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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 8608

Across

1 The shooter on set (9)

5 Computer personality gets a fresh spell (5)

8 Exclude a copper seller (3,3)

9 Small business, driven, is severely punished (8)

11 Is a girl right? Always! (4)

12 Badinage in Latin is accepted by sons of the soil (10)

14 Seductive lady may sound a warning (5)

15 Hit hard on the head, bishop reportedly ruled (7)

16 Early satellite puts kin in trouble (7)

17 Fibbin' vocally for a long stay in bed in the morning (3-2)

19 One who could say he saw it happen (10)

20 Drug addict in trousers (4)

22 An officer inside said to be identical in nature (8)

23 The majority carrying keys are humble (6)

24 Place in Italy is an awful ruin after onset of typhoon (5)

25 Drink from a part of the Big Apple (9)

Down

1 Prestige is a pain in court (6)

2 Relatives of higher quality, they head nuns (7,8)

3 Utter defeat in a shortened way (4)

4 Sleepwalker, taut, climbs on unsteadily (12)

5 A glum state treated with salts used in cooking (10)

6 What to do to keep the trousers up and reduce expenses (7,4,4)

7 Looking rueful because of a bad deed, say (3-4)

10 The realm of the gardener, say (5,7)

13 Member of a religious order that could be traced back to the saint of Assisi (10)

16 Dogs, possibly, upset by reduction in diamond treatment (or hair style?) (4,3)

18 A member of 10 Dn. can sing about time (6)

21 Drink that percolates in the middle (4)

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