Monday 12 December 2011

No 10332, Monday 12 Dec 11, Sankalak

ACROSS
1   - A retreat in which to lie low in another direction (8) - HIDEAWAY {HIDE}{AWAY}
5   - Start of arduous labour in sage's abode (6) - ASHRAM {A}{SHRAM}
10 - Tresses that spell security? (5) - LOCKS [DD]
11 - Greatly reduced by deceit, dam collapsed (9) - DECIMATED*
12 - From two continents, on a safari, drifting (4-5) - AFRO-ASIAN*
13 - Permission to go (5) - LEAVE [E]
14 - Exposed hand at the card table (5) - DUMMY [CD]
16 - Odd-job man to act out FM's problem (8) - FACTOTUM*
18 - Principal course seen in newspaper (8) - HEADLINE {HEAD}{LINE}
20 - Intervals in music for others beginning to sleep (5) - RESTS {REST}{S}
24 - A Marx with an elegant ring (5) - CHICO {CHIC}{O}
25 - A medicine to get fibre up? No, kidding! (9) - IBUPROFEN*
27 - Talk about spreading soot as it were (2,2,5) - SO TO SPEAK {SO TO*} {SPEAK} (Addendum - {S{O TO S*}PEAK} - See comments}
28 - Eastern measure going west for sandwich spread (5) - MARGE {MARG}{E}<-
29 - City which witnessed conflict switching order (6) - WARSAW {SAW<->WAR}
30 - One who toils with a part of the tea service (8) - STRAINER [DD]
DOWN
1   - Henry gets a measure of a sailor's rope (7) - HALYARD {HAL}{YARD}
2   - Acceptable behaviour code broken over drink (7) - DECORUM {CODE*}{RUM}
3   - Where sailors are completely disorganised? (2,3) - AT SEA [DD]
4   - Insecticide found in a carnival drink counter (6) - ALDRIN [T]
6   - Make believe facility for fliers in training, for instance (9) - SIMULATOR [CD]
7   - Withdraw pamphlet following note (7) - RETRACT {RE}{TRACT}
8   - Two masters, strangely tired in the middle of the semester (3-4) - MID-TERM {M{ID-TER*}M}
9   - Look closely over Indian party for a skeleton in the cupboard (7) - SCANDAL {SCAN}{DAL}
15 - Lost leeway made up, sacrificing time, in a part of the Pacific (6,3) - YELLOW SEA {LOSt+LEEWAY}*
17 - He is privy to what is happening in his company (7) - INSIDER [CD]
18 - Tool that a poor writer was getting back (7) - HACKSAW {HACK}{SAW<-}
19 - A way to begin riling a flier (7) - AVIATOR {A}{VIA}{TO}{R}
21 - Colour that causes singular, unending insult (7) - SAFFRON {S}{AFFRONt}
22 - Can a big star suffer this creature? (7) - SUNBEAR {SUN}{BEAR}
23 - Following scent, alien finds a firearm (6) - MUSKET {MUSK}{ET}
26 - Dance of the odd bachelor (5) - RUMBA {RUM}{BA}


10 comments:

  1. 13 - Permission to go (5) - LEAVE [E]

    I took it as DD
    Permission, to go

    ReplyDelete
  2. Shram for labour was new to me - especially in the absence of a desi indicator.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Maybe the setter expected you to have some Tamil 'sramam' (difficulty) in figuring it out.

    ReplyDelete
  4. I have not heard of Aldrin as an insecticide but only of Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin of the famous Apollo mission. Filled it up anyhow thanks to crossings and was looking to the blog for confirmation.

    ReplyDelete
  5. SUNBEAR - Aren't they two words? Should have been 3,4

    ReplyDelete
  6. 27 Across - Should be (S{SO TO*}{PEAK})

    ReplyDelete
  7. Didn't know there was a creature called 'Sunbear' but could be deciphered, thanks to crossings and kind clueing!

    ReplyDelete
  8. CV 09 02 : Sir, Nandraga Tamil 'pun'niyirukkeenga

    ReplyDelete
  9. An excellent compiling by Sankalak.

    In particular, I liked 14 across-DUMMY, 21 across, SAFFRON,and 6 down; SIMULATOR

    ReplyDelete

deepakgita@gmail.com