The Hindu Crossword No. 9850 Monday, May 24, 2010

Across

1 Disaffected paper chief quaffed rum (9) ESTRANGED

6 The standpoints of both the left and the right (5) SIDES

9 English in Riviera resort is relative (5) NI(E)CE

10 This player is known to put the squeeze on The Box (9) ACCORDIAN

11 Highly amused this month by ticklish sensations (2,8) IN STITCHES

12 Only French mother (4) MERE

14 Bullfighters appear to roost over on foot! (7) TO(RE)ROS*

15 Plug money sent to the French post to revolt (7) (STOP*) P LE

17 Dictated to have many tied in construction (7) INDITED*

19 Commanding Officer sat in preparation of operations (7) A(C)TI(O)NS*

20 Recognises the sound of the organ (4) NOSE (~knows)

22 Presbyterian presidents break up smart rodeo (10) MODERATORS*

25 Abandon when you move home (5,4) LEAVE FLAT

26 Race bet in Rhode Island is crooked (5) T(RI)BE*

27 Start the game? Will do (5) SCRUM

28 Large number, train with old misconstrued guiding principles (9) DO(C)TRINAL*

Down

1 Nine turn out with a feeling of weariness (5) ENN(U)I*

2 Certain to remain in step if treated with respect (9) TREA(SURE)D

3 I tore a male to pieces to effect an improvement (10) AMELIORATE*

4 Strikes ball, with bat, to glide over to fine leg (7) GLANCES

5 Labourers who load and unload ships on a wharf (7) DOCKERS

6 For a Yank, of course, it's always effective (4) SURE

7 Five ride out to press forward with violence (5) DRI(V)E*

8 No reason for being without taste, for example (9) SENSELESS

13 Firm undertaking to build a condenser? (10) CONTRACTOR

14 Not musical circles (9) TRIANGLES

16 Upgrading in favour of formal proposal (9) PRO MOTION

18 Odd to take dole for having scribbled aimlessly (7) DOODLED*

19 Substance not liable to decay as per case made out on tip (7) ASEPTIC*

21 Step one is to get into the lead (5) STA(I)R

23 Explosive projectile that may direct one to hell (5) S HELL

24 Regard, we're told, as a best friend (4) DEEM

The Hindu Crossword No. 9849 Saturday, May 22, 2010

Across

1 One politician and runaway cadet collided (8) I MP (ACTED*)

5 Unreliable person useless for omelette-making? (3,3) BAD EGG

10 One who takes up a redtop variant (7) ADOPTER*

11 One for the “Sent” folder? (7) OUTPOST

12 Article on the sea having a single subject (6) THE ME S

13 Investigation about hearing in school cut by half (8) RE S(EAR)CH(-ool)

15 Besides, kinds of mail are swamping Lok Sabha (4) E(LS)E

16 Estate employee in mega toss by goalie (10) (GAME*)KEEPER

18 It's a fifty-fifty allotment (5,5) EQUAL SHARE

20 I study a picture on the desktop (4) I CON

23 They spoil those who utter wildly about silver (8) RAV(AG)ERS

24 Sword in disrepair? (6) RAPIER

26 As a concrete jungle is (5-2) BUILT-UP

27 Reindeer vehicle I half-purchased (7) CAR I BOU(-ght)

28 Makes a stab at some writing (6) ESSAYS

29 The sort of natives found in oyster beds (8) CULTURED

Down

1 Irrelevant bit he retailed about old Russian Tsar (4,3,8) IVAN THE TERRIBLE*

2 Methodology formed by expert on tax (7) PRO CESS

3 Butcher's offering allowed after a discount (6) CUT LET

4 Gain experience to put the first of the load out and make money (4) (-L)EARN

6 Later Ned leapt out like a deer perhaps (8) ANTLERED*

7 This outing should inflate one's opinion of oneself (3,4) EGO TRIP

8 Be treated evasively (3,3,9) GET THE RUNAROUND

9 Hearst and Leo somehow become discouraged (4,5) LOSE HEART*

14 Money plant's yields? Not exactly! (4,5) CASH CROPS

17 To a small degree, sly about answer-word (8) S(LIGHT)LY

19 Reveals to liven us in a way (7) UNVEILS*

21 Chhattisgarh's top and flexible mountaineer (7) C LIMBER

22 Mimic Polly (6) PARROT

25 Linen of the cruder sort (4) ECRU

The Hindu Crossword No. 9848 Friday, May 21, 2010

Across

1 Its fall denotes the end (7) CURTAIN

5 Street a meeting-place (6) A VENUE

9 Love in the morning for most of sixty minutes (5) AM(-h)OUR

10 Stranded fare? (9) SPAGHETTI

11 Famous but apparently incompetent (7) NOT ABLE

12 Tom backs CIT's revised procedure (7) TAC<-TICS

13 The sort of flight or option that makes it unprecedented (5) FIRST

14 Pompous about flu in Thai quarters (9) HIFALUTIN*

16 Sticky insect has another insect within (3,6) OIL (BEE)TLE

19 Overwhelm a doctor and confess (5) DR OWN

21 Canadian cop makes relation blow her top for a short-time (7) MO(-a)UNTIE

23 Sign a number is lionlike (7) LEO NINE

24 Gear for retirement? (9) NIGHTGOWN

25 A girl in distress was a knight's quest (5) GRAIL*

26 It makes kite-flying an easy thing (6) BREEZE

27 Competitors' records (7) ENTRIES

Down

1 In which orders pass from one link to another (5,2,7) CHAIN OF COMMAND

2 Early bird? (7) ROOSTER

3 Turn to get hold of mug and a tumbler (7) AC{(ROB) A}T (nice!)

4 Sunshine falls timorously on top of the army building (6,3) (NISSEN HU*)T

5 Get adjusted to a lawyer on training (5) A DA PT

6 Chela, it was hit just (7) ETHICAL*

7 Straighten out (7) UNTWIST

8 Complaint is Denise, with son, planned poorly (4,3,7) PINS AND NEEDLES*

15 Slippery customer going into a country is independent, in a way (9) FR(EEL)ANCE

17 Less advanced in years, unknown makes way for learner in an armchair (7) (+L)(-y)OUNGER

18 Give the right to label (7) EN TITLE

19 Must be under doctor during a dry spell (7) DR OUGHT

20 Indian wise men go north after alternative art (7) OR (IGAM<-) I<-

22 Show feelings dramatically (5) EMOTE

The Hindu Crossword No. 9847 Thursday, May 20, 2010

Across

1 Such a sketch doesn’t have flesh and blood (8) SKELETAL

5 Pieceworker, Jack, old boy, gets some numbers (6) J OB BER

9 Gun put in hold, our sailors lost in the boat races (7) R E(GAT) TA

10 Stubborn person overwhelms females with red scarf (7) MU(FF)LE R

11 Sherpa got flustered in a cluster of projectiles (9) GRAPESHOT*

12 Is he fit to be a takeaway person? (5) THIEF*

13 Among a small number there’s an engineer: one leading a high life (4) I(BE)X (you are a sadist, Gridman!)

14 Tucker, for one, sung about weapons (5,4) TOMMY GUNS*

17 Odd, fifty left for new youth leader for a kind of reward (9) {PECU(-L)(+N)IAR}Y

19 Perhaps evangelists hold a recess (4) APSE

23 Under a false name, briefly (5) INCOG(nito)

24 Painter holding a hot section for islanders (9) T(A H)ITIAN(S)

25 Not straightforward, like a crossword clue! (7) CRYPTIC (ironically, quite a straightforward clue!)

26 Perm Sue worked out is the best of all (7) SUPREME*

27 Don’t outstanding workers take part in these strikes? (3-3) SIT-INS

28 You and me inquisitive — not about a description of an exceptional interest (8) US (-C)URIOUS

Down

1 Gasolier refurbished at women’s quarters in palace (8) SERAGLIO*

2 Chisel image finally with graven designing (7) E(NGRAVE*)

3 Specialist gets bay perhaps for a starter (6) ENT REE

4 Isn’t archaic? No, just becoming outmoded (13) ANACHRONISTIC*

6 Near-offer about torn tags kept away from public view (3-5) OFF-(STAG)E(-r)

7 Bobby’s leader coming up with big money (7) BILLION

8 Become thinned with ugly fare on board (6) R(AREF*)Y

10 Transformation brought about by aphorisms to the latter half of them (13) METAMORPHOSIS*

15 Conducting element (8) TUNGSTEN

16 Estimate again: to be diverted are ships carrying drug (8) (REA*)SS(E)SS

18 Variable parking in chaotic centre not completed, put in a code (7) {ENCR(Y)(P)T(-e)*}

20 Identify unpleasant smell, but this doesn’t make cure possible (7) PLACE (B O)

21 Endlessly talk about freshwater aquarium fish (6) DISCUS(-S)

22 Dazed feeling increased when in shop mostly (6) ST(UP)OR(-e)

The Hindu Crossword No. 9846 Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Across

1 Girl's training men on safety-first electrical devices (8) ADA PT OR S

6 A great many development units (4) LOTS

9 Some of the best RAF engineers attack from the air (6) ST(RAF)E(-b)

10 Mate rejects objection to a kind of washing machine (4-3) TWIN-TUB<-

13 Listen secretly: ladies heard to prod weirdly (9) EAVES(~eves)DROP*

14 She will take and revise notes (9) STENO*

15 What an ivory-poacher may look for (4) TUSK

16 In section, prying police's overlooking one package deliverable by mail (6,4) PARCEL POST

19 Thin fights over work period (5,5) NIGHT SHIFT*

21 Big star Bard's river reflected (4) NOVA<-

24 Chekhov the writer, for one (5) ANTON

25 Mistake in supervision (9) OVERSIGHT

26 Nil parent puzzled at work (7) O(PERANT*)

27 Put a couple of letters in search engine for laundry additive (6) B(L U)ING

28 Perched back on top of kiosk for a difficult job (4) TAS<-K

29 French capitalist? (8) PARISIAN (smart!)

Down

2 Sort of cases District Superintendent involves upstart Evita in (7) D(ATIVE*)S

3 Party leader to step up for tribute (6) P RAISE

4 Outwit Rev. Horace somehow (9) OVERREACH*

5 Pay attention to ab exercise? (3,2) SIT UP

7 Constantly moving, he got no break (2,3,2) ON THE GO*

8 Not the main business agreements (12) SUBCONTRACTS

11 One new single boot part (6) I N SOLE

12 Falling into illness but not confined to bed? (7,5) SETTING ABOUT

17 Brown's restriction on where you may get a refreshing drink (6,3) COFFEE BAR

18 Poem unit's function variable in appeal (6) S(TAN)(Z)A

20 Picks up information on gun belonging to the woman (7) G AT HER S

22 Material for The Hindu, say, on Zambia? (7) ORGAN ZA

23 Questions about offspring succeeded (6) ISSUE S

25 Available: old books on Andhra Pradesh (2,3) O (N T) AP

The Hindu Crossword No. 9845 Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Across

1 Rough-and-ready method by Tom's dictum? (4,2,5) RULE OF THUMB

9 They pull undergarments (7) DRAWERS

10 One boy back with another at the far end of ledge to remove covering (7) DIS<-ROB E

11 To a specified time peacekeepers get oil (5) UN TIL

12 PTA cheery about a perfect example (9) ARCHETYPE*

13 Give a dirty look to some of the bellowers (5) LOWER

15 Shame! Dhonis veered off! Quarter of an hour lost! (9) DISHON*(-h)OUR

18 They keep shops smartened in a certain manner (9) TRADESMEN*

21 Company raised rejected rodent (5) CO YPU

22 Young German gamely abandoned a broken playground equipment (6,3) JUNG{LE GYM(-a)*}

24 Caused injury by removing top with weapons (5) (-H)ARMED

26 Act with college head following ‘stop' order on a kind of research (7) POST*DO C

27 One who depletes to fall in the German case (7) D(RAIN)ER

28 His pic Colin morphed is inside the PC (7,4) SILICON CHIP*

Down

1 Communist to ponder over alien fish (3,6) RED MULL ET

2 Less than less (5) LEAST

3 Bigger than big (9) OVERLARGE

4 One who would wax eloquent over models, presumably (7) TUSSAUD

5 And the German, to sock pieces away, moves out (7) UND(OCKS*)

6 Criticise and wildly stab at one finally (5) BAST*E

7 Plump pudding (4-4) ROLY-POLY

8 First of samples, before it's withered (4) S ERE

14 By-no-means a strong vice (8) WEAKNESS

16 Canoeing — a sport for another time (4,5) ONCE AGAIN* (nice!)

17 It brings you to where you began the journey (5,4) ROUND TRIP

19 Wonderful wise men raise a large amount (7) MAGI (CAL<-)

20 Itinerant, sane, leaders of Indian culture (7) NO MAD I C (Gridman-> Mad Grin* :)

22 Yes, in Germany, primarily puerile English quip (4) JA P E

23 Ditches fifty poems (5) L ODES

25 Insect hovers around Pole for a period (5) MO(N)TH

The Hindu Crossword No. 9844 Monday, May 17, 2010

Across

1 By order, behead no stupid person (8) BONEHEAD*

5 Creep on dam, do! (6) WEIR DO

9 Standard a couple of females at home have for what paper may be coated with (8) PAR A FF IN

10 What one did on the doormat pretty much is plain (6) STEP PE

12 Strip of wood is almost bluish-grey (4) SLAT(-E)

13 Thinner bit of raga included in composition of inept tune (10) TU(R)PENTINE*

15 Help get comfy at bedtime (4,2) TUCK IN

17 A piece of the action in golf? (5) DIVOT

20 Wrongdoer abandons soft part of target (5) (-S)INNER

21 Managed to be back on tier that's of little breadth (6) NAR<-ROW

24 Rep felt cup is broken and becomes tense (10) PLUPERFECT*

27 Enemy surrounding large ice sheet (4) F(L)OE

29 Kind of dismissal suffered by foreign one taking part in conducted tour (3,3) R(UN) OUT*

30 Without a crew, deprived of strength of mind (8) UNMANNED

31 Company of players to gather, we hear (6) TROOPS (~troupes)

32 Rummage broken lunettes (8) UNSETTLE*

Down

1 Give the skip to a kind of surgical procedure (6) BYPASS

2 Just condition met by young boy (6) NORM AL

3 Sound set provided in Hampi's outer limits (4) H U FF

4 What you might say as you leave in France (5) ADIEU

6 Consumed bit of what neta eagerly passed back (5) E ATEN<-

7 Respite for church official covering public relations unit (8) RE(PR)(I)EVE

8 You can't make one without breaking an egg (8) OMELETTE

11 Footloose writer in Californian town recalled beginner(6) O PEN ER

14 Say “I'm happy” as a Siamese might (4) PURR

16 Ruler, one replaced by you, said to have endless fun in martial art (4,2) K(+U)(-I)NG FU(-N)

17 Abandon an ornament (4) DROP

18 Discourage girl's rip-it posture (8) DI'S(PIRIT*)

19 Hint that disparate union is about to wind up (8) INNU(END)O*

22 Scheme by the alien for a heavenly body (6) PLAN ET

23 Dog, with its tail docked but possessing a bit of dependability, for church official (6) BEA(-G)(+D)LE

25 Provide oriental bit of wit (5) E QUIP

26 About unknown clergyman (5) C ANON

28 Feeling of malice in chacha telling (4) HATE