Monday, December 22, 2008

The Hindu Crossword No. 9411 Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Dedicated to Shuchi .......................

Across

 1 Zest with which we’re wielding splinter removers (8) TWEEZERS

 6 Monumental entrance in a Nicobar church (4) ARCH

 9 We don’t begin to see medical chart info (6) WEIGHT

10 So a role is set for dispenser of fine spray (7) AEROSOL

13 Love to the fellows in North Dakota improving (2,3,4) ON THE MEND

14 Bob, pound the sea creature! (5) SQUID

15 Squandered money in ignoble ways (4) BLEW

16 Safe from the flood? (4,3,3) HIGH AND DRY

19 Tire with idle talk on car emission (7,3) EXHAUST GAS

21 Crazy over joke by Andhra’s leader (4) GAGA

24 Behaves boastfully in the absence of five relatives (5) AUNTS

25 Being cocksure, resolves teasers around 4 (9) ASSERTIVE

26 Try Udupi’s head cook Hal’s hodgepodge (7) GOULASH

27 Well-known person father recalled: Tarzan (6) APEMAN

28 In the pink, so back in line (4) ROSY

29 Being unscrupulous, badly hurt the French son (8) RUTHLESS

Down

 2 Water sprinkled by the man on garland (7) WREATHE

 3 Disheartened guide goes up to allow trapping a young flier (6) EAGLET

 4 Emir texts reformed ultra (9) EXTREMIST

 5 Burn or Scandinavian bard (5) SCALD

 7 Don’t begin to jump after engineer’s echo (7) RESOUND

 8 One who takes break from normal occupation (12) HOLIDAYMAKER

11 Feel bitter about tens wasted away (6) RESENT

12 Beggared loud display of a typographic symbol (6,6) DOUBLE DAGGER

17 Advantage of the man with bill on exotic tarts (4,5) HEAD START

18 Nation where airs were thrown about us (6) RUSSIA

20 Interruptions during telephone conversation, perhaps (7) HANGUPS

22 Manila’s relocated beasts (7) ANIMALS

23 Writer’s alternative to spring (6) ORWELL

25 Hate sailor beginning to hoard gold (5) ABHOR

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