The Hindu : Miscellaneous / Crossword : The Hindu Crossword No. 8574

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Tuesday, Apr 11, 2006

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword No. 8574

Across

1 So "Tripe" is silly retort (7)

5 Speedily become a top class dancer (2,1,4)

10 A long pole for a ship commander (6)

11 Liar the French may be, but could also be trustworthy (8)

12 Tent given to us on college grounds (6)

13 Keep mother in anti movement (8)

14 Improvement for most of the military mechanics going round (6)

15 Go back up to be received by old man — touched by it (6)

18 Study dung beetle, a flighty creature (6)

20 Brazil, Margaret? Or something more spicy (6)

23 The least well prepared sportsmen (8)

25 Has absolute power of the French with their precise location (6)

26 The whole seasoning is pimento (8)

27 A vacancy for an applicant with bottle (6)

28 Use right pose to embrace a cause (7)

29 The failure of touching pleas maybe (7)

Down

2 In a bad way in Nigeria (6)

3 Extensive picnic (9)

4 Faces in the direction of, as one sets about the task (5,2)

6 Reckoned to have all tied around (7)

7 A scheme on time, set into position (5)

8 Phone one agent up to get orthopedic aid (8)

9 Brief preacher recognised as a national leader (5,8)

16 Drinks he gives a graduate in Israel (9)

17 Unfriendly hotels is to be avoided (8)

19 Sells the one left, in flood of tears (7)

21 A little lad! (7)

22 Cricketers who field 600 balls? (6)

24 Look around the dupe for a rope to catch horses (5)

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