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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword No. 8611

Across

1 Tooth care isn't arranged without enough advance warning (2,5,6)

10 Skier's transport — cold and hot transport by plane? (5,4)

11 It has an edge amongst cutlery (5)

12 Old general, by the track, is wary (5)

13 Red agents, on the move, get alienated (9)

14 Crafty, like the Dickensian dodger (6)

16 Simple organism performing in crazy surroundings (5)

19 Dimness left by nut-bearing plant (5)

20 Drinking tubes that could be clutched at in desperation (6)

25 Religious conversion for which there is a whole Army (9)

26 Unit of magnetic flush, nearly the latest development (5)

27 Old European regime, English, in opulent setting (5)

28 Made wretched by a deed lost mysteriously (9)

29 Kitchen machine provides nourishment for a levy (other ranks) (4,9)

Down

2 Grotesque imitation of an attempt to cover an undergarment (8)

3 Potter or Truman (5)

4 Marauder with assistant in posh car (6)

5 Swimming with volunteers in country (8)

6 Assume a role, split it into its components (4,5)

7 Shrink from a call in church (6)

8 Mythological monster, one of two dangerous choices (6)

9 Shows the way to clues (5)

15 Girl beaten but not disconcerted (9)

17 Remain more untamed and cause confusion (8)

18 Kind of singer set aloft precariously (8)

21 Drink, a bit sweetish and yoghurt-like (6)

22 Taking excessive interest (5)

23 One lacking colour in Bali? No kidding! (6)

24 Defence mechanism of squid to divert a sick Pole (3,3)

26 Ankle bone of a not quite tall American (5)

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