THC-crossword thread-6; 4 ans PP till 4 pm IST

Across
1 Broken acrostic sequence? Properly sort out with silent acceptance! (12)
10 Composed poetry covered in ice (5)
11 Live by packing and presenting (9)
12 Approximately learn about chromosome (6)
13 Ring borrowed with interest principally from Asia (8)
15 Model law includes employment tax, for starters (9)
16 Exclude book about Military Intelligence (4)
20 Gives money at discussed rate (4)
21 Six involved in cheating, scheming (9)
24 Incredible story, maybe of Gulliver in Lilliput? (4,4) TALL TALE
26 Passages with soft flowers (6) PROSES
28 Mouths charms (9) ENTRANCES
29 Band without lead singer is rubbish (5)
30 Avoiding pepsin? Digest irregularly! (12) SIDESTEPPING
Down
2 Briefly consent to adopt law (9)
3 Wobble due to excessive rooms: Flat losing foundation (8)
4 Empty exurb with empty buses deteriorates (4)
5 Maybe ensuring there are no-balls to throw away score?.... (10)
6 ….Bowl one around, overstepping initially! Small trapping devices…. (6)
7 ….ensure dealers identify concealed towel, at first, by order! (5)
8 Spinner sat in container with extremely unmentionable, smelly liquid (5)
9 Leaving France, weakness turns into deftness (7)
14 Remembers about beds covering retiring room (10) RECOLLECTS
17 In sum, foolishly employ operator for subtraction (5,4)
18 Tricky tipster is an expectorator (7) SPITTER
19 Exceed beyond measure (8) OVERSTEP
22 Maroon fibre (6) STRAND
23 Whitewash essentially eclipsing a cricket contest? (5)
25 Instruments without original fret-board are still instruments (5) LUTES
27 Man, for example, lies badly (4) ISLE

5 Maybe ensuring there are no-balls to throw away score?.... (10) CASTRATION CASTRATING ?????????

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Originally Posted by pammechchu

5 Maybe ensuring there are no-balls to throw away score?.... (10) CASTRATION CASTRATING ?????????

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Across
1 Broken acrostic sequence? Properly sort out with silent acceptance! (12)ACQUIESCENCE
10 Composed poetry covered in ice (5)DOMED
11 Live by packing and presenting (9)
12 Approximately learn about chromosome (6)
13 Ring borrowed with interest principally from Asia (8)ORIENTAL
15 Model law includes employment tax, for starters (9)
16 Exclude book about Military Intelligence (4)OMIT
20 Gives money at discussed rate (4)
21 Six involved in cheating, scheming (9)CONNIVING
24 Incredible story, maybe of Gulliver in Lilliput? (4,4)TALL TALE
26 Passages with soft flowers (6) PROSES
28 Mouths charms (9) ENTRANCES
29 Band without lead singer is rubbish (5)
30 Avoiding pepsin? Digest irregularly! (12)SIDESTEPPING
Down
2 Briefly consent to adopt law (9) COMPACTLY
3 Wobble due to excessive rooms: Flat losing foundation (8) UNDULATE
4 Empty exurb with empty buses deteriorates (4) EBBS
5 Maybe ensuring there are no-balls to throw away score?.... (10) CASTRATION.....correction.. CASTRATING
6 ….Bowl one around, overstepping initially! Small trapping devices…. (6) NOOSES
7 ….ensure dealers identify concealed towel, at first, by order! (5)
8 Spinner sat in container with extremely unmentionable, smelly liquid (5)
9 Leaving France, weakness turns into deftness (7)
14 Remembers about beds covering retiring room (10)RECOLLECTS
17 In sum, foolishly employ operator for subtraction (5,4)
18 Tricky tipster is an expectorator (7) SPITTER
19 Exceed beyond measure (8)OVERSTEP
22 Maroon fibre (6) STRAND
23 Whitewash essentially eclipsing a cricket contest? (5)
25 Instruments without original fret-board are still instruments (5)LUTES
27 Man, for example, lies badly (4) ISLE

Across
1 Broken acrostic sequence? Properly sort out with silent acceptance! (12)ACQUIESCENCE
10 Composed poetry covered in ice (5)DOMED
11 Live by packing and presenting (9) BESTOWING
12 Approximately learn about chromosome (6) NEARLY
13 Ring borrowed with interest principally from Asia (8)ORIENTAL
15 Model law includes employment tax, for starters (9) STATUETTE
16 Exclude book about Military Intelligence (4)OMIT
20 Gives money at discussed rate (4) PAYS
21 Six involved in cheating, scheming (9)CONNIVING
24 Incredible story, maybe of Gulliver in Lilliput? (4,4)TALL TALE
26 Passages with soft flowers (6) PROSES
28 Mouths charms (9) ENTRANCES
29 Band without lead singer is rubbish (5) TRIPE
30 Avoiding pepsin? Digest irregularly! (12)SIDESTEPPING
Down
2 Briefly consent to adopt law (9) COMPACTLY
3 Wobble due to excessive rooms: Flat losing foundation (8) UNDULATE
4 Empty exurb with empty buses deteriorates (4) EBBS
5 Maybe ensuring there are no-balls to throw away score?.... (10) CASTRATION.....correction.. CASTRATING
6 ….Bowl one around, overstepping initially! Small trapping devices…. (6) NOOSES
7 ….ensure dealers identify concealed towel, at first, by order! (5) EDICT
8 Spinner sat in container with extremely unmentionable, smelly liquid (5)
9 Leaving France, weakness turns into deftness (7) AGILITY
14 Remembers about beds covering retiring room (10)RECOLLECTS
17 In sum, foolishly employ operator for subtraction (5,4) MINUS SIGN
18 Tricky tipster is an expectorator (7) SPITTER
19 Exceed beyond measure (8)OVERSTEP
22 Maroon fibre (6) STRAND
23 Whitewash essentially eclipsing a cricket contest? (5) ASHES
25 Instruments without original fret-board are still instruments (5)LUTES
27 Man, for example, lies badly (4) ISLE

8 Spinner sat in container with extremely unmentionable, smelly liquid (5)URINE

:clap::clap::clap: Good!

Across
1 Slavery made fictional agent grow old (7) BONDAGE
5 Cold stuff in the main where, reportedly, I see water bird flying back (7)
9 A pad she cannot use, surprisingly, is a problem with an easy solution (4-3-4,4) OPEN AND SHUT CASE
10 To add to the profundity, editor turns back English writer (6)
11 A benefactor for ultras it is strange principally from Asia (8)
13 Sodium application at close of binge may be disgusting (8) NAUSEATE
15 Old African setter carrying a model headgear (6)
18 Some old money put in plant (6)
19 Extremely lazy, even to lie on bed, surprisingly (4,4) BONE IDLE
22 In the state of being born, military wing is infiltrated twice by leaders in information technology (8)
24 Telepathy, a new article in castanet country (6) ESPANA
27 Medicine for a rich moll on cheap trip (15)
28 English essayist who had accessory going over island (7)
29 Following end of exercise, Dexter, stumbling, struggled (7)

Down
1 Enlarge the scope of the British study covering the last two in Protozoa (7)
2 Back at home, first lady shows the fist (5)
3 A time to hold complex network people in great surprise (9)
4 Objectives seen as part of returns from company stock (4)
5 Take in air and get one close to rejuvenation, healthy and robust (6)
6 Get in and be part of the race (5)
7 Became abnormally thin when a diet came unstuck (9)
8 A time around which old star Garson was even more impressive (7)
12 Greek character signifying when the train might arrive (3)
14 Such debts may make one worried (9)
16 The niece’s boa got crumpled in a gesture of respect (9)
17 Look at the team leader whose wife became a pillar of salt (3)
18 A canapé prepared as a universal remedy (7)
20 Reversing a curse? A kind of diode made it possible (7)
21 Part of a flower which could last endlessly with people supporting (6)
23 Deadly stuff carried by a karmavir used in hacking (5)
25 Silk tie seen in English town (5)
26 That girl carries nothing but footwear (4)

SWEET MEMORIES ....... thanks to The Hindu....
Across
1 Slavery made fictional agent grow old (7) BONDAGE
5 Cold stuff in the main where, reportedly, I see water bird flying back (7)
9 A pad she cannot use, surprisingly, is a problem with an easy solution (4-3-4,4) OPEN AND SHUT CASE
10 To add to the profundity, editor turns back English writer (6)
11 A benefactor for ultras it is strange principally from Asia (8)
13 Sodium application at close of binge may be disgusting (8) NAUSEATE
15 Old African setter carrying a model headgear (6)
18 Some old money put in plant (6)
19 Extremely lazy, even to lie on bed, surprisingly (4,4) BONE IDLE
22 In the state of being born, military wing is infiltrated twice by leaders in information technology (8)
24 Telepathy, a new article in castanet country (6) ESPANA
27 Medicine for a rich moll on cheap trip (15)
28 English essayist who had accessory going over island (7)
29 Following end of exercise, Dexter, stumbling, struggled (7)

Down
1 Enlarge the scope of the British study covering the last two in Protozoa (7) BROADEN
2 Back at home, first lady shows the fist (5)
3 A time to hold complex network people in great surprise (9) AMAZEMENT
4 Objectives seen as part of returns from company stock (4) ENDS
5 Take in air and get one close to rejuvenation, healthy and robust (6) INHALE
6 Get in and be part of the race (5)
7 Became abnormally thin when a diet came unstuck (9) EMACIATED
8 A time around which old star Garson was even more impressive (7)
12 Greek character signifying when the train might arrive (3)
14 Such debts may make one worried (9)
16 The niece’s boa got crumpled in a gesture of respect (9)
17 Look at the team leader whose wife became a pillar of salt (3)
18 A canapé prepared as a universal remedy (7)
20 Reversing a curse? A kind of diode made it possible (7)
21 Part of a flower which could last endlessly with people supporting (6)
23 Deadly stuff carried by a karmavir used in hacking (5)
25 Silk tie seen in English town (5)
26 That girl carries nothing but footwear (4)

Across
1 Slavery made fictional agent grow old (7) BONDAGE
5 Cold stuff in the main where, reportedly, I see water bird flying back (7)
9 A pad she cannot use, surprisingly, is a problem with an easy solution (4-3-4,4) OPEN AND SHUT CASE
10 To add to the profundity, editor turns back English writer (6) DEEPEN
11 A benefactor for ultras it is strange principally from Asia (8)
13 Sodium application at close of binge may be disgusting (8) NAUSEATE
15 Old African setter carrying a model headgear (6)
18 Some old money put in plant (6)
19 Extremely lazy, even to lie on bed, surprisingly (4,4) BONE IDLE
22 In the state of being born, military wing is infiltrated twice by leaders in information technology (8)
24 Telepathy, a new article in castanet country (6) ESPANA
27 Medicine for a rich moll on cheap trip (15) CHLORAMPHENICOL
28 English essayist who had accessory going over island (7)
29 Following end of exercise, Dexter, stumbling, struggled (7)
Down
1 Enlarge the scope of the British study covering the last two in Protozoa (7) BROADEN
2 Back at home, first lady shows the fist (5) NIEVE
3 A time to hold complex network people in great surprise (9) AMAZEMENT
4 Objectives seen as part of returns from company stock (4) ENDS
5 Take in air and get one close to rejuvenation, healthy and robust (6) INHALE
6 Get in and be part of the race (5)
7 Became abnormally thin when a diet came unstuck (9) EMACIATED
8 A time around which old star Garson was even more impressive (7)
12 Greek character signifying when the train might arrive (3)
14 Such debts may make one worried (9) UNSETTLED
16 The niece’s boa got crumpled in a gesture of respect (9)
17 Look at the team leader whose wife became a pillar of salt (3) LOT
18 A canapé prepared as a universal remedy (7)
20 Reversing a curse? A kind of diode made it possible (7)
21 Part of a flower which could last endlessly with people supporting (6)
23 Deadly stuff carried by a karmavir used in hacking (5)
25 Silk tie seen in English town (5)
26 That girl carries nothing but footwear (4)

Across
1 Slavery made fictional agent grow old (7) BONDAGE
5 Cold stuff in the main where, reportedly, I see water bird flying back (7) ICEBERG
9 A pad she cannot use, surprisingly, is a problem with an easy solution (4-3-4,4) OPEN AND SHUT CASE
10 To add to the profundity, editor turns back English writer (6) DEEPEN
11 A benefactor for ultras it is strange principally from Asia (8) ALTRUIST
13 Sodium application at close of binge may be disgusting (8) NAUSEATE
15 Old African setter carrying a model headgear (6) BOATER
18 Some old money put in plant (6)
19 Extremely lazy, even to lie on bed, surprisingly (4,4) BONE IDLE
22 In the state of being born, military wing is infiltrated twice by leaders in information technology (8) NATIVITY
24 Telepathy, a new article in castanet country (6) ESPANA
27 Medicine for a rich moll on cheap trip (15) CHLORAMPHENICOL
28 English essayist who had accessory going over island (7) ADDISON
29 Following end of exercise, Dexter, stumbling, struggled (7)
Down
1 Enlarge the scope of the British study covering the last two in Protozoa (7) BROADEN
2 Back at home, first lady shows the fist (5) NIEVE
3 A time to hold complex network people in great surprise (9) AMAZEMENT
4 Objectives seen as part of returns from company stock (4) ENDS
5 Take in air and get one close to rejuvenation, healthy and robust (6) INHALE
6 Get in and be part of the race (5)
7 Became abnormally thin when a diet came unstuck (9) EMACIATED
8 A time around which old star Garson was even more impressive (7)
12 Greek character signifying when the train might arrive (3)
14 Such debts may make one worried (9) UNSETTLED
16 The niece’s boa got crumpled in a gesture of respect (9)
17 Look at the team leader whose wife became a pillar of salt (3) LOT
18 A canapé prepared as a universal remedy (7)
20 Reversing a curse? A kind of diode made it possible (7)
21 Part of a flower which could last endlessly with people supporting (6)
23 Deadly stuff carried by a karmavir used in hacking (5)
25 Silk tie seen in English town (5)
26 That girl carries nothing but footwear (4)