Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 9224 Thursday, May 15, 2008

Across

 1 Victor’s circuit in celebration (3,2,6) LAP OF HONOUR

 9 One who decides the future of a party member (7) ELECTOR

10 Model struck the woman on the far side (7) THITHER

11 Delia poses as model (5) IDEAL

12 A few govern in this political system (9) OLIGARCHY

13 Nightclub party gatecrashed by one special constable (5) DISCO

15 Dirge Simi composed over state control (9) DIRIGISME

18 Fresh merchant - - one who might become leader? (3,6) NEW DEALER

21 Small operation on nervous twitch of the eye (5) OPTIC

22 Storing special leg protection wear (9) STOCKINGS

24 Tea concocted aboard ship satisfies fully (5) SATES

26 Argentine money coming from the south (7) AUSTRAL

27 Even holding new mantra as poison (7) ENVENOM

28 They don’t eat meat (11) VEGETARIANS

Down

 1 What ambushers do before striking (3,6) LIE HIDDEN

 2 News item mentioned calm (5) PIECE

 3 A killing quantity (5,4) FATAL DOSE

 4 “— —, the master of all, goeth, we go accompanying him.” (The Mexica or Mexiti) (3,4) OUR LORD

 5 He lives away from his place of work in extreme deviation (7) OUTLIER

 6 Deserter stuffs one with a dish from India (5) RAITA

 7 Stout placed closely together (8) THICKSET

 8 Gory turn to a wild revel (4) ORGY

14 So a shrew fashioned a device for chopping logs (3,5) SAW HORSE

16 Cover up: the sheen is gone (5,4) GLOSS OVER

17 Exec muses over polite expressions (6-3) EXCUSE-MEs

19 What a model usually has in the cricket field? (4,3) LONG LEG

20 Show esteem for runaway spectre (7) RESPECT

22 Knocks up a fight (4) SPAR

23 Russian city in which Gorki roved (5) KIROV

25 Silver not put up for two-wheeler (5) TONGA

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