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Friday, Aug 11, 2006

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Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 8679

Across

1 Which one might roll up for some manual job (7)

5 Drinking-cup rocks as I set (6)

9 Elbow the sheep? (5)

10 Where one admission is made after another (9)

11 Pa, I'm old enough to get a certificate (7)

12 Robber crew encircling equipment (7)

13 Got up to admit one girl (5)

14 Sen, iron it out so we get an advertisement (9)

16 You may use it to make an opening or gain an entrance (5,4)

19 Record lost in epochal turn-out by ancient Tamil empire (5)

21 Shorten a dentist's work (7)

23 Persuade one to change one's belief (7)

24 Ironbarks (9)

25 Clown is hostile to a hundred (5)

26 It's ass settling into a state of inactivity (6)

27 One time plentiful, for instance (7)

Down

1 Ordinary household servant in olden India? No, outstanding leader (8,6)

2 Gets away before completing the time? (7)

3 Against senior serving drink (3,4)

4 State employment (9)

5 Tremble over spilt broth (5)

6 Being more of a cry-baby, young sibling has halting rise (7)

7 Somehow ram it in: the team needs a font (7)

8 Where an editor has his say (7,7)

15 Contribute as an underwriter (9)

17 A tropic-processed fruit (7)

18 Restricts theologian involved in deals (7)

19 Record "Goodbye," a musical work (7)

20 When the vehicle has no roof (4-3)

22 Nearly open public showings (5)

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