THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10682, Tuesday 29 Jan 13, Incognito

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10682, Tuesday 29 Jan 13, Incognito Jan 29th 2013, 03:00 When he can dish out good clues like ENDEAVOUR, TEENS, ASTRONAUT, TOOLS and amusing ones like MANICURED, I have no idea why does Incognito opt for very odd surfaces in others! ACROSS 1 Detectives put footwear into broken mugs (8) GUMSHOES (SHOE inside MUGS*) 5 Friend goes back up carrying a broken pot to get a computer (6) LAPTOP (PAL<= + POT*) 10 Type of column ratio Nicholas concealed (5) IONIC (T) 11 These mathematical bits can sometimes be vulgar (9) FRACTIONS (E) 12 Cut // duty (6) EXCISE (DD) 13 Marsupial put zero money around point of sale (7) OPOSSUM (O + SUM outside POS) 15 Praiseworthy quality of restructured timer (5) MERIT (TIMER)* 17 Try a space shuttle (9) ENDEAVOUR (DD) 19 Send wireless message to Indian village to make an erstwhile piece of audio equipment (9) RADIOGRAM (RADIO + GRAM) 20 Adolescence means support in front of partners (5) TEENS (TEE + NS) 21 Hot apes ran amok at a place where hot scones are sold (7) TEASHOP (HOT APES)* 23 Greek letter obtained by American lawman following Mary's follower (6) LAMBDA (DA after LAMB) 26 Cockney hamster goes before barrier? Capital! (9) AMSTERDAM ('AMSTER + HAM) 28 Sangh scrambled to grind teeth (5) GNASH (SANGH)* 29 Condition where something is not utilised when one sun disintegrates (3-3) NON-USE (ONE SUN)* 30 Develops (putting ten in place of five), mutates and bursts (8) EXPLODES (DEvXELOPS)* DOWN 1 Dirt found when General Electric absorbed retrograde Russian space station (5) GRIME (GE outside MIR<=) 2 Doctor's claim about male patient successfully treated with beautifully treated hands (9) MANICURED (MAN I CURED) 3 Cuts irregularly at mediocre writers (5) HACKS (DD) 4 Magical creature found at the end of a bookshelf (3) ELF (T) 6 Roast tuna mix usually sent on space trips (9) ASTRONAUT (ROAST TUNA)* 7 Gimlets, screwdrivers etc., from a teetotaller's viewpoint (5) TOOLS (CD) 8 Stamps stamps found on postal covers (9) POSTMARKS (?) 9 Army officer gets over bad mood and finds the chief steward (9) MAJORDOMO (MAJOR + MOOD*) 14 Four-legged structures strewn near sea walls post trade reconstruction (9) TETRAPODS (POST TRADE)* 15 Tom Sawyer creator said to be two fathoms deep in water (4,5) MARK, TWAIN (C&DD) 16 Lets shoot around without biting power (9) TOOTHLESS (LETS SHOOT)* 18 When someone has fallen off the ship, shout this after you shout 'Man'(9) OVERBOARD (E) 22 Fire-raising by headless clergyman (5) ARSON (pARSON) 24 Divine messenger once heard of at the world's highest waterfall (5) ANGEL (DD) 25 Burnt remains to which to return to (5) ASHES (E) 27 A thousand and nine Romans blend in (3) MIX (M IX) LINK TO SOLUTION

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