Welcome - Sarvajith!

Hi,

This new year eve, am only too glad to reach out. Needless to mention; with an all-new bag of goodies.

Here we go, with the last entry's solutions.

1. A taste of jewelry! No, this can make us laugh!! (5, 6) - Nagai Chuvai

2. Silicon rings for a sharp tool (4) - Oosi

3. Period! (5, 5) - Mutru Pulli

4. Rue, Mawatha, Lane, Gully - as called in France, Sri Lanka, Britain and Delhi.We call it thus (5) - Theru

5. Maid Aka becomes one's onus (7) - Kadamai

6. A lie can somehow smell a rat (3) - Eli

7. ____, Look, Proceed! (3) - Nil

8. "3.14" - It helps us carry (2) - Pi

9. Seema and I altered to become a tuft of hair (6) - Meesai

And we go with this week's set:

1. Krishnan backs a way to call a friend (5)

2. Mt. Iata scales high for device to hit at the ball (6)

3. Manila sans ace for some ground reality (5)

4. It's his entry or the turtle's, that's not good! So goes the adage (6)

5. A quarter or a limb! Both (4)

6. This is the limit! (5)

7. He conceived a marriage in Washington (5)

8. LAK the VI morphed for education-sake (5)

9. Tempest / Hurricane / Cyclone - This can be all-in-all synonym (5)

Happy cracking!

Vijay