Friday, August 15, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 9304 Saturday, August 16, 2008

Across

 1 Amateur festival charity performance is a perk (6,7) FRINGE BENEFIT

 8 Sailors read a note and take flight (7) ABSCOND

 9 Intense hates of French trials (7) DETESTS

11 Despicable person possibly got time inside (3,3) THE RAT

13 Not legalised acts (8) UNLAWFUL

15 Reproves a class with a fierce stare (5) RATES

16 Resumption of possession (7) REENTER

18 In a grand manner move about to take picture though with pain (7) PANACHE

19 Annual plant with white flowers from Ireland (5) BELLS

21 A duty carrying the queen’s train (8) EXERCISE

23 An awkward position (6) CORNER

25 Organised outing to rehabilitated oil port in Libya (7) TRIPOLI

26 Judicial decision given of the French set of principles (7) DECREED

28 Now is the time to make a donation (7,6) PRESENT MOMENT

Down

 2 Sceptre representing honour (7) RESPECT

 3 Makes one fresh? (3) NEO

 4 Conclusions shaped by divinity, wrote the Bard (4) ENDS

 5 Tip over cross put in unsafe position (10) ENDANGERED

 6 Another special edition (5) EXTRA

 7 To some extent it’s of Iran’s making (2,2,3) IN SO FAR

 8 It won’t be felt straightaway (5,6) AFTER EFFECT

10 Confident of one’s own worth despite revolutionary leader’s fuss (4-7) SELF-ASSURED

12 Crime committed by a minister losing his head (5) ARSON

14 Parade for the said period (10) PROCESSION

17 Thanks to expression of dissatisfaction, it’s prohibited (5) TABOO

18 Prime soldier made out as chief (7) PREMIER

20 Learn maybe about preservationists, and see the light (7) LANTERN

22 Symbolises a kiss in a letter (5) CROSS

24 Madam makes the Frenchman drop out for the first man (4) ADAM

27 A slate pencil (3) C _ M ?

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