The Hindu Crossword No. 9823 Thursday, April 22, 2010

Across

1 With apprehension stop (6) ARREST(nice!)

4 In brief the book's content is immaterial (8) ABSTRACT

10 Give Liza a thrashing in London (7) LAM BETH

11 Arousing feelings one concludes must have reason (7) E MOTIVE

12 Rule out to become a decoy (4) LURE*

13 Cold and penniless (2,3,5) ON THE ROCKS

16 Stumps out illegal activities (6) CLEANS

17 Close link to retirement cover (7) NIGH TIE (nice!)

20 Let river take new course that blots out bases (7) DE(LET)E S

21 Arranged for my old course on music to be pleasant (6) M(E)LODY*

24 In getting the case packed, isn't a fantastic help (10) ASSISTANCE*

25 Piece of programming inserted into software to sabotage computer system (4) BOMB

27 The French placed ban on this mid-eastern country (7) LE BAN ON

29 Father returning to the spot to make an assignation! (7) AP<-POINT

30 Red rides out distressed with their mocks and laughs (8) DERIDERS*

31 Free to sit up and start chewing the rag (6) GRA*TIS<- (nice!)

Down

1 Hopeless outlook for an international rugger player (3,5) ALL BLACK

2 Concerning code, fewer are without compassion (11) RE MORSE LESS

3 Wild west food (4) STEW* (cute!)

5 Being nimble he danced round the place (8) BLENHEIM*

6 Not many in the early afternoon (3,2,5) TWO OR THREE (nice!)

7 Title held by one realised (3) ALI

8 Lawrence hits out at the believer in God (6) (T)H(E)IST*

9 Could be a 1-horn animal (5) RH(I)NO*

14 Foot man? (11) CHIROPODIST

15 Raw and without flavouring (10) UN SEASONED

18 He will always be a servant (8) RETAINER

19 They're all for viewers' clean-up endeavours (3,5) EYE BATHS

22 Song and dance advertisement (6) BALL AD

23 Fight over a newspaper cutting (5) SCRAP

26 A dispute at a bar (4) SPAR

28 An addition to a medal (3) BAR