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Wednesday, Aug 30, 2006

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous - Crossword

The Hindu Crossword 8694

Across

1 Head hunter's agent on the prowl (6,5)

9 Daughter reportedly ruled and made constant demands on energy (7)

10 Laced with a halogen, ODI side is transformed (7)

11 Measure employed in an ill-lit restaurant (5)

12 A car in USA chopped up for wood (9)

13 Flattery, the stuff of some operas (4)

15 Queen chases awful curse, is a deliverer (7)

19 Low seat for a scooter driver, you say? (7)

20 Independent secret agent is in a guessing game (1-3)

24 Notes of things to be remembered by dream man dithering about love (9)

25 Sing with joy, girl! (5)

27 Mound of soil, result of worker's building effort (3,4)

28 Firearm given to British engineer by peacekeeper (4,3)

29 Songbird has a dark time in big storm (11)

Down

1 "Your health!" in some bread (5)

2 Surgical knife named in medical journal (6)

3 Negative game of chance? Nothing doing (2,4)

4 Old maid who could turn round an agitation reportedly (8)

5 Military hardware that I omitted in Presidential order (8)

6 Irritability shown in a contest in essay-writing (9)

7 Soiled one trained to worship (7)

8 A chap who admits daughter is a publicity person ... (5)

14 ... and a man out to repair a programmed robot (9)

16 Seeking favour in a place of trial, fashionable, good (8)

17 Metal glove that can be taken up in a challenge (8)

18 Big blow for one docked in a series of events (7)

21 Damaging criticism of Erasmus, hurting without us (5)

22 Copy of transport, good in France (6)

23 Skin disorder with red blisters (6)

26 Disreputable person, with a bit of greed at heart, is an unprincipled one (5)

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