The Hindu Crossword No. 9223 Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Across

 1 In variation, Rex leaves vaulting, flying (8) AVIATION

 5 Counter-balance nothing following group (6) OFFSET

 9 Precise account on incumbent (8) ACCURATE

10 Island that eleven toured (6) TAHITI

12 Capital invested in Kalki eventually (4) KIEV

13 The rich part of the pie, say (5,5) UPPER CRUST

15 The French in conversation about Swiss cottage (6) CHALET

17 More worthy of belief (5) TRUER

20 Canoe split in the main (5) OCEAN

21 Expenditure on eggs that were not in use? (6) OUTLAY

24 Confused Sid on return is given lessons about the rupee (10) DISTRAUGHT

27 Most of the ships escape (4) FLEE

29 Stupid to have such an angle (6) OBTUSE

30 Reveal band in boxing match (5,3) BRING OUT

31 Unfriendliness in tiny ME organisation (6) ENMITY

32 Tangiers drove out the exceedingly irate (8) ANGRIEST

Down

 1 A footloose girl takes 1000 to a U.S. State (6) ALASKA

 2 Moves by slow degrees to parts of Winchester (6) INCHES

 3 Time at school finished: and tie, unknotted, is discarded (4) TERM

 4 Books collected by old age pensioner, readily available (2,3) ON TAP

 6 Old Spanish leader loses old money (5) FRANC

 7 Shot in the arm from M.U. list put straight by America (8) STIMULUS

 8 Babbling noises made by leader of Texans on raging twister (8) TWITTERS

11 Hurry away — what would a vidwan do with his mridangam? (4,2) BEAT IT

14 Country loses a feature (4) CHIN

16 What admirers may do — to their heroes (4,2) LOOK UP

17 ”A man’s a man for a’ — ” (Burns) (4) THAT

18 This may not raise a bad laugh (4,4) GOOD NOTE

19 Piece from a daily (4,4) NEWS ITEM

22 Fighter without one man in recess (6) ALCOVE

23 They are seven! (6) SEPTET

25 What you must do if you steer off-course (5) RESET

26 Person of courage given name: “Bird” (5) HERON

28 Individual blow? (4) ONER