Sunday, July 13, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 9275 Monday, July 14, 2008

Across

 1 One who should know he shouldn’t be dealing in the company’s shares (7) INSIDER

 5 Shrill insect with some thoracic adaptability (6) CICADA

 9 Carries books in setback (5) TOTES

10 Room from where a watch is kept? Not exactly! (5,4) GUARD CELL

11 It doesn’t look good! (7) EYESORE

12 A pencil drawing of a bird (7) PELICAN

13 Split down the middle (5) HALVE

14 "Trip the light — toe” (9) FANTASTIC

16 Kind of dinner on which less light may be thrown? (9) CANDLELIT

19 Head, first to roll in practical joke (5) CAPER

21 Travelled through water ahead of others (7) OUTSWAM

23 Torturer’s confession of being more lacking in vitality (7) IMPALER

24 Not knowing about African National Congress entering new region (9) IGNORANCE

25 Worked in Bollywood? (5) ACTED

26 Is Tada rebuilding sports structures? (6) STADIA

27 Let race be conducted to turn out something sweet (7) TREACLE

Down

 1 Not out of the woods, completely involved (2,3,5,2,2) IN THE THICK OF IT

 2 English poet to relax comfortably (7) SITWELL

 3 Get into undress grandly? (7) DISROBE

 4 Having a lot of sorrow — fret gruel is spilt (9) REGRETFUL

 5 Victor in church with a politician (5) CHAMP

 6 Mark I called haltingly (7) CEDILLA

 7 What commercial radio stations broadcast rarely: this may leave a scar (4,3) DEEP CUT

 8 When fired, it’s all flash and sound and no hit (5,9) BLANK CARTRIDGE

15 Inner mutt distributing food (9) NUTRIMENT

17 Distant from the thing, uninvolved (3,2,2) NOT IN IT

18 See, we are beginning to die down (7) LOWERED

19 Copper after copper to take the topping off baked dish (7) CUPCAKE

20 Shrewd constables leaving the church have nervous twitch (7) POLITIC

22 Mother and old Tamil leader provide food (5) MANNA

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