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

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Animal skin in reserve in safe place (8) (HIDE)(AWAY)
5 Almost mention America's reputation (6) (STAT[-e])(US)
10 Shall we sound green? (7)LETTUCE
11 Abjectly servile son's over-indulgent (7)SLAVISH
12 Lifted the article (without head) by newspaperman (6)HEFTED
13 Strained voice in squabble following trip not being completed (8) FALSETTO
15 Big lie: No female's up to the task (4)ABLE
16 Excellent vehicle for good old ship employee-trader (10) SUPERCARGO
18 Niche I can't yield to the craftsman (10)TECHNICIAN
20 Fourth letter and the fifth returned? One needs time to correct (4)EDIT
23 Pro's to-do to put up lintel support (8)DOORPOST
24 Mask that is knocked over deliberately? (6)DOMINO
26 Measure lawyers try to ban (7)EMBARGO
27 Railway track employee turns over conventioneer's pin-on (4,3) NAME TAG
28 Levels precious stone left out of plan (6)STRATA
29 Short boy, white, trips badly on vessel's prow (8) BOWSPRIT

Down
1 When 50 per cent of willingness is absent (4-11) HALF-HEARTEDNESS
2 Conscientiously compliant in saying “levy complete” (7) DUTIFUL
3 Employer follows sailor — one who might mistreat (6) ABUSER
4 Got on with a good engineering design, for starters (4) AGED
6 Carry on business with security group in field (8) TRANSACT
7 Giggle about women in social network (7) T(W)ITTER
8 Is it where pupils get ideas? (6,2,7) SCHOOL OF THOUGHT
9 Relaxed ace at rest in station wagon (6,3) ESTATE CAR*
14 Heir's victory on operating room (9)SUCCESSOR
17 Encourage — apparently thus when you can't be at a place where you should be? (8)INSPIRIT
19 Defeat Chennai's top tennis player, at times (7)CLOBBER
21 Nomad more ironic about newspaper (7)DRIFTER
22 Orderly universe of commanding officers and medical officers (6) COS/MOS
25 And the German officer's to cancel an action (4)UNDO

Very good!

[Joshuaceada]

Gridman

Across
1 Huge book isn't completed — American, I know by report, is ahead (10)
10 Palm off good old short fellow taking a lot of time (7)
11 Fish suffered cut (7)
12 Let out: fifty sent back for the support of artist (5)
13 Agent Rani despatched to a foreign country (9)
15 Surinamese-Dutch boxer's power in air (5)
17 Gives evidence again about a Tamil leader's investigations (9)
20 Old Bob is undecided: old female after female forgoes frugality (6,3)
23 Tipped learner to be involved in persevering (5)
24 What a host giving a treat at a hotel would do (3,3,3)
26 Home that is out in the cold (5)
28 It's a light that darkens (7)
30 The French restriction on a country (7)
31 Tom endures beating that's awesome (10)

Down
2 Wanderers with no hard musical instruments (5)
3 Not bound, I bludgeon wildly (9)
4 When you're wearing trousers, you are __ __ __ of them (2,1,4)
5 Pleased cry from Winnie throwing hat away? (3)
6 Chair car? (5)
7 Moves on without the first two she-monsters (8)
8 Ink — kilos — spilled to win a Polish family name (8)
9 Partially took rare vegetable (4)
14 Tourist location where keeper gives up falsehood (3)
16 Singly but not making eleven (3,2,3)
18 Will it catch you sleeping? (4,2,3)
19 These civil disobedience movements do have a standing (8)
21 Choose old training (3)
22 Bones lie over other bones, not new (7)
24 Make the grade in football play (4)
25 Listen to model spirit (5)
27 Arrive by trap in a town in Pakistan (5)
29 Bar? Rhyme? (3)

GRID

[Russellrvw]

Across
1 Huge book isn't completed — American, I know by report, is ahead (10)
10 Palm off good old short fellow taking a lot of time (7)
11 Fish suffered cut (7)
12 Let out: fifty sent back for the support of artist (5)
13 Agent Rani despatched to a foreign country (9) ARGENTINA*
15 Surinamese-Dutch boxer's power in air (5)
17 Gives evidence again about a Tamil leader's investigations (9) RE/A/T/TESTS
20 Old Bob is undecided: old female after female forgoes frugality (6,3)
23 Tipped learner to be involved in persevering (5)
24 What a host giving a treat at a hotel would do (3,3,3)
26 Home that is out in the cold (5)
28 It's a light that darkens (7)
30 The French restriction on a country (7)
31 Tom endures beating that's awesome (10) TREMENDOUS*

Down
2 Wanderers with no hard musical instruments (5)
3 Not bound, I bludgeon wildly (9)
4 When you're wearing trousers, you are __ __ __ of them (2,1,4)
5 Pleased cry from Winnie throwing hat away? (3)
6 Chair car? (5)
7 Moves on without the first two she-monsters (8)
8 Ink — kilos — spilled to win a Polish family name (8)
9 Partially took rare vegetable (4)
14 Tourist location where keeper gives up falsehood (3)
16 Singly but not making eleven (3,2,3) ONE BY ONE
18 Will it catch you sleeping? (4,2,3)
19 These civil disobedience movements do have a standing (8)
21 Choose old training (3)
22 Bones lie over other bones, not new (7) (FIB)(UL[-n]AE)
24 Make the grade in football play (4)
25 Listen to model spirit (5)
27 Arrive by trap in a town in Pakistan (5)
29 Bar? Rhyme? (3)

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Huge book isn't completed — American, I know by report, is ahead (10)
10 Palm off good old short fellow taking a lot of time (7)
11 Fish suffered cut (7)
12 Let out: fifty sent back for the support of artist (5)
13 Agent Rani despatched to a foreign country (9) ARGENTINA*
15 Surinamese-Dutch boxer's power in air (5)
17 Gives evidence again about a Tamil leader's investigations (9) RE/A/T/TESTS
20 Old Bob is undecided: old female after female forgoes frugality (6,3)
23 Tipped learner to be involved in persevering (5)
24 What a host giving a treat at a hotel would do (3,3,3)
26 Home that is out in the cold (5)
28 It's a light that darkens (7)
30 The French restriction on a country (7)
31 Tom endures beating that's awesome (10) TREMENDOUS*

Down
2 Wanderers with no hard musical instruments (5)
3 Not bound, I bludgeon wildly (9)
4 When you're wearing trousers, you are __ __ __ of them (2,1,4)
5 Pleased cry from Winnie throwing hat away? (3)
6 Chair car? (5)SEDAN
7 Moves on without the first two she-monsters (8)PROGRESS
8 Ink — kilos — spilled to win a Polish family name (8)
9 Partially took rare vegetable (4)
14 Tourist location where keeper gives up falsehood (3)
16 Singly but not making eleven (3,2,3) ONE BY ONE
18 Will it catch you sleeping? (4,2,3)
19 These civil disobedience movements do have a standing (8)
21 Choose old training (3)OPT
22 Bones lie over other bones, not new (7) (FIB)(UL[-n]AE)
24 Make the grade in football play (4)PASS
25 Listen to model spirit (5)HEART
27 Arrive by trap in a town in Pakistan (5)
29 Bar? Rhyme? (3)

[Russellbew]

Across
1 Huge book isn't completed — American, I know by report, is ahead (10) VOLUMINOUS
10 Palm off good old short fellow taking a lot of time (7)
11 Fish suffered cut (7) HADDOCK
12 Let out: fifty sent back for the support of artist (5) EASEL
13 Agent Rani despatched to a foreign country (9) ARGENTINA*
15 Surinamese-Dutch boxer's power in air (5)
17 Gives evidence again about a Tamil leader's investigations (9) RE/A/T/TESTS
20 Old Bob is undecided: old female after female forgoes frugality (6,3)
23 Tipped learner to be involved in persevering (5)
24 What a host giving a treat at a hotel would do (3,3,3)
26 Home that is out in the cold (5) IGLOO
28 It's a light that darkens (7) SUNLAMP
30 The French restriction on a country (7)
31 Tom endures beating that's awesome (10) TREMENDOUS*

Down
2 Wanderers with no hard musical instruments (5)
3 Not bound, I bludgeon wildly (9)
4 When you're wearing trousers, you are __ __ __ of them (2,1,4)
5 Pleased cry from Winnie throwing hat away? (3)
6 Chair car? (5)SEDAN
7 Moves on without the first two she-monsters (8)PROGRESS
8 Ink — kilos — spilled to win a Polish family name (8)
9 Partially took rare vegetable (4)
14 Tourist location where keeper gives up falsehood (3)
16 Singly but not making eleven (3,2,3) ONE BY ONE
18 Will it catch you sleeping? (4,2,3)
19 These civil disobedience movements do have a standing (8)
21 Choose old training (3)OPT
22 Bones lie over other bones, not new (7) (FIB)(UL[-n]AE)
24 Make the grade in football play (4)PASS
25 Listen to model spirit (5)HEART
27 Arrive by trap in a town in Pakistan (5)
29 Bar? Rhyme? (3)

[pavalamani pragasam]

Across
1 Huge book isn't completed — American, I know by report, is ahead (10) VOLUMINOUS
10 Palm off good old short fellow taking a lot of time (7)GEONOMA
11 Fish suffered cut (7) HADDOCK
12 Let out: fifty sent back for the support of artist (5) EASEL
13 Agent Rani despatched to a foreign country (9) ARGENTINA*
15 Surinamese-Dutch boxer's power in air (5)SPONG
17 Gives evidence again about a Tamil leader's investigations (9) RE/A/T/TESTS
20 Old Bob is undecided: old female after female forgoes frugality (6,3)SPENDS OFF
23 Tipped learner to be involved in persevering (5)ATILT
24 What a host giving a treat at a hotel would do (3,3,3)PAY THE TAB
26 Home that is out in the cold (5) IGLOO
28 It's a light that darkens (7) SUNLAMP
30 The French restriction on a country (7)LEBANON
31 Tom endures beating that's awesome (10) TREMENDOUS*



Down
2 Wanderers with no hard musical instruments (5)OBOES
3 Not bound, I bludgeon wildly (9)UNOBLIGED
4 When you're wearing trousers, you are __ __ __ of them (2,1,4)IN A PAIR
5 Pleased cry from Winnie throwing hat away? (3)OOH
6 Chair car? (5)SEDAN
7 Moves on without the first two she-monsters (8)PROGRESS
8 Ink — kilos — spilled to win a Polish family name (8)KOLINSKI
9 Partially took rare vegetable (4)OKRA
14 Tourist location where keeper gives up falsehood (3)GOA
16 Singly but not making eleven (3,2,3) ONE BY ONE
18 Will it catch you sleeping? (4,2,3)TRAP IN BED
19 These civil disobedience movements do have a standing (8)SITDOWNS
21 Choose old training (3)OPT
22 Bones lie over other bones, not new (7) (FIB)(UL[-n]AE)
24 Make the grade in football play (4)PASS
25 Listen to model spirit (5)HEART
27 Arrive by trap in a town in Pakistan (5)LANDU
29 Bar? Rhyme? (3)POE

OOH! A synonyms puzzle!

[Joshuaceada]

Neyartha

Across
7 Solemnly took out a vitamin from the yellowish concoction (8)
9 Employee's wife gets rid of the power hog (6)
10 Generic tea brewed by a relative (5-5)
11 Its many teeth might help in parting (4)
12 Quick to partially grasp Rydberg's theory (4)
13 Want Nile written out in a language used in scientific circles (3,5)
16 Snake found wrapped around the Rhode Island instrument (7)
18 Letter about meet with bull from the east has the quality of being strikingly unusual (7)
20 Most extreme rafts are designed to consume thorium energy (8)
21 Charlie goes off with a fool to the sand ridge (4)
23 Shiver, lacking wings, in a receptacle meant to house bees (4)
24 Cheat the family (one with a Greek character) on the way back to the association (10)
25 Mutation removes the vitamin and iodine in goat meat (8)
26 Revolutionary army in India encounters an overturned sign in the windflowers (8)

Down
1 The moving crowd becomes friendly after the Pole goes to the top (5)
2 Setbacks for the princess and fool with the soft medicinal salves (15)
3 Wyoming bridge partners shelter the short clergyman going north with some dragons (7)
4 Dainty microblog message was cut short (4)
5 Stalling to adjust pin on aristocrat (15)
6 Most appropriate to smile at sea when wearing tees awkwardly (9)
8 Sweet term of endearment (5)
14 Increase in acts of vigorous hitting reported (3)
15 Predatory quarrel in retreat about the bill and promise to pay (9)
17 In one's bonnet, it might be harped on (3)
19 Bet on Ian smuggling in the posh UK college attender (7)
21 An idler's unmanned aerial vehicle? (5)
22 Odd for the Roman leader to get dismissed by the new king's wife (5)
24 Staff getting historical tribute on the radio (4)

GRID

[Russellbew]

Across
7 Solemnly took out a vitamin from the yellowish concoction (8)
9 Employee's wife gets rid of the power hog (6) WORKER
10 Generic tea brewed by a relative (5-5) GREAT-NIECE
11 Its many teeth might help in parting (4)
12 Quick to partially grasp Rydberg's theory (4)
13 Want Nile written out in a language used in scientific circles (3,5)
16 Snake found wrapped around the Rhode Island instrument (7)
18 Letter about meet with bull from the east has the quality of being strikingly unusual (7)
20 Most extreme rafts are designed to consume thorium energy (8)
21 Charlie goes off with a fool to the sand ridge (4)
23 Shiver, lacking wings, in a receptacle meant to house bees (4) HIVE
24 Cheat the family (one with a Greek character) on the way back to the association (10)
25 Mutation removes the vitamin and iodine in goat meat (8)
26 Revolutionary army in India encounters an overturned sign in the windflowers (8)

Down
1 The moving crowd becomes friendly after the Pole goes to the top (5)
2 Setbacks for the princess and fool with the soft medicinal salves (15)
3 Wyoming bridge partners shelter the short clergyman going north with some dragons (7)
4 Dainty microblog message was cut short (4) TWEE
5 Stalling to adjust pin on aristocrat (15) PROCRASTINATION
6 Most appropriate to smile at sea when wearing tees awkwardly (9)
8 Sweet term of endearment (5)
14 Increase in acts of vigorous hitting reported (3)
15 Predatory quarrel in retreat about the bill and promise to pay (9)
17 In one's bonnet, it might be harped on (3)
19 Bet on Ian smuggling in the posh UK college attender (7)
21 An idler's unmanned aerial vehicle? (5)
22 Odd for the Roman leader to get dismissed by the new king's wife (5)
24 Staff getting historical tribute on the radio (4)

[sandhya.p61]

Across
7 Solemnly took out a vitamin from the yellowish concoction (8)
9 Employee's wife gets rid of the power hog (6) WORKER
10 Generic tea brewed by a relative (5-5) GREAT-NIECE
11 Its many teeth might help in parting (4)
12 Quick to partially grasp Rydberg's theory (4)
13 Want Nile written out in a language used in scientific circles (3,5)
16 Snake found wrapped around the Rhode Island instrument (7)
18 Letter about meet with bull from the east has the quality of being strikingly unusual (7) EXOTISM
20 Most extreme rafts are designed to consume thorium energy (8) FARTHEST
21 Charlie goes off with a fool to the sand ridge (4)
23 Shiver, lacking wings, in a receptacle meant to house bees (4) HIVE
24 Cheat the family (one with a Greek character) on the way back to the association (10)
25 Mutation removes the vitamin and iodine in goat meat (6)
26 Revolutionary army in India encounters an overturned sign in the windflowers (8)

Down
1 The moving crowd becomes friendly after the Pole goes to the top (5)
2 Setbacks for the princess and fool with the soft medicinal salves (15) DISAPPOINTMENTS
3 Wyoming bridge partners shelter the short clergyman going north with some dragons (7)
4 Dainty microblog message was cut short (4) TWEE
5 Stalling to adjust pin on aristocrat (15) PROCRASTINATION
6 Most appropriate to smile at sea when wearing tees awkwardly (9) SEEMLIEST
8 Sweet term of endearment (5)
14 Increase in acts of vigorous hitting reported (3)
15 Predatory quarrel in retreat about the bill and promise to pay (9) RAPACIOUS
17 In one's bonnet, it might be harped on (3)
19 Bet on Ian smuggling in the posh UK college attender (7)
21 An idler's unmanned aerial vehicle? (5)
22 Odd for the Roman leader to get dismissed by the new king's wife (5)
24 Staff getting historical tribute on the radio (4)

[Russellrvw]

Across
7 Solemnly took out a vitamin from the yellowish concoction (8) OWLISHLY* -e
9 Employee's wife gets rid of the power hog (6) WORKER
10 Generic tea brewed by a relative (5-5) GREAT-NIECE
11 Its many teeth might help in parting (4)
12 Quick to partially grasp Rydberg's theory (4)
13 Want Nile written out in a language used in scientific circles (3,5)
16 Snake found wrapped around the Rhode Island instrument (7)
18 Letter about meet with bull from the east has the quality of being strikingly unusual (7)
20 Most extreme rafts are designed to consume thorium energy (8) FAR(TH)(E)ST*
21 Charlie goes off with a fool to the sand ridge (4)
23 Shiver, lacking wings, in a receptacle meant to house bees (4) HIVE
24 Cheat the family (one with a Greek character) on the way back to the association (10)
25 Mutation removes the vitamin and iodine in goat meat (8)
26 Revolutionary army in India encounters an overturned sign in the windflowers (8)

Down
1 The moving crowd becomes friendly after the Pole goes to the top (5)
2 Setbacks for the princess and fool with the soft medicinal salves (15) DI/SAP/OINTMENTS
3 Wyoming bridge partners shelter the short clergyman going north with some dragons (7) WY/VER<=/NE/S
4 Dainty microblog message was cut short (4) TWEE
5 Stalling to adjust pin on aristocrat (15) PROCRASTINATION
6 Most appropriate to smile at sea when wearing tees awkwardly (9)
8 Sweet term of endearment (5)
14 Increase in acts of vigorous hitting reported (3)
15 Predatory quarrel in retreat about the bill and promise to pay (9) {RAP(AC)(IOU)S<=}
17 In one's bonnet, it might be harped on (3)
19 Bet on Ian smuggling in the posh UK college attender (7)
21 An idler's unmanned aerial vehicle? (5)
22 Odd for the Roman leader to get dismissed by the new king's wife (5)
24 Staff getting historical tribute on the radio (4)