Thursday, December 24, 2009

The Hindu Crossword No. 9723 Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas!

Across

1 Wait endlessly with relation after relation each deserting new neighbourhood of Honolulu (7) WAI(-T) KI(-N) KI(N)

5 Managing the arrival with Papa in the place of Mama (6) CO(-M)(+P)ING

9 Fabric, only new stuff (5) (NYLO*)N

10 Green Oriental learner accepts support for describing a column (9) VERT E BRA L

11 Silent on a lot of money being given to icon-breaker (7) LA(CONI*)C

12 Store woman’s report (7) SHE BANG

13 Quotes in report some pages from the Web? (5) CITES (~sites)

14 Travelling, having restless nite in moving train (9) ITINERANT*

16 Be in bed unaware of the alarm ringing (9) OVERSLEEP

19 Simpleton gets artist out of imprisonment (5) DU(-RA)NCE

21 Classify; if so, one might reach heights (4,3) SORT OUT

23 Somewhat pert with a no-good sea-slug (7) (TREP*)A N G

24 Where all visitors are welcome (4,5) OPEN HOUSE

25 Sailor, accountant and setter get counting frames (5) AB AC I

26 Staff has right to go on a hunger strike (6) STA(R)VE

27 Capotes exchanged for shoe parts (7) TOECAPS*

Down

1 Straight wagers on course (3,5,2,4) WIN PLACE OR SHOW

2 Hot, bad one to call endlessly (7) ILL I CIT(-E)

3 Knock lands recovered from the seas (7) INNINGS

4 Bad language in CV invitee presented (9) INVECTIVE*

5 Provides check for sidewalk borders, we hear (5) CORKS

6 Lead rep, being clumsy, takes son, we hear (7) (PRE*) CEDE

7 Nair wanders around vehicle in bliss (7) NIR(VAN)A

8 Goods that aren’t well-earned (3-6,5) ILL-GOTTEN GAINS

15 Pat in time turned testy (9) IMPATIENT*

17 Serious listener Sten is distracted (7) EAR(NEST*)

18 Suppress Tom’s lifting that woman (7) (SMOT*)HER

19 When a new arrival is expected (3,4) DUE DATE

20 Canadian falls (7) NIAGARA

22 Peace pact is genuine about first of contingencies (5) TRU(C)E

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