Saturday, June 7, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 2487 Sunday, June 08, 2008

Across

1 Way learner driver becomes exemplary (5) MODEL

4 Stake a Greek character (4) ANTE

7 Anteaters? Lots running wild in Texas (4,4,5) LONE STAR STATE

10 Recalls getting court order at college (7,2) SUMMONS UP

11 Family in street, penniless (5) SKINT

12 Magnificent old coin (5) NOBLE

14 Body of supporters about to be mentioned (9) FOLLOWING

15 Working together, performing live (2,7) IN CONCERT

16 Units destroyed in capital (5) TUNIS

18 Some graced a rowan tree (5) CEDAR

19 Insect shown in paper held by lecturer, worldly-wise (9) DRAGONFLY

22 Shedding tears with the

Italian, attending to injured owl in tree (7,6) WEEPING WILLOW

23 Meal - last of seasonal duck (4) TEAL

24 Foe in Yemen massacred (5) ENEMY

>Down

1 Married woman’s curse (7) MALISON

2 Fabric from Sweden, impressive (5) DENIM

3 One solver seen surreptitiously bringing bottle out (4,4,5) LOSE ONE'S NERVE

4 Runs into singer making money (5) ADAMS

5 One up for trial? (4,5) TEST PILOT

6 Rabble-rousing in second volume (8) SEDITION

8 The cartoonist sacked with little warning (2,5,6) AT SHORT NOTICE

9 Deer with cut leg (4) STAG

13 Defender unhappy to concede defeat (4,4) BACK DOWN

14 Rodents filmed slipping on frozen water (9) FIELDMICE

15 Measure songbird, excluding head (4) INCH

17 Avoid cast abroad (3,4) SHY AWAY

20 Article on member turning up backer (5) ANGEL

21 Aluminium’s in iron? Untrue (5) FALSE

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