Thursday, April 9, 2009

The Hindu Crossword No. 9503 Friday, April 10, 2009

Across

1 A target of the bowler that the cricketer has to defend (6, 5) MIDDLE STUMP

9 Right to end our dissipating circle (7) R (ONDURE*)

10 Close to the ace behind is Oriental (7) E(-C)A<- STERN

11 A once-rolling sea (5) OCEAN*

12 11 coming round to achieve yet another time (4, 5) {ONCE A}GAIN

13 Antelope heads for old region in Bargur interior (5) O R I B I

15 Aeroplane Pop or Burt flies (9) TURBOPROP*

18 What new rulers of a country will want people to forget (3, 6) OLD REGIME

21 Embarrassed to follow heads of Emergency Room, having got it wrong (5) ER RED

22 Hunt for fourth shelf in Erode, maybe (5, 4) T(RACK D)OWN

24 Force politician to wear garland the wrong way round (5) I(MP)EL<-

26 Tossed, moreover, in one bed that’s crumpled (7) B(AND I)ED

27 Eccentric fellow without a sound of disapproval for a kind of syllogism (7) BO(CARD)O

28 Watchful until slaver is set free (11) SURVEILLANT*

Down

1 Spoil firm game of explorer (5, 4) (MAR CO) POLO

2 Ball can be rolling within the limits of Davangere (5) D(ANC)E

3 As heard when the firecracker is burst (4, 5) LOUD NOISE

4 Search for outspoken Punjabi gone abroad (4, 3) SEEK OUT

5 It may still be on the road even as one tries to sell it off (4, 3) USED CAR

6 Cake line is out! Get a different dish! (5) PAST(-RY)A

7 One who mends things by uniting couples again? (8) RE PAIRER

8 Churchmen should give up their extreme positions soon (4) (-C)ANON

14 Writing fluid for Bharatvasi, one in thousand (5, 3) {INDIA (I)N}(K)

16 Like a printing character, starting off with an honour and raking up lots of money finally (9) OBE L (-F)ISCAL

17 One may foot it in a ride on a lake, perhaps (5, 4) PEDAL BOAT

19 Ready — being part of what the waiter took? (2, 5) IN ORDER

20 Confer a subject with a title, perhaps (7) ENNOBLE

22 Meet up with brass band player (4) TUBA<-

23 King, with fools, works with some yarns (5) K NITS

25 Windcheater for father going around a boat (5) P(ARK)A

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