The Hindu Crossword No. 9291 Friday, August 01, 2008

Across

 1 The thing in a telegram can be quoted (7) CITABLE

 5 Such a study cannot be superficial (2-5) IN-DEPTH

 9 It helps improve the motorist’s view in a fall (10,5) WINDSCREEN WIPER

10 The officer, in passion, is a pest (6) LOCUST

11 Doctor, I’m flummoxed by this wee little picture (8) MICRODOT

13 Greek god figuring in an ‘adventure’ movie of 1972 (8) POSEIDON

15 Prepare the face to look at your best? (4,2) MAKE UP

18 Blows from cold, stupid fellows (6) CLOUTS

19 Clear soup that moms once cooked (8) CONSOMME

22 Uncle’s business centre (8) PAWNSHOP

24 One from Oslo or Reykjavik perhaps (6) NORDIC

27 State of reciprocal reliance affects decent rep in need (15) INTERDEPENDENCE

28 He is unlikely to succeed in cooking poor hen (2-5) NO-HOPER

29 “In __ Africa” — work by Stanley (7) DARKEST

Down

 1 Spring bloom causes a bovine error (7) COWSLIP

 2 Cloak in an African capital finally altered (5) TUNIC

 3 A light garment — as might be worn by powerful President? (4,5) BUSH SHIRT

 4 Some learners get money for work done (4) EARN

 5 Anger, initially not in control, is conducive to peace (6) IRENIC

 6 Marriage portion for a man of action around the west (5) DOWER

 7 Illusory plan, not one for a non-smoker! (4,5) PIPE DREAM

 8 Car that is difficult to park at first (7) HARDTOP

12, 17 Two cats with one drum (3-3) TOM-TOM

14 A timer to halt a timer (4,5) STOP WATCH

16 Sailors study the German one who has done a disappearing act (9) ABSCONDER

17 See 12

18 Title for army officer, number one in retrospect (7) CAPTION

20 The last two in races deceive and cause reversion of property (7) ESCHEAT

21 One claiming part of the legacy (2-4) CO-HEIR

23 Prepare to streak perhaps (5) STRIP

25 Stupid person who got capped in school once (5) DUNCE

26 The girl’s daughter in a group of people (4) HERD

The Hindu Crossword No. 9289 Wednesday, July 30, 2008

On tje road from Atlanta .........................

Across

1 STOP PRESS

5 ETHOS

8 NELSON

9 CRITERIA

11 LEFT

12 ATTAINMENT

14 ULCER

15 ENTITLE

16 APPAREL

17 GOOSE

19 RING BINDER

20 AT IT

22 ANIMATED

23 PLOVER

24 EMEND

25 NATURALLY

Down

1 SENILE

2 OIL OF TURPENTINE

3 PROS

4 SPREAD EAGLED

5 EXTINCTION

6 HARVEST FESTIVAL

7 STARTLE

10 STORM LANTERN

13 SCOREBOARD

16 AIRFARE

18 STOREY

21 SLUR

Corrections courtesy Eswaran

Will be out till Saturday.................

Across

26 Cover around the head for a member trapped in trickery (6) WIMPLE

Down

24 Get away with work in a big commercial success (3,2) HOP IT

The Hindu Crossword No. 9288 Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Across

 1 Oddly, our U movies hurt a part of the eye (8,6) VITREOUS HUMOUR

 8 It can stretch a match at cards (6) RUBBER

 9 Brown-haired girl, violent one, straddles snare (8) BRUNETTE

11 Pride disrupts organ care (9) ARROGANCE

12 The best product from a dairy (5) CREAM

13 Hard work leaves a mark around Virginia (7) TRAVAIL

15 The kind of account for money set aside (7) SAVINGS

17 Be in the running to rewrite poem etc. (7) COMPETE

19 Able to meet one’s financial obligations, therefore advanced about five (7) SOLVENT

21 The inspection to make an embezzler anxious (5) AUDIT

23 In a hamlet, men processed Swiss cheese (9) EMMENTHAL

25 Rapidity shown in dumping it in a vegetable (8) CELERITY

26 Cover around the head for a member trapped in trickery (6) TIPTOE?

27 Insect in a long American river tracked by famous old singer, reportedly (8,6) COLORADO BEETLE

Down

 1 Modification of an originally valuable song book (7) VARIANT

 2 A fleshy stem underground? Right (5) TUBER

 3 A large, shallow lake makes one always happy, with a bit of ecstasy (9) EVERGLADE

 4 Poles share funny equipment to secure the animal to a cart (7) HARNESS

 5 The chap in charge is very energetic (5) MANIC

 6 The tune pa played to raise the stakes (2,3,4) UP THE ANTE

 7 Part of the skin that Sunder missed to spot here (6) DERMIS

10 Blue dye that is a noting! (4) ANIL

14 Creature — a right crazy, sick duck (9) ARMADILLO

16 Token of love that blossoms in February? (9) VALENTINE

17 Risk taken by a revolutionary giving shelter to African party (6) CHANCE

18 Choose an academician, one in Greek mythology (7) ELECTRA

19 Some wrestling for money and love (4) SUMO

20 A flammable liquid, a substance with most of the constituents of 19 (7) TOLUENE

22 Bone decay reversed in a trunk (5) TORSO

24 Get away with work in a big commercial success (3,2) HIT IT

The Hindu Crossword No. 9287 Monday, July 28, 2008

Few good ones today......................

Across

 1 Norm regularly takes car out with meat-eating humans, say (10) OMNIVOROUS

 6 Sound fix for door part (4) JAMB

10 Sparkle resulting from translating actor’s cue (9) CORUSCATE

11 The Spanish take in your old antiknock fluid (5) ETHYL

12 What you are looking for may be perched atop the cabinet (5,8) PRIME MINISTER

14 Inventor is least perturbed (5) TESLA

15 Fruit, unripe, found on weed (9) GREENGAGE

17 Toy breeds trained to find out a place for pearls (6,3) OYSTER BED

21 Wafer missing? Concealed by a physicist? (5) FERMI

22 Going up in pursuit of a skeleton on a playground feature (8,5) CLIMBING FRAME

24 I hear Latin (5) AUDIO

25 Answer for yield returned in the past (2,3,4) AT THE TIME

26 Check on pressing need to lose article (4) STEM

27 Inferences drawn by king about pickled seasoning (10) REASONINGS

Down

 1 Line of military control (10) OCCUPATION

 2 A flower for the self-admirer (9) NARCISSUS

 3 In Virginia, orderly cries on seeing innards (7) VISCERA

 4 Counselling for the auditor in recital (7) READING

 5 Retinue perturbed by some type of contractions (7) UTERINE

 7 Sailor facing hard alternative is unable to stand (5) ABHOR

 8 Letters from Isabella for inventor (4) BELL

 9 Inventor of tube gas seen around outskirts of Washermanpet (6) NEWTON

13 Rescuers of some stags consume a meat dish (10) DELIVERERS

16 Person of mixed ancestry all at sea on a safari (4-5) AFRO-ASIAN

18 Team taken aback on finding inventor (6) EDISON

19 Be seen around an Australian cricket ground when returning with inventor (7) BABBAGE

20 Keeps a party in New Jersey on the 1st of September (7) DONATES

21 Number given by efficient doctor in the absence of in-charge (7) FIFTEEN

22 Notice replacement for old meat in cell (5) CADGE?

23 Miss the French ship (4) LASS

The Hindu Crossword No. 2494 Sunday, July 27, 2008

Across

1 Well-mannered European admitting it (6) POLITE

4 Invites questions (4,4) ASKS OVER

9 Cause resentment in joint after start of rehearsal (6) RANKLE

10 Overjoyed, Bill mostly during jaunt abroad (8) JUBILANT

11 League to hoist flag (5,4) UNION JACK

13 Take legal action following one's publication (5) INSUE

14 Outspoken legal document shown in club, perhaps (5,10) BLUNT INSTRUMENT

17 Film theme skittishly altered (3,4,3,5) THE SKY'S THE LIMIT

19 Cruelly hang leader of African country (5) GHANA

21 Left in danger, tragically, in St Petersburg some time ago (9) LENINGRAD

23 A racket, commotion echoing in slaughterhouse (8) ABATTOIR

24 Slender and elegant, the Parisian returned wearing new vest (6) SVELTE

25 Tree is at the far side of park by river (8) TAMARISK

26 Plastic one inside works (6) PLIANT

Down

1 Upset some shopper, turbaned (7) PERTURB

2 27 (9) LONGITUDE

3 Short speech about bird of prey's claw (5) TALON

5 They mostly pick on us, running a place where free food is supplied (4,7) SOUP KITCHEN

6 Song in second religious ceremony (9) SPIRITUAL

7 Small containers - little girl's holding one (5) VIALS

8 Give ground in retirement (7) RETREAT

12 Relatives and friends, scapegoats (4,7) AUNT SALLIES

15 Study behind in mirror (4,5) TAKE AFTER

16 Girl in Cuban city (9) ESMERALDA

17 TV detective's name - Garth? Not quite (7) TAGGART

18 Diet - it's about to make you most trim (7) TIDIEST

20 Member going round US city in distress (5) ALARM

22 New book (5) NOVEL

The Hindu Crossword No. 9284 Thursday, July 24, 2008

Across

 1 Dropping off, they’re so heavy (7) EYELIDS

 5 Revealed what one’s former partner stood for (7) EXPOSED

 9 I get no thanks for very small amounts (5) IOTAS

10 Child caught sleeping may become his prey for ransom (9) KIDNAPPER

11 As graduate on motorway encounters foul vapour (6) MIASMA

12 He doesn’t pretend to share in their regret (4,4) TRUE HEIR

14 Bantu member from Rwanda is sent back with mild rebuke (5) TUTSI

15 The people dealing in cameras (9) AMERICANS

18 Good visibility up to a point in Eire (4,5) CAPE CLEAR

20 Choose decisively for a large person (5) PLUMP

22 Assemblies of people attending voting centres in an election (8) TURNOUTS

24 MGM studio set her rightly as their bathing beauty star (6) ESTHER

26 To join the union is to make an investment (9) BELEAGUER

27 Not fitting a multilingual part (5) UNAPT

28 He ignores unpleasant facts like the large African bird (7) OSTRICH

29 Made dough, and it sounds too as though it were needed (7) KNEADED

Down

 1 Strange how Edgar appeared to his friends (9) ENIGMATIC

 2 Old country passage (7) EXTRACT

 3 He finds it difficult to get off at night (9) INSOMNIAC

 4 Fermented rice alcoholic drink (4) SAKE

 5 Doyen of the fruit world? (10) ELDERBERRY

 6 Freedom from disturbance good for ease of mind (5) PEACE

 7 Highest authority with unlimited powers (7) SUPREMA

 8 Right to ride off in a more dreadful circumstance (5) DIRER

13 The plain facts about nudism? (5,5) NAKED TRUTH

16 I’m standing under false pretence (9) IMPOSTURE

17 What happened to the waters when the unruly sea parted? (9) SEPARATED

19 Prattle about chanticleer’s mate (7) PARTLET

21 A French guy having a way with him may be ignored (7) UNHEARD

22 Jack too is considered unholy (5) TABOO

23 Alright to have Greek letter about an African animal (5) OKAPI

25 A hard journey on foot (4) TREK

The Hindu Crossword No. 9283 Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Across

 1 One in Los Angeles, California who is not clerical (6) LAICAL

 4 Early morning with Al, in the city is a disaster (8) CALAMITY

10 Declared as an equal can compete (7) MATCHED

11 She has managed a first class title (7) LETITIA

12 Reluctantly cuts down expenses (4) AXES

13 To change what’s kinky maybe shattering (10) STRAIGHTEN

16 Father to rent proper tool for boring shafts (6) TREPAN

17 Thrift exercised by small company getting in disposal money (7) ECONOMY

20 Vehicle brought to standstill becoming stuck in mud (7) STALLED

21 Test quarter affected with flies causing sleeping sickness (6) TSETSE

24 Dejected tyrant covering northern retreat (10) DESPONDENT

25 Matures as one grows old (4) AGES

27 Tail one wags in delight (7) ELATION

29 Keep going on about how to use an embrocation (3,2,2) RUB IT IN

30 Flourish a cereal bowl (8) BRANDISH

31 Imitated the French first and passed abruptly (6) LEAPED

Down

 1 Thrash the beast on the lam in a frenzy (8) LAMBASTE

 2 Utterly miserable when examining a sunken vessel? (2,3,6) IN THE DEPTHS

 3 Account he keeps with pain (4) ACHE

 5 League match (8) ALLIANCE

 6 Not against an enemy (10) ANTAGONIST

 7 Aroused a brief interest (3) INT

 8 Young beginner longs to be at sea with fleet (6) YEARNS

 9 Improves text before publication (5) EDITS

14 What the slow climber asks for when the alarm rings (4,2,3,2) TIME TO GET UP

15 Remember to ring for a baby sitter (4,2,4) CALL TO MIND

18 Quietly send worker for a lamp hanging from the roof (8) PENDANTS

19 Embarrassed about a misshapen nose, it’s thought (8) REASONED

22 Raved to erring boy to qualify his word (6) ADVERB

23 Put into operation to ruin English (5) INURE

26 Jack to live with French priest (4) ABBE

28 She takes to a lawman (3) ADA

The Hindu Crossword No. 9282 Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Across

 1 Manuscript of history with simple correction inside (10) PALIMPSEST

 6 Chooses to work and be back on road (4) OPTS

 9 Gets in a new broom (7) GENISTA

10 Place in certain position stand for display of goods (7) INSTALL

12 Beloved who is extremely precious (4,4) VERY DEAR

13 She makes a point to place the scores on an equal basis (5) EVENS

15 Fools on board ship at sea (5) ASSES

17 Contract signed at home with a false smile? (9) INDENTURE

19 They’ll agree to allow records of dope animals (9) ASSENTERS

21 Met again to finalise railway gauge (5) METRE

23 Tribe takes note of the ringing sound of a trumpet (5) CLANG

24 Thieves who are out to commit a felony (8) BURGLARS

27 Senor set out with a couple of pounds for registers (7) ENROLLS

28 Thrust roughly at boy for his aggressive behaviour (7) RAMPAGE

29 Modern English way of acting (4) MODE

30 Roy deserts wrecked naval vessels (10) DESTROYERS

Down

 1 Oriental gap has to be reversed for the boy’s sake (4) PAGE

 2 Remains behind, reluctant to leave (7) LINGERS

 3 Not right to sit by my side when situation is obscure (5) MISTY

 4 Lack of employment in the lean years (5,4) SPARE TIME

 5 Batsman makes a high hit (5) SKIER

 7 The table land of Mendip late autumn exposes (7) PLATEAU

 8 Looking for advancement is his number one priority (4-6) SELF-SEEKER

11 Whole bird found in part of the chest (7) STERNUM

14 Dressing a boy in Sunday best (5,5) SALAD CREAM

16 Republic giving Engels a shake up (7) SENEGAL

18 African soldier to run away twice (6,3) DESERT RAT

20 Marked where the attack took place (7) STARRED

22 Chester race course has stand for spectators (7) TERRACE

24 Beat with a stick at the unstable beast (5) BASTE

25 West Indian dance in which people are forgotten (5) LIMBO

26 Asks earnestly for charity (4) BEGS

The Hindu Crossword No. 9281 Monday, July 21, 2008

Across

 1 Produce a disc of quality not surpassed (6,1,6) CREATE A RECORD

 8 Fan called for by a doctor going around a swamp (7) ADMIRER

 9 Strange that a dog should have contracted debts (7) CURIOUS

11 Tales about royal design for old German silver coins (6) TALERS

13 An expert outside of court gets to dress (8) ACCOUTRE

15 Didn’t walk round the Wild West show (5) RODEO

16 Fall apart as you get below (7) ASUNDER

18 Repeats photographing for a film (7) RETAKES

19 Record in writing a list of competitors (5) ENTRY

21 And I opened the paper abstractedly (2,1,5) IN A DREAM

23 Stop at a particular frame a moving film (6) FREEZE

25 Site lit possibly to favour a select group (7) ELITIST

26 Short axe and another tool left by an amphibian (7) AXOLOTL

28 Support for a N.Greece mount eruption (13) ENCOURAGEMENT

Down

 2 Doctor ruled out, his chicanery seen through (7) RUMBLED

 3 Has an affectation of superiority (3) AIR

 4 Deserve to gain by labour (4) EARN

 5 Turf for the thoroughbred (4,6) RACE COURSE

 6 Somewhat curious of a rare item (5) CURIO

 7 Lists a duck with the creature in the farm yard (7) ROOSTER

 8 Change to natural choice between either pair (11) ALTERNATIVE

10 Still life of a slice of bread and a piece of cheese? (7,4) SKETCHY MEAL

12 Ought to sort out a sleeping place (5) ROOST

14 Authoritarian allocator of work starts to make havoc (10) TASKMASTER

17 It’s gloomy to read about the dead (5) DREAR

18 Al gets in to reign on a new basis (7) REALIGN

20 Can we do otherwise, going in to secure? (3,4) TIE DOWN

22 It is renowned for its horn formation — one centrally placed (5) RHINO

24 Called to take the nag on road (4) RANG

27 Measure the current after English get out of faulty home (3) OHM

The Hindu Crossword No. 9276 Monday, July 15, 2008

Gone for the rest of the week ..........................

Across

 1 Bandage the head of the wounded before criticism (8) WRAPPING

 5 The Spanish caught in periods of holdups (6) DELAYS

10 Fan mired badly in borders of Ajmer (7) ADMIRER

11 Least changes embrace the Spanish novel heroine (7) ESTELLA

12 Old fogey to squat down (6) HUNKER

13 Niggle about a couple of partners sporting slight sleepwear (8) NEGLIGEE

15 Back on borders of Ajmer (4) REAR

16 Flew into a rage and hammered a few eaves? (3,3,4) HIT THE ROOF

18 Not that its members are fighting forever (6,4) ROWING CLUB

20 Somewhat treacherous figure in a novel (4) NERO

23 Former prince and vicar get debt notices (8) EMERITUS

24 One of an audience (6) HEARER

26 Properties in European countries (7) ESTATES

27 “Do not torment me, __” (The Tempest) (7) PRITHEE

28 Makes clean moves? (6) SWEEPS

29 Inclination to drift? (8) TENDENCY

Down

 1 Predictably they have to work in season and out of season (7,8) WEATHER BREEDERS

 2 Drunk miner caught by abstainers here (7) ARMENIA

 3 Ale for help at railway station (6) PORTER

 4 Agatha Christie’s novel title provides standard (4) NORM

 6 Praised former wife and rang (8) EXTOLLED

 7 Fast! Almost claim run out! (7) ALLEGRO

 8 One should not get drunk to be in this (5,2,8) STATE OF SOBRIETY

 9 Marked by anger, fleet runs helter-skelter (9) RESENTFUL

14 Half way (9) MIDCOURSE

17 This takes a lot of hammering (5-3) ANVIL-TOP

19 Contend with Western Railway steel organisation (7) WRESTLE

21 Listener, as a consequence, is worldly (7) EARTHEN

22 Tickle one’s memory that drunk miner is on top of dome (6) REMIND

25 Mistake learner leaving section of church (4) APSE

The Hindu Crossword No. 9275 Monday, July 14, 2008

Across

 1 One who should know he shouldn’t be dealing in the company’s shares (7) INSIDER

 5 Shrill insect with some thoracic adaptability (6) CICADA

 9 Carries books in setback (5) TOTES

10 Room from where a watch is kept? Not exactly! (5,4) GUARD CELL

11 It doesn’t look good! (7) EYESORE

12 A pencil drawing of a bird (7) PELICAN

13 Split down the middle (5) HALVE

14 "Trip the light — toe” (9) FANTASTIC

16 Kind of dinner on which less light may be thrown? (9) CANDLELIT

19 Head, first to roll in practical joke (5) CAPER

21 Travelled through water ahead of others (7) OUTSWAM

23 Torturer’s confession of being more lacking in vitality (7) IMPALER

24 Not knowing about African National Congress entering new region (9) IGNORANCE

25 Worked in Bollywood? (5) ACTED

26 Is Tada rebuilding sports structures? (6) STADIA

27 Let race be conducted to turn out something sweet (7) TREACLE

Down

 1 Not out of the woods, completely involved (2,3,5,2,2) IN THE THICK OF IT

 2 English poet to relax comfortably (7) SITWELL

 3 Get into undress grandly? (7) DISROBE

 4 Having a lot of sorrow — fret gruel is spilt (9) REGRETFUL

 5 Victor in church with a politician (5) CHAMP

 6 Mark I called haltingly (7) CEDILLA

 7 What commercial radio stations broadcast rarely: this may leave a scar (4,3) DEEP CUT

 8 When fired, it’s all flash and sound and no hit (5,9) BLANK CARTRIDGE

15 Inner mutt distributing food (9) NUTRIMENT

17 Distant from the thing, uninvolved (3,2,2) NOT IN IT

18 See, we are beginning to die down (7) LOWERED

19 Copper after copper to take the topping off baked dish (7) CUPCAKE

20 Shrewd constables leaving the church have nervous twitch (7) POLITIC

22 Mother and old Tamil leader provide food (5) MANNA

The Hindu Crossword No. 2492 Sunday, July 13, 2008

Across

1 Junior sports team member lapping graduate, a blue (6) COBALT

4 Options involving cold sweets (4,4) CHOC ICES

9 Vexation shown by first of mares in trough (6) MANGER

10 I fly with one American martyr (8) IGNATIUS

12 Possible outcome of chess game in flat against pal (9) STALEMATE

13 Assistant catching small stage whisper (5) ASIDE

14 Spam on chalet menu abroad (8,4) LUNCHEON MEAT

18 Drug I dig, scarcely worried (8,4) LYCERGIC ACID

21 No-hoper, not as far away after leader's gone (5) LOSER

22 Subsistence level reportedly raised before row (9) BREADLINE

24 Chief support provided by mother during visit (8) MAINSTAY

25 Miner's tailless dog (6) COLLIE

26 Apple dessert, lacking in taste after roast (8) PANDOWDY

27 Secret press (6) CLOSET

Down

1 I'm so embarrassed wearing new lace undergarment (8) CAMISOLE

2 Sash and girl's handkerchief (8) BANDANNA

3 Feudal lord, say, in tale (5) LIEGE

5 One clinging on to attacker in confusion? (6-6) HUGGER-MUGGER

6 Cleaner, by a stop, caught bus (9) CHARABANC

7 Pop briefly coming round in hospital (6) CLINIC

8 Nurse demanding cut is bandaged (6) SISTER

11 Plaintive cry on ship from most senior male director, perhaps (3,9) MAN OVERBOARD

15 Poser they solved at once (3,6) HEY PRESTO

16 Longs to nurse poorly Greek hero (8) ACHILLES

17 One supporting that lady during a depression (8) ADHERENT

19 Stop talking about large American at university (4,2) CLAM UP

20 A second omen for delegate (6) ASSIGN

23 Amusing puppet round end of pier (5) DROLL

The Hindu Crossword No. 9274 Saturday, July 12, 2008

Across

 1 Walker’s walk (8) FOOTPATH

 5 Water bearer? (6) SPIGOT

 9 Beau swallowing a bit of yoghurt during time between flights (7) LAYOVER

10 Keep up! Mark is going round America! (7) SUSTAIN

11 Batman, for example (5,4) SUPER HERO

12 Sweat it out? (5) EXUDE

13 Elephantine growth, perhaps (4) TUSK

14 Something valuable around one’s waist (5,4) MONEY BELT

17 Associate fellow with aquatic bird, duck, over part of the day (9) AFTERNOON

19 Force broadcasters to be free from favouritism (4) FAIR

23 Special talent of 50 in 19 (5) FLAIR

24 Letting go for continued occupation? (9) RELEASING

25 Failed to notice one grid mix-up (7) IGNORED

26 Endmost argument for disloyalty (7) TREASON

27 A Pole’s is somewhat on the decline (6) ASLOPE

28 Set piece also to be reformed: that’s the offer (8) PROPOSAL

Down

 1 A lot of shooting takes place in these places (4,4) FILM SETS

 2 Clean up so lumpy an abode of the gods (7) OLYMPUS

 3 Road crew workers affirm in an afterthought (6) PAVERS

 4 More than two are involved in this kind of a tie (5-8) THREE-CORNERED

 6 Non-stop pedestrian? (6-2) PASSER-BY

 7 Great with a kind of citizenship: it’s slow and steady (7) GRADUAL

 8 A number with Edward are lodged under canvas (6) TENTED

10 Not now? Eventually! (6,2,5) SOONER OR LATER

15 A fall from the eye that is a sign of unhappiness (8) TEARDROP

16 First, a roiling outburst (8) ORIGINAL

18 Winter wear for Florida woman-learner (7) FLANNEL

20 These are not 16 names; they may be used by criminals (7) ALIASES

21 By far, CIA spread over a land mass (6) AFRICA

22 Stop zzz? (4,2) WAKE UP

The Hindu Crossword No. 9273, Friday, July 11, 2008

ACROSS

1 LOVE KNOT
6 TALC
9 STARER
10 UPPSALA
13 OFF THE MAP
14 EGYPT
15 SITU
16 NEWSCASTER
19 WINNING RUN
21 EMIL
24 ROSIN
25 BIG SCREEN
26 INJUNCT
27 AVERTS
28 GIBE
29 ADHESION

DOWN

2 OUT OF IT
3 EARTHY
4 NUREMBERG
5 THUMP
7 ANALYST
8 CHARTER PLANE
11 PIEMAN
12 HOUSE WARMING
17 SWUNG DASH
18 SIGN IN
20 NOSE JOB
22 MAESTRO
23 SCREWS
25 BATTA

The Hindu Crossword No. 9272, Thursday, July 10, 2008

Another one from the "road"...

ACROSS

1 CHHATISGARH
9 NEGLECT
10 TEACHES
11 EMEER
12 CUPBEARER
13 INLET
15 PAYMASTER
18 STAY CLOSE
21 TERRA
22 SPOT CHECK
24 MEANS
26 CHENNAI
27 METHUEN
28 CAKES AND ALE

DOWN

1 CONGERIES
2 HAGUE
3 THEORETIC
4 SET A CAP
5 AUTOPSY
6 HEAVE
7 THIRSTER
8 USER
14 LEAN OVER
16 AUTOMATON
17 ROAD SENSE
19 OBELISK
20 ESKIMOS
22 SOCK
23 CYNIC
24 ARUBA

The Hindu Crossword 9270, Tuesday, July 08, 2008

One from the road, from my blackberry ......

ACROSS

1,9 LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE
10 PASSATA
11 BERNE
12 ON ACCOUNT
13 LUCK
15 NITRATE
19 APRICOT
20 IDOL
24 GLISSANDO
25 NAKED
27 EXOTICA
28 BIG GAME
29 NIGHTINGALE

DOWN

1 LAGER
2 TELLER
3 LIE LOW
4 EMPHASIS
5 INSECURE
6 GRADUATED
7 ODDBALL
8 CANTO
14 CAPRICORN
16 GIN SLING
17 DOWNCAST
18 BLADDER
21 EGGER
22 BONBON
23 ENIGMA
26 KNAVE

The Hindu Crossword No. 9269 Monday, July 07, 2008

Gone again for the whole week ....................

Across

 1 What a wholesaler gives the merchant — a sound credit arrangement with time (5,8) TRADE DISCOUNT

10 It brings about a strong bond very quickly (9) SEPARABLE

11 Look in the marshland for one guilty of crime (5) FELON

12 Poised for action in a rare Adyar event (5) READY

13 Happen to assume a position (4,5) TAKE PLACE

14 A voice pitched high — three times as much (6) TREBLE

16 Spirit that emerged from a fabled lamp (5) GENIE

19 A small cut that may result in a catch (5) SNICK

20 Going about with a bit of love, staring (at girls, perhaps) (6) OGLING

25 Would an old boxer seek such a hard surface for tennis? (4,5) CLAY COURT

26 Noisy quarrel, crude, on the outskirts of Bristol (5) BRAWL

27 International body represented at a news agency party (5) UNIDO

28 Mona, a soul rendered inconsistent (9) ANOMALOUS

29 He takes pleasure in digging up the past (13) ARCHAEOLOGIST

Down

 2 The gun for one who likes iteration (8) REPEATER

 3 Classic cover for the top (5) DERBY

 4 Speak at length, getting one pound in a day (6) DEBATE

 5 Holmes investigated such a band (8) SPECKLED

 6 Children away from March to June maybe (9) OFFSPRING

 7 Antelope found wandering in Gaul (6) NILGAU/NILGAI

 8 Liveliness of an elf shifting tail to top (6) ESPRIT

 9 List at the end of the book providing the measure of a thing (5) INDEX

15 Cotton material that may be measuring more than expected? (4,5) LONG CLOTH

17 A Catholic clergyman is absolutely correct (8) ACCURATE

18 Such a woman is a member in two unions (8) BIGAMOUS

21 Expression of surprise about a large shoe (6) GALOSH

22 Clean up for theatre work? (5) SCRUB

23 Sword in poor repair (6) RAPIER

24 Way to go round in a leisurely walk (6) STROLL

26 Drug consumed in a drab hangout (5) BHANG

The Hindu Crossword No. 9268 Saturday, July 05, 2008

Across

 1 501 employees representing women’s work (7) DISTAFF

 6 Arbitrator taken advantage of and rejected (7) REFUSED

 9 One time message of proscription (15) EXCOMMUNICATION

10 Brood about one’s exploitation (6) MISUSE

11 Two-way discussion (8) DIALOGUE

13 Practical people who exposed Tsar’s lie (8) REALISTS

15 A Kabuliwallah! (6) AFGHAN

18 Living in a city, first of entertainers was polished (6) URBANE

19 A column I covered with a mix of lime, sand and water (8) PILASTER

22 Constituents of Agra and Rome get mixed up about a letter (8) AEROGRAM

24 It may be armed when giving protection (6) ESCORT

27 An infinite movement to meter population explosion (9,6) PERPETUAL MOTION

28 A badge accepted in return by Odette sorrowfully (7) ROSETTE

29 King of Athens who could use the singular cleverly (7) THESEUS

Down

 1 One has to sleep to be one (7) DREAMER

 2 Covers for members from powerful blows (5) SOCKS

 3 Owning up to what parents seek, come June (9) ADMISSION

 4 Instability in a fine light unit (4) FLUX

 5 This fruit is planted in fall (6) RAISIN

 6 A key track could be weak (5) FRAIL

 7 Small fish fired at with a catapult (9) SLINGSHOT

 8 Accommodation for those going for a stretch (7) DUNGEON

12 Pressure unit that may be a source of cash (1,1,1) A T M

14 In bars, grime becomes a waxy substance (9) AMBERGRIS

16 Slab of rock that signals sound quality (9) FLAGSTONE

17 Depression where racing motorists may stop? (3) PIT

18 In Rajasthan, it is where Pai struggled in broken Urdu (7) UDAIPUR

20 What Nielsen may provide for sailors? (7) RATINGS

21 Grown up, like the old actor Victor perhaps (6) MATURE

23 He has to have a host to be one (5) GUEST

25 Growth providing a branch as an offer of reconciliation (5) OLIVE

26 Tasteless butter, say, containing a trace of lead (4) FLAT

The Hindu Crossword No. 9267 Friday, July 04, 2008

Across

 1 Soldier, British, before a sacrificial table in a strategic place south of Spain (9) GIBRALTAR

 5 Couple go round top of mountain system, one in Asia (5) PAMIR

 8 The last time Atul danced (8) ULTIMATE

 9 Opt for, say, almost nice food for eating out (6) PICNIC

11 Acted out a note written two ways by daughter (5) MIMED

12 Aldrin or Armstrong, say (9) ASTRONAUT

13 Pompous chap puts money before the Maker (3,3) TIN GOD

14 It has an intercalary day—spring time?(4,4) LEAP YEAR

16 Warning by chief is a frontal feature (8) FOREHEAD

18 Things to eat between meals, with a bit of nuts, in bags (6) SNACKS

22 A fastener that comes with security (6,3) SAFETY PIN

23 Electronic random number indicator equipment, in short….. (5) ERNIE

24 …..started with a writer mentioned in well-known dictionary (6) OPENED

25 An arm of the Atlantic or another small variant (5,3) NORTH SEA

26 Mark a negative church (5) NOTCH

27 What a patient needs following discharge perhaps (9) AFTERCARE

Down

 1 He enjoyed the good food partly prepared during our met conference (7) GOURMET

 2 It is used in making roads and has minute black components (7) BITUMEN

 3 Meet the threat, do arrange to be very heavily loaded with weapons (5,2,3,5) ARMED TO THE TEETH

 4 One grabbed by a giant painter (6) TITIAN

 5 Unsigned missive from a writer filled with venom perhaps (6-3,6) POISON-PEN LETTER

 6 Fellow with time gets the authority (7) MANDATE

 7 He gave the measure to seismic upheavals (7) RICHTER

10 Favourites upset about duck in the verandah (5) STOEP

15 Dwell on unknown, cruel, grasping woman (5) HARPY

16 Chain of flowers to make one soft perhaps (7) FESTOON

17 Think about what a mirror can do (7) REFLECT

19 Card game played as an act (7) CANASTA

20 Wise man holding English record for a leak (7) SEEPAGE

21 How a pedestrian makes progress (2,4) ON FOOT

The Hindu Crossword No. 9266 Thursday, July 03, 2008

Had to go out of town again. Back for the July 4th weekend but will be out again next week......

Across

 1 Officer, club worker, is ready to fight (9) COMBATANT

 5 Heavy pole used in tossing contest used by engineer in transport (5) CABER

 8 Where food may be stored by some muscular dervishes (6) LARDER

 9 Continuing relationship between male and female may put PRO in bad trouble (4,4) PAIR BOND

11 Sound like a pig (4) OINK

12 A rapid snake could be a missile (10) SIDEWINDER

14 What an Eskimo would rather be known as (5) INUIT

15 Penalty distributed in abundance (7) APLENTY

16 A hobby for father’s day perhaps (7) PASTIME

17 The power of a side (5) RIGHT

19 Meat-eaters, with ecstasy, rovin’ back in vehicles (10) CARNIVORES

20 Merriment before ruler produces fear (4) FUNK

22 Soft and delicate editor made an offer (8) TENDERED

23 Reach a conclusion to tighten the spring (4,2) WIND UP

24 Turn inside out, always before time (5) EVERT

25 Enter plea deviously for a deciduous growth (5,4) PLANE TREE

Down

 1 Visit everyone included in argument (4,2) CALL ON

 2 Soldier at home, certain to include African party in cover against risk on the high seas (6,9) MARINE INSURANCE

 3 Cut down by an unknown journalist (4) AXED

 4 One of those sought to be tackled in the Doha Round, say (5,7) TRADE BARRIER

 5 Medical science that makes a coy girl do a turn (10) CARDIOLOGY

 6 Gore with a lot of noise — features of such a violent action movie (5,3,7) BLOOD AND THUNDER

 7 Colourful soldiers of a creation after the Bolshevik Revolution (3,4) RED ARMY

10 Girl in the nursery who missed some sheep (6,2,4) LITTLE BO PEEP

13 Extremely generous spell for UNICEF in Montana (10) MUNIFICENT

16 Carnation that evokes poetic fantasy around the east (7) PICOTEE

18 Penny jokes about a location in Macedonia (6) SKOPJE

21 Gain a point with intoxicating drink (4) WINE