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Tuesday, Mar 29, 2005

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The Hindu Crossword No. 8253

Across

1 Inward dash to gain ground (6)

4 Brass used extensively for note making (8)

10 Melancholy share not quite complete (7)

11 Gets to know the inner nature, not visible at first sight (7)

12 Spring lightly (4)

13 Irritates with cunning in an uncalled for manner (10)

16 Set up our enforcement of rule with strict exactitude (6)

17 Disturb company as many want to change place (7)

20 Keep a place of worship (7)

21 In an instant the young man decides not to give his name (6)

24 Uglified just as the underworld calculated (10)

25 Beast to take on (4)

27 A determining fact in a problem (7)

29 Learnt a point of view forever (7)

30 New rate certain to be considered valuable (8)

31 A way the headmaster receives a complaint (6)

Down

1 Make steady application attempt on running water (8)

2 Cooks' means to get thin (7,4)

3 South American iron can be reliable (4)

5 Spot of wet weather (8)

6 Brilliant top director? (10)

7 Strange request from churchman (3)

8 Experiments with tentative efforts (6)

9 Every individual has an endless eye at the back lane (5)

14 Score three less on the interminable penultimate hole (11)

15 Unhappy state of feeling swell, perhaps (10)

18 Defendant's response to plaintiff's surrejoinder (8)

19 Likely to be held up when it rains (8)

22 Coming now for a market (6)

23 A point always made to split (5)

26 Tiny sandbanks in river (4)

28 The first lady makes a point against Easterner (3)

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The Hindu Crossword No. 8253

Solution to puzzle No. 8252

The law of Karma

dated March 29, 1955: New Ministry for Andhra

dated March 29, 1955: Tamil as State language

dated March 29, 1955: Emergency in Pakistan

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