Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Anokha's Crossword Puzzle No. 03, Tuesday, May 12, 2009


Across

1 Reportedly, see horse on handle-bars (6,9)
9 True LSD rolled into a pastry (7)
10 Promiscuous woman dressed in a roll-top (7)
11 Slacker riled at work (5)
12 Agent used to lessen, with hesitation, size of 9ac (9)
13 Police officer after a person of Italian descent, subject of investigation (6,3)
15 Man with strong sexual desires, what a goat? (5)
16 Curved race ending in death, horrible (5)
18 Pleasurably excite it a little, naughty! (9)
20 Listen around in this neighbourhood (9)
23 Glance without energy but make noise (5)
24 Could cloud be related to moon? (7)
25 Speak and pay in the same currency, if in Ghana - not exactly! (7)
26 Watch out for obstacle in this clue (9,5)

Down

1 Cleaning robots employed at Dhobi ghat (7,8)
2 German siren wrecking ship (7)
3 Unfed deer surprisingly fast (9)
4 Animals found in Salem (5)
5 What this puzzle isn't? (9)
6 Tutor nets fish (5)
7 Lunatic after a pulpy drink finds caffeine producer (4,3)
8 Both King and Jackass types are found in the same antarctic bird family (7,7)
14 I pour port to get a jar of mixed petals and spices (9)
15 What you find in a newly bought luggage? (6,3)
17 It's called rain dear, in Rio Cuba! (7)
19 Ancient lingua franca for nearly all of SW Asia (7)
21 Off-the-cuff, this clue IS 5dn! (2-3)
22 Reshammiya is accused of having this (5)

8 comments:

Chaturvasi said...
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Col_Gopinath said...
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Col_Gopinath said...

My effort, while you were sleepingACROSS9 STRUDLE
10 TROLLOP
11 IDLER
18 TITILLATE
20 HEREABOUT
23 CLANG
24 NEBULAR
25 AFGHANI
26 STUMBLING BLOCK

DOWN1 WASHING MACHINES
8 EMPEROR PENGUIN
14 POTPOURRI
15 SILICA GEL
17 CARIBOU
21 AD LIB
22 TWANG

anokha said...

Thanks, Col - Bull's eye so far but YOU HAVE TO GET 1AC, you'll see why after you get the answer :)

Nimish V Adani said...

walrus moustache, strudel, trollop, idler, shortener, guinea pig, satyr, arced, titillate, hereabout, clang, nebular, afghani, stumbling block

washing machines, lorelei, males, unthought, trout, cola nut, emperor penguin, potpourri, silica gel, caribou, aramaic, ad lib, twang

Nimish V Adani said...

I forgot 3d. underfeed

anokha said...

Great Nimish & Welcome!