The Hindu : Miscellaneous / Crossword : The Hindu Crossword No. 8283

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Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword No. 8283

Across

1 Carriers of Noel's spirit (9,5)

8 Trojan hero, a sane eastern deviant (6)

9 Thomas could thus have been uncertain (8)

11 Job's self-description was impetuous (9)

12 Army unit has a bad time getting back (5)

13 Sailor, first in merchantman, consumed a great deal (7)

15 The truth is that I try ale for a change (7)

17 Percussion caps put back in a dry European capital (7)

19 Plunder American reserve force's coffee (7)

21 Restore to zero the English among others (5)

23 Protection for authors from double claim (9)

25 Wine on the house where import is allowed without duty (4,4)

26 Civilised old place with a curse (6)

27 Crooked smile disguised by projectiles (6,8)

Down

1 Brain box (7)

2 Time for preparation, for a delivery, maybe (3-2)

3 Clever Dick could cause pain to little hero of Macedonia (5,4)

4 Singular horn of the gunman (7)

5 Scope for a doctor with appeal (5)

6 Flowers of Narcissus that Wordsworth saw "fluttering and dancing in the breeze" (9)

7 Information stored here is hanging loosely (6)

10 Get the better of member of famous singing group, not the French (4)

14 Is USA sure to order the bride's outfit? (9)

16 Waxy substance bars grime somehow (9)

17 A tendency to be without purpose (6)

18 Leaders of strange entities corrected and made safe (7)

19 Totally absorbed in a contraption (4)

20 Performer reacts to change, starts smiling (7)

22 Bug the pressman put on record (5)

24 Sangraal, a key bird (5)

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