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Wednesday, Mar 16, 2005

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 8242

Across

1 Second rate bunch under a stain (4)

3 Sign of possession (10)

10 Dante's hell (7)

11 Structure of thin strips of wood crossing to serve as screen (7)

12 Invigorating restorative (5)

13 Thought too highly of being taxed (9)

14 Introductory performances (8)

15 Looked closely at the nobleman (6)

18 Sap the French quietly to get the fruits (6)

20 Determined again to be rebuked (8)

24 Hugo wrote about a premonition to bet on (9)

26 He has an aversion for work (5)

27 Calls quietly for the edging (7)

28 A grudging giver (7)

29 Deliberate transposition of initial letters of two or more words (10)

30 Tract of land growing trees (4)

Down

1 Raised by adding something to the underside (5,2)

2 Transgression of a receiver? (7)

4 Advances aid to stimulate support (8)

5 Joins with easily melted alloy (6)

6 It turns in either direction (5)

7 He can rip and rent to go to press (7)

8 Corrected me to reform somehow (7)

9 Breakage from turf race (8)

16 Gains by labour (8)

17 Times for holidays (8)

18 Apes his gradual loss of vowel at the beginning of a word (7)

19 Pigeon-sized petrel of southern seas (7)

21 Natural cooker broiling spectacularly (7)

22 Ride indeed and treated with scorn (7)

23 Beggar with nothing to his name (6)

25 A face that launched a thousand ships (5)

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