The Hindu Crossword No. 9367 Saturday, November 01, 2008

Across

 1 Sell a span to the highest bidder? Game! (7,6) AUCTION BRIDGE

10 Girl on a peak (9) ANNAPURNA

11 Wire rope in a taxi, French article (5) CABLE

12 A bash, possibly liberal (5) PARTY

13 Her pa’s cap, torn, is in discarded stuff (9) SCRAPHEAP

14 Mountain guide needing some refresher patently (6) SHERPA

16 Cheat a prison guard (5) SCREW

19 State of some tea (5) ASSAM

20 Bookshelves off limits to library users (6) STACKS

25 Visual aid for repairing rotten leg (9) LORGNETTE

26 Appearance is all right, with sun reflected all around (5) LOOKS

27 Two points in depression for this lapwing (5) PEWIT

28 Leave tail shaking but provide relief (9) ALLEVIATE

29 Requisition for a fruit dish in perfect condition (5-3,5) APPLE-PIE ORDER

Down

 2 Discouraged by peacekeepers, vender collapsed (8) UNNERVED

 3 Feeling the effects of alcohol, topples over youth leader (5) TIPSY

 4 Hours wasted around the north in a stampede (6) ONRUSH

 5 Sporting event of Kerala, one for the Nehru Trophy (4,4) BOAT RACE

 6 Just beginning to be different is one pic in ten (9) INCIPIENT

 7 Drinking vessel that is, for a good old boy, a hindrance (6) GOBLET

 8 Affected American in university area (6) CAMPUS

 9 Casual worker with time to risk provocation (5) TEMPT

15 Such care follows delivery (9) POSTNATAL

17 Somehow the gal’s past the point of exhaustion (4,4) LAST GASP

18 Strong praise for reforming a conservative, old ace (8) ACCOLADE

21 A sibling in convent (6) SISTER

22 Waste food cut off in ship (5) SLOPS

23 Become an adult, behave like one (4,2) GROW UP

24 Dinner, for example, that is provided by maize (6) MEALIE

26 The left always is something that can be used to gain advantage (5) LEVER