The Hindu : Miscellaneous / Crossword : The Hindu Crossword No. 2595

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Sunday, Mar 06, 2005

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword No. 2595

Across

1 Dior's the last word in

fashion? (7,3)

6 Unsatisfactory, a bygone

king (4)

10 Temporary place to stay,
very large, in decay (5)

11 One bird and a piece of
veal taken in by me from oven (9)

12 Jumped in field -
prelude to training? (5)

13 Attack head, seizing
power with speed (9)

14 Go round in circles in a
hotel, struggling with cases (5,4,4)

18 Mercy shown by excellent
chess player - petty officer, perhaps (13)

20 Fetch feathers from
shoot (5,4)

22 I had brought back nothing
from US state (5)

24 Involved in endless
attempts to catch domestic pet (9)

25 Friend in Miami, golfing (5)

26 Fuss excessively about
daughter (2-2)

27 An intuitive faculty

suggesting she isn't sex mad? (5,5)

Down

1 Vagrant, extremely destitute
old widow (8)

2 Jack has drop of Armagnac
after port wine (5)

3 Also against article on pub
acquisition (4,3,7)

4 Strange term involving a
particular kind of painter (9)

5 Run over English
international after start of race (5)

7 Tell age of specially
designed musical instrument (9)

8 Relaxed with drop of Scotch
(last from bottle) following a meal (2,4)

9 Those offering help with
anagrams do it so furtively (4,10)

15 Settled account and left (9)

16 Tough line adopted by
hospital department (9)

17 Preservative Rose spilled in
shelter (8)

19 Player, one wearing odd
boots (6)

21 One from Muscat? Old chap,
upright character (5)

23 Offensive article defending
fabrication (5)

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