Monday, August 4, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 9294 Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Across

 1 Nun aids a service pertaining to an African region (8) SUDANIAN

 5 Mother returns to cover the reckless fellow (6) MADCAP

 9 Where a film roll could be — privately (2,6) IN CAMERA

10 Request for an attraction? (6) APPEAL

12 Children skid hither and thither (4) KIDS

13 Some term no new timekeepers obtained (10) METRONOMES

15 Heals about five crooks (6) CURVES

17 Bill, with Edward by the side, behaved (5) ACTED

20 Mantra time is back for the last character (5) OMEGA

21 Defeats Uttar Pradesh groups (6) UPSETS

24 Liquid poured into a pint tureen? Not usually! (10) TURPENTINE

27 Firm to return the bird (4) COOT

29 Not in control, a medical officer takes one small measure (6) ADRIFT

30 Is mother changing the contour line? (8) ISOTHERM

31 Doing some key work in the office (6) TYPING

32 Alienate new leader of gangsters during Easter outing (8) ESTRANGE

Down

 1 Endures Mark within the limits of the States (6) STICKS

 2 Settle on an English river bank, say (6) DECIDE

 3 Mean to change title (4) NAME

 4 Correspond with a European, for the most part (5) AGREE

 6 A singular writer is timorous (5) ASPEN

 7 Working companion aboard (8) CREWMATE

 8 Old man and learner have new ideas for making a fence (8) PALISADE

11 Agrees to meet and test by little ways (6) TRYSTS

14 Turns up with a mother cat (4) PUMA

16 Parades five writhing tunas (6) VAUNTS

17 Insects creep out when covering books (4) ANTS

18 Draw in cheat to an area (8) CONTRACT

19 Predator moved by how Sri Lanka looks on the map? (8) TEARDROP

22 By the river young person brews Irish whiskey (6) POTEEN

23 Making a movement, I set my golf ball to obstruct others (6) STYMIE

25 The Spanish end in France is fairylike (5) ELFIN

26 Birds home in to them (5) NESTS

28 Big name in the cinema, perhaps. Appears nightly (4) STAR

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