Monday, June 4, 2012

No 10480, Monday 04 Jun 12, Incognito

Star Trek cum Star Wars special day.  
ACROSS
5   - Agree that baffled NCO was eaten by a street dog (6) - CONCUR {C{NCO*}UR}
7   - Nothing back in one found on the web (6) - ONLINE {ON{LIN<-}E}
11 - Talk nothing! Top sailor went back (7) - ORATION {O}{RAT<-}{1ON<-}
12 - Different knights surrounded tongue: tongue that was spoken in Star Trek (7) - KLINGON {K}{LINGO}{N}
13 - Odd one out, not belonging to a herd of white animals (10) - BLACK SHEEP [CD]
17 - Programming language from one source of Kopi Luwak (4) - JAVA [DD]
18 - When my robe is in disorder, it symbolises the beginning of life (6) - EMBRYO*
20 - Money demanded, as poetic morning transforms (6) - RANSOM {AS+MORN}*
21 - Roster of names found in bistro tarts (4) - ROTA [T]
22 - Anakin Skywalker's trader had five confused (5,5) - DARTH VADER {TRADER+HAD+V}*
28 - Surgeon's cutting edge around hundred lapels (7) - SCALPEL {S{C}ALPEL*}
29 - Bat-man is an RAF fighter (7) - VAMPIRE [DD]
30 - People's Liberation Army left placement to get binding material (6) - CEMENT plaCEMENT
31 - Eager and roaring to go without a ring (6) - RARING RoARING
DOWN
1   - Musical composition from a travel agent that son confused (6) - SONATA {SON}{A}{TA}
2   - Right group goes around to give us a mid-morning meal (6) - BRUNCH {B{R}UNCH}
3   - Chess piece that is a learner (6) - ROOKIE {ROOK}{IE}
4   - Arsenic ragman tossed to get words formed from juggled letters (8) - ANAGRAMS {AS+RAGMAN}*
6   - Press a button and get a kilometre for a GI (5) - CLICK Anno pending (Addendum - [DD] - See comments)
8   - Dial back and kept down (4) - LAID <-
9   - Betrayal as symbolised by The Great Dictator's regime (6,5) - DOUBLE CROSS [DD]
10 - Usable items (not reserved) are unmarked anyway (2-9) - UN-EARMARKED* Couldn't find this word anywhere
14 - Words moulded into weapon (5) - SWORD*
15 - Er, the mixture will put you under (5) - ETHER*
16 - Super Thai hides a place in Australia (5) - PERTH [T]
19 - Salver put in ale for a traitor (8) - BETRAYER {BE{TRAY}ER}
23 - Thingummies at the end of your shoelaces (6) - AGLETS [E]
24 - Local Roman salutation: in turn; without turn (6) - TAVERN {Tu{AVE}RN}
25 - Remove endlessly and put back a bone (5) - VOMER eVOMER<-
26 - Disk jockey in normal saline gets magical creatures (6) - DJINNS {DJ}{IN}{N}{S} normal saline?
27 - French 14 Dn. found in American Indian dwelling (4) - EPEE teEPEE

Sunday, June 3, 2012

No 2689, Sunday 03 Jun 12

ACROSS
1   - Iron starts to go on the blink, then radio (10)  - TRANSISTOR*
6   - Iceberg in local fjord (4)  - CALF [T]
9   - Refurbished an hotel in a town on the Shannon (7)  - ATHLONE*
10 - This may be used by a recovery vehicle in poor wet ground (7)  - TOWROPE* &lit
12 - PM is to touch down in a place in the Arctic Ocean (7,6)  - CAMERON ISLAND {CAMERON} {IS}{LAND}
14 - Casseroles, say, old and new, Vera smashed (8)  - OVENWARE {O+NEW+VERA}*
15 - Mad with nag at Kelso's last (6)  - WHACKO {WHACK}{O}
18 - Good chap, engaging alternative comedian (6)  - GORMAN {G}{OR}{MAN}
19 - Rings about artist having wild dreams (8)  - CHIMERAS {CHIME{RA}S}
21 - More than one good bloke lacking social graces appears in sharp suit (5,8)  - ROUGH DIAMONDS {ROUGH} {DIAMONDS}
24 - International to manage trial (4,3)  - TEST RUN {TEST} {RUN}
25 - Weave intricate net before getting to port? (7)  - ENTWINE {NET*}{WINE}
26 - Harshly rebuke class (4)  - RATE [DD]
27 - What the footballer did is co-operated (6,4)  - PLAYED BALL [DD]
 DOWN
1   - Leave, going uphill in carriage (4)  - TRAP<-
2   - Punishment given by a belt set about bumpkin? (1,5,3)  - A THICK EAR {A} {T{HICK}EAR}
3    - Mates worry unduly about the song (6,7) - STORMY WEATHER {STORMY WEA{THE}R*}
4   - They fleece judge on board ship (8)  - SHEARERS {S{HEARER}S}
5   - Excursion abroad in front of galley (6)  - OUTING {OUT}{IN}{G}
7   - A gypsy with a distinctive smell (5)  - AROMA {A}{ROMA}
8   - Rodent filmed out by river (10)  - FIELDMOUSE {FILMED*}{OUSE}
11 - The new stadium built for a London football club (4,3,6)  -WEST HAM UNITED*
13 - Restoring development around West Berlin, perhaps (10)  - SONGWRITER {SONG{W}RITER*}
16 - Girl causing unexpected stir in Communist country (9)  - CHRISTINA {CH{STIR*}INA}
17 - Room overlooking yard in a French skiing centre (8)  - CHAMBERY {CHAMBER}{Y}
20 - Outstanding gesture (6)  - SIGNAL [DD]
22 - Disrupt cheerful group (5)  - UPSET {UP}{SET}
23 - So fortunate (4) - WELL [DD]