Friday, July 11, 2008

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

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