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

[Russellbew]

Across
1 Meeting barring one — on at sister's place (7) CONVENT
5 Entails representation if prominent (7) SALIENT
9 Time to regret and run — to be a bit more exact (5) TRUER
10 Driven men make this their stock answer (5,4) NEVER MIND
11 Little bitter, but that's no big deal (5,4) SMALL BEER
12 Salt for two eggs, nothing less (5)
13 Review Indian music — it will promote culture (4) AGAR
15 Krypton could be from Tangiers (5,3) INERT GAS
18 Monkey finds some bananas in shop.... (8)
19 .....so the brute comes back (4) ERGO
22 Teacher will keep talking endlessly (5)
24 By hand, I'll do a wild animal (9) ARMADILLO
26 Moderated by a theologian in a small city (5,4)
27 Iceman's home is superior with it (5)
28 Not taking sides, nervous and tense inside (7) NEUTRAL
29 Author narrated short story “Missing Monarch” (7)

Down
1 Most beautiful clip is in Paris (6)
2 Complaint of breaking rule again (9)
3 Sign on as missing from New Orleans (5)
4 Attempts to protect girl and hides in such places (9)
5 Separate school, always (5)
6 Glasses broken — no letter writing finally (9)
7 Bull caught in rising water (5)
8 Cleaned after it rose and departed (6)
14 What’s left of principal — making loss every second year (9)
16 The cafe and most of the property outside belong to me (9)
17 Dealt with guns, dealt with drug (5,4)
20 The idiot will regularly accrue money (6)
21 Storyteller will have a go at verse (6)
23 Taliban turned down admission to tribal (5)
24 Everyone gets to the Island (5)
25 Teach a baboon (5)

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Meeting barring one — on at sister's place (7) CONVENT
5 Entails representation if prominent (7) SALIENT
9 Time to regret and run — to be a bit more exact (5) TRUER
10 Driven men make this their stock answer (5,4) NEVER MIND
11 Little bitter, but that's no big deal (5,4) SMALL BEER
12 Salt for two eggs, nothing less (5)
13 Review Indian music — it will promote culture (4) AGAR
15 Krypton could be from Tangiers (5,3) INERT GAS
18 Monkey finds some bananas in shop.... (8)
19 .....so the brute comes back (4) ERGO
22 Teacher will keep talking endlessly (5)
24 By hand, I'll do a wild animal (9) ARMADILLO
26 Moderated by a theologian in a small city (5,4)
27 Iceman's home is superior with it (5)
28 Not taking sides, nervous and tense inside (7) NEUTRAL
29 Author narrated short story “Missing Monarch” (7)

Down
1 Most beautiful clip is in Paris (6)CUTEST
2 Complaint of breaking rule again (9)
3 Sign on as missing from New Orleans (5)ENROL
4 Attempts to protect girl and hides in such places (9)
5 Separate school, always (5)SEVER
6 Glasses broken — no letter writing finally (9)
7 Bull caught in rising water (5)
8 Cleaned after it rose and departed (6)TIDIED
14 What’s left of principal — making loss every second year (9)
16 The cafe and most of the property outside belong to me (9)
17 Dealt with guns, dealt with drug (5,4)
20 The idiot will regularly accrue money (6)
21 Storyteller will have a go at verse (6)POETRY
23 Taliban turned down admission to tribal (5)
24 Everyone gets to the Island (5)
25 Teach a baboon (5)

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Meeting barring one — on at sister's place (7) CONVENT
5 Entails representation if prominent (7) SALIENT
9 Time to regret and run — to be a bit more exact (5) TRUER
10 Driven men make this their stock answer (5,4) NEVER MIND
11 Little bitter, but that's no big deal (5,4) SMALL BEER
12 Salt for two eggs, nothing less (5)NITRE
13 Review Indian music — it will promote culture (4) AGAR
15 Krypton could be from Tangiers (5,3) INERT GAS
18 Monkey finds some bananas in shop.... (8)MARMOSET
19 .....so the brute comes back (4) ERGO
22 Teacher will keep talking endlessly (5)RABBI
24 By hand, I'll do a wild animal (9) ARMADILLO
26 Moderated by a theologian in a small city (5,4)TONED DOWN
27 Iceman's home is superior with it (5)INUIT
28 Not taking sides, nervous and tense inside (7) NEUTRAL
29 Author narrated short story “Missing Monarch” (7)TOLSTOY

Down
1 Most beautiful clip is in Paris (6)CUTEST
2 Complaint of breaking rule again (9)NEURALGIA
3 Sign on as missing from New Orleans (5)ENROL
4 Attempts to protect girl and hides in such places (9)TANNERIES
5 Separate school, always (5)SEVER
6 Glasses broken — no letter writing finally (9)LORGNETTE
7 Bull caught in rising water (5)EDICT
8 Cleaned after it rose and departed (6)TIDIED
14 What’s left of principal — making loss every second year (9)REMAINDER
16 The cafe and most of the property outside belong to me (9)ESTAMINET
17 Dealt with guns, dealt with drug (5,4)ANGEL DUST
20 The idiot will regularly accrue money (6)CRETIN
21 Storyteller will have a go at verse (6)POETRY
23 Taliban turned down admission to tribal (5)BANTU
24 Everyone gets to the Island (5)ATOLL
25 Teach a baboon (5)DRILL

Very good!

[deepakgita]

Across
1 Deny increase, for example (7)
5 Drink cola, possibly, with shot added (7)
9 Name a song about an antelope (5)
10 Association to raise flag (5,4)
11 Many, in a series, in single file (3,5,7)
12 Ray opted out, or in? (7)
14 Damage what sounds like guide’s tent (7)
16 Patent medicine, in no way unusual (7)
18 Soldier, getting married, allowed small cocktails (7)
20 Boat, ketch, sabotaged – tense film (4,2,3,6)
22 National park – greenest foreign one (9)
23 Top copper back inside? That’s easy to understand (5)
24 Severe, the south wind close to shore (7)
25Keep an eye on screen (7)

Down
1 Explosive piece on top of bed with 100 underneath (9) GUNCOTTON
2 How movie ends is silly (5) INANE
3 Illicitly take a bit (7) SNAFFLE
4 Comment to chauffeur on reaching destination? I don’t know what to say (5,3,2,5) YOUVE GOT ME THERE
5 Physical attractiveness of a polar bear? (6,9) ANIMAL MAGNETISM
6 Honesty, too, in block of flats? Not quite (7)
7 What little girls often do in a theatre? (9)
8 Game - fine cuts for each (5)
13 What convalescent home offers the others – parish priests (4-5)
15 Londoner in stormy sea on boat (4,5)
17 Train always holding one up (7)
19 Mawkish girl left home (7)
20 Arabs rebuilt Iraqi port (5)
21 A French record, not shortened (5)

Grid at http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle6668811.ece

[sandhya.p61]

Across
1 Deny increase, for example (7)
5 Drink cola, possibly, with shot added (7)
9 Name a song about an antelope (5)
10 Association to raise flag (5,4)UNION JACK
11 Many, in a series, in single file (3,5,7)
12 Ray opted out, or in? (7)
14 Damage what sounds like guide’s tent (7)MARQUEE
16 Patent medicine, in no way unusual (7)
18 Soldier, getting married, allowed small cocktails (7)GIMLETS
20 Boat, ketch, sabotaged – tense film (4,2,3,6)
22 National park – greenest foreign one (9)
23 Top copper back inside? That’s easy to understand (5)
24 Severe, the south wind close to shore (7)
25Keep an eye on screen (7)

Down
1 Explosive piece on top of bed with 100 underneath (9) GUNCOTTON
2 How movie ends is silly (5) INANE
3 Illicitly take a bit (7) SNAFFLE
4 Comment to chauffeur on reaching destination? I don’t know what to say (5,3,2,5) YOUVE GOT ME THERE
5 Physical attractiveness of a polar bear? (6,9) ANIMAL MAGNETISM
6 Honesty, too, in block of flats? Not quite (7)
7 What little girls often do in a theatre? (9) PLAYHOUSE
8 Game - fine cuts for each (5)
13 What convalescent home offers the others – parish priests (4-5)
15 Londoner in stormy sea on boat (4,5)
17 Train always holding one up (7)
19 Mawkish girl left home (7) MAUDLIN
20 Arabs rebuilt Iraqi port (5)
21 A French record, not shortened (5)

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Deny increase, for example (7)GAINSAY
5 Drink cola, possibly, with shot added (7)ALCOPOP
9 Name a song about an antelope (5)NYALA
10 Association to raise flag (5,4)UNION JACK
11 Many, in a series, in single file (3,5,7)ONE AFTER ANOTHER
12 Ray opted out, or in? (7)TORPEDO
14 Damage what sounds like guide’s tent (7)MARQUEE
16 Patent medicine, in no way unusual (7)NOSTRUM
18 Soldier, getting married, allowed small cocktails (7)GIMLETS
20 Boat, ketch, sabotaged – tense film (4,2,3,6)BACK TO THE FUTURE
22 National park – greenest foreign one (9)SERENGETI
23 Top copper back inside? That’s easy to understand (5)LUCID
24 Severe, the south wind close to shore (7)AUSTERE
25Keep an eye on screen (7)MONITOR

Down
1 Explosive piece on top of bed with 100 underneath (9) GUNCOTTON
2 How movie ends is silly (5) INANE
3 Illicitly take a bit (7) SNAFFLE
4 Comment to chauffeur on reaching destination? I don’t know what to say (5,3,2,5) YOUVE GOT ME THERE
5 Physical attractiveness of a polar bear? (6,9) ANIMAL MAGNETISM
6 Honesty, too, in block of flats? Not quite (7)CANDOUR
7 What little girls often do in a theatre? (9) PLAYHOUSE
8 Game - fine cuts for each (5)POKER
13 What convalescent home offers the others – parish priests (4-5)REST-CURES
15 Londoner in stormy sea on boat (4,5)EAST ENDER
17 Train always holding one up (7)RETINUE
19 Mawkish girl left home (7) MAUDLIN
20 Arabs rebuilt Iraqi port (5)BASRA
21 A French record, not shortened (5)UNCUT

Good!

[deepakgita]

Across
1 Slowly one sat back to secure some legroom (2,1,6,4)
10 Call head of boat (5)
11 Uprising by soldiers — a huge number, as one goes for finishing line (9)
12 Entitlement's gone immediately (5,4)
13 Subject of spinner starts with Indian cricket (5)
14 Cleaning coming to an end after it's over (7)
16 The woman’s becoming rare as a farm worker (7)
18 They are used two times to delete answer (7)
20 Cut or reduce risk rearing wild lion (7)
22 Should dismiss Ponting and Waugh's final admission (5)
24 Arranged car pool on a small island — it's near Athens (9)
26 Keeping outside central location is soothing (9)
27 Say one ignores temperature in incubators (5)
28 With a clutch of eggs, moderately well placed (7,6)

Down
2 Forced drug into boy as he walked wearily (7)
3 Game fish swallows it dry (9)
4 A pointer to a scene, reportedly (5)
5 Influence peddlers to include a cop (not bishop) in their schedules (9)
6 Guide religious group (5) PILOT
7 Dock after dock... not one ship (7) CLIPPER
8 Proceeds straight, keeping the ethos of loyalty to the group (6, 2,5) ESPRIT DE CORPS
9 Broken chair contains something old (13) ANACHRONISTIC
15 Period of development, say over a place (9) GESTATION
17 Erupt near transport (9)
19 Hang if a criminal gets some money (7)
21 Most slippery one is prone in a place of surgery (7)
23 Farm machinery's no choice for land (5)
25 Manipulate design group, for me nothing's lost (3,2)

Grid at http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle6091146.ece

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Slowly one sat back to secure some legroom (2,1,6,4)
10 Call head of boat (5)
11 Uprising by soldiers — a huge number, as one goes for finishing line (9)
12 Entitlement's gone immediately (5,4)RIGHT AWAY
13 Subject of spinner starts with Indian cricket (5)
14 Cleaning coming to an end after it's over (7)TIDYING
16 The woman’s becoming rare as a farm worker (7)
18 They are used two times to delete answer (7)
20 Cut or reduce risk rearing wild lion (7)
22 Should dismiss Ponting and Waugh's final admission (5)
24 Arranged car pool on a small island — it's near Athens (9)
26 Keeping outside central location is soothing (9)
27 Say one ignores temperature in incubators (5)
28 With a clutch of eggs, moderately well placed (7,6)

Down
2 Forced drug into boy as he walked wearily (7)TRUDGED
3 Game fish swallows it dry (9)
4 A pointer to a scene, reportedly (5)ARROW
5 Influence peddlers to include a cop (not bishop) in their schedules (9)
6 Guide religious group (5) PILOT
7 Dock after dock... not one ship (7) CLIPPER
8 Proceeds straight, keeping the ethos of loyalty to the group (6, 2,5) ESPRIT DE CORPS
9 Broken chair contains something old (13) ANACHRONISTIC
15 Period of development, say over a place (9) GESTATION
17 Erupt near transport (9)ENRAPTURE
19 Hang if a criminal gets some money (7)
21 Most slippery one is prone in a place of surgery (7)
23 Farm machinery's no choice for land (5)
25 Manipulate design group, for me nothing's lost (3,2)

[Russellbew]

Across
1 Slowly one sat back to secure some legroom (2,1,6,4)
10 Call head of boat (5)
11 Uprising by soldiers — a huge number, as one goes for finishing line (9)
12 Entitlement's gone immediately (5,4)RIGHT AWAY
13 Subject of spinner starts with Indian cricket (5)
14 Cleaning coming to an end after it's over (7)TIDYING
16 The woman’s becoming rare as a farm worker (7)
18 They are used two times to delete answer (7)
20 Cut or reduce risk rearing wild lion (7)
22 Should dismiss Ponting and Waugh's final admission (5) OUGHT
24 Arranged car pool on a small island — it's near Athens (9) ACROPOLIS
26 Keeping outside central location is soothing (9) PLACATING
27 Say one ignores temperature in incubators (5)
28 With a clutch of eggs, moderately well placed (7,6) SITTING PRETTY

Down
2 Forced drug into boy as he walked wearily (7)TRUDGED
3 Game fish swallows it dry (9)
4 A pointer to a scene, reportedly (5)ARROW
5 Influence peddlers to include a cop (not bishop) in their schedules (9)
6 Guide religious group (5) PILOT
7 Dock after dock... not one ship (7) CLIPPER
8 Proceeds straight, keeping the ethos of loyalty to the group (6, 2,5) ESPRIT DE CORPS
9 Broken chair contains something old (13) ANACHRONISTIC
15 Period of development, say over a place (9) GESTATION
17 Erupt near transport (9)ENRAPTURE
19 Hang if a criminal gets some money (7)
21 Most slippery one is prone in a place of surgery (7)
23 Farm machinery's no choice for land (5) TRACT
25 Manipulate design group, for me nothing's lost (3,2)

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Slowly one sat back to secure some legroom (2,1,6,4)AT A SNAIL'S PACE
10 Call head of boat (5)SCULL
11 Uprising by soldiers — a huge number, as one goes for finishing line (9)REBELLION
12 Entitlement's gone immediately (5,4)RIGHT AWAY
13 Subject of spinner starts with Indian cricket (5)
14 Cleaning coming to an end after it's over (7)TIDYING
16 The woman’s becoming rare as a farm worker (7)SHEARER
18 They are used two times to delete answer (7)ERASERS
20 Cut or reduce risk rearing wild lion (7)SIRLOIN
22 Should dismiss Ponting and Waugh's final admission (5) OUGHT
24 Arranged car pool on a small island — it's near Athens (9) ACROPOLIS
26 Keeping outside central location is soothing (9) PLACATING
27 Say one ignores temperature in incubators (5)UTERI
28 With a clutch of eggs, moderately well placed (7,6) SITTING PRETTY

Down
2 Forced drug into boy as he walked wearily (7)TRUDGED
3 Game fish swallows it dry (9)SOLITAIRE
4 A pointer to a scene, reportedly (5)ARROW
5 Influence peddlers to include a cop (not bishop) in their schedules (9)LOBBYISTS
6 Guide religious group (5) PILOT
7 Dock after dock... not one ship (7) CLIPPER
8 Proceeds straight, keeping the ethos of loyalty to the group (6, 2,5) ESPRIT DE CORPS
9 Broken chair contains something old (13) ANACHRONISTIC
15 Period of development, say over a place (9) GESTATION
17 Erupt near transport (9)ENRAPTURE
19 Hang if a criminal gets some money (7)AFGHANI
21 Most slippery one is prone in a place of surgery (7)OILIEST
23 Farm machinery's no choice for land (5) TRACT
25 Manipulate design group, for me nothing's lost (3,2)RIG UP

Very good!

(Lakshmi, when you happen to post after the deadline you may freely wrap up the puzzle!)