Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Hindu Crossword No. 9848 Friday, May 21, 2010

Across

1 Its fall denotes the end (7) CURTAIN

5 Street a meeting-place (6) A VENUE

9 Love in the morning for most of sixty minutes (5) AM(-h)OUR

10 Stranded fare? (9) SPAGHETTI

11 Famous but apparently incompetent (7) NOT ABLE

12 Tom backs CIT's revised procedure (7) TAC<-TICS

13 The sort of flight or option that makes it unprecedented (5) FIRST

14 Pompous about flu in Thai quarters (9) HIFALUTIN*

16 Sticky insect has another insect within (3,6) OIL (BEE)TLE

19 Overwhelm a doctor and confess (5) DR OWN

21 Canadian cop makes relation blow her top for a short-time (7) MO(-a)UNTIE

23 Sign a number is lionlike (7) LEO NINE

24 Gear for retirement? (9) NIGHTGOWN

25 A girl in distress was a knight's quest (5) GRAIL*

26 It makes kite-flying an easy thing (6) BREEZE

27 Competitors' records (7) ENTRIES

Down

1 In which orders pass from one link to another (5,2,7) CHAIN OF COMMAND

2 Early bird? (7) ROOSTER

3 Turn to get hold of mug and a tumbler (7) AC{(ROB) A}T (nice!)

4 Sunshine falls timorously on top of the army building (6,3) (NISSEN HU*)T

5 Get adjusted to a lawyer on training (5) A DA PT

6 Chela, it was hit just (7) ETHICAL*

7 Straighten out (7) UNTWIST

8 Complaint is Denise, with son, planned poorly (4,3,7) PINS AND NEEDLES*

15 Slippery customer going into a country is independent, in a way (9) FR(EEL)ANCE

17 Less advanced in years, unknown makes way for learner in an armchair (7) (+L)(-y)OUNGER

18 Give the right to label (7) EN TITLE

19 Must be under doctor during a dry spell (7) DR OUGHT

20 Indian wise men go north after alternative art (7) OR (IGAM<-) I<-

22 Show feelings dramatically (5) EMOTE

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