The Hindu : Miscellaneous / Crossword : The Hindu Crossword No. 8286

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Friday, May 06, 2005

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword No. 8286

Across

1 Gain control of a group of associates on ship (7)

5 Medicine that can't aid when dissolved (7)

9 Malls, or places for informers to do their bit? (8,7)

10 Refrigerator, or a part of one (6)

11 In addition to a small spring, a pole (2,4,2)

13 Annoyance is included in a subtle nicety (8)

15 Officer to pull back one without guts (6)

18 Pleasant but reportedly uninteresting group (6)

19 A gemstone with the Trade Mark, say, reset (8)

22 To do needlework around a piece of twill is a perverse notion (8)

24 What makes the constable tick endlessly? Language (6)

27 Strangely radical stunt, yes, in Conan Doyle's work (1,5,2,7)

28 Prefect, a crawler (7)

29 Hitech in use to catch sea urchin (7)

Down

1 Rage can overtake the best on return (7)

2 Inclination to run after scare begins (5)

3 In Iona, e.g., ESP was misused in counter-intelligence (9)

4 Boy, good in musical composition (4)

5 Buttonhole a conservative Catholic, East German (6)

6 The weight of a century, they say (5)

7 What follows the petals? Tips of rosemary (9)

8 Neglected and ceased to be around South America (7)

12 Play a part in a drama (3)

14 Such gains cannot be well-earned (3-6)

16 Medical specialist with a stoop: the oddity (9)

17 Current measure (3)

18 Protest loudly at medical error (7)

20 Roman philosopher understood American (7)

21 A Spaniard capturing one higher in rank ... (6)

23 ... one working at becoming an officer (5)

25 Sharply hooked claw with much weight, about a pound (5)

26 Insular area (4)

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