Saturday, September 6, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 2500 Sunday, September 07, 2008

Across

 1 Sign shown in chart by car (9) AUTOGRAPH

 6 In flat, child is secure (5) LATCH

 9 A danger to shipping one key diver recalled (7) ICEBERG

10 Royal attendant wasting time with messenger (7) COURIER

11 Speak bluntly, as gunslingers do? (5,4,3,3) SHOOT FROM THE HIP

12 Son’s desire to be smart (5) SWISH

13 Rail fare may be taken here (6,3) DINING CAR

15 Suddenly everyone’s in agreement about clubs (3,2,4) ALL AT ONCE

18 King, novelist (5) JAMES

19 Private college for girls getting rid of coach (9,6) FINISHING SCHOOL

22 Annoyance shown by Greek character back on barge, adrift (7) UMBRAGE

23 A rum one, eccentric enough to charm (7) ENAMOUR

24 Pinch wood including bit of walnut (5) TWEAK

25 Garden huts, those sold abroad (9) TOOLSHEDS

Down

 1 Sign of tooth decay – canine needs removing (5) ARIES

 2 Article on party getting unemployment benefit (3,6) THE SOCIAL

 3 Fish in muddy waters – hake, right? (5,5,5) GREAT WHITE SHARK

 4 Enranged, possibly (7) ANGERED

 5 Journalist, male, with an actor (7) HACKMAN

 6 Chuckling over fool with kookaburra (8,7) LAUGHING JACKASS

 7 Tattooed initially over good part of leg (5) THIGH

 8 Woodland plant, brier, has grown wild round front of plot (4,5) HERB PARIS

12 Carambola and fir Stuart chopped up (4,5) STAR FRUIT

14 Naval officer finding gold in chest of drawers (9) COMMODORE

16 Most unsophisticated, one wearing North American waistcoat (7) NAIVEST

17 Creole cooking absorbing good Spanish painter (2,5) EL GRECO

20 Person of wealth, the Parisian aristocrat (5) NOBLE

21 Girl crossing river to find a lemur (5) LORIS

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