The Hindu Crossword No. 9226 Saturday, May 17, 2008

Across

 1 With whom you don’t have any more burning desire? (3,5) OLD FLAME

 5 Often he has to be picked out of a list (3,3) ODD MAN

 9 Small eats in India (7) TIFFINS

10 Wiseacres have an alternative to variable scale (7) ORACLES

11 Going to Delhi and then returning: like a lift? (2,3,4) UP AND DOWN

12 Assessed the deserter meeting the journalist (5) RATED

13 Acts out with animals (4) CATS

14 How a tailor may be superior to others? (1,3,5) A CUT ABOVE

17 Reporter soft on many a lawn (5,4) GRASS PLOT

19 Cover for a second relative (4) SKIN

23 One in a film without any leading part (5) EXTRA

24 To own kind of loose admission of ignorance (1,4,4) I DON'T KNOW

25 Name — mine not changed (7) MENTION

26 Our sailors’ command: “Ready” (2,5) IN ORDER

27 Resets faulty controls (6) STEERS

28 Moved in large numbers and contoured efficiently without nil return (8) STREAMED

Down

 1 What a boxer would like to do with another for victory (8) OUTPUNCH

 2 Rebellious Botham, for one, taking clever cover (7) DEFIANT

 3 Scottish landowners see one in American city roads (6) LAIRDS

 4 One is not correct in making this notion (13) MISCONCEPTION

 6 Stream of invective can be a bit dire (8) DIATRIBE

 7 Old Russian statesman offering a fiery cocktail (7) MOLOTOV

 8 That could mean players are lacking (2,4) NO SIDE

10 One who studies birds (13) ORNITHOLOGIST

15 See April nursing a trained plant (8) ESPALIER

16 Breaking news: A communist went around and replied (8) ANSWERED

18 They form the train (7) RETINAE

20 State dog is going around in mink, perhaps (7) KINGDOM

21 Mercury from mere mixture in high school (6) HERMES

22 Worked hard to transport the voters (6) STROVE