The Hindu : Miscellaneous / Crossword : The Hindu Crossword No. 2554

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Sunday, May 02, 2004

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword No. 2554

Across

1 Lack in desert (6)

4 One who's worked with mummy? (8)

9 Spanish girl in Caribbean island (9)

11 Floral feature in ring worn by tenor (5)

12 Stuff round end of meringue? (5)

13 Esteem shown in a piece of direct speech (9)

14 Men, losing face, caught by artful chap with sniffer dog (13)

18 Punish errant fathead cruelly (3,3,7)

20 Extinct reptile and raptor, last to survive us possibly (9)

22 Latest of journalists to pen an exclusive (5)

24 I complain about Ruth's mother-in-law (5)

25 Droppings are found at end of the Square — overalls required (9)

26 Hemp, perhaps? (3,5)

27 When one chooses to use a plough round onset of winter (2,4)

Down

1 Party member in protest meeting about blackleg (8)

2 In favour of church's influence (5)

3 Collier — heartless one, man due for retraining (9)

5 Flowering plant, mystical for a few nomads (6,7)

6 Leading Greek character in local pharmacy (5)

7 Head of family in secret society cut during procession (9)

8 Become less severe about period of self-denial (6)

10 Tending aralia? Unlikely here at Blenheim Palace, say (7,6)

15 Provided suitable solicitor to ring editor (6,3)

16 Leader's sharp gaining initial advantage (4,5)

17 Offer to support old girl (8)

19 Become more communicative, ring writer at university (4,2)

21 Loire's seen vaguely from bay window (5)

23 Old boy, priest, is showing signs (5)

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