The Hindu : The Hindu Crossword 7826

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Nov 12, 2003

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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 7826

Across

1 Transport, a real, open variety (9)

5 Herb, sacred to many Indians (5)

8 Repository of tomes has halves switched in written record kept by doctor (8)

9 Perfect types that one distributes (6)

11 His pa hides a Turkish cavalry member (5)

12 Applying some mortar and uniting (9)

13 Rest of the afternoon (6)

14 Wires cab to move backwards or sideways (8)

16 Order duck for a special trooper (8)

18 Surrounded, fought with a sword (6)

22 Fairy's greeting no good, extremely chilly (9)

23 Indian destiny (5)

24 Medicine, drug no one returns (6)

25 Attractive engineer getting old (8)

26 General meaning of a serious disagreement after 1st of December (5)

27 A portion reportedly meant for residence (9)

Down

1 Charges a couple of 100s, exploits (7)

2 Deep pink (7)

3 Buses, trains etc. for brutal PC's trip: no novelty (6,9)

4 Guarantee a small victory? Ouch! (6)

5 What a hotel may offer — a place to rest and a bit to eat thereafter (3,3,9)

6 Language that makes his wail odd (7)

7 Pasta dish causes gas to rise in a way (7)

10 Flatter Sergeant-Major holding up butter (5)

15 Allow ingress (5)

16 Creature to deal with seed case (7)

17 One from Mumbai perhaps (7)

19 CID tore around with explosive material (7)

20 Hard tug to produce a current of air (7)

21 Girl includes information in programme of meeting (6)

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