Saturday, August 30, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 2499 Sunday, August 31, 2008

Across

1 Slander Irishman visiting New York (7) CALUMNY

5 Property close to Nice, say (6) ESTATE

9 Trap about to be laid by the Spanish boy (5) NIGEL

10 Bound to put an end to children's game (9) HOPSCOTCH

11 Rectories I mixed up delivering desk (10) ESCRITOIRE

12 Cat, black, in vault (4) TOMB

14 Strategy to avoid unpleasant realities employed by one in a trap? (6,9) BUNKER MENTALITY

17 To play this, must one have a round using an iron? (7,8) RUSSIAN ROULETTE

18 Carry last of wine into pub (4) BEAR

19 In night club, hold forth about duo, initially off-key (10) DISCORDANT

23 Member hasn't arrived on time to do what members do? (9) LEGISLATE

24 Friend, male one, filling in the past (5) AMIGO

25 The French deserter carrying one rope (6) LARIAT

26 Pilot goes about a mile in vessel (7) STEAMER

Down

1 Type of flower produced from a bulb recently out round river (10,4) CANTERBURY BELL

2 Reason one joins record clubs? (5) LOGIC

3 Way of presenting data from-MUD? Email it, possibly (10) MULTIMEDIA

4 Coarse person in hostelry, a hooker (5) YAHOO

5 Ten operas rewritten in international language (9) ESPERANTO

6 Instant credit (4) TICK

7 One who's got designs on some of you? (9) TATTOOIST

8 Red-hot on box, yet comic is just an ordinary young chap? (3,3,3,5) THE BOY NEXT DOOR (should be 3,3,4,4)

13 Adroit male rolled a cigarette (6-4) TAILOR-MADE

15 Lots again suffering homesickness (9) NOSTALGIA

16 Beggar declaring inability to rehabilitate? (9) MENDICANT

20 This game teaches strategy, in part (5) CHESS

21 Short cut - over 10 minutes, in truth (5) AXIOM

22 Up endlessly making wine (4) ASTI

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