Saturday, October 25, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 2507 Sunday, October 26, 2008

Across

1 Chris drunk after drop of kmmel and brandy (6) KIRSCH

5 Ruth, for example, born at Lincoln? (4) BABE

8 Fighting with the military in civvies, create diversion (6,7) ACTIVE SERVICE

11 Gullible type flourishing? Blow me! (9) GREENHORN

12 Girl rejected benefit (5) ASSET

13 One invested in property in fact (7) REALITY

15 Set off in time ahead of scaffolder (7) TRIGGER

16 Tragic romance here in Lombardy (7) CREMONA

18 Left in making better game (7) CURLING

20 Zeno, say, coming from Cyprus to Icaria (5) STOIC

21 A drunken sot is after a pint, ordered as a starter! (9) ANTIPASTO

23 Surprised chair, accepted a subordinate position (4,1,4,4) TOOK A BACK SEAT

24 A great deal of land in Kansas I auctioned (4) ASIA

25 Take long steps in shorttrousers (6) STRIDE

Down

2 Similarly situated, like the Owl and the Pussy-Cat? (2,3,4,4) IN THE SAME BOAT

3 Number, small, not odd? (5) SEVEN

4 One article supportinghospital's record (7) HISTORY

5 Title, one held by composer (7) BARONET

6 Costume worn by a bride bemused army officer (9) BRIGADIER

7 Risk daughter's wrath (6) DANGER

9 Strangest idea involved a West Sussex town (4,9) EAST GRINSTEAD

10 Celebrity launch, unfinished (4) STAR

14 Annoyed after golf club medal (4,5) IRON CROSS

16 Mould in shed (4) CAST

17 A monk accomodating a bishop in a US state (7) ALABAMA

18 Blade wounded girl (7) CUTLASS

19 Take rubbish over to cave (6) GROTTO

22 Writer holding king and queen in card game (5) POKER

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