Ending the year with a ba(n)g of puzzles!

Hi,

Hope the week that went by was laden with truly exciting moments. The solutions to the past week's puzzles are as under:

1. That deer, literally in native, incarcerated our freedom fighters (5, 4) - Andha Maan

2. Saira rejiged for queen's sake (5) - Arasi

3. Vessel that's of great use during travels, reduced to refer a sycophant (5) - Kooja

4. Clue no. 2 above drops an ace to somehow become a staple food item (5) - Arisi

5. Can a squirrel deliver postal correspondences just because it has this? (3, 4) - Pin Code

6. You have to close your eyes to perform this natural act (7) - Thummal

7. Average Spend Per Indian leads can fetch a biological process (4) - Pasi

8. A page for the benefit of a side (6) - Pakkam

9. Rue-Vairavaur due, hastily relooked to somehow know the limits of our kith and kin (5, 5, 5)
- Veedu Varai Uravu

10. Surukki Mozhindha Sandesam for a novel way to communicate (1,1,1) - SMS

11. China admeasures Nano Meter leads for a representative sign (7) - Chinnam

12. Mall, without the centre, akka opened to get the masses (6) - Makkal

13. Abysmal arrangement all set to blossom (5) - Malar

Hope you guys had a great time cracking them. I am as glad as ever to present this year's last bag of puzzles. Here it goes:

1. Impolite Aloha man's reassembly for an indecisive moment involves a feline and China's great landmark (6, 4, 6)

2. Rana mia takes an article to construct the regal residence (9)

3. Does she possess a mellifluous manner of speaking? Going by her name, she should! (5, 5)

4. Last name of Raven's author; May sound like a native way of telling one to go! (3)

5. The celebrated creator of Paththumma's Goat (6, 8, 7)

6. It precedes the pachyderm's arrival - as per adage (4, 4)

7. Hat pal changed for a mode to deliver correspondences (6)

8. Day in Non Aligned Movement for a deeply reflective state of mind (6)

9. ...that Tom reshaped the garden (7)

10. For some here, the meal gets over only with a stressed Haiku Tava leap (8, 5)

Happy cracking!

Also, I wish all you guys a very happy 2007!!

Vijay