Friday, May 21, 2010

The Hindu Crossword No. 9849 Saturday, May 22, 2010

Across

1 One politician and runaway cadet collided (8) I MP (ACTED*)

5 Unreliable person useless for omelette-making? (3,3) BAD EGG

10 One who takes up a redtop variant (7) ADOPTER*

11 One for the “Sent” folder? (7) OUTPOST

12 Article on the sea having a single subject (6) THE ME S

13 Investigation about hearing in school cut by half (8) RE S(EAR)CH(-ool)

15 Besides, kinds of mail are swamping Lok Sabha (4) E(LS)E

16 Estate employee in mega toss by goalie (10) (GAME*)KEEPER

18 It's a fifty-fifty allotment (5,5) EQUAL SHARE

20 I study a picture on the desktop (4) I CON

23 They spoil those who utter wildly about silver (8) RAV(AG)ERS

24 Sword in disrepair? (6) RAPIER

26 As a concrete jungle is (5-2) BUILT-UP

27 Reindeer vehicle I half-purchased (7) CAR I BOU(-ght)

28 Makes a stab at some writing (6) ESSAYS

29 The sort of natives found in oyster beds (8) CULTURED

Down

1 Irrelevant bit he retailed about old Russian Tsar (4,3,8) IVAN THE TERRIBLE*

2 Methodology formed by expert on tax (7) PRO CESS

3 Butcher's offering allowed after a discount (6) CUT LET

4 Gain experience to put the first of the load out and make money (4) (-L)EARN

6 Later Ned leapt out like a deer perhaps (8) ANTLERED*

7 This outing should inflate one's opinion of oneself (3,4) EGO TRIP

8 Be treated evasively (3,3,9) GET THE RUNAROUND

9 Hearst and Leo somehow become discouraged (4,5) LOSE HEART*

14 Money plant's yields? Not exactly! (4,5) CASH CROPS

17 To a small degree, sly about answer-word (8) S(LIGHT)LY

19 Reveals to liven us in a way (7) UNVEILS*

21 Chhattisgarh's top and flexible mountaineer (7) C LIMBER

22 Mimic Polly (6) PARROT

25 Linen of the cruder sort (4) ECRU

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