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Tuesday, Oct 26, 2004

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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 8123

Across

1 Vital ingredient of `filter coffee' (9)

5 The advent of the mobile has made it a near discard (5)

8 Socialist reportedly on drugs, losing weight (8)

9 Hard metal, brittle as bone: mother holds one (6)

11 Drum with good French pep (5)

12 Most valuable assistant, even for a southpaw (5-4)

13 Shutter of note: yield varies (6)

14 Oxford sportsman and ringer get flower (8)

16 It gives the footballer a chance to rest a while (4-4)

18 Preserve a way with a false report (6)

22 He serves drinks with skill in a drinking bout (9)

23 Schumacher's car (5)

24 Wobble like an alien in a funny tree (6)

25 Ritual washing for remission of sin, releasing Sol (8)

26 Attempt, good man, a secret meeting (5)

27 Deterioration seen in the heart of a wench in ten years (9)

Down

1 Bad rule: however, long-lasting (7)

2 Fall in pitch of the voice of 27 losing starters (7)

3 Stout chicken, one gone crazy, is an unwelcome intruder (6,2,3,4)

4 Disregard any hidden sign or emblem here (6)

5 Haunted stars hope endlessly to dance and collect money for a cause (4,3,3,5)

6 Ugly expression on the face of a girl who has swallowed one drop of Madeira (7)

7 Give new shape to sitter following religious education (7)

10 A soldier the French found to be nimble (5)

15 Organic compound made one tipsy (5)

16 Routine practice upset volunteers in the natural abode (7)

17 Theft, a real NYC variety (7)

19 At which the buyer pays the highest possible price (7)

20 Confound by a gender problem (7)

21 Means of communication in a Demerara bicentenary (6)

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