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Tuesday, Mar 01, 2005

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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 8229

Across

1 This brush designed an item of apparel (4,5)

5 A summit with the queen at the top (5)

8 Sloping beam found reversed in secret farmhouse (6)

9 Eastern mandate wrongly issued (8)

11 Trading group incorporates measure to connect English and American capitals (4)

12 Throttle authors, those who produce funny lines (3,7)

14 Put (the deposit perhaps) in its container (5)

15 Let a cat somehow produce milk (7)

16 Study a kind ruler's spouse (7)

17 Legal right for a name (5)

19 Viral infection that is run-of-the-mill and depressing (6,4)

20 Hairstyle that a father originally ordered (4)

22 Outrun one's welcome and displease the host (8)

23 From the beginning some made no vocal signs (2,4)

24 Cowardly sibling, say, heartless (5)

25 Atrophied when endlessly medicated, a travesty (9)

Down

1 Exchange of goods (6)

2 What does `three, four, protection, five, six' suggest? A risk to go it alone (6,2,7)

3 Hard fat found in this tissue tastes good (4)

4 The answer lies in the future: watch the clock (4,4,4)

5 Appropriate cost fiance laid out (10)

6 Winner of eight Oscars, this movie could threaten town for spoils (2,3,10)

7 Dressmaker, modern, first leader in elegance (7)

10 Basis for a sound record — attractive strip (8,4)

13 American mood unknown to accept poor soul in fun (10)

16 One-eyed giant (7)

18 Knock out intrepid spirit of the mines (6)

21 Food shop found very wanting in delivery (4)

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