Anokha's Crossword Puzzle No. 01, Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Got bored so publishing my first crossword. Will publish the FIRST fully correct submitted answer. Will publish the answer on Sunday if there are no completely correct submissions by then. Will also publish the new crossword on Sunday. Feel free to "critique" the clues (please be gentle as this is my first attempt :)

Also, please rate this puzzle on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being "extremely difficult" and 1 being "extremely easy," when you submit your answers. Feel free to submit partial answers so that I can figure out which clues are being solved and which aren't!

Thanks for your participation ......................................




Across
1 Men never topple awkwardly before enclosure (14)
10 Express in words after, nah! (2,3)
11 Former NY mayor at airport (9)
12 Architect playing tricks with elf in Agra (2,5)
13 Model wearing close-fitting jerseys (1-6)
14 Snail found in a spiral shell (5)
16 Save the ox in a kinky way (2,4,3)
19 Foretell about sick sign (2,3,4)
20 Jointly owned apartments (2-3)
22 Remove tactfully (4,3)
25 American president said to water a herbaceous plant (4,3)
27 Translucent mineral used to resist electricity (5,4)
28 Acquired relative at home by force (2-3)
29 old-fashioned (6,3,5)

Down
2 Corrode plants with moulds (4,5)
3 Try ale mixed in wing covers endlessly (5)
4 Device to check air pressure (5,4)
5 Lawful removal of one awful team (5)
6 Destroy halva, copy recipe (4,5)
7 Witch's place or den, in ruins (5)
8 Trick half-a-dozen (4,3)
9 American TV network disguised lion all together (2,4)
15 Trick or treat before All Saints' Day (9)
17 Use this while parking in San Francisco (4,5)
18 Doctor's low pulses? (4,5)
19 Clear network (4-3)
21 Strange-looking low sea fish? (3-3)
23 Posh society desire (5)
24 Corrupt Greek God (5)
26 Sigh heard if returning from a literary fantasy (3-2)