No 2578, Sunday 28 Mar 10

ACROSS
1 - Place to sleep for daughter in town (7) - {BED}{FOR}{D}
5 - Pollster in Missouri State (4) - {MO}{RI} Result of a google search I presume RI is from Rhode Island State
9 - The gin ran out? Something only just avoided (4,5) - NEAR THING*
10 - Piece of coal in colliery cut into small pieces (5) - MIN{C}E
11 - Army officer, the elder of two brothers (5) - MAJOR [DD]
12 - Inspect butcher's circular (4,5) - {LOOK} {ROUND} How are Butcher and look connected?(Addendum see Shuchi's comment below for explanation)
13 - Awful hardship, so real in a volume of poetry (1,10,3) - A SHROPSHIRE LAD* Had to google search this
16 - Dog moves awkwardly where there's new pelican crossing (7,7) - C{LUMBER S}PANIEL*





19 - Gloomy? Sunnier at resort (9) - SATURNINE*
21 - Large hospital at end of that wide bay (5) - {BIG}{H}{T}
22 - Talk about Ecstasy con (5) - CH{E}AT
23 - Make drunk, mixing a beer in it (9) - INEBRIATE*
24 - Info wanted about lake in valley (4) - G{L}EN
25 - No trouble, we hear, landing on net from swing (7) - {TRAP}{EZE}(~ease)
DOWN
1 - Fertilizer, one Mabel spread outside (8) - BONEMEAL*
2 - Sweet character penning boy a farewell note (4,4,6) - {DEAR {JOHN} LETTER}
3 - Working with sailor, one round lake (7) - {ON}{TAR}{I}{O}
4 - Doctor's bad practice (5) - {DR}{ILL}
5 - Wild animals go in trees (9) - MAGNOLIAS*






6 - Feeling of guilt about son breaking and entering again (7) - {RE}{MOR{S}E}
7 - Abusive about a video that advertises adhesive material (10,4) - {INSUL{A}T}I{ON TAPE} Anno for I pending(Addendum - {ISUL{A}TING} {TAPE} - See Shuchi's and Sandhya's comments below)
8 - Was first to engage a guide (4) - LE{A}D
14 - Wine - review one's limit (2-7) - ST EMILION*
15 - Everyone at that place is completely sane (3,5) - {ALL} {THERE}
17 - Mum on trial after break-up of marriage (7) - {MA}{RITAL*}
18 - Wary about book on a part of Canada (7) - {AL{B}ERT}{A}
19 - Cashier in bed (4) - SACK [DD]
20 - English Opening in tournament (5) - {E}{VENT}

GRID

Richard, Shuchi and self met for lunch yesterday here are two snaps from our lunch renedezvous at the Sahib Sindh Sultan restaurant at Forum mall in Bangalore

PHOTO No 1

PHOTO No 2