Saturday, August 23, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 2498 Sunday, August 24, 2008

Across

 1 Record attempt to suppress second hanging (8) TAPESTRY

 5 An old calculator may make a graduate swear endlessly (6) ABACUS

10 Slang used to describe popular US city (7) LANSING

11 Storm following hail is normal (7) AVERAGE

12 Swallowed drop of daiquiri before row (5) DRANK

13 A red agent murdered in restaurant (3,6) TEA GARDEN

14 Fellow grasping nothing at university? Revision is required (12) PROOFREADING

17 Scam at Wimbledon? This could help one make a good return (6,6) TENNIS RACKET

20 Touching, calling for pardon (9) REMISSION

23 Some nifty rollerblading in Austrian province (5) TYROL

24 Fruit, a necessity over in South Africa (5) SATSUMA (7)

25 Former PM (Labour) turned back on a number (7) BALFOUR

26 Hack holding page with prominent headline (6) SPLASH

27 Located near each other, residential streets, extremely elegant (5-3) CLOSE-SET

Down

 1 Was first to enter extremely Spanish city (6) TOLEDO

 2 Fruit – it may go off (9) PINEAPPLE

 3 Keep carrying weapons and refuse to compromise? (5,2,4,4) STICK TO ONE'S GUNS

 4 Proper shock, female leaving (5) RIGHT

 6 New Bled artist’s keen to give one pleasure (4,3,8) BEER AND SKITTLES

 7 Daily, daughter could bring a vegetable (5) CHARD

 8 Authoritarian English novelist (6) STERNE

 9 Writer’s article about a depressed US city (8) PASADENA

15 Five sat out, then left for jamboree (8) FESTIVAL

16 Film noir, too grim – American (9) NOTORIOUS

18 Credit is doubled for use in emergency (6) CRISIS

19 County town originally producing wine (6) CLARET

21 Copper, and others, after leader of mob? (5) METAL

22 Chemist opening in Bury during Christmas (5) NOBEL

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