No 10462, Monday 14 May 12, Textrous

ACROSS

6   - Distribute rotis before a rice dish (7) - RISOTTO {ROTIS*}{TO} 'To' from? (See comments)

7   - Appropriate to pocket our money in the beginning (5) - FIRST {FI{Rs}T}

9   - Islamic minister administering mosque, primarily (4) - IMAM {I}{M}{A}{M} Semi&lit

10 - Model deems being ordered around as intrusive (10) - MEDDLESOME*

11 - By volume, see NaCI changing certain chemical properties (8) - VALENCES {V}{ALENCES*}

13 - Jack Brown's dress material (6) - TARTAN {TAR}{TAN}

15 - Animal pen from the east (4) - DEER <-

17 - It may be harmful to have Russia captured by force (5) - VIRUS {VI{RU}S}

18 - Slick nonsense mostly rejected (4) - GLIB eGLIB<-

19 - Guide a meat eating Asian (6) - BEACON {B{E}ACON}

20 - Unruly mob to own recently prosperous place (8) - BOOMTOWN*

23 - Angry to be raised around a ship on vacation (7,3) - BRASSED OFF {BR{A}{SS}ED} {OFF}

26 - Young one of a faltering student (4) - FOAL {FOA*}{L}

27 - A part of the arms race, originally seen in the West, is ending in Egypt (5) - WRIST {W}{R}{IS}{T}

28 - Charge for dispatching original sound track in a piece of paper (7) - POSTAGE {P{O}{S}{T}AGE}

DOWN

1   - Irregular crimes may spread with time (10) - ASYMMETRIC {CRIMES+MAY*}{T}

2   - Minute — a time taken by comedian starting late (6) - ATOMIC {A}T}{cOMIC}

3   - Water body starts to produce other new diatoms (4) - POND {P}{O}{N}{D}

4   - Even America pursues a strong stimulus (8) - AFFLATUS {A}{F}{FLAT}{US}

5   - It houses one pupil and one regressive gentleman (4) - IRIS {I}{RIS<-}

6   - Funny graduate ball dance (5) - RUMBA {RUM}{BA}

8   - Drums turning up in a quiet American institute of repute (7) - TIMPANI {TIM}{P}{A}{NI}<-

12 - Remove dirt from bushy vegetation (5) - SCRUB [DD]

14 - Freely go far with unknown vehicle permit (5,2,3) - RIGHT OF WAY {RIGHT OF WA*}{Y}

16 - You may raise one in disapproval (7) - EYEBROW [CD]

17 - Close Spielberg film with thanks after very bitter feud (8) - VENDETTA {V}{END}{ET}{TA}

21 - Love a bait to be clumsy (6) - OAFISH {O}{A}{FISH}

22 - Creature that's initially weak, then healthy (5) - WHALE {W}{HALE}

24 - Vessel to drink a drop of hooch in (4) - SHIP {S{H}IP}

25 - Alas, left out of rings (4) - OOPS hOOPS

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