The Hindu : The Hindu Crossword 7762

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Aug 27, 2003

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 7762

Across

1Having time on your side means more (6,7)

8 Try to take water to a creature in a cage? (7)

9 A Spanish motorcyclist? (7)

11 Aids traced right back to the Chinese secret societies (6)

13Yellow and white container (8)

15Royal girl in real form (5)

16 About, when in France, my having driven the lads nuts (7)

18 He gets the trains running to time (7)

19 Sway to the music (5)

21These frequenters were those settled down to their costume dress? (8)

23 Haggard heroine demanding obedience (6)

25 The fleet nowadays harboured, too gets hit by violent thunderstom (7)

26 An ornament placed on shoulder of American military officer? (7)

28 Be ruthless and go through all the red lights? (4,2,7)

Down

2 Range in order, one's income (7)

3 Flammable liquid that sets countries in flames for its possession! (3)

4 Pull along for a tie (4)

5 Pledged to a commitment (10)

6 Excuses for having left vegetables around (5)

7 Homesteaders on cattle land (7)

8 How those circus dogs doing the hoop trick must suffer! (2,7,2)

10 The walk of the rich? (7,4)

12 I held out for a major settlement in India (5)

14 If all else fails, Zurich in the travel brochure? (4,6)

17 It's indecent to put salt on a filthy place (5)

18 Tore tab to accommodate American on low stool (7)

20 Used for regulation of glucose in the blood (7)

22 The hobo Monsieur ensnared? (5)

24 Very cold? That's nothing ! (4)

27 Volcanic dust (3)

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