The Hindu Crossword No. 9461 Friday, February 20, 2009

Across

 2 A small drink for each drinker (6) SIPPER

 7 Discomfort caused by glass in the window, overheard (4) PANE

 9 Essential part of computer memory (4) CARD

10 Open disrespect follows ordinary natives as a failure to follow a court order that others benefit (5,8) CIVIL CONTEMPT

12 Ice list assorted, provokes a reaction (7) ELICITS

13 An increase in an amount paid before it is earned (7) ADVANCE

15 Hand-sized measure of a tropical tree (4) PALM

17 Market-places true in red-planet (5) MARTS

18 Old style lot incomplete in Norwegian capital (4) OSLO

19 Changed the scene to cover the greeting from the Ming people! (7) CHINESE

21 Small charge for a revenue and expenditure account (7) NOMINAL

23 Blade entering ship is fun for kids (13) SKATEBOARDING

27 Carbonated drink for a company in Los Angeles (4) COLA

28 So be it! — a force of workers (4) AMEN

29 Remove the cover of United Nations head garment (6) UNVEIL

Down

 1 Father has a red cross on the Spanish box (6) PARCEL

 2 Gas station attendant is a member of the armed forces (10) SERVICEMAN

 3 Physical exercise for Albert on sound of bell (4) PEAL

 4 French street taken up with circular letter currency (4) EURO

 5 Dishonest scheme under cover in business camps (4) SCAM

 6 Networking rules for the correct code of conduct (8) PROTOCOL

 8 Greek letter to Edward in a softened tone (5) MUTED

11 Small waterfall pours downwards rapidly (7) CASCADE

13 Aerial signal for insects! (7) ANTENNA

14 A second grade innovative inhabitant of Australia (10) ABORIGINAL

16 Notice for the governor is taken up on the basis of loyal support (8) ADHESION

20 To rob a metal alloy, overheard (5) STEEL

22 Scheming person left inside a large range (6) ANGLER

24 First class not to a sister by bad luck (4) ALAS

25 Obese people eat nuggets in public at first (4)OPEN

26 Principle measuring stick (4) RULE

The Hindu Crossword No. 9460 Thursday, February 19, 2009

Note: Starred clues carry no direct definition, but their solutions have something in common & known only to Mr. Neyartha :)

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Across

 1 Taking advantage of Inuit cops in order to smuggle wine inside (13) OPPORTUNISTIC

 9 Swallow sound on spotting carnivorous mammal (6) MARTIN

10 Guide for the European informers’ return (4,4) POLE STAR

11 Knocked cold by umpire’s decision (3) OUT

12 * Reject the Austrian usurpation of power (6) SATURN

13 Supported the German’s firing, despite being detached (8) UNPINNED

14 Stable insects not to be disturbed (10) CONSISTENT

17 Go over this when happy (4) MOON

18 Closing word for the auditor with infectious disease (4) YAWS

19 Lady involved in trade-in is confused and put off (10) DISHEARTEN

21 Amateurish bases for wordplay (8) HOMESPUN

23 Order to empty sherbet by mistake (6) BEHEST

25 Port in Puri, Orissa (3) RIO

26 Affront for old king from the east by one ex-PM (8) DISRAELI

27 * Beginners unearth radioactivity around Italian tourist village (6) URANUS

28 General coming back with frisky deer aboard fishing vessel is a smooth operator (7,6) WHEELER DEALER

Down

 2 Town square of a mountain retreat in Arizona (5) PLAZA

 3 Fits and removes boxed model cutting tool (9) OUTBURSTS

 4 Monarch overwhelmed by the Pole’s voice projection (5) TENON

 5 * Revolutionary writer’s song (7) NEPTUNE

 6 Splattered incompletely by accident with a fertilizer (9) SALTPETRE

 7 Letters from a glib senator to the Norwegian playwright (5) IBSEN

 8 Pay attention to the game in the British gallery (4,4) TAKE NOTE

15 Musical work by an eloquent speaker on a Greek nymph (8) ORATORIO

16 Door jamb (broken) espied by one in church (9) SIDEPIECE

17 Drug used in tin mining as a humanitarian alternative (9) MARIHUANA

20 The nurse is in trouble following the morning event (7) SUNRISE

22 * Circuit connection (5) EARTH

23 Hide this description of a traditionalist (5) BOUND

24 Coastal spray in south Maine found to contain plutonium (5) SPUME

The Hindu Crossword No. 9458 Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Across

 1 In a bank it may be current, to be important (7) ACCOUNT

 5 Mexican location where new copper was found in prison (6) CANCUN

11 The fibre of French friend captured by British Engineers (5) RAMIE

12 Verb form used in times gone by, stressful (4,5) PAST TENSE

13 Inferior writing — to keep the kitchen fires burning (9) POTBOILER

14 Poetry from Shanghai, Kuala Lumpur or Tokyo (5) HAIKU

15 Slope that models like to walk? (4) RAMP

17 Brilliant red mark, a hindrance (7) SCARLET

21 Never growing old, like eagles flying around top of spire (7) AGELESS

22 Hand out two notes (4) METE

26 One who takes steps in reverse for a summing up (5) RECAP

27 Amusing or otherwise, he knows nothing (9) IGNORAMUS

29 Such a question could be put to Google perhaps (9) SEARCHING

30 Subject for a top gear conservative (5) TOPIC

31 Bovine infuriator (3,3) RED RAG

32 Put through the press to facilitate reading? (7) CREASED

Down

 2 Celestial body that may arrive before end of Lent (5) COMET

 3 American state where no gore gets spilt (6) OREGON

 4 Sodium on hand as a weapon (6) NAPALM

 6 Player without the traditional virtues is opposed to girl’s love (8) ANTIHERO

 7 Creature dispatched, say, with one deep in trouble (9) CENTIPEDE

 8 Birthmark that may trouble a Venus (6) NAEVUS

 9 Curtains for a healer, imitator on track (7) DRAPERY

10 Bird that is very big, beginning to turn full of calories (7) OSTRICH

16 Stick wielded by the conjurer (5,4) MAGIC WAND

18 Baldness of oil exporters, ‘inter alia’ (8) ALOPECIA

19 Pain reliever for one hoping to lose tail (7) ASPIRIN

20 What a sailor cannot afford to be (7) SEASICK

23 Tool for undoing a writer’s work (6) ERASER

24 Variety of wild ass from the iron age recently found (6) ONAGER

25 A shrub to study, with decay inside (6) PROTEA

28 Tree with ample spread (5) MAPLE

The Hindu Crossword No. 9457 Monday, February 16, 2009

Not finding time to post regularly .....................

Across

 1 Public display of a document with a note on … (13) MANIFESTATION

10 …where directors can meet (9) BOARDROOM

11 Try to throw up, unsuccessfully in stretched conditions (5) RETCH

12 In which a mate can signal the end (5) CHESS

13 Go looking for fun with tall Ivan dancing with first of girls (9) GALLIVANT

14 A trophy for protection (6) SHIELD

16 Water basin with a funny spout (5) STOUP

19 I’m back, teacher, as a fielder (3-2) MID-ON

20 Megalith — people with 60 minutes accept one (6) MENHIR

25 Old school to change, carrying two masters … (4,5) ALMA MATER

26 …predisposed to lying (5) PRONE

27 Trainee soldier Tom accepts two notes (5) CADET

28 A feeling of absence, powerful, can be prevented (9) AVOIDABLE

29 Finer starlets develop the ability to control one’s desires (4-9) SELF-RESTRAINT

Down

 2 A college staff member dealing with theory only (8) ACADEMIC

 3 A flower in Hindustan (5) INDUS

 4 Adequate quantity makes no huge difference (6) ENOUGH

 5 A pattern cut out to render casual worker dead (8) TEMPLATE

 6 I’d putter about around university showing depravity (9) TURPITUDE

 7 Deny legal protection to a fugitive from justice (6) OUTLAW

 8 Early computer that works without power (6) ABACUS

 9 The colour of innocence (5) WHITE

15 Is Emil fit to play some thematic music? (9) LEITMOTIF

17 Gentle conflict on English computer programmes (8) SOFTWARE

18 Endless pitch by doctor at home for an enzyme (8) THROMBIN

21 Cigarette containing marijuana (6) REEFER

22 What a fielder should hold — something worth holding (5) CATCH

23 Viscous mud generally leaves a mark inside (6) SMUDGE

24 Receive treatment to cure addiction and become completely dull! (3,3) DRY OUT

26 The kind of award for a daughter escorted by parents (5) PADMA

The Hindu Crossword No. 9451 Monday, February 09, 2009

Across

 1 What’s to be done when a king gets on his hind legs (7) ARREARS

 5 The time intervening (7) INTERIM

 9 Stage performer (5) ACTOR

10 Pure but has not been seen (9) UNSIGHTED

11 Farmhouse found at a range in Greece (6) GRANGE

12 Defective hearing (8) MISTRIAL

14 It’s hard to row backward (5) STERN

15 Mexican dish originating from Chaldean one (9) ENCHILADA

18 Dad again sees the damaged letter for him (9) ADDRESSEE

20 Henry boos foolishly at the tramps (5) HOBOS

22 He is unable to make his presence felt (8) ABSENTEE

24 Tincture applied on sprain and bruise received in a car crash (6) ARNICA

26 Fashion model glad to win first prize (4, 5) GOLD MEDAL

27 Undergo instruction in a particular skill (5) TRAIN

28 Desire to be in castle as an inhabitant (7) RESIDER

29 Senor tried to take long steps to cover distance (7) STRIDER

Down

 1 Galen worked in his part of the world for relief of discomfort (9) ANALGESIA

 2 Once more go over touching evidence (7) RETRACE

 3 Contempt shown for car with no gear change (9) ARROGANCE

 4 Small hut to close (4) SHUT

 5 Laughing one’s head off just after a surgical operation (2, 8) IN STITCHES

 6 An unpleasant interfering old woman (5) TIGHT

 7 Produced Greek wine thanks to resin plant (7) RETSINA

 8 The French mad to treat metal coin as reward (5) MEDAL

13 The paper-seller never downs rum (4, 6) NEWS READER

16 Does he succeed by will-power? (9) INHERITOR

17 Jack ordered retsina; this man wouldn’t! (9) ABSTAINER

19 Does away with dry or pungent wit (7) DESALTS

21 Pirate’s kit carried by players (7) BRIGAND

22 Range of displeasure provoked hostility (5) ANGER

23 On mad spree to wander about (5) NOMAD

25 Golfer having an adverse handicap (4) PLUS