Wednesday, April 30, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 9212 Thursday, May 01, 2008

Across

 1 Its ways of viewing venomous snake and sect of a kind (7) ASPECTS

 5 Possibly an assistant to a waiter? (7) OMNIBUS

 9 Sailor managed to remain on river (7) MARINER

10 Revised night note will be too close to deviate from plan (7) TIGHTEN

11 American Indian Ute tribe are rightly set to be more accurately adjusted (5) TRUER

12 An indoor game of trifling importance (9) BAGATELLE

13 Revolutionary action of libel infuriated Nero (9) REBELLION

15 Posse drawn to recover Mexican dollars (5) PESOS

16 Graduate goes to Rio to meet a cartoonist! (5) MARIO

18 Pitched into an ugly villain without any effect (3,2,4) ALL IN VAIN

21 Sin compounded by voters who are out to make money (9) INVESTORS

24 Save so to speak, from the mob (5) HORDE

25 Stroke of luck — like a rich vein of precious ore (7) BONANZA

26 Body directing affairs of a town (7) COUNCIL

27 Tough interrogators of postage changes (7) GESTAPO

28 Afternoon sleep hours (7) SIESTAS

Down

 1 Scholar returns with instrument to measure current (7) AMMETER

 2 Flourish old city, British want to greatly disturb (7) PERTURB

 3 The lowest female singing voice (9) CONTRALTO

 4 Abandon plans to cover country with brushwood (5) SCRUB

 5 Strange shape for a long coat (9) OCTAGONAL

 6 There’s a curious thing at the end of the day (5) NIGHT

 7 Finally permits racket use for contest of opposing parties (7) BATTLES

 8 Separates when below, harboured by ship (7) SUNDERS

14 Beloved old sailor back in low environment (9) INAMORATO

15 Accommodation for top people? (9) PENTHOUSE

16 Wrap up sack for the post (7) MAILBAG

17 Painter draws grape plants in deep gorges (7) RAVINES

19 Fruit that’s quite new to Capri (7) APRICOT

20 Goads one to a feeling of irritation (7) NEEDLES

22 Devout one distributes presents in the last month (5) SANTA

23 Plunders dry white wines from Spain (5) SACKS

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