Wednesday, December 30, 2009

The Hindu Crossword No. 9728 Thursday, December 31, 2009

Across

1 Fellow in biblical tale deserving forgiveness (10) PAR(DON)ABLE

6 Vera appears to declare positively (4) AVER*

9 Raises volume — rejecting piano, used a forte (5,2) FADES UP

10 Form of art in the spirit and propriety (7) DECO RUM

12 Badly dressed woman, but strict about Latin (8) S(LAT)TERN

13 There may be an inn to stay in this country of Western Africa (5) BE(NIN*)

15 Take heed girl, avoid giving evasive statement (5) HED(G)E*

17 Waiting for an escort (9) ATTENDANT

19 One fractionally on top (9) NUMERATOR

21 Revise poem from time to time (5) T(EMPO*)

23 Gong brings many in to dinner, for example (5) ME(D)AL

24 Destroys the star’s composure (8) SHATTERS*

27 Get on line for Internet market information (7) (NIEL*) SEN

28 They’re prepared for a row when they meet (7) OARSMEN

29 The fate of great many (4) LOTS

30 Indicatory anagram book (10) DICTIONARY

Down

1 Become distended (4) PUFF

2 Doctor idled about a problem difficult to understand (7) R(IDDLE)D

3 The attack is beginning (5) ONSET

4 Is one upset? In part — place is falling apart (9) APPLECART*

5 How the full cargo ship left a Yemeni port (5) L ADEN

7 Her majesty in the Victoria and Albert gallery (7) V(ER)(AND)A

8 Thinking disaster’s overwhelmed mark (10) RU(M)INATION

11 It can be made to display china (7) CABINET*

14 Help one man in trouble? Remarkable! (10) PHENOMENAL*

16 Senor for a couple of pounds registers himself (7) ENRO(LL)S*

18 Evict a seaman? That’s a volte-face! (4,5) TURN AB OUT

20 Having obliged around five hundred, the good man is most resentful (7) MA(D)DE ST

22 Doctor taken in by girl on African xylophone (7) MARI(MB)A

24 A Muslim given backing in student body (5) SU NNI

25 Roots out a piece of writing left unfinished (5) TORSO*

26 Young Dan turns out for him (4) AND*Y

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