The Hindu : The Hindu Crossword 7852

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, Dec 12, 2003

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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 7852

Across

1 Attachment makes for a very quiet finish with maturity (9)

5 Fast attack to capture Penny (5)

8 This kind of clue is a burden (6)

9 Unpunished Highlander liberated (4-4)

11 Sound of laughter from a fence (2-2)

12 In a way, dole reveals abstemiousness (10)

14 Vaporous energy (5)

15 Narrow strip of land connecting two larger areas of land (7)

16 In T.N., learn about a lamp (7)

17 One Pole, to love another, in a faint (5)

19 Contagious disease made a rapid hit: he collapsed (10)

20 Juicy fruit, say, for a couple (4)

22 Be more out of control, cause confusion (8)

23 Sailor, one held by admirer, is a member of old society to promote socialism (6)

24 Member of Irish police force taking part in a vulgar dance (5)

25 Ceremonial clothes and ornaments are, in part, GP's undoing (9)

Down

1 American Indian father is upset over pain (6)

2 What producers of goods would like the people to have — money for shopping (10,5)

3 Feature, one not found in loud sound (4)

4 Hundred ascetics lie about a clergyman (12)

5 Withdrawal, of a confession, for instance (10)

6 A veteran in the House (15)

7 Girls' chaperones send Anu Crazy (7)

10 Beginning, of an American ceremony for the conferment of academic degrees (12)

13 Small window of slate, new: feel the difference (10)

16 Refined woman with hidden microphone? Insect! (7)

18 Personification of the sky in a planet (6)

21 Temporary lodgings for the affected (4)

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