Tuesday, May 25, 2010

The Hindu Crossword No. 9852 Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Across

1 A slip one is too unconcerned over (8,5) CARELESS LAPSE

8 A man second to none in peace or war (7) SUPREMO

9 Dastard in song in pastoral Greece (7) AR(CAD)IA

11 Zero assessed, held forth from platform (6) O RATED

13 Down and out — overcome with exhaustion (4,4) DEAD BEAT

15 A barbed fork to catch fish (5) SPEAR

16 They let you see the garden sprinklers (7) SHOW ERS

18 Packer put me in to partner Close? (7) SARDINE

19 Chap to leave tropical fruit? (5) MAN GO

21 Dealing with someone who is patient? (8) TREATING

23 Secret preserve in revolutionary era (6) AR(CAN)E<-

25 Reprimand means one has to make the case again (7) REPROVE

26 Swimmer with a deep voice? (3,4) SEA BASS

28 Go overseas (5,3,5) CROSS THE OCEAN

Down

2 Satisfy with a couple of coins to achieve peace and quiet (7) A(PP)EASE

3 She always has the right to disappear (3) EVE(-R)

4 Love God of the Greek but Cupid for the Romans (4) EROS

5 Less than life size mannequin? (5,5) SCALE MODEL

6 Car of the French crashed by discharge of electricity across terminals (5) ARC*ED<-

7 Becomes sorrowful as the advertisements end uneasily on Saturday (7) (SAD*)(DEN*)S

8 Backward lad describes symptom of a nearly flat battery (4,7) SLOW STARTER

10 Their theories are formulated on more stars (11) ASTRONOMERS*

12 Fault causing failure of computer programme (5) ERROR

14 Taming Ness monstrosity as a task to be done (10) ASSIGNMENT*

17 A mere turn to left may find him (5) E(L)MER*

18 Support for railway rails (7) SLEEPER

20 A river once more going up and down (7) NIAGARA

22 Lost ring used for working instruments (5) TO(O)LS

24 Sea that lies around a small land area (4) ISLE*

27 Curve of a circle (3) ARC

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