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

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Face endless people giving a torrent of abuse (8)DIATRIBE
5 Incendiary liquid buddy used in Vietnam (6)
9 Coin kept popping up (2,6)
10 Moderate, English politician during short period of office (6)
11 Artist brought in can teach (5) TRAIN
12 Italian poet holding passage back for socialite (9) DEBUTANTE
14 Kept mistress, monied maiden originally (12) DEMIMONDAINE
18 Had meal with group, filling entire pub (8,4)
21 Hospital doctor pressing substance right into bottom (9)
23 How Alfie ends is unimaginitive (5)INANE
24 At home and abroad, to some extent (2,1,3)IN A WAY
25 County players in blue (8) DOWNCAST
26 Understand article in revolutionary newspaper (6)
27 A depression involving her advocate (8)

Down
1 Fine titbit (6)
2 Drawing power of a quiet ringing of bells (6)APPEAL
3 Foreign count, rare storyteller (9) RECONTEUR
4 Sole wage earner in new diner/bar? Unlikely (11) BREADWINNER
6 Operative, a well-bred fellow (5)
7 It contains supplementary material that may have to be removed (8) APPENDIX
8 Butterfly in car (8) MERCEDES
13 British, further gangster in fraternity (11) BROTHERHOOD
15 Playing field’s ending marriage (9) DALLIANCE
16 Getting hot under sun, moving in large numbers (8)
17 Motionless deer seen by worker after noon (8) STAGNANT
19 Locality around a monarch’s official residence (6)
20 Get going and defeat Italian (4,2)
22 Pity some Irish-Americans (5) SHAME

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Face endless people giving a torrent of abuse (8)DIATRIBE
5 Incendiary liquid buddy used in Vietnam (6)NAPALM
9 Coin kept popping up (2,6)IN POCKET
10 Moderate, English politician during short period of office (6)TEMPER
11 Artist brought in can teach (5) TRAIN
12 Italian poet holding passage back for socialite (9) DEBUTANTE
14 Kept mistress, monied maiden originally (12) DEMIMONDAINE
18 Had meal with group, filling entire pub (8,4)WATERING HOLE
21 Hospital doctor pressing substance right into bottom (9)REGISTRAR
23 How Alfie ends is unimaginitive (5)INANE
24 At home and abroad, to some extent (2,1,3)IN A WAY
25 County players in blue (8) DOWNCAST
26 Understand article in revolutionary newspaper (6)GATHER
27 A depression involving her advocate (8)ADHERENT

Down
1 Fine titbit (6)DAINTY
2 Drawing power of a quiet ringing of bells (6)APPEAL
3 Foreign count, rare storyteller (9) RECONTEUR
4 Sole wage earner in new diner/bar? Unlikely (11) BREADWINNER
6 Operative, a well-bred fellow (5)AGENT
7 It contains supplementary material that may have to be removed (8) APPENDIX
8 Butterfly in car (8) MERCEDES
13 British, further gangster in fraternity (11) BROTHERHOOD
15 Playing field’s ending marriage (9) DALLIANCE
16 Getting hot under sun, moving in large numbers (8)SWARMING
17 Motionless deer seen by worker after noon (8) STAGNANT
19 Locality around a monarch’s official residence (6)PALACE
20 Get going and defeat Italian (4,2)BEAT IT
22 Pity some Irish-Americans (5) SHAME

Good!

[deepakgita]

Across
7 Drool on Spanish article returned to the island by Virginia with a note (8)
9 Grant immunity to the old partner and alien abducting a politician (6)
10 iPad seller's comical footwear (10)
11 Vehicle heard in the fen woodland (4)
12 Cross the bridge (4)
13 The gentry and the celebrity dismissed the volunteers (8)
16 Retreating policeman meets sailor in a poorly drained high ground (7)
18 Prod the brain of an intellectual (7)
20 Forgive and bring back model dismissed by the Portuguese leader (8)
21 Bet on a certainty? (4)
23 Small Turkish coin hidden in the apparatus (4)
24 Baggage car (7,3)
25 Sent back article about a kitchen appliance with a prayer (6)
26 Discarded new pineapple preparation with the pastry (5,3)

Down
1 Law officer letting criminal go to the fenland (5)
2 Import appraised terribly was stolen (15)
3 Strangely wanted to surround lake with water-saturated soil (7)
4 Surrender at the beginning, reportedly (4)
5 It might help one get to the point (6-9)
6 Religious Greek character participating in crazy rituals (9)
8 Part of a theatre stage in the airplane loading bay (5)
14 Standard that is completely ordinary? (3)
15 Style of an informant or a go-between (9)
17 Sign up after commencement in anger (3)
19 Second letter to the German government misplaced by a Swedish actress (7)
21 Flood making hands from the south go around Malta (5)
22 One coming in for the Oriental forger is a mendicant ascetic (5)
24 Idle buffalo affected to some extent (4)

Grid at http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper...cle6063851.ece

[pammechchu]

Across
7 Drool on Spanish article returned to the island by Virginia with a note (8) SALIVATE
9 Grant immunity to the old partner and alien abducting a politician (6)
10 iPad seller's comical footwear (10)
11 Vehicle heard in the fen woodland (4)
12 Cross the bridge (4) SPAN
13 The gentry and the celebrity dismissed the volunteers (8)
16 Retreating policeman meets sailor in a poorly drained high ground (7)
18 Prod the brain of an intellectual (7)
20 Forgive and bring back model dismissed by the Portuguese leader (8)
21 Bet on a certainty? (4)
23 Small Turkish coin hidden in the apparatus (4)
24 Baggage car (7,3)
25 Sent back article about a kitchen appliance with a prayer (6)
26 Discarded new pineapple preparation with the pastry (5,3)

Down
1 Law officer letting criminal go to the fenland (5)
2 Import appraised terribly was stolen (15) MISAPPROPRIATED
3 Strangely wanted to surround lake with water-saturated soil (7)
4 Surrender at the beginning, reportedly (4)
5 It might help one get to the point (6-9)
6 Religious Greek character participating in crazy rituals (9)
8 Part of a theatre stage in the airplane loading bay (5) APRON
14 Standard that is completely ordinary? (3)
15 Style of an informant or a go-between (9)
17 Sign up after commencement in anger (3)
19 Second letter to the German government misplaced by a Swedish actress (7)
21 Flood making hands from the south go around Malta (5)
22 One coming in for the Oriental forger is a mendicant ascetic (5)
24 Idle buffalo affected to some extent (4)

[deepakgita]

Across
7 Drool on Spanish article returned to the island by Virginia with a note (8) SALIVATE
9 Grant immunity to the old partner and alien abducting a politician (6)
10 iPad seller's comical footwear (10)
11 Vehicle heard in the fen woodland (4)
12 Cross the bridge (4) SPAN
13 The gentry and the celebrity dismissed the volunteers (8)
16 Retreating policeman meets sailor in a poorly drained high ground (7)
18 Prod the brain of an intellectual (7)
20 Forgive and bring back model dismissed by the Portuguese leader (8)
21 Bet on a certainty? (4)
23 Small Turkish coin hidden in the apparatus (4)
24 Baggage car (7,3)
25 Sent back article about a kitchen appliance with a prayer (6)
26 Discarded new pineapple preparation with the pastry (5,3)

Down
1 Law officer letting criminal go to the fenland (5)
2 Import appraised terribly was stolen (15) MISAPPROPRIATED
3 Strangely wanted to surround lake with water-saturated soil (7) WETLAND
4 Surrender at the beginning, reportedly (4) CEDE
5 It might help one get to the point (6-9) PENCIL-SHARPENER
6 Religious Greek character participating in crazy rituals (9) SPIRITUAL
8 Part of a theatre stage in the airplane loading bay (5) APRON
14 Standard that is completely ordinary? (3)
15 Style of an informant or a go-between (9)
17 Sign up after commencement in anger (3)
19 Second letter to the German government misplaced by a Swedish actress (7)
21 Flood making hands from the south go around Malta (5)
22 One coming in for the Oriental forger is a mendicant ascetic (5)
24 Idle buffalo affected to some extent (4)

[Joshuaceada]

Across
7 Drool on Spanish article returned to the island by Virginia with a note (8) SALIVATE
9 Grant immunity to the old partner and alien abducting a politician (6) EXEMPT
10 iPad seller's comical footwear (10) ESPADRILLE
11 Vehicle heard in the fen woodland (4) CARR
12 Cross the bridge (4) SPAN
13 The gentry and the celebrity dismissed the volunteers (8) NOBILITY
16 Retreating policeman meets sailor in a poorly drained high ground (7)
18 Prod the brain of an intellectual (7)
20 Forgive and bring back model dismissed by the Portuguese leader (8)
21 Bet on a certainty? (4)
23 Small Turkish coin hidden in the apparatus (4)
24 Baggage car (7,3)
25 Sent back article about a kitchen appliance with a prayer (6)
26 Discarded new pineapple preparation with the pastry (5,3)

Down
1 Law officer letting criminal go to the fenland (5)
2 Import appraised terribly was stolen (15) MISAPPROPRIATED
3 Strangely wanted to surround lake with water-saturated soil (7) WETLAND
4 Surrender at the beginning, reportedly (4) CEDE
5 It might help one get to the point (6-9) PENCIL-SHARPENER
6 Religious Greek character participating in crazy rituals (9) SPIRITUAL
8 Part of a theatre stage in the airplane loading bay (5) APRON
14 Standard that is completely ordinary? (3)
15 Style of an informant or a go-between (9)
17 Sign up after commencement in anger (3)
19 Second letter to the German government misplaced by a Swedish actress (7)
21 Flood making hands from the south go around Malta (5)
22 One coming in for the Oriental forger is a mendicant ascetic (5)
24 Idle buffalo affected to some extent (4)

[deepakgita]

A report on the launch of IXL-2014 can be seen on my blog at the following link THCC Families

[Russellbew]

Across
7 Drool on Spanish article returned to the island by Virginia with a note (8) SALIVATE
9 Grant immunity to the old partner and alien abducting a politician (6) EXEMPT
10 iPad seller's comical footwear (10) ESPADRILLE
11 Vehicle heard in the fen woodland (4) CARR
12 Cross the bridge (4) SPAN
13 The gentry and the celebrity dismissed the volunteers (8) NOBILITY
16 Retreating policeman meets sailor in a poorly drained high ground (7)
18 Prod the brain of an intellectual (7) EGGHEAD
20 Forgive and bring back model dismissed by the Portuguese leader (8)
21 Bet on a certainty? (4)
23 Small Turkish coin hidden in the apparatus (4)
24 Baggage car (7,3)
25 Sent back article about a kitchen appliance with a prayer (6)
26 Discarded new pineapple preparation with the pastry (5,3) APPLE PIE

Down
1 Law officer letting criminal go to the fenland (5) MARSH
2 Import appraised terribly was stolen (15) MISAPPROPRIATED
3 Strangely wanted to surround lake with water-saturated soil (7) WETLAND
4 Surrender at the beginning, reportedly (4) CEDE
5 It might help one get to the point (6-9) PENCIL-SHARPENER
6 Religious Greek character participating in crazy rituals (9) SPIRITUAL
8 Part of a theatre stage in the airplane loading bay (5) APRON
14 Standard that is completely ordinary? (3)
15 Style of an informant or a go-between (9)
17 Sign up after commencement in anger (3)
19 Second letter to the German government misplaced by a Swedish actress (7)
21 Flood making hands from the south go around Malta (5)
22 One coming in for the Oriental forger is a mendicant ascetic (5)
24 Idle buffalo affected to some extent (4) LOAF

[pavalamani pragasam]

A report on the launch of IXL-2014 can be seen on my blog at the following link THCC Families

Congrats, Colonel, for the honour! Happy to see NJ!

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
7 Drool on Spanish article returned to the island by Virginia with a note (8) SALIVATE
9 Grant immunity to the old partner and alien abducting a politician (6) EXEMPT
10 iPad seller's comical footwear (10) ESPADRILLE
11 Vehicle heard in the fen woodland (4) CARR
12 Cross the bridge (4) SPAN
13 The gentry and the celebrity dismissed the volunteers (8) NOBILITY
16 Retreating policeman meets sailor in a poorly drained high ground (7)
18 Prod the brain of an intellectual (7) EGGHEAD
20 Forgive and bring back model dismissed by the Portuguese leader (8)
21 Bet on a certainty? (4)SURE
23 Small Turkish coin hidden in the apparatus (4)
24 Baggage car (7,3)LUGGAGE VAN
25 Sent back article about a kitchen appliance with a prayer (6)
26 Discarded new pineapple preparation with the pastry (5,3) APPLE PIE

Down
1 Law officer letting criminal go to the fenland (5) MARSH
2 Import appraised terribly was stolen (15) MISAPPROPRIATED
3 Strangely wanted to surround lake with water-saturated soil (7) WETLAND
4 Surrender at the beginning, reportedly (4) CEDE
5 It might help one get to the point (6-9) PENCIL-SHARPENER
6 Religious Greek character participating in crazy rituals (9) SPIRITUAL
8 Part of a theatre stage in the airplane loading bay (5) APRON
14 Standard that is completely ordinary? (3)
15 Style of an informant or a go-between (9)
17 Sign up after commencement in anger (3)
19 Second letter to the German government misplaced by a Swedish actress (7)
21 Flood making hands from the south go around Malta (5)SWAMP
22 One coming in for the Oriental forger is a mendicant ascetic (5)FAKIR
24 Idle buffalo affected to some extent (4) LOAF