approach
18. Bhopal
22. Microfilm
23. Thorn
24. Niacin
25. Browbeat
26. Adept
27. Small Arms

Down
1. Warpath
2. Languid
3. Pal a eontologist
4 Ponder?
5 Throw in the towel
6 Red -- ?
7. Brewery?
10. Usual?
15. Scrip
16. Ammonia
17. Package
19. Pioneer
20. Linctus
21. Schema
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Sep 25 23:08:01 2006. [Full View]

Fairly an easy one today, TN!

Across

1 Everything in a western daily for mural cover (9) WALLPAPER

5 Pulsation comes forth robustly here (5) THROB

8 Go away with a langur? No problem (3,5) RUN ALONG

9 Commendation for direct dispersal (6) CREDIT

11 Misconduct in transport in the outskirts of Adelaide (5) ABUSE

12 Where's Lee dancing? In another place (9) ELSEWHERE

13 Flogging in concealment (6) HIDING

14 Polite chap nearly lost an article (8) MANNERLY

16 Come close to a very soft food fish (8) APPROACH

18 Place in India for a jump in balance (6) BHOPAL

22 Minute strip for information storage (9) MICROFILM

23 Prickly stuff, in one's flesh a source of irritation (5) THORN

24 Nicotinic acid, a bit of what a maniac ingested (6) NIACIN

25 Bully the leader of bullies with noise and batter (8) BROWBEAT

26 A small part of the office is proficient (5) ADEPT

27 Lower calibre weapons � for those with tiny limbs perhaps (5,4) SMALL ARMS

Down

1 The way to go to engage in battle (7) WARPATH

2 Name a guild differently without enthusiasm (7) LANGUID

3 His interest in living things goes back ages (15) PALAEONTOLOGIST

4 Fruit basket placed around a point (6) PUNNET

5 How to relent with abandon and accept defeat (5,2,3,5) THROW IN THE TOWEL

6 Rosy grass upset this creature (3,4) RED BEAR

7 Food store, say, in second-grade railway (7) BATTERY

10 Famous dam site that was an oddity (5) ASWAN

15 Share certificate in manuscript form (5) SCRIP

16 O man! I am overcome by pungent gas (7) AMMONIA

17 Kind of tour that is organised with everything thrown in (7) PACKAGE

19 Trail-blazer, one in a landing stage (7) PIONEER

20 Syrupy medicine that reportedly united you and me (7) LINCTUS

21 Conspiracy of silence at Rome broken (6) OMERTA

Over!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Sep 25 23:22:05 2006. [Full View]

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Sep 26 1:22:23 2006. [Full View]

3 more to go!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 26 9:24:10 2006. [Full View]

PP, 6 DN - Red Deer 7 DN - Battery.
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 26 22:05:56 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Medical
2. Servant
9. Capital gains tax
10. Biogas
11. Rousseau
13. Emissary
15. Praise
18. Disuse
19. Detritus
22. Reformer
24. Measly
27. Back to square one
28. Ego trip
29. Echelon

Down
1. Macabre
2. Dipso
3. Catharsis
4. Lily
5. Season
6. Rents
7. Extremist
8. Texture
12. Orb
14. Ipso facto
16. Rare earth
17. Pen
18. Durable
20. Soybean
21. Mess up
23. Rotor
25. Scowl
26. Lure
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Sep 26 23:03:13 2006. [Full View]

Another red letter day, TN!

Across

1 Health check that is claimed to be different (7) MEDICAL

5 The main theme of a citizen (7) SUBJECT

9 A levy for placing taxis at a disadvantage (7,5,3) CAPITAL GAINS TAX

10 Preference for including original gum initially in a product of organic waste (6) BIOGAS

11 French philosopher whose name arouses universal change (8) ROUSSEAU

13 Agent on a mission with a girl in new year (8) EMISSARY

15 Commendation for a penny increase in pay (6) PRAISE

18 A part of parenthood is used to reveal neglect (6) DISUSE

19 Rusted IT components found in debris (8) DETRITUS

22 Luther, for example (8) REFORMER

24 Paltry and powdery, containing sulphur (6) MEASLY

27 Where to go to start things all over again (4,2,6,3) BACK TO SQUARE ONE

28 A journey undertaken for promoting one's image? (3,4) EGO TRIP

29 Military formation that was endlessly old, hence was reorganised (7) ECHELON

Down

1 Gruesome pieces from a cab reconstructed (7) MACABRE

2 Alcoholic plunge: very big upset (5) DIPSO

3 Purging the emotions after a rash act is stressful (9) CATHARSIS

4 Flower whose whiteness means perfection (4) LILY

5 Observe big star reported in winter, say (6) SEASON

6 Extra payment that is, for the bishop, a burden (5) BONUS

7 Does a new term exist for a radical? (9) EXTREMIST

8 Printed matter (English) about old place shows distinctive character (7) TEXTURE

12 A Catholic in part of the circle (3) ARC

14 Cost of a pie almost slashed by that very act (4,5) IPSO FACTO

16 Chemical found in uncommon ground (4,5) RARE EARTH

17 What might be more powerful than a sword? (3) PEN

18 Hard-wearing, like some consumer goods (7) DURABLE

20 Nutritious food item for building bone, say (7) SOYBEAN

21 Note small drink creating a muddle (4-2) MESS UP

23 It goes round in a machine both ways (5) ROTOR

25 Singular cover for a disapproving look (5) SCOWL

26 Attraction, as provided by the bait to the fish maybe (4) LURE

A real quick one!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 26 23:26:18 2006. [Full View]

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From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Sep 26 23:35:09 2006. [Full View]

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Sep 26 23:39:09 2006. [Full View]

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From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Sep 27 22:07:14 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1. Convalescents
10. Cut across
11. Treat
12. Merry
13. Iteration
14. Nonage
16. Astir
19. Mumps
20. Sewing
25. Dismantle
26. Pater
27. Osaka
28. Greenland
29 Calendar month

Down
2. Outdrink
3. Vichy
4. Look in
5. Suspense
6. Extra time
7. Thesis
8. Acumen
9. Stink
15. Glutamate
17. Upstaged
18. Distract
21. Garuda
22. Add on
23. Espana
24. Veneer
26. Panto
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Sep 27 23:14:24 2006. [Full View]

Excellent, TN! A very happy red letter day again!

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Across

1 Connect slaves unreasonably to those recovering from illness (13) CONVALESCENTS

10 Go against normal procedure and remove a kind of clue (3,6) CUT ACROSS

11 The right to return and consume a fine meal (5) TREAT

12 Cheerful, like some Shakespearean wives (5) MERRY

13 A repetition without a record could still become a repetition (9) ITERATION

14 No one carries silver in legal infancy (6) NONAGE

16 Up and about in a prison (5) ASTIR

19 Mothers swallow a drop of physic for viral disease (5) MUMPS

20 Needlework with some music around the east (6) SEWING

25 Take to pieces a girl's cloak (9) DISMANTLE

26 Father consumed in publicity effort (5) PATER

27 In Japan, a place, very big, also known as ... (5) OSAKA

28 ... fertile earth in a part of Denmark (9) GREENLAND

29 January, say, or June maybe (8,5) CALENDAR MONTH

Down

2 A kid to run unsteadily and imbibe more than others (8) OUTDRINK

3 French town, seat of the government for a while (5) VICHY

4 Make a brief visit and appear fashionable (4,2) LOOK IN

5 Tension created by American writers in the South-east (8) SUSPENSE

6 Taximeter tampered with during extension of play (5,4) EXTRA TIME

7 Dissertation or article on sibling (6) THESIS

8 Cleverness is the last word about copper (6) ACUMEN

9 The way writing material produces bad odour (5) STINK

15 Food additive, a part of ajinomoto (9) GLUTAMATE

17 Degas, put in trouble, stole the show (8) UPSTAGED

18 Divert attention from vehicle going back in small district (8) DISTRACT

21 Celestial air transport (6) GARUDA

22 Supplement to a notice on teacher (3-2) ADD ON

23 Spain for the Spanish (6) ESPANA

24 Address of an archdeacon, always an ornamental cover (6) VENEER

26 A charade by worker in post office (5) PANTO
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Sep 28 22:32:47 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
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Across-
1. Clapper
5. Thebes
11. Tonic
12. Precision
12. Diesel Oil
14. Lehar
15. Note
17. Snooper
21. Pig head
22.
26. Hop__
27. Sauceboat
29. Mnemonics (�� )
30. Odium
31. P___L_
32. Greener

Down-
2. Lance
3. Pocket
4. Employ
6. Heirloom
7. Brightest
8. Senora
9. Student
10. Decline
16. Tailpiece
18. Charcoal
19. Alumin?
20. Bedtime
23. Shrimp
24. Bursar
25. Begone
28. Oxide
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Sep 28 22:56:06 2006. [Full View]

Let me try, TN!

Across

1 He applauds the striker in a bell (7) CLAPPER

5 Ancient Greek city that was among the best (6) THEBES

11 Shot in the arm for forging coin after little time (5) TONIC

12 The exactitude shown by copiers in revision (9) PRECISION

13 Fuel in the lido: Elsie slips (6,3) DIESEL OIL

14 Hungarian composer of some simple harmonies (5) LEHAR

15 Component of music in currency (4) NOTE

17 Nosy parker, a person confused about love (7) SNOOPER

21 Obstinately resistant to change, he might croak with great force (3-4) DIE HARD

22 Poor accommodation said to produce eye problem (4) STYE

26 Sleeveless garment, right for a playful skip (5) CAPER

27 A case about broken gravy dish (9) SAUCEBOAT

29 Art of improving the memory makes `im conmen's undoing (9) MNEMONICS

30 Fairy tale teller said to be gloomy (5) GRIMM

31 The last words are products of mental activity, about fifty (5) IDEALS

32 More fertile appearance of the grass on the other side (7) GREENER

Down

2 Weapon of some corporals? (5) LANCE

3 A lot of money in the container (6) PACKET

4 Make use of a practical joke after putting me up (6) EMPLOY

6 For the successor a weaving machine: it has been in the family for generations (8) HEIRLOOM

7 The most promising get births controlled (9) BRIGHTEST

8 She may have a snore treated (6) SENORA

9 Learner puts workers' body in singular depression (7) STUDENT

10 Do not accept a downslide (7) DECLINE

16 Follow the bit that is added at the end of the article (9) TAILPIECE

18 Burn black diamonds! Some fuel! (8) CHARCOAL

19 Metal alloy that is used in golf club (7) BRASSIE

20 The hour of retirement (7) BEDTIME

23 Prawns find provisional accommodation in South India (6) SCAMPI

24 Officer on board � moneybag? Right (6) PURSER

25 Disease that affected some unbidden guests (6) DENGUE

28 Chemical which, if nitrous, would make you laugh (5) OXIDE
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Sep 28 23:05:53 2006. [Full View]

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From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 29 9:12:02 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

23 DN - Scampi
31 AC - Ideals.

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From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 29 9:18:34 2006. [Full View]

26 AC - Caper (Cape is in the description)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 29 11:08:44 2006. [Full View]

Done! With one or two corrections!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 29 22:35:12 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
7. Bash
10. Ethiopia?
12. Pigpen
13. Brigade
17. Firebug
22. Aghast
26. Bulls eye
27. Gallon
28. Lead
29. Stepsister

Down-
3. Nothing
7. Blowgun
8. Spare Tire?
14. Rain gauge
15. Doubtless
18. Enabled
20. Needles
24. Vagus?
25. Thole

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Sep 29 23:26:47 2006. [Full View]

Good start, TN!

Across

1 Could a closing be a kind of offence? (10) COGNISABLE

7 Big hit of a party (4) BASH

9 Two cats in a drum (3-3) TOM TOM

10 A citizen that no one backs in African province (8) NATIONAL

11 Brood over and arbitrate, accommodating head of trust (8) MEDITATE

12 Bacon's source, a writer in a sty (6) PIGPEN

13 Military unit to destroy a bridge (7) BRIGADE

16 Deny profit, for example (7) GAINSAY

17 Sack the insect, arsonist (7) FIREBUG

19 Convenience at any time by arrangement (7) AMENITY

22 Astounded by a ghost with change of heart (6) AGHAST

23 Lab chemicals of a strange eastern sort (8) REAGENTS

26 Bovine feature sought after by marksmen (5, 3) BULLS EYE

27 Unit for American gas (6) GALLON

28 Advantage of heavy metal (4) LEAD

29 Relative move by senior nurse (10) STEPSISTER

Down

2 Measure, one for gas (5) OZONE

3 The stuff of a vacuum? (7) NOTHING

4 Dance, boy, with bachelor (5) SAMBA

5 A cap for the motor engine (6) BONNET

6 Substance emanating at a s�ance place: most unusual (9) ECTOPLASM

7 Second-grade, inferior, firearm, a weapon used for shooting poisoned darts (7) BLOWGUN

8 A trapper's model of what a service station should have (5,4) SPARE PART

14 It gives the measure of a fall (4,5) RAIN GAUGE

15 The oldest bus repaired? Certainly (9) DOUBTLESS

18 Provided with the means, girl extorted money (7) ENABLED

20 Partner of pins in causing a tingling (7) NEEDLES

21 The place to apply a lubricant, say (6) GREECE

24 Watchful guardian caught in a peculiar gustatory exercise (5) ARGUS

25 A bit of a tiny aperture that serves as a fulcrum for the oar (5) THOLE

Happy teamwork!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Sep 29 23:35:04 2006. [Full View]

11 AC - Meditate
19 AC - Amenity
2 DN - Ozone

6 DN - Entoplasm?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Sep 30 22:39:46 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Put down game (6)

4 Bill in pub engaged in card game (8)

9 Large bottle in vehicle next to
youth (6)

10 Headline - `King on board vessel' (8)

11 Promising band? (10,4)

14 Article's helpful hint concerning an
hors d' oeuvre (9)

15 Slice wedge a bit (5)

16 Fish reportedly in rear (5)

19 Forthright ditch worker (9)

22 Film historic RAF foe flying (8,2,4)

24 Printed data difficult to
photostat (4,4)

25 Charm made out of iron - it's
awfully hard (6)

26 Elected Conservative is protecting
ambassador, according to the
assumed facts (2,6)

27 Dozing when cover is pulled back (6) ASLEEP

Down

1 Cabinet may disclose a confidence
with a keen resentment (10)
2 Just a piano (7)

3 Temporary bar opening (7)

5 Theme car park owner last to set
off (5,6)

6 Get better iron out (5,2)

7 Love affair beginning in remote
country church (7)

8 End call (4)

12 Freebooter, so promoters
broadcast (11)

13 Follow article about hard work,
or be dismissed (3,3,4)

17 Come into home with her and
Italian (7)

18 Incessant complaining from a girl,
mostly after end of case (7)

20 Supply of funds Conservative
provides (7) COFFERS

21 Stubborn, like one elected in
north-east (7)

23 Language used by Hiawatha -
Iroquoian? (4)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Sep 30 22:57:34 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
10. Streamer
11. Promissory --
19. Downright
24. Hard copy
25. Fetish
26. On theory

Down-
7. Romance
12. Namedropper?
13. Hit the sack, Off the ship
17. Inherit
18. Attache
21. Asinine
From: Chaturvasi on Sat Sep 30 23:57:19 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Put down game (6)

4 Bill in pub engaged in card game (8)

9 Large bottle in vehicle next to youth (6)

10 Headline - 'King on board vessel' (8)

11 Promising band? (10,4)

14 Article's helpful hint concerning an hors d'oeuvre (9)

15 Slice wedge a bit (5)

16 Fish reportedly in rear (5)

19 Forthright ditch worker (9) TRENCHANT

22 Film historic RAF foe flying (8,2,4)

24 Printed data difficult to photostat (4,4) HARD COPY

25 Charm made out of iron - it's awfully hard (6) FETISH

26 Elected Conservative is protecting ambassador, according to the assumed facts (2,6)

27 Dozing when cover is pulled back (6) ASLEEP

Down

1 Cabinet may disclose a confidence with a keen resentment (10)

2 Just a piano (7)

3 Temporary bar opening (7)

5 Theme car park owner last to set off (5,6)

6 Get better iron out (5,2)

7 Love affair beginning in remote country church (7)

8 End call (4)

12 Freebooter, so promoters broadcast (11)

13 Follow article about hard work, or be dismissed (3,3,4)

17 Come into home with her and Italian (7) INHERIT

18 Incessant complaining from a girl, mostly after end of case (7)

20 Supply of funds Conservative provides (7) COFFERS

21 Stubborn, like one elected in north-east (7)

23 Language used by Hiawatha - Iroquoian? (4) THAI

Note: This is posted independently and may not include all answers entered already by others.
From: Chaturvasi on Sun Oct 1 0:22:49 2006. [Full View]

1 Put down game (6) SQUASH

4 Bill in pub engaged in card game (8)

9 Large bottle in vehicle next to youth (6) CARBOY

10 Headline - `King on board vessel' (8) STREAMER

11 Promising band? (10,4) ENGAGEMENT RING

14 Article's helpful hint concerning an hors d' oeuvre (9)

15 Slice wedge a bit (5)

16 Fish reportedly in rear (5)

19 Forthright ditch worker (9)

22 Film historic RAF foe flying (8,2,4)

24 Printed data difficult to photostat (4,4) HARD COPY

25 Charm made out of iron - it's awfully hard (6) FETISH

26 Elected Conservative is protecting ambassador, according to the assumed facts (2,6) IN THEORY

27 Dozing when cover is pulled back (6) ASLEEP

Down

1 Cabinet may disclose a confidence with a keen resentment (10)

2 Just a piano (7) UPRIGHT

3 Temporary bar opening (7)

5 Theme car park owner last to set off (5,6)

6 Get better iron out (5,2)

7 Love affair beginning in remote country church (7) ROMANCE

8 End call (4)

12 Freebooter, so promoters broadcast (11) MOSSTROOPER

13 Follow article about hard work, or be dismissed (3,3,4)

17 Come into home with her and Italian (7) IN HER IT

18 Incessant complaining from a girl, mostly after end of case (7)

20 Supply of funds Conservative provides (7) *COFFERS

21 Stubborn, like one elected in north-east (7) ASININE

23 Language used by Hiawatha - Iroquoian? (4) THAI

Note: This is the current status of the grid, presenting my answers and incorportating correct answers/revising answers from earlier postings.
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Oct 1 0:36:45 2006. [Full View]

Chaturvasi Sir

1 DN - (cabinet) Secret ary
14 AC - Antipasta/o
22 AC - Film historic RAF foe flying (8,2,4) - Chariots of fire
3 DN Temporary bar opening (7) - Stopgap (bar - stop)
4 AC Bill in pub engaged in card game (8) - Barbaric?
5 DN Theme car park owner last to set off (5,6) - Aston ---
From: Chaturvasi on Sun Oct 1 1:29:05 2006. [Full View]

Temporary sori-Observer (How shall I call thee?): Greetings. Just one solution to go.

1 Put down game (6) SQUASH

4 Bill in pub engaged in card game (8) BACCARAT

9 Large bottle in vehicle next to youth (6) CARBOY

10 Headline - `King on board vessel' (8) STREAMER

11 Promising band? (10,4) ENGAGEMENT RING

14 Article's helpful hint concerning an hors d' oeuvre (9) ANTIPASTO

15 Slice / wedge / a bit (5) PIECE (This is a three definition clue.)

16 Fish reportedly in rear (5) R?I?E

19 Forthright ditch worker (9) TRENCHANT

22 Film historic RAF foe flying (8,2,4) CHARIOTS OF FIRE

24 Printed data difficult to photostat (4,4) HARD COPY

25 Charm made out of iron - it's awfully hard (6) FETISH

26 Elected Conservative is protecting ambassador, according to the assumed facts (2,6) IN THEORY

27 Dozing when cover is pulled back (6) ASLEEP

Down

1 Cabinet may disclose a confidence with a keen resentment (10) SECRETAIRE

2 Just a piano (7) UPRIGHT

3 Temporary bar opening (7) STOP-GAP

5 Theme car park owner last to set off (5,6) ALTON TOWERS

6 Get better iron out (5,2) CLEAR UP

7 Love affair beginning in remote country church (7) ROMANCE

8 End call (4) TERM

12 Freebooter, so promoters broadcast (11) MOSSTROOPER

13 Follow article about hard work, or be dismissed (3,3,4) GET THE CHOP

17 Come into home with her and Italian (7) INHERIT

18 Incessant complaining from a girl, mostly after end of case (7) EARACHE

20 Supply of funds Conservative provides (7) COFFERS

21 Stubborn, like one elected in north-east (7) ASININE

23 Language used by Hiawatha - Iroquoian? (4) THAI
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Oct 1 2:13:16 2006. [Full View]

Thanx, C_Vasi!

You may find using the 'edit' choice of your posting easier to add or answers.
'temporary_sori_observer' formerly had a dear name, 'Tamil Nattan'(shortly TN) which I prefer to cling to!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Oct 1 10:02:02 2006. [Full View]

16 ac is 'RAISE'!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Oct 1 22:25:17 2006. [Full View]

Holiday today for The Hindu!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Oct 2 22:38:12 2006. [Full View]

�� PP Ma'm. ��

Across-
11. Nudge
12. Reticence
13. Bomb?
20. Veto
29. Testimonial

Down-
1. Plaid
2. Peeled
3. Per pro
4. Taciturn
5. Turncoat, Defector
6. Clientele
7. Cianide?
8. Flier
14. Skinflint?
17. Backfire?
18. Correct
23. Fungus?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Oct 2 23:55:24 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Going from place to place on a peace trip: it is difficult (11) PERIPATETIC

9 Vessel never far from the shore: one may go on board (7) COASTER

10 Friendly little road, one covered with fuel (7) CORDIAL

11 A gentle push is good in bare surroundings (5) NUDGE

12 Quality of one who is 4 (9) RETICENT

13 Note about mantra in big book (4) TOME

15 Shredding device, say, that is more important (7) GREATER

19 A phony journalist is mortified (7) ASHAMED

20 Stray vote that could block a decision (4) VETO

24 Normal church people begin tearing paper (9) PARCHMENT

25 A player from Scotland perhaps (5) PIPER

27 Tom takes in unclothed entertainment (7) CABARET

28 Design no new pots without pause (7) NONSTOP

29 Modern teens fake a recommendation (11) ENDORSEMENT

Down

1 Spent money (about a pound) for cloth of tartan pattern (5) PLAID

2 Festering part of a carrot tenderly removed (6) ROTTEN

3 Proper translation of "on behalf of" (3,3) PER PRO

4 Uncommunicative, showing 12 (8) TACITURN

5 Traitor who could twist a citation reportedly (8) TURNCOAT

6 Customers tell niece off (9) CLIENTELE

7 Poison � an icecream holder contains it (7) ACONITE

8 A pilot perhaps reveals falsehood in France (5) FLIER

14 Scrooge, healthy but dejected (9) MISERABLE

16 Get heard about and understood (8) GATHERED

17 Gun that does the same thing again and again (8) REPEATER

18 Crooked roc put right somehow (7) CORRUPT

21 Room for a small step (5) SPACE

22 Attitude that a batsman may take (6) STANCE

23 Parasite with absorbing quality (6) SPONGE

26 Small French poodle, say, with appeal (5) PETIT

Interesting teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Oct 3 22:28:32 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Unbending or inexorable that cannot be changed (10) INFLEXIBLE

6 Time to send out opinion (4) EMIT

9 Spiritless wishy-washy person (7)

10 Rose to declare one's approval in the end (7) ENDORSE

12 She makes me turn in a string of beads (8) ROSEMARY

13 Human utterance (5) VOICE

15 Measure of the eye (5) OPTIC

17 We show benevolence (9) HUMANKIND

19 Send us rep to get a pair of braces (9) SUSPENDER

21 State of utter confusion found as fun (5) SNAFU

23 Sleeping accommodation for birds (5) ROOST

24 Loss of speech or understanding due to brain damage (7) APHONIA

27 Presume on the abode of the dead (7) INFERNO

28 A mixture of Malaga served with meal starter (7) AMALGAM

29 Tendency to diet (4) TIDE

30 Not very exciting walker (10) PEDESTRIAN

Down

1 Metrical foot of short and long syllable (4) IAMB

2 Leave the ranks (7)

3 Follow the result (5) ENSUE

4 Denounced and charged with crime (9) IMPEACHED

5 Suspicious wary look (5) LEERY

7 Cocktail containing vermouth and gin (7) MARTINI

8 To us about to repair again is awe-inspiring (10) TREMENDOUS

11 Discovers by inspiration (7) DIVINES

14 Limitation imposed on action (10) CONSTRAINT

16 Student who sends teacher wild? (7) CHEATER

18 Borderline member of the party Alice joined? (5,4) MARCH HARE

20 Spoke derisively of objects of respect (7) SCOFFED

22 Slender, iron-tipped spear of wood (7)

24 A novice one unaccompanied (5) ALONE

25 Come into existence (5)

26 Prognostic premonition (4) OMEN
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Oct 4 22:44:53 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Right way to keep up with the times (9) CLOCKWISE

5 A hankering to come up to scratch, may be (4) ITCH

8 Spare the stick and spoil the child? (3) ROD

9 Sucks up and assimilates (7) ABSORBS

10 Cause to act or serve for a purpose (3) USE

11 Flower for a hundred old coins (5) CANNA

12 Lived in monastic style (9) CELIBATED

13 Graduated glass tube for measuring small quantities of liquid (7) BURETTE

15 Calling for immediate action (6) URGENT

17 Yellow skin-flint in wretched state of mind (6) MISERY

18 Put into circulation again (7) REISSUE

21 Fine legend too great for words (9) INEFFABLE

22 Moral fabulist who adopted a pose (5) AESOP

24 Get absorbed in the system (3)

25 I have you with a seaman who is offensive (7) ABUSIVE

26 Animal found passed over (3) ASS

27 Strength of character (4) GRIT

28 Malicious informers (9) TELLTALES

Down

1 Cylindrical part to which grains are attached (4-3) CORN COB

2 Of a former age (5) OLDEN

3 Instilled a person with feeling (8)

4 Grossly coarse material (6)

5 Unruly bastion ruined (13) INSUBORDINATE

6 Too may to be reckoned (9) COUNTLESS

7 Again correct for publication (6) REEDIT

9 What pertains to the sphere of what is existent (1,6,2,4) A MATTER OF FACT

14 He holds others in deferential esteem (9) RESPECTOR

16 Belonging to the tube conveying blood from the heart (8) ARTERIAL

17 Mutilated me and the maid somehow (6) MAIMED

19 Displays former assumed attitudes (7) EXPOSES

20 Take away by force (6) ABDUCT

23 Receptacle for one object (5)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Oct 4 23:33:45 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

1 AC Clockwise.

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Oct 4 23:39:03 2006. [Full View]

Oh! What a smart answer!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Oct 5 22:22:53 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Creatures
9. Asserts
10. Swahili
11. Iritis
15. Moderators
16. Orca
18. Fray
19. Repertoire
23. Divine
25. Caesar
29. Sultana
30. Tasks
31. Lower deck

Down-
1. Cranium
2. East India
3. Terrier
4. Rise
5. So so
7. Idiot?
17. Reinstate
18. Faddist
20. Trailer
21. Earmark
24. Vials
26. Hail
27 A sow

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Oct 5 22:53:55 2006. [Full View]

A very good attempt, TN! Your answers helped me find out more!('SULTANA' wink :paattu njaapagamaa?)

Across

1 Animals to react curiously in the waterway (9) CREATURES

6 Small contrasting area (5) ATTIC

9 Declares strongly (7) ASSERTS

10 Language of the people of Zanzibar (7) SWAHILI

11 Inflammation of the iris (6) IRITIS

12 Disgrace a reputation (6)

15 Presbyterian presidents break up smart rodeo (10) MODERATORS

16 Killer whales caught by torchlight (4) ORCA

18 Show signs of extreme wear but fight (4) FRAY

19 Totality of regularly performed pieces (10) REPERTOIRE

23 Take the plunge, good man (6) DIVEST

25 Head of the holy Roman empire (6) CAESAR

28 Think that I have dug out silver (7) IMAGINE

29 Seedless raisin for the Muslim sovereign's mother (7) SULTANA

30 Difficult pieces of works to be undertaken (5) TASKS

31 Not where you'd expect to find an officer bunking (5,4) LOWER DECK

Down

1 Cram you in the bones of the head (7) CRANIUM

2 In Asia a company incorporated in 1600 (4,5) EAST INDIA

3 Dogged fighter? (7) TERRIER

4 It is uphill going getting a little more money (4) RISE

5 Not more than passable (2,2) SO SO

6 Items announced by the vicar giving an after thought to charity (6)

7 One who perseveres in his attempts (5) TRIER

8 Sort of sights he encountered in the Himalayas (7) CHIMERA

13 Harden one's heart (5) STEEL

14 Bring forth to rear (5) BREED

17 Control, say, to bring back to its former position (9) REINSTATE

18 Enthusiast with a good degree in handwriting (7) FADDIST

20 Boat for use with large drag-net (7) TRAILER

21 Designate for a purpose (7) EARMARK

22 Earlier forms of sonar (6)

24 Vessels for holding liquid medicines (5) VIALS

26 Loud volley of sound (4) PEAL

27 One adult female pig (1,3) A SOW
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Oct 5 22:59:41 2006. [Full View]

22 Earlier forms of sonar (6) - Ships?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Oct 5 23:02:36 2006. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Oct 5 23:06:13 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

Wrong answer?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Oct 5 23:09:30 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

('SULTANA' wink :paattu njaapagamaa?)

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Oct 5 23:54:48 2006. [Full View]

Only a vague remembrance! �� š �� 츢��...�� ﺢ� ��ġɡ....��ɡ...��ɡ....�� 츢��!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Oct 6 23:10:52 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Extinguish the light and call the guard (4,3) TURN OFF

5 Improvements made or suggested (7) REFORMS

9 Free from disturbing influence (7)

10 Willing in obedience and service (7)

11 Length of time on stage (3) ACT

12 Unconcealed and openly done (5) OVERT

13 Form of military hat (5) SHAKO

14 View vaguely held (6) NOTION

15 View a way to seek wealth (8) PROSPECT

18 Nobody initially ignores the device used for leading a bull (4,4) NOSE RING

20 Unfit for consumption? What a pity (3,3) TOO BAD

24 Finger's breadth as unit of length (5)

26 Weird oriental lake (5) EERIE

27 Place where wild animals are bred and exhibited (3) ZOO

28 One who uses mildly sarcastic words to mean the opposite of what is said (7) IRONIST

29 Transposition of letters of word usually found here (7) ANAGRAM

30 He seeks or makes illicit gain (7)

31 Men turn tail about troublesome illness (7) AILMENT

Down

1 The ground to soak up water (7) TERRAIN

2 Regard with deference (7)

3 A shade unwell (3,6)

4 Tipped up to the left (6)

5 Moscow to give a bird a lead? (8)

6 Celebrations as the speakers destiny (5) FETES

7 Shape to a purpose again (7) RESTATE

8 Make over all or some of one's shares in company (4,3) SELL OUT

16 Sell now at newly built block (9) STONEWALL

17 Sin compounded by voter who is out to make money (8)

18 A passing acquaintance dropping off? (7)

19 So a grin can upset an Italian wife (7) SIGNORA

21 Eccentric and grotesque (7) BIZARRE

22 Despised passive person (7) DOORMAT

23 Corrected at the front of the book (6) ERRATA

25 Be affected by pollution (5)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Oct 6 23:17:43 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

5 AC Reforms
11 AC Age
13 AC Shako
28 AC Ironist
2 DN Respect
6 DN Fetes
7 DN Restate
8 DN Sell out
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Oct 8 22:05:29 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
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Across-
1. Put the screws on
9. Leave out
10. Towel
12. Eels
13. Tears
14. Free
17 Eastings
18. Lesson
20. Italic
22. Sibilant
25. Tidy
27. Serv?
30. Nomad
31. Dull wits, Dull lots
32 In one's own worry, world, words

Down-
2. Trellis
3. Have
4. Stone age
5. Retire, return
6. Watt
7. Onwards
8. Alternative, alternators, alternation
11. Benedictine
15. Limit
16. Devil
19. Wind blow
21. Abdomen
23. Abettor
24.
28. Eden
29. Blow

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Oct 8 23:03:29 2006. [Full View]

Yes, an easy one, TN!

Across

1 Employ prison warden to intimidate (3,3,6,2) PUT THE SCREWS ON

9 Give up when holiday is cancelled (5,3) LEAVE OUT

10 Absorbent cloth for drying (5) TOWEL

12 Slippery, evasive people (4) EELS

13 They fall from the eyes due to grief or laughter (5) TEARS

14 Not to worry, there is no charge (4) FREE

17 Distances travelled in the direction where the sun rises (8) EASTINGS

18 Amount of teaching given at one time (6) LESSON

20 Character with a leaning to the right (6) ITALIC

22 Speech sound with hissing effect (8) SIBILANT

25 Neatly arranged and orderly (4) TIDY

26 One who is excessively concerned with his smartness (5) DANDY

27 Diesel oil for road vehicles (4) SERV

30 Wanderer with no fixed dwelling place (5) NOMAD

31 Stupid, foolish persons (4-4) DULL WITS

32 Single words expressing personal conditions (2,4,3,5) ON ONES OWN TERMS

Down

2 The gardener likes to see it overgrown (7) TRELLIS

3 Possess or contain as part (4) HAVE

4 An individual in step before history began (5,3) STONE AGE

5 Better to put in another class (6) RETIRE

6 Show attention to the unit of power (4) WATT

7 Where nurses must go if they want to advance in life (7) ONWARDS

8 Another option is to make the local different (11) ALTERNATIVE

11 Monk drunk? (11) BENEDICTINE

15 Beyond which one cannot go (5) LIMIT

16 Personified spirit of evil (5) DEVIL

19 An aimless attack (4,4) WIND BLOW

21 Place for a bad hit below the waist (7) ABDOMEN

23 He encourages doing wrong (7) ABETTOR

24 The French hits out using long, heavy sticks (6)

28 Need to turn over the garden (4) EDEN

29 Hit suddenly to kill (4)SWAT
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Oct 8 23:13:21 2006. [Full View]

PP, 29 DN - Swat.
(31 AC - Dull wits correct thaan).
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Oct 8 23:47:40 2006. [Full View]

24dn is eluding!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Oct 9 22:08:47 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

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Across-
1. Tape
3. Restaurant?
10. Upright
12. Hindi
13. Overweigh?
18. Sprigs
20. Revolver
24. Imploring
26. Kicks
27. Knights
28. Haunted
29. Rearmament

Down-
1. Tougher
2. Parsnip
4. Extremes
5. Scrape?
6. Mango?
7. Anguish
8. Finding?
9. Igniting
16. Knock out?
17. Lengthen
18. Shirker
19. Replica
21 Vacated
22. Residue
25. Ogham

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Oct 9 23:09:18 2006. [Full View]

Yes, another easy one, TN!

Across

1 Magnetic recording strip (4) TAPE

3 Taking a ring, eat outside � perfect! (10) CONSUMMATE

10 Greater in height than breadth (7) UPRIGHT

11 Fail to keep promise (7) RENEGUE

12 Our national language (5) HINDI

13 Said to be weighing down little devil first bursting in (9) IMPLODING

14 Repeats about forces (8)

15 Plant with exotic flowers (6) ORCHID

18 Small twigs (6)SPRIGS

20 Rotating arm (8) REVOLVER

24 Earnestly entreating on bended knee (9) IMPLORING

26 Hits with fist on handflung missiles (5) SACKS

27 Members of the medieval order of chivalry (7) KNIGHTS

28 Visited or frequented by spectres (8) HAUNTED

29 Writing about a member may be meant to do battle again (10) REARMAMENT

30 Inch margin (4) EDGE

Down

1 Her gout makes life more difficult (7) TOUGHER

2 Edible yellow root vegetable (7) PARSNIP

4 External boundaries (8) OUTLINES

5 Rub with harsh noise (6) SCRAPE

6 Luscious, fleshy Indian fruit (5) MANGO

7 Gash in you produces severe pain (7) ANGUISH

8 Became known as a result of enquiry (7) EMERGED

9 Setting fire and causing to burn (8) IGNITING

16 Tours round and digs up truffles, perhaps (5,3) ROOTS OUT

17 Make or become longer (8) LENGHTEN

18 Her risk is to get out of responsibility (7) SHIRKER

19 Father has exact copy of the memento (7) REPLICA

21 Went away and left unoccupied (7) VACATED

22 What is left over (7) RESIDUE

23 Supple and agile (6) LISSOM

25 Ancient British and Irish alphabet (5) OGHAM
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Oct 9 23:24:56 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

3 AC Consummate
13 AC Imploding
14 AC Repoised
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Oct 9 23:57:59 2006. [Full View]

Not sure about 14ac,TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Oct 10 22:05:26 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Astounds
5. Sharps
9. Exciting
10. Angles
12.
13. Nears a vote, Tears a note?
15. Blades
17. Sheet
20.
21. Sister
24.
27. Imam
29. Yields
30. Vaseline
31. Wavery?
32. Bakelite

Down
1.
2. Ticket
3. Unto
4. Dense
6. Henna
7. Roll over
8. Suspects
11. Crisis
14. Plot
16. Dismal
17. Seer
18. Surveyor?
19.
22. Smriti
23. Ampere
25. Anear?
26.
28. Mere

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Oct 10 22:39:23 2006. [Full View]

As someone said somewhere nowadays the clues are reduced to mere dictionary meanings!
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Across

1 Shocks with surprise as a good man beheads dogs (8) ASTOUNDED

5 Experts on southern musical instruments (6) SHARPS

9 Former wife making a reference is thrilling (8) EXCITING

10 Presents with a bias bracelets with top worn off (6) ANGLES

12 Food and drink for the legislative body? (4) DIET

13 Writes quickly: "Senate's nod dissipates" (5,1,4) SENDS A NOTE

15 It may go into a box containing 5 (6) NEEDLE

17 The woman is with The Economic Times, the paper (5) SHEET

20 Rare display around one frame for drying clothes (5)

21 First of sacred rites modified for relative (6) SISTER

24 The French chaps' list is sad (10)

27 I am recalling Mother to the Muslim priest (4) IMAM

29 Surrenders produces (6) YIELDS

30 Somehow save business in petroleum jelly (8) VASELINE

31 Wave list with hesitation (6)

32 Beat like mad for electrical insulator, maybe (8) BAKELITE

Down

1 It takes time and organisation for a meeting to go through this (6) AGENDA

2 This ensures admission to an event (6) TICKET

3 How Ruskin's novel title begins? (4) UNTO

4 Closely crowded together in studies, we hear (5) DENSE

6 The man has the girl coming up in colour (5) HENNA

7 Turn to reinvest in a similar fund (4,4) ROLL OVER

8 They are thought to have committed crimes (8) SUSPECTS

11 They sum up dangers in the garden (6) ADDERS

14 It is the key in an Alistair Maclean novel (4) FEAR

16 Sad, maids fall for the unknown (6) DISMAY

17 One who perceives visually (4) SEER

18 One who accosts you on the street � a hen, perhaps (8) WAYLAYER

19 Credit mantra to a spring in Connecticut (8) STAFFORD

22 Cleverly trims one group of Hindu writings (6) SMIRITI

23 Mother comes up with French father and physicist (6) AMPERE

25 Approach dug-out in the North-East (5)

26 Lash out at a capital (5) LLASA

28 Nothing more than a boundary marker (4) MERE
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Oct 10 22:49:27 2006. [Full View]

PP, 15 AC is Needle. Our 14 DN is wrong.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Oct 10 23:07:33 2006. [Full View]

15ac might be some word containing the letter 'v'!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Oct 10 23:19:19 2006. [Full View]

You are right,TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Oct 11 0:03:28 2006. [Full View]

PP ,
19 DN is Stafford, our 29 AC is wrong.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Oct 11 1:55:49 2006. [Full View]

You are right again, TN! Funny how we missed 18dn!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Oct 11 9:18:26 2006. [Full View]

PP

20 AC is Airer
19 DN Cromford?
24 AC La men table

31 AC, 25 DN �� Ţ��.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Oct 11 10:46:33 2006. [Full View]

�� Χš�!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Oct 11 22:08:12 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1. Audit trails
9. Old wife
10. Cabinet
11. Amend
12. Epigraphy
13. India
15. Sweet shop
18. Sachet set
21. Ultra
22. Exploited
24. Horse
26. Long run, Look bad
27. Sponsor
28. Documenting

Down-
1. Anomalies
2. Dodge
3. Third rate
4. Reelers
5. Incline
6. Sober
7. Snapshot
8. Stay
14. Dripping, dropping
16. Touch down
17. Prayer rug
19. Satanic
20. Tidy sum
22. Ella
23. Orbed
25. Rishi

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From: Chaturvasi on Wed Oct 11 22:47:18 2006. [Full View]

Across-
1. Audit trails
9. Old wife
10. Cabinet
11. Amend
12. Epigraphy
13. India
15. Sweet shop
18. Toilet set
21. Ultra
22. Exploited
24. Horse
26. Long run
27. Sponsor
28. Documenting

Down-
1. Anomalies
2. Dodge
3. Third rate
4. Reelers
5. Incline
6. Sober
7.
8. Stay
14.
16. Touch down
17. Prayer rug
19.
20. Tidy sum
22. Ella
23. Oared
25. Rishi
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Oct 11 22:47:32 2006. [Full View]

Good start,TN!

Across

1 They are the road to check accuracy in book-keeping entries (5,6) AUDIT TRAITS

9 Fishy woman advanced in years? (3,4) OLD WIFE

10 Furniture for the ministerial group (7) CABINET

11 Change PM? (5) AMEND

12 Inscriptions giving vent to hippy range (9) EPIGRAPHY

13 Alias Bharat (5) INDIA

15 Howe steps merrily into store selling candies (5-4) SWEET SHOP

18 Use of its articles improves one's looks (6,3) TOILET SET

21 Extremist caught in difficult raid (5) ULTRA

22 Took advantage of former wife, careless pilot and journalist (9) EXPLOITED

24 Knight on board (5) HORSE

26 See, no good! Urn lost in sporting event (4,3) LONG RUN

27 Buoyant change in the end brings a guarantor (7) SPONSOR

28 Coming tuned, so as to be recording in detail (11) DOCUMENTED

Down

1 Somali art portraying a person such as Einstein (9) AMORALIST

2 Sidestep a car? (5) DODGE

3 That drier is dubbed `quite inferior' (5-4) THIRD RATE

4 The ones who dance or the ones who walk unsteadily? (7) REELERS

5 Have a preference to place 100 in one northern business (7) INCLINE

6 Not flashy robes, but torn and tattered (5) SOBER

7 It may not get the quarry in hunting (8) SNAPSHOT

8 Wait on the street forever (4) STAY

14 A great many cutting out animal fat (8) DRIPPING

16 Come into contact with grassy area at landing? (5,4) TOUCH DOWN

17 On which you may kneel down and look up to heaven (6,3) PRAYER RUG

19 Positioned Cain in a bad set-up: how wicked! (7) SATANIC

20 Considerable amount � lucre that isn't filthy? (4,3) TIDY SUM

22 Some feel latitude must be given to the girl (4) ELLA

23 Rowed round to a Communist (5) OARED

25 Teacher rises, greeting the sage (5) RISHI
From: Chaturvasi on Wed Oct 11 22:57:46 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 They are the road to check accuracy in book-keeping entries (5,6) AUDIT TRAILS

9 Fishy woman advanced in years? (3,4) OLD WIFE

10 Furniture for the ministerial group (7) CABINET

11 Change PM? (5) AMEND

12 Inscriptions giving vent to hippy range (9) EPIGRAPHY

13 Alias Bharat (5) INDIA

15 Howe steps merrily into store selling candies (5-4) SWEET SHOP

18 Use of its articles improves one's looks (6,3)

21 Extremist caught in difficult raid (5) ULTRA

22 Took advantage of former wife, careless pilot and journalist (9) EXPLOITED

24 Knight on board (5) HORSE

26 See, no good! Urn lost in sporting event (4,3) LONG RUN

27 Buoyant change in the end brings a guarantor (7) SPONSOR

28 Coming tuned, so as to be recording in detail (11) DOCUMENTED

Down

1 Somali art portraying a person such as Einstein (9) ANOMALIES

2 Sidestep a car? (5) DODGE

3 That drier is dubbed `quite inferior' (5-4) THIRD RATE

4 The ones who dance or the ones who walk unsteadily? (7) REELERS

5 Have a preference to place 100 in one northern business (7) INCLINE

6 Not flashy robes, but torn and tattered (5) SOBER

7 It may not get the quarry in hunting (8) SNAPSHOT

8 Wait on the street forever (4)

14 A great many cutting out animal fat (8)

16 Come into contact with grassy area at landing? (5,4) TOUCH DOWN

17 On which you may kneel down and look up to heaven (6,3) PRAYER RUG

19 Positioned Cain in a bad set-up: how wicked! (7) SATANIC

20 Considerable amount � lucre that isn't filthy? (4,3) TIDY SUM

22 Some feel latitude must be given to the girl (4) ELLA

23 Rowed round to a Communist (5) OARED

25 Teacher rises, greeting the sage (5) RISHI
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Oct 11 22:59:31 2006. [Full View]

Welcome Chaturvasi Sir

�� ¡�� ǧ�! ��. �� PP �� Ţ�� о�� â¡��.
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Oct 11 23:05:19 2006. [Full View]

Chaturvasi Sir,

1 DN Anomalist �� 츧��. �� 18 AC �â¡ ��. 14 DN dripping �â¡ �� .

From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Oct 11 23:08:06 2006.

[Full View]

temporary sori-Observer wrote:

�� ¡�� ǧ�! ��. �� PP �� Ţ�� о�� â¡��.

�� , �� Ƣ� �ؾ�¢�󾨾 ��Ţ�� post-� ��.

From: Chaturvasi on Wed Oct 11 23:08:22 2006. [Full View]

1 Dn is AMORALIST
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Oct 11 23:10:45 2006. [Full View]

Chaturvasi wrote:

1 Dn is AMORALIST

Anomalist ��¡ sir?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Oct 11 23:19:47 2006. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Oct 11 23:24:38 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

PP Ma'm
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Oct 12 0:06:18 2006. [Full View]

Don't worry, TN! Just puzzled about the happenings in my short absence!
From: Chaturvasi on Thu Oct 12 4:42:28 2006. [Full View]

Across-
1. Audit trails
9. Old wife
10. Cabinet
11. Amend
12. Epigraphy
13. India
15. Sweet shop
18. Toilet set
21. Ultra
22. Exploited
24. Horse
26. Long run
27. Sponsor
28. Documenting

Down-
1. Amoralist (this is the solution, I think)
2. Dodge
3. Third rate
4. Reelers
5. Incline
6. Sober
7. Snapshot
8. Stay
14. Dripping (this is the solution)
16. Touch down
17. Prayer rug
19. Satanic
20. Tidy sum
22. Ella
23. Oared (this is the solution)
25. Rishi

At one point I wrote a note in Tamil to say that we should leave some clues to Mrs PP; immediately afterwards I saw Mrs PP's posting, which probably preceded mine; so I removed mine.
I now go somewhere to work every day at 10 in the morning; so I may not be able to reply promptly as I have been doing in the past.
Today I took a lunch break at home (instead of at office) so I am able to post now.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Oct 12 5:01:22 2006. [Full View]

C-Vasi, please do keep visiting this thread whenever possible & help to keep it alive/ active!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Oct 12 22:04:31 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across-
1.
6.
9.
10. Open air
13.
14.
15. Even
16. Bread dough
19. Three phase
21. Swat?
24. Easel
25. April fool
26. Endorse
27. Axioms
28. Deed
29. Discount

Down-
1. Avarice
3.
4.
5. Snore
7. Plateau (��ȡ� ��)
8. Straight talk
11.
12. Takes the lead
17. Austrian
18. Teller
20. Residue
22. Woodmen
23. Albino
25. Ahead

�� Ţ�� 츢��. �� ʸǢ� �� PP!
From: Chaturvasi on Thu Oct 12 22:49:16 2006. [Full View]

Mrs PP அவருடைய விடைகளை அளித்த பிறகு நான் வருகிறேன்.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Oct 12 22:49:35 2006. [Full View]

Bright as usual, TN!

Across

1 Accountant on the French ship is negligent (8) CARELESS

6 Love to drink on return from work (4)

9 Move that curtails the game a little (6) GAMBLE

10 Nothing to write? Broadcast in outdoor setting! (4,3) OPEN AIR

13 Young boy and I give power that can be transferred (9)

14 Adele missing? Something sticky there! (5)

15 "Quits!" Woman gets the point! (4) EVEN

16 Dacoits hum contentedly � it turns everything into a profitable venture (5,5) MIDAS TOUCH

19 Type of AC power to reshape the works (5-5) THREE PHASE

21 Pull back at the beginning of session to work hard (4) SWAT

24 Some support for the artist at work (5) EASEL

25 As if on other months of the year he is wise (5,4) APRIL FOOL

26 Approve rose distilling at last (7) ENDORSE

27 Principles suggest: ring after 11 in the mornings (6) AXIOMS

28 Exploit that may need to be witnessed (4) DEED

29 Cut-price offer? Don't believe! (8) DISCOUNT

Down

2 Greed of the girl for Indian staple diet or caviare maybe (7) AVARICE

3 Poor big Ben falling off (6) EBBING

4 Found to be less habit-forming (9)

5 Give a sound indication of sleeping (5) SNORE

7 Plea Tau made to a high level (7) PLATEAU

8 No crooked conversation but some honest speaking (8,4) STRAIGHT TALK

11 They happen to be key openings (6)

12 Goes ahead � what a Kamal Haasan or a Rajinikanth does (5,3,4) TAKES THE LEAD

17 AA runs its show for European nationals (9) AUSTRIANS

18 One who counts on a bank job (6) TELLER

20 Ash may settle around the capital of Uttaranchal (7) RESIDUE

22 Carpenters living in the forest? (7) WOODMEN

23 Animal with milky skin (6) ALBINO

25 A chief in the front (5) AHEAD
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Oct 12 23:01:25 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm, Chaturvasi Sir,

13 Young boy and I give power that can be transferred (9) - Alienable

9 AC may be Gamble
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Oct 13 3:56:28 2006. [Full View]

Bye, friends! Will be back after a break!

Go ahead & have fun solving the crossword puzzles!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Oct 13 10:16:45 2006. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Dec 11 1:55:44 2006. [Full View]

Hi, friends! The 'break' extended beyond the time I expected!!! Chances of more delay still loom on the horizon!!! Hope to come back soon to post regularly!

Across

1 A fat lad is led � is, oddly, in the best of health (2,3,2,1,6) FIT AS A FIDDLE

9 Giving anything but praise if I lived differently (8) VILIFIED

10 He is really simple (5) SIMON

12 Places in specified positions (4) LOTS

13 Slides about being useless (5) IDLES

14 Company demanded to get systematic collection of statutes (4) CODE

17 Added to contents of a collection (8)

18 Look rapidly or briefly (6) GLANCE

20 Householders in no hurry to move (6) SNAILS

22 Fear boot possibly when unshod (8) BAREFOOT

25 Obtain by work or merit (4) EARN

26 Bid farewell (5) ADIEU

27 Need to turn over the garden (4) EDEN

30 Enjoy the flavour (5) TASTE

31 Sent a wind that is blowing annually in the Mediterranean (7)

32 A record rearranged by the CIA all in order of initials (14) ALPHABETICALLY

Down

2 Throw away wastefully (7) FRITTER

3 Excursion in the fall? (4) TRIP

4 Cheats by fraudulent schemes (8) SWINDLES

5 Peculiarly gifted children may if lessons are boring (6) FIDGET

6 Apparently round flat surface (4) DISC

7 The French member has nothing on satire (7)

8 Green tint is vaguely intriguing (11) INTERESTING

11 Agrees about awful mess in valuation for tax (11)

15 Arrangement by pitch of all notes in any system of music (5)

16 Mischievous sprites in the chapel vestry (5) ELVES

19 The right to my land establishes me (8)

21 Spray for treatment of roseola (7) AEROSOL

23 Defining things' position in series (7) ORDINAL

24 A word that modifies a verb (6) ADVERB

28 Expression of assent (4)

29 White metallic element (4) ZINC
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Dec 12 0:05:29 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Haircut � all season's growth (4) CROP

3 Risky exploits (10) ADVENTURES

10 Root me somehow to get the vibrating effect in singing (7) TREMORS

11 Designed to retain heat (7) THERMOS

12 Group of eight (5) OCTET

13 Game bird from portion of long narrow hill (9) PARTRIDGE

14 Abandoning without shelter (8) EXPOSING

15 Spies should be adept at absorbing information (6) SPONGY

18 Meddle injuriously (6) MISUSE?

20 Kitchen strainer for lard once melted (8)

24 Patter around in dining hall before a boxing match? (4,5) MAUL ABOUT?

26 Hard satirical use of words (5) SALLY

27 Expressed readiness to provide (7) OFFERED

28 Regular course of procedure (7) ROUTINE

29 Chopper scattered the police on the right (10) HELICOPTER

30 Gets on wrong end in rough sea (4)

Down

1 Negative electrode or terminal (7) CATHODE

2 The shortest dance? (3,4) ONE STEP

4 Devices for administering liquid (8) DISHPANS

5 All in one piece (6) ENTIRE

6 Belonging to them (5) THEIR

7 Ninth month of Muslim year (7) RAMADAN

8 They betray dishonourably for money (7)

9 Friendly competitions (8) CONTESTS

16 My word, that's courteous! (8)

17 Dreamy piece of music (8)

18 Stupendous giant (7) MAMMOTH

19 Passionate enjoyment (7) SOULFUL?

21 Boring chant (7)

22 Without any set of radiating lines (7) RAYLESS

23 Stoppage or delay (6) HOLDUP

25 Pertaining to gold (5) AURIC
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Dec 12 0:56:06 2006. [Full View]

��¡! PP �� , PP �� ! �� ţ�� Ţ��ħ�! �â, �� 측�� Ţ��! �� ǡ�� š�� ǡ? (��. �ɧ� �� Ȣ�� á� �ڸ�� â¡�� )

16 DN - Amenable
18 AC - Impede
24 AC - Mess around
30 AC - Seam?
19 DN - Revelry
21 DN - Routine? (chant - chant by rote)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Dec 12 9:38:42 2006. [Full View]

��, �츢� ��Χ�� , ��째��, TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Dec 12 22:03:31 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
��ç� ��. �� Ǧ�� Ţ��.

Ac-
13. Sweat it out
15. Carhop
17. Aston
20. Abate
24. Access ramp
27. Slur
30. Affluent
32. Flattery

Dn-
3. Over?
4. Throw
8. Duetting
11. Carpet
14. Base
17. Ages
18. Maharaja
19. Watchman
22. Fleece
25. Sound?
28. Plot
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Dec 13 2:26:21 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Don't begin to assert spokesperson needs wine (8) VIGNETTE

5 Reconstruction of deli defeated (6) FOILED

9 Force makes newspapers rue bad treatment (8) POLITBRO

10 Tactless movement by ace. Ugh! (6) GAUCHE

12 Othello, for one, moving back to space (4) ROOM

13 Work hard at something till drops fall off? (5,2,3) SWEAT IT OUT

15 Waiter in a drive-in restaurant refurbishes a porch (6) CARHOP

17 Burning with intent, boy goes after topless vehicle (5) ASTON

20 A beat, if messed up, will become less intense (5) ABATE

21 Commands against the third of agents being involved in rigging of votes (6) VETOES

24 The way to go to a main highway (6,4) ACCESS ROAD

27 Disparaging remark made in crass, lurid style (4) SLUR

29 Marie's distributed multitudes (6) ARMIES

30 A head of family speaking readily of becoming wealthy (8) AFFLUENT

31 Canopy beginning to appear? Not beginning! (6) AWNING

32 Praise is more lacking in flavour, close to incredulity (8) FLATTERY

Down

1 Snakes hesitate to be caught by very important persons (6)VIPERS

2 Animal broke away around the eastern end of grange (6) GALLOP

3 Nothing to put into service on the English river (4)

4 Hurl not close to the tier (5) THROW

6 All right to be on a good animal (5)

7 As closer as it could be to the game (8)

8 Singing a musical composition for two as often in Indian films (8) DUETTING

11 Find fault with alien floor-covering (6) CARPET

14 Supply installation of low value? (4) BASE

16 Cleans with a vacuum cleaner � with ring lost, lingers (6) HOVERS

17 Sage wanders around for a long period of time (4) AGES

18 Royal mascot of Air India (8) MAHARAJA

19 Timekeeper - fellow who keeps guard (8) WATCHMAN

22 Overcharge for wool? (6) FLEECE

23 Very pleasing (6) PRETTY

25 Harsh novelist is heard (5) STERN

26 It's legal: no learner is offensive (5) AWFUL

28 Scheme soft on many (4) PLOT
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Dec 13 23:38:37 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Ac-
1. Natural deal?
9. Slobber
10. Armoire
11. Alert
12. Light bulb
13.
15. Sale price
18. Denounced
21. Tress
22.
24. Orbit
26. Kingdom
27. Earlier
28. Renunciates

Dn-
1.
2. On one
3.
4. Circles?
5. Evangel
6. Limit
7. Figurine
8. Herb
14. Inn signs
16. Potpourri
17. Easy terms
19. City man
20. Dungeon?
22.
23. Nadir
25. Built
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Dec 14 1:13:51 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Local signed ornately in stock transaction (7,4) CLOSING DEAL

9 Pertaining to kissing by large, despicable person embracing the French (7)

10 Cupboard needs more air circulation (7) ARMOIRE

11 Mentally responsive to alter dramatically (5) ALERT

12 Come by chance on a plant � that's illuminating (5,4) LIGHT BULB

13 Am going out of a country for an evergreen plant (5) ERICA

15 At which one buys an article with a discount (4,5) SALE PRICE

18 Condemned in words by many (9) SENTENCED

21 Hardy girl grabs a bit of red hair (5) TRESS

22 Turned away neat detail � enough of it! (9) ALIENATED

24 Brit hurriedly follows circular path (5) ORBIT

26 Domain the ruler brings back up-to-date (7) KINGDOM

27 Before now, nobleman has given vent to ire (7) EARLIER

28 Sure, ancient remedies for sannyasins (11) RENUNCIATES

Down

1 To actor-politician Pa gets various small drinks (5,4) CHOTA PEGS

2 Ounce jumps at prompting (2,3) ON CUE

3 I and students take masala tea by rough sea. How uncomfortable! (3,2,4) ILL AT EASE

4 Moves round in circles with belts (7) GIRDLES

5 Girl doesn't complete giving different angle to good news (7) EVANGEL

6 This is as far as it can go! (5) LIMIT

7 Think about fashionable statuette (8) FIGURINE

8 Medicinal plant from fresher botanical garden (4) HERB

14 They direct the travellers to lodges (3,5) INN SIGNS

16 Uproot, rip everything put in a medley (9) POTPOURRI

17 Fluent words that should please a borrower (4,5) EASY TERMS

19 Country woman's opposite? (4,3) CITY MAN

20 Anger to the hilt? (7) DUDGEON

22 Observes not one thousand ships (4) ARKS

23 Drain out at the lowest point (5) NADIR

25 But taking in one and fifty of good physique (5) BUILT
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Dec 14 1:25:02 2006. [Full View]

1 DN
Chota pegs
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Dec 14 1:31:57 2006. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Dec 14 1:36:19 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Dec 14 23:02:26 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Ac
1. Mixed bag
6. Gale
9. Abadan
10.
13. Equivocal
14. Capri
15. Lady
16. High flying
19. Note dealer
21. Abel
24. Osaka
25. Son of a gun
26. Mahatma
27. Coiner
28. Dips
29. Day -

Dn
2. Inbound
3. Endive
4. Bone china
5.
7. Adelphi
8. Ensuing, Evening -
11. On call
12. Well informed
17. Hue and cry
18.
20. Teashop
22. Big deal
23. Africa
25. Scald
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Dec 15 0:46:45 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Assortment causing `gab'? (5,3) MIXED BAG

6 A legend leaves an Indian city � it's a blow! (4)

9 A big Indian number in Iranian port (6) ABADAN

10 Furious, girl skirts the last of men (7)

13 Finally outspoken as it is open to two interpretations (9) EQUIVOCAL

14 Sort of women's pants for Italian island? (5) CAPRI

15 Boy taken close to society woman (4) LADY

16 Describing a lofty pilot? (4-6) HIGH-FLYING

19 Observe: Senior about to get a money changer at discount (4-6) NOTE DEALER

21 He would like to meet Lincoln the scholar (4) ABEL

24 Ask AO about a foreign city (5) OSAKA

25 Man! The snafu goon perpetrated! (3,2,1,3) SON OF A GUN

26 Mother hides the headcover of the great one (7) MAHATMA

27 A source of new words in the mint? (6) COINER

28 What a pickpocket does � what one does at the pool (4) DIPS

29 Women who don't stay in college hostel (3,5)

Down

2 Arriving, our sailors form a circle in embankment (7) INBOUND

3 At last, I have herb (6) ENDIVE

4 Hie! Nab con rummaging porcelain (4,5) BONE CHINA

5 Chair handed to the student (5)

7 A site of an oracle in Maryland? (7) ADELPHI

8 Proceeding smoothly (7,5) SAILING ALONG?

11 Ontario ring is ready to respond (2,4) ON CALL

12 Having extensive knowledge about waterholes? (4-8) WELL INFORMED

17 Handy cure generates pubic clamour (3,3,3) HUE AND CRY

18 Woman with books on French island (6)

20 To shape makeshift restaurant (7) TEASHOP

22 Influential person in large business transaction (3,4) BIG DEAL

23 Air Force to free one tribesman (6) AFRICA

25 Subject to criticism are heads of school carting away large desks (5) SCALD
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Dec 16 1:06:47 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Area in which Princess has to be firm (8)

5 Somewhat unpleasant person getting the woman (6)

9 Khan's studied expression of agreement for Hindu philosophy (7)

10 Finished � everywhere (3,4) ALL OVER

11 Not in alignment in the altogether? (9)

12 Gets close to well-laid-out snare (5) NEARS

13 Raced to somewhat harass pedestrian (4) SPED

14 Saying again I am getting the hollow portion (9) ITERATION

17 Staying power to tense referees in the cricketing field (3,6) STUMPS

19 Drug addict plays ruse (4) USER

23 It's all Italian! (5) TUTTI

24 Watch Swedish people in the last coach (6,3) GUARDS VAN

25 State half of them are angry (7) ITERATE

26 Ran Len's device to catch things in a mesh (7) ENSNARL

27 Failed to hit in the haze, we hear (6) MISSED

28 Complaint of Henry taking part in tennis games (8) SHINGLES

Down

1 Pay out for terrible bruises after going under a great many (8)

2 Indefinitely in Rome? (4,3)

3 General, that woman is up � to mend a shoe (6)

4 Fight between Std XI and Std XII, for example? (5,8) CLASS sTRUGGLE

6 In full, finally (2,6) AT LENGTH

7 Make an attempt to be a crime-stopper (4,1,2) HAVE A GO

8 Most unique artist takes a pause (6) RAREST

10 Harps: "Hard! Dean wanders in a state" (6,7) ANDHRA PRADESH

15 For approximate calculation, I'm entering property (8) ESTIMATE

16 Western Railway's slants on disputes (8) WRANGLES

18 Implies salient change (7)

20 It prevents waste � a lifeguard's motto? (4-3) SAVE ALL

21 Current exercise for the master (6)

22 In a long time boy's up with inventor (6) EDISON
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Dec 16 1:13:36 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across -
14 Iteration
23 Tutti

Down
4 Class struggle
15 Estimate
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Dec 16 1:46:31 2006. [Full View]

TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Dec 16 1:50:04 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm 23 AC Tutti EtRukkoLLavillaiyaa?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Dec 16 5:27:14 2006. [Full View]

My mistake, TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Dec 16 10:02:34 2006. [Full View]

26 AC Ensnarl
22 DN Edison
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Dec 16 10:49:38 2006. [Full View]

TN, your 2 answers have helped solve 28ac!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Dec 16 23:20:40 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Ac
9 - pine
12. Spam
13. Christabel
16. End product
17. Ogre
20. Tenderest

Down-
2. Cherished
4. Advocate
8 Fair and sqaure
11. Self esteem
14. In concert
15. Writ -
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Dec 17 1:00:46 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Carson's act, funny and above criticism (10) SACROSANCT

7 Long-term prisoner describes pressure when joining book club (4,9) LIFE

9 Tree in ravine obscuring Gothic pile (5,4) PINE

10 Musical, first to captivate pianist (5)

12 Plans to return junk mail (4) SPAM

13 Unfinished poem depicting two biblical characters (10) CHRISTABEL

16 Run out for conduit which will provide the finished article (3,7) END PRODUCT

17 Man-eating monster consequently comes back (4) OGRE

19 Indignation shown when card game's cut short (5) PIQUE

20 Certain to share secrets? Not without love (9) CONFIDENT

21 Fat spouses with a diet I prepared (7,6)

22 Statesman with `Duke'? (10) WELLINGTON

Down

1 Private papers distributed (6) SERVED?

2 Extraordinary riches he'd clung to (9) CHERISHED

3 Honours European carrying far too much weight (5) OBESE

4 Recommend a lawyer (8) ADVOCATE

5 Give a dressing down to wicked beggars, unscrupulous opportunists (13)

6 Refuses to deal with villainous clerk, a rogue (5,5)

8 Trade show's on also on part of cricket ground? Honestly (4,3,6) FAIR AND SQUARE

11 Dwarf in outskirts of Sale joins up with pride (4-6) SELF ESTEEM

14 Working together, performing live (2,7) IN CONCERT

15 Release legal document showing discretion (4,4) WRIT BAIL?

18 He painted giant stepping across island (6) TITIAN?

20 Bird over northern peak (5)CROWN
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Dec 17 1:05:03 2006. [Full View]

changed the list.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Dec 17 1:16:00 2006. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Dec 17 1:24:05 2006. [Full View]

19 AC Pique
9 AC Swiss pine, or white pine.
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From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Dec 17 4:30:24 2006. [Full View]

��!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Dec 17 23:15:49 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
��Ȣ� �� .

Ac-
1. Afforce?
5. Low hip?
9. Loans, Locks?
12. Sea side?
13. Oasis
16. On the trot?
19. Cache?
21. Replied
23. Nuclear
24. Water polo
25. Timer?
26. Crumbs

Down-
1. A place of our own
3. Resists
4. - bar
5. Lotas
15. Acting out
17. Tipster
18. Epigram
22. Drops?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Dec 18 1:38:29 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Fall supply? (7)

5 Boosts in horse-mounting techniques (3-3) PEP-UPS

9 Moreover figures in Lok Sabha wins (5)

10 More wealthy one who wagers is absent (6,3)

11 Powerful persons one encountered after business setback (7)

12 Prospect from the Marina? (3,4) SEA VIEW

13 Bald patch with no modifications in fertile spot (5) OASIS

14 Herbal may boost fare, if cooked properly (5,4)

16 Brisk movement in the stable? (2,3,4) ON THE TROT

19 Secret store, by the way, remains (5) STAYS

21 Made answer in lip-movement in a rush (7) REPLIED

23 Lessens the breadth of new missiles (7) NARROWS

24 Game that is played swimmingly? (5,4) WATER POLO

25 Inter hurriedly what may be used in explosive (5) NITRE

26 Food remains in trail for Hansel and Gretel (6) CRUMBS

27 Where less run-getters would be in a batsmen's line-up (4,3) TAIL END

Down

1 This should give us room that we wish for (1,5,2,3,3) A PLACE OF OUR OWN

2 Official standing given by the French causes resentment (7)

3 Refuses to comply with ugly sisters (7) RESISTS

4 Where drinkers are in common (6,3) BAR

5 Much like metal containers for water in India (5) PAILS

6 Wee gags about trinkets (7)

7 Almost establish I thus raise a condition (7) PROVISO

8 The Queen of Hearts' exclamation had hot fishwife in a flutter (3,4,3,4)

15 Illustrating by pantomime in an open theatre? (6,3) ACTING OUT

17 One who gives better info? (7) TIPSTER

18 Record: one Delhi street comes up with a witty saying (7) EPIGRAM

19 Is a Gran playing the musical instrument? (7) SARANGI

20 Ardent supporter of a `stop' order by the French (7) APOSTLE

22 Scum on a dirty rod aboard (5) DROPS
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Dec 18 22:23:22 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Women far out with soldiers (3-2-3) MEN OF AGE

5 Son's problems? (6)

10 Person who keeps watch (4-3) LATE OWL?

11 Woman given old coin and fruit (7) ANNABEL

12 Friend consumed relish (6) PALATE

13 Begin industrial action in a northern state? (6,2)

15 Sea rushes around page in church section (4) APSE?

16 Not one for a fast turn-out (4,6) SLOW RUNNER

18 It may be hit without difficulty (4,6) EASY TARGET

20 Municipal chief gives up right to him (4)

23 Sameness about Oriental property (8) EQUITIES?

24 Mardi's move to reduce to a peace footing (6) DISARM

26 Mail distributed about poor tribal (7)

27 High-up's contrary information (3-4) TOP DOWN?

28 Give money to a fellow who did something of consuming interest (6) DONATE

29 Made a bed in a way that's novel (4,4)

Down

1 What's this? I can't tell you (2,4,3,6) MY LIPS ARE SEALED

2 Fools find Pole with abundance (7)

3 Cool to the American poet at the end of gallery (6) FROSTY

4 Pretentious social gathering late in starting (4) GALA

6 Shade in the automobile dashboard (3,5)

7 Burst forth to state brake is failing (7)

8 Singular act? (4,11) SOLO PERFORMANCE

9 One who has something in common with others (4-5) PART OWNER

14 The USP of a condom is quite flimsy (5-4)

17 Robust enough to start law-breaking? (8)

19 Foreign individual in Trishul manhandled (7) SHULMAN?

21 A hit lyric that's fashionable (1,2,4) A LA MODE

22 Native American lodge (6)

25 Hurried to take second cover (4)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Dec 19 22:50:48 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 He should get a bag! Just an old bag? (4,5)

6 Girl has love in her heart for another (5)

9 Detest Jack having house on road (5)

10 Line up girl and gent to sort out their careless attitudes (9) NEGLIGENT

11 Call in expert � may be finished (10)

12 People turn to possible options displayed on computer screen (4) MENU

14 The going rate for clerical work? (7)

15 Shade the swarthy revolutionary? (4,3) DARK RED

17 Wise Dan makes out programmes for discussion at meetings (7)

19 Walked short distance with pets, to return quietly with Ted (7)

20 Title of a rabbit in a Sombrero? (4)

22 Made a ruling � on paper only? (10)

25 Jack ordered retsina; this man wouldn't! (9)

26 Note a girl may well be reflective (5) GLASS

27 Stop a number before spring (5)

28 Reflects on new teams about to prepare for publication (9) MEDITATES

Down

1 Prepare scheme on time for an industrial activity (5)

2 Possibly she wore it to appear different (9)

3 Making a recording of things to set right (10)

4 Ample vessel for a wee dram knocked back following a much bigger one (7)

5 Old woman with girl led a contentious bargaining (7) HAGGLED

6 Maid molested among the assembled (4) AMID

7 See old boy not exactly abnormally fat (5) OBESE

8 Amazed by an event that could make one so daunted (9) ASTOUNDED

13 Fresh clue found, so permission is given to proceed (5,5)

14 Eminent director's? Right! (9)

16 Sorry about imprisoned social worker (9)

18 Another word with the same meaning (7) SYNONYM

19 Guided beef (7)

21 There's a portion of sodden suet pudding to follow (5) ENSUE

23 Detectives on ship with records! (5)

24 Love encompassing a natural growth (4)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Dec 19 23:11:12 2006. [Full View]

26 AC Glass
21 DN Ensue
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Dec 20 0:34:43 2006. [Full View]

Becoming dull & dense! Repeated oversights!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Dec 20 1:03:18 2006. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

Becoming dull & dense! Repeated oversights!

PP Ma'm �� â�� 츢��. ӾĢ� �� â ��, �� š� �Ũ� �� Ţ��.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Dec 20 5:05:08 2006. [Full View]

Can't read the font! Why?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Dec 20 22:35:09 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 The result of doing some sums (7) PRODUCT

5 Clothing for boisterous babes (7)

10 Some folks can't yet admit being short (6)

11 A 20 franc gold coin lost at Waterloo (8)

12 A party with links (6)

13 The general dealer who led ranch astray (8) CHANDLER
14 Engine that conks out on the Spanish (6)

15 She is sly by design (6)

18 A neat one made out in a ribbon like structure (6)

20 To stop in the Andes is terrific (6) DESIST

23 Impatient advice to the idle (8)

25 A forbidding order to go back in the navy (6)

26 Steep yacht haven of French (8)

27 Musketeer � one in sheep's clothing (6)

28 Figure the second will create a disturbance (7)

29 Series of units composed in verses (7)

Down

2 American reptiles � but not the poisonous ones (6)

3 Common old wine maker heard to be fine roaring success (9)

4 Bill has unknown uses for ponies (7)

6 Dickens's Oliver was one of them (7) ORPHANS

7 Collected in a mass (5)

8 The country's changed , so I heard (8) RHODESIA

9 It could be used for clearing out the joint rather than cleaning it up (13)

16 One doesn't run after it presumably (4,5) EASY MONEY

17 It's played at a cheap dance (8)

19 Being made to state how old one is appears mean (7) AVERAGE

21 An impressive device worker finds to stop a leak (7) SEALANT

22 Useful medicament in a car crash (6)

24 Turn aside to dance (5) TWIRL
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Dec 20 23:03:35 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

1 AC Product
21 DN Sealant
24 DN Twirl?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Dec 21 5:09:57 2006. [Full View]

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From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Dec 21 23:08:58 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Foreigner Rita puzzled by the cooling (13) REFRIGERATION

8 A rider admitting toll has some attraction (7)

9 Rides on road � so covers great distance (7) STRIDES

11 Perhaps briefly Patrick I owe you good land (6)

13 Individual copies returned with speed (8)

15 To hinder construction, step in circle (5)

16 Went to bed after leaving work (7) RETIRED

18 Old lawyer getting in a doctor noted for his wisdom (7)

19 American nut? (5)

21 To render spirit like, there is direction prepared (8) GUIDANCE

23 Rex is taken in by a girl? What a jerk! (6)

25 Cultivate a long time to practice husbandry (7) ECONOMY?

26 Double time in a bar (3,4)

28 Playful presentation of a best seller perhaps (13)

Down

2 An adventure to make the most of (7) EPISODE?

3 Possible to find a drowned valley in Rialto! (3)

4 Sharp intake of breath from a girl followed by poisonous snake (4)

5 Concerned with showing proper appreciation (10) RESPECTING

6 Mistake in army to land at higher moon area (5)

7 Adept shaken by visitor to geriatric ward (3,4) OLD

8 An attractive way of speaking in French but not in English (5,6) TONGUE

10 Stormy Horn teaches it is the last refuge for sailors (5,6)

12 Instigate action on the wicked little Spanish devil (5) IMPEL

14 Where cases are put down in the station (5,5)

17 Richer and stronger in quality (5) RARER

18 Erudite fellow or one of his proteges, maybe (7)

20 Study by doctor needs to be notedly brisk (3,4)

22 Field of study allotted to true Frenchman (5)

24 Time to make use of N. American Indian tribes (4)

27 Not within (3) OUT
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Dec 21 23:34:31 2006. [Full View]

6 AC Lunar?
15 AC Block?
11 AC Patios?
10 DN - anchor
20 DN Eye exam
17 DN Dense �� 츢�� PP
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Dec 22 6:14:10 2006. [Full View]

Quite tough, TN!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Dec 22 22:19:59 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Birth and death of a backbiter, for example (10)

6 Graduate finds right place to trade (4) MALL

9 The creature giving a guy little support (7)

10 Article needing adjustment for the performance (7) THEATRE

12 League held by a noble lady to be beyond compare (8)

13 Pull out quarter to dial for her (5) DIANA?

15 Go in for chips without fish (5)

17 Servant to be there with a set of books (9) ATTENDANT?

19 Inform outside boxing booth that is near-by (5,4) HERE

21 Master to rule out Madagascar monkey (5) LEMUR

23 She has to deal with the Orient arrangement (5)

24 An auction about something to keep back water (5,3)

27 Tough character beats back with lash (7)

28 Not right, as offence is, so ask pardon (2,5) IM SORRY

29 New ties made to an area for a specific purpose (4) SITE

30 Defender takes middle section (6,4) CENTRE

Down

1 Possibly find her as a harem maid (4) EMMA

2 Cane guy touching line (7) TANGENT?

3 This player works on the lines (5)

4 Tense hate widespread through an upper chamber (3,6) THE SENATE

5 Gold run is adjusted for use of gold or silver lace (5)

7 One feels for any six footer (7)

8 Recount, or just count lobby votes for the Conservatives? (4,1,5)

11 Pass one takes out lots for army officer (7)

14 Foot long skeleton from Sumatra, set out (10)

16 Quiet place that takes one back (7)

18 Doctor the parts I exchanged (9) THERAPIST

20 Ham for girl during the month (7)

22 Terribly alarm one with a serious disease (7) MALARIA

24 You may find her in an English inn (5)

25 Picture causing a row? (5) ISSUE?

26 Be quiet to rise shortly for a college teacher (4)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Dec 22 23:07:54 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

19 AC Bring here
22 AC Malaria
24 AC Under bid?
28 AC Im sorry
1 DN Emma?
7 DN Shorter?
26 DN Prop?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Dec 23 22:34:06 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Bishop lives in style with a painter like

Picasso (6)

4 They help winter sportsmen get to the top (3,5) SKI

10 Sphere of intense activity in district around

the north (5) ARENA

11 Listening carefully in shelter absorbed by

musical, after retiring (9)

12 English person, a head, appearing with

answer back in school (9)

14 Leader in stock market is astute (5)

15 One is one church dignitary with less feeling (8,6)

18 Gradually, video's run back in new

maisonette (3,4,2,1,4)

20 Collection of photographs showing wild

laburnum with no vase (5) ALBUM

22 One politician comes into Dundee,

amazingly not delayed (9)

23 Trouble during first half of reel after

square dance (9)

24 To pick off soldiers, say, keep inside houses

after revolution (5)

26 One leaves order for heavy guns and

military supplies (8)

27 Dictator in terminal receiving head of state (6) STALIN

Down

1 An outstanding performer, kind to imitate (5,3)

2 Reportedly purchase extra (3)

3 Supporters after free dish (5,4)

5 Political advisers back the nine upset about

Italian meeting Conservative (7,7)

6 There's nothing up with American, Lucy's

brother (5)

7 I may be seen flying from escort vessel rail,

perhaps (7,4)

8 Bloodhound in film (6)

9 Unstable country in Caribbean? Plan changed

about university (6,8)

13 Get on well initially using a piece of gymnastic

equipment (11)

16 Beginning to make high teas with p�t�

spread (4,5) HEAD START

17 Dull policeman's round gets one exhausted (4-4)

19 Forbid question on old Shakespearean general (6)

21 Girl, first to mime song (5)

25 One representative of a mischievous child (3)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Dec 24 22:22:15 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Ac-
10. Gallant, valiant
12. Sons?
17. Oratory
24. Harbingers
25. Last
27. Open top
30. -dine
31. Rhesus

Dn-
2. - sugar
7. Rue
14. Dark shadows
18. Wingspan
19. Dentitis
23. Crude
26. Seth
28. Fit
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Dec 24 23:04:02 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Up-to-date operating system by the British navy (6)

4 Contend one's a King in the river (8)

10 It is brave to be her one worker (7) VALIANT

11 Beasts that get one's rag out (7)

12 They are the blessed who shall inherit the earth (4) MEEK?

13 A Scotsman not accustomed to plain living! (10) HIGHLANDER

16 The French tent entangled in various common weeds (6) NETTED

17 A place of prayer or eloquent speaking (7) ORATORY

20 Wrap up in an unusual record novel (7) ENVELOP?

21 Mystery in game was unravelled (6)

24 Forerunners make a mess of greens (10) MESSENGERS

25 Keep going, though behind all the others (4) LAST

27 Vehicle for training motorist? (4,3)

29 She puts on other people's clothes (7) DRESSER?

30 Dine on vegetarian substitute (8)

31 Primate replaces the ushers (6) RHESUS

Down

1 Section of the Clock symphony? (8)

2 Sounds sweet (6,5) DULCET TONES?

3 Stern note sent back to gunner (4) STEN?

5 A line on the map � but is nothing there (8) ISOTHERM

6 A woman holds an airtight container that is unbreakable (10)

7 Evergreen repentance (3) RUE

8 Do not start to blame but make it safe (6) ENSURE

9 Sedate way to assist (5) STAID

14 They make things look blacker than they are (4,7) DARK GLASSES

15 Unhappy writer, manipulated by the editor (4,6)

18 Most enduring part of the aircraft? (8)

19 A dental problem confronting us? Hell, yes! (8)

22 To trade on board ship causes pain (6)

23 Many becoming rude are immature (5) CRUDE

26 Those theologians included the third son (4) SETH

28 Engraft new feathers to repair broken ones (3) FIT?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Dec 25 10:44:23 2006. [Full View]

Have added a few more guesses!!!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Dec 25 10:55:08 2006. [Full View]

10 AC, 17 AC ӾĢ� ��즸��Ţ��ħ�
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Dec 25 11:18:17 2006. [Full View]

Sorry!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Dec 25 22:44:45 2006. [Full View]

My unentered guesses yesterday are all correct!

Across

1 Sanctimonious with a good man about foreign money (7)

5 Hesitate to claim an out of sorts wonder event (7) MIRACLE

9 Made up an aim to be exceedingly violent (5)

10 He's lit on a solution to the downfall (9) HAILSTONE

11 Dog may be in it to impede food kept for cattle? (6)

12 Tried-and-true firm (8) CONSTANT

14 Portion of ice-cream for all (5) TUTTI

15 Occult entity that can point to the French in the mind (9)

18 Bank account prepared by teller? (9) STATEMENT

20 Humorous entertainer (5) CLOWN

22 Poles and Oriental taken in by free detergent (8)

24 Lose credit all round for someone to conclude (6)

26 Futile injunction to the overenthusiastic brickie (9)

27 Characteristic feature of abstainer is to inhale fresh air (5)

28 An outlet to ship goods (7) SEAPORT

29 Left last to foretell (7) PORTEND

Down

1 Married theatricals who share the fun (9)

2 Opposed to making a profit on street (7) AGAINST

3 May be tried and seen to soften (9) TENDERISE

4 Resonant notes from a screech owl (4) ECHO

5 Making use of one's time at home (10)

6 Settles down to refreshing inactivity (5) RESTS

7 Calm worker uses fluid to take heat off edge of cutting tool (7) COOLANT

8 It happens to be the exact time (5) EVENT

13 Everest set terribly unsparing trial (6,4) SEVERE TEST

16 Non-stop flight (9)

17 Hurt when one in fifty complained (9)

19 Alcoholics resort to crime in this country (7) AMERICA

21 The era of the proletariat! Ah! There's the rub! (7)

22 Barters deals successfully (5)

23 Can be used as a powerful explosive compound (5) NITRO

25 Briefly pass out earliest (4)ASAP
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Dec 25 23:31:39 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

12 AC Constant
14 AC Tutti

4 DN Howl?
8 DN Even t
23 DN Nitro
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Dec 26 10:42:59 2006. [Full View]

2 more answers found!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Dec 26 10:59:26 2006. [Full View]

Wallstone �� .
22 DN Sells?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Dec 26 22:24:03 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Tree arrives with second person from France in the vehicle (7)

5 Revolted by non-alcoholic drink, makes a bloomer (3,4)

9 Founded as Terminus town, grew up as State capital in USA (7)

10 Lexicographer's claim that he has reached P � for Painting (7)

11 Marie developed plant for using its fibre for various articles (5) RAMIE

12 All the unaided morgue attendant has to deal with (9)

13 Beggar who admits he is incapable of reforming his character (9) MENDICANT

15 Regions spare asset is within reach (5)

16 Read on time about business for a particular market (5)

18 Conveyance laid on by accident, maybe (9) SPACESHIP?

21 The chap Smitton, we hear, taken from Italy (9)

24 He lies about receiving money (5)

25 I put on a disguise too good to be true (7)

26 An excursion made to oil producing city (7) TURMOIL?

27 Lee takes Nora to meet her (7) ELEANOR

28 Bloomer shaped ornament (7) ROSETTE

Down

1 A couple of animals familiar to crossword solvers (7)

2 Town criers to call me before noon (7)

3 Exotic Argentine fruit (9) TANGERINE

4 Whaler's knife found stuffed with soft material in quarter (5)

5 A term for spruce trees originally (9)

6 Play softly in order to direct (5)

7 Soon her devastated land is approaching (7)

8 Record on my direction, names of places derived from others (7)

14 He casts no vote for the consumption of alcohol (9) ABSTAINER

15 Slender types from wild Caithness (9)

16 Duty imposed on a lot of families around Utah (7)

17 Nobody but Jack has seafood (7)

19 Lend a hand when the char is away (4,3) HELP OUT

20 Delay in action to set pier right (7)

22 Giant hunter of Greek mythology (5) ORION

23 External course route designed (5) OUTER
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Dec 26 22:33:58 2006. [Full View]

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11 AC Ramie
21 AC -romano
25 AC Deceive?
27 AC Delanor?
26 AC Tripoli
28 Rosette

3 DN Tangerine
4 DN Suede
5 DN Evergreen?
6 DN Plain
14 DN Abstainer
15 DN -thins
19 DN Help out
22 DN Orion
23 DN Outer
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Dec 26 23:12:12 2006. [Full View]

13 AC Mendicant
2 DN -amen, drum men?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Dec 27 22:04:12 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
�� Ţ�� 츢��

Ac-
1. Washing machine
8. Eroded
9. Arbitral
11. Excitable
12. Trait
13. Dovecot
15. Dislike
17. Fine leg
19. Fan belt
21. Chess
23. Newsflash
25. Lingerie
26.
27.

Dn-
1. Weekend
2. Stoic
3. Identical
4. Airhead
5. Heist
6. Normalize
7. Blithe
10. Abut
14. Vengeance
16. Sang froid
17. Facile
18. Gingili
19. Fawn
20. T shirts
22. Sheen
24.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Dec 27 22:21:50 2006. [Full View]

��! �á�� 즸�� š��!�� Ţ�� Ȣ,TN! �� l�Ǣ� �� Ȣ¢�츢��.

Across

1 Cleaning device in Ghana chews mini out of shape (7,7) WASHING MACHINE

8 Eaten away in Tamil Nadu location, died (6) ERODED

9 Relating to settlement of a dispute through a referee, a trial, getting involved with bar (8) ARBITRAL

11 Once fit to be quoted but volatile (9) EXCITABLE

12 Characteristic of a bird circling artist (5) TRAIT

13 Refuge for pigeons puts confused cove in a spot (7) DOVECOT

15 Antipathy for a girl's counterpart (7) DISLIKE

17 Fielder providing very good support (4,3) FINE LEG

19 An admirer's band that drives a cooling part in the engine (3,4) FAN BELT

21 Game of men moving on board (5) CHESS

23 It could interrupt a programme on TV from all directions with a blaze (9) NEWSFLASH

25 Cover for women in retirement (8) LINGERIE

26 Small number being included in time shows integrity (6) HONOUR

27 Objected to being surrounded by vulnerability? That shows no stability of mind (4-10) WEK MINDEDNESS

Down

1 It begins on Friday night (7) WEEKEND

2 One resigned to his destiny, a Scot, I fancy (5) STOIC

3 There can be no difference between such twins (9) IIDENTICAL

4 Stupid person, to broadcast commercial about ambassador (7) AIRHEAD

5 Robbery by some atheists (5) HEIST

6 Roman lies fashioned to bring things into conformity with a standard (9) NORMALISE

7 "Hail to thee � spirit" (Shelley) (6) BLITHE

10 Touch an upturned wind instrument (4) ABUT

14 An eye for an eye (9) VENGEANCE

16 Cold blood in France gives composure (4-5) SANG FROID

17 Easy to find account in the folder (6) FACILE

18 Sesame, Indian style (7) GINGILI

19 Pander to a young deer (4) FAWN

20 The garments to quench thirsts (1-6) T SHIRTS

22 Overturned parts of ship's structure are smooth and shiny (5) SLEEK

24 Lacking company in a dismal onerous ritual (5) ALONE
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Dec 28 22:13:48 2006. [Full View]

Ac-
1. Schematic?
5. Aimer
8.
9. Confutes
11. Sure, Rock?
12. Manservant
14. Niece
15. Example
16. Pillage
17. Tilde
19. Repetition
20. Nail
22. Diatribe
23. Mining
24. Toted
25. Emollient

Dn-
1. Samosa?
2. African? elephant
3. Mole
4. Cross section
5. Affordable
6. Methamphetamine
7. Rosette
10. -- table
13. Recaptured
16. Peridot
18. Alight
21. Rill
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Dec 28 22:45:53 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 A grim pact rendered down to earth (9) PRAGMATIC

5 In the bomb bay his task is to get the target (5) AIMER

8 State of the queen in Indian art... (6)

9 ... disproves that net focus varies (8) CONFUTES

11 Bit of stone denoting dependability (4) ROCK

12 Gentleman's gentleman (10) MANSERVANT

14 Relative sound of a French resort (5) NIECE

15 One time partner, large case in point (7) EXAMPLE

16 Plunder makes attendant sick inside (7) PILLAGE

17 This material from Betul leads in quality (5) TILDE

19 Royal Engineers appeal for a replica (10) REPETITION

20 Clumsily handle a heavy hammer (4) NAIL

22 Bitter criticism of help returned by an ethnic group (8) DIATRIBE

23 Digging up was fashionable in a Chinese dynasty (6) MINING

24 Initially, the only thing everyone desired was to be carried (5) TOTED

25 A soothing application that oilmen let slip (9) EMOLLIENT

Down

1 Indian dish which is a big hit among airborne soldiers (6)

2 Big animal in the arena: plant chief shocked (7,8) AFRICAN ELEPHANT

3 Spy with a naevus (4) MOLE

4 A random sample from an angry part of the community (5,7) CROSS SECTION

5 African brand of car, having the needed power and within one's means (10) AFFORDABLE

6 Stimulant chemical Thai meatmen processed, mixing constituents of hemp (15) METHAMPHETAMINE

7 Decorative badge seen upturned in a silhouette so richly coloured (7) ROSETTE

10 Playing bagatelle? Get a piece of furniture (4-3,5) -LEG TABLE

13 What an escaped convict could be when the law catches up with him (10) RECAPTURED

16 Can a fairy spot a gemstone? (7) PERIDOT

18 A lantern with which to step out of the car, maybe (6) ALIGHT

21 Brook a bit of brilliance (4) RILL
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Dec 28 22:53:41 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

8 AC Kerala?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Dec 29 22:15:37 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
��ǡ ��즸��Ţ��ħ�
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Ac-
1. Polemical
5. Valet
8. Black eye
9. Wise up?
11. Welch?
12. Anchorite, Reclusive, Excursion
13. Hethro, Haters?
14.
16. Palmyrah
18. Of late
22. Ambulance
23.
24. Uptown
25.
26. Surly
27. Not spoken?

Dn-
1. Publish
2. Leaflet
3. Make hurry slowly
4. Cry-
5. Pronunciational?
6.
7. Top -
10. Acute
15.
16. Peanuts
17. Lobster
19. Pleader
20. Expired?
21. Let out
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Dec 29 22:35:12 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Controversial one from Poland trashes claim (9) POLEMICAL

5 Jeeves was a perfect example of one (5) VALET

8 Facial evidence of a brawl... (5,3) BLACK EYE

9 ... makes sense in a theologian's state (4,2) ADDS UP

11 Pupil begins hearing a dialect (5) IRISH

12 A hermit seen thrice on a trip (9) ANCHORITE

13 Dissidence at this place's unknown (6) HERESY

14 Alien, swapping an article for duck, becomes more powerful (8) STRONGER

16 Tree with fan-shaped leaves that a friend ran into by the telegraph office (8) PALMETTO

18 "Recently" as found even in Old English (2,4)OF LATE

22 Rescue vehicle that could be chased by some kind of lawyers in America (9) AMBULANCE

23 A drive to locate a fastening (5) RIVET

24 Residential part of Agra, perhaps (6) UPTOWN

25 Relative, good boy, pockets African money (8) FRANKSON

26 Without doubt, removing English would be churlish (5) SURLY

27 Nothing could be more hush-hush (3-6) TOP SECRET

Down

1 Print and issue for general distribution (7) PUBLISH

2 Having more foliage is a relief, however (7) LEAFIER

3 Festina lente, proceed deliberately � that's the quickest way to succeed (4,5,6) MAKE HASTE SLOWLY

4 A crocodilian may be funny in a tin (6)

5 For the nonce, defer voice modulation in the meeting without meeting (15) VIDEOCONFERENCE

6 The French fraud can be deep-rooted (7) LASTING

7 Hat? For driving at speed ? (3,4) TOP GEAR

10 A pretty kind of angle (5) ACUTE

15 Medical implant in a curious tentative procedure (5) STENT

16 The pay that could attract monkeys (7) PEANUTS

17 Seafood, duck, best cooked between two sides (7) LOBSTER

19 Counsellor, notice peak on cap (7) ADVISOR

20 Dead as a dodo (7) EXTINCT

21 The French stumble but speak without restraint (3,3) LET RIP

Sorry for 'kerala',TN
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Dec 30 22:08:08 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
�Ÿ��ġ��, ��째�ǡ�Ȣɡ�� ġ� �� Ţ��. �Ǣ�� â��. �� Ţ�� Ţ��.

Ac-
1 Give an account of extremely divisive
writer (8) Divisive
5 Modest teas prepared after church (6) Chaste
10 Impersonate girl in La Bonhome
beginning to cry (5) Mimic
11 Smuggled spirits? Nonsense (9) Moonshine
12 Fancy the Wise Men being taken in
in the East (7) Imagine
13 Fluid on items, slightly wet (7) Moisten
14 Clearly guilty, so dismissed during
dramatic scene? (6,2,3,3) Caught in the act
17 See Edinburgh-born inventor in
plant (10,4) - bell
21 Patent medicine not rums,
unfortunately! (7)
23 Scored at a brisk speed, a fifty by
member run out (7) Allegro
24 Supporter of Parliament�s lively
leader (9)
25 Coach tour rearranged following onset
of tonsillitis (5) Tutor
26 Sharp, boy wearing one (2,4)
27 Find out about unusual sort of
photography (8)

Dn
1 Prepare top field (6) Domain
2 Another identical stove at home (4,5) Same -
3 Shocking type of music (in key) (7) Rocking
4 Two bouncers about to, very close
together (6-2-6) Bumper to bumper
6 Holds that man�s heroin and cannabis (7) Hashish
7 Anglo-Irish satirist is fast (5) Swift
8 An extremely long time possibly entire
year going round Turkey�s capital (8) Eternity
9 Vulgar, with what could be no regard
for the usual type (6,2,6) Common - -
15 Reptile flying at gorilla (9) Alligator
16 Written outline, showing no care, is
sloppy (8)
18 Almost too soon, party married for a
title (7)
19 Hold up one who�s taking flight
across Sweden (7)
20 End of August �orrible? Scorching (6) Torrid
22 Avoid rear-end of cart or crash (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Dec 30 22:29:35 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Give an account of extremely divisive writer (8) DESCRIBE

5 Modest teas prepared after church (6) CHASTE

10 Impersonate girl in La Boh�me
beginning to cry (5) MIMIC

11 Smuggled spirits? Nonsense (9) MOONSHINE

12 Fancy the Wise Men being taken in
in the East (7) IMAGINE

13 Fluid on items, slightly wet (7) MOISTEN

14 Clearly guilty, so dismissed during
dramatic scene? (6,2,3,3) CAUGHT IN THE ACT

17 See Edinburgh-born inventor in
plant (10,4)

21 Patent medicine - not rums,
unfortunately! (7) NOSTRUM

23 Scored at a brisk speed, a fifty by
member run out (7) ALLEGRO

24 Supporter of Parliament's lively
leader (9)

25 Coach tour rearranged following onset
of tonsillitis (5) TUTOR

26 Sharp, boy wearing one (2,4)

27 Find out about unusual sort of
photography (8) INFRARED?

Down

1 Prepare top field (6)DOMAIN
2 Another identical stove at home (4,5) SAME AGAIN

3 Shocking type of music (in key) (7) ROCKING

4 Two bouncers about to, very close together (6-2-6) BUMPER TO BUMPER

6 Holds that man's heroin and cannabis (7) HASHISH

7 Anglo-Irish satirist is fast (5) SWIFT

8 An extremely long time - possibly entire
year going round Turkey's capital (8) ETERNITY

9 Vulgar, with what could be no regard
for the usual type (6,2,6) COMMON

15 Reptile flying at gorilla (9) ALLIGATOR

16 Written outline, showing no care, is
sloppy (8)

18 Almost too soon, party married for a title (7) EARLIER

19 Hold up one who's taking flight across Sweden (7) BOLSTER

20 End of August `orrible? Scorching (6) TORRID

22 Avoid rear-end of cart or crash (5)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Dec 30 22:45:07 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

19 DN Bolster
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Dec 31 22:30:56 2006. [Full View]

Across

1 Type of carnation that is an optic illusion, errors excepted (7)

5 French illumination gives great pleasure (7) DELIGHT

9 Recluse's foes run off, showing ingenuity (15) RESOURCEFULNESS

10 In cookery, it is the right piece to be cooked (6) RECIPE

11 Fix firmly the candlestick, following directions (8) ENSCONCE

13 Old British volunteer force was one unknown army formation (8)

15 Fighters who are backward, unsatisfactory in a way (6)

18 Have a home in Ypres ideally (6) RESIDE

19 Switch positions intermittently (3,3,2)OFF AND ON

22 Food item for a fat mole as ordered (4,4) MEAT LOAF

24 Cutting tool that is a kind of puzzle (6) ZIGSAW

27 Flash in the sky causes sudden cessation of work (9,6) LIGHTNING STRIKE

28 A backward move for fighting forces (7) RETREAT

29 See pace set by one who has broken out (7) ESCAPEE

Down

1 Picture a harbour beam (7) PORTRAY

2 Unit of flow used in Syracuse colleges (7) CUSEC

3 A possible winner in the hand (5,4) TRUMP CARD

4 Wear away with acid and so on, Henry (4)

5 Fed up with the objective? Give battle (6) DEFEND

6 Ring up about one flower (5) LILAC

7 Forest that provides raw timber (9) GREENWOOD

8 Elephants or wild boars (7) TUSKERS

12 Work unit, say, around the capital of Romania (3)

14 Violent attack on cricket side: massacre without expression of hesitation (9) ONSLAUGHT

16 Level-headed and clear? It is odd (9)

17 Newt that went off headless (3)

18 Plant, part bramble, rather uncommon (7) RAMBLER

20 New hero working for a non-existent place (7) NOWHERE

21 He enjoys pain � others'! (6) SADIST

23 Workshop equipment for turning French and English articles (5) LATHE

25 Cut down on expenses, avoid accepting the beginning of misfortune (5) SKIMP

26 Shivering fit experienced by a guest? No way (4) AGUE
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Dec 31 23:07:58 2006. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

1 AC Percept
4 DN Etch
12 DN Erg
17 DN Hat
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jan 1 1:22:45 2007. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Jan 1 22:09:54 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
�� Ȣ�� .

11. Tithe
12. Litre
16. Fable
19. Steps
26. Bagel

Down-
6. Not guilty
9. Seven
15. Matchless
17. Applause
18. Kangaroo
21. Solids
26. Bleat
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jan 1 23:08:45 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Relation of a white girl, haunted, distressed (8-2-3)

10 He defends by argument, a Justin (9)

11 Old tax, there is an article about it (5) TITHE

12 Volume of Turkish money found around end of August (5) LIRAS

13 Red gemstone causes a cluster of boils on skin (9) CARBUNCLE

14 Goodbye note found on floor covering in Tokyo (6)

16 Would a traveller tell a fib, say, in response? (5) REPLY

19 They are taken in a flight, going up or down (5) STEPS

20 Go round for a surgical procedure (6) BYPASS

25 Disease carrier makes Noah sleep fitfully (9) ANOPHELES

26 Bread roll found in a sac by the Spanish (5) BAGEL

27 Waterfowl gets caught by poaching rebels (5)

28 Debts not settled by pawnbroker, a socialist (9) UNCLEARED

29 Distress caused by nine actors not performing (13) CONSTERNATION

Down

2 An air force officer, say, becoming a heretic (8)

3 Search uncertainly for a good line (5)

4 Spasm felt by sorceress following end of act (6)

5 Sent back � to the House? (8) RETURNED

6 Free from blame, as the jury might say (3,6) NOT GUILTY

7 Associate with an embassy official endlessly (6)

8 Everyone in the New York opera gets a hammer (6)

9 Number that is small, not odd (5) SEVEN

15 Without an equal and the means to light up (9) MATCHLESS

17 Hands getting together in appreciation (8) APPLAUSE

18 Creature that might be in an unfair court (8) KANGAROO

21 Non-liquid food is sold loose (6) SOLIDS

22 Freight that makes a motor run (5) CARGO

23 Old boy upset about changed role in Spanish dance (6) BOLERO

24 Trash cannot be ruled as out of place inside here (6) ASHCAN

26 Sound sheepish? (5) BLEAT
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Jan 2 22:06:20 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

�� ħ�, PP ��.

Ac-
1. Pace bowler
10. Via media
11. Martinet
12. Yarrow
13. Charity
16. Fan mail
19. It's not laggard
23. Palatial
26. Monotone
29. Enticement

Dn-
2. Areca
3. Equator
5. Levity
6. Ready made
7. Theorem
14. Half heart?
15. Touchtone
20. Antonym
21. Upbeat
24. Logic
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jan 2 22:46:41 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 He makes fast deliveries (4,6) PACE BOWLER

7 Difficult journey, returning in a darker time (4) TREK

9 Repair a fracture and shed weight (6) REDUCE

10 The Latin way with the press etc., to find a compromise (3,5) VIA MEDIA

11 A strict disciplinarian would term it an oddity (8) MARTINET

12 Variable missile found in a plant (6) YARROW

13 Alms-giving? Get careful about it! (7) CHARITY

16 Letters that bring a breath of fresh air to stars? (3,4) FAN MAIL

17 One small measure relating to the mouth is unethical (7) IMMORAL

19 Behind time and found dead in a part of the garden (7) DECAYED

22 Man-eating giant one, a gross eastern horror (6) OGRESS

23 What a royal residence should be (8) PALATIAL

26 A voice that is a bore? Ain't funny (8) BARITONE?

27 A harpy backs attempt to get support for a crane (6) GENSET?

28 Daughter with time, time for starting an operation (1-3) D DAY

29 A medical branch I join because of temptation (10) ENTICEMENT

Down

2 Nut tree � hundred found in a region (5) ARECA

3 Earthy line with zero latitude (7) EQUATOR

4 Glyceride released on grabbing a garland (5)

5 Frivolity of including popular industrial sector in an imposition (6) LEVITY

6 Off-the-peg but conventional (5-4) READY-MADE

7 Formula derived from a crumbling, hot meteor (7) THEOREM

8 Impose tie-break and make an example (9) EPITOMISE

14 Part-time volunteer � to protect the hearth? (4,5) HOME GUARD

15 Are parents so worried as to sign in a different key? (9) TRANSPOSE

18 Excess flesh can tie boys in knots (7) OBESITY

20 It is as hate is to love (7) ANTONYM

21 Buoyant, with a raised pulse (6) UPBEAT

24 Good sense shown by soldier in line of control (5) LOGIC

25 Article about professional stage part (5)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Jan 3 22:10:41 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time enbathu illallavE PP, PP

Ac-
1. Not prepared
11. Venal
12. Affidavit
13. Rage
20. Edge
29. Resemblence

Dn-
2. Thinly
4. Pacifier
5. Raindeer
7. Proverb
14. Gun powder?
16. Compress
18. Phrases?
23. Cotton?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jan 3 22:29:49 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Irritable and lacking skill, casual worker reportedly erred (3-8) BAD-TEMPERED

9 Undercooked portion of a cheese dish (7) RAREBIT

10 Church and queen accept sick horror film (7) CHILLER

11 A bit of a craven alienor, susceptible to graft (5) VENAL

12 In a tiff, a vaid rewrote a sworn statement (9) AFFIDAVIT

13 The right time for anger (4) RAGE

15 American articles of adornment for the Spanish surrounded by Israelites perhaps (7) JEWELRY

19 Base soldier backs aristocrat (7)

20 A marginal advantage? (4) EDGE

24 Fairy, favourite one, with a sudden change of fortune (9)

25 Energy displayed by ducks with speed (5)

27 Decorate endlessly and differently in a style with geometric shapes (3,4)

28 Elevated station from which to shout, revealing information (7)

29 Similarity of British sappers, an outward appearance (11) RESEMBLANCE

Down

1 Embargo concerning a nobleman (5) BARON

2 Work frivolously with a doubly black lead design (6) DABBLE

3 Trick directions on carriage (6) ENTRAP

4 Teething ring that can calm one (8) PACIFIER

5 Creature that is said to make monsoon event costly (8) REINDEER

6 Gland in action is released (9) DELIVERED

7 Memorable saying in favour of a part of speech (7) PROVERB

8 Dull ceremony follows end of visit (5) TRITE

14 The source of a comedian's humour, maybe (3,6) GAG

16 Condense small committee papers (8) COMPRESS

17 Party principles at a raised level? (8)

18 A part seraph plays, possible (7)

21 Fish with strange parts (5)

22 Gun part with which to move at great speed (6)

23 Protective cover for two firms getting no return (6) COCOON

26 Measure of the base of tree found in a lake (5)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Jan 3 22:38:19 2007. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Jan 4 22:15:50 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time enbathu illallavE PP, PP

Ac-
1. Draining board
9. Myalgic
10. Desire
11. Great bear
12. Not Alter
13. See red
14. Appetite
17.
19. Spasms
23. Mason
25. Signalman
26. Bugaboo
27. Imprint
28. Restaurant car

Dn-
1. Damages
2. Abatement
3.
4. Nickel
5. - rope
6.
7.
8. Wheelie
15. Insomniac
16. Diaspora
17. Camp bed
18. Omnibus
20. Playpen
21. Senator
22. Uglier
24. Sugar
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jan 4 22:45:40 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Kitchen aid to deal with wearisome directors? (8,5) DRAINING BOARD

9 Can a heartless guy claim trouble relating to muscular pain? (7) MYALGIC

10 A lawyer in passion is deserving of affection (7) LOVABLE

11 Ursa Major (5,4) GREAT BEAR

12 Kind of badger that may change later (5)

13 Look at the stop sign and become very angry (3,3) SEE RED

14 A soft, small and dainty craving (8) APPETITE

17 Tom caught holding a colourful festival that is universal (8)

19 A mobile message about father's convulsions (6) SPASMS

23 Mother with child builder (5) MASON

25 Railway worker in Milan nags horribly (9) SIGNALMAN

26 Source of fear could bother a boor endlessly (7) BUGABOO

27 Mark made by a grim printer (7) IMPRINT

28 The place for meals on wheels (10,3) RESTAURANT CAR

Down

1 What might be claimed in compensation as the mare, say, gets old (7) DAMAGES

2 Diminution of a team bent on change (9) ABATEMENT

3 Garment for a close union (7) NIGHTIE

4 Cut the Spanish for five cents (6) NICKEL

5 A line to the ringer (4,4) BELL ROPE

6 Unfavourable jingle (7) ADVERSE

7 Coming out of the university in arrears (5)

8 Bike stunt done by a rotter, in the west, that is (7) WHEELIE

15 Simon, caught in a quandary, is one unable to sleep (9) INSOMNIAC

16 From India, sporadically, there is dispersion of people (8) DIASPORA

17 The charpoy in the tent? (4,3) CAMP BED

18 Transport used by mob in US clandestinely (7) OMNIBUS

20 Tiny tots' sports arena (7) PLAYPEN

21 US political in Indian army? Rubbish, in retrospect (7) SENATOR

22 Rule Gl violated was more objectionable (6) UGLIER

24 Sweetener that may annoy you and me in return (5) SUGAR
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Jan 4 22:47:42 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

7 DN Debit
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jan 4 23:00:16 2007. [Full View]

Or 'debut'?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Jan 5 22:07:36 2007. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Jan 5 22:16:14 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time enbathu.

Ac-
1. Contractor
6. Edit
9. Midwife
10. Lullaby
12. Fire-t-s
13. Alien
15. Caste
17. Onslaught
19. Appetizer
21.
23. Comma
24. Pot-
27. Innings
28. Handing
29. Glow
30. Cartlights?

Dn-
1. Camp
2.
3. Raise
4. Creations
5. Ogles
7. Drawing
8. Trying time
11. My condition
14. Scratching
16. Entrain
18. Stress-, Strain-
20. Pimento
22.
24. Pasta
25. Hindi
26. Eggs
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jan 5 22:52:26 2007. [Full View]

1. Businessman riding a farmer's vehicle (10) CONTRACTOR

6 Set in order for publication (4) EDIT

9 She is required to deliver (7) MIDWIFE

10 Rock song for the very young (7) LULLABY

12 It will contain a fire (8)

13 He is not of this world (5) ALIEN

15 It is a sign of class (5) CASTE

17 Laughs not at the firecer attack (9) ONSLAUGHT

19 Stimulant for repast, pie maybe (9) APPETISER

21 Take one step somehow to find the salt (5) EPSOM

23 Mark separating short parts of a sentence (5) COMMA

24 Large earthenware vessels with two ears (8) PITCHERS

27 Play of one batsman during his turn (7) INNINGS

28 Delivering and holding out (7) HANDING

29 Gleam and shine without flames (4) GLOW

30 Wet conditions impair lustre of craft (10)

Down

1 Temporary accommodation (4) CAMP

2 Those who get maximum exposure (7) NUDISTS

3 Breed into existence (5) RAISE

4 God's own handiwork (9) CREATIONS

5 Casts amorous glances (5) OGLES

7 A sketch (7) DRAWING

8 Judicial term for ordeal (6,4) TRYING TIME

11 Cause of not being able to see the wood for the trees? (7) LEAFAGE

14 Using claws to relieve itching (10) SCRATCHING

16 Go on a journey by rail (7) ENTRAIN

18 Exerts to the utmost (9) STRETCHES

20 Point me out the pepper (7) PIMENTO

22 System organised to provide for needs of public (7) SERVICE

24 Dish made from dried flour in various shapes (5) PASTA

25 Our national language (5) HINDI

26 Urges to act (4) EGGS
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jan 6 22:15:49 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Rifle fire (4) SHOT

3 Argument applied to merit of poet (10)

10 Light later around northern Norway (7)

11 Several books in one PSV (7)

12 Drop of sweet white wine in jar (5)

13 Sauce - favourite covering piece of savoury duck (5) PESTO

16 Comprehensive defeat ahead of
classic motor race (10,5)

18 Message on a pc - `Why rewire house,
dilapidated end of terrace?' (4,3,4,4)

19 Ring from Ecuador's capital on
moving round to the centre (5)

21 Serious honour received by senior (5) SENOR

24 A mostly outspoken party
demanding fruit (7)

25 Remain uneasy heading for Tokyo Tower (7)

26 Cry as cadet condemned a coward (7-3)

27 Can cause trouble (4)

Down

1 A drop in the ocean? (10)

2 Tending to comply with social norms,
scorn motif that's out of order (10)

4 Come clean about cricket side seizing
wicket and winning (3,2)

5 Pancake - declines cold one (4,5)

6 A light sauce may create a superficial impression (6,8)

7 Cairo beautician's dress (4) ROBE

8 Cannabis in dish (4)

9 US dance director following tradition in Mayfair (8,6)

14 Young boy providing shelter for
English commando (5,5)

15 Machine, pretty faulty having loose
wire inside (10)

17 Unnecessary repetition got layout
looking higgledy-piggledy (9)

20 Volunteers to entertain a politician
here in Florida (5)

22 Fish when in outskirts of Bowness (4)

23 Old garment, article obtained on the
way over (4)TOGA
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Jan 6 22:26:06 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time enbathu illallavO PP, PP

Ac-
1. Shot
13. Pesto
21. Sinor?
25. Vertigo

Dn-
1 Sea--
4. Leg up
7. Robe
8. Pots
20. Favor
22. Bass
23. Toga
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Jan 7 22:56:54 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Body tissue caught in regalia, clumsily (9)

5 Turns liquids to solids (4) ICES?

8 Pet name for Lily (3) LIL

9 Flat iron plate for cooking (7)

10 Spike or head of corn (3) EAR

11 Do not start feeling sorry for the bird (5) EGRET

12 Put poison into weapon (9)

13 Reduced the bulk or numbers (7)

15 Strenuous exertion (6)

17 Minister of the altar (6) PRIEST

18 Substance dispersed in fine spray (7) AEROSOL

21 Carried out deception (3,6) EYE WASHED

22 Devastation causing destruction (5)

24 Might be eaten or drunk (3)

25 He discovers by intuition (7) DIVINER

26 Star which gives us warmth and light (3) SUN

27 Reduce to insensibility (4)

28 Small daughter is offensive, but let off (9)

Down

1 Converge together (7)

2 Sovereign guide for the pen (5) RULER

3 Grains used to flavour liquors and sweets (7)

4 Curly-haired chicory used as salad (6)

5 Do not look anymore (4,2,7)

6 Ions or electrons emitted by incandescent substance (9)

7 Source of commendation and approval (6) PRAISE?

9 Practice how to don a glove (3,4,4,2) PUT ONES HAND IN

14 Wandering waywardly in it with hesitation and a book (9) LOITERING?

16 Small fish packed together (8) SARDINES

17 Have in abundance (6) PLENTY

19 Freedom a dog needs (7)

20 Pushed vigorously (6) SHOVED

23 Caller loses it, an eyeshield (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jan 8 23:10:07 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Uninteresting (9) TASTELESS

6 Notice order for sun-dried brick (5) ADOBE

9 Housing for caterer, perhaps (7) TERRACE

10 The hour to tuck in (3,4) BED TIME

11 Small towel for wiping (6) NAPKIN

12 Feel deep sorrow (6) GRIEVE

15 Agree to keep in touch by letter (10) CORRESPOND

16 Advanced for a time before Easter (4) LENT

18 51 were unaccompanied (4) LONE

19 Clearance for colonisation (10) SETTLEMENT

23 Recurrent periods of events (6)

25 Cause wounds to become ulcerated (6) FESTER

28 Tell the tale about foreign nobleman (7) RECOUNT

29 Declared positively (7) AVERRED

30 Cause to be in high spirits (5) ELATE

31 Provide information to settle all differences (4,5) TELL TALES

Down

1 Unsinkable ship that sank, however (7) TITANIC

2 Small fragment of metal used mainly for remelting (5,4) SCRAP IRON

3 Seeking to avoid (7) EVASIVE

4 In the same plane or line (4) EVEN

5 Draws breath in convulsive gasps (4) SOBS

6 Elementary mathematicians found squirming (6) ADDERS

7 Evergreen tree with oil-yielding fruit (5) OLIVE

8 Proper abode or sphere (7) ELEMENT

13 Rate of progress (5) SPEED

14 State of being one (5) UNITY

17 Choose examination consisting of voters (7) ELECTORAL

18 Alfalfa in Switzerland? (7)

20 Mountain unable repose eternally (7) EVEREST

21 Long vehement speeches (7) TIRADES

22 Untroubled by danger (6) IMMUNE

24 Two firms join to make a nourishing drink (5) COCOA

26 Cancel correction in test (4)

27 Expressive appendage of an animal (4) TAIL
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jan 9 23:08:25 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Numbers of unprotected animals continue to do it (7) DWINDLE

5 Outside could be boring (7) TEDIOUS

9 Slander as peers revolted (7) ASPERSE

10 Remove from active service and send home (7)

11 Dejection at some occurrence (3) RUE

12 Practice deceit to gain advantage (5) CHEAT

13 She is relatively pleasant about one point (5) NIECE

14 Place in which a thing is developed (6) MATRIX

15 Cavities for operating locks (3,5) KEY HOLES

18 They scrape facts together (8)

20 Lena ie disguised as another girl (6) ALLINE

24 Till such time (5)

26 Person affected by mental derangement (5) MANIC

27 Similar things and so on, shortly (3) ETC

28 Extensive cover for baronet nursing broken ankle (7) BLANKET

29 Great circle of the earth (7) EQUATOR

30 Dislikes the sets intensely (7) DETESTS

31 Take out by force anything firmly fixed (7) EXTRACT

Down

1 A plan that's far from clear about an Indian city (7) DIAGRAM

2 Money advanced for use (7) IMPREST

3 Course pursued by moving body (9) DIRECTION

4 The day before Edward made it level (6) EVENED

5 How unlucky this is, hire-tent collapsing (8) THIRTEEN

6 Long low seat (5) DIVAN

7 Source from which petroleum is drawn (3,4) OIL WELL

8 Makes one's heart bleed (7)

16 Chaos lout produced caused great destruction (9) HOLOCAUST

17 Highest order of mammals (8) MAMMOTHS

18 Rummaged to clear the ground (7) SCRUBED

19 One who announces himself as competitor in a race (7) ENTRANT

21 Existing state of rest (7)INERTIA

22 Select passage from a book (7) EXCERPT

23 Sudden explosive sound prior to catching a cold (6) SNEEZE

25 Large bodies of water surrounded by land (5) LAKES
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jan 10 22:02:46 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 It is exaggerated, even transcending the biography (6,4,4) LARGER THAN LIFE

9 Food or money given to beggars (4,4) HAND ALMS

10 Scene of conflict (5) ARENA

12 Fail to insert or include (4) OMIT

13 Wash lightly (5) RINSE

14 Show of affection by a pet dog? (4) LICK

17 May mention a name (8) NOMINATE

18 Unsatisfactory and lacking fullness (6)

20 The lone recluse (6) HERMIT

22 What an absorbing play (8) DRAMATIC

25 Search thoroughly (4)

26 Make or become different (5) ALTER

27 Sounds like the end of a story (4) TALE

30 Cavalryman armed with lance (5) UHLAN

31 Mineral springs good for rheumatism (3,5) MUD BATHS

32 Assembly of possible convicts with personality march (8,6)IDENTITY PARADE

Down

2 Practice of regarding things in their true nature and dealing with them as they are (7) REALISM

3 Send to extreme limits (4) ENDS

4 To ancient city one way they may go (8)

5 Foolish person is given help (6) ASSIST

6 The bread of idleness? (4) LOAF

7 Running away, seeking safety (7) FLEEING

8 Member taking rear seat hesitantly (11) BACKBENCHER

11 Become a member, we are all in the same position (4,3,4) JOIN THE CLUB

15 Slow householder (5) SNAIL

16 Showing line of separation (5)

19 On amicable terms (8) FRIENDLY

21 A doctor ruled out, his duplicity seen through? (7) RIDDLED

23 Principal air passage of the body (7) TRACHEA

24 Former students (6) ALUMNI

28 Not at the moment, but not long after (4) ANON

29 Representing laughter (2,2) HA HA
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jan 11 23:15:01 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Regular solid figure contained by six square sides (4) CUBE

3 Canine with a very keen sense of smell (10) BLOODHOUND

10 Uncertain in movement (7) ERRATIC

11 Dislikes intensely (7) DETESTS?

12 Consume to wear away (5) EATEN

13 An idiot (9) NUMBSKULL

14 Light buns usually eaten in the evening (8) TEACAKES

15 Exclamation of joy and surprise (3-3) HEY HEY

18 Feeble imitation (6) PARODY

20 Makes or becomes rigid (8) STIFFENS

24 Insist gas compound should be helping (9) ASSISTING

26 Restore to vertical position (5) RAISE

27 Replacing myself when used by sovereign (7) OURSELF

28 Warned of sudden attack (7) ALERTED

29 From which we branch out from our ancestors (6,4) FAMILY TREE

30 Stagger up in order to take a sly look (4) LEER

Down

1 Lenient and merciful (7) CLEMENT

2 Square cap worn by clergymen (7) BIRETTA

4 Permission from authority to carry on some trades (8)LICENCES

5 Swollen trace of tissue (6) OEDEMA

6 Can't bear inordinate haste (5) HATES

7 Ill-founded and fallacious (7) UNTRUTH?

8 Spread out for show (7) DISPLAY

9 Flag, which is quite normal (8) STANDARD

16 Compelled to use violence in the end (8) ENFORCED

17 Remain stuck in the pool (8) STAGNATE

18 Reward for about 50 in the final (4,3) PLAY OFF

19 Platform for public speaking (7) ROSTRUM

21 Means the saints used to get the message across (7) EPISTLE

22 He has his hands continually in his pockets (7) SPENDER

23 He is unsuited to his environment (6) MISFIT

25 Faculty of perceiving odours (5) SMELL
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jan 12 23:37:51 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 A kind of book that may not be appreciated in a chair (8) HANDBOOK?

5 Complete anger about medical specialisation (6)

9 Short piece on plant coming twice a year (8) BIANNUAL?

10 Quarter to which a Frenchman goes is peaceful (6) SERENE?

12 Leer at nothing but well-shaped leg? (4) OGLE

13 It is handy with a tourist in a foreign land (6,4)

15 Vegetable content in a couch (6) POTATO

17 Throb for lentil (5) PULSE

20 A team has chant that's a truism (5) AXIOM

21 One northern paper on court that is corrupt (6)

24 Handel's suite � what a babbling brook may be to your ears (5,5)

27 Whispered report from a beehive? (4) BUZZ

29 Nonsense about study is gnawing (6)

30 Marc's accommodating enough to take everyone in handy transport (5,3) SMALL CAR

31 Telling proverb? (6) SAYING

32 Young boy comes back, sits and arranges (8)

Down

1 Associate with two rhymes to Bob (6) HOBNOB

2 About a friend, indeed (6) BANG?

3 A legend leaves an Indian city: what an explosion! (4)

4 Smash hundred headlong (5)

6 She is close to associate in French city (5) NIECE

7 Popsicle in other words (3-5)

8 Just a bulb rises straight up (4,4)

11 In the distance, foreign air force moves up and away (3-3) FAR OFF

14 Verse by Amercian poet on origin of Madras (4) POEM

16 Malice is main worry to America (6)

17 Scottish race doesn't complete the picture (4)

18 It isn't good to utter them (3,5) BAD WORDS

19 Sat? (5,3)

22 They are slow in learning measures to put 500 where none existed (6) DUNCES

23 A whole range of minerals in Portuguese archipelago (6)

25 This kind of matter has no break (3-2)

26 Feet of a doctor placed inside? (5)

28 Quickly put friend up with the leading chamcha (4)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Jan 13 11:29:02 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

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3 DN �â��. '�� ġ�' Ţĸ�Ţ𼨾 �Ȣţ��.
4 DN Crash, Crush
7 DN Ice stick
19 DN Stood low, Stood out, Stays put?
25 DN Tie up?
28 DN Chum, Chap
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jan 13 22:32:11 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Drink in second working men's club? (11)

9 Satirical novel now here for editing (7)

10 Stresses account is in need of a small
amount of money (7) ASCENTS?

11 Approaching trendy retail outlet (2,5) IN VOGUE?

12 Deadlock - one at front of
maisonette's out of date (7)

13 Offer to pay novice (10)

15 Raise line provided by trawlerman,
initially (4)

17 Unfriendly Conservative, advanced
in years (4) AGED?

18 Capital clubs given to crack US golfer (10)

21 Worker to carry in an aardvark (3,4) ANT HILL

22 Not all have a high opinion of a
learner driver, 19 perhaps (7)

23 Withdraw cash (7)

24 Herb used in cooking duck with
sour orange (7)

25 Have an argument with son
cracking puzzles (5,6)

Down

1 Glass sailing ship (8)

2 Managed on extremely grotesque
cooking stove (5)

3 Tedious beginning to weeks one's had
in each European capital (9)

4 Instructions on how to cook piece
of rump, oddly-shaped piece (6) RECIPE

5 Lotion used by The Invisible Man? (9,5) VANISHING CREAM

6 Consideration shown by some

Hampshire spectators (7)

7 Oppose drunken sister (6) RESIST

8 Reels on a poster ingeniously
advertising a cassette player (8,6)

14 What goes on in a nightclub is
bewildering - in what way? (5,4)

16 Doctor, eastern, goes into
cleaners' houses (8) LAUNDERS

17 Remarkably typical in Derby, say (7)

19 Hold in Lancashire town (6)

20 Matches goddess with ultimate of
gods (6)

22 Love affair starts to annoy my old
unmarried relative (5)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Jan 13 22:40:06 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
�� á� Ţ��.

9 Satirical novel now here for editing (7) Nowhere?
11 Approaching trendy retail outlet (2,5) In vogue?
13 Offer to pay novice (10) Apprentice?
17 Unfriendly Conservative, advanced
in years (4) Tory
21 Worker to carry in an aardvark (3,4) Ant hill

Down
4 Instructions on how to cook piece
of rump, oddly-shaped piece (6) Recipe?
5 Lotion used by The Invisible Man? (9,5) Vanishing cream
7 Oppose drunken sister (6) Resist
16 Doctor, eastern, goes into
cleaners' houses (8) Launders
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jan 13 23:03:26 2007. [Full View]

TN!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jan 15 1:23:05 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Hundred enthral all constituents of a section of Parliament building (7,4) CENTRAL HALL

9 What a jaywalker violates (7) TRAFFIC

10 Supplant salesman in Los Angeles church (7)

11 Permission to set out (5) LEASE

12 Sharpshooter's weapon? (6-3)

13 Lips about it leaving one divided (5) SPLIT

15 Ungrateful, so acknowledge not so much (9) THANKLESS

18 Tight and not alive to surroundings (4,5) DEAD DRUNK

21 Belief that there is a Communist in business (5) CREDO

22 Something to cheer you up from Darjeeling, perhaps (1,3,2,3) A CUP OF TEA

24 List things lantern has within (5)

26 Shop in India's capital for cocktail (7) MARTINI

27 Position heads of bishops' order in RC mass (7)

28 Turn in? (6,2,3) RETIRE TO BED

Down

1 Caused to change a sly cadet on the prowl (9) CATALYSED

2 Damayanti's husband captures unknown African antelope (5)

3 Thought about what the mirror did (9) REFLECTED

4 Clunk to fix a secure device (7) LOCKNUT

5 Atma e'er serving nectar (7) AMREETA

6 Turnover in a coat (5) LAPEL

7 Mortification at mob setting upon Frenchman (8)

8 Slight incline (4)

14 Age rules thwarted allies (8) LEAGUERS

16 Get it moving with the boot? (4-5) KICK-START

17 As, for instance, by no means a lengthy discourse (5,4) SHORT WORD

19 Turn anticlockwise? (7) UNTWIST

20 King receives textile worker and flint worker (7)

22 Almost lost sources of opulent things to charity (4) ALMS

23 I rose smartly with worker in basket-making (5) OSIER

25 Bitter about one rub that is hollow (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jan 16 22:34:06 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Struck loudly at the head of dormitories admitting an eccentric person (8)

6 Exchange hands on come-back trail (4) SWAP

9 "Time's � chariot hurrying near" (Donne) (6)

10 Urge simple development around the university (7)

13 If one's efforts are this, they are useless (2,2,5) OF NO AVAIL

14 Insect not fully grown in place (5) LARVA?

15 Brood over Oriental location (4) SITE?

16 Note that is not sealed and can be read by everyone (4,6) OPEN LETTER

19 If things do this, they sink to the bottom (6,4) SETTLE DOWN

21 Grave cat perched on top of bungalow (4) TOMB

24 Fish food for 1000, not 500, in the end (5)

25 Quashed actor plea for a Shakespearean character (9) CLEOPATRA

26 It is said there is nothing to share (7) ORATION

27 Clown comes back with a hard flesh-brush (6)

28 Affair of honour among Hindu elders (4) DUEL

29 Electrical courses (8) CURRENTS

Down

2 Lock-keeper escapes the rain (4-3)

3 National with a fellow in hang-out (6) INDIAN?

4 Classic child was off-guard (9)

5 A bit of exercise? (5) STROL?

7 Kind of strike in the jungle? (4-3) WOOD-ROT

8 In which you may cruise happily (8,4) PLEASURE BOAT?

11 Loved one puts everyone in bed (6)

12 Expressed reactions to top-grade Orient in ship taking a woman (6,6)

17 One who could become "leader"? (3,6) NEW MENTOR?

18 Old grads? (6) ALUMNI

20 Not having made a score in years? (7) TEENAGE

22 Exile away with actors (7) OUTCAST

23 Object to what models do after work (6) OPPOSE

25 A fancy niche harbouring a doubter (5)CYNIC
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Jan 17 22:14:16 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time enbathu.

1 When this happens subjects of a kingdom are in sorrow (8) Anarchia?
5 Sound from the stable (6) -cry
9 Classify second, alternative salesman (4,3) Rank out?
10 Competitor who doesn't get a place (4-3)
11 Partially consumed by fire (4-5) Half burnt
12 In the rain an entertainment is silly (5) Inane
13 Intend to go the Middle East with a knight (4)
14 He makes out what one mouths (3-6) Lip reader
17 The German air force (9) Luftwaffe
19 Former U.S. President to wade (4) Ford
23 Swift creation (5) Yield?
24 Cries nine are somewhat untrue (9) Insincere
25 Nil loan for production of ointment base (7) Lanolin
26 Apathetic to four leaving, causing a deadlock (7) Impasse
27 Fear fathers will come round again (6) Dreads
28 Strange, I satisfy the most indignant (8) Angriest

Down
1 You may enter it agitatedly and come out calm and composed (4-4)
2 Animal emerges from a stream in a State (7)
3 Bing the crooner, for one (6) Crosby
4 Will stop military intelligence being sent to Pakistan, say(13) Extermination
6 Well, you are not admitted there (8)
7 Tell Nair has not one charge (7)
8 Over there you nearly bump into an unsteady nerd (6) Yonder
10 Following one style in a way (5,1,7) Alter a fashion
15 Walked to the giant in shed without aspiration (8)
16 Follower shakes head at the tear (8) Adherent
18 Come off asafoetida in one French context (7)
20 Supervise deliveries to the bishop's domain (7) Oversee
21 It is closed in sleep (6) Eyelid
22 He shoots from packed pines to the right (6)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jan 17 22:34:47 2007. [Full View]

Thanx, TN!

Across

1 When this happens subjects of a kingdom are in sorrow (8) REGICIDE

5 Sound from the stable (6) WHINNY

9 Classify second, alternative salesman (4,3) SORT OUT

10 Competitor who doesn't get a place (4-3) ALSO-RAN

11 Partially consumed by fire (4-5)HALF-BURNT

12 In the rain an entertainment is silly (5) INANE

13 Intend to go the Middle East with a knight (4) MEAN

14 He makes out what one mouths (3-6) LIP-READER

17 The German air force (9) LUFTWAFFE

19 Former U.S. President to wade (4) FORD

23 Swift creation (5) YAHOO?

24 Cries nine are somewhat untrue (9) INSINCERE

25 Nil loan for production of ointment base (7) LANOLIN

26 Apathetic to four leaving, causing a deadlock (7) IMPASSE

27 Fear fathers will come round again (6) DREADS

28 Strange, I satisfy the most indignant (8) ANGRIEST

Down

1 You may enter it agitatedly and come out calm and composed (4-4) REST-HOME?

2 Animal emerges from a stream in a State (7) GORILLA

3 Bing the crooner, for one (6) CROSBY

4 Will stop military intelligence being sent to Pakistan, say(13) DETERMINATION

6 Well, you are not admitted there (8) HOSPITAL

7 Tell Nair has not one charge (7) NARRATE

8 Over there you nearly bump into an unsteady nerd (6) YONDER

10 Following one style in a way (5,1,7) AFTER A FASHION

15 Walked to the giant in shed without aspiration (8) STROLLED

16 Follower shakes head at the tear (8) ADHERENT

18 Come off asafoetida in one French context (7) UNHINGE

20 Supervise deliveries to the bishop's domain (7) OVERSEE

21 It is closed in sleep (6) EYELID

22 He shoots from packed pines to the right (6) SNIPER
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Jan 17 22:54:42 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

13 AC - Omer
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jan 18 5:45:50 2007. [Full View]

TN! Great news! After a bitter struggle I somehow managed to become Orkut's member again. Theiyaatha answers-ai inimEl easy-aa suuttu vanthurlaam!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Jan 18 22:15:54 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time enbathu.

Across
1 Manage to spare Chennai, for instance (7) Surplus?
5 Fabric of turned-out headwear in a la mode (6)
9 Drain out the bottom (5) Nadir
10 Look at the good man's "bag": craftsmanship that's no longer available (4,5) Lost skill
11 Component in fire, for example (7) Element
12 Present in this place, an insignificant place (7) Nearest
13 Protests on an empty stomach (5) Fasts
14 Punctuations between fat twelve months (4,5) Line -?
16 Mary, is use determined for what the draftees get? (4,5) Army Issue
19 A near-catastrophe in stadium (5)
21 Enlarge debate without right twist (7) Augment
23 Base for soldier coming back to titled rank (7)
24 In L.A. count is smothered for being incessant (9) Continual
25 In sum, hesitate to shed blood (5) Serum
26 Hen doesn't finish chatter (6) Cackle
27 Cavalryman, losing nothing, may continue endlessly (7)

Down
1 Faculty that a tightrope walker must have (5,2,7) Sense of balance that I need.
2 Talk on modern clothes (7) Address
3 Thus you won't be able to paddle (7) Oarless
4 Indicators to gossips (9) Telltales
5 Fire-starting is a really original issue (5) Arson
6 Father's rule on corridor (7) Passage
7 Fancy tabard worn by the head of academicians (7) Chimere
8 Tales tradesmen exchanged: what C.R. used to be called (5,9)
15 Brimming with wonder, elf wailed wildly (9)
17 Colour displayed by mother embracing old bank manager (7) Magenta
18 Eric collapses on fluid skating area (3-4) Ice rink
19 You don't remember when you're struck by this (7)
20 Measure lawyers try to ban (7)
22 A big number involved in real suspension of hostilities (5) Truce
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jan 18 22:36:47 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Manage to spare Chennai, for instance (7) SEAPORT

5 Fabric of turned-out headwear in a la mode (6) ALPACA

9 Drain out the bottom (5) NADIR

10 Look at the good man's "bag": craftsmanship that's no longer available (4,5) LOST SKILL

11 Component in fire, for example (7) ELEMENT

12 Present in this place, an insignificant place (7) NOWHERE

13 Protests on an empty stomach (5) FASTS

14 Punctuations between fat twelve months (4,5) LEAP YEARS

16 Mary, is use determined for what the draftees get? (4,5) ARMY ISSUE

19 A near-catastrophe in stadium (5) ARENA

21 Enlarge debate without right twist (7) AUGMENT

23 Base for soldier coming back to titled rank (7) IGNOBLE

24 In L.A. count is smothered for being incessant (9) CONTINUAL

25 In sum, hesitate to shed blood (5) SERUM

26 Hen doesn't finish chatter (6) CACKLE

27 Cavalryman, losing nothing, may continue endlessly (7) DRAGOON

Down

1 Faculty that a tightrope walker must have (5,2,7) SENSE OF BALANCE

2 Talk on modern clothes (7) ADDRESS

3 Thus you won't be able to paddle (7) OARLESS

4 Indicators to gossips (9) TELLTALES

5 Fire-starting is a really original issue (5) ARSON

6 Father's rule on corridor (7) PASSWAY

7 Fancy tabard worn by the head of academicians (7) CHIMERA

8 Tales tradesmen exchanged: what C.R. used to be called (5,9) ELDER STATESMAN

15 Brimming with wonder, elf wailed wildly (9) AWEFILLED

17 Colour displayed by mother embracing old bank manager (7) MAGENTA

18 Eric collapses on fluid skating area (3-4) ICE-RINK

19 You don't remember when you're struck by this (7) AMNESIA

20 Measure lawyers try to ban (7) EMBARGO

22 A big number involved in real suspension of hostilities (5) TRUCE

Good teamwork!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Jan 18 22:45:20 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

23 AC Ignoble
20 DN Embargo
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jan 18 23:03:07 2007. [Full View]

Thanx, TN!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jan 19 23:01:06 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 It may be assumed or it may be struck theatrically (8) ATTITUDE

5 Two accounts on retrieving first-class plant (6) ACACIA

10 Hum-drum routine in physical training? (3-4) JOG-TROT

11 Circle to free a butterfly (7) RINGLET

12 Work hard on a new rallying cry (6)

13 A quality that practical people won't possess (8) IDEALISM

15 Two words of thanks to an industrialist (4) TATA

16 A fellow going to Yemen in a riot is a spy (5,5) ENEMY AGENT

18 No retreat at any time! (4,6) EVER ONWARD

20 In the picturisation we have a heroic tale (4) EPIC

23 Is known to the Conservative without any delay (8) OUTRIGHT

24 Woman drives out railway official and takes one in another country (6) BRUNEI

26 Most hideous untruths seen within (7) UGLIEST

27 Hector about ad well done! (7) BRAVADO

28 Please change slip! (6) ELAPSE

29 Creates lettering in a certain manner for exacting client aboard (8)STENCILS

Down

1 What you may do with an audio system or at a bookshelf (6,3,6) ADJUST THE VOLUME

2 Towing vessel (3-4) TUG-BOAT

3 Hun brings together two sailors (6)

4 "Every subject's � is the king's; but every subject's soul is his own" (Shakespeare) (4) DUTY

6 Preserve industrialist's compositions (8)

7 Bump with a sheepdog leaping over many (7) COLLIDE

8 Planes may be on them giving commanders some rest (9,6) AUTOMATIC PILOTS

9 It has a design to sell (9) TRADEMARK

14 Colour a fairy-tale character (4,5) SNOW WHITE

17 Trees yielding fir cones (8) CONIFERS

19 Somehow steel Los Angeles girl (7) ESTELLA

21 Wordplay Baji perpetrated in a language (7) PUNJABI

22 Road reconstruction in order (6) ORDAIN

25 Come very close to a qualification (4) ABUT
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Jan 20 22:22:02 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Sleighs with bags on got damaged (9) TOBOGGANS

6 Overbearing woman ignoring a sign (5) VIRGO

9 Number stuck in harbour � that's a
bad sign (7) PORTENT

10 An amazing event, flea-bitten camel
carrying one King (7) MIRACLE

11 A standard check by chess player is smart
playing (5,9) WHITE CHRISTMAS

13 Hang work in lounge (6) LOLLOP

14 Nuts � one may find them on the
table tomorrow (8)

17 It's unimportant gossip about old
maiden (2,6) NO MATTER

18 A crowning glory � if wrong I'm dead (6) DIADEM

20 Blue feathers one noticed originally
by the entrance (4,2,3,5)

23 Girl fighting enemy's leader in the dark (7) UNAWARE

24 Top game (7) DIABOLO

25 Bishop in important county (5)

26 Dress up as comic, capped (9) SURPASSED

Down

1 What habitual drinkers do in light opera (4) TOPE

2 Apostle's fine manner evident in play (11,4) BARTHOLOMEW FAIR

3 What a solider may be seen wearing
in outstanding film (9) GREATCOAT

4 Join diplomat out East (6) ATTACH

5 Dark piece of ribbon round
wide-brimmed hat (8) SOMBRERO

6 See Irish/American with an infection (5) VIRUS

7 New commander on site makes
suggestions (15) RECOMMENDATIONS

8 Tournament seeds suggesting a very
successful means of achieving a result (4,6) OPEN SESAME

12 Left one North Dakota doctor lying in
bed, blotto (5,5) BLIND DRUNK

15 Just one French fry? A lot should
be cooked with a sausage (9) CHIPOLATA

16 Pagans in extremely hostile capital city (8) HEATHENS

19 Kind offer (6) TENDER

21 One river crossing Latin country (5)

22 Good antique, a gift from a king (4)GOLD
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jan 22 3:03:43 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Unsuccessful linesman who relishes American horror writer (9) POETASTER

6 Some habitual loafers may be found in town (5) ALLOA

9 Gel to quarter, thick bushes (5) COPSE

10 Cromwellian who got bullets before the block (9) ROUNDHEAD

11 Fighting men dissipating their means (3,7) THE MARINES

12 Worn part of a brake? (4) SHOE

14 Racket that should be taken to court (7) SWINDLE

15 Clears many who violate on board ship (7) SCRAPES

17 Crime rigged on alcoholic anonymous in USA (7) AMERICA

19 They run away with hesitation on damaged slope (7) ELOPERS

20 Spirit which comes from Ireland (4) ELAN

22 Having speedily dropped off? (4,6) FAST ASLEEP

25 Gabriel may be spirited, but his port's often frozen (9) ARCHANGEL

26 Brief initial presentation of opening passage of music (5) INTRO

27 Divorcee everyone rises to praise (5) EXTOL

28 Big Eddy at sea (9) MAELSTROM

Down

1 Piece of lace in religious crib (5) PICOT

2 Use no offensive language! (9) EXPLETIVE

3 Drink, and after 10 freshen up the port (10) ALEXANDRIA

4 Run quarter bit on damaged rotary motor (7) TURBINE

5 Network devices direct data to destination (7) ROUTERS

6 Organisation said that apparatus helps (4) AIDS

7 General chief physician of old (5) LEECH

8 Now prepares to speak directly (9) ADRESSES

13 Coming from port shop, is making for the boats (5,5) TROOP SHIPS

14 Old friend involved in deadlock (9) STALEMATE

16 The host is here with Her Majesty (9) PRESENTER

18 A mixture from Malaga served with meal starter (7) AMALGAM

19 See and tell about her (7) ESTELLE

21 Charm, going topless at fashionable race meeting (5) ASCOT

23 Public relations ring me up for an introduction (5) PREOM

24 Sphere of the dance? (4) BALL

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jan 22 22:41:30 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Angst is a male disturbance! (7) MALAISE

5 Plunderer of outfit held by group (7) BRIGAND

10 Bribe to see musical? (6) GREASE

11 Composition in E after Poulenc producing great riches (8) OPULENCE

12 Gauges steer stampeding beyond Minehead (6) METERS

13 Anything in first state not right for untried mole (8) RUDIMENT

14 Sent in form this game (6) TENNIS

15 Winged insect on line of control takes turn on road (6) LOCUST

18 T.S. Eliot twice abridged � what a pest! (6) TSETSE

20 Zero assessed, held forth from platform (6) ORATED

23 Little everyone takes to Ted amounted to everything at the end (8) TOTALLED

25 Throw off a rider (6)

26 A criminal needing a ship to get dope in (8)

27 Publicity � a bad thing for counsel (6)

28 Six footer consuming fruit for nourishment (7)

29 Note, holy man has duty for further consideration (7)

Down

2 Generally accepted to be a characteristic for Shylock (6) AGREED

3 Awfully mean beast bringing disgrace (9) ABASEMENT

4 No tests called for � it's topping! (7)

6 Disc associated with the Spanish dance (7) ROUNDEL

7 Shine as a beginner in a new game (5) GLEAM

8 Agreeable feature in scenes reproduced (8)

9 He could be cited were he to lose one of his letters (13) CORRESPONDENT

16 A tax on cheddar, perhaps, in this case (6,3)

17 Organising Sue's opal wedding (8) ESPOUSAL

19 Nell is no use for her (7)

21 Lavish praise (7)

22 Organised detectives off? (6)

24 A frightening circumstance to the French Marine (5) ALARM
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jan 23 21:10:02 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 An attack that's mounted (7,6) CAVALRY CHARGE

8 It secures a plaster cast (7) STAPLER

9 Not the intelligentsia served at Chinese restaurants! (7) NOODLES

11 A supporter has a right to drink it � albeit sour (6) ALEGAR

13 Bigger than average Yorkshire terrier (8)

15 Led around old city as a decoy (5) LURED

16 Gent taking ale not exactly pleasing to fastidious taste (7) ELEGANT

18 Pirate of rough sounding manner (7) CORSAIR

19 Neck of rugged rock to the South (5)

21 Scandinavians who settled in this part of French country (8)

23 Precisely defined to go straight without deviation (6)

25 Distinguish Ben, one from many around (7)

26 Fight and beat a tough guy (7) SPARTAN

28 Medal that has gradually lost over the years (7,6)

Down

2 Status of an RU team in a scrummage (7)

3 Everyone Al meets is liberal (3) ALL

4 Underdone but exceptionally good (4) RARE

5 Length of time in the middle (10)

6 Jack takes poem home (5) ABODE

7 Brave ladies' man (7) GALLANT

8 Very little difference in one's pocket? (5,6) SMALL CHANGE

10 Explain how the barn is illuminated (4,5,2) SHED LIGHT ON

12 Dread appearance of venomous snake (5) ADDER

14 One may be entitled to it having moved to another house (3,7)

17 Fool Lawrence to go back for something worth having (5) ASSET

18 Disorderly crooner in court (7) CORONER

20 Roll round about one to make merry (7)

22 I have small piece of circuit (5)

24 Is the French surrounded by water? (4)ISLE

27 Map of a high mountain! (3)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jan 24 23:04:03 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Brought into action after being apprehended? (3,2,5) PUT IN TREAD?

6 Perhaps easy to hide church recess (4) APSE

9 Highly vocal females cause trouble in prison (7) SOPRANI

10 You or I spoken as one (7) ELEMENT

12 Duck included in the lists as poultry (8) ROOSTERS

13 Meet with some disdain � curious, that (5) INCUR

15 Compose right note for male voice (5) TENOR

17 A director wants relatively modern furniture (9) ADDRESSER

19 Vigilance of stern eccentric taking drinks outside (9) ALERTNESS

21 Turn bus direction way out for underground railways (5) TUBES

23 Outstanding chief (5) GREAT?

24 The beastly business is increasing (8)

27 Sort of square dancer turned novel crusader (7)

28 And entering isn't bent double (5,2) STAND IN

29 Amounting to nothing (4) NULL

30 Actor showing the way to others (7,3) LEADING MAN

Down

1 Get by � but without honour (4) PASS

2 "Great wind" of China seas (7) TYPHOON

3 Possibly the fleet at sea is at no great distance (5) NEARS

4 About to say again and again (9) REITERATE

5 Affirms what he declares is true (5) AVERS

7 Penetrates in a precise way (7) PIERCES

8 I represent new business concern (10) ENTERPRISE

11 Celebrated with tangled net around pit (7)

14 Unbend with shattering involvement (10) STRAIGHTEN

16 It goes up and down, and round and round (7) ROTATOR

18 What the overconfident pharmacist did with the prescription? (9) DISPENSED

20 Enter Los Angeles properly organised to remain forever (7) ETERNAL

22 Monotony of being embarrassed in sudden price rise (7) BOREDOM

24 Distinguishing emblem of society (5)

25 Doctor takes one in to discharge (5) DRAIN

26 Shortly to be nameless (4) ANON
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Jan 25 22:45:12 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Swindle a violin player (6) FIDDLE

4 Got up as many arrived at a conclusion (8)

10 Composer finds island in Italian capital (7)

11 Wrong, though polite to make gains at the expense of others (7) EXPLOIT

12 Cut and tear off (4)

13 Desist! Fate shatters! That is their advice (10) DEFEATISTS

16 Imparts new colour to a fabricated satin (6) STAINS

17 Discourse relating to current affairs (7) TOPICAL

20 Even with a blemish, Roy was acting as a sovereign's rep (7)VICEROY

21 Peel off on direction, to receive lashing blow (6) STRIPE

24 Temporarily providing for a hooligan in extremity? No quite the reverse (7,3) LENDING OUT

25 Pass lightly over large container used to transport building material (4)

27 Child on back of baby deer! (7) BAMBINO

29 He interprets critically Bible on river, to get direction (7)

30 Street walker is not so familiar (8) STRANGER

31 Two cardinals appear in this work (6)

Down

1 In favour of a lock as a defence (8) FORTRESS

2 Considerate about profanity (11) DESECRATION

3 Spread out liberal assistance (4) LAID

5 It is anything but sleek in form and overweight (8)

6 Send out for a taxi, Peter (10) EXPATRIATE

7 Couple associated in some way (3) DUO

8 Intensely hate the French trial (6) DETEST

9 Surviving organ? (5)

14 Trouble on rollers? (11) SKATING

15 Uncertainty perplexing Connie, Sid and I (10) INDECISION

18 Plant used by animal taking cover (8) FOXGLOVE

19 Don't be so philanthropic to the severely handicapped (8)

22 Excuses of a politician is concluded (6) ALIBIS

23 Thrush found by a Sussex river and lake (5)

26 I object to hush network (4) MESH

28 Rain back to damage (3)MAR
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Jan 26 22:25:04 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Society leader effusive and fawning (7) Slavish
5 Chester race course has stand for spectators (7) Terrace
9 One gripped by army in tackle (5) Hitch?
10 Wandered with me and Oriental leftist (9) Meandered
11 Sweet little creature going round the bend (6) 12 Likeable retriever, currently cold (8) Searcher?
14 Assorted treat of tropical fish (5)
15 She's star in Athens and Rome day and night (9)
18 Fool about odd odes � then shut up (5,4)
20 Wines or pops? (5)
22 Surprise shots in a melee (8) Affrays
24 Regions around north reserved for entertainments (6) Arenas
26 Sales are not too bad at the business show (5,4) Trade fair
27 She can become an International Labour Organisation member (5) Anita?
28 Rest ate preparation again, to perceive the flavour (7) Restate?
29 White faced clown, an entertainer at sea side resort (7) Pierrot

Down
1 Formalised version of the catechism (9) Schooling
2 Ali quoted some mathematical number that has no remainder when divided (7)
3 Not willingly late (9)
4 Mother country (4) Home
5 Gates opened around forest refreshment areas (3,7) Tea -
6 Radio pulses emitted to determine objects' location (5) Radar
7 Contract to build a viaduct (7)
8 Long existing honeysuckle tree (5) Elder
13 Used by the chancellor to balance the budget with tonic (5,5) - scale
16 He swore it could be quite different (9)
17 Dope is on way to worker, as a helper (9) Assistant
19 Survive till the end of the innings (7)
21 Many travelling see it on the map (7)
22 Performer arranged as alternative to Tom (5) Actor
23 Require relief from extreme poverty (5) needy?
25 A slip in accuracy (4)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Jan 26 22:39:01 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Society leader effusive and fawning (7) SLAVISH

5 Chester race course has stand for spectators (7) TERRACE

9 One gripped by army in tackle (5) HOIST

10 Wandered with me and Oriental leftist (9) MEANDERED

11 Sweet little creature going round the bend (6) MOUSSE

12 Likeable retriever, currently cold (8) LABRADOR

14 Assorted treat of tropical fish (5) TETRA

15 She's star in Athens and Rome day and night (9) ANDROMEDA

18 Fool about odd odes � then shut up (5,4) CLOSE DOWN

20 Wines or pops? (5)

22 Surprise shots in a melee (8) ASTONISH

24 Regions around north reserved for entertainments (6) ARENAS

26 Sales are not too bad at the business show (5,4) TRADE FAIR

27 She can become an International Labour Organisation member (5) ILONA

28 Rest ate preparation again, to perceive the flavour (7) RETASTE

29 White faced clown, an entertainer at sea side resort (7) PIERROT

Down

1 Formalised version of the catechism (9) SCHEMATIC

2 Ali quoted some mathematical number that has no remainder when divided (7) ALIQUOT

3 Not willingly late (9) INTESTATE

4 Mother country (4) HOME

5 Gates opened around forest refreshment areas (3,7) TEA GARDENS

6 Radio pulses emitted to determine objects' location (5) RADAR

7 Contract to build a viaduct (7) ABRIDGE

8 Long existing honeysuckle tree (5) ELDER

13 Used by the chancellor to balance the budget with tonic (5,5) MAJOR SCALE

16 He swore it could be quite different (9) OTHERWISE

17 Dope is on way to worker, as a helper (9) ASSISTANT

19 Survive till the end of the innings (7) OUTLAST

21 Many travelling see it on the map (7) CONTOUR

22 Performer arranged as alternative to Tom (5) ACTOR

23 Require relief from extreme poverty (5) NEEDS

25 A slip in accuracy (4) TRIP
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jan 29 2:27:00 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Fancy covering an Oriental staple food (7) CAPRICE

5 Present awful crawler (7) SERPENT

9 A spy concealed under the railway track (7) SLEEPER

10 Game archdeacon confronts one boy (7) VENISON

11 Stranger partly provoked by some action, expressing hot displeasure (5) ANGER

12 Scenery away from the sea? (9) LANDSCAPE

13 Surrender to another country (9) EXTRADITE

15 Patel to unravel the folds pressed into cloth (5) PLEAT

16 Fortune-telling cards! (5) TAROT

18 Given time perhaps (9) SENTENCED

21 Telegraphist will give indication to go abroad (9) SIGNALLER

24 Made on par with Bishop's short cassock (5) APRON

25 Go on too long about backing railway workers (7)OVERRUN

26 Simplicity of organising first class event (7) NAIVETE

27 Engineer has correct sense of the inner distinctive nature of a thing (7) ESSENCE

28 Gains weight to become former British PM (7) WINSTON

Down

1 No gentleman will go into action in a downpour (7) CASCADE

2 Assurance given to troop leader for cotton dressing on injury (7) PLEDGET

3 Signal to bring in a social worker (9) IMPORTANT

4 Loner to join a club? (5) ENROL

5 A number viewed outside sporting contest (9) SEVENTEEN

6 Private soldiers standing side by side (5) RANKS

7 Ran to see new head in a tizzy to entangle (7) ENSNARE

8 Brown guy touching line (7) TANGENT

14 Silence on reform shows contemptuousness (9) INSOLENCE

15 Soft over revolutionary � at one on victimising others (9) PREDATION

16 The material sets our fashion (7) TUSSORE

17 Go back and find the right way out (7) REGRESS

19 Right way to discipline an unruly child (7) CORRECT

20 Englishman dug one new underground cell (7) DUNGEON

22 Jewish high priest (5) AARON

23 Renovate to begin again (5) RENEW

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Jan 29 22:53:19 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Ancient wonder, growth areas of the executioner! (7,7) HANGING GARDENS

8 Putin's version of resources needed for production (6) INPUTS

9 Hemp in tin grabs one in (8) CANNABIS

11 Introduce student, youth leader, soon (9) PRESENTLY

12 City food shop accommodates hundred initially (5) DELHI

13 Just arrived! (7) NEWBORN

15 Garment, it's new, fresh after end of test (4,3) TWIN SET

17 Smartly dressed among chic, hip persons (7) CHIPPER

19 State of Africa or a liberal Spanish peninsula (7) LIBERIA

21 Abatement of hindrance at a higher level (3,2) LETT UP

23 Gambler, losing start, turns a swindler (9) PECULATOR

25 A number one article written about the king's loss of appetite (8) ANOREXIA

26 Man on board, said to be dark (6) KNIGHT

27 One carrying the flag for the party leader (8,6) STANDARD BEARER

Down

1 A fastener for locks (7) HAIRPIN

2 A mass of rock to break a soft pane (5) NAPPE

3 In trouble, he is not up to treatment (2,3,4) IN THE SOUP

4 Mind-reader?(7) ANALYST

5 Had a meal but expired around noon (5) DINED

6 It administers a drug in a fresh, blue rinse (9) NEBULISER

7 Help a stupid chap first (6) ASSIST

10 Shock and upset eccentrics (4) STUN

14 Would a Scot wait, restlessly, for this garment? (9) WAISTCOAT

16 A doctor with a weapon? That shows lack of proportion (9) IMBALANCE

17 A trader heard in the wine store (6) CELLAR

18 Representative insurer gets a copy (7) REPLICA

19 It provides security for a group of sheep that is leaderless (4) LOCK

20 What puts the fizz in the soda (7) AERATOR

22 Song of appreciation for identification of tax payer around East Asia (5) PAEAN

24 Big cat is good in a row (5) TIGER

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Jan 30 23:18:11 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 One in arrears with vehicle and driver to start with, gets plastic money (5,4) DEBIT CARD

5 Understanding a grip (5) GRASP

8 Film on the surface of one in state capital (6) PATINA

9 A caper for a number in a break-out (8) ESCAPADE

11 Offensive smell emanating from a free kitchen (4) REEK

12 Building material that Poles left in to be cured (10) FLINTSTONE

14 In this position, he is second to none (5) FIRST

15 Can one bite treated, hard rubber? (7) EBONITE

16 Money in tin (English) for hot condiment (7) CAYENNE

17 Good man, looking back, contains anger and causes weariness (5) TIRES

19 Being a mom � to care for a gangster? (10) MOTHERHOOD

20 Hairy humanoid of the Himalayas (4) YETI

22 I make an effort, carrying awful load with religious zeal (8) IDOLATRY

23 Monkey that is, for the bachelor, a blessing (6) BABOON

24 Aquatic bird in a Zagreb eyrie (5) GREBE

25 Cosmetic for one that observes tail (3,6) EYE SHADOW

Down

1 Expel one from French harbour (6) DEPORT

2 Better, upper class folks try out a way of swimming (9,6) BUTTERFLY STROKE

3 The fish that aunt cooked (4) TUNA

4 Sin, if noticed, is corrected by removing harmful organisms (12) DISINFECTION

5 Where to play lawn tennis (5,5) GRASS COURT

6 Synthetic androgen that gives a clear boost, aidin' development (8,7) ANABOLIC STEROID

7 Be ahead but quietly go back (7) PRECEDE

10 Frame for laundry that could dress a mount (7,5) CLOTHES HORSE

13 Woman of great accomplishment would demand rage control (6,4) GRANDE DAME

16 Can an MCP gain liberation, living in a tent? (7) CAMPING

18 Succeed at this time and separate the grain from the chaff (6) WINNOW

21 Money for a key deposit (4) CASH

Jolly team work!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Jan 31 23:00:52 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 The shape that a girl would covet, shows the passage of time (9) HOURGLASS

5 Murderer holds bishop in on board accommodation (5) CABIN

8 Deep-sea diver's security (8) LIFELINE

9 In the middle of some pyramids there is ... (6) AMIDST

11 ... a fulcrum for the rower with, at the end of it, an aperture (5) THOLE

12 Peerless example that is plainer on reconstruction (9) NONPAREIL

13 Uneven quality of power yacht corrected (6) PATCHY

14 Brought about a reconciliation between TV etc. and editor? About time! (8) MEDIATED

16 Cutting tool disguised as a winch (8) CHAINSAW

18 Quickly seize Poles confronting a young dog on the way back (4,2) SNAP UP

22 Most awful in sea water, it used to refer to sulphur (9) BRIMSTONE

23 A sound of bells in coral island (5) ATOLL

24 Fairly good? (3,3) NOT BAD

25 A blow for Materazzi perhaps (4-4) HEAD BUTT

26 Something wrong, reportedly, in the sweet pastry (5) TARTE

27 Bury angst, say, and be a meddler (9) INTERFERE

Down

1 The peak for a hard, sick spinner (7) HILLTOP

2 Candid, high level fa�ade (7) UPFRONT

3 The Midas touch for the worker given the sack (6,9) GOLDEN HANDSHAKE

4 A new wing designed with a canvass roof (6) AWNING

5 The way on board - for a colleague's rise? (9,6) COMPANION LADDER

6 Money unlikely to be repaid (3,4) BAD DEBT

7 Stung by study about Sri Lankan group being upset (7) NETTLED

10 Indication of a kind exposed here (5) INDEX

15 Club, one docked in the conductor's hand (5) BATON

16 Can it be a fresh spell for the ministers? (7) CABINET

17 Pilot finds a Roman way to start of runway (7) AVIATOR

19 Motivate, say, adoption of fruits and vegetables (7) PRODUCE

20 Pet tale about an artist's range of colours (7) PALETTE

21 Do as Holmes did (6) DETECT

More heads than one does the trick!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Feb 1 22:07:22 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Control on newspapers (7) REPRESS

5 Bewilder with a report about time (7) ASTOUND

9 C'cats can't cha-cha, anyhow, when wrestling with no holds barred (5-2-5-3) CATCH AS CATCH CAN

10 Mineral basis for facial application (6) TALCUM

11 Tampered with by healer and journalist (8) DOCTORED

13 Act of binding up to lure Gita somehow (8) LIGATURE

15 Fearful of an attack around first of February (6) AFRAID

18 Scrub a bad era off (6) ABRADE

19 Centre of Trent admitted to be famous (8) RENOWNED

22 Hats thrown in urban area show purity (8) CHASTITY

24 Unseemly warps left by an ungainly fall ... (6) SPRAWL

27 ... in an abrupt manner, without rite or ritual? (15) UNCEREMONIOUSLY

28 Offers made by those who care (7) TENDERS

29 Cricket side worker is rather casual (7) STUMPS

Down

1 Musical performance - is it clear, however? (7) RECITAL

2 Famous iron man with head supported by student (5) PATEL

3 Deprived of resources, he used tax dodge (9) EXHAUSTED

4 So very big inside, but neither good nor bad (2-2) SO SO

5 Aggressive woman, flower of Latin America (6) AMAZON

6 One in diplomacy, it is understood (5) TACIT

7 In a trice, a nun can turn ambivalent (9) UNCERTAIN

8 Rendered bare, like a Lady Godiva? (7) DENUDED

12 Annoy by some quirky behaviour (3) IRK

14 Arctic bird that made the garcon fly into a rage (9) GYRFALCON

16 Never-failing, adapted for handling by an ass? (9) FOOLPROOF

17 High spirits expressed in stereotype poetry (3) PEP

18 Narration of a relationship with a bank (7) ACCOUNT

20 Such justice might as well be denied (7) DELAYED

21 End of play at Chepauk (6) STUMPS

23 There is a different number (5) THREE

25 Confused, in the main (2,3) AT SEA

26 Cancel a peacekeeper's party (4) UNDO

A red letter day!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Feb 2 22:44:15 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Brazen, cross GI abandoned at a safe place for walkers (5,8) ZEBRA CROSSING

10 For an airborne trooper to get on is most important (9) PARAMOUNT

11 Motivate a chimp eluding capture here (5) IMPEL

12 Product of rubber tree is consumed by sixty (5) LATEX

13 Stupid fellow, to obstruct the chief! (9) BLOCKHEAD

14 Endless music played in order to get a hard element (6) OSMIUM

16 Chewable leaf dropped in sherbet electively (5) BETEL

19 Big blow for station master crossing hill (5) SMASH

20 A slave of habit, is the theologian, one caught in the act (6) ADDICT

25 Withdraw an aging seed variety (9) DISENGAGE

26 A flinch, reportedly, is successful (5)

27 Promotional description on the book jacket (5)

28 Paving material that signals sound quality (9)

29 Winner of big award, first of which was given in 1901 (5,8) NOBEL LAUREATE

Down

2 For harmony of proportion, try my hue afresh (8)

3 A rare mixed bag contains a recording put together again (5) REMIX

4 Plump, conservative spouse (6) CHUBBY

5 Once mod, due to change, no longer fashionable (8) OUTMODED

6 Glue at the tip of an unpleasant finish (6,3) STICKY END

7 He may call you uncle (6) NEPHEW

8 Greek god of light, a little light included in a game (6) APOLLO

9 Transparency of a slope (5) SLIDE

15 World body, with the power to hold back trap, is flawed (9)

17 Great fear, nearly complete and shocking (8)

18 It shows the way to put down your name and job (8)

21 Old Greek city, the finest, almost (6) THEBES

22 Brick building made these days on order (5)

23 Bogus outstandings taken back in post office (6) PSEUDO

24 Parisian's feeling of something already seen? (4,2) DEJA VU

26 It was terribly hard to hold in extravagance (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Feb 5 4:00:03 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Get ready to fly with cooked chicken (5-2) CHECK IN

5 Counting people with sight, hearing and taste say (6) CENSUS

11 A fib about victory in the land of the living (5) ALIVE

12 Dealer in office supplies taking a rest? No, it's silly (9) STATIONER

13 Dance of the fast measure (9) QUICKSTEP

14 Surprising result for a state group (5) UPSET

15 Oriental study of paradise (4) EDEN

17 Grand old lady, a person of action, witty person at heart (7) DOWAGER

21 Duty for a free Scot � escorting French king (7) OCTROI

22 Thing on a list produces some excitement (4) ITEM

26 Disposal, first of the month, in an Indian town (5) SALEM

27 Loose-lipped? Take vital treatment (9) TALKATIVE

29 Medicine to counter poison (9) ANTITOXIN

30 Respond with some sincere activity (5) REACT

31 Honest but critical state of America (6) DIRECT

32 Meeting hall in church, kind of brownish yellow (7) CHAMBER

Down

2 Caribbean state reportedly provides substantial evening meal (5)

3 Revolutionary with broken key is offensively bold (6) CHEEKY

4 Pictures within picture (6) INSETS

6 Such anaesthesia uses a duple air mix (8) EPIDURAL

7 Growing old, but despatched to cover bad scene (9) SENESCENT

8 Fairy with a grudge about end of laughter (6) SPRITE

9 Forbid one leaving quiet, nice meal (7) BANQUET

10 Hunter's weapon, partly a string instrument (7) HARPOON

16 Going up in it can be a moving experience (9) ESCALATOR

18 Sensational play gets endless credit (8) DRAMATIC

19 Disclose levy, one on a cab with wings? (3,4) AIR TAXI

20 General pardon for girl getting across cosy home (7) AMNESTY

23 One's ground in Madagascar, say (6) ISLAND

24 Avoid contact with fluid on part of foot (6) FLINCH

25 Used in cosmetics, it makes one howl with spirit (3,3)

28 A reflection on personality (5) IMAGE
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Feb 6 0:31:06 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Call the teacher a circus person (10) RINGMASTER

7 Attractive woman with an antenna (4) DISH

9 Take pains about a fine wine container (6) CARAFE

10 For him, a race produces delusion (8)CHIMAERA

11 One sharing digs with Othello, say, returning with companion (8) ROOMMATE

12 Note about fresh site for Spanish festival (6) FIESTA

13 Remove ice from the fridge? (7) DEFROST

16 Whiz kid overcomes gory dip (7) PRODIGY

17 A measure employed by one charged (7) ACCUSED

19 Salad plant may permit cute dressing (7) LETTUCE

22 Big star, laid-back socialist, split (6) SUNDER

23 Implicate medical specialist with a point of view (8) ENTANGLE

26 Bandage wrapped around sailor bird (8) STARLING

27 A green rag employed to make one angry within (6) ENRAGE

28 Three players taking a little time by South American river (4) TRIO

29 He toiled to design a survey instrument (10) THEODOLITE

Down

2 Picture, finally altered, of a mature insect (5) IMAGO

3 It takes but a small weight to spoil the rules of language (7) GRAMMAR

4 A spare natural forest to accommodate playing field (5) ARENA

5 Watch the heart! (6) TICKER

6 Give added strength to administration with compulsion (9) REINFORCE

7 You can go no further with a lifeless objective (4,3) DEAD END

8 Critical change for a tragic set (9) STRATEGIC

14 Directions on the table for a meeting (9) ENCOUNTER

15 Plant with a small fruit, aromatic plant (9) SPEARMINT

18 Cook, but not well enough? (7) UNDERDO

20 Take care of the stream no end, with a supporting plant structure (7) TENDRIL

21 The three-mile association (6) LEAGUE

24 Step taken by the center administratively (5) TREAD

25 Illumination provides spiritual insight (5) LIGHT

Thanx, orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Feb 6 23:03:21 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Artists use it to tint paper so craftily (6,5) POSTER PAINT

9 Exclude a leader of troublemakers, one with a low title (7) BARONET

10 Muscle that goes round both ways (7) ROTATOR

11 Faithful and true, but all confused about hollow oratory (5) LOYAL

12 Caries in a bad state create great disturbance (5,4) RAISE CAIN

13 Small hole in the ground over which to roast meat (4) SPIT

15 Police officer, reportedly honoured in the U.K., is kindled (7) IGNITED

19 Put in a paper cover (7) ENVELOP

20 The girl's love for a star (4) HERO

24 A coke trip could become the cause of a flier's abrupt drop in height (3,6) AIR POCKET

25 Get to know about legendary king, Pole (5) LEARN

27 Substance extracted by an examiner alert to opportunities (7) MINERAL

28 Non-professional performer perhaps, but... AMATEUR

29 ... is proved to be a blessed hit somehow (11) ESTABLISHED

Down

1 Celebration for getting right into compensation (5) PARTY

2 Unmarried one (6) SINGLE

3 The book in a European republic is complete (6) ENTIRE

4 Would gore drip out of this dish? (8) PORRIDGE

5 Unsettled, like the ball about to be caught (2,3,3) IN THE AIR

6 Private chat gets two heads together in France (4-1-4) TETE A TETE

7 Stop a boil erupting in the remains of a burn (7) ABOLISH

8 Second-grade skating facility on the verge of an event (5) BRINK

14 Not knowing a "blissful" state (9) IGNORANCE

16 New MO traced to an American partyman (8) DEMOCRAT

17 Reserve a bat at a readers' association (4,4) BOOK CLUB

18 Rural administrative division straddling river (7) COUNTRY

21 Trees that may be read by a fortune-teller (5) PALMS

22 Artist's representation of grey layer clouds (6) STRATI

23 A wash out for PGW's butler accepting money (6) BLEACH

26 People in these days make right what is wrong (5) AMEND

Teamwork helps!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Feb 7 22:53:19 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 In harmony once stints are worked out (10) CONSISTENT

6 Imprint vividly in sketchy sky clearing (4) ETCH

9 Air made to get rich sherry wine (7) MADEIRA

10 Shops display ropes I am twisting (7) EMPORIA

12 They trail upwards with help of tendrils (8) CLIMBERS

13 Gifted members of a group (5) ELITE

15 Concise element of smarter set (5) TERSE

17 Traversing in the ocean habitually (9) SEAFARING

19 Given grudgingly in small quantities (9) NIGGARDLY

21 Suffocate by submersion (5) DROWN

23 Power to enforce one's will (5) MIGHT

24 Takes part although less than fit (8) COMPETES

27 Brittle metalloid element found in sand (7) SILICON

28 A useful tool when nuts lie about (7) UTENSIL

29 Nets a snug retreat (4) NEST

30 A biblical spendthrift's return fare (6,4) FATTED CALF

Down

1 Search thoroughly in a hundred mob (4) COMB

2 Full of lumps as our land could be (7) NODULAR

3 Man I'd lead in the manner of speaking (5) IDIOM

4 Went over some jazz about poetry (9) TRAVERSED

5 What one wants? (5) NEEDS

7 Ends interim arrangements (7) TERMINI

8 Producing motive power from temperature (4,6) HEAT ENGINE

11 Motley mongrel of two colours (7) PIEBALD

14 A skilled worker means son to get moving! (10) STONEMASON

16 Springy fabric from Castile (7) ELASTIC

18 A great deal of money for example (3,6) ANY AMOUNT

20 Stares at the spectacles (7) GOGGLES

22 Pertaining to countries beyond the ocean (7) OVERSEA

24 Can naturally get the plant with bright flowers (5) CANNA

25 Correct to remove errors (5) EMEND

26 One of several symbols of music (4)CLEF

Thanx, orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Feb 8 23:34:19 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 What prompts one to go without a rest (9) REMAINDER

5 Advantage conceded in betting (4) ODDS

8 Jacket for nuclear fuel rod (3) CAN

9 Biased (7) SLANTED

10 Vast quantity or expanse (3) SEA

11 Arouse to sense of danger (5) ALARM

12 Well-timed and seasonable (9) OPPORTUNE

13 Wildly impulsive people (7) MADCAPS

15 Counterbalanced (6) OFFSET

17 Larva by the way becomes dirty (6) GRUBBY

18 Air is breathed in (7) INHALED

21 Offensively arrogant behaviour (9) INSOLENCE

22 Series of events in the mind of a dormant person (5) DREAM

24 Twentyfirst Greek letter (3) PHI

25 Suave and insinuating like the softly lustrous fibre from cocoons (7) SILKILY

26 A joke either way (3) GAG

27 Makes out a living with difficulty (4) EKES

28 Certain to be in step if highly valued (9) TREASURED

Down

1 Win back from waste (7) RECLAIM

2 Miraculously supplied food substance (5) MANNA

3 Members of the third order of ministry (7) DEACONS

4 Type again (6) RETYPE

5 Morning, afternoon, evening � that's the state of things (5,2,3,3) ORDER OF THE DAY

6 Payment of money (9) DISBURSAL

7 Passionate expression of grief (6) LAMENT

9 Sleep-walkers (13) SOMNAMBULISTS

14 Used to play percussion instrument (9) DRUMSTICK

16 Ferrous carbonate mineral from a red site (8) SIDERITE

17 Grasping power of influenza (6) GRIPPE

19 Injured father figure lassoing wild game (7) DAMAGED

20 Ornament worn on leg (6) ANKLET

23 Full of keen desire (5) EAGER

Thanx, orkut!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Feb 9 0:10:32 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

25 AC - Sunsilk
16 DN - Siderite
17 DN - Fluent

kattam paaraamal koduththavai.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Feb 9 4:40:37 2007. [Full View]

One out of the 3 is correct!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Feb 9 22:48:21 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Perhaps a/c settled leaving a tip (5,4) SCRAP HEAP

6 Aircraft which levels off (5) PLANE

9 Warning following bad hit below the waist (7) ABDOMEN

10 Acted as gentleman's personal attendant (7) VALETED

11 Stocked to overflowing (6) TIERED

12 Semitic language of ancient Jews (6) HEBREW

15 Moved by strong feeling (10) PASSIONATE

16 Imitated the anthropoid (4) APED

18 Balance of advantage (4) ODDS

19 Petition in one's job (10) INVOCATION

23 One who engages in disturbance (6) RIOTER

25 Game played on board with marked squares (6) GOBANG

28 The art of restoring and preserving health (7) MEDICAL

29 Obvious to the eye or mind (7) EVIDENT

30 One who takes solicitous care of another (5) NURSE

31 Tree we had treated and seasoned (9) WEATHERED

Down

1 Set in motion (5,2) START UP

2 What is done after a bath perhaps to put things right (9) REDRESSED

3 Splendour that is one ancient city (7) POMPEII

4 One's adjustment for particular portion of time (4) EONS

5 Cover with flags (4) PAVE

6 Sulks about wood put over a curtain (6) PELMET

7 Player who works on the lines (5) ACTOR

8 Bequeathed permanent income (7) ENDOWED

13 Senseless to be somewhat foolish (5) INANE

14 Those characteristic beliefs of community (5) ETHOS

17 Armed vessel owned and officiated by private persons (9) PRIVATEER

18 Chaps involved in a row (7) OARSMEN

20 Eliminate and do away with (7) ABOLISH

21 Nullified and denied existence (7) NEGATED

22 Save from a distressing situation (6) RESCUE

24 Way things normally happen (5) ORDER

26 Burn with emotional fervour (4) GLOW

27 Brightest star in a constellation (4)VEGA

Good teamwork!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Feb 10 0:35:05 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

25 AC Checks
14 DN Union
27 DN Nova

(kattam paaraamal koduththavai)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Feb 10 23:18:18 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Gothic pile, mansion in US city (11) MINNEAPOLIS

7 Disastrous failure from second
team ahead (5-2) SCREW UP

8 Face cloth and soft soap (7) FLANNEL

10 Very large chap, founder of the
Ottoman Empire (5) OSMAN

11 Fails to include part of roof covered
by yobbo (6,3) LEAVES OUT

12 They blow steadily as craft zigzags (5,5) TRADE WINDS

14 Cow's complaint (4) BEEF

16 Fish in loch, a kelt (4) HAKE

18 Selfishly disparaging attitude shown
by odd grouses about strike (4,6) SOUR GRAPES

21 Knock it back in Iceland, brewed just
the same (9) IDENTICAL

23 Staff surrounding old boat (5) CANOE

24 Hybrid fruit tasted initially by
Italian boy (7) TANGELO

25 Religious ceremony bishop is at, and
PM, surprisingly (7) BAPTISM

26 Headgear, ridiculous hat on master (3,8) TAMOSHANTER

Down

1 Snake seen round bazaar ultimately
linked to one instrument (7) MARIMBA

2 As things are, working with the German,
it isn't surprising (2,6) NO WONDER

3 Throw out fish, including indefinite
number purchased originally (5) EXPEL

4 Snake a theologian discovered in
steam engine (4,5) PUFF ADDER

5 Packed tight (6) LOADED

6 Tatty jeans worn by Ordinary Seaman
in US city (3,4) SAN JOSE

7 Neat move capturing rook gets summary
treatment (5,6) SHORT SHRIFT

9 After lucky escapes, the players give
vent to anger (3,3,5) LET OFF STEAM

13 Peevish after golf club medal (4,5) IRON CROSS

15 Expert on cannabis, crazy type (8) CRACKPOT

17 Number having sly look over
angler's item (7) KEEPNET

19 Girl in PR points to dosser (7) PANNIER

20 Fly, move fast crossing river (6) STREAM

22 Beginning to lose - one supporter
makes a sign (5)LIBRA

Good teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Feb 11 23:00:22 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Protect by precaution (7) FORFEND

3 Discourse of ceremonial kind (7) ORATION

9 Falls from grace (7)

10 Finish up without a suit packed (7) ENCASED?

11 Signed document constituting formal acknowledgement of debt (1,1,1) I O U

12 Sound produced with a twang (5) NASAL

13 Experimental treatment (5) TRIAL

14 Wading bird like curlew (6)

15 Devices for administering liquid in small globules (8) DROPPERS

18 Distinguished superiority (8) EMINENCE

20 Two under par was the Roman standard (6)

24 Sick man returning (5) LEPER?

26 Composition and presentation of plays (5) DRAMA

27 Unfilled space or interval (3) GAP

28 Substance used for inoculation against disease (7) VACCINE

29 The condition for victory is around (7) PROVISO

30 Just coming into existence (7) NASCENT

31 Go back to relinquish a position (7) RETREAT

Down

1 Well suited? That is the object of it (7)

2 Engineers hollow shape for a tyre (7)

3 A plant elegant in shape (9) EGLANTINE

4 State of being no longer employed (6) DISUSE

5 Peer above another peer (8) OVERLORD

6 A northerner of course (5) ASCOT

7 Breathe in to invigorate (7) INSPIRE

8 Rounded irregular mineral mass (7) NODULES

16 Soft-headed loafer may act irresponsibly (4,5) PLAY ABOUT

17 Severe or conclusive examination (4,4) ACID TEST

18 Put new life into (7) ENLIVEN

19 Immediate effects of actions by one member (7) IMPACTS

21 Woody brown coal (7) LIGNITE

22 Bolster up in an athletic pastime (7) SUPPORT

23 Neat and smart in appearance (6) DAPPER

25 Large open ditch (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Feb 12 22:33:30 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Embezzle (14) MISAPPROPRIATE

9 Airborne traveller said to know when wet weather is coming (4,4) RAIN BIRD

10 Hard substance made by sea polyps (5) CORAL

12 Not insert or include (4) OMIT

13 Keep one's attention fixed (5) DWELL

14 What we see when the moon is full (4) DISC

17 Major roads (8) HIGHWAYS

18 The Mahatma (6) GANDHI

20 One label legally bound (6) LIABLE

22 Arrested development of any organ (8) ABORTION

25 Usually fictional narrative (4) TALE

26 Collection of small bubbles brought forth by fermenting (5) FROTH

27 Arched recess in a church (4) APSE

30 American soldier comes up in the alternative number (5) EIGHT

31 Go over a few lines in poetry (8) TRAVERSE

32 In other words, as ordered to show such soundness on the way (14) ROADWORTHINESS

Down

2 Mean well, telephone (7) SPARING

3 Huff and puff for breath (4) PANT

4 Set of tracks for trains to run (8) RAILWAYS

5 Cycles or parts of it (6) PEDALS

6 Part of the foot (4) INCH

7 Lingered to stay behind (7) TARRIED

8 Work hard to make one's party successful (11) ELECTIONEER

11 Exactly where must the landlord's mail be delivered? (2,3,6) TO THE LETTER

15 Be greatly filled with pride (5) SWELL

16 Imaginary creature with magical powers (5) FAIRY

19 Separated from matter (8) ABSTRACT

21 With brisk movement everybody cavorted (7) ALLEGRO

23 No escape from this position (7) IMPASSE

24 Artificial ornamental cave (6) GROTTO

28 Double button from the student (4) STUD

29 Partly and not completely (4)SEMI

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Feb 13 23:49:37 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Put out of possession (4) OUST

3 Moving slowly with no clear purpose (10) MEANDERING

10 Capable of resuming normal shape after distortion (7) ELASTIC

11 Greater in height than breadth (7) UPRIGHT

12 Period of sovereign's rule (5)REIGN

13 White horse not hard to disguise differently (9) OTHERWISE

14 In use, can turn into a problem (8) NUISANCE

15 Shelf-like projections (6) LEDGES

18 Lower in quantity (6) DEBASE

20 Crazy for something to eat (8) CRACKERS

24 Interested in business edition (9) CONCERNED

26 Domain or kingdom (5) REALM

27 Coming into effect (7) INURING

28 Set in motion (7) ACTUATE

29 Prayers in French contracts (10) ENTREATIES

30 Collecting of contribution (4) LEVY

Down

1 Ravage with hostile force (7) OVERRUN

2 Language of the people of Zanzibar (7) SWAHILI

4 Go over the limit (8) ENCROACH

5 Nothing but a cipher (6) NAUGHT

6 Condition of mistaking in opinion (5) ERROR

7 Thoroughly penetrating (7) INGOING

8 Brings together to assemble (7) GATHERS

9 Past or present members of the Eton College (8) ETONIANS

16 Passages from books or manuscripts (8) EXCERPTS

17 He holds academic degree (8) GRADUATE

18 Gradual loss of vigour or excellence (7) DECLINE

19 Elaborate feast (7) BANQUET

21 Issue forth (7) EMANATE

22 Like the warmest season of the year (7) SUMMERY

23 Member of medieval order of chivalry (6) KNIGHT

25 Pick of the best part of society (5) ELITE

Teamwork wins!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Feb 14 22:33:42 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Two principals of technology accept revised satire for monograph (8) TREATISE

5 Extreme group on superb house (6)

9 Showing angry feature (3-5) RED FACED

10 Admirer hugs one at the church � it's the betrothed! (6) FIANCE

12 Standard feature of Saturn or Mercury (4) NORM

13 Show off from the seating structure (10) GRANDSTAND

15 Salt spray about cooks' chief � that's pitiful! (6)

17 Piece of classical Carnatic music Kirti rendered (5) KRITI

20 Expert at a government section (5) ADEPT

21 Express to a greater length (6) EXPAND

24 Name remote, exotic wind instrument (10) ANEMOMETER

27 Place to work from in London district (2-2) SO HO

29 The emphatic type? (6) ITALIC

30 Pull again? Stay! (8) RESTRAIN

31 Make harder to fathom? (6) DEEPEN

32 One for a better vision (8) EYEGLASS

Down

1 Boy put in the king's chair (6) THRONE

2 Bear close to old city in the East (6) ENDURE

3 Server in Sumatra yields (4) TRAY

4 Utter what a filmy material is (5) SHEER

6 Rules said to bring in means of control (5) REINS

7 Grotesque musical composition (8) FANTASIA

8 Be drab in decorating a container for cake (5-3) BREAD BIN

11 Arch underfoot (6) INSTEP

14 A late notice? (4)

16 Not odd for the journalist to have ironed out (6) EVENED

17 Quirk related to one thousand (4)

18 Tree chopped down amid rant (8) TAMARIND

19 Emissary to omit taking in sources of government agency (8) DELEGATE

22 Lifts numbers at a musical performance (6) SONATA

23 Party happenings? (6) DOINGS

25 Poem about eleven producing a chemical compound (5) OXIDE

26 Opponent crushes Yemen (5) ENEMY

28 Small label for party type (4) STAG
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Feb 15 22:51:04 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 The image produced by a writer or a speaker? (4,7) WORD PICTURE

9 Brace somehow to capture European Community woman (7) REBECCA

10 Bloomers made by one in hastily delivered asides (7) DAISIES

11 Disgrace in ripping off top of dais (5) ODIUM

12 Sir, Great One methodically waters fields (9) IRRIGATES

13 Bye to one that is cast in Oz (5) ADIEU

15 Fees for revising tome about light unit (9) EMOLUMENT

18 More in need of water (9) THIRSTIER

21 What divides the church is a broadcast of lies (5) AISLE

22 Shipping line's shoes (9) PLIMSOLLS

24 Hindu goddess of power (5) DURGA

26 It swings down to offer a leaf to the table (7) GATELEG

27 One who gives something a wide berth (7) AVOIDER

28 Don't busy people have these whims? (4,7) IDLE FANCIES

Down

1 What a painter produces (4,2,3) WORK OF ART

2 Almost a pet to teacher (5) RABBI

3 Tonics that the prostrate would appreciate (4-2-3) PICK ME UPS

4 Church woman brings a cup (7) CHALICE

5 Endure as ground caves in swallowing western end of house (7) UNDERGO

6 Oriental monarch is adding to the income (5) EKING

7 I'm upset by the strain of being a "kept woman" (8) MISTRESS

8 Utilities built into house structures (4) USES

14 Start it: a tie-in may be needed (8) INITIATE

16 Course of an elevator (2-3-4) UP AND DOWN

17 Meaningful reference work? (9) THESAURUS

19 For example, a student goes after something bad: it's unlawful (7) ILLEGAL

20 About to stick man again? (2-5) RESTAFF

22 Servant � one requiring a turn-over? (4) PAGE

23 Mali's cooked ragout (5) SALMI

25 More than one spoke (5) RADII

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Feb 16 21:45:29 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 No good: 500 BEST breakdowns have to be written off (3,5) BAD DEBTS

6 Asoka to boot (4) TREE

9 Emma Wheeler, the American poet, for one (6) WILCOX

10 Disgrace heaped on Air Force head (7) AFFRONT

13 Traveller fancies aren't in it (9) ITINERANT

14 Hell, no-no surmise (5) INFER

15 Stunner in Karnataka youth hostel (4) KAYO

16 With not all rats at the unfinished pantry, I make pasta (10) VERMICELLI

19 These offer a "who's who" display (4-6) NAME PLATES

21 Sadhu lays out a skirt (4) HULA

24 Half a score accept approval for sign (5) TOKEN

25 This amin wanders to the East for drug (9) HISTAMINE

26 Dare law to mete out harsh treatment (3,4) RAW DEAL

27 Twice about taking U.S. soldier in area (6) REGION

28 Pronounced befuddlement for calendar periods (4) DAYS

29 Approaching the well-known, I'm replacing the Orient (8) IMMINENT

Down

2 Competence in dealing with laity confused about some bits (7) ABILITY

3 Order put out last month to rush no end (6) DECREE

4 It was used in snappy situations in the past (3,6) BOX CAMERA

5 Wanting in Franciscan theologians (5) SCANT

7 Filled to the capacity of the hall (7) ROOMFUL

8 Determine tax needs to be abolished (12) EXTERMINATED

11 Withdraw from Florida by a small measure (6) FLINCH

12 How a bored person in hospital feels (4,3,5) SICK AND TIRED

17 Turmoil over lame reaction to dreadful storm (9) MAELSTROM

18 Marine animal absorbs water (6) SPONGE

20 Give place to lay a road (4,3) MAKE WAY

22 News agency firm about foreign sailors spotting fabulous animal (7) UNICORN

23 Jack to gas in typical language (6) JARGON

25 Turmeric from an Arunachal district (5) HALDI

Good teamwork!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Feb 16 22:23:41 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

6 AC - Sack, Sock
16 AC - Pleasantry
11 DN - Flinch

(kattaam paaraamal)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Feb 16 22:43:36 2007. [Full View]

Only 11dn is convincing!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Feb 17 23:12:28 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Frost? Sounds like it could be a piece of poetry (4) RIME

3 Pity padre breaking original of
rock `n' roll Beatles' record (3,7) DAY TRIPPER

10 Outlaw dead? Rope's frayed (9) DESPERADO

11 US soldier getting back in vehicle for a smoke (5) CIGAR

12 Rash girl, the Parisienne after ring (7) ROSEOLA

13 Let about nine off, being merciful (7) LENIENT

14 Flyer given out by PA in front of prison? (9,4) SECRETARY BIRD

17 Toy owls entranced cuckoo (7,6) NEWTON'S CRADLE

21 Communications link arranged in hotel (7) HOTLINE

22 Official ban therefore must include male graduate (7) EMBARGO

24 Programmed machine in part of plant
to check blood group (5) ROBOT

25 School one attended with girl
friend close to Chester (4,5) ALMA MATER

26 Bodyguards in action against

European spiking drinks (10) BEEFEATERS

27 Letters should get one a job (4) POST

Down

1 Revolutionary annoyed humanitarian organisation (3,5) RED CROSS

2 Prophet some stoned, leader of sect (5) MOSES

4 A monk embracing a bishop in a state (7) ALABAMA

5 Go round in still ascending tramcar (7) TROLLEY

6 Weapon that's caused row to flare up? (10,4) INCENDIARY BOMB

7 Stupidly obstinate, as Napoleon
was shown to be? (3-6) PIG-HEADED

8 River (Italian) full of fish? Just the
opposite - an unusual thing (6) RARITY

9 Drink, sweetish - new lot ordered (3,4,7) WET ONE'S WHISTLE

15 Bobby studies list (9) CONSTABLE

16 Protest about despicable person, a party member (8) DEMOCRAT

18 Ham - pile it on (7) OVERACT

19 Odd sea term for a vessel (7) STEAMER

20 An angelic being - apprentice is full of her (6) CHERUB

23 Treasure-trove, in part, is reminiscent
of the past (5)RETRO

Fantastic, fast teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Feb 18 22:40:49 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Sign that shows your progress by the way (4-4) MILE POST

5 Harness said to be of wedding (6) BRIDAL

9 Man accepts vessel � one kettle (7) TIMPANI

10 Arrogance of Haryana filmmaker (7) HAUTEUR

11 Important German town � it backs a learner (9) ESSENTIAL

12 Waste-maker? (5) HASTE

13 Halt gold-threaded material (4)

14 Terrorise with a powerful limb (6-3) STRONG ARM

17 The sort of diesel more sought after (4-5) HIGH SPEED

19 Loot � not good but second-grade brush (4) SWAB

23 Reference work found almost finally (5) ATLAS

24 Which yields a daily intake that is said to keep doctors away (5,4) APPLE TREE

25 Head, soft, to draw back... (7) PRECEDE

26 ... A mother and worker are hard (7) ADAMANT

27 Measure certain to follow (6) ENSURE

28 Recover and revere it in a different way (8) RETRIEVE

Down

1 Parental tender? (8)

2 Plus, Mum makes a cash-down payment (4,3) LUMP SUM

3 Lamentation of one in factory (6) PLAINT

4 Describing the situation when one has worn the chemise? (4,4,5) SLIP INTO PLACE

6 Goa gur he put away as coarse food (8) ROUGHAGE

7 Actor's assistant at the toilet table (7) DRESSER

8 Provisions for fat queen (6) LARDER

10 What one might do when one does not want to talk (4,4,5) HOLD ONES PEACE

15 2007 (4,4) THIS YEAR

16 One who has no presence? (8) ABSENTEE

18 Malady of Nelli wandering on board (7) ILLNESS

20 Friendly match? On the contrary! (3-4) WAR GAME

21 Test missile soft on the French (6) SAMPLE

22 Put together � put together in twos? (6) REPAIR
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Feb 19 22:36:19 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Minor in bunk is blissful (7) BLESSED

5 Clever adaptation of statue (6) ASTUTE

9 Imprisoned dog to suffer (5) INCUR

10 Time for a kind of madness? (9) MIDSUMMER

11 Boozy doctor at world body, see! (7) DRUNKEN

12 Fog about starter at the dining table (3-4) PEA SOUP

13 Observed not the journalist (5) NOTED

14 Serenade daily and I modified without the editor (9) CHARIVARI

16 Senor, babe spews out essential facts (4,5) BARE BONES

19 Object from within godown (5) THING

21 Large volume on the road? (7) OMNIBUS

23 My! Raman flies to a foreign country (7) MYANMAR

24 Monarch's bad enough with disease (5,4) KINGS

25 Poem Cyril composed (5) LYRIC

26 Fight back with your old important person (6) WORTHY

27 Shakes plants (7) DODDERS

Down

1 Children's toys for some constructive play (8,6) BUILDING BLOCKS

2 Decorate with gems (7) ENCRUST

3 Reassured the communist accepting approval after the saint (7) STROKED

4 Friar in nomadic disposition (9) DOMINICAN

5 Calculate the total (3,2) ADD UP

6 Tidal wave lashes: I am nuts � nuts (7) TSUNAMI

7 The numbers game (7) TAMBOLA

8 Behaving tactlessly cannot be excused in a 1dn situation (8,6) DROPPING BRICKS

15 MES blades somehow came together as a group (9) ASSEMBLED

17 Meet by chance crashingly? (3,4)RUN INTO

18 Had some little charges under care (4-3) BABY SAT

19 Moved slowly broadcasting detail about redhead (7) TRAILED

20 Engage wholly in huge substitution of royal for knight (7) IMMERSE

22 Hotel in a region of western Europe (5) SAVOY

Thanx,Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Feb 20 22:43:11 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Determined that a kind of chart in church is one that must be studied (3,5) SET PIECE

5 Adore fellow tossing a kind of hat (6) FEDORA

10 It's used to analyse electrical circuits (4,3) OHMS LAW

11 Very active � when a traffic signal appears? (2,3,2) ON THE GO

12 Skill for producing story book in short form (6) TALENT

13 Construct road cleverly and in a loving manner (8)ADORABLY

15 Vegetable goes all right with some rasam (4) OKRA

16 What a seated person might do upon a call (3,2,3,2) GET UP AND GO

18 Group of key workers in office (6,4) TYPIST POOL

20 " � royal throne of kings, � sceptred isle" (Shakespeare) (4) THIS

23 March after this (8) FEBRUARY

24 Obstruction shows it's my turn to take up English (6) STYMIE

26 Kind of record a couple of learners set on a U.S. magazine (3,4) ALL TIME

27 In which the police may be after a female too (7) MANHUNT

28 Drawing of French badge (6) DESIGN

29 Less familiar route followed by forester (8) STRANGER

Down

1 Executes summarily, like a fast bowler's ball (6,3,2,4) SHOOTS OUT OF HAND

2 Acrobat on the coffee-table? (7) TUMBLER

3 One lands carefully in traffic-free area (6) ISLAND

4 Keep under large hood (4)

6 What may be seen endlessly about spot marked (8) EXTERNAL

7 Go too far in trick proposal (7) OVERBID

8 Nasty note our Mel concocted, but one that's not signed (9,6)ANONYMOUS LETTER

9 Associate bishop (9)

14 Poori is � such stuff the health-conscious may avoid (4-5) DEEP FRIED

17 Song unit agitated about being a police informer (8)

19 Paves the way for Wilma's daughter? (7) PEBBLES

21 Foreign city where an amateur is beginning to burgeon (7) HAMBURG

22 Lines presented by a man in reverse alphabetical order (6) STANZA

25 Forget I'm to do a turn (4) OMIT
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Feb 21 21:12:11 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 An English away win, showing a spirit to pursue (9) AGINCOURT

6 Better preserved (5) CURED

9 Machine to compute the sum (5) ADDER

10 Spotting of measles perhaps (9)

11 Not ideal, so may result in ruin (10) DEMOLITION

12 Ruin a French party (4) UNDO

14 Name given to lots of pasta (7)

15 Measure in star performer (7)

17 Need she to be outshined? (7)

19 Turn to clear an external listener (7)

20 Old Indian coin for her (4) ANNA

22 The last coach on the last lap (5,5) FINAL

25 Potential danger in the east from a colouring agent (9)

26 Produced in a ludicrously inconsistent form (5)

27 Drive off a green (5) AVERT

28 As runners they won't be going far (9) SPRINTERS

Down

1 A guard to protect a prize! (5) AWARD

2 Cause some ill-feeling (9)

3 Two geometrical features in the London underground (6,4) CIRCLE LINE

4 Brings out the latest version (7) UPDATES

5 Spouted vessels to have refreshments (7) TEAPOTS

6 Tilt face to speak in a whining manner (4)

7 Having got on one's feet, had made one's way up (5) RISEN

8 The underworld way � or the converse! (9)

13 Hollow period in the thirties (10)

14 Emotion causing analogist to break down (9) NOSTALGIA

16 Profitable manufacture of vital cure (9) LUCRATIVE

18 Outcome I'd raise for milk products company (7) DAIRIES

19 Not an expert (7) AMATEUR

21 She comes from the orient in a pleasant dress (5)

23 Moral disposition of those organised individuals (5)

24 Was tense (4) PAST
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Feb 21 21:13:08 2007. [Full View]

A short break!
From: Aandavan on Thu Feb 22 6:07:25 2007. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Feb 26 3:29:11 2007. [Full View]

Ha!
Thanx, Andavan! I feel flattered! I went on a short family tour to Kodaikanal!

Across

1 Review of Russian capital followed by top secret redistribution (10) RETROSPECT

6 Fruit refuse from making cooking oil? (4)

9 Sewers that are almost totally superfluous (7) NEEDLES

10 Speech appealing for stringent measures (7) ORATION

12 They are not the possessive types (4,4)

13 Quickly moving, the French takes a silver (5) AGILE

15 Short piece of verse (5) RHYME

17 A low down flat means a reduction in status (9) ABASEMENT

19 Think to take prisoner (9) APPREHEND

21 A riot agitating for proportional representation (5) RATIO

23 Lawyer goes round Eve to escape (5) EVADE

24 Homes and works having good features (8) HANDSOME

27 A lady's maid (7) DRESSER

28 Disorderly place to find an orderly (2,1,4) IN A MESS

29 Not all right to be in a corner (4) NOOK

30 Tips on weaponry of the past (5,5) ARROW HEADS

Down

1 Made haste to model, to scold with great anger (4) RANT

2 People in general admit blame � and it does them good (7)

3 Look back to lie for him (5)

4 Composition of drink taken by priest (9) PASTORALE

5 Strikes an exchange (5)

7 A popular egghead about to commit a crime without reason (7)

8 The assembling of what's considered right (10) CONVENTION

11 He takes up sport for pleasure (7) AMATEUR

14 Prepare the old fellow for great conflict (10) ARMAGEDDON

16 One by one sides lining up (7)

18 Slowly musically and not in a medley (9) ANDANTINO

20 A little holiday place � bound to make a person feel better (7)PLACEBO

22 Colour for painter � one with fiery disposition (7) TEMPERA

24 He pays for service obtained (5) HIRER

25 Strike a ball with great force (5) SMASH

26 Makes a request (4) ASKS
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Feb 27 0:45:29 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 No longer cheeky to the master (6) EXPERT

4 It records distance roughly motored around the East (8) ODOMETER

10 Girl joins the others on top of the world (7) EVEREST

11 Raisin for a Turkish woman? (7) SULTANA

12 A lot assembled to labour hard (4) TOIL

13 Sane indeed, but went to pieces (10) DECOMPOSED

16 A trader stands out as a leader (6) DEALER

17 Aim to love and marry if given a grant (7) ENDOWED

20 Deny to sit properly in a closely spaced area (7) DENSITY

21 Look at the French dope � possibly a lackey (6)

24 No longer a second helping for Oliver Twist (3,3,4) NOT ANY MORE

25 Talk informally having refreshment at square (4) CHAT

27 Persons born under the twins sign (7) GEMINIS

29 Railing on transport I've boarded (7)

30 An office to keep a written record (8) REGISTRY

31 Reptile in furrow returned, let loose (6) TURTLE

Down

1 Plane course for late in the day (8) EVENTIDE

2 The last word in PR ruling presents a dilemma (11) PREDICAMENT

3 Regrets the ruse used (4) RUES

5 Don't believe the cut price offer (8) DISCOUNT

6 Sheridan's woman so upset, being out of place (10) MALAPROPOS

7 Lawrence takes one out for a beverage (3) TEA

8 It's war and confusion in this country (6) RWANDA

9 Difficult soaking process! (5) STEEP

14 Lay out cash with financial caution? Not lie! (11) SPENDTHRIFT

15 Tasteful additions in shanties round (10) SEASONINGS

18 A penny pincher about to acquire a spray (8) ATOMISER

19 Arrive at conclusion that sapper will be needed! (3,5)

22 Wild ass of Central Asia stupidly groan (6)

23 Threefold test of a new product (5) TRIAL

26 Revered instructor (4) GURU

28 Chatter like the long tailed titmouse? (3)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Feb 27 23:21:22 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Root said to be far-reaching (7) RADICAL

5 Bodice appearing to sink in the centre (7) CORSAGE

9 Open country as a setting for pastoral literature (5) PLAIN

10 Is gay professor appointed to it? (4,5) CAMP CHAIR

11 Feeling of weariness (5) ENNUI

12 Records attempt at wall covering (8) TAPESTRY

14 Special edition of a newspaper (5) EXTRA

15 Wandered, preferring the Middle East to the West (9) MEANDERED

18 Bark house (3,6) DOG KENNEL

20 Sent on time order for portable shelters for camp (5) TENTS

22 United Nations intervenes in native court (8) TRIBUNAL

24 A Red Indian (6)

26 South American doctor gets a first class return in a Panamanian port (9) COLOMBIAN

27 The thanks due to a Greek letter (5) THETA

28 Need eyeglasses to ogle! (7) LORGNON

29 Interestingly unusual road on a stretch of open country (7) STRANGE

Down

1 Rebuke salesman giving red hen the run around (9) REPREHEND

2 Pull clear of the trap (4,3) DRAW NET

3 Frank got fed up with being a competitor (9) CANDIDATE

4 Mad to be on a steam engine, briefly (4) LOCO

5 Like a little company and many a story (10) COMPARABLE

6 Frill of lace for Henry to cure properly (5) RUCHE

7 Much ado about part used to connect with another, through a device (7) ADAPTOR

8 Each railway built in good time (5) EARLY

13 Men on diet should effect some improvement (10) EMENDATION

16 One who belittles a drawer attached to Department of Employment (9) DETRACTOR

17 Utterly reckless, dangerous speed estimate (9) DESPERATE

19 He cross-examines harassingly to torment the victim (7) GRILLER

21 Girl eager to provide material (7) NANKEEN

22 Talc one may get with an old Thailand coin (5) TICAL

23 Deprive of fortitude (5) UNMAN

25 Concludes with the objects aimed at (4) ENDS
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Feb 28 23:59:23 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Takes initiative in attempting to score (7) ATTACKS

5 Hold back a note and reporters will be after it (7) REPRESS

9 Point engineer makes about nice form of skilled craft (7) SCIENCE

10 Characteristic otherwise exhibited by Judas (7) TRAITOR

11 A graduate takes gold to one New Zealand native (5) MAORI

12 Bring back control on political power (9) REINSTATE

13 Impress upon that you'll give a lift back to (5,4) DRIVE HOME

15 Guns around eastern openings in the wall (5) GATES

16 Engagement ring (5) ARENA

18 Upset one's stout, holding on in bar (9) SOSTENUTO

21 Put out over change of diet (9) EXTRADITE

24 Correct advertisement about people (5) AMEND

25 Anecdotes to illustrate a moral (7) EXEMPLA

26 Gladiatorial weapon to be deployed in nuclear warfare (7) TRIDENT

27 Glutted, to fully gratify (7) SATIATE

28 Careful examiner (7) PERUSER

Down

1 Sam used to be taken for granted (7) ASSUMED

2 On the journey back, I see, from the capital (7) TRIPOLI

3 Simple melody of the French in Spanish bar (9) CANTILENA

4 Spare new barbed fork for catching fish (5) SPEAR

5 They won't drop their fees (9) RETAILERS

6 Designs schemes for accomplishing a purpose (5) PLANS

7 Squeeze out just one more cent (7) EXTRACT

8 The tests go awry again in various ways (7) STREETS

14 The stain to be got out is immovable (9) OBSTINATE

15 The guard re-reading order (9) GRENADIER

16 Perpetually young (7) AGELESS

17 Beg for a change in the net rate (7) ENTREAT

19 Sue's disposed to embrace Leslie but in vain (7) USELESS

20 The Russian lost building to one advanced in age (7) OLDSTER

22 Highest grade attainable in an ancient language (5) ALPHA

23 Bar to poets, not right (5)ESTOP

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Mar 1 23:26:03 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 There is nothing complicated about this return on investment (6,8) SIMPLE INTEREST

8 Allowance for a speech failing to start (6) RATION

9 Remarkable kind of number (8) SINGULAR

11 Honeyed words used in flattery (5,4) SWEET TALK

12 Look! Teacher backs a primate (5) LORIS

13 Vessel with a crazy English master (7) STEAMER

15 Plead for directions to play host (7) ENTREAT

17 Simenon's crime-buster (7) MAIGRET

19 Suppressed Pole was the first to contain endless quarrel (7) STIFLED

21 A small growth in the body may mean depression (5) SLUMP

23 What may be found on the front door � funny metal pane (9) NAMEPLATE

25 Tiny tree developed for timeless existence (8) ETERNITY

26 Effeminate American in college grounds (6) CAMPUS

27 Adjustable light for moles with appealing design (10,4) ANGLEPOISE LAMP

Down

1 ISRO's so excited about a fleshy fruit (7) SOROSIS

2 Permit required for carrying a headdress (5) MITRE

3 In the circus, would he reduce a roar to a mew? (4,5) LION TAMER

4 A thin, irregular flow could deceive the French (7) TRICKLE

5 Lager brewed befitting a king (5) REGAL

6 A big star's reported deception is a device to harness natural energy (5,4) SOLAR CELL

7 In these days, dropping name is already programmed (6) PRESET

10 Two with a soft, distinctive appearance (4) PAIR

14 The recipe Anu prepared for a gourmet (9) EPICUREAN

16 Part of the aircraft getting entangled in a tall pine (9) TAILPLANE

17 Way to cook potatoes, for example, that mother gave up (6) MASHED

18 Item of clothing � to put over an armoured vehicle? (4,3) TANK TOP

19 A certain unspecified part in a transom exposed to view (4) SOME

20 Improve the looks, put on very smart clothes (5,2) DRESS UP

22 Discussion group on penal reform (5) PANEL

24 Highest mark, first in Greek (5) ALPHA

Happy teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Mar 2 23:13:12 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 It's not the same provided the umpire returns in depression (9) DIFFERENT

5 Bottles in the Roman way, large and small (5) VIALS

8 The endless hurry of a songbird (6) THRUSH

9 A vakil's love trashed somewhere in Central Europe (8) SLOVAKIA

11 In Indian astrology, it is part of an ultrahuman thing (4) RAHU

12 Executive's recorder that China opted to mend (10) DICTAPHONE

14 Mark left on track after a little time (5) TRAIL

15 Protection for a listener, listener with panic (7) EARFLAP

16 In a short moment, panic erupts in plant (7) CAMPION

17 Circular discharge from a firearm (5) ROUND

19 Stand-in uses it but wrongly around start of tournament (10) SUBSTITUTE

20 The fare on offer (4) MENU

22 A tailless gecko, for example, at home in a reddish dye (8) ALIZARIN

23 Takes the trouble to clasp son in gentle embrace (6) CARESS

24 A pet animal � that is a motherless calf (5) DOGIE

25 It provides light in the petromax to scatter male gnats (3,6) GAS MANTLE

Down

1 Spot a shortened way for one who is senile... (6) DOTARD

2 ... temporarily, before night-time anyhow (3,3,4,5) FOR THE TIME BEING

3 A part of appeasement is relaxation (4) EASE

4 What one on the stand promises to do? (4,3,5) TELL THE TRUTH

5 What most mammals are (producing live young ones) troubles a saviour (VIP) (10) VIVIPAROUS

6 It could be due when a registered letter is sent � a token of receipt (15) ACKOWLEDGEMENT

7 Lose weight, to be promising (5,2) SHAPE UP

10 Nero would have taken a bow to it (6,6) VIOLIN STRING

13 A trim stage designed for a judicial officer (10) MAGISTRATE

16 Some thing to eat for the lead player dunked in half-digested food (7) CUSTARD

18 Inferior in rank and reportedly small (6) PUISNE

21 A basis of Indian classical music found in Braganza (4) RAGA

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Mar 3 23:56:34 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Handle husband with maturity (6) MANAGE

4 Inspector of buildings showing very sour
disposition (8) SURVEYOR

9 Pharmacist giving drugs, initially, to
one poet (9) DISPENSER

11 Dance with girl at work (5) GALOP

12 Dark line in one (5) UNLIT

13 Part of church grant fool squandered (5,4) ORGAN LOFT

14 Napoleon, back in charge, halts state of
emergency (5,8) PANIC STATIONS

18 Concentrated on Prudence getting special
medical treatment? (9,4) INTENSIVE CARE

20 Male shoots, in sultanate, one appointed
to investigate complaints (9) OMBUDSMAN

22 Broom kept in wardrobe, sometimes (5) BESOM

24 Come to very young child the

Parisienne rejected (5)

25 Will short examination involving
volunteers (soldiers)? (9) TESTAMENT

26 Respectable poker hand (8) STRAIGHT

27 University teacher is after a handsome
young man (6) ADONIS

Down

1 In wet soft earth, young dog finds
salamander (3,5) MUD PUPPY

2 Space agency, first to learn about the nose (5) NASAL

3 Having jar, we hear, with one from Perth,
perhaps causes an exclamation of
surprise (5,4) GREAT SCOT

5 At college, harps go in it, surprisingly,
and keyboard instruments (7,6) UPRIGHT PIANOS

6 One using no animal products, say, is in
the forefront (5) VEGAN

7 Sensational marine creature mostly found
in this stretch of water (6,3) YELLOW SEA

8 Fame bothered Peter Ustinov at first (6) REPUTE

10 Trip over mat in quiet church making
a row (8,5) SHOUTING MATCH

15 Neck and neck contest at Berlin,
I suspect (4-5) NAIL BITER

16 OTT, like a company chairman? (9) OVERBOARD

17 Name horrible site for insects (8) TERMITES

19 Reportedly films composer (6)

21 Husband in food shop in capital (5) DELHI

23 US writer set off home (5)STEIN
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Mar 4 22:55:25 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Unspecified location in which homes were rebuilt (9) SOMEWHERE

5 Pessimist, follower of Antisthenes (5) CYNIC

8 Converted a trust in U.S. tied in knots (8) UNITISED

9 To make a declaration is a fine business (6) AFFIRM

11 Sales talk from a vendor's position on the pavement (5) PITCH

12 The first person, numerically speaking (6,3) NUMBER ONE

13 Eating some salad in inglorious surroundings (6) DINING

14 Drapes for a mean dog, stain-free (8) CURTAINS

16 Tiny dame turns explosive (8) DYNAMITE

18 Kind of pencil mobs misused as missiles (1-5) H BOMBS

22 What a doctor does before a journalist (9) PRESCRIBE

23 Follow directions, girl! (5) ENSUE

24 Sage of the plant world avails of change (6) SALVIA

25 Held in respect for having kept one's promise (8) HONOURED

26 Discrimination shown in one sense (5) TASTE

27 One who plays tricks on piano, highly offensive, disturbing rest (9) PRANKSTER

Down

1 Baffled, to have been thus dismissed by the keeper (7) STUMPED

2 Soak some tin fabrication (7) MOISTEN

3 The scale to determine the force of gravity on one (8,7) WEIGHING MACHINE

4 They go out on stage (6) EXEUNT

5 To foot cab fee, bloke's re-written a glossy tome (6-5,4) COFFEE TABLE BOOK

6 Man from Kerala getting a Japanese sash in African city (7) NAIROBI

7 Long curling waves made by hair-dressers (7) COMBERS

10 An affair in Italian capital built up with love at heart (5) AMOUR

15 Get ready to streak? (5) STRIP

16 Money put in the bank is back in storage (7) DEPOSIT

17 Pins' partners in causing tingling (7) NEEDLES

19 Rum task tackled by rodent (7) MUSKRAT

20 One free with money pens funny German article (7) SPENDER

21 Top cover in a rainfed or artificially watered area (6)FEDORA

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Mar 5 23:16:21 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Wild form of holding stock rejected, following extremes of unconcern (7) UNTAMED

5 A cinema production that is bloodless (7) ANAEMIC

9 Source of support for a sturdy, tall building (5,2,8) TOWER OF STRENGTH

10 What the batsman hates to do: leave home? (3,3) GET OUT

11 Skin disease that an imp got, that is curious (8) IMPETIGO

13 The end of the line (8) TERMINAL

15 Blackguards who may adorn a dubious gallery (6) ROGUES

18 A child's toy that may scare one (6) RATTLE

19 Summons to attend court in Boston, say (8) SUBPOENA

22 Sound of bongos perhaps? Right, but made differently (8) DRUMBEAT

24 Task involving a short trip to get the right artist in the end (6) ERRAND

27 Specialist doctor, one who can make things appear better? (15) OPHTHALMOLOGIST

28 French philosopher who rioted, died horribly (7) DIDEROT

29 Amusing entertainer could amuse royalty (7) PLEASER

Down

1 Appearing for trial drunk, unable to express one's feelings (7) UNTIGHT

2 Pull the thing, namely ... (2,3) TO WIT

3 ... a creature that diverted Paul's aim (9) MARSUPIAL

4 Quick and neat defence precedes end of argument (4) DEFT

5 Time after spring, for fall (6) AUTUMN

6 Sharp ridge found in a rare terrain (5) ARETE

7 Relative importance of sorting out a 1 Ac. GI (9) MAGNITUDE

8 Accountant blows the horn in partnership (7) CAHOOTS

12 Give careful consideration, say, to a method (3) WAY

14 Dealt with like a negative with blemishes (9) RETOUCHED

16 Propose U.N. reform intentionally (2,7) ON PURPOSE

17 Small dwelling hidden by a shutter (3) HUT

18 Giant tree to provide a revolutionary with timber (7) REDWOOD

20 Inspector of German car on a hill (7) AUDITOR

21 Second-rate actor allowed in this village (6) HAMLET

23 The state of black hair, twisted (5) BIHAR

25 Famous old boxer with a singular assumed name (5) ALIAS

26 First of officers included in award for a notable success (4) COUP
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Mar 6 23:18:24 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Foretell a conservative protest in Goa fizzling out (13) PROGNOSTICATE

10 Attractive daughter in a position to accept English teacher (9) DESIRABLE

11 Easy task for a Catholic in church (5) CINCH

12 Bone broken by loveless cousin (5) INCUS

13 Hubble, for one (9) TELESCOPE

14 Sailors meet a fearsome person (6) TARTAR

16 Write about an accountant, a nut (5) PECAN

19 Requested to be included in a task editor laid out (5) ASKED

20 Extension built for a girl by riverside (6) ANNEXE

25 Damage caused by awfully tired people with time (9) DETRIMENT

26 Have a fine meal or forego food around the east (5) FEAST

27 Writer Jong's evergreen plant (5) ERICA

28 Harsh treatment of civil riot (9) VITRIOLIC

29 Where to find a teacher in retirement? (6,7) MASTER BEDROOM

Down

2 Treatment for others followed by French priest (4,4) REST CURE

3 Women in the making (5) GIRLS

4 Golden pieces in celestial routes (6) ORBITS

5 Could he bustle about in a state of depression? (3,5) THE BLUES

6 Male bird is inordinately proud, says the helmsman (9) COCKSWAIN

7 Time to irritate with a public address system (6)

8 A tendency to be without purpose (6) ADRIFT

9 Bird's cry, reportedly poor in quality (5) CHEEP

15 A saint, alas, turns attacker (9) ASSAILANT

17 Dealer in stolen articles, like radio, telephone etc. (8) RECEIVER

18 A girl, so English, abandoned in a harem (8) SERAGLIO

21 Tempt with some succulent iceberg lettuce (6) ENTICE

22 A summer snake? (5) ADDER

23 Hun upsets volunteers, wagging tail (6) ATTILA

24 Piece of sculpture put up by university in Tamil Nadu perhaps (6) STATUE

26 Man of religion at a remote time accepted religious instruction (5) FRIAR
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Mar 6 23:20:45 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Foretell a conservative protest in Goa fizzling out (13)
10 Attractive daughter in a position to accept English teacher (9)
11 Easy task for a Catholic in church (5)
12 Bone broken by loveless cousin (5)
13 Hubble, for one (9) Telescope
14 Sailors meet a fearsome person (6)
16 Write about an accountant, a nut (5) Pecan
19 Requested to be included in a task editor laid out (5) Asked
20 Extension built for a girl by riverside (6) Annexe
25 Damage caused by awfully tired people with time (9) Detriment
26 Have a fine meal or forego food around the east (5) Feast
27 Writer Jong's evergreen plant (5) Erica
28 Harsh treatment of civil riot (9) Vitriolic
29 Where to find a teacher in retirement? (6,7)

Down
2 Treatment for others followed by French priest (4,4) Rest well?
3 Women in the making (5) Girls?
4 Golden pieces in celestial routes (6)
5 Could he bustle about in a state of depression? (3,5)
6 Male bird is inordinately proud, says the helmsman (9) Cockswain
7 Time to irritate with a public address system (6) Pastor
8 A tendency to be without purpose (6) Wanton?
9 Bird's cry, reportedly poor in quality (5) Cheep
15 A saint, alas, turns attacker (9) Assailant
17 Dealer in stolen articles, like radio, telephone etc. (8) Receiver
18 A girl, so English, abandoned in a harem (8) Seraglio
21 Tempt with some succulent iceberg lettuce (6) Entice
22 A summer snake? (5) Adder
23 Hun upsets volunteers, wagging tail (6)
24 Piece of sculpture put up by university in Tamil Nadu perhaps (6) Statue
26 Man of religion at a remote time accepted religious instruction (5) Faith?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Mar 6 23:25:45 2007. [Full View]

Hi, TN! Simultaneous posting!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Mar 7 22:57:24 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

1 Support, with reason, social class and experience (10)
7 Rob's quaint, poetic eyes (4) Orbs
9 It helps the typist make an impression (6) Finger
10 Punish sleep in a funny way (8) Penalize
11 Mineral from a German field, not quite scanty (8)
12 A vessel of a peculiar nature (3,3) Tea urn
13 Freak girl had a meal (7) Mediate?
16 For the expert I have a collection of records (7) Archive
17 Important American weekly, of the highest level (3,4) Big time
19 Postpone some hard-to-read journalistic work (7) Adjourn
22 Thus enthusiastically greet a Pak. cricketer (6) Sohail
23 Seafood, insipid creature (8) ----fish
26 GIs raced madly in shame (8) Disgrace
27 Business magnate who could reportedly fetter a company with no return (6) Tycoon
28 A positive sign (4) Plus
29 Guarantee French and German articles: put it down in black and white (10) Underwrite

Down
2 Get up, there is an increase in pay (5) Raise
3 The game that a bad kid played (7)
4 Preparatory time for a delivery at Lords (3-2)
5 Whistle-blower at a game (6) Umpire
6 Such spirit may be unfit for consumption but has its uses (9) Tinctured?
7 A greasy passage for keeping machine parts friction-free (3,4) Oil path
8 Virus bred clandestinely by transport operator (3,6) Bus driver
14 Leader of a newspaper (8) Editorial
15 Part of India that could daunt Liam oddly (5,4) Tamil nadu
18 In riot control, it can split general averages (4,3) Tear gas
20 Military man making a bid to hold one catch (7) Officer
21 To hurt one's feelings is a bad thing in view (6) Offend
24 Where to make religious offerings in Gibraltar (5) Altar
25 A dependable drink (5) Stout
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Mar 8 1:35:02 2007. [Full View]

Very good attempt, TN!

With a few additions & corrections:

Across

1 Support, with reason, social class and experience (10) BACKGROUND

7 Rob's quaint, poetic eyes (4) ORBS

9 It helps the typist make an impression (6) RIBBON

10 Punish sleep in a funny way (8) PENALISE

11 Mineral from a German field, not quite scanty (8) FELDSPAR

12 A vessel of a peculiar nature (3,3) TEA URN

13 Freak girl had a meal (7) DEVIATE

16 For the expert I have a collection of records (7) ARCHIVE

17 Important American weekly, of the highest level (3,4) BIG TIME

19 Postpone some hard-to-read journalistic work (7) ADJOURN

22 Thus enthusiastically greet a Pak. cricketer (6) SOHAIL

23 Seafood, insipid creature (8) FLATFISH

26 GIs raced madly in shame (8) DISGRACE

27 Business magnate who could reportedly fetter a company with no return (6) TYCOON

28 A positive sign (4) PLUS

29 Guarantee French and German articles: put it down in black and white (10) UNDERWRITE

Down

2 Get up, there is an increase in pay (5) ARISE

3 The game that a bad kid played (7) KABADDI

4 Preparatory time for a delivery at Lords (3-2) RUN UP

5 Whistle-blower at a game (6) UMPIRE

6 Such spirit may be unfit for consumption but has its uses (9) DENATURED

7 A greasy passage for keeping machine parts friction-free (3,4) OIL PATH

8 Virus bred clandestinely by transport operator (3,6) BUS DRIVER

14 Leader of a newspaper (8) EDITORIAL

15 Part of India that could daunt Liam oddly (5,4) TAMIL NADU

18 In riot control, it can split general averages (4,3) TEAR GAS

20 Military man making a bid to hold one catch (7) OFFICER

21 To hurt one's feelings is a bad thing in view (6) OFFEND

24 Where to make religious offerings in Gibraltar (5) ALTAR

25 A dependable drink (5) STOUT
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Mar 8 23:02:33 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

1 Part of the plumage of the flier at a run (4,7)
9 Cricket stroke on the leg side with vigour (2,5) On drive
10 Black, crude weapon, one using poisoned darts (7) Blowgun
11 Kind of house, Tudor for example (5) Royal
12 Was it her daughter fumbling with what goes down the drain? (9) Dishwater
13 Abandon a refugee or put back in (4) Drop
15 Confirm that Teddy is abroad (4,3) Bear out
19 LPG, for example, if processed, can make a drink (3-4) Egg -
20 Disdainful one may weep, admitting a point (4) Snob
24 Study integration in disorder (9) Confusion
25 Is it amateurish to hold back a famous violin? (5) Atari
27 The town in Sicily for organising seminars right away (7) Messina
28 Wild horse in frenzied state, a no-good (7) Mustang
29 A rebirth of culture that Sarin can see unfolding (11) Renaissance

Down
1 To a theologian, a drop of yoghurt is a strong drink (5) Toddy?
2 Dripping water in solid form (6) Icicle
3 Evil spirits make pals give up right (6) Fiends
4 Confession of being very tired, ensnared (8) Ambushed
5 Parasitic bloodsucker can trap a wretch (8)
6 Parade ground command for an appropriate act (5,4) Right turn
7 A cad more adapted to be a companion (7) Comrade
8 Lazy and sluggish entertainer trapped within (5) Inert
14 A coordinator or a singer in disguise (9) Organizer
16 An outpouring of notes, a kind of blended music (8) Infusion?
17 Indian dish cooked by brainy ones (8) Biriyani
18 Cut short a game of cards (7) Abridge
21 Mischievous chap enters a women's campus (5)
22 Intense dislike for a mathematical problem in a put up way (6) Animus
23 A partially dried grape (6) Raisin
26 A complex network may cause great surprise (5) Amaze
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Mar 8 23:57:52 2007. [Full View]

Very good, TN!

Here goes my consolidation:

Across

1 Part of the plumage of the flier at a run (4,7) TAIL FEATHER

9 Cricket stroke on the leg side with vigour (2,5) ON DRIVE

10 Black, crude weapon, one using poisoned darts (7) BLOWGUN

11 Kind of house, Tudor for example (5) ROYAL

12 Was it her daughter fumbling with what goes down the drain? (9) DISHWATER

13 Abandon a refugee or put back in (4) DROP

15 Confirm that Teddy is abroad (4,3) BEAR OUT

19 LPG, for example, if processed, can make a drink (3-4) EGG FLIP

20 Disdainful one may weep, admitting a point (4) SNOB

24 Study integration in disorder (9) CONFUSION

25 Is it amateurish to hold back a famous violin? (5) AMATI

27 The town in Sicily for organising seminars right away (7) MESSINA

28 Wild horse in frenzied state, a no-good (7) MUSTANG

29 A rebirth of culture that Sarin can see unfolding (11) RENAISSANCE

Down

1 To a theologian, a drop of yoghurt is a strong drink (5) TODDY

2 Dripping water in solid form (6) ICICLE

3 Evil spirits make pals give up right (6) FIENDS

4 Confession of being very tired, ensnared (8) AMBUSHED

5 Parasitic bloodsucker can trap a wretch (8) HOOKWORM

6 Parade ground command for an appropriate act (5,4) RIGHT TURN

7 A cad more adapted to be a companion (7) COMRADE

8 Lazy and sluggish entertainer trapped within (5) INERT

14 A coordinator or a singer in disguise (9) ORGANISER

16 An outpouring of notes, a kind of blended music (8) EFFUSION

17 Indian dish cooked by brainy ones (8) BIRIYANI

18 Cut short a game of cards (7) ABRIDGE

21 Mischievous chap enters a women's campus (5) SCAMP

22 Intense dislike for a mathematical problem in a put up way (6)ANIMUS

23 A partially dried grape (6) RAISIN

26 A complex network may cause great surprise (5) AMAZE
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Mar 10 1:34:15 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 A cad's dream - way out trophies for screen players (7,6) Academy awards
9 One-way transport at a time of trouble in France (7)
10 Partly, it is drawn inexorably backward into the mind (7) Inwards
11 Lubricant for treating social rot (6,3) Castor oil
12 One transaction that is perfect (5) Ideal
13 Sent out, like Bonaparte (6) Exiled
14 Bitterness of an agent about strange rite (8) Asperity
17 Wisconsin is terrific, but ominous in part (8) Sinister
19 Large fish found right and left in the main of old (6)
23 Least variable unit of magnetic flux density (5) Tesla
25 Gory entertainment, usually curtains for a bovine (9) Bullfight
26 Note Paula's broken shoulder blade (7) Scapula
27 Give a fresh tag to a lively dance around research facility (7)
28 Tourists adore hot milk, say, boiled (13)

Down
1 Object - a right touch provoking laughter, say (7) Article
2 Owning up to what is sought after by aspiring students (9) Admission
3 Body part of a nobleman on order (7) Earlobe
4 Cowardly shout cut short, subdued (6) Yellow
5 Injury caused by a jerk was hard, enveloping a joint (large) (8) Whiplash
6 Would our spies conceal untanned leather? (7) Rawhide
7 Fabric of an NCO, no worker (5) Saree
8 Show a girl's theatrical work (7) Display
15 Eligible student, somehow hard to read (9) Illegible
16 Computer accessory for important directors (8) Keyboard
17 Meet the conditions, say, grasping twisted fist (7) Satisfy
18 In the south-east, a bird, a marine bird (7) Seagull
20 Two small boys with a perennial plant (7)
21 Plants that sting test Len sorely (7) Nettles
22 Ministers, but not those in government (6) Cleric?
24 Punctuation mark making a sweeping cut (5) Slash
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Mar 10 2:07:33 2007. [Full View]

Very good, TN!

Let me consolidate:

Across

1 A cad's dream � way out trophies for screen players (7,6) ACADEMY AWARDS

9 One-way transport at a time of trouble in France (7) TUMBREL

10 Partly, it is drawn inexorably backward into the mind (7) INWARDS

11 Lubricant for treating social rot (6,3) CASTOR OIL

12 One transaction that is perfect (5) IDEAL

13 Sent out, like Bonaparte (6) EXILED

14 Bitterness of an agent about strange rite (8) ASPERITY

17 Wisconsin is terrific, but ominous in part (8) SINISTER

19 Large fish found right and left in the main of old (6) MARLIN

23 Least variable unit of magnetic flux density (5) TESLA

25 Gory entertainment, usually curtains for a bovine (9) BULLFIGHT

26 Note Paula's broken shoulder blade (7) SCAPULA

27 Give a fresh tag to a lively dance around research facility (7) RELABEL

28 Tourists adore hot milk, say, boiled (13) HOLIDAYMAKERS

Down

1 Object � a right touch provoking laughter, say (7) ARTICLE

2 Owning up to what is sought after by aspiring students (9) ADMISSION

3 Body part of a nobleman on order (7) EARLOBE

4 Cowardly shout cut short, subdued (6) YELLOW

5 Injury caused by a jerk was hard, enveloping a joint (large) (8) WHIPLASH

6 Would our spies conceal untanned leather? (7) RAWHIDE

7 Fabric of an NCO, no worker (5) SERGE

8 Show a girl's theatrical work (7) DISPLAY

15 Eligible student, somehow hard to read (9) ILLEGIBLE

16 Computer accessory for important directors (8) KEYBOARD

17 Meet the conditions, say, grasping twisted fist (7) SATISFY

18 In the south-east, a bird, a marine bird (7) SEAGULL

20 Two small boys with a perennial plant (7) ALFALFA

21 Plants that sting test Len sorely (7) NETTLES

22 Ministers, but not those in government (6) CLERGY

24 Punctuation mark making a sweeping cut (5) SLASH

Quick teamwork!!!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Mar 10 22:51:12 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Bend almost all of shield (6) BUCKLE

4 Demanding higher prices at college fair (8) UPMARKET

9 A Parisian, still inconsistent (6) UNEVEN

10 Narrowly avoided collision with tight young woman (4,4) NEAR MISS

11 Adam's mate and daughter locked in warehouse with dock worker (9) STEVEDORE

13 Relative, European, located in Riviera resort (5) NIECE

14 Rope in idle artist (4,7) LAZY PAINTER

18 Film daughter playing at end of avenue (3,8) tHE GRADUATE

21 Grotesque oaks encircling a Japanese port (5) OSAKA

22 High flier up for trial? (4,5) TEST PLANE

24 Leave about ten and ring one about being impractically idealistic (8) QUIXOTIC

25 Touch fringe, badly cut (6) FINGER

26 Curse banger dumped beside river (8) EXECRATE

27 Very dry American statesman who committed suicide (6) BRUTUS

Down

1 British philosopher clipped son in European capital (8) BRUSSELS

2 Type of sideboard in study - there's a silly craze involving it (8) CREDENZA

3 European city, for example, featured in story (5) LIEGE

5 Salute existing members (7,4) PRESENT ARMS

6 Flower in book (6,3) AARONS ROD

7 Article is penned by King, Queen and Emperor! (6)

8 International edition is critically examined (6) TESTED

12 Dickens character, Violet, abused, nursing broken wrist (6,5) OLIVER TWIST

15 Drink-inspired courage seen in awfully poor vault (3,6) POT VALOUR

16 Window a knight used during escape (8) FANLIGHT

17 Films we saw, initially, on aquatic birds (8) WESTERNS

19 Queen entering some exceptional place of worship (6) MOSQUE

20 Jack's accompanied by a pleasant girl (6) JANICE

23 Previous deputy head in monastery (5) PRIOR
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Mar 10 22:53:45 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Bend almost all of shield (6) Buckle
4 Demanding higher prices at college fair (8)
9 A Parisian, still inconsistent (6) Uneven?
10 Narrowly avoided collision with tight young woman (4,4) Near miss
11 Adam's mate and daughter locked in warehouse with dock worker (9) Stevedore
13 Relative, European, located in Riviera resort (5) Niece
14 Rope in idle artist (4,7) Lazy painter
18 Film daughter playing at end of avenue (3,8) The -
21 Grotesque oaks encircling a Japanese port (5) Osaka
22 High flier up for trial? (4,5) Toss -
24 Leave about ten and ring one about being impractically idealistic (8) Quixotic
25 Touch fringe, badly cut (6) Margin
26 Curse banger dumped beside river (8) Execrate
27 Very dry American statesman who committed suicide (6)

Down
1 British philosopher clipped son in European capital (8) Brussels
2 Type of sideboard in study - there's a silly craze involving it (8) Credenza
3 European city, for example, featured in story (5)
5 Salute existing members (7,4) Present arms
6 Flower in book (6,3)
7 Article is penned by King, Queen and Emperor! (6)
8 International edition is critically examined (6)
12 Dickens character, Violet, abused, nursing broken wrist (6,5) Oliver twist
15 Drink-inspired courage seen in awfully poor vault (3,6) Pot valour
16 Window a knight used during escape (8)
17 Films we saw, initially, on aquatic birds (8) Flamingo
19 Queen entering some exceptional place of worship (6) Mosque
20 Jack's accompanied by a pleasant girl (6) Janice
23 Previous deputy head in monastery (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Mar 10 23:46:43 2007. [Full View]

TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Mar 11 22:24:51 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time

Across
1 I've to tire out to become far-reaching (10) Exhaustive
6 Kids favour such a drop in a police force (4) Acid
9 Set of kettledrums (7) Timpani
10 A medium disturbing Clive, eh? (7) Vehicle
12 Talked like a child (8)
13 They are at the back of necks (5) Napes, ropes?
15 Transmit money from merit (5) Remit
17 This ain't how one says it (9) Grammatic
19 Contained a hint that may be indecent (9) Suggested
21 Having high moral qualities (5) Noble
23 Nun that is somehow causing dissatisfaction (5) Ennui
24 Seaman straying from moral standard (8) Swerved?
27 Again sharpens side of blade (7)
28 Dilated into bag or pouched (7) Stuffed
29 Animals back in a rush (4)
30 Undertaking to come in and open with a lever (10) Enterprise?

Down
1 Creatures with feet going in two directions (4) Efts
2 Drone and throb to become commonplace (7) Humdrum
3 Doesn't begin to be suitable somehow (5)
4 Illumination to warn following vehicles (9) Taillight
5 Half-a-dozen have six old pennies brilliantly coloured (5) Vivid
7 Enclosure for domestic fowl to fight? (7) Cockpit
8 One the sea won't give up, presumably (4,6) Deep secret
11 Executioner out of work now? (7) Hireman
14 A flagrant mistake (5,5) Gross mistake
16 Drive from here to China? It's pouring! (7) Teeming
18 The person the post should go to (9) Addressee
20 Inhabitants of an Italian port (7) Genoans
22 Be left to gain from the person from this Eastern province (7) Benefit
24 Light crime? (5) Arson
25 Quietly care to replace worn tread (5)
26 A holiday in safe territory (4) Fete
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Mar 11 22:40:16 2007. [Full View]

Thanx, TN!

Let me consolidate:

Across

1 I've to tire out to become far-reaching (10) EXHAUSTIVE

6 Kids favour such a drop in a police force (4) ACID

9 Set of kettledrums (7) TIMPANI

10 A medium disturbing Clive, eh? (7) VEHICLE

12 Talked like a child (8) PRATTLED

13 They are at the back of necks (5) NAPES

15 Transmit money from merit (5) REMIT

17 This ain't how one says it (9) GRAMMATIC

19 Contained a hint that may be indecent (9) SUGGESTED

21 Having high moral qualities (5) NOBLE

23 Nun that is somehow causing dissatisfaction (5) ENNUI

24 Seaman straying from moral standard (8) ABERRANT

27 Again sharpens side of blade (7) REEDGES

28 Dilated into bag or pouched (7) SACCATE

29 Animals back in a rush (4) REED

30 Undertaking to come in and open with a lever (10) ENTERPRISE

Down

1 Creatures with feet going in two directions (4) EFTS

2 Drone and throb to become commonplace (7) HUMDRUM

3 Doesn't begin to be suitable somehow (5) UNAPT

4 Illumination to warn following vehicles (9) TAILLIGHT

5 Half-a-dozen have six old pennies brilliantly coloured (5) VIVID

7 Enclosure for domestic fowl to fight? (7) COCKPIT

8 One the sea won't give up, presumably (4,6) DEEP SECRET

11 Executioner out of work now? (7) HANGMAN

14 A flagrant mistake (5,5) GROSS ERROR

16 Drive from here to China? It's pouring! (7) TEEMING

18 The person the post should go to (9) ADDRESSEE

20 Inhabitants of an Italian port (7) GENOESE

22 Be left to gain from the person from this Eastern province (7) BENGALI

24 Light crime? (5) ARSON

25 Quietly care to replace worn tread (5) RECAP

26 A holiday in safe territory (4) FETE
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Mar 11 22:43:37 2007. [Full View]

11 DN Hangman
25 DN Clamp?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Mar 12 22:03:35 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 As a vocalist she is low in the register (9) Contralto
5 Short for testing knowledge (4) Exam
8 Saw nothing of the stiff bristle on top of grain-sheath here (3)
9 Impose to deliver forcibly (7) Inflict
10 What one gets after long exposure to sun (3) Tan
11 Hem in to restrict a person's style (5) Clamp
12 Explain meaning of a tree-print design (9) Interpret
13 Sunset call on bugle (7) Retreat
15 Buying or selling an ecclesiastical benefice (6) Simony
17 Pass away time please, somehow (6) Elapse
18 Showing profound knowledge (7) Learned
21 One can't do to be a guardian for us (9) Custodian
22 Unfit for record time (5) Inept
24 Lion of the Zodiac (3) Leo
25 Implant deeply in small hard particles (7) Ingrain
26 Spasmodic twitch found in a stick (3) Tic
27 Neglect to leave undone (4) Omit
28 Bitternesses about constant pains (9)

Down
1 Early writer sounds like show, sir (7)
2 Old coin for the grandmother (5) Nanna
3 Political people opposite right (8) Leftists
4 Love one tape that soothes feelings (6) Opiate
5 Utter destruction of a species (13) Extermination
6 Time for a siesta (9) Afternoon
7 Puzzling and hard to explain (6) Knotty
9 Artist to leave his mark on you? (13) Impressionist
14 Change in outward appearance (9) Transform
16 Clear social insect finds the fruit (8) Plantain
17 Surpasses to do better (6) Excels
19 Discovers the existence (7) Detects
20 Touch with pointed branch of the hand (6) Finger
23 Consumed and destroyed (5) Eaten
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Mar 12 22:24:16 2007. [Full View]

8 AC Eon?
11 AC Tramp?
1 DN Creator?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Mar 12 23:01:49 2007. [Full View]

Very good, TN!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Mar 13 6:51:25 2007. [Full View]

11 Hem in to restrict a person's style (5)CRAMP
1 Early writer sounds like show, sir (7)CHAUCER
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Mar 13 10:57:28 2007. [Full View]

8 AC Awn
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Mar 13 11:20:15 2007. [Full View]

28 Bitternesses about constant pains (9) RANKLINGS

That wraps it up!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Mar 13 22:06:41 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time

Across
1 Succeed in diverting oneself of a jersey (4,2,3) Peel it off
6 Fibre extracted from mistletoe (5) Istle
9 Musical performance usually by one person (7) Recital
10 Fuel around rough sea makes it serene (7) Ensnarl
11 Denoting more than one (6) Plural
12 Score in the north to suppress the unacceptable (6) Censor
15 Upset a flipping tortoise (4,6) - turtle
16 God's beautiful creation which branches out (4) Tree
18 Try to break this scheme of conduct (4) Code
19 Firm undertaking to build a condenser? (10) Contractor
23 What a baby can't do without (6) Nappie
25 Intellectual one in class (6)
28 I'm upset by such a force (7) Impetus
29 Double first in Latin composition for a start (7)
30 Goddess inspiring learning (4)
31 Telephone offices giving some things in return? (9) Exchanges

Down
1 Monkey is part hidden by a low protective wall (7) Parapet
2 Went without, say, hesitation in being covered with hairspray (9)
3 One who enters a college (7) Intrant
4 Love to stare amorously (4) Ogle
5 Feel distraught and run away (4) Flee
6 Part of foot used by soldiers who should be marching thus (6) Instep
7 Bunches of threads (5)
8 Reproduce on a bigger scale (7) Enlarge
13 Tolerate a small stream (5) Brook
14 Choice part of a group (5) Elite?
17 Recounting over the counter? (9) Reserving
18 Establish a trick business house? (7) Cunning
20 Continent across the Atlantic (7) America
21 Takes stock of other people (7) Reviews
22 Leans (5) Tilts
24 Utters in shrill tones (5) Pipes
26 It lies isolated in water (4) Isle
27 We see it when the moon is full (4)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Mar 13 22:21:34 2007. [Full View]

My share:

1 Succeed in diverting oneself of a jersey (4,2,3)PULL IT OFF
10 Fuel around rough sea makes it serene (7)EASEFUL
15 Upset a flipping tortoise (4,6) TURN TURTLE
29 Double first in Latin composition for a start (7) INITIAL
30 Goddess inspiring learning (4) MUSE
2 Went without, say, hesitation in being covered with hairspray (9) LAQUERED
7 Bunches of threads (5) TUFTS
18 Establish a trick business house? (7)CONFIRM
27 We see it when the moon is full (4)DISC
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Mar 13 22:28:10 2007. [Full View]

17 DN Returning?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Mar 14 2:12:40 2007. [Full View]

No, it is 'RETAILING'!

25ac GENIUS
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Mar 14 12:32:33 2007. [Full View]

21 DN Results?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Mar 14 12:35:19 2007. [Full View]

Orkut people say, RUSTLES!!! I am not convinced as also abt their 'NIPPLE' for our 'NAPPIE'. We'll know tomorrow!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Mar 14 12:37:15 2007. [Full View]

21 DN Resells
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Mar 14 22:00:49 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time

Across
1 Cancel a measure fully in order (7) Nullify
5 Making palings of it would surely be premature (7) Sapling
9 Church leader has a number to discipline (7) Chasten
10 Put nail on the wedding (7) Nuptial
11 Be elated to see the snake-like fish here (3) Eel
12 Minor local official (5)
13 All mother can do to get the beast (5) Llama
14 Long seat for more than one (6) Sitter?
15 You tend to be shamelessly presumptuous (8) Indecent?
18 Rounded up but not rounded off (8) Gather?
20 Force exerted for special activity (6) Effort?
24 She comes of age with poles (5)
26 Excuse of being somewhere else when crime was committed (5) Alibi
27 Surpass to be superior (3) Top
28 Vibrating effect in singing (7) Tremolo
29 The nuclear deterrent that used to be good for toast? (7)
30 What a dhobi is paid to do (7) Cleanse?
31 What sailors follow, follows a sailor (3,4)

Down
1 Core of the atom (7) Nucleus
2 Single sheet for distribution (7) Leaflet
3 Come between to cover free development (9) Interfere
4 Pulled the American newsman (6) Yanked
5 Luminary rays that brighten the day (8) Sunshine
6 One who is taught by another (5) Pupil
7 Copy action to follow example (7) Imitate
8 Chivalrous ladies' man (7) Gallant
16 Constant international body is declining (9)
17 How to beat an urge to the left (8)
18 Any movable property (7) Dynamic, Kinetic?
19 Short poem with opening words used as refrain (7) Rondeau
21 Surpassed to go faster (7) Outsped
22 One who gives information about horse races (7) Tipster
23 Talented expert (6) Gifted?
25 Be angry with and find fault (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Mar 14 22:26:43 2007. [Full View]

Hi, TN!

My version:

Across
1 Cancel a measure fully in order (7) Nullify
5 Making palings of it would surely be premature (7) Sapling
9 Church leader has a number to discipline (7) Chasten
10 Put nail on the wedding (7) Nuptial
11 Be elated to see the snake-like fish here (3) Eel
12 Minor local official (5) REEVE
13 All mother can do to get the beast (5) Llama
14 Long seat for more than one (6) SETTEE
15 You tend to be shamelessly presumptuous (8) IMPUDENT
18 Rounded up but not rounded off (8) CORNERED (NICE CLUE!)
20 Force exerted for special activity (6) EFFORT
24 She comes of age with poles (5) AGNES
26 Excuse of being somewhere else when crime was committed (5) Alibi
27 Surpass to be superior (3) Top
28 Vibrating effect in singing (7) TREMOLO
29 The nuclear deterrent that used to be good for toast? (7) TRISALT
30 What a dhobi is paid to do (7) LAUNDER
31 What sailors follow, follows a sailor (3,4) DOG STAR

Down
1 Core of the atom (7) Nucleus
2 Single sheet for distribution (7) Leaflet
3 Come between to cover free development (9) Interfere
4 Pulled the American newsman (6) Yanked
5 Luminary rays that brighten the day (8) SUNBEAMS
6 One who is taught by another (5) Pupil
7 Copy action to follow example (7) Imitate
8 Chivalrous ladies' man (7) Gallant
16 Constant international body is declining (9) UNFAILING
17 How to beat an urge to the left (8) BELABOUR
18 Any movable property (7) CHATTEL
19 Short poem with opening words used as refrain (7) Rondeau
21 Surpassed to go faster (7) OUTLAST
22 One who gives information about horse races (7) TIPSTER
23 Talented expert (6) Gifted
25 Be angry with and find fault (5)SCOLD
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Mar 15 13:52:28 2007. [Full View]

29 AC - Trident
21 DN - Outwent
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Mar 15 13:58:05 2007. [Full View]

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From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Mar 15 21:42:15 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Planets, lots he's produced with curious mastery (3,5,6) The solar system
9 Right Ben to make it shine (8) Brighten
10 Decoration for a cake (5) Icing
12 Constantly at any time (4) Ever
13 Unit of measurement - one hundred lakhs (5) Crore
14 Remain to hinder the support (4) Stay
17 Capable of thinking sensibly (8) Rational
18 Hot tasting seed pod (6) Chilli
20 Tormenting tantalizing worker (6) Teaser
22 Plain fabric used for furnishing (8) Casement
25 Atop and over (4) Upon
26 Care to go north to get the mother of pearl (5) Nacre
27 Mark left by damage (4) Scar
30 Set out to depart (5) Leave
31 Sweet, old, indulgent ladies (8) Grandmas
32 Being deceitful with two packs of cards? (6,8) Double dealings

Down
2 Importance of being zealous (7) Earnest
3 Act of overindulgence (4) Orgy
4 Most important kind of road or rail rate adjustment (8) Arterial
5 Soldier on watch (6) Sentry
6 Turned up hints for roasting meat (4) Spit
7 Order proclaimed by authority (7) Edictal
8 Relatively speaking, they are unpleasant in pantomine (4,7) Ugly sisters
11 Deplore completely with sorrow (11) Regretfully
15 Stand very high (5) Tower
16 Bad-tempered woman who needs to be tamed (5) Shrew
19 Union many single people enter into (8) Marriage
21 Succulent green-skinned fruit (7) Avocado
23 Fetter to hold fast (7) Enchain
24 Become involved in confused mass (6) Tangle
28 Basil is from a feather-bedded family (4) Herb
29 I have old-fashioned object of worship (4) Idol
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Mar 15 21:57:45 2007. [Full View]

Wow! TN!

Your yesterday's last 2 answers were also correct! Fantastic!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Mar 16 21:29:34 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time

Across
1 Standard for comparison in trial (4) Test?
3 Job for a learner concerned with a trade (10) Vocational
10 Tell the tale about foreign nobleman (7) Recount
11 Improvised song on topical subject (7) Calipto
12 Rejoice exceedingly (5) Exult
13 Postscripts for concluding programmes (9) Epilogues
14 Dramatic silent scenes by group of people (8)
15 Wing added for extra accommodation (6) Annexe
18 Culture of those people (5) Ethos
20 Showed indignation at having been despatched in a hurry (8) Incensed
24 Stones all over the house because the actors were under-rehearsed? (9) Roughshed?
26 Substitute for a doctor or clergyman (5)
27 Worn to keep the head tidy (7) Hairnet
28 Bring up true run somehow (7) Nurture
29 Totally quiet and silent (9) Noiseless
30 Charitable donation to the poor (4) Alms

Down
1 Rushing stream from a rocky height (7) Torrent, Cascade
2 Yield to tear a sunder with force (7) Succumb
4 Going off round the corner (2,3,3) On the run
5 Very cold region round the pole (6) Arctic
6 Icehouse to keep out the cold (5) Igloo
7 Planet second farthest from the sun (7) Neptune
8 Glance briefly (4,3) Look see
9 Shut out the trollops (8) Hustlers
16 They irritate sempstresses? (8) Needlers
17 Snug retreats (8)
18 Ceramic pottery (7) Earthern
19 Most famous magician (7) Houdini
21 Relating to the sense of touch (7) Sensual
22 They naturally put these on outdoor activities (7) Drawers
23 Country mansion (6) Castle
25 Movable joint for a door (5) Hinge
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Mar 16 22:15:23 2007. [Full View]

Hi, TN!

Across
1 Standard for comparison in trial (4) Test
3 Job for a learner concerned with a trade (10) Vocational
10 Tell the tale about foreign nobleman (7) Recount
11 Improvised song on topical subject (7) CALYPSO
12 Rejoice exceedingly (5) Exult
13 Postscripts for concluding programmes (9) Epilogues
14 Dramatic silent scenes by group of people (8) TABLEAUS
15 Wing added for extra accommodation (6) Annexe
18 Culture of those people (5) Ethos
20 Showed indignation at having been despatched in a hurry (8) RESENTED
24 Stones all over the house because the actors were under-rehearsed? (9) ROUGHENED
26 Substitute for a doctor or clergyman (5) LOCUM
27 Worn to keep the head tidy (7) Hairnet
28 Bring up true run somehow (7) Nurture
29 Totally quiet and silent (9) Noiseless
30 Charitable donation to the poor (4) Alms

Down
1 Rushing stream from a rocky height (7) Torrent
2 Yield to tear a sunder with force (7) Succumb
4 Going off round the corner (2,3,3) On the run
5 Very cold region round the pole (6) Arctic
6 Icehouse to keep out the cold (5) Igloo
7 Planet second farthest from the sun (7) Neptune
8 Glance briefly (4,3) Look see
9 Shut out the trollops (8) Hustlers
16 They irritate sempstresses? (8) Needlers
17 Snug retreats (8)
18 Ceramic pottery (7) Earthen
19 Most famous magician (7) Houdini
21 Relating to the sense of touch (7) TACTUAL
22 They naturally put these on outdoor activities (7)
23 Country mansion (6) Castle
25 Movable joint for a door (5) Hinge
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Mar 16 23:25:08 2007. [Full View]

20 AC - Resented
26 AC - Locum
17 DN - Beddings
21 DN - Tactual
22 DN - Dampers
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Mar 17 3:29:07 2007. [Full View]

Not sure about 17dn!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Mar 17 21:39:39 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time

Across
1 Timepieces fine old boy looks at (3,7) Fob watches
6 Endless industrial action in Norwegian port (4) Oslo
9 Mother-to-be seems, to some extent, grossly overweight (5) Obese
10 White-flowered plant? See number round byre, spreading (9) Eyebright
12 English novelist died on Welsh mountain (7)
13 A lot of money in study? I'm staggered (4,3) Tidy sum
15 Regular sea lane, rough for the most part (2,1,7,4)
17 Study inside B&B, say, one's main source of income (5,3,6) Bread and butter
21 Within view, popular location by the sound of it (2,5) In sight
22 Sportsman permitted to enter rearranged heat (7) Athlete
23 Rich ornamentation on metal - mother has a tasteless display (9)
25 Almost caught, English scientist and inventor (5) Hooke
26 Make listener nervous, at first (4) Ears?
27 Initially Sir Pieter, (Dutch portrait painter), to capture knight, did magnificently (10) Splendidly

Down
1 Misleads over `crown', type of paper (8)
2 Terrible noise abuser in South American capital (6,5) Buenos Aires
3 Supplier of beef from Scottish city overlooking former county (8,5)
4 Remove dirt from heels in church (7) Cleanse?
5 Choose artist to highlight Agamemnon's daughter (7) Electra
7 Sink it, first of gunboats (3) Sag
8 Boy in unit is punctual (2,4) On time
11 Behave arrogantly? Horse did racing across uncut grass (4,9) Rode -
14 An extremely short time in Adriatic resort before transfer (5,6) Split second
16 Leaves with British writer on railway (8)
18 New part for redevelopment in Belgian province (7) Antwerp
19 Expert marksman's gone to sleep on watch (7)
20 Light type used by the French (6)
24 Spoil, smash up (3)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Mar 17 23:11:33 2007. [Full View]

Hi, TN!

Building on yours:

Across
1 Timepieces fine old boy looks at (3,7) Fob watches
6 Endless industrial action in Norwegian port (4) Oslo
9 Mother-to-be seems, to some extent, grossly overweight (5) Obese
10 White-flowered plant? See number round byre, spreading (9) Eyebright
12 English novelist died on Welsh mountain (7) SNOWDON
13 A lot of money in study? I'm staggered (4,3) Tidy sum
15 Regular sea lane, rough for the most part (2,1,7,4) AS A GENERAL RULE
17 Study inside B&B, say, one's main source of income (5,3,6) Bread and butter
21 Within view, popular location by the sound of it (2,5) In sight
22 Sportsman permitted to enter rearranged heat (7) Athlete
23 Rich ornamentation on metal - mother has a tasteless display (9) DAMASCENE
25 Almost caught, English scientist and inventor (5) Hooke
26 Make listener nervous, at first (4) EarN
27 Initially Sir Pieter, (Dutch portrait painter), to capture knight, did magnificently (10) Splendidly

Down
1 Misleads over `crown', type of paper (8) FOOLSCAP
2 Terrible noise abuser in South American capital (6,5) Buenos Aires
3 Supplier of beef from Scottish city overlooking former county (8,5) ABERDEEN ANGUS
4 Remove dirt from heels in church (7) Cleanse
5 Choose artist to highlight Agamemnon's daughter (7) Electra
7 Sink it, first of gunboats (3) Sag
8 Boy in unit is punctual (2,4) On time
11 Behave arrogantly? Horse did racing across uncut grass (4,9) RIDE ROUGHSHOD
14 An extremely short time in Adriatic resort before transfer (5,6) Split second
16 Leaves with British writer on railway (8) GREENERY
18 New part for redevelopment in Belgian province (7) Antwerp
19 Expert marksman's gone to sleep on watch (7) DEADEYE
20 Light type used by the French (6) KINDLE
24 Spoil, smash up (3)MAR

Interesting teamwork!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Mar 17 23:22:59 2007. [Full View]

15 AC - At a regular roll?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Mar 17 23:28:32 2007. [Full View]

Can't be 'regular'!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Mar 18 22:32:10 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 When the attendant is about, I am smarter (8) DRESSIER

5 A naval revolver (6) TURRET

9 Nair and Lily describing some Twelfth Night characters (8) ILLYRIAN

10 Wildly stake out royal bar (6) STREAK

12 The leader of thugs is in France for trial (4) TEST

13 Maybe it was bellowed at the groom's joke (5,5) HORSE LAUGH

15 Rocky evil? (6) SCYLLA

17 Part of those pale flowers (5) SEPAL

20 Bays about small gap (5) ABYSS

21 For instance, AP hand? (6) AGENCY

24 Turkish estuary that may go with the quest of the Argonauts? (6,4) GOLDEN HORN

27 Hat-band of the saint (4) HALO

29 Pieces of furniture in clever deployment in back-street (6) TABLES

30 Trivia as distributed by keeper of caged birds (8) AVIARIST

31 Arranges again for wayward stree to accept son (6) RESETS

32 Cut up? If right, serve a dessert (5,3) FRUIT CUP

Down

1 Delicate lawyer on tiny aberration (6) DAINTY

2 Join up in silent revolution (6) ENLIST

3 Being quick, secret agent hides close to corridor (4) SPRY

4 Are about to bring up poetry muse (5) ERATO

6 Wait __ dark: 1967 thriller (5) UNTIL

7 Provides with new machines, with no end to rush jokes (2-6) RE-EQUIPS

8 Lakh toed gingerly to become established (4,4) TAKE HOLD

11 Four out to spend the summer in hacienda (6) ESTATE

14 Experts don't begin competitions (4) ACES

16 Hate to see two articles together (6) LOATHE

17 Send packing in his acknowledged style (4) SACK

18 Sound of amusement subsequently includes an expression of disgust (8) LAUGHTER

19 BAs sully novel course of studies (8) SYLLABUS

22 Crazed fellow: "When the attendant is about, I am smarter" (6) MANIAC

23 An odds-on choice: "The End of the Lighted Cigar" (3,3) HOT TIP

25 Plain I'd not be present for the happening (5) EVENT

26 Flower I have hidden in the car (5) RIVER

28 Sages return from Hawaii gambol (4) MAGI

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Mar 19 23:31:53 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Suitable way to get funds? Not exactly! (11) APPROPRIATE

9 They are correspondingly close to each other (3,4) PEN PALS

10 Bless the rhythm if classy at last (7) BEATIFY

11 Sound system (5) AUDIO

12 Footballers marching to the field, two by two? (6-3) TWENTY TWO

13 You and me return his faulty dish (5) SUSHI

15 Candid as an al alfresco speaker might be (9) OUTSPOKEN

18 Small help excited the sea creature (4,5) LAMP SHELL

21 Blown-up tail leaves important foreign city (5) ESSEN

22 They come in-between (9) INTERVALS

24 House for some Kannada characters (5) DACHA

26 Lieutenant takes stricken Rajee aboard an aircraft (4-3) LEAR JET

27 Fine gur dissolved in early morning tea (7) GUNFIRE

28 Navy officer in charge of delinquents? (4,7) VICE ADMIRAL

Down

1 Telling about adult evaluation (9) APPRAISAL

2 Ached for good boy (5) PINED

3 The compositions of an eloquent speaker: so I rise (9) ORATORIES

4 Master rejects German dish (7) RISOTTO

5 Doctor one captured by crazy neta of the surrounding area (7) AMBIENT

6 Accurate demand (5) EXACT

7 Girl about to hold slips (8) MISTAKES

8 Beginner involved in petty row (4) TYRO

14 Manu's art propounded to an inhabitant in Indonesia (8) SUMATRAN

16 Boz or Elia, for instance (9) PSEUDONYM

17 A type of iron plane (9) NONPAREIL

19 Something from the stationers that is extensively used (7) ELASTIC

20 The French sang about a pasta (7) LASAGNA

22 I would take the French loaf (4)

23 He may shake up four (5) RAJIV

25 Not that he used to make sad proclamations (5) CRIER

Nice teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Mar 20 22:08:27 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Novel cabin dweller? (5,3) UNCLE TOM

6 Pretence with cry of pain followed by silence (4) SHOW

9 "The Night of the __": 1964 film (6) IGUANA

10 It must give some sound value (7) DECIBEL

13 Joker for a month (5,4) APRIL FOOL

14 Insurance organisation greeting with fruit (5) LICHI

15 Trial in the afternoon? (4) EXAM

16 Silver beaten by circle into an ornament (6,4) SILVER RING

19 What you may pay after you get the treatment (7,3) DOCTORS FEE

21 Small measure in each novel (4) EMMA

24 Speak about rodent in Old English (5) ORATE

25 Not prudent in being somewhat implicit about a round (9) IMPOLITIC

26 Advertisement on northern door (7) POSTERN

27 Cold and pointed suspender (6) ICICLE

28 Done quickly in Guru's house (4) RUSH

29 Allowance to the boy is judicious (8) RATIONAL

Down

2 Country where I regain settlement (7) NIGERIA

3 Fiftyone clever enough to be responsible (6) LIABLE

4 They keep cha in the kettles hot (3-6) TEA COSIES

5 Style the novice followed for the pattern (5) MODEL

7 Grill one music composer involved in half of hits (7) HIBACHI

8 Lucifer taking a constitutional? (7,5) WALKING MATCH

11 It is out of haste vegetable is produced (6) CELERY

12 Does he always have a roof over him while listening-in? (12) EAVESDROPPER

17 Invite PoW to dismiss the opinion (9) VIEWPOINT

18 Stick firm at this place (6) COHERE

20 Charles and sister form a body (7) CHASSIS

22 Lad, I'm at dispensation of the woman (7) MATILDA

23 Turn and see man inside of the last (6) ULTIMO

25 Next to a bull, Victor loses his head (5) INNER

Interesting teamwork!
From: vallimohanty on Wed Mar 21 2:34:33 2007. [Full View]

Across
9 "The Night of the __": 1964 film (6) IGUANA
28 Done quickly in Guru's house (4) RUSH

-ValliMohanty
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Mar 21 3:58:13 2007. [Full View]

Welcome, vallimohanty! I am very glad to see your participation in this thread! Please continue the favour!

I have added your answers & some more answers to my earlier post.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Mar 21 22:51:54 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 It qualifies baby from the lab (4-4) TEST TUBE

5 Lok Sabha idly generates pastoral poems (6) IDYLLS

9 State national sent to Australian Open (7) INDIANA

10 And man's invoking child's sleep-giver (7) SANDMAN

11 Women aspiring to be fair and lovely may use it (4-5) FACE CREAM

12 Looking intently at not the last but the first stone (5) AGATE

13 The French accept alternative doctrine (4) LORE

14 He runs errands in a place of business (6,3) OFFICE BOY

17 Sherpas I'm grouping as angelic beings of old (9) SERAPHIMS

19 Player giving a lead in pitch (4) OBOE

23 Describing a North Arcot pigpen (5) NASTY

24 Bloke set a race for yachts (9) KEELBOATS

25 Eager to make an initial change in the green-eyed (7) JEALOUS

26 The tooth for some cutting action (7) INCISOR

27 Move unsteadily to a seesaw in the U.S. (6) TEETER

28 It cracks before a bird emerges (8) EGGSHELL

Down

1 Sparse movie: "Latex", for instance (4-4) THIN FILM

2 Rishi takes the French duke to be a Casanova (7) SEDUCER

3 Spell `canter' incorrectly (6) TRANCE

4 Rocks! Rocks! That won't take long (5,2,6) BRACE OF SHAKES

6 Fabric Nu agreed to stitch (8) DUNGAREE

7 You said to be involved in tricky gambol might get backache (7) LUMBAGO

8 Eve son has not fixed (6) SUNSET

10 Conference in which top people take part, presumably (6,7) SUMMIT MEETING

15 Youth at the end of day gets nothing to the sweetheart (4-4) LADY LOVE

16 Of measure given by fellows on southern mountain (8) MENSURAL

18 Bring into servitude hundred leaving territory for South (7) ENSLAVE

20 Golf club gets uplift without any hesitation (7) BRASSIE

21 Kind of printer with a certain fluidity (3,3) INK JET

22 Kind of calculator with a certain frame (6) ABACUS

Happy teamwork!
From: vallimohanty on Thu Mar 22 2:52:52 2007. [Full View]

4 Rocks! Rocks! That won't take long (5,2,6) BRACE OF SHAKES (very soon - phrase)
8 Eve son has not fixed (6) SUNSET?

- valli mohanty
From: vallimohanty on Thu Mar 22 2:55:25 2007. [Full View]

Down

7 You said to be involved in tricky gambol might get backache (7) LIMBAGO - LUMBAGO?

- valli mohanty
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Mar 22 11:05:50 2007. [Full View]

Thanx, valli mohanty!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Mar 22 21:45:03 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 UN proud enough to bring together (5,2) ROUND UP

5 Mark back for French water cake (6) GATEAU

9 Revolutionary in business ideology (5) CREDO

10 One playing against him may face defeat (9) OVERMATCH

11 Cure him somehow: it's pertaining to water discharge from the eyes (7) RHEUMIC

12 Girl featured in pen of tin (7) STANNIC

13 Good one's about buffalo (5) BISON

14 Still, one Indian bread to one fellow would do (9) INANIMATE

16 Cleverly segregate Christian festival present (6,3) EASTER EGG

19 The abode of mortals (5) EARTH

21 One thousand at old city provide Iranian language (7) KURDISH

23 Mother and man take a colour (7) MAGENTA

24 Nearly for relocating plant (5,4) ROYAL FERN

25 Look forward to a pause (5) AWAIT

26 Poems on South Africa or Black Sea port (6) ODESSA

27 Went stealthily and told tales (7) SNEAKED

Down

1 Smashing disc jockeys? (6,8) RECORD BREAKERS

2 Vain to employ the French ship (7) USELESS

3 He ushers in (4-3) DOOR MAN

4 Ban in favour of writer (9) PROSCRIBE

5 Estimate some of rogues' spoils (5) GUESS

6 Kettledrums ain't playing around mischievous fellow (7)TIMPANI

7 Feelers by social worker to girl coming back (7) ANTENNA

8 Timid Kitchener ached irresolutely (7-7) CHICKEN HEARTED

15 Debates raised by rum agents (9) ARGUMENTS

17 Satyajit ran around and scattered in jets (7) SPRAYED

18 They are of consuming interest (7) EDIBLES

19 Etch directions on tomb (7) ENGRAVE

20 Managed to dismiss search (7) RANSACK

22 The laughing animal (5) HYENA

Quickly wrapped up!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Mar 23 0:38:07 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

14 AC - Inanimate
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Mar 23 23:04:34 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Child belts out song about foreign money (8) GRANDSON

5 Of July diversions that are glad (6) JOYFUL

10 Put it into lines? (7) VERSIFY

11 Play too much? (7) OVERACT

12 Temper displayed by unmarried fellow clumsily on not getting the degree (6) CHOLER

13 Having more than face value, sailor finished hugging Dad (5,3)ABOVE PAR

15 Operating system used by world leaders' team on return (4) UNIX

16 Does he have followers even as a child? (4,6) BORN LEADER

18 Ally who won't lie? (4,6) TRUE FRIEND

20 Stylish young one doesn't complete (4) CHIC

23 Are they held by brooding birds for rainy day? (4-4) NEST EGGS

24 As used for a clean-up on the blackboard (6) DUSTER

26 Native falls on Yankee with natural simplicity (7) NAIVETY

27 The kind of animal a mole is (7) SUBSOIL

28 Number of old persons losing extremities within the limits of Erukkancherry (6) EIGHTY

29 Summary treatment of a film, perhaps (8) SYNOPSIS

Down

1 Show one's face and approve (4,11) GIVE COUNTENANCE

2 Non-analytic bishop aboard Indian carrier (1,6) A PRIORI

3 Forces out five-hundred rupees I've stashed (6) DRIVES

4 Gem of an animal going round New York (4) ONYX

6 Revive W.O. on regimented inspection (8) OVERVIEW

7 Waved and ran away with application tucked in (7) FLAPPED

8 Do they go round and round talking about books? (8,7) LITERARY CIRCLES

9 Revolutionary prohibition on a North American play (3,6) TOP BANANA

14 Won't its sight land somewhere? (6,3) ROVING EYE

17 Of tenets broken the most number of times (8) OFTENEST

19 When the seesaw is on top (7) UPSWING

21 Frankfurters in an eatery (3,4) HOT DOGS

22 Dwelling in Colorado? (6) PUEBLO

25 Locate the Oriental agent (4) ESPY

Good teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Mar 25 6:41:29 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Superior boat at sea rounding first of buoys (5) ABBOT

4 Result of fine season (9)OFFSPRING

9 Stir me a lot, a porridge (7) OATMEAL

10 Captivate audience, at the end, with new song (7) ENCHANT

11 In disorder, slide (6-7)HELTER SKELTER

13 Straighten out a French composer (7)UNRAVEL

14 Evergreen Arabian? On the contrary, American (7)ARBUTUS

16 Sender nervous about uranium's ultimate consumer (3,4) END USER

18 Drink from bucket? Feel unwell, we hear (4,3)

19 Army officer has to attack nationwide walkout (7,6) GENERAL STRIKE

22 Saint featured in some bar that's prejudiced (7) AMBROSE

23 Hit rear, upsetting girl (7)HARRIET

24 Book by female, Irish composer from this city (9)SHEFFIELD

25 Church council, somewhat busy no doubt(5) SYNOD

Down

1 Biblical character very good graduate raised (4)ABOU

2 Killed brutally, the cur, surprisingly in bed (9) BUTCHERED

3 The serious fight is about to begin, gauntlets having been thrown down? (3,6,3,3)THE GLOVES ARE OFF

4 Boring old Lew turned in sick (3,4)OIL WELL

5 Plant, unrestrained, is climbing onto roof of attic (7)FREESIA

6 Blacklisted pro, I suspect, is game (6,9)POCKET BILLIARDS

7 Unsuitable home (in) , small apartment (apt) (5) INAPT

8 Don hit, then treated (3,7)GET DRESSED

12 Informer, good and bent? (10)SUPERGRASS

15 Giant, dear comic actor (9)

17 Royal Engineers go, reportedly, to raise a siege (7)RELIEVE

18 Threw tar over editor (7)PITCHED

20 The head on the French gold coin, now obsolete (5) NOBLE

21 Small piece of jewellery getting endless attention (4) STUD
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Mar 25 22:49:20 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Money one seeks to earn (6,3)

6 A painter receiving an honour and a bouquet (5)

9 Final gunner went beyond limit (5)

10 This is always assumed by those retiring (9)

11 Dashed like Anglo-Saxons (10) HYPHENATED

12 Sore for some last year (4) STYE

14 Again write letters in the correct order about a magic formula (7) RESPELL

15 Point taken with engineer again free from pretence (7)

17 Prevents from flying on the basis of justification (7) GROUNDS

19 Quite without reason a retiring worker is inflexible (7) ADAMANT

20 Not all women idolise her (4) ENID

22 Left the country without restraint? (4,2,4)

25 Strands in Italy (9) SPAGHETTI

26 Picture that is to provide cover for journal (5) IMAGE

27 Mad again to fantasise foolishly (5) DREAM

28 Next cases arranged with precise quality (9) EXACTNESS

Down

1 Sighing of the wind (5)

2 Points at a new appetizer (9) ANTIPASTO

3 Little beasts' chosen meal � hash (10) CHAMELEONS

4 Feature with parts radiating from centre (7)

5 Lee opens gate for small birds of prey (7)

6 Not proper cast for plays (4) ACTS

7 Open hint one finally dropped (5)

8 A mere typing error, the representative held, in the contract (9) AGREEMENT

13 Not against making an enemy (10) ANTAGONIST

14 Returned for an instance, to dress again, properly (9) REGRESSED

16 English socialist to speak at length (9) ELABORATE

18 Not a garment for a tall person (7) SHORTIE

19 States that Heather must make a declaration of identity (7) AMERICA

21 I make harsh criticisms when in rage (5) IRATE

23 Wants to be seen turning the key in it (5)

24 Woman adopts male survivor of the flood (4) SHEM
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Mar 26 22:43:49 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Issued so it is said (7)

5 Essence of mince pie, as I see it (7) EPITOME

10 Twist and contort in agony to wither out (6) WRITHE

11 About date once, but that's another story (8) ANECDOTE

12 State Dane confused with Virginia shortly (6) NEVADA

13 One of Latin America's overheads (8) SOMBRERO

14 Abandon an over dry area (6) DESERT

15 A girl is getting back brown (6) SIENNA

18 International ties make countries act together (6) UNITES

20 An excuse to create noises (6) ESSOIN

23 The electrical circuit allowing some latitude (8)

25 Look for trap when out on a beat duty (6) PATROL

26 Beasts responsible for the present transport system (8) REINDEER

27 This man's a high flier by the way (6) ERNEST

28 Handing over, but it's only temporary (7) PASSING

29 New reserve set � more stringent (7) SEVERER

Down

2 In France you and bishop going into a small tower (6) TURRET

3 He is sociable, but exceptionally green (9) EXTRAVERT

4 Lawrence to leave for a higher position (7) ELEVATE

6 A spare afternoon used for the devices that boost radio signals (7) PREAMPS

7 English style of architecture that prevailed during 16th century (5) TUDOR

8 Travelling doctor to call (8) MOTORING

9 Alert workers should before going to bed (5,3,5) RAISE THE ALARM

16 Roughly sixteen going to church? Poor living! (9) EXISTENCE

17 Where exposures are made, but not publicly (2,6) IN CAMERA

19 Force of five lies out with precious metal (7) SILVERN

21 Best of all is to have a drink again by myself (7) SUPREME

22 Sou and I make a point to have a savoury dish (6)

24 She possibly has a quarter for gas (5)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Mar 27 22:38:13 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 But not voiced (6,7) SILENT PROTEST

8 Crumbly, can be cooked in fat, we're told (7) FRIABLE

9 One glass and he's unsteady on his feet (7) TUMBLER

11 Pinned down to expose a lie (6) NAILED

13 Not the modest types holding the sun hats (8) BOASTERS

15 He manages to govern authoritatively (5) RULER

16 Brought up to write music by father (7) NEPTUNE

18 Accountant has way to bill for cordial stimulant (7) CARDIAC

19 A guardian who helps boy with lessons (5) TUTOR

21 Red nosed reindeer! (8) RANDOLPH

23 French refusal to writer to attach flag on knight's lance (6) PENNON

25 Sis needs seat for a nap (7) SIESTAS

26 Manoeuvres a number into the attics, though with difficulty (7) TACTICS

28 Having time on your side means more (6,7) SECOND HELPING

Down

2 Introductory letter (7) INITIAL

3 Flow back to decline (3) EBB

4 A branching diagram (4) TREE

5 Look back briefly on description of items required on time (10) RETROSPECT

6 I'm set for different occasions (5) TIMES

7 Fees taken to log preparation of a system of syllables (7) SOLFEGE

8 Loving looks and good wishes (4,7) FOND REGARDS

10 Do applicants for jobs in them go on waiting lists? (11) RESTAURANTS

12 Queen right or wrong in this? (5) ERROR

14 Unwilling to be laid up? (10) INDISPOSED

17 Open it up in June, having got the tip off (5) UNTIE

18 Dupe engineer of the French, to give up (7) CONCEDE

20 One isn't put out by it, but it's a strain (7) TENSION

22 Without doubt some will excel (5) OUTDO

24 Set the young to treat eye ailment (4) STYE

27 Cover the accountant quietly gives (3) CAP

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Mar 28 23:12:10 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 They give pilots information about time changes (10) ALTIMETERS

6 Does lyrics of some length (4) ODES

9 Get back from the sea (7) RECLAIM

10 Remain at odds about the river sailor (7) MARINER

12 Dicky tried taking a bearing in the ship, though suffering (8) DISTRESS

13 Turn to love newly formed fertilized seeds obtained from flowering plants (5) OVULE

15 Outcome of race with boy was bitter and sour (5) ACERB

17 Meant to write out some in a pad (9) APARTMENT

19 New Testament publication (9) STATEMENT

21 Fit ringleader to correct direction that splits (5) RIFTS

23 Sat out with journalist, fully satisfied (5) SATED

24 Leicester's watchman? (8)

27 Thiamine deficiency affecting nervous system (7)

28 To be wealthy, work at university at fast time (7) OPULENT

29 Consider an issue in a light hearted way (4)

30 Does it provide accompaniment for its own singing? (6,4) KETTLE DRUM

Down

1 A measure of port (4) ACRE

2 Lie with tact of being affected by touch (7) TACTILE

3 Intended to build up a master team (5) MEANT

4 Showing ill-humour, scoffed when sober (9) TEMPERATE

5 Climbs over to rob (5)

7 Possibly end with a true version, though it's altogether false (7)DENTURE

8 A trial involving a shooting (6,4) SCREEN TEST

11 Chicken or duck in a roll (7) ROOSTER

14 Feigned surprise at the attempt to steal a march (5,5) FALSE START

16 The person responsible for building up the stock, naturally (7) BREEDER

18 No more than bringing them in slices of toast (2,3,4) AT THE MOST

20 The player will find a number lock (7) ACTRESS

22 Abstain in favour of anticipating a fall in stock prices (7) FORBEAR

24 Holy man seen somehow to have a discerning feeling of things (5) TASTE

25 A deliberative body (5)

26 A smallest particle of a cat? (4) ATOM
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Mar 29 22:47:19 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Charge a gun for at least the second time (6) RELOAD

4 Am upset and unhappy about the flag's position (8) MASTHEAD

10 Exceptionally earnest Oriental (7) EASTERN

11 Marks many a variety of fruit (7) DAPPLES

12 Cars crash to leave a mark (4) SCAR

13 Not any odder than "an habitue" (2,8) NO STRANGER

16 Ma then composes songs of praise (6) ANTHEM

17 Studied introduction of closed four wheeled carriage for tourists (7) COACHED

20 Times up, for a change in momentum (7) IMPETUS

21 The islander is in a kind of trance (6) CRETAN

24 In outward appearance a one time friend of a sea bird (10) EXTERNALLY

25 Put forward a drive of strong desire (4) URGE

27 A body at rest remains so, till pushed to activate (7) INERTIA

29 Root requires English showers (7) ENGRAIN

30 Settled down, as Rocky never did ? (8) STEADIED

31 Split nearly all the income from property (6) RENTAL

Down

1 It may control the oven, cooking the roast (8) RHEOSTAT

2 The stab that ended it all (4,7) LAST ATTEMPT

3 Holes in one (4) ACES

5 Takes into account the computed sum (8) ADDITION

6 They'll never take steps to maintain silence! (3,7) TAP DANCERS

7 General climbs to bring down fishes! (3) LEE

8 Wish to ride with editor in disguise (6) DESIRE

9 Put in writing to record (5) ENROL

14 The majority of starlets will be seeking it (7,4) GREATER PART

15 Made the most of being famous? (10) CELEBRATED

18 Only a vagabond would smuggle a gemstone (8) RUNAGATE

19 In Fahrenheit learn about what is terribly hot (8) INFERNAL

22 Presents good images through communication channels (6) VIDEOS

23 A new line for use of foreigner (5) ALIEN

26 Stare with member at damaged circuit (4) OGLE

28 She has the whole day before festival (3) EVE
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Mar 29 23:22:53 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
kattam paarkkaamal koduththathu. Joot.

29 AC Engrain
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Mar 29 23:45:50 2007. [Full View]

Thanx, TN! I had it mind, just waiting to confirm!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Mar 30 23:08:39 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 The most verbose pupil gets on badly (7) LONGEST

5 Girl I sign on as an astronomer (7) GALILEO

9 Examine harassingly to torment (5) GRILL

10 The game can make a mum tense (9) AMUSEMENT

11 A rose may be between them (6) THORNS

12 The cheap way to travel direct, but it does take a time (8)STEERAGE

14 One can take a hat off to this country (5) HAITI

15 I left an Egyptian city for a girl (9) ALEXANDRA

18 Concert goers' walk (9) PROMENADE

20 Held assembly near an amphitheatre (5) ARENA

22 Permit one tour to go ahead without restraint (3,2,3) LET IT RIP

24 Concurred to grade English anew (6) AGREED

26 Mindful of studies, caught over financial liabilities (9) CONSCIOUS

27 Possibly a cause of reproach (5) STAIN

28 Stops outside road with son (7) DESISTS

29 Got into very hot water (7) SCALDED

Down

1 His plight could act as a warning to people in the main (9) LIGHTSHIP

2 Best to be born in an African city (7) NAIROBI

3 Eurasian rose in elegant setting (9) EGLANTINE

4 A truck for the mines (4) TRAM

5 Dressed for the hit parade? (10) GAUNTLETED

6 Private shelter for a vassal (5) LIEGE

7 Pull fish up into the shelter of the boat (7) LEEWARD

8 Extravagant change of route (5) OUTRE

13 Distressing change to a musical (10) CALAMITOUS

16 Assorted ales again bring freedom from pain (9) ANALGESIA

17 Left a group of music men done in (9) ABANDONED

19 Outdoor excursions (7) OUTINGS

21 Stone me! Alder outside has been felled (7) EMERALD

22 Coffee intermingled with brandy (5) LACED

23 Mexican pancakes (5) TACOS

25 Employs sue in quarter (4) USES

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Mar 31 22:53:57 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Name engraved in worthless ring (4) BAND

4 Everyone's into British plonk in sports arena (8) BALLPARK

8 Rushes round certificate, first of three for long-serving envoys? (6,9) CAREER DIPLOMATS

10 Bad beer? Flipping poorly on rising (9) REBELLION

11 Dye daughter knocked off for one of the Joneses (5) INIGO

12 In a nervy state in the saddle, intoxicated(7) UPTIGHT

14 Eminent conductor from Rome sat, confused (7) MAESTRO

15 Where lots are got rid of at knock-down prices? (7) AUCTION

17 Rachel thrown by horse in Welsh town (7) HARLECH

19 Perfect piece of its soft wood (5) IDEAL

20 China and pearl icon smashed (9) PORCELAIN

22 Not in one's right mind, in common with stepson, rambling (3,6,6) NON COMPOS MENTIS

23 Pantomime actor, gloomy, laid off (8) GRIMALDI

24 Rubbishy things, mostly vulgar (4) TACO

Down

2 Turn holding mug and a tumbler (7) ACROBAT

3 Live with wife in small valley (5) DWELL

4 Immoral getting vast sum of money playing a game (9) BADMINTON

5 Bloomer at college contributing to endless row (5) LUPIN

6 Fellow sent up for it is incarcerated - insider trader? (9) PROFITEER

7 One with a pragmatic attitude is alert to change (7) REALIST

8 The sale of a periodical, possibly crucial one in fashion (11) CIRCULATION

9 Vote by factory workers? (4,2,5) SHOW OF HANDS

13 Place to eat curry? Head of restaurant's unwell inside (5,4) GRILL ROOM

14 Hindu sage and scholar has his hair permed (9) MAHARISHI

16 Open about one spurning love daily (7) CLEANER

18 English remain in charge, being
flexible (7) ELASTIC

20 Young dog ahead of the Italian student (5) PUPIL

21 Upstanding before court (5)ERECT

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 1 22:17:02 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 A cocktail or a cider's ordered (7) SIDECAR

5 Vet a crawler without cash (7)

9 Point learnt afresh for all time (7) ETERNAL

10 Likely to find dressed skin on open country road (7) LEATHER

11 Eat small quantities, it makes sense (5) TASTE

12 Can beginner operate this kitchen equipment? (3,6) TIN OPENER

13 Sectional building at the seaside (9) COASTLINE

15 Note, editor requires woodwind instruments (5) REEDS

16 Last word to daughter to become better (5) AMEND

18 The individual who'll help Satanists out (9) ASSISTANT

21 If treatment fails, he gets the blame first (9)

24 Emission of radio pulses to detect objects (5) RADAR

25 How long you stay will depend on it (7) STAMINA

26 Not right for boy to take litter of easily broken items (7) BRITTLE

27 Dish of green peas as an exception (7)

28 In North American province one finds no riot (7) ONTARIO

Down

1 He has doubts about entering contaminated housing (7) SCEPTIC

2 Marine, having to hurry back, starting early (4,3) DEEP SEA

3 Called round at one time, full of self-importance (9) CONCEITED

4 Again set fire, for it to become brighter (5) RELIT

5 One does not speak well of such an isolated community (9) ISLANDERS

6 Propelled quietly in low waterlogged ground (5) SWAMP

7 Properly presented � hence an increase in value (7) ENHANCE

8 Sort out alternative point for bullfighters on foot (7) TOREROS

14 Resident taken around an island without life (9) INANIMATE

15 Teach others about self-control (9) RESTRAINT

16 About a first rate new performer (7) ARTISTE

17 Boost given by working out at eleven � no end of it (7) ELEVATE

19 Riot on gold, died after he examined the accounts (7) AUDITOR

20 Drop to given course at sea, to launch submarine weapon (7) TORPEDO

22 A boot found to be holy unclean (5) TABOO

23 Seeming to mature spirit in silver? (5) AGING
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 2 22:53:49 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Playing ten tin drums, win a flute, say (4,10) WIND INSTRUMENT

8 Rooflike covering to preserve work, last in May (6) CANOPY

9 The goal of one turning people's witness (8) IMMUNITY

11 In winter, a liability here among other things (5,4) INTER ALIA

12 Vestment that a silly dope found hot inside (5) EPHOD

13 Teacher backs one and only meat dish (7) RISSOLE

15 Wholly occupy two points? Very bad! (7) ENGROSS

17 How may clothes be de-creased? In a hurry (7) PRESSED

19 Arrange, without charge, to release (3,4) SET FREE

21 Computer accessory for transmitting a poem between the borders of Mizoram (5) MODEM

23 Argue angrily about cartel getting involved with with tea (9) ALTERCATE

25 A bird to stimulate buttercup (8) LARKSPUR

26 Remove a switching device (3,3) CUT OUT

27 Creature, with vision corrected, is a sight. Daughter, endure it! (10,4) SPECTACLED BEAR

Down

1 More eccentric, wayward KCIE caught in a conflict (7) WACKIER

2 Music that, to a trapeze artist, may spell risk (5) NONET

3 Overbearing umpire, one so different (9) IMPERIOUS

4 Thorough search in an odd time, covering a large number (7)RUMMAGE

5 The method to apply with a computer part (5) MOUSE

6 The one next door, maybe (9) NEIGHBOUR

7 Daughters of Atlas who were unknown in hell (6) HYADES

10 The lively joy of the good old general (4) GLEE

14 Snare for catching the errant driver with drug, reversing role (5,4) SPEED TRAP

16 Be socially active and earn a number of drinks for people (3,6) GET AROUND

17 Skin problem of a member caught in a mass of things (6) PIMPLE

18 Stoker's character, a bloodsucker (7) DRACULA

19 A seat adjustment that may fully satisfy (4) SATE

20 At the end of service, minister becomes a builder (7) ERECTOR

22 The fine art of Euterpe (5) MUSIC

24 Residence of a person, English (5) ABODE

Good teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Apr 3 22:28:29 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Faultfinding by a reviewer is moderate to start with (9) CRITICISM

5 Kind of beet containing carbon, solid (5) CHARD

8 A light meal provided? Fine, in a can (6) TIFFIN

9 A tollgate that made kin erupt wildly (8) TURNPIKE

11 Deserve to be among some quick learners (4) EARN

12 One's spouse could be a gambler, partially (6,4) BETTER HALF

14 Anticipate a heavy thing, say (5) AWAIT

15 Panama for one (7) ISTHMUS

16 Funny officer in charge, a learner (7) COMICAL

17 Good university girl backs forced-labour camp (5) GULAG

19 Cancel ad, it turns out to be unintended (10) ACCIDENTAL

20 A tableland in some sandy part of the U.S. (4) MESA

22 Standards that are erratic? I shudder! (8) CRITERIA

23 Smoothness of swimmer carrying one pole (6) FINISH

24 Germs, usually small, capable of growing big (5) SEEDS

25 One who arrives behind time from remote Cal. In a tizzy (4,5) LATE COMER

Down

1 Maker of knives that are more appealing, containing a bit of lead (6) CUTLER

2 Booby trap to enchain rifleman on a spree (8,7) INFERNAL MACHINE

3 A proposal made in the same place in a book (4) IBID

4 Creature that re-creates a taunting moo (8,4) MOUNTAIN GOAT

5 In a specific way, study a Mediterranean island with lively borders (10) CONCRETELY

6 Being attractive to the opposite sex � is it an inhuman charm? (6,9) ANIMAL MAGNETISM

7 Officer who was falsely imprisoned in France set off Ed's fury (7) DREYFUS

10 Anisette pill, misused, could be infectious (12) PESTILENTIAL

13 Have a liking for clothing � for a masquerade ball maybe (5,5) FANCY DRESS

16 Opportune occasions for gambles (7) CHANCES

18 A cleaner seat under a nut (6) WASHER

21 A record that may be hard with the computer (4) DISC

Quick teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Apr 4 5:31:51 2007. [Full View]

Hi, friends! Am taking a short break!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Apr 7 10:20:34 2007. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 9 4:16:44 2007. [Full View]

VanthuttEn! Back with a bang! A short trip to B'lore!

Notability of Prince Nemo challenged (10) PROMINENCE*

7 The speed of a quiet one (4) PACE

9 Artist who takes steps in performance? (6)DANCER

10 Pitch � one adjusted conforming to the pronunciation (8) PHONETIC

11 Cord for fastening each sole loosely (8)SHOELACE

12 Not know when to stop though finished with party (6)OVERDO

13 A number that is regular in a filthy place (7) S EVEN TY

16 Avoid, say, an action, evil action (7) MIS DEED

17 Healer and a thug meet a cavalryman (7) DRAGOON

19 A bit hungry, he picks variety (7) PECKISH

22 Drink that is small and conveniently within reach (6)SHANDY

23 Sailor's treatise is hard to understand (8) ABS TRACT

26 Make a great effort to visit Agra, say (2,2,4)GO TO TOWN ?

27 Lewd chap gives a suggestive look around church (6)LEchER

28 His muttering contains something indecent (4) SMUT

29 They attach much importance to ceremony in U.S. trials: it is weird (10) RITUALISTS

Down

2 Domestic pest that may also go after a **** (5) ROACH

3 The mace transformed as a weapon (7) MACHETE

4 Almost typical girl (5) NORMA

5 Give a small bite to each child (6) NIPPER

6 Save money, collecting some oriental (E) coin (9)ECONOMISE

7 Craftily enter Police Department and dissemble (7)PRETEND

8 No parent can be this (9)CHILDLESS

14 Lowly creature, a mare worth destroying (9)EARTHWORM

15 Piece of timber that the duo purchase for, say, ... . (3-2-4)TWO BY FOUR

18 ... a patrol craft, a Goan tub redesigned (7)GUNBOAT

20 Town figuring in some RazaKAR ACHIevements (7)KARACHI

21 Customs permit for temporary import of a motor after all deductions (6) CARNET

24 A lass cooked a spicy sauce (5)SALSA
25 Talk around a point and take for a ride (5)CHEAT

Good teamwork!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Apr 9 12:27:24 2007. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 9 13:38:32 2007. [Full View]
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Apr 9 21:40:49 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 The Sergeant Major everyone cared about was intolerant (5-6) Small minded
9 Again allow inclusion of notice in terms of reference (7) Readmit
10 Problem in speaking makes married master stumble (7) Stammer
11 Game that promotes an inscrutable face (5) Poker
12 NPL used no diversification and was put at a loss (9) Nonplused
13 Acquire, say, a sea eagle (4)
15 Industrious chap but with a small heart (7) Sticker
19 His wail was misunderstood for language (7) Swahili
20 Try some coffee laced with brandy (4)
24 The roving movement from bedtime till morning (9) Overnight
25 Oriental drug, new, is strongly recommended (5) Urged
27 He analyses gold etc. in the role of, say, the queen (7) Assayer
28 That red obi's torn, take it off (7) Disrobe
29 Shelter for the cost-conscious tourist? (5,6) Youth hostel

Down
1 A pound in the bag means a time of less work (5) Slack
2 Where weapons may be found alternatively in a military unit (6) Armory
3 Dormant talent is aroused (6) Latent
4 Madness revealed in good sense (8) Insanity
5 Lifeless tress proves to be an impasse (8) Deadlock
6 The same dance modified by a Syrian (9) Damascene
7 First of tipsters talked and was ensnared (7) Trapped
8 Unrefined but still valuable material (5) Crude
14 Recently introduced garment in a U.S. state (3,6) New Jersey
16 Grateful expression (5,3) Thank you
17 Ruler, member of small clique wielding power, has rich goal shattered (8) Oligarch
18 Boy, put in a good room, would rejoice (7) Gladden
21 Phosphorus found in fossil fuel makes for a resin (5) Copal
22 Where players could be shot? (6) Studio
23 Closing time signified by fading light (6) Sunset
26 Hostile sound made in a big row lingers (5) Growl
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 9 21:58:33 2007. [Full View]

Very good, TN!

20 Try some coffee laced with brandy (4) FEEL
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Apr 9 22:05:12 2007. [Full View]

13 AC Erne
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 9 22:16:39 2007. [Full View]

Only 2 more!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Apr 9 22:21:37 2007. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

Only 2 more!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 9 22:25:59 2007. [Full View]

Clues to be solved yet!!!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Apr 9 22:32:33 2007. [Full View]

pavalamani pragasam wrote:

Clues to be solved yet!!!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 9 23:02:22 2007. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 9 23:05:19 2007. [Full View]

What a fool I am. Kavanam pooraa pakkaththila pErappiLLaika mEla irukku!!! Innum romba naaLakki ippadiththaan aaththula oru kaal sEththula oru kaal......
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 9 23:06:06 2007. [Full View]

To TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Apr 10 21:29:12 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Would a prospering mob go in for change? (7) Booming
5 A master, conservative but inciting love (7) Amatory
10 Cane container takes bishop by surprise (6) Basket
11 Inability to sleep in a mansion, one needing repair (8) Insomnia
12 Body of water in which to find some scared seals (3,3) Red sea
13 A support, but not necessarily only for the chief ... (8) Headrest
14 ... and a support, possibly for unguarded talk (6) Pillow (talk )
15 Dull but ready for change? That's about right (6) Dreary
18 Domestic fowl, a fighter (6) Bantam
20 Very soft in a row, he gives gratuities (6) Tipper
23 Once again cut out and reduce costs (8) Retrench
25 Green light for traffic movement (6) Signal
26 Old queen's carriage (8) Victoria
27 Surviving former partner, Brown, first of thinkers (6) Extant
28 Rich, but the law they break! (7) Wealthy
29 Fabulous creature, an icon run carelessly (7) Unicorn

Down
2 Wild ass is an ogre on a spree (6) Onager
3 Compel change that is temporary (9) Makeshift
4 `Trap dance' is a game (7) Netball
6 Condiment, essential thing on a road (7) Mustard
7 Send back an hourglass, say (5) Timer
8 One of the things that Lloyds does to make control certain (8) Reinsure
9 The guard who has to play out time (5,8) Night watchman
16 In a trice, Gene may become vigorous (9) Energetic
17 Red soil figuring in an overdue ritual (8) Laterite
19 Ruler is performing in a military movement (7) Monarch
21 A door to stop NRE movement (7) Postern
22 Placard carried by girl in British Rail (6) Banner
24 Fierce creature - price, a pound (5) Ratel
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Apr 10 22:23:29 2007. [Full View]

Wow, TN!

Hats off to TN!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Apr 11 21:28:11 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 His theory is formulated on more stars (10) ASTRONOMER

6 Famous performer (4) STAR

9 Structure of wood crossing with spaces between (7) LATTICE

10 Stares at the spectacles (7) GOGGLES

12 Old recipes people pay to get (8) RECEIPTS

13 Speak with affected slowness (5) DRAWL

15 Unfinished picture frame (5) EASEL

17 State of intense passion or activity (5,4)

19 Choose examination consisting of voters (9) ELECTORAL

21 Damage manners or behaviour (5)

23 Senseless to be somewhat in an ecstasy (5) INANE

24 Put out of breath and utter pantingly (5,3)

27 Position from which there is no escape (7) IMPASSE

28 The peak that can never more repose at all times (7) EVEREST

29 Circumstances requiring some course of action (4) NEED

30 Official in charge of disposal of letters (10) POSTMASTER

Down

1 Capable even though bareheaded (4) ABLE

2 Confines the grazing animal (7) TETHERS

3 Its leaf is emblem of peace (5)OLIVE

4 Subdue and reduce to submission (9) OVERPOWER

5 Limits the knife grinder puts on (5) EDGES

7 Duty paid for service rendered (7)

8 Reels out reform firmly (10) RESOLUTELY

11 She is one you adore (7)

14 A refurbished guide to those who want to wine and dine differently? (3,7) NEW EDITION

16 Characters landlords (7) LETTERS

18 Not well disposed (3,6)

20 Specimen of workmanship (7) EXAMPLE

22 Overladen with the roots of all evil? (7)

24 Becoming electrically polarised under pressure (5)

25 Portion of opera (5)

26 Set to be in motion (4) STIR
From: temporary sori-Observer on Wed Apr 11 21:31:32 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 His theory is formulated on more stars (10) Astronomer
6 Famous performer (4) Star
9 Structure of wood crossing with spaces between (7)
10 Stares at the spectacles (7) Goggles
12 Old recipes people pay to get (8) Receipts
13 Speak with affected slowness (5) Drawl
15 Unfinished picture frame (5) Easel
17 State of intense passion or activity (5,4) White heat
19 Choose examination consisting of voters (9) Electoral
21 Damage manners or behaviour (5) Spoil
23 Senseless to be somewhat in an ecstasy (5) Inane
24 Put out of breath and utter pantingly (5,3) Pulse out?
27 Position from which there is no escape (7) Impasse
28 The peak that can never more repose at all times (7) Everest
29 Circumstances requiring some course of action (4) Need
30 Official in charge of disposal of letters (10) Postmaster

Down
1 Capable even though bareheaded (4) Able
2 Confines the grazing animal (7)
3 Its leaf is emblem of peace (5) Olive
4 Subdue and reduce to submission (9) Overpower
5 Limits the knife grinder puts on (5) Edges
7 Duty paid for service rendered (7) Tollage
8 Reels out reform firmly (10) Resolutely
11 She is one you adore (7) Goddess
14 A refurbished guide to those who want to wine and dine differently? (3,7) New edition
16 Characters landlords (7) Letters
18 Not well disposed (3,6) Ill intent?
20 Specimen of workmanship (7) Example
22 Overladen with the roots of all evil? (7) Opulent
24 Becoming electrically polarised under pressure (5) Piezo
25 Portion of opera (5)
26 Set to be in motion (4) Stir
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Apr 11 21:36:14 2007. [Full View]

Good work, TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Apr 12 21:21:14 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Defend strong-box with soldier (9) Safeguard
5 Modern performance with gestures and without words (4) Mime
8 Point beyond which a thing does not continue (3) End
9 Being conveyed across through passage (7) Transit
10 Heavy weight (3) Ton
11 Pull with sharp jerk (5) Tweak
12 State of shame or disgrace (9) Dishonor
13 Companies rear to become more unrefined somehow (7) Coarser
15 Become more so sullen to be unsocial (6)
17 Large cage for keeping birds (6) Aviary
18 Sensationally dingy yellow brown in colour (7)
21 Whole body of Christians (9) Catholics
22 Valuing oneself too highly (5) Proud
24 Absurd statement or argument (3) Rot
25 Science of bodies at rest (7) Statics
26 Feel sorry for the slippery creature (3) Eel
27 Imposition of taxes (4) Levy
28 Having strong desire for something (9) Eagerness

Down
1 One who maintains doubt or disbelief (7) Skeptic
2 Soft ground toffee (5) Fudge
3 They assign prizes (8) Awarders
4 State of being no longer in practice (6) Disuse
5 Equipment registering several weather phenomena at same time (13) Meteorographs
6 Body moving through space (9) Meteorite
7 Right or privilege of admission (6) Entree
9 Solemnly appropriate and consider it to be of importance (4,9) Take seriously
14 Tito's real potential as a Philosopher (9) Aristotle
16 Reddening of the face due to embarrassment (8) Blushing
17 Mutual agreement (6) Accord
19 Warble (5) Yodel
20 He plunders and robs on the sea (6) Pirate
23 Very corpulent (5) Obese
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Apr 12 21:47:27 2007. [Full View]

Very good, TN! Only 2 more!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Apr 13 7:19:05 2007. [Full View]

6 Body moving through space (9)METEOROID
15 Become more so sullen to be unsocial (6) MOROSE
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Apr 13 9:30:32 2007. [Full View]

18 AC Luridly
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Apr 13 12:44:44 2007. [Full View]

To TN!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Apr 13 21:25:52 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time

Across
1 To wit, to woo on the liner (9) Courtship
6 Rascal making single settlement (5) Scamp
9 Rudiment of the most beautiful flower (4,3) Rose bud
10 Shrivel dry and preserve (7) Mummify
11 Made dull without any lustre (6) Matted
12 Measurement from end to end (6) Length
15 Reckoned it's deliberate (10) Calculated
16 Mightily impressive Greek character in the city? (4) Chic
18 Fills out hollows with stuffing (4) Pads
19 Girl's to arrange hamper (10)
23 Surprised to find a puzzle in these days (6) Amazed
25 Animated and joyous (6) Blithe
28 Passing round the outside of a city (7) Orbital
29 In contact with opposite (7)
30 Evil spirit of friend Rex exorcised (5) Fiend
31 Appreciation found to be crumpled (9) Increased, increases

Down
1 Hard brittle material of baked clay (7) Ceramic
2 Liable to or open to further discussion (9) Unsettled
3 Gold on board a dramatic scene (7) Tableau
4 Keep out of sight (4) Hide
5 Try getting something out of the parish priest (4) Pimp
6 Smile that could be made to impress (6) Simper
7 Copying mimic (5) Aping
8 That which appears to be outside region of physical law (7) Psychic
13 Amazing device used for contacting the whole world (5)
14 Piece of metal with inscription used as memento (5) Medal?
17 Numerous works of famous art (9)
18 Complete game that is to be played (7) Playoff
20 Expand and contract rhythmically (7) Pulsate
21 Buy for entertainment (7)
22 Risked money against another (6) Betted
24 Move at an easy pace (5) Amble
26 Hollow in which water collects (4) Vlei
27 Soft mineral in metal container (4) Talc
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 14 0:26:22 2007. [Full View]

Wow, TN!

29 In contact with opposite (7) AGAINST?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Apr 14 0:56:32 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

16 AC Epic
17 DN Paintings
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 14 3:15:45 2007. [Full View]

13 Amazing device used for contacting the whole world (5) RADIO
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Apr 14 21:20:18 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Captain playing well in match (7)
5 Stop after snake makes for pitch (7)
9 Bird dog needing no lead (5) Eagle
10 Sister in party dress is able to (9) Dominican
11 Sailor, man wearing oilskin hat (9) Tarpaulin
12 Plainly caught by king (5) Clear
13 Husband has quarrel about film of Tube station (6-2-3-4) Harrow on the hill
15 Brief description of a person and his sailing boat? (9,6) Character sketch
19 Father carrying weapon in Italian city (5) Parma
20 Complicated? Present in further detail (9) Elaborate
22 Pal with toucan cut up a melon (9) Cantaloup
23 Friend in a plane, latest from Mexico (5) Amigo
24 Joy and editor taken out (7) Treated
25 A motel demolished at back of Nelson's Column (7)

Down
1 Teach wrongly about male cat (7) Cheetah
2 Name one German river (5) Niger
3 Herb used by Lear's daughter stuffing two ducks (7)
4 Conventional place for white lines? (6-2-3-4) Middle of the road
5 Floor covering in a church beneath cross - note part damaged round end of aisle (9,6)
6 Criticise a revolutionary's swagger (7) Panache
7 St Michael converted one trying to find the elixir of life (9) Alchemist
8 Climber to catch up on exercise, we hear (7) Tendril
14 Anagram bottom row (9) REARRANGE
15 Mimic brings matter to be printed about opening of theatre (7) Copycat
16 Resolute man, social worker (7) Adamant
17 Wise guy corrected on walk round centre of Ely (4-3) Know all
18 Dance floor - see weed coming over? (7)
21 Maxim's in the morning, about ten after ten (5) Axiom
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 14 22:05:01 2007. [Full View]

Very good, TN!

14 Anagram bottom row (9) REARRANGE?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Apr 14 22:16:43 2007. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 14 23:21:21 2007. [Full View]

1 Captain playing well in match (7) CONFORM?
5 Stop after snake makes for pitch (7) ASPHALT
25 A motel demolished at back of Nelson's Column (7) TELAMON
3 Herb used by Lear's daughter stuffing two ducks (7) OREGANO
From: kkotirao on Sun Apr 15 7:44:52 2007. [Full View]

[quote="temporary sori-Observer"]PP Ma'm :cool: :cool:

Across
1 Captain playing well in match (7) conform
5 Stop after snake makes for pitch (7) asphalt
9 Bird dog needing no lead (5) Eagle
10 Sister in party dress is able to (9) Dominican
11 Sailor, man wearing oilskin hat (9) Tarpaulin
12 Plainly caught by king (5) Clear
13 Husband has quarrel about film of Tube station (6-2-3-4) Harrow on the hill
15 Brief description of a person and his sailing boat? (9,6) Character sketch
19 Father carrying weapon in Italian city (5) Parma
20 Complicated? Present in further detail (9) Elaborate
22 Pal with toucan cut up a melon (9) Cantaloup
23 Friend in a plane, latest from Mexico (5) Amigo
24 Joy and editor taken out (7) Treated
25 A motel demolished at back of Nelson's Column (7) telamon

Down
1 Teach wrongly about male cat (7) Cheetah
2 Name one German river (5) Niger
3 Herb used by Lear's daughter stuffing two ducks (7) oregan
4 Conventional place for white lines? (6-2-3-4) Middle of the road
5 Floor covering in a church beneath cross - note part damaged round end of aisle (9,6) axminster carpet
6 Criticise a revolutionary's swagger (7) Panache
7 St Michael converted one trying to find the elixir of life (9) Alchemist
8 Climber to catch up on exercise, we hear (7) Tendril
14 Anagram bottom row (9) REARRANGE
15 Mimic brings matter to be printed about opening of theatre (7) Copycat
16 Resolute man, social worker (7) Adamant
17 Wise guy corrected on walk round centre of Ely (4-3) Know all
18 Dance floor - see weed coming over? (7)
21 Maxim's in the morning, about ten after ten (5) Axiom[/quote]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 15 10:04:40 2007. [Full View]

Welcome, kkotirao!
From: kkotirao on Sun Apr 15 10:56:25 2007. [Full View]

[quote="pavalamani pragasam"]Welcome, kkotirao! :D[/quote]

Dear Mr. Pragasam,

Thanks for your invitation. Would be happy to actively participate in crosswords.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 15 11:21:08 2007. [Full View]

It is Mrs! Call me PP as I am popularly called here!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun Apr 15 21:23:35 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Living in the wild, not a flat (7) Natural
5 Yield of any natural product (7) Harvest
9 Makes whole and sound again (7) Repairs
10 Extinguished, put an end to (7) Snuffed
11 Any of a number of viscous liquids, with smooth, silky feel (3) Oil
12 Eastern inn where caravans rest (5) Serai
13 Hid in our national language (5) Hindi
14 Piercing cry of fear or pain (6) Scream
15 Hanging around rich aunt in great hopes of irritating (8) Taunting
18 Animal restrained by strap is looking unhappy (8) Saddened?
20 Caused to be entertained (6) Amused
24 Answering to one's highest conception (5) Ideal
26 Relating to a city (5) Urban
27 Part of circumference of circle (3) Arc
28 Uninformed and ignorant (7) Unaware
29 Unyoke to unharness (7) Outspan
30 Permanent coverings of floating water (3,4) Ice caps?
31 Bundled up mattress (7) Bedroll

Down
1 Twitching over sun coming out (7) Nervous
2 Habitual consumer of intoxicating liquor (7) Tippler
3 Place in office again long strips in front (9) Reinstate
4 Polish result a surprise (6) Luster
5 Pilot has classified into place for the sick (8) Hospital
6 Uncivil and lacking refinement (5) Rough
7 Title of respect in Turkey (7) Effendi
8 Turning over and spreading out (7)
16 I not named? Weird and quite untrue (9) Nominate
17 They secure payment of sum for damage or loss (8) Insurers
18 Things not roused to activity (7)
19 Repeat nothing like this if you want to get work (7)
21 Liquid preparation for a bath (7) Shampoo
22 Of south side of choir of dean or deanery (7)
23 Engross the attention of (6) Absorb
25 South American beast of burden (5) Llama
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 15 21:39:52 2007. [Full View]

Very good, TN!

15 Hanging around rich aunt in great hopes of irritating (8)HAUNTING
4 Polish result a surprise (6) LUSTRE
16 I not named? Weird and quite untrue (9) NOMINATED
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 15 23:41:35 2007. [Full View]

19 Repeat nothing like this if you want to get work (7)OPERATE
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 16 2:31:07 2007. [Full View]

down 22 Of south side of choir of dean or deanery (7) decanal
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 16 2:35:03 2007. [Full View]

18 down: Things not roused to activity (7)-Stimuli?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 16 5:58:53 2007. [Full View]

Yes, that sounds correct, kkotirao!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon Apr 16 21:33:10 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 May be set at ale bar, not with him? (5,9)
9 Travel document for dancing pop stars (8) Passport
10 Stony freeman? (5) Mason
12 Tide over to set in order (4) Edit
13 Universal pointless kind of strip (5) Naked?
14 Remarkable, severe blow (4)
17 Stiffness of dress I'd have it by end of July (8) Rigidity
18 Insist on one's rights (6) Assert
20 Country bird (6)
22 I correspond with my friends through this (8) Internet
25 East end building extension (4) Apse
26 Measure of volume of fluid (5) Litre
27 Parched and uninteresting (4) Arid
30 Pale pinkish white colour (5) Lilac
31 Small egg shaped wind instruments (8) Ocarinas
32 Swear to go over the reason for change (5,4,5) Cross one's heart

Down
2 Doing business with a number in the town market (7) Dealing?
3 Break out into excess (4)
4 Sends outwards by explosions (4,4) Blow outs
5 A juicy piece of news (3,3) Tit bit
6 Metrical foot of short and long syllable (4) Iamb
7 Extract from third letter written in Jewish sect (7)
8 Intrigued at a form of non-appreciation (11) Ingratitude
11 Say sorry having a list that's deplorable (11) Regrettable
15 Elementary mathematician found squirming (5) Adder
16 Seats changed to advantage (5) Asset
19 Become greater in size (8) Increase
21 He forages for and produces when needed (7) Rustler
23 Beatitude obtained by extinction of desires individually (7) Nirvana
24 Man kept as paid escort for older woman (6) Gigolo
28 Outstanding brilliant champions (4) Aces
29 Have as a desire or aspiration (4) Wish
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 16 22:11:08 2007. [Full View]

Excellent, TN!
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 16 23:52:52 2007. [Full View]

Down 7 Extract from third letter written in Jewish sect (7) Passage?
Across 20 Country bird (6) Turkey
From: kkotirao on Tue Apr 17 0:21:10 2007. [Full View]

Across 13 Universal pointless kind of strip (5) Comic
From: kkotirao on Tue Apr 17 0:23:42 2007. [Full View]

Across
1 May be set at ale bar, not with him? (5,9) Total Abstainer?
Down 7 Extract from third letter written in Jewish sect (7) Essence?
Down 2 Doing business with a number in the town market (7) Trading?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Apr 17 0:42:14 2007. [Full View]

7 DN is Essence - right.
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Apr 17 1:30:35 2007. [Full View]

Wow!

I too thought 'trading'!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Apr 17 21:26:41 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Animals back in a rush (4) Reed
3 Agree with nothing and lose heart? (4,2,4) Fall in love
10 Directed towards where the sun rises (7) Eastern
11 Sparkle with bright quivering light (7) Glitter
12 Like roguish mischievous creatures (5) Awful?
13 Fall of detritus from a steep slope (9) Landslide
14 Test all to become highest in stature (7) Tallest
15 Express agreement to a request (6) Accept
18 Commend the merits of a person (6) Praise
20 An artist's main work of expanse of salt water (8)
24 Learns discipline and drive (9) Constraint
26 To become rotten might baffle (5) Addle
27 Abstaining from food as sign of mourning (7) Fasting
28 Elevate to higher moral qualities (7) Ennoble?
29 A tranquilliser for the truly infantile (6,4) Cradle song
30 What is owed (4) Debt

Down
1 Mark with a cross but not for the first time (2,5) Reenact?
2 Tranquil sea with fuel dispersed (7) Easeful
4 Small bands encircling columns (8) Annulets
5 Famous traditional literature (6) Legend
6 Points of scratching? (5)
7 Rough sketch of general plan (7) Outline
8 The importance of being serious (7) Earnest
9 Comes on stage again (8)
16 Keeps us up to the mark (8) Compares
17 Confirm again within prescribed limits (2-6)
18 Tending to peaceful disposition (7) Pacific
19 Am prone to loss of memory, somehow (7) Amnesia
21 You and I are able to be heard (7) Audible
22 Highest peak of attainment (7) Featest?
23 Rushes heavily into the boats (6) Barges
25 Turn round and round in a purposeless way (5) Twirl
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Apr 17 21:51:02 2007. [Full View]

Excellent, TN!

12 Like roguish mischievous creatures (5) ELFIN
6 Points of scratching? (5) NAILS
9 Comes on stage again (8) REENTERS
22 Highest peak of attainment (7)EVEREST
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Apr 17 21:58:35 2007. [Full View]

1 DN Reelect
9 DN Reenters
From: kkotirao on Tue Apr 17 23:55:58 2007. [Full View]

AC 15 Express agreement to a request (6) Assent
AC 20 An artist's main work of expanse of salt water (8) Seascape

DN 16 Keeps us up to the mark (8) Sustains
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Apr 18 23:46:54 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Bullfighter to dare modify an alternative (8) TOREADOR

5 Figurine position undergoes a final change (6) STATUE

9 Backs and gives a feast again (8)

10 Sounded zzzz? (6) SNORED

12 Flute condition recorded in paper (4)

13 One who proposes right about ground being not great (10) PROPOUNDER

15 Father and the American journalist took a break (6) PAUSED

17 So we'd assemble to put out (5) DOWSE

20 Declare total (5) UTTER

21 If you do, the bull is off the cart (6) UNYOKE

24 State of disgrace with publicity man and brother in the grip of a drug (10) OPPROBRIUM

27 It is an advantage to trim the lawn (4) EDGE

29 Fruit is planted in wet weather (6) RAISIN

30 When one has nothing to do (4,4) IDLE TIME

31 Grit is scattered around river (6) TIGRIS

32 One small measure about people who pick old paper is an incomplete piece (8) FRAGMENT

Down

1 Saving grace? (6)

2 Approve fairy staggering around model (6)

3 Some Air Force directions (1,3)

4 Away from the bull? (5)

6 Malaysian political leader Abdul Rahman, for one (5) TUNKU

7 Razed (4,4) TORN DOWN

8 Reds' node revision is approved (8) ENDORSED

11 Chubby agent accepts dud movement (6)

14 Den gets the atmosphere in France (4) LAIR

16 Station master holds endless quantity of paper to wriggle (6) SQUIRM

17 Hindu key-men conceal a noble (4) DUKE

18 Absolute ruler with one vehicle upsets cart (8) AUTOCRAT

19 Checking a filling (8) STEPPING

22 Look up to high navy officer substituting a direction for a young boy (6) ADMIRE

23 Pick a short discourse among a group (6)SELECT

25 Ten come up to bury bone of South African antelope (5)

26 Subject to the world body taking up the revolutionary (5) UNDER

28 Mountain of ice for second unit of work (4) BERG
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 19 1:15:02 2007. [Full View]

ACROSS
9 Backs and gives a feast again (8) Retreats
12 Flute condition recorded in paper (4) Fife

DOWN
1 Saving grace? (6) Thrift
2 Approve fairy staggering around model (6)
3 Some Air Force directions (1,3) A Few
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 19 1:20:24 2007. [Full View]

Down
25 Ten come up to bury bone of South African antelope (5) Oribi
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 19 1:35:37 2007. [Full View]

Down
11 Chubby agent accepts dud movement (6) Spy+Dud=Spuddy?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Apr 19 9:31:19 2007. [Full View]

All your answers are correct, kkotirao!

I second your tagline- with a correction: add 'inter' to 'national'!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Apr 19 9:34:35 2007. [Full View]

2 DN Ratify
4 DN Outer

11 DN Spuddy - right
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Apr 19 9:41:25 2007. [Full View]

Thanx, TN!
Happy teamwork!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Apr 19 21:29:18 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Disappointing sign for job-seekers (2,9) No Vacancies
9 Kind of geographical division that Bangladesh is (7) Deltaic
10 An institution for music in Chennai (7)
11 Adele missing? Something sticky there! (5) Elemi
12 If so, editorial must be missing from a newspaper (2,7) No writers?
13 Mantra with an expression of delight in a U.S. city (5) Omaha
15 Antiquated, out-of-date person of archaeological interest (3,6) Old school?
18 Folk cried? No, engaged in merrymaking (9) Frolicked
21 Woman takes Poles around the States (5) Susan
22 Where in a cake shop one might expect Jack Horner to be in? (3,6) The corner
24 Hypothecates chessmen (5) Pawns
26 Somehow limit one to a citizen army (7) Militia
27 Hover around to gather support for Punjabi folk music and dance (7) Bhangra
28 Needing tear-shedding on the appearance of Lady Macbeth, for instance (11)

Down
1 Assented and went to sleep (6,3) Nodded off
2 It's worth solving this clue (5) Value
3 Medley - daily, I, at 5, get a right one (9)
4 It's impossible to solve this clue (2,3,2) No can do
5 You can solve this clue briefly (2,1,4) In a -
6 Indian godman travelled by water at one (5) Swami
7 Arabian sprite takes us to southern men of talent (8)
8 Fancy Anirudh's face showing colour (4)
14 Position when something leads the rest (5,3) Above all
16 Food goes down these passages (9) Oesophagi
17 Picture with an earthy theme (9) Landscape
19 It is spoken by Tamil leader when dak is mislaid all around (7) Kannada
20 Vehemently ruled over the sailor. That's tough! (7) Durable
22 Show it goes with circumstance (4) Time
23 Group of eight in demolished cote close to depot (5) Octet
25 Humorist on lorry or truck (5) Wagon
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Apr 19 21:42:23 2007. [Full View]

Yes, 19dn is cute & clever!

10 An institution for music in Chennai (7) ACADEMY
12 If so, editorial must be missing from a newspaper (2,7) NO EDITION?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu Apr 19 21:50:18 2007. [Full View]

8 DN Cyan
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 19 23:16:30 2007. [Full View]

AC 12 If so, editorial must be missing from a newspaper (2,7) No Opinion
28 Needing tear-shedding on the appearance of Lady Macbeth, for instance (11) Tragedienne

Down 5 You can solve this clue briefly (2,1,4) In a word
DN 3 Medley - daily, I, at 5, get a right one (9) Charivari
7 Arabian sprite takes us to southern men of talent (8) Geniuses
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 19 23:23:19 2007. [Full View]

AC 15 Antiquated, out-of-date person of archaeological interest (3,6) Old Fossil
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Apr 19 23:53:36 2007. [Full View]

Wow! Fast wrapping up!

Happy teamwork!
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 19 23:55:26 2007. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Apr 19 23:57:24 2007. [Full View]
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 19 23:58:34 2007. [Full View]

Hi, all...Are we not solving the Metroplus's The Guardian Quick Crossword?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Apr 20 0:02:20 2007. [Full View]

Let us keep this thread exclusively for THC, pls. It will be a good idea if you start another thread for another crossword. We shall have more fun!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Fri Apr 20 21:24:49 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

Across
1 Natural event no man is responsible for (3,2,3) Act of God
6 Blackleg in second taxi (4) Scab
9 Some harder maltreatment relating to skin (6) Dermal
10 War-horse said to be ruder (7) Hoarser
13 Candidly straightforward journalist leaves for a kind of surgery (4-5) Open heart
14 Bill gives credit to a foreign city (5) Accra
15 Change item - a very small contribution (4) Mite
16 Go first, to act as a guide to others (4,3,3) Lead the way
19 Not a path for the broads? (6,4) Narrow road
21 Father of the Indian nation (4) Bapu
24 Fish out OS and dismiss? (5) Expel
25 Hit or miss? (4,5) Near thing
26 The kind of appearance a room has when it's occupied (5-2) Lived in
27 Is about resettled unit of Red Indians (6) Inuits
28 Conceal in the orchid enclosure (4) Hide
29 Sick and tired of long years (3-5) Age weary

Down
2 Be merciful, Attlee! (7) Clement
3 Shoo MP away! It goes with the ouches (6) Oomphs
4 A demo girl organised for former Israeli PM (5,4) Golda Meir
5 Old coin of the French gathered by Tom (5)
7 From which one can milch money? (4,3) Cash cow
8 Grubby Andrea turned novel (7,5)
11 A step about hard assassin (6) Apache
12 Group of countries that share their riches (12) Commonwealth
17 How a draughtsman may set a limit? (4,1,4) Draw a line
18 One way of dismissing a cricket batsman said to be brave (6) Bowled
20 Cobbled again? (7) Repaved
22 He flies a number over a hill (7) Aviator
23 Mattu never content to harmonise (6) Attune
25 Japanese warrior in new Jain treatise (5) Ninja
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Apr 20 22:02:12 2007. [Full View]

Yes, an easy one TN!

10 War-horse said to be ruder (7)COARSER
5 Old coin of the French gathered by Tom (5) DUCAT
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Apr 20 22:35:51 2007. [Full View]

8 Grubby Andrea turned novel (7,5) BARBERY DUNGA?
From: kkotirao on Fri Apr 20 22:56:53 2007. [Full View]

8 Grubby Andrea turned novel (7,5) BARBERY DUNGA?
No, it is Barnaby Rudge
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 21 11:37:40 2007. [Full View]

yes!
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Apr 21 21:26:49 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time

Across
1 Shunning contact with others giving up work (8) Retiring
5 King's award, right-on? (6)
9 British musician's small instrument (5) Stamp
10 Collie's at new swing (9) Oscillate
12 Mother's mother and daughter harshly criticise a sporting achievement (5,4) Grand slam
13 What's right inside a child's toy? It's amusing, in a strange way (5)
14 Spending too much time off on strike, mostly making a show (12) Expostulates
18 This shows who may leave a club, injured son, on leaving first, learnt (8,4) - list
21 Become more exciting in house set back (3,2) Sit up
22 Complex - cater in it, cooking (9) Intricate
24 Toy water beetle (9) Whirligig
25 Violent outburst may make one run inside most agitated (5) Storm
26 Otherwise, a threatening couple of words (2,4) Or else
27 Check on grass brought back for animals (8) Reindeer

Down
1 Left voluntarily or renewed contract? (8) Resigned
2 Separated, yet turning up outside for a social event (3,5) Tea party
3 Speedy attack capturing leader of pack (5) Rapid
4 Description of watercolour, rather unattractive (2,3,8) No oil painting?
6 One sleeping lightly under bunk in vehicle (9)
7 Religious education - A disciple's cause' (6)
8 Goad a pointer (6) Needle
11 Fight against weariness, a result of the stress of war (6,7) Combat fatigue
15 Cop sailor, drunk in citadel (9) Acropolis
16 Garment found in gap in a forest (8)
17 Banner headline -`Vessel passes across centre of Antarctic' (8) Streamer
19 Group's article on World Health Organisation (3,3) Ask who
20 Band in street, all set (6) Stripe
23 Broken nibs surrounding eastern dramatist (5) Ibsen
From: kkotirao on Sat Apr 21 23:12:47 2007. [Full View]

ACROSS
5 King's award, right-on? (6) Oberon
9 British musician's small instrument (5) Sharp
13 What's right inside a child's toy? It's amusing, in a strange way (5) Droll
14 Spending too much time off on strike, mostly making a show (12) Extravaganza
18 This shows who may leave a club, injured son, on leaving first, learnt (8,4) Transfer list
21 Become more exciting in house set back (3,2) Hot up

Down
6 One sleeping lightly under bunk in vehicle (9)
Bulldozer
7 Religious education - A disciple's cause' (6) Reason
19 Group's article on World Health Organisation (3,3) The who
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 21 23:21:31 2007. [Full View]

Very good, TN!

13 What's right inside a child's toy? It's amusing, in a strange way (5) DROLL
14 Spending too much time off on strike, mostly making a show (12)EXTRAVAGANCE?
18 This shows who may leave a club, injured son, on leaving first, learnt (8,4) TRANSFER LIST?
16 Garment found in gap in a forest (8) PINAFORE
From: kkotirao on Sat Apr 21 23:41:11 2007. [Full View]

Good that we cracked the sunday crossword so soon! Congrats!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 21 23:50:34 2007. [Full View]

Great!
We did it!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 22 13:32:59 2007. [Full View]

One correction:

21 Become more exciting in house set back (3,2) HET UP

So says orkut cwd community!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 22 21:39:29 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 What a key operator may do in excess (8) OVERTYPE

5 Attempts literary compositions (6) ESSAYS

9 Descendants see pigeon fluttering at one (7)

10 Material newspaper retracts A to Z (7)

11 Focal point of an earth-shaking event (9) EPICENTRE

12 Monstrous giant resolves a rift (5)

13 This clue is not hard (4) EASY

14 Has unmade a recombination without being red-faced (9) UNASHAMED

17 Not in the game nor on the stage (3,2,4) OUT OF PLAY

19 It's a brewed drink (4)

23 Shoot from second coxcomb (5) SPRIG

24 Carrying out of capital punishment (9) EXECUTION

25 It's Gaur fixing the music-makers (7) GUITARS

26 Wrings out a price for former wrongs (7) EXTORTS

27 Said to jolt the Arab chief (6) SHEIKS

28 More foolish insect has workers' body in grip (8)

Down

1 Vigilant sightfully (4-4) OPEN EYED

2 Brings out that it's legal in El Salvador (7) ELICITS

3 Musician to give private instruction, we are told (6)

4 It gives impressions that may be read (8,5) PRINTING PRESS

6 Indicate a method to transfer a property, say (4,4) SHOW

7 U.K. village bewilders trainee (7)

8 Lady of pleasure aboard ship gets going (6)

10 Veterans met to tone down exaggeration (13) OVERSTATEMENT

15 This involves footing it for quite some distance (4,4) LONG WALK

16 Does he make one think one is part of a pride? (8)

18 European republic to air nuke device (7) UKRAINE

20 King in odd stride caused a commotion (7)

21 American grows old in practices (6) USAGES

22 Stud smashes into state brawl (6)
From: kkotirao on Sun Apr 22 23:06:29 2007. [Full View]

ACROSS 9 Descendants see pigeon fluttering at one (7) Epignoi
10 Material newspaper retracts A to Z (7) Organza
27 Said to jolt the Arab chief (6) SHEIKH
28 More foolish insect has workers' body in grip (8) Stupider
DOWN
3 Musician to give private instruction, we are told (6) Tansen?
7 U.K. village bewilders trainee (7) Aintree
20 King in odd stride caused a commotion (7) Stirred
22 Stud smashes into state brawl (6) Dustup
From: kkotirao on Sun Apr 22 23:13:49 2007. [Full View]

Across
19 It's a brewed drink (4) Asti?

Down
16 Does he make one think one is part of a pride? (8) Lioniser?
From: kkotirao on Sun Apr 22 23:19:02 2007. [Full View]

Down
6 Indicate a method to transfer a property, say
Sign away
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 22 23:42:02 2007. [Full View]

Very good, kkotirao!
Only 2 more!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 23 4:19:44 2007. [Full View]

Two corrections:

9 Descendants see pigeon fluttering at one (7)EPIGONI
3 Musician to give private instruction, we are told (6)TOOTER
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 23 9:10:09 2007. [Full View]

Wrapping up:

12 Monstrous giant resolves a rift (5)AFRIT
8 Lady of pleasure aboard ship gets going (6)STARTS

Good teamwork!
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 23 11:40:46 2007. [Full View]

PP Madam,
I appreciate your finishing touch...congrats!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 23 12:04:31 2007. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 23 21:54:57 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Give away BR award for what is used in coupling railway vehicles (4,3) DRAW BAR

5 Journalist bed in the South-East (6) SCRIBE

9 Clean credit in underground vessel (5) SCRUB

10 Investigating by delving in (5,4) GOING INTO

11 The edge of lamp confuses bats (7)

12 Falls on Canadian-American border (7) NIAGARA

13 Where canoe may be split to pieces (5) OCEAN

14 If in this, nobody is in their wrong senses (5,4) RIGHT MIND

16 Not that they take care only of clean cattle (4,5) - - - -HERDS

19 The first food arrives in a moment (5) TRICE

21 Not too young, not too old? (3-4) MID AGED

23 Matchless? (7) UNEQUAL

24 Away from the hearth? (3,2,4) NOT AT HOME

25 Talk endlessly about print order (3,2) RUN ON?

26 Business is about dreams (6)

27 So a mass production takes place of Indian snacks (7) SAMOSAS

Down

1 Young boy climbing up on order causes frustration (14)

2 Cut short a card game (7)

3 Child to see northern capital (7) BABYLON

4 Government official for the record (9) REGISTRAR

5 Number One's going up to grapple key issue (5)

6 Ruling is: With child, Prince goes out (7)

7 An Indian national smothers Belgian (7) BENGALI

8 When resentment is not present (2,4,8) NO HARD FEELINGS

15 People who use the sign language? (9) GESTURERS

17 Checked the accounts of automobile manufacturer and Edward (7)

18 By no means a lowly repast (4,3) HIGH TEA

19 Proposition from me to her (7) THEOREM

20 Monitors police officer on sauna relocation (7)

22 Sheds ornaments (5) DROPS
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 23 22:28:42 2007. [Full View]

Excellent PP Madam,

Few more:
Down
1 Young boy climbing up on order causes frustration (14) Disappointment
17 Checked the accounts of automobile manufacturer and Edward (7) Audited
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 23 22:35:21 2007. [Full View]

16 Not that they take care only of clean cattle (4,5)NEAT HERDS
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 23 22:35:27 2007. [Full View]

Across
26 Business is about dreams (6) Ideals

Down
2 Cut short a card game (7) Abridge
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 23 22:47:57 2007. [Full View]

Across
25 Talk endlessly about print order (3,2) Run In
Down
20 Monitors police officer on sauna relocation (7) Iguanas
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 23 22:50:43 2007. [Full View]

Down
6 Ruling is: With child, Prince goes out (7) Regnant
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 23 22:59:27 2007. [Full View]

Across
11 The edge of lamp confuses bats (7) Paddles
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 23 23:00:43 2007. [Full View]

Down
5 Number One's going up to grapple key issue (5) Nails? (in the reverse order)
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 23 23:42:24 2007. [Full View]

kkotirao wrote:

Across
25 Talk endlessly about print order (3,2) Run In

Can it be RUN ON?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 23 23:43:28 2007. [Full View]

kkotirao wrote:

Down
5 Number One's going up to grapple key issue (5) Nails? (in the reverse order)

Not quite convinced!
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 23 23:51:27 2007. [Full View]

Both seem to be correct as they convey the same meaning
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 23 23:54:29 2007. [Full View]

Let us wait and see!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Apr 24 8:10:05 2007. [Full View]

kkotirao wrote:

Down
5 Number One's going up to grapple key issue (5) Nails? (in the reverse order)

It is SCIONS, as I had suspected!
That winds up the game!

Happy cwd solving spree!
From: kkotirao on Tue Apr 24 8:13:11 2007. [Full View]

Yes, sounds logical...great PP madam
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Apr 24 13:40:38 2007. [Full View]

Thanx to Orkut cwd community of which I also happen to be a member!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue Apr 24 22:24:07 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 No easy passing away for these old fogeys? (8) DIEHARDS

5 Misbehaves by tearing up pacts about university (4,2) ACTS UP?

10 Vice-Admiral acted smartly and left (7) VACATED

11 Some select round plate covered with silver (7)

12 Anger dissipated about a man (6)

13 Lo, pain is gone for this man (8)

15 Bit from a Times of India retraction (4) IOTA

16 Trunks in the wardrobe (5,5) SHORT PANTS

18 Human mind into the undersea (5,5)

20 First addition to this brings on a lover (4)

23 Does this create a physical connection with weapons? (3,2,3)

24 Check presence of medicare in inns (4,2)

26 Muslim has mails distributed to 99 erroneously (7) ISLAMIC

27 Tumbler in the ring (7) ACROBAT

28 An article with this is priceless (2,4)

29 The superiors of nuns have an old actress accepting letters (8)

Down

1 For producing variety, I'd turn to poetry (15) DIVERSIFICATION

2 Do some spelling work? (7) ENCHANT

3 This clue is for real! (6) ACTUAL

4 Fop from the Hindu delegation (4) DUDE

6 Acts that stamp out illegal activities may create a lot of dust (5-3)

7 One may not stand in such a strike (3-4) SIT DOWN

8 IOUs (10,5) - NOTES

9 Follow the progress as they maintain the railway line? (4,5) KEEP TRACK

14 Mishap in the main (9)

17 Pass along a great number in thoroughfare (8)

19 More active doctor is in the river � river! (7)

21 The vehicle that won't do for a major trip? (7) MINIBUS

22 Step to an academic qualification? (6) DEGREE

25 Habit to boast about (4)
From: temporary sori-Observer on Tue Apr 24 23:01:15 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Kattam paarkkaamal koduththathu. Joot for few weeks.

18 AC Brain drain?
20 AC Amor?
23 AC Arm in Arm?
28 AC No more, No cost?

8 DN Promissory notes
6 DN Clean ups?
From: kkotirao on Wed Apr 25 0:08:46 2007. [Full View]

ACROSS
11 Some select round plate covered with silver (7) Electro
13 Lo, pain is gone for this man (8) Spanioli
18 Human mind into the undersea (5,5) Inner Reach

DOWN
8 IOUs (10,5) - Promissory Notes
19 More active doctor is in the river � river! (7) Nimbler
From: kkotirao on Wed Apr 25 0:17:10 2007. [Full View]

Across
24 Check presence of medicare in inns (4,2) Rein In
28 An article with this is priceless (2,4) No Rate
29 The superiors of nuns have an old actress accepting letters (8) Abbesses
Down
17 Pass along a great number in thoroughfare (8) Transmit
25 Habit to boast about (4) Garb
From: kkotirao on Wed Apr 25 0:21:17 2007. [Full View]

Across
12 Anger dissipated about a man (6) Reagan
From: kkotirao on Wed Apr 25 0:33:47 2007. [Full View]

A correction:

Across
18 Human mind into the undersea (5,5) Inner Space
Down
14 Mishap in the main (9) Shipwreck
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Apr 25 5:16:38 2007. [Full View]

Wow! Great work!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed Apr 25 22:37:29 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Having wrecked a ship carrying gold, writing pithy statements (9) APHORISMS

6 Virginia gives permit to servant (5) VALET

9 Best accepts cab to return for counting frames (5) ABACI

10 Scenery away from the sea? (9) LANDSCAPE

11 He has influence on an evil doer (10)

12 Beat hollow (4) DENT

14 Disadvantage of French desert (7)

15 The one that got away (7) ESCAPEE

17 Commanders become skilful to rule (7) MASTERS

19 Discreet punter in trouble with many (7)

20 A row about it mounts (4) STEP

22 A stroke for which the team will get an allowance (10)

25 They depict wild waves and headlands (9) SEASCAPES

26 Setting a writer up in it would be pointless (5) INEPT

27 Choose some of these lectures (5) ELECT

28 Leftists always hold a sober man to be quite a dog! (3,6) RED

Down

1 In the style of marine danger signal (5)

2 They throw light on the way people drive (9) HEADLAMPS

3 Strengthens strap and strains it (10) REINSTATES

4 List given to in charge with request to petition (7) SOLICIT

5 Copes in New York though affected by fainting fit (7) SYNCOPE

6 Enormous tax round the south (4) VAST

7 Let local education authorities take note (5)

8 Dealing with management (9) TREATMENT

13 The case for the prosecution (10) ACCUSATION

14 I'm seated awkwardly accepting shilling for a small cup of coffee (9) DEMITASSE

16 A top man's pride sent crashing (9) PRESIDENT

18 An outhouse for the ship's captain (7) SKIPPER

19 Gratified by urgent requests to receive education (7) PLEASED

21 Bill is embraced by the first woman to escape (5) EVADE

23 U.S. saltpeter made inert (5) NITRE

24 Sing in wordless effects in a sudden rain shower? (4)
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 26 2:17:19 2007. [Full View]

PP Madam,
Couldnt open internet due to power failure till now. Trust the following are helpful :::
ACROSS
1 Having wrecked a ship carrying gold, writing pithy statements (9) Aphorisms
9 Best accepts cab to return for counting frames (5) Abaci
11 He has influence on an evil doer (10) Malefactor
12 Beat hollow (4) Cane?
14 Disadvantage of French desert (7) Demerit
19 Discreet punter in trouble with many (7) Prudent
20 A row about it mounts (4) TIER
28 Leftists always hold a sober man to be quite a dog! (3,6) RED SETTER
DOWN
1 In the style of marine danger signal (5) Alarm
3 Strengthens strap and strains it (10) Reinforce
4 List given to in charge with request to petition (7) Solicit
7 Let local education authorities take note (5) LEAVE?
13 The case for the prosecution (10) Accusative
14 I'm seated awkwardly accepting shilling for a small cup of coffee (9) Demitasse
23 U.S. saltpeter made inert (5) NITER !
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 26 2:19:08 2007. [Full View]

ACROSS
22 A stroke for which the team will get an allowance (10) Sideration
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Apr 26 5:13:46 2007. [Full View]

Very good, kkotirao!

12dn is DENT

Only 24dn remains to be solved!
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 26 5:48:59 2007. [Full View]

Down
24
SCAT - It is a type of jazz singing that uses words with no meaning
Do you agree it will fit in?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Apr 26 7:13:29 2007. [Full View]

YES! It does!!!

Happy teamwork!
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 26 7:16:59 2007. [Full View]
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu Apr 26 7:27:08 2007. [Full View]
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 26 23:12:48 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 The least efficient news chief provides suitable yarn (7)

5 A way to sit a horse, to travel (7)

10 Property among the very finest � a tenant pays a high rent (6) Estate

11 I'd lessen construction unemployment (8) Idleness

12 He rings church bell with 10 notes as arranged (6) Sexton

13 People in charge of wardrobes and cupboards (8) Dressers

14 Five need oil input to construct the smallest stringed instrument (6) Violin

15 Little bird with a little morsel of food (6) Titbit

18 Takes ages on way to elevated platforms (6) Stages

20 The Princess Royal is retiring to the shade (6)

23 It gets held up when the weather's bad (8) Umbrella

25 Lime for a lawman is made by her (6) Emilda?

26 Sternly criticise a Socialist invitation (8)

27 Caught a lie � made up to evoke a response (6) Elicit?

28 Priests, though put on, carry on doggedly (7) Persist

29 Followed a desired course (7)

Down

2 Uncommunicative type, this native (6)

3 To begin with fish is unexpected (9) Startling

4 Rental `e arranged lasting for ever (7) Eternal

6 Able to pay for paint stripper, maybe (7) Solvent

7 Rends an opening to hire out (5) Rents?

8 Legally seize the goods appearing first in the pipeline (8) Distrain

9 Do such steps take one's breath away? (7,6) Winding Stairs?

16 Moroccan of Argentine extraction (9) Tangeiren

17 Following such a rush, one can be completely out of stock (8) Stampede

19 Public cabins, not for the abstainers (7)

21 Pressing a fellow to join the English cricket team (7)

22 To have a high opinion need not be a dream (6) Admire?

24 Derives an advantage (5)
From: kkotirao on Thu Apr 26 23:58:33 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 The least efficient news chief provides suitable yarn (7) Worsted
25 Lime for a lawman is made by her (6) Imelda
26 Sternly criticise a Socialist invitation (8) Belabour
Down
16 Moroccan of Argentine extraction (9) Tangerine
19 Public cabins, not for the abstainers (7) Saloons
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Apr 27 0:11:39 2007. [Full View]

Hi, kkotirao!

Across

1 The least efficient news chief provides suitable yarn (7) TISSUES?

5 A way to sit a horse, to travel (7) ASTRIDE

10 Property among the very finest � a tenant pays a high rent (6) Estate

11 I'd lessen construction unemployment (8) Idleness

12 He rings church bell with 10 notes as arranged (6) Sexton

13 People in charge of wardrobes and cupboards (8) Dressers

14 Five need oil input to construct the smallest stringed instrument (6) Violin

15 Little bird with a little morsel of food (6) Titbit

18 Takes ages on way to elevated platforms (6) Stages

20 The Princess Royal is retiring to the shade (6) SPRING?

23 It gets held up when the weather's bad (8) Umbrella

25 Lime for a lawman is made by her (6) Emilda?

26 Sternly criticise a Socialist invitation (8)

27 Caught a lie � made up to evoke a response (6) Elicit

28 Priests, though put on, carry on doggedly (7) Persist

29 Followed a desired course (7)

Down

2 Uncommunicative type, this native (6)

3 To begin with fish is unexpected (9) Startling

4 Rental `e arranged lasting for ever (7) Eternal

6 Able to pay for paint stripper, maybe (7) Solvent

7 Rends an opening to hire out (5) Rents

8 Legally seize the goods appearing first in the pipeline (8) Distrain

9 Do such steps take one's breath away? (7,6) Winding Stairs

16 Moroccan of Argentine extraction (9) TangeRINE

17 Following such a rush, one can be completely out of stock (8) Stampede

19 Public cabins, not for the abstainers (7)

21 Pressing a fellow to join the English cricket team (7)

22 To have a high opinion need not be a dream (6) Admire

24 Derives an advantage (5)REAPS?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Apr 27 0:14:46 2007. [Full View]

Simultaneous posting!

2 Uncommunicative type, this native (6) OYSTER?

Only 2 more!
From: kkotirao on Fri Apr 27 0:29:12 2007. [Full View]

ACROSS
5 A way to sit a horse, to travel (7) Astride?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Apr 27 0:33:53 2007. [Full View]

Yes, I posted it so!
From: kkotirao on Fri Apr 27 2:12:03 2007. [Full View]

Hi, PP Madam,

Good to see you back...Oyster-a close-mouthed person- is right! Good
Any breakthrough in these clues?:
AC
29 Followed a desired course (7) ???
20 The Princess Royal is retiring to the shade (6) SPRING?
DN
21 Pressing a fellow to join the English cricket team (7)
From: kkotirao on Fri Apr 27 2:17:39 2007. [Full View]

AC
29 Followed a desired course (7) ???
Can this be "Aspired"? In that case, Tangerine will become Tangerini.
There is usage in the latter name. What's your view?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri Apr 27 13:53:23 2007. [Full View]

29 Followed a desired course (7)STEERED
20 The Princess Royal is retiring to the shade (6)SIENNA
21 Pressing a fellow to join the English cricket team (7)EXIGENT

Good teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 28 0:50:04 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Advanced thinking? I ponder it, mate, anyway (13) PREMEDITATION

8 Cockney's admission that his wife accompanies him for stroll (7) MEANDER

9 Boats which cleave the water (7) CUTTERS

11 Mental patients may be treated there (6) INWARD?

13 A fighter made to study the alternative (8) TOREADOR

15 Played in an idle manner (5) TOYED

16 Mean to declare how old one is (7) AVERAGE

18 The development ripe to please (7)

19 Let it be a distinctive name (5) TITLE

21 It's deadly being moved into pleasant surroundings (8) NICOTINE

23 Gold trade can be a distressing experience (6) ORDEAL

25 Rising above others in a tangled net around pit (7) EVREST?

26 Model girl � the slimmer (7)

28 Set in his place awkwardly, Michelangelo painted it (7,6) SISTINE CHAPEL

Down

2 Part of street used by traffic (7) ROADWAY

3 Great number nowadays become furious with anger (3) MAD

4 Plan to make a sudden forward movement (4)

5 It measures the speed of a comet colliding with earth (10) TACHOMETER

6 It is the tenth of land produce for church (5)

7 Past the expected payment time (7) OVERDUE

8 Ancient name gathers support (11) MAINTENANCE

10 Boxing promoter from the rag and bone trade (5,6) SCRAP DEALER

12 More than one spoke of bones (5)

14 He just couldn't lie about when doing so much laundry! (10) WASHINGTON

17 Up in a prison (5)

18 Foolishly chips into high class Indian board game (7)

20 Framework for the layout of letters (7)

22 Right to prepare tea for free entertainment (5) TREAT

24 Boy that is raised in France (4)

27 Nanny drops a letter in Indian (3)
From: kkotirao on Sat Apr 28 0:53:03 2007. [Full View]

Hi, PP Madam,
Miss you.....
Waited for your updates till now...No luck!
Give below my solution:
Across

1 Advanced thinking? I ponder it, mate, anyway (13) Premeditation

8 Cockney's admission that his wife accompanies him for stroll (7) Meander

9 Boats which cleave the water (7) Cutters

11 Mental patients may be treated there (6) Inward

13 A fighter made to study the alternative (8) ?

15 Played in an idle manner (5) Toyed

16 Mean to declare how old one is (7) Average

18 The development ripe to please (7) ?

19 Let it be a distinctive name (5) Title

21 It's deadly being moved into pleasant surroundings (8) Nicotine

23 Gold trade can be a distressing experience (6) Ordeal

25 Rising above others in a tangled net around pit (7) Eminent

26 Model girl � the slimmer (7) Svelter

28 Set in his place awkwardly, Michelangelo painted it (7,6) Sistine Chapel

Down

2 Part of street used by traffic (7) Roadway

3 Great number nowadays become furious with anger (3) Mad

4 Plan to make a sudden forward movement (4) Dart

5 It measures the speed of a comet colliding with earth (10) Tachometer

6 It is the tenth of land produce for church (5) Tithe

7 Past the expected payment time (7) Overdue

8 Ancient name gathers support (11) Maintenance

10 Boxing promoter from the rag and bone trade (5,6) Scrap dealer

12 More than one spoke of bones (5) Radii

14 He just couldn't lie about when doing so much laundry! (10) ???

17 Up in a prison (5) ???

18 Foolishly chips into high class Indian board game (7) Pachisi

20 Framework for the layout of letters (7) Trestle

22 Right to prepare tea for free entertainment (5) Treat

24 Boy that is raised in France (4) Isac

27 Nanny drops a letter in Indian (3) ?
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sat Apr 28 1:00:37 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
kattam parkkamal koduththathu.

6 DN - Tithe.
27 DN - Dad(i)

Time . Joot.
From: kkotirao on Sat Apr 28 1:13:08 2007. [Full View]

Down
27 Nanny drops a letter in Indian (3) ? Aya(h is dropped)
Then 26 Across could be Smarter!
Any views?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 28 5:58:22 2007. [Full View]

I had guessed 'aya'!

Not sure about 26ac!
From: kkotirao on Sat Apr 28 7:42:56 2007. [Full View]

Down
17 Up in a prison (5) Astir?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 28 13:29:13 2007. [Full View]

17 dn still eludes!
18 ac seems to be PRITHEE!!!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat Apr 28 22:37:12 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Meaning daughter's at fault (5) DRIFT

4 One dependant on a salary, jocular
type, leaves surprisingly (4,5) WAGE SLAVE

9 Recipient of letter badly dreads
getting notice (9) ADDRESSEE

10 Dance with voodoo priestess (5) MAMBO

11 Member of religious group sitting

in orchestra stalls (5) RASTA

12 Cold fictional place in English city (9) CAMBRIDGE

13 Film in wardrobe I developed (4,2,1,4) BIRD ON A WIRE

17 Accept father's keeping house on
variable nett earnings (4-4,3) TAKE HOME PAY

20 Queen's favourite English city? (9)

22 Extremist drowned in awful tragedy (5) ULTRA

23 What may tea be passed round in? (5)

24 Incomparable in game against minor (9) MATCHLESS

25 He'd put in cryptic clues last in
crossword, as arranged (9) SCHEDULED

26 Took off in one in Malta � which
sea's it in? (5)

Down

1 Torrent of abuse from a Welshman
reportedly attached to a clan (8) DIATRIBE

2 Attempt to follow Asian river craft (8) INDUSTRY

3 The nation's obese wanting the best
that there is (3,3,2,3,4) THE FAT OF THE LAND

4 Witty remark made by judicious chap (9) WISECRACK

5 Flash Gordon left Earth with Arden,
initially heading for Mongo (5) GLEAM

6 British writer in mag, housemaster
put out before end of term (8,7) SOMERSET MAUGHAM

7 The force of the sea years ago (6)

8 Former commander extremely terse
over missile (6)

14 Came into the diner, in disguise,
about one (9)

15 Winning, master swimming against
the current (8) UPSTREAM

16 Ignored by old-fashioned duke (8) BYPASSED

18 Fine tanks seen in the cinema (6)

19 Perfect surface texture (6)

21 Language used by male in the rear (5)
From: kkotirao on Sat Apr 28 23:59:56 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning!
Some more from me:
Across
1 Meaning daughter's at fault (5) Drift?
4 One dependant on a salary, jocular
type, leaves surprisingly (4,5) Wage Slave
10 Dance with voodoo priestess (5) Mambo
12 Cold fictional place in English city (9) Cambridge
13 Film in wardrobe I developed (4,2,1,4) Bird on a wire
20 Queen's favourite English city? (9) ?
23 What may tea be passed round in? (5) ?
26 Took off in one in Malta � which
sea's it in? (5) Mimed?
Down
1 Torrent of abuse from a Welshman
reportedly attached to a clan (8) Diatribe?
6 British writer in mag, housemaster
put out before end of term (8,7) Somerset Maugham
7 The force of the sea years ago (6) Armada
8 Former commander extremely terse
over missile (6) Exocet
14 Came into the diner, in disguise,
about one (9) Inherited
18 Fine tanks seen in the cinema (6) ?
19 Perfect surface texture (6) ?
21 Language used by male in the rear (5) Tamil?
From: kkotirao on Sun Apr 29 0:09:44 2007. [Full View]

AC 20 Queen's favourite English city? (9) Leicester
DN 19 Perfect surface texture (6) Finish
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 29 3:47:14 2007. [Full View]

23 What may tea be passed round in? (5)CHINA
18 Fine tanks seen in the cinema (6)FLICKS

That wraps it up! All your answers are correct,kkotirao!

Great indeed for a Sunday puzzle!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun Apr 29 22:54:12 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Going to the Commons? No, stuck at home (5,5) HOUSE BOUND

6 Not, say, a small wading bird (4)

9 Wandering without a definite course (7) ERRATIC

10 A conservative holds to his opinion for a long time (7)

12 Give rage in order to afflict (8) AGGRIEVE

13 Quietly urge to expiate (5) PURGE

15 Records on the staff (5) NOTES

17 Put in other words meaning the same (9) THESAURUS?

19 Destroy completely � I'd create a replacement (9) ERADICATE

21 Point made at all times is to separate (5) SEVER

23 The hobo Monsieur ensnared? (5)

24 Providing work (8)

27 Hot day in a resort it turned out (7)

28 My bases are used for persons sent on an undertaking (7) EMBASSY

29 Sending for fruit on a particular day (4) DATE

30 Learn technique and there's a feeling of guilt (10) CONSCIENCE

Down

1 He should take Edward with caution (4) HEED

2 Honest expression of support for justice (7) UPRIGHT

3 Go in for book keeping? (5) ENTER

4 Short race organised by an association of players (9) ORCHESTRA

5 Henry has nice arrangement in the market for his products (5) NICHE

7 Grain that is produced in Africa (7)

8 Here barest details suffice for a nursery tale (5,5)

11 The top miss orders to levy taxes on imports (7)

14 Left in its original state an international body made good (10)

16 Trim Fido's fur a little bit? (7)

18 Vigilance of stern eccentric taking drinks outside (9)

20 A mad arrangement the worker finds very hard (7) ADAMANT

22 Food cooked in ovens (7) VENISON

24 Vehicle to leave with goods (5) CARGO

25 Priest no end of a poor performer (5) RABBI

26 Stamp of class (4)
From: kkotirao on Sun Apr 29 23:26:19 2007. [Full View]

AC
6 Not, say, a small wading bird (4) Knot
10 A conservative holds to his opinion for a long time (7)
17 Put in other words meaning the same (9) Translate
23 The hobo Monsieur ensnared? (5) Tramp
24 Providing work (8) Catering
27 Hot day in a resort it turned out (7) Roaster
DN
7 Grain that is produced in Africa (7) Nigeria
8 Here barest details suffice for a nursery tale (5,5) Three Bears
11 The top miss orders to levy taxes on imports (7) Imposts
14 Left in its original state an international body made good (10) Unfettered
16 Trim Fido's fur a little bit? (7) Snippet
18 Vigilance of stern eccentric taking drinks outside (9) Alertness

With these, we are left with 26 DN
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 30 2:37:26 2007. [Full View]

10 A conservative holds to his opinion for a long time (7) CLINGER
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 30 5:43:27 2007. [Full View]

26 Stamp of class (4) HYPE?
From: kkotirao on Mon Apr 30 6:10:41 2007. [Full View]

Yes, Clinger forgot to type....but hype, do we have justification?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 30 13:43:03 2007. [Full View]

Yes, TYPE!
14 dn is UNRESTORED it seems!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon Apr 30 22:41:49 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Zero assessed, held forth from platform (6) ORATED

4 Keep a little cash to make a booking (8) PRESERVE

10 Touch of gold, turned him a betrayer (7) TRAITOR

11 Love affair after class causes an outcry (7) CLAMOUR

12 Predict result by tossing a coin (4)

13 Miller's assistant maybe next, when there's nothing more to grind (3,3,4)

16 Notice opening of Christian festival of Nativity (6) ADVENT

17 Tells student where he should be (7) INFORMS

20 Made up tent as a quarter for her (7)

21 Resumption of completed story in a book form (6)

24 Clearly how words should be pronounced (10) DISTINCTLY

25 Make fun of jumbo jets (4) JEST

27 Inspire a friend from Ulster (7)

29 Ignore lice wandering around the skin (7) CUTICLE

30 Former wife goes to the newspapers and gets given nothing but coffee (8) EXPRESSO

31 Oriental combine that's come to light (6) EMERGE

Down

1 He might put things in better focus for you (8) OPTICIAN

2 In any case, a regular sports goer (2,3,6) AT ALL EVENTS

3 Sat around to have meals (4)

5 Repeating what was heard (8)

6 Less than life size mannequin? (5,5)

7 Find a New Zealand Maori out in South America! (3) RIO

8 Brilliant discovery (6)

9 Instruction must be concise (5) BRIEF

14 Mail van used by army? (8,3)

15 Tasteless near the knuckle (10)

18 They will keep on watch in the ship (8)

19 Everybody not here again after the start (3,5) ALL THERE

22 Preconceived date that's resolved (6)

23 Celia turns to her to convert (5) ALICE

26 Article found in Time magazine (4) ITEM

28 Scion of a family (3)
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 0:50:49 2007. [Full View]

AC
21 Resumption of completed story in a book form (6) Recall?

DN
3 Sat around to have meals (4) Eats
6 Less than life size mannequin? (5,5) Small Model?
8 Brilliant discovery (6) Eureka
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 1:04:06 2007. [Full View]

DN
22 Preconceived date that's resolved (6) Ideate
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 1:25:56 2007. [Full View]

AC
27 Inspire a friend from Ulster (7) Animate?
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 2:10:21 2007. [Full View]

AC
20 Made up tent as a quarter for her (7) Antessa?
DN
15 Tasteless near the knuckle (10) Indelicate
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 2:35:20 2007. [Full View]

DN
14 Mail van used by army? (8,3) Armoured Car?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue May 1 4:20:17 2007. [Full View]

Let us wait and see!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue May 1 21:37:03 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Generosity from a big ship (7) LARGESS

5 It's said wildly in a row, to show contempt (7)

9 A priest magician? (5)

10 Dad's games to take trips abroad (9)

11 Promise to drink one's health (6) PLEDGE

12 Withdraws she cadet by mistake (8) DETACHED

14 Japanese dish of fish and rice (5) SUSHI

15 Law school custodian is a local man (9)

18 Dull colour can be both wise and unwise (4,5)

20 Plunges deeply into matter to investigate (5) DIVES

22 Casts one out of elite natives of large continent (8)

24 Danced together in spirals? (6) TWINED

26 Pat in time, gets restless (9) IMPATIENT

27 Nell takes direction from her (5)ELLEN

28 Part of the body � it could be a bad sign (7)

29 Leading artist to copy a drawing depicting the yuppie way of life (3,4) RAT RACE

Down

1 Pillars to support street lamps (4,5) LAMP POSTS

2 Go back to take the right exit (7)

3 Not difficult, leaving a tolerant way! (4,5) EASY GOING

4 Pass around plants' juices (4) SAPS

5 Making out many nice rings can be fake (10)

6 Colour that is a soft one in the main (5)

7 Flying boat? (7)

8 Resorts to comfortable residences (5) HOMES

13 Safety curtain, say (4,6) SCREEN

16 Policy women tend to convert (9) ENDOWMENT

17 Reeds nice for arranging in the home (9)RESIDENCE

19 Held spellbound (7)

21 The home should have in an essence for flavouring (7) VANILLA

22 She gets high class tan (5)

23 A family emblem (5)

25 A principal performer (4) STAR
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 22:36:13 2007. [Full View]

AC
10 Dad's games to take trips abroad (9) Passports
15 Law school custodian is a local man (9) Innkeeper
18 Dull colour can be both wise and unwise (4,5) Sage Green
28 Part of the body � it could be a bad sign Abdomen

DN
5 Making out many nice rings can be fake (10) Discerning
6 Colour that is a soft one in the main (5) Sepia
13 Safety curtain, say (4,6) Side Screen
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 22:40:24 2007. [Full View]

DN
7 Flying boat? (7) Warship?
22 She gets high class tan (5) Anita
23 A family emblem (5) Totem
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 22:46:33 2007. [Full View]

AC
9 A priest magician? (5) Magus

DN
2 Go back to take the right exit (7) Regress
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 22:48:47 2007. [Full View]

AC
5 It's said wildly in a row, to show contempt (7) Disdain

DN
7 Flying boat? (7) Airship
8 Resorts to comfortable residences (5) Nests
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 22:53:25 2007. [Full View]

AC
22 Casts one out of elite natives of large continent (8) Asiatics
DN
19 Held spellbound (7) Gripped
From: kkotirao on Tue May 1 22:54:05 2007. [Full View]

With that, we come to the end!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed May 2 3:39:06 2007. [Full View]

Very good, kkotirao!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed May 2 22:09:06 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Representative of eleven to act as Chairman (7)

5 Gemstone in fairy circle (7)

9 I am to make silver and gold bird forms by folding paper (7) ORIGAMI

10 Sight better after seeing him (7)

11 It can become a lark (5)

12 Clever move by John Dawkins, perhaps (4,5)

13 The people going by private transport are in the pink (9)

15 Old boy says `yes' and does what he is told (5) OBEYS

16 A male chauvinist, that's who he is (5) SWINE

18 Kept parking booked (9)PRESERVED

21 Islands where translation of one play is made (9) POLYNESIA

24 You may find her well engaged in her work (5)

25 Two rhyme poem? No, a rude composition (7) RONDEAU

26 Portable equipment for a pert female (7)

27 He makes critical interpretation, from, for example, French course (7)

28 Outside could be boring (7) TEDIOUS

Down

1 Matter of fact, in charge maybe in favour of South Africa (7)

2 English winner of property, expels other person (7)

3 Fighting with energy, but having difficulty (2,1,6)

4 Watching what is worth looking at (5) EYING

5 Articulate one's words formally (9) PRONOUNCE

6 Complete series of holes in golf (5)

7 Without breadth could be led to fade away (7)

8 Torn shreds of a rag (7) TATTERS

14 I'm standing under false pretences (9)

15 Having only fifty per cent support for silver, we hear (3,6)

16 Spares English builder from slander (7)

17 Fellow gets a new angle on General Franco's party (7)

19 Mount dangerous when active (7) VOLCANO

20 Angers daughter with risks taken (7) DANGERS

22 Nice to accept English relative (5) NIECE

23 A doctor needs it, to a certain extent (5)
From: kkotirao on Wed May 2 22:48:39 2007. [Full View]

Across
1 Representative of eleven to act as Chairman (7) Preside
5 Gemstone in fairy circle (7) Peridot
10 Sight better after seeing him (7) Oculist
11 It can become a lark (5) Antic
12 Clever move by John Dawkins, perhaps (4,5) Good --?
13 The people going by private transport are in the pink (9) Carnation
16 A male chauvinist, that's who he is (5) SWINE is impossible!
24 You may find her well engaged in her work (5) Ellen
Down
1 Matter of fact, in charge maybe in favour of South Africa (7) Prosaic
2 English winner of property, expels other person (7) Evictor
3 Fighting with energy, but having difficulty (2,1,6) In a scrawl?
6 Complete series of holes in golf (5) Round
7 Without breadth could be led to fade away (7)
14 I'm standing under false pretences (9) Imposture
15 Having only fifty per cent support for silver, we hear (3,6) One --?
16 Spares English builder from slander (7) Asperse
17 Fellow gets a new angle on General Franco's party (7) Falange
23 A doctor needs it, to a certain extent (5) Ambit
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu May 3 22:34:16 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Fruit found rotting in a Roman garden (8,6) MANDARIN ORANGE

8 Rogue, half German, is one who begs (6)

9 Respected English journalist covers return encounters (8) ESTEEMED

11 The German lookalike's gun (9) DERRINGER

12 Bones found in a dismantled sitar (5)

13 The wine that alarms a sufferer (7)

15 African capital, scene of famous rescue operation in 1976 (7) ENTEBBE

17 Accountants settled down with an ice cream (7)

19 Kind of bean split in a chariot (7)

21 Woman's shawl worn by some Pacific hunters (5) FICHO

23 He puts money in the bank (9) DEPOSITOR

25 What a successful book may run into, to the delight of the author (8) EDITIONS

26 Small duration of time, very small (6) MINUTE

27 An engine, ill-built, defective, could be Greek (14) UNINTELLIGIBLE

Down

1 Scottish son of the first man was the inventor of a road surface (7) MACADAM

2 The lowest point in a defective drain (5) NADIR

3 Baseball, apple pie, Superman etc. captured in a camera, rolling (9)

4 Watch the old boy fill the bill (7) OBSERVE

5 Turn away from a salutation? Right (5) AVERT

6 Stick with the Sudanese, say, in charge of exudate used in making asafoetida etc. (3,6)

7 Counsel for a daughter on immoral action (6) ADVICE

10 A Greek article in a historic Indian town (4) AGRA

14 Surgical procedure, a No.1 secret, is spelt out (9) RESECTION

16 The object includes reckless physical assault (9) THRUSTING

17 Chest of the hacker, say (6)

18 Slow bit of music, neat and new (7) CADENCE

19 That chap accepts work in anticipation (4)

20 Worldly Frenchman pursues half-sister (7)

22 News agency working on alliance (5)

24 Ekalavya's guru dakshina (5) THUMB
From: kkotirao on Thu May 3 23:37:14 2007. [Full View]

Across
12 Bones found in a dismantled sitar (5) Tarsi
13 The wine that alarms a sufferer (7) Marsala
17 Accountants settled down with an ice cream (7) Cassata
19 Kind of bean split in a chariot (7) Haricot
21 Woman's shawl worn by some Pacific hunters (5) Fichu
Down
3 Baseball, apple pie, Superman etc. captured in a camera, rolling (9) Americana
6 Stick with the Sudanese, say, in charge of exudate used in making asafoetida etc. (3,6) Gum Arabic
16 The object includes reckless physical assault (9) Thrashing
17 Chest of the hacker, say (6) Coffer
18 Slow bit of music, neat and new (7) Andante
19 That chap accepts work in anticipation (4) Hope
22 News agency working on alliance (5) Union
From: kkotirao on Thu May 3 23:39:51 2007. [Full View]

AC
8 Rogue, half German, is one who begs (6) Cadger
From: kkotirao on Thu May 3 23:42:13 2007. [Full View]

DN
20 Worldly Frenchman pursues half-sister (7) Terrene
With this we come to the end!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri May 4 11:27:44 2007. [Full View]

Very good, kkotirao!

Great fun is this teamwork!
From: kkotirao on Sat May 5 5:20:05 2007. [Full View]

Hi,
Trying to open since morning...but there seems to be an error. Answers below:
Across
1 Take for granted that letters, overdue, include the first from university (9) Postulate
5 Catchment area finds bachelors at home (5) Basin
8 Resolve to find detectives hiding in river (6) Decide
9 Croon about equal right in fighting (8) Sparring
11 A keen-eyed creature's reported connections (4) Lynx
12 I order a cut to be executed (7,3) Carried Out
14 Specimen, not small but generous in proportions (5) Ample
15 Oriental cult straying in Maryland was cheated (7) Mulcted
16 Snare for a small flier, could be Venus's (7) Flytrap
17 Nobody admits origin of crime in the present time (5) Nonce
19 Can ICC yell about a letter from the Pope? (10) Encyclical
20 Fabric of wool that could be examined by touch (4) Felt
22 Unruffled workers find fluids for radiators (8) Coolants
23 New development in the centre (6) Recent
24 Famous German poet of a type housed in the environs of Ramsgate (5) Rilke
25 Not given to dreaming, such a one is said to truly persist (9) Realistic
Down
1 Walk barefoot in water with two daughters in dim surroundings (6) Paddle
2 Place of learning, but certainly not lower in importance than others (9,6) Secondary School
3 Language spoken in a dour duologue (4) Urdu
4 Inexpert male turns out to be tentative (12) Experimental
5 Old Aussie cricketer on policy that is ambiguous (10) Borderline
6 Creature that may leave a wake in the sands? (4,2,3,6) Ship of the Desert
7 A bit of raga playing in distress is neutralised (7) Negated
10 Computer accessory badly trips learner (5,7) Laser Printer
13 Go up in value per capita somehow around end of sale (10) Appreciate
16 Does he charge outrageously for sheep shearing? (7) Fleecer
18 Unchanging interference in radio reception (6) Static
21 In Goa it may go to one's head (4) Feni
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat May 5 7:51:47 2007. [Full View]

That is marvellous, kkotirao! I too couldn't log in in the morning!

To kkotirao!
From: kkotirao on Sat May 5 23:17:50 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning!
Sunday Crossword No. 2702: Completed
Solutions only:
Across:
1. Falstaff
5. Prompt
9. Clerihew
10. Murder
12. Traffic Warden
14. Fed Up
16. Poker Face
17. Castellan
19. Picks
21. Good Samaritan
24. Clever
25. Stagnant
26. Nathan
27. Franklin
Down:
1. Face To Face
2. Leeward
3. Thief
4. French Polish
6. Round Trip
7. Madonna
8. Term
11. Parking Meter
13. Kensington
15. Phenomena
18. Suggest
20. Catcall
22. Regan
23. Icon

Nothing more for the weekend! Enjoy!!!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat May 5 23:34:37 2007. [Full View]

Wow! Absolutely marvellous, kkotirao!

Let me post the clues with the answers for the benefit of friends!

Across

1 Dissolute character given stick on Cornish river (8) FALSTAFF

5 Immediate help for the forgetful

actor (6) PROMPT

9 Form of comic verse delivered by clergyman snubbed by ambassador

and wife (8) CLERIHEW

10 Kill famous steeplechaser in

retirement (6) MURDER

12 A poor piece of parking? Fine by me! (7,6) TRAFFIC WARDEN

14 G-man, on horseback, becomes

bored (3,2) FED UP

16 Impassive expression in card game given by female with ace (5,4) POKER FACE

17 Governor can holding girl (9) CASTELLAN

19 Chooses tools for breaking up rock (5) PICKS

21 Freight train crashed, crushing a male, a charitable soul (4,9) GOOD SAMARITAN

24 Intelligent Conservative at bar (6) CLEVER

25 Showing little activity, deer tracked by new worker (8) STAGNANT

26 Boy trapped in station at Hanoi (6) NATHAN

27 Statesman, outspoken Liberal holding office (8) FRANKLIN

Down

1 Opposite view of expert (4,2,4) FACE TO FACE

2 Drag fish over to the sheltered side (7) LEEWARD

3 Robber, one caught by the force's

leader (5) THIEF

4 Varnish in two languages (6,6) FRENCH POLISH

6 Considerable mistake making journey there and back (5,4) ROUND TRIP

7 Crazy about North American star (7) MADONNA

8 Call for a spell (4) TERM

11 One may be fed by the roadside (7,5) PARKING METER

13 Sonnet king composed in part of

London (10) KENSINGTON

15 A variety of men phone foremost of antiquaries for remarkable things (9) PHENOMENA

18 Give an impression of drunken guests drinking gallons (7) SUGGEST

20 Almost pick up the lot, a whistle (7) CATCALL

22 Lear's daughter, for example, hurried outside (5) REGAN

23 I study a devotional painting (4)ICON
From: kkotirao on Sun May 6 22:21:52 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning!
Solution for today...

Across

1 Accountant with a mantra conjures up a craft (9) Catamaran
5 The container, in a way, is barely sufficient (5) Scant
8 Musical composition for out-of-tune harp, very dry, hollow (8) Rhapsody
9 Chemical found in chalk, a limestone derivative (6) Alkali
11 The monkey which put that man in Connaught Place initially (5) Chimp
12 Low creature, but it can cook a decent pie (9) Centipede
13 Cloyingly sweet (6) Sugary
14 Hardened casual worker reportedly made a mistake (8) Tempered
16 The inclination to write a song (8) Penchant
18 The sun, expert in providing comfort in distress (6) Solace
22 The servant who would listen to worker (9) Attendant
23 Objective � covering the French antelope (5) Eland
24 Theatre's first, opening part of play could initially reveal the stratagem (6) Tactic
25 Lee's shop is ransacked, causing despair (8) Hopeless
26 A famous sculptor in the British navy taking in short cricket match (5) Rodin
27 Ursa Major, English version (5,4) Great Bear
Down
1 Depict Accra as a city in South America (7) Caracas
2 Rushing for a refreshing drink? Call! (7) Tearing
3 There is, strangely, more happiness in understanding something wrongly (15) Misapprehension
4 Prepare for publication "Revolutionary Deed" (6) Red Act
5 The kind of book to make you a better you (4-11) Self-Improvement
6 As a partner, you are said to be a non-professional ... (7) Amateur
7 ... who dealt in changing the final part (4-3) Tail End
10 Poles always show contempt (5) Sneer
15 Ready for use in the front apparently (2,3) On Tap
16 It may contain growth at home (7) Planter
17 Observed that a number in celebrated ... (7) Noticed
19 ... world of scholars deem a CA devious (7) Academe
20 Consumer, the ultimate beneficiary (3,4) End User
21 Useless � so it is rejected in Old English (6) Otiose

Have a Great Day!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun May 6 22:35:28 2007. [Full View]

Great, kkotirao!
From: kkotirao on Mon May 7 23:07:38 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning!

Across
1 Popular singer in a tight corner harbouring love (7) Crooner
5 Dispenser in a jet perhaps lacking plane, so large (7) Aerosol
9 Eager, meagre ruler has an illusion mistaken for reality (7,8) Wishful Thinking
10 They do not like work, surely (6) Idlers
11 Losing head, author of fables accepts demand for a bivalve (8) escallop
13 Leggy NCO is treated with a polysaccharide (8) Glycogen
15 Blueprint for notes with hint (6) Action
18 Famous actor's voyage (6) Cruise
19 Three articles by master, one who is abhorred (8) Anathema
22 Verbal exchange about garment worn around university (8) Argument
24 Add a supplement with a very soft finish (6) Append
27 A stunt lady cries, dismayed by book (1,5,2,7) A study in scarlet
28 Set aside, for a listener, old money in Europe (7) Earmark
29 It gives one a current measure (7) Ammeter
Down
1 Ruminant fish in a part of an aircraft (7) Cowling
2 A thrush resting in a lighthouse languidly (5) Ousel
3 Villainous foe ruins a change (9) Nefarious
4 Part played by bread, say (4) Role
5 Horrified Accountant General holds end of audit (6) Aghast
6 Famous old parliamentarian, a veteran Gandhian in part (5) Ranga
7 Painting for a quiet existence (5,4) Still life
8 Kind of bowling that could make a member whirl (3,4) Leg Spin
12,17 Colourful material for revolutionary writing? (3,3) Red
14 A child that an unknown surgeon treated, taking time (9) Youngster
16 Plots came unstuck in vapour emanating in a seance (9) Cetoplasm
17 See 12 Ink
18 A pretense provides a daily with a couple of notes (7) Charade
20 One who listens to an examiner (7) Auditor
21 Remove the connection from a Cancun linkage (6) Unlink
23 Clay artist in a dance pose (5) Mudra
25 Enthusiastic approval for new lace, with a bit of trimming (5) Eclat
26 The place to be in when I start to agitate (4) Asia

Have a great day!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon May 7 23:14:21 2007. [Full View]

You did it again, kkotirao!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue May 8 5:46:14 2007. [Full View]

15 Blueprint for notes with hint (6) DESIGN?
16 Plots came unstuck in vapour emanating in a seance (9)ECTOPLASM?
From: kkotirao on Tue May 8 6:08:32 2007. [Full View]

Good that you pointed out...
i am sure you are right! thanks
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue May 8 6:12:53 2007. [Full View]

Saw my pm?
From: kkotirao on Tue May 8 21:37:58 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning!
Across
1 Healthy and robust worker consumes beer, earthy variety (4,3,6) Hale and Hearty
10 Is it right, Ravana being shot in a festival? (9) Navaratri
11 Instrument packed in a parcel lovingly (5) Cello
12 Stream of water that goes to the root in dentistry (5) Canal
13 Surrogate clergyman promises to pay back (9) Vicarious
14 Talker's faculty (6) Speech
16 Instruct an artist in metal (5) ???
19 A personification of riches and greed, false god is decapitated by Theban god (5) ???
20 Pedestrian way of progress (2,4) On Road
25 His arrival was overdue (4,5) Late Comer
26 Market place for the nearly indolent in Pennsylvania (5) Plaza
27 Series of tones that could be major minor (5) Scale
28 Ten niggle furiously, being careless (9) Negligent
29 Strengthening control in order to bond building material (13) Reinforcement
Down
2 Being ahead in knowledge, danced a victory dance (8) Advanced
3 Sign up to play a part in a proven role (5) Enrol
4 Citizen about whose return Hardy wrote (6) Native
5 The kind of product for top dressing? (8) Hairclip
6 Instrument with which to do in a croc perhaps (9) Accordion
7 Fat time to give permission (6) Tallow
8 Things to eat between meals? They are new, in bags (6) Snacks
9 Seaside article is covered in the price (5) Coast
15 Arrive without difficulties to make an admission (4,5) Come Clean
17 Military person who has control over love (8) Commando
18 Healthy food for building bone, say, containing a bit of ammonium (4,4) Soya Bean
21 They are proposed when drinking for health (6) Drafts
22 Cut made with a small whip (5) Slash
23 Attack from the air, right up in secure setting (6) Strafe
24 Endless credit envelops poor newspaper � unfortunate (6) Tragic
26 Teacher turned up in the afternoon with a light refractor (5) Prism

Two more!!! Good luck. Will be back again in the evening.
From: kkotirao on Tue May 8 22:17:28 2007. [Full View]

19 A personification of riches and greed, false god is decapitated by Theban god (5) Ammon?
From: kkotirao on Tue May 8 22:22:28 2007. [Full View]

16 Instruct an artist in metal (5) Train is right.
Then Hairclip has to change!!!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue May 8 22:22:54 2007. [Full View]

16 Instruct an artist in metal (5)TRAIN
19 A personification of riches and greed, false god is decapitated by Theban god (5)AMMON
20 Pedestrian way of progress (2,4)ON FOOT
5 The kind of product for top dressing? (8)?
21 They are proposed when drinking for health (6) TOASTS
From: kkotirao on Tue May 8 22:23:02 2007. [Full View]

Could it be haircare?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue May 8 22:24:11 2007. [Full View]

Simultaneous postings!
From: kkotirao on Tue May 8 22:25:44 2007. [Full View]

ok, agree for a toast!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed May 9 2:54:02 2007. [Full View]

Haircare it is!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed May 9 3:40:16 2007. [Full View]

Happy teamwork!
From: kkotirao on Wed May 9 22:26:09 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning!

Across
1 The art of putting on a coat (8) Painting
5 Opportunity's provided by shortened astronomer's aids (6) Scopes
10 Long for time, starting now (5) Yearn
11 Delicious to a few, thro' different within (9) Toothsome
12 Old engine for moving a sore rhino (4,5) Iron Horse
13 Carry off by force from an insecure avenue (5) Reave
14 Plant that has a singular advantage (5) Sedge
16 Over which a shot may go for a six (8) Boundary
18 The entrance for one with pull (4,4) Back Door
20 Time of note for an air-force man in eastern church (5) Epoch
24 Memos about an European flower (5) Somme
25 Glamorous miss making a periodical appearance? (5,4) Cover Girl
27 Gradual development - of monkey into man, say (9) Evolution
28 Airhead, I spot one in (5) Idiot
29 Sporting contests opening in two points (6) Events
30 A novice gets drink, new, poured into another (8) Beginner
Down
1 Science of matter and motion that yields remedies (7) Physics
2 To put it very briefly, I draw on variety (2,1,4) In a word
3 The last of the Commandments (5) Tenth
4 One preparing legal documents makes a negative attempt to retain article (6) Notary
6 Cheer one caught struggling for consistency (9) Coherence
7 In proportion to a part or otherwise (3,4) Pro rata
8 Landscape seen in part of a play on track (7) Scenery
9 What would a tiresome person do, beginning to minimize tediousness? (7) Boredom
15 The final outcome could finish Ulster riot (3,6) End result
17 In a Conservative, at one time it meant pride (7) Conceit
18 See big English movement to cause a blockade (7) Besiege
19 Make music! (7) Compose
21 The view about a bulb containing traces of phosphorus and iodine (7) Opinion
22 This is where a gun may be kept in seedy hotels before raid starts (7) Holster
23 A way with trees (6) Avenue
26 Healing touch provided by actress Arija Bareikis (5) Reiki

Have a great day!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed May 9 22:30:23 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 The art of putting on a coat (8) PAINTING

5 Opportunity's provided by shortened astronomer's aids (6)

10 Long for time, starting now (5) YEARN

11 Delicious to a few, thro' different within (9)

12 Old engine for moving a sore rhino (4,5) IRON HORSE

13 Carry off by force from an insecure avenue (5) REAVE

14 Plant that has a singular advantage (5) SEDGE

16 Over which a shot may go for a six (8) BOUNDARY

18 The entrance for one with pull (4,4) BACK DOOR

20 Time of note for an air-force man in eastern church (5) EPOCH

24 Memos about an European flower (5) SOMME

25 Glamorous miss making a periodical appearance? (5,4) COVER GIRL

27 Gradual development - of monkey into man, say (9) EVOLUTION

28 Airhead, I spot one in (5)

29 Sporting contests opening in two points (6) EVENTS

30 A novice gets drink, new, poured into another (8)BEGINNER

Down

1 Science of matter and motion that yields remedies (7) PHYSICS

2 To put it very briefly, I draw on variety (2,1,4) IN A WORD

3 The last of the Commandments (5) TENTH

4 One preparing legal documents makes a negative attempt to retain article (6)

6 Cheer one caught struggling for consistency (9)

7 In proportion to a part or otherwise (3,4)

8 Landscape seen in part of a play on track (7) SCENERY

9 What would a tiresome person do, beginning to minimize tediousness? (7)

15 The final outcome could finish Ulster riot (3,6) END RESULT

17 In a Conservative, at one time it meant pride (7)

18 See big English movement to cause a blockade (7) BESIEGE

19 Make music! (7) COMPOSE

21 The view about a bulb containing traces of phosphorus and iodine (7) OPINION

22 This is where a gun may be kept in seedy hotels before raid starts (7) HOLSTER

23 A way with trees (6) AVENUE

26 Healing touch provided by actress Arija Bareikis (5) REIKI
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed May 9 22:34:39 2007. [Full View]

Simultaneous posting!

Very fast work, kkotirao!
From: clueman on Thu May 10 11:39:36 2007. [Full View]

delicious-toothsome.
to
a few-some
oth-tho' different
thro' should have been tho'

CM
From: kkotirao on Thu May 10 22:56:03 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning!
Across
1 Told to destroy conservative church residence (7) Rectory
5 Muse found in aura floating (6) Urania
11 It burns with renown around the end of April (5) Flame
12 Taking off with an imitative ruler (9) Mimicking
13 Deviation can be rare but odd (9) Aberrance
14 Peevish cry for a drink reportedly (5) Whine
15 Bet lost by ruminant in an easy, swinging stride (4) Lope
17 Removed a hindrance in action (7) Deleted
21 Clean GI becomes divine (7) Angelic
22 Man, for instance, in an insular area (4) Nani?
26 Volume of rubbish lying around, say (5) Litre
27 Initially under instruction, glories in becoming devout (9) Religious
29 White stone misused to blast area (9) Alabaster
30 Varied route to get a hit on target (5) ?
31 A team made up one by one (6) Eleven
32 A negative amount of force that can relieve pain (7) Anodyne
Down
2 Remove those words before accepting a direction (5) Erase
3 Principles destroyed her toy (6) Theory
4 Jog the memory taking a little time, being embarrassed about it (6) Remind
6 Growth that could shake little daughter (8) Rockweed
7 Being curious about one shows clamorousness (9) ???
8 One waiting for a catch (6) Angler
9 A fine story that is friendly (7) Affable
10 Obstructed by a little devil before awful deed (7) Impeded
16 Tune up act, somehow and add marks to writing (9) Punctuate
18 Adore tea, never blended (8) Venerate
19 Salt used in a reportedly dark time ceremony (7) Nitrite
20 Begin chatting, to make certain of getting strong disapproval (7) Dissent?
23 Transposition in 25 leads to senility (3,3) Old Age
24 Early astronaut's insecticide (6) Aldrin
25 Ancient transposition in 23 (3-3) Age Old
28 Frequently seen in a goof tenuous though it is (5) Often
From: kkotirao on Thu May 10 23:00:58 2007. [Full View]

DN 7 Being curious about one shows clamorousness (9) Noisiness?
From: kkotirao on Thu May 10 23:09:08 2007. [Full View]

AC
22 Man, for instance, in an insular area (4) Isle? (From Isle of Man probably!)
30 Varied route to get a hit on target (5) Outer
DN 20 Begin chatting, to make certain of getting strong disapproval (7) Censure
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu May 10 23:14:59 2007. [Full View]

Wow! Clueman makes his presence felt! With his brilliant annotation! Very glad to know you are still following the thread after leaving the baby in my hands! Do try to let us 'see' oftener, please! Also favour us with your excellent contributions in 'kavithaikku kavithai' thread!

Wonderful job, kkotirao!

22 Man, for instance, in an insular area (4)LARA
30 Varied route to get a hit on target (5) OUTRE

From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri May 11 6:56:24 2007.

[Full View]

kkotirao wrote:

AC
22 Man, for instance, in an insular area (4) Isle? (From Isle of Man probably!)
30 Varied route to get a hit on target (5) Outer
DN 20 Begin chatting, to make certain of getting strong disapproval (7) Censure

All three correct!

Well done, kkotirao!

From: clueman on Fri May 11 10:48:23 2007. [Full View]

DN 7 Being curious about one shows clamorousness (9) Noisiness?
_________________
nosiness + i : correct answer. PPjee has already clapped, accepting this as a correct answer.

PPjee,

Thx for the nice words as ususal. I am always eager to visit this forum. Time?!

I'll definitely visit whenever I can.

CM
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri May 11 22:11:16 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Not moving in a yatra is not funny (10) STATIONARY

7 Island where copper was found by sailor going back (4) CUBA

9 The resilience of a black snow leopard (6)

10 Pellets that are deadly to fliers (8)

11 After a month, I begin pestering the girl to crack (8)

12 Poles at hill station are aloof (6) SLOPES?

13 The magnificent state in America for an old relative (7)

16 Popular snack in India is a blend, true blend (7) MIXTURE

17 Cricket side, totally exhausted, is unconventional (7)

19 Superficial, brief outline by youth leader (7) SKETCHY

22 Non-amateur, deserving to gain (6) PROFIT

23 One thoroughly understood is not closed to the reader (4,4) OPEN BOOK

26 Mathematical operation could make for a split (8) DIVISION

27 Tending to promote peace with some Yorkshire niceties (6)

28 Does may not be welcome at such a party (4)

29 Dextrose could produce Apgar surge (5,5) GRAPE SUGAR

Down

2 Valuable discovery made in a metro verification (5) TROVE

3 Anxiety for a number over a part of Mumbai (7) TENSION

4 Witchcraft by order, ah! (5)

5 The hue of the university in Montgomery, Alabama (6)

6 The standard measure of London cops' credit (9) YARDSTICK

7 Players abroad are expelled (4,3)

8 Burner for an unfinished block, worth dismantling (9) BLOWEARTH?

14 Note, class leader is one preaching improvement (9)

15 In drama, the object is amusement (9)

18 Faking, leaving a bit of leather out, while working to remove its grain surface (7)

20 One of those possible state representations, a moving sight in a Republic Day parade (7) TABLEAU

21 Part of the eye that improves on care (6) CORNEA

24 Leave out some parts from an Israeli demarche (5)

25 What may be heard on a visit to Puri, say (5) ORIYA
From: kkotirao on Fri May 11 22:32:30 2007. [Full View]

Hi,

Across
9 The resilience of a black snow leopard (6) Bounce
11 After a month, I begin pestering the girl to crack (8) Decipher
12 Poles at hill station are aloof (6) Snooty
27 Tending to promote peace with some Yorkshire niceties (6) Irenic

Down
4 Witchcraft by order, ah! (5) Obeah
7 Players abroad are expelled (4,3) Cast Out
8 Burner for an unfinished block, worth dismantling (9) Blowtorch
24 Leave out some parts from an Israeli demarche (5) Elide

This much for now! Will come back in the evening...Going for a wedding
From: kkotirao on Fri May 11 22:41:30 2007. [Full View]

DN
15 In drama, the object is amusement (9) Plaything
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri May 11 23:54:15 2007. [Full View]

10 Pellets that are deadly to fliers (8)BIRDSHOT
13 The magnificent state in America for an old relative (7) GRANDPA
5 The hue of the university in Montgomery, Alabama (6) AUBURN
17 Cricket side, totally exhausted, is unconventional (7) OFFBEAT
28 Does may not be welcome at such a party (4) STAG
18 Faking, leaving a bit of leather out, while working to remove its grain surface (7) BUFFING
From: kkotirao on Sat May 12 7:19:26 2007. [Full View]

Hi,
Back again. Guess you missed to include the following:
DN
14 Note, class leader is one preaching improvement (9) Reformist
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat May 12 10:34:21 2007. [Full View]

Good teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat May 12 22:12:19 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Ruin course (4)

3 What playwright has to put on vessel (10)

9 She served king in original revolution (4)

10 He�s in print cunningly exposing a practical training programme (10)INTERNSHIP

11 Ordinary reserve � one may be full of memorable sayings (11,4)

13 Onset of stress? Give encouragement to one used to

working in the theatre (7)

14 One has to be brought in to satisfy composer (5)SATIE

16 Bay on right will give shelter (5)

17 Declare after a century, getting applause (7)ACCLAIM

20 Cliff Richard hit from good show (15)CONGRATULATIONS

22 Started unfold ing it, organdie (10)ORIGINATED

23 Girl feeding pygmy rattlesnake (4)MYRA

24 Silly threats involving little baby (10)

25 First to ring city bank (4)

Down

1 Dispirited county players (8)

2 Wetsuit in vessel (7)

4 Stupid person hung up key for a

small kitchen tool (3-6)

5 Rex enters to receive a girl (5)

6 Join one section in US state (11)CONNECTICUT

7 An hotel rebuilt in Irish town (7)

8 Kate off to secure work in state capital (6)TOPEKA

12 Frank, composer, must attend court to discover finding (4,7)

14 A trifle in glass? (5,4)SMALL BEER

15 Young woman, in hectic year, becomes a spy (8)EMISSARY

16 Unrehearsed ending to the comic operetta (7)

18 Assistant in a small company, reportedly mild (7)

19 A bad-tempered over (6)ACROSS

21 Find leader of travelling people (5)
From: kkotirao on Sat May 12 23:19:16 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning!
Across
1 Ruin course (4)
3 What playwright has to put on vessel (10) Stagecoast ?
9 She served king in original revolution (4) Rani
11 Ordinary reserve � one may be full of memorable sayings (11,4)
13 Onset of stress? Give encouragement to one used to working in the theatre (7)
16 Bay on right will give shelter (5) Cover
24 Silly threats involving little baby (10) Shortheart?
25 First to ring city bank (4)
Down
1 Dispirited county players (8)
2 Wetsuit in vessel (7) Tankini
4 Stupid person hung up key for a small kitchen tool (3-6) Tin Opener?
5 Rex enters to receive a girl (5)
7 An hotel rebuilt in Irish town (7) Athlone
12 Frank, composer, must attend court to discover finding (4,7) Soft Verdict?
16 Unrehearsed ending to the comic operetta (7)
18 Assistant in a small company, reportedly mild (7) Acolyte
21 Find leader of travelling people (5) Trace

This much for now. will be back after an hour
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat May 12 23:28:17 2007. [Full View]

3 What playwright has to put on vessel (10) STAGECRAFT
25 First to ring city bank (4) RELY
From: clueman on Sun May 13 2:44:05 2007. [Full View]

1 Ruin course (4) DASH
3 What playwright has to put on vessel (10) Stagecoast ? STAGECRAFT
9 She served king in original revolution (4) Rani -----WHIG
11 Ordinary reserve � one may be full of memorable sayings (11,4) COMMONPLACE BOOK
13 Onset of stress? Give encouragement to one used to working in the theatre (7) SURGEON
24 Silly threats involving little baby (10) Shortheart? SWEETHEART
Down
1 Dispirited county players (8) DOWNCAST
2 Wetsuit in vessel (7) Tankini ---SKIMMER
4 Stupid person hung up key for a small kitchen tool (3-6) Tin Opener?
5 Rex enters to receive a girl (5) GRETA
12 Frank, composer, must attend court to discover finding (4,7) Soft Verdict? ---OPEN VERDICT
16 Unrehearsed ending to the comic operetta (7) CANDIDE
From: clueman on Sun May 13 2:59:50 2007. [Full View]

TIN OPENER is correct. NIT(stupid person) hung up: TIN; KEY: OPENER.

SweeTHEART: little in silly (jumble) threats. BABY!

A couple of doubts are there. Let me check first and then post.
From: kkotirao on Sun May 13 4:39:35 2007. [Full View]

Hi, Clueman,

May I have your justification for "Skimmer"?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun May 13 11:11:03 2007. [Full View]

Very interesting work!
From: clueman on Sun May 13 12:41:19 2007. [Full View]

Hi KKR,

SKIMMER:

a fitted sleeveless dress with a usually flaring skirt

a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids

CM
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun May 13 22:08:30 2007. [Full View]

Thanx, tt, for that interesting anno!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun May 13 22:20:03 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Part of trial can collapse (10) FRACTIONAL

6 Pretentious songs (4)

9 Live in, got up like a horseman (7)

10 Unusual regalia found in northern Africa (7) ALGERIA

12 Inspired or significant communications (8) MESSAGES

13 Reaps from hunter's weapon (5) SPEAR

15 Iron through wet cloth or newspaper (5) PRESS

17 Kind of peach with thin downless skin and firm flesh (9) NECTARINE

19 With pedal dunderhead strangled (9)

21 Invigorating seaside air (5) OZONE

23 Revel with young eel (5) ELVER

24 Outwit to become cleverer (8)

27 Lament I interpret as a complaint (7) AILMENT

28 Holder of unorthodox opinions (7)

29 Toy attached to a spool consisting of a string (2,2) YO YO

30 Short set of steps used without being leant against the wall (4,6)

Down

1 Thing that sets another off by contrast (4)

2 That is five in pain who gain by effort (7) ACHIEVE

3 Emaciation and wasting away (5)

4 Strange shape for a long coat (9) OCTAGONAL

5 Heap together and accumulate (5) AMASS

7 Inhabitant of the Hebrew nation (7)

8 Sweetheart begins to dally, having looked radiantly happy (6,4)

11 German secret state police of Nazi regime (7) GESTAPO

14 He dispensed with scruples some time ago (10) APOTHECARY

16 Release from bondage (3,4) SET FREE

18 Young man learning sheep farming (9)

20 Ravel's first note drawing fifty into very loud merry-making (7) REVELRY

22 Unit of magnetic field strength (7)

24 Musical composition for eight performers (5) OCTET

25 She gives many a solo performance (5)

26 Mark left by injury (4)SCAR
From: kkotirao on Sun May 13 22:26:56 2007. [Full View]

hi, good morning!
Across

6 Pretentious songs (4)

9 Live in, got up like a horseman (7) Inhabit
19 With pedal dunderhead strangled (9) Throttled
24 Outwit to become cleverer (8) Outsmart
28 Holder of unorthodox opinions (7) Heretic
30 Short set of steps used without being leant against the wall (4,6) Step Ladder

Down
1 Thing that sets another off by contrast (4) Foil?
3 Emaciation and wasting away (5) Tabes
7 Inhabitant of the Hebrew nation (7) Israeli
8 Sweetheart begins to dally, having looked radiantly happy (6,4) Starry Eyed
18 Young man learning sheep farming (9) Cadetship
22 Unit of magnetic field strength (7) Oersted
25 She gives many a solo performance (5) Maria
One remains for us....
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon May 14 8:12:09 2007. [Full View]

6 Pretentious songs (4) HITS?
From: kkotirao on Mon May 14 10:57:36 2007. [Full View]

Across
6 Pretentious songs (4) Lies (Maybe). Lie is a type of Song and Dance.
Down
1 Thing that sets another off by contrast (4) Flip seems to be possible too
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon May 14 13:04:14 2007. [Full View]

6 Pretentious songs (4) AIRS
1 Thing that sets another off by contrast (4) Flip it is

Interesting teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon May 14 21:54:32 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Check might strengthen support (9)

5 Cover to conceal (4) HIDE

8 God's greatest creation (3) MAN

9 Produce pattern on paper (7)

10 Wheeled vehicle of specified type (3) CAR

11 Movement in slow time in music (5)

12 State of depressed vitality occurring in many acute diseases (9)

13 Darker stage of twilight (7)

15 Approach for a rendezvous (6) AVENUE

17 Ada's exercise changes shape (6) ADAPTS

18 Destructive winged insects (7) LOCUSTS

21 Lack of employment in the lean years (5,4) SPARE TIME

22 Hold forth to make a speech (5) ORATE

24 The heavens above (3) SKY

25 Medieval forerunner of chemistry (7) ALCHEMY

26 Female germ-cells in animals (3) OVA

27 Long difficult journey on foot (4) TREK

28 He carelessly leaves refuse about in street (9) LITTERBOY

Down

1 A doctor ruled out, his duplicity seen through? (7)

2 A division, an archery term (5)

3 Go in again to see some bizarre entertainment (6) REENTER

4 Exclude from enumeration (6) DEDUCT

5 Not a solid triumph? (6,7) HOLLOW VICTORY

6 Acts of deciphering of coded messages (9) DECODINGS

7 Latticed screen (6)

9 Murdered during the night at a guess (4,2,3,4) SHOT IN THE DARK

14 He is fond of taking exception or raising objection (3,6)

16 Looking most well-fed and comfortable (8)

17 Give foolish person first aid (6) ASSIST

19 Business affair (7)

20 Of public revenue (6) FISCAL

23 The explosive that ended a World War (1,4) A BOMB
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon May 14 21:56:25 2007. [Full View]

kkotirao, your answer 'foil' is correct!
From: kkotirao on Mon May 14 22:43:40 2007. [Full View]

Hi, thanks PP Madam,
Across

1 Check might strengthen support (9) Reinforce
9 Produce pattern on paper (7) Stencil
11 Movement in slow time in music (5) Largo
12 State of depressed vitality occurring in many acute diseases (9) Typhoidal
13 Darker stage of twilight (7) Duskier
Down
1 A doctor ruled out, his duplicity seen through? (7) Rumbled
2 A division, an archery term (5) Inner?
4 Exclude from enumeration (6) Except
7 Latticed screen (6) Grille
14 He is fond of taking exception or raising objection (3,6) Sea Lawyer
16 Looking most well-fed and comfortable (8) Sleekest
19 Business affair (7) ?

Will come back for the rest...
From: kkotirao on Tue May 15 6:50:22 2007. [Full View]

AC
28 He carelessly leaves refuse about in street (9) LITTERBOY seems to create trouble.
Could it be Litterbug?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue May 15 12:00:58 2007. [Full View]

Yes, it is!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue May 15 12:24:09 2007. [Full View]

19 Business affair (7)SHEBANG

Thanx, Orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Tue May 15 22:40:52 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Check condition and replace (9) REINSTATE

6 Russian lake that develops an ego (5) ONEGA

9 Plan amended for sappers lookin overstrained? (7) REDRAWN

10 Ornamental caves (7) GROTTOS

11 Our old shuffle causes distress (6) DOLOUR

12 Corrected at the rear of the book? At the front, more likely (6)ERRATA

15 Period of leave granted at intervals to university for study, travel etc. (10) SABBATICAL

16 Terrifying person (4) OGRE

18 Having sharp edge or point (4) KEEN

19 Put on guard from a combination of fear and wonder (10) FOREWARNED

23 Fills with longing (6) YEARNS

25 One who walks at an easy pace (6) AMBLER

28 Atom is nothing to part exchange initially (7)

29 Worker employed to keep telephone or telegraph wire in repair (7) LINEMAN

30 Animal organ producing gametes (5) GONAD

31 An allusion to one's character and ability, maybe (9) REFERENCE

Down

1 Seldom found or occurring (7)

2 Feeling that cannot be blotted out (9) INDELIBLE

3 Broad-bladed instrument for picking up powdered items (7) SPATULA

4 Unrelated woman fond of children (4) AUNT

5 It's the limit, what the knife grinder puts on (4) EDGE

6 That which fills with scent (6)

7 Something charged as additional (5) EXTRA

8 Mollify with sausage and mash (7) ASSUAGE

13 Not yet of full age (5)

14 He attends to a gentleman's need (5) VALET

17 Man of good breeding (9) GENTLEMAN

18 Closed circle holding openings to many doors (3,4) KEY RING

20 Official distributor of alms (7)

21 Cause to act irregularly (7) DERANGE

22 Remove charge from firearm (6)

24 A hard lump on a tree (5)

26 Pull apart with some force (4) TEAR

27 One of the several symbols indicating pitch in music (4)CLEF
From: kkotirao on Wed May 16 1:55:08 2007. [Full View]

Hi, Good morning...Late arrival due to preoccupations!

AC
28 Atom is nothing to part exchange initially (7) Isotope
Down
1 Seldom found or occurring (7) Raredos?
6 That which fills with scent (6) Odours
13 Not yet of full age (5) Minor
14 He attends to a gentleman's need (5) Pager?
20 Official distributor of alms (7) Almoner
22 Remove charge from firearm (6) Unload
24 A hard lump on a tree (5) Acorn
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed May 16 5:42:59 2007. [Full View]

Let us see tomorrow who it is 'valet' or 'pager'!

All the rest seem correct! Very good job done!
From: kkotirao on Wed May 16 7:29:28 2007. [Full View]

I think you are right...Page is only meaning attendant...not pager!
Enjoy!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed May 16 12:05:49 2007. [Full View]

Just now referred the dictionary & found out the same!!!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Wed May 16 22:42:26 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Providing a bag will end the need for wrapping (7) BANDAGE

5 Restored military strength of country (7) REARMED

9 Drew off part of larger body (7)

10 Layer or successive layers (7) STRATUM?

11 Anger at using firearms (3) IRE

12 Diving blackbird (5) SCUBA?

13 Showing greatness of character (5)

14 Something charged as additional (6) EXTRAS

15 They assume power wrongfully (8) USURPERS

18 Cooked by exposure to open fire (7) ROASTED

20 Spread the odds on a raw beginner (6)

24 Blunders or indirect act (5)

26 In the loch realised that there was some red clay (5) OCHRE

27 Keep to enclosure (3)

28 Small American and Australian marsupial animal (7) OPOSSUM

29 Slightest amount (7)

30 One in hospital for bearing in a word (7) PATIENT

31 Dwelt permanently (7) RESIDED

Down

1 The hour to tuck in (7) BEDTIME

2 Tidiest cattle set out (7)

3 A high flier requires space to manoeuvre (9)

4 Oldest surviving member (6)

5 Agitated appeal to be more energetic (8)

6 Wrap-around worn to protect clothes (5)

7 Pickle and liable to change (7)

8 Din made the mess hardly visible (7) DIMNESS

16 Puts down instruction to decrease again (9)

17 One passive person (1,7) A DOORMAT

18 Bring together again a number of persons (7) REGROUP

19 Insult openly to offend modesty (7) AFFRONT

21 Put to practical use (7) APPLIED

22 Grain of flax plant (7) LINSEED

23 Tremble with cold or fear (6) SHIVER

25 Result of what happens afterwards (5) ISSUE
From: kkotirao on Thu May 17 1:04:48 2007. [Full View]

Few from my side:
Across
9 Drew off part of larger body (7) Deleted?
12 Diving blackbird (5) Ousel?
13 Showing greatness of character (5) Noble
20 Spread the odds on a raw beginner (6) Sprawl
24 Blunders or indirect act (5) Gaffe
27 Keep to enclosure (3) Pen
29 Slightest amount (7) Vestige
Down
2 Tidiest cattle set out (7) Neatest?
3 A high flier requires space to manoeuvre (9) Astronaut
4 Oldest surviving member (6) Eldest
5 Agitated appeal to be more energetic (8) Restless
6 Wrap-around worn to protect clothes (5) Apron
7 Pickle and liable to change (7) Mutable
16 Puts down instruction to decrease again (9) Represses
25 Result of what happens afterwards (5) Ensue
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu May 17 22:12:45 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm
Time

Jootees
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu May 17 22:13:05 2007. [Full View]

Clueman Sir
From: pavalamani pragasam on Thu May 17 22:48:11 2007. [Full View]

TN, let us hope times will change giving you more time for the HUB! We miss you!

Across

1 Sterling note for a brick (5,9)

9 Cereal husks, placed on bowl, flourish (8) BRANDISH

10 Airy covering worn round a man's waist (5)

12 Licentious revelry (4) ORGY

13 Sudden convulsive movement (5) SPASM

14 Cut into small cubes (4) DICE

17 Do exercises again on rough terrains (8) RETRAINS

18 Make a priest or American attorney in the end (6)

20 Gratifying to the full (6) SATING

22 Suspend and stop for a time (8)

25 Man-eating giant in folklore (4) OGRE

26 A horse laugh (5) NEIGH

27 Mark or gesture to convey some meaning (4) SIGN

30 Free from moisture (5) DRIER

31 Discharge of debts (8)

32 Nether wallop (4,2,3,5)

Down

2 Greater in height than breadth (7)

3 Declare non-existent (4) NONE

4 They keep one's coiffure tidy and in place (8)

5 Put old material into new form without significant change (6)

6 Systematic collection of statutes (4)

7 Relating to sexual pleasure (7) EROTICA

8 Difficulty in breathing while sleeping (11)

11 Writes letters to keep in touch (11) CORRESPONDS

15 Frequent a resort (5)

16 Principle of decorum and rule of accepted procedure (5)

19 Embossed ornament in low relief (8)

21 Ends interim arrangement (7) TERMINI

23 Make slightly wet (7) MOISTEN

24 Thing designed for inflicting bodily harm (6)

28 Long journey on foot (4) TREK

29 Spring over (4) COIL
From: temporary sori-Observer on Thu May 17 23:28:11 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

32 AC - Deep in the ditch?
(kattam paarkkaamal)
From: kkotirao on Fri May 18 0:55:07 2007. [Full View]

Ok, I take the role...

Across

1 Sterling note for a brick (5,9)

9 Cereal husks, placed on bowl, flourish (8)

10 Airy covering worn round a man's waist (5)

12 Licentious revelry (4)

13 Sudden convulsive movement (5)

14 Cut into small cubes (4) Dice

17 Do exercises again on rough terrains (8) Retrains

18 Make a priest or American attorney in the end (6) Ordain

20 Gratifying to the full (6) Settle

22 Suspend and stop for a time (8) Intermit

25 Man-eating giant in folklore (4) Ogre

26 A horse laugh (5) Neigh

27 Mark or gesture to convey some meaning (4) Mime

30 Free from moisture (5) Dried

31 Discharge of debts (8) Payments?

32 Nether wallop (4,2,3,5)

Down

2 Greater in height than breadth (7) Longest?

3 Declare non-existent (4)

4 They keep one's coiffure tidy and in place (8)

5 Put old material into new form without significant change (6)

6 Systematic collection of statutes (4) Code

7 Relating to sexual pleasure (7) Erotica?

8 Difficulty in breathing while sleeping (11)

11 Writes letters to keep in touch (11) Corresponds

15 Frequent a resort (5) Calls?

16 Principle of decorum and rule of accepted procedure (5) Order

19 Embossed ornament in low relief (8)

21 Ends interim arrangement (7) Termini

23 Make slightly wet (7) Moisten

24 Thing designed for inflicting bodily harm (6) Weapon

28 Long journey on foot (4)

29 Spring over (4)

Come back later for more...
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri May 18 2:21:27 2007. [Full View]

1 Sterling note for a brick (5,9) POUND CHARACTER
9 Cereal husks, placed on bowl, flourish (8) BRANDISH
12 Licentious revelry (4) ORGY
13 Sudden convulsive movement (5) SPASM
27 Mark or gesture to convey some meaning (4)SIGN
30 Free from moisture (5)DRIER?
32 Nether wallop (4,2,3,5) KICK IN THE PANTS
2 Greater in height than breadth (7)UPRIGHT
4 They keep one's coiffure tidy and in place (8) HAIRPINS
5 Put old material into new form without significant change (6) REHASH
28 Long journey on foot (4) TREK
From: kkotirao on Fri May 18 3:11:16 2007. [Full View]

Some more...
Across
1 Sterling note for a brick (5,9) Pound Character?
10 Airy covering worn round a man's waist (5) Dhoti
27 Mark or gesture to convey some meaning (4) Sign (Mime is incorrect, apologies!)

30 Free from moisture (5) Drier
32 Nether wallop (4,2,3,5) ???

Down
2 Greater in height than breadth (7) Upright

3 Declare non-existent (4) ?

4 They keep one's coiffure tidy and in place (8) Hairpins

5 Put old material into new form without significant change (6) Rehash
8 Difficulty in breathing while sleeping (11) Hibernating!
19 Embossed ornament in low relief (8) ?
28 Long journey on foot (4) Trek
29 Spring over (4) Leap or jump?

Come back later for more...
From: kkotirao on Fri May 18 6:11:55 2007. [Full View]

Ac
32 Nether wallop (4,2,3,5) Kick in the pants?
Down
19 Embossed ornament in low relief (8) ? Anaglyph

Still left with:
3 Declare non-existent (4) ?
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri May 18 6:15:34 2007. [Full View]

32. see my posting
3.Declare non-existent (4) DENY
29 Spring over (4) Leap
15 Frequent a resort (5)HAUNT
20AC SATING
From: kkotirao on Fri May 18 6:15:48 2007. [Full View]

3 Declare non-existent (4)

It should be "Deny"
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri May 18 9:42:45 2007. [Full View]

That wraps it up! Good teamwork!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Fri May 18 21:38:16 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Russian king of yore (4) TSAR

3 A Parisian university man getting out is irrational (10)

10 Concise witty saying (7) EPIGRAM

11 Rejected with disdain (7) SPURNED

12 That which was destroyed and gnawed away (5) EATEN

13 Being offered one, get it � a bargain (9) NEGOTIATE

14 Endanger (8) THREATEN

15 Vertical surface for display of exhibits (6)

18 Take up another assumed attitude and lie (6)

20 Afflict with a haircut? (8)

24 Row of short pillars surrounded by rail (9) BALUSTERS

26 Fixed relation of one thing to another (5)

27 A nut men change by accident (7) UNMEANT

28 Description from certain point of view (7)

29 Indicatory anagram book (10) DICTIONARY

30 Having become familiar with by habit (4) USED

Down

1 On that account at that place (7) THEREAT

2 Astronaut flier (7) AVIATOR

4 They may be proposed by names (8) NOMINEES

5 Allot as share to transfer personal property (6)

6 A major person (5) ADULT

7 Hollow warning from school boys after study (7)

8 Do not nudge the resentful indignation (7)

9 People of erstwhile Persia (8) IRANIANS

16 Their trade is to provide food and amusement for social events (8) CATERERS

17 Divide and separate (8)

18 Spring back (7) REBOUND

19 Controversial discussion (7)

21 Necessarily involves some recent ailments (7)

22 Wrinkled crone treated with disdain (7)

23 Exhausted and dejected (6) BEATEN

25 Member of Turkish irregular cavalry (5)
From: kkotirao on Sat May 19 0:23:50 2007. [Full View]

Across
3 A Parisian university man getting out is irrational (10) Unbalanced?
11 Rejected with disdain (7) Shunted?
15 Vertical surface for display of exhibits (6) ?
18 Take up another assumed attitude and lie (6) Repose
20 Afflict with a haircut? (8) Distress?
26 Fixed relation of one thing to another (5) Ratio
28 Description from certain point of view (7) Version
Down
5 Allot as share to transfer personal property (6) Assign
7 Hollow warning from school boys after study (7) Catcall?
8 Do not nudge the resentful indignation (7) Dudgeon
17 Divide and separate (8) Dissever
19 Controversial discussion (7) Polemic
21 Necessarily involves some recent ailments (7) Entails
22 Wrinkled crone treated with disdain (7) Scorned
25 Member of Turkish irregular cavalry (5) Spahi?

Come back for more
From: kkotirao on Sat May 19 3:20:07 2007. [Full View]

Across
11 Rejected with disdain (7) Spurned
Down
7 Hollow warning from school boys after study (7) Convent
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sat May 19 22:32:44 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Bird gets cut inside wreck (6)

4 US comedian bringing vehicle across rough sea (6)

8 One who�s withdrawn car entered in Manx event (9)

9 Quote from it in church (4)CITE

11 Intolerably exasperating person on the TV�s revealing money�s no object (3,4,3,5)

12 Try PC out in vault (5)CRYPT

14 Morse script one revised (9)

16 Veteran sat with lodger for a

change (3,6)OLD STAGER

18 In bad taste, course of action taken by Yves initially (5)

20 Conscription in peacetime isn�t on, Alice and Vera broadcast (8,7)NATIONAL SERVICE

23 Bishop abroad for a spell (4)BOUT?

24 Conquer remaining military force (9)OVERPOWER

25 Cast figure for all to see in Ohio, perhaps (6)STATUE

26 Careful, Capone after dance (6)DROGUE

Down

1 Appropriate place for The Diary of a Nobody royalties? (5,7)

2 A means of raising funds � let Tory organise it (7)LOTTERY

3 Cheap wine and last drops of pop will go down sink (5)

4 Intercept and hold spiteful woman and child (5)CATCH

5 Former partner, woman in court in capital (9)

6 Shot in a bid to kill someone (7)

7 Eating well, or not eating at all around the east (8)FEASTING

10 Tale involving male and sulking fit about Latin bird (6,6)

13 Volunteers to surround Italian military post - time for retaliation (3,3,3)TIT FOR TAT

15 Emphasised editor is under pressure (8)STRESSED

17 Tried to after accident in US city (7)DETROIT

19 Talk in church with popular joker (7)CHINWIG

21 A party sappers love (5)ADORE

22 On the way to getting mellow in bar, I perceive (5)RIPER
From: kkotirao on Sun May 20 0:45:28 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning.
Good progress but same here too...few more
AC
4 US comedian bringing vehicle across rough sea (6) Caesar
8 One who�s withdrawn car entered in Manx event (9) Introvert
14 Morse script one revised (9) Inspector
DN
1 Appropriate place for The Diary of a Nobody royalties? (5,7) ----- Account?
3 Cheap wine and last drops of pop will go down sink (5) Plonk?
6 Shot in a bid to kill someone (7) Attempt?
From: kkotirao on Sun May 20 0:57:55 2007. [Full View]

Few more:
AC
11 Intolerably exasperating person on the TV�s revealing money�s no object (3,4,3,5) The Sky's the limit
18 In bad taste, course of action taken by Yves initially (5) Tacky
26 Careful, Capone after dance (6) Frugal (can't be DROGUE)
DN
5 Former partner, woman in court in capital (9) Excellent?
10 Tale involving male and sulking fit about Latin bird (6,6) Stormy Petrel
From: kkotirao on Sun May 20 1:13:57 2007. [Full View]

Hopefully, the last two!
AC:
1 Bird gets cut inside wreck (6) Jalopy
DN
1 Appropriate place for The Diary of a Nobody royalties? (5,7) Joint Account
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun May 20 3:49:12 2007. [Full View]

Great, kkotirao! We overtook orkut!
From: pavalamani pragasam on Sun May 20 22:28:56 2007. [Full View]

Across

1 Dexter, after a couple of learners, gives `yes' (3,5) ALL

5 The first alien approaches the woman. That's the end! (6) TETHER

9 One that deserves another, it's said (4,4) GOOD

10 Award A-one with a cry of pain? (6) BESTOW

12 Birds as they traverse from Beach to Tambaram in Chennai? (4) EMUS

13 Renewed energy to support the act of twisting (6, 4)

15 Good man finds foreign currency on the beach (6) STRAND

17 Belgian town fit for a lord (5)

20 Questioned about a secretary returning (5) ASKED

21 Where can a dada take refuge in? (6) CANADA

24 Rising gent drops royal seal (6, 4) SIGNET RING

27 Guy comes back holding one gown designer (4)

29 Take stock dimensionally? (4,2) SIZE UP

30 Flint unmoved, hard as stone (4-4) ROCK

31 One who chases loses turn for the accountant (6) PURSER

32 Nepotist altered tennis score (3,5) SET POINT

Down

1 Disputes granting a right to lodger who is not all there (6) ARGUES

2 Refer to visit (4,2) LOOK UP

3 Air India has to look up a bit (4)

4 Gang said to gather together (5)

6 Journalist has people to change (5) EMEND

7 Alert and alive to an old Web magazine (8)

8 Like the hem of a pair of jeans that's not finished (3-5) RAW-EDGED

11 Continue to cling (4,2) HOLD ON

14 Kind of farm boss (4) STUD

16 Agreement over account on business on the way (6) ACCORD

17 Cover nothing on the Venetian beach (4)

18 Has nothing to do with young dog running around donkeys (6, 2) *ASSES UP

19 He might be looking for the stars (8) SKYGAZER

22 A minimum investment in an atoll (6)

23 Ready to throw a line to one in trouble (6)

25 Cheat doesn't begin to give the slip (5) ELUDE

26 Who is present when all are absent (2-3) NO ONE

28 Miss the dance (4)SKIP
From: temporary sori-Observer on Sun May 20 22:33:56 2007. [Full View]

PP Ma'm

1 AC All right?
(kattam paarkkaamal)

Jootees.
From: kkotirao on Sun May 20 23:15:18 2007. [Full View]

Good beginning, PP Madam,
Few more from my side:
Across

1 Dexter, after a couple of learners, gives `yes' (3,5) ALL Clear?
9 One that deserves another, it's said (4,4) GOOD Team?
13 Renewed energy to support the act of twisting (6, 4) Second Wind
17 Belgian town fit for a lord (5) Liege
27 Guy comes back holding one gown designer (4) ?
30 Flint unmoved, hard as stone (4-4) ROCK -?
Down
3 Air India has to look up a bit (4) Lots?
4 Gang said to gather together (5) ---?
7 Alert and alive to an old Web magazine (8) Hotlines?
17 Cover nothing on the Venetian beach (4) Lido
18 Has nothing to do with young dog running around donkeys (6, 2) Passes Up
22 A minimum investment in an atoll (6) Bikini
23 Ready to throw a line to one in trouble (6) ?
Will come back...
From: kkotirao on Sun May 20 23:30:07 2007. [Full View]

TN is right!
1 Dexter, after a couple of learners, gives `yes' (3,5) ALL Right is correct!
Down
3 Air India has to look up a bit (4) Iota! Lots is patently wrong.
Work for more....
From: kkotirao on Sun May 20 23:32:34 2007. [Full View]

9 One that deserves another, it's said (4,4) GOOD Term?
Down
4 Gang said to gather together (5) Horde
From: pavalamani pragasam on Mon May 21 4:08:59 2007. [Full View]

9 One that deserves another, it's said (4,4) GOOD TURN
From: kkotirao on Mon May 21 12:05:10 2007. [Full View]

AC
27 Guy comes back holding one gown designer (4) ? Lida?

30 Flint unmoved, hard as stone (4-4) Rock-Like?

Couldnt break much....
From: temporary sori-Observer on Mon May 21 13:02:04 2007. [Full View]

kkotirao wrote:

AC
30 Flint unmoved, hard as stone (4-4) Rock-Like?

Couldnt break much....

Rock firm?
(kattam paarkkaamal)
From: kkotirao on Mon May 21 21:54:10 2007. [Full View]

Hi, good morning!
Today, there seem to be some errors in numbering. Check out.
Across
1 Public outburst about heat unit as well (11) Furthermore
9 Georges the crime writer, for one (7) Simenon
10 Groups of words right in stages (7) Phrases
11 Private lodging provided with a little hesitation (5) Inner
12 Where, as a ritual, spelling is practiced (9) Australia
13 Rubbish, with no cover, may be burnt (5) Umber
15 Acer livid on deployment of pest-killing chemical (9) Larvicide
18 One day accountants understand it's a rice dish (9) Fricassee
21 Mixed tea consumed by two sides subsequently (5) Later
22 She and Adrian calculated a Jewish month (4,5) Adar Sheni
24 Nothing to modify in an organ (5) Ovary
26 Ass comes back with nothing but spice (7) Oregano?
27 Hats thrown around a mother in Indian entertainment (7) Tamasha
28 Being regardful, put off net disentanglement by one boy (11) Deferential
Down
1 Blow stuff if CI can make it (9) Fisticuff
2 He created an effect in physics (5) Raman
3 Payments out of respect? (9) Honoraria
4 He has South African money and a couple of pounds (7) Randall
5 Work model is the contender (7) Opposer
6 Mistake, which to a T, causes alarm (5) Error
7 His praises are sung in the services (8) Psalmist
8 Article is itself sent up to the continent (4) Asia
9 Army divisions grab side positions (8) Brigades
16 Can no hen party be held on this land? (4,2,3) Isle of Man
17 When you are summoned before you were ready, perhaps (5,4) Early Call?
19 Bishop's office therefore loudly bids farewell (4,3) Sees Off
20 He expels oriental winner (7) Evictor
22 Nothing in drink is drug (4) Aloe
23 By the way, help is fixed (5) Staid
25 Am leaving Indian state with first-class drink (5) Assai
From: Chaturvasi on Mon May 21 22:04:43 2007. [Full View]

Good mor