The Hindu : Miscellaneous / Crossword : The Hindu Crossword 8898

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The Hindu Crossword 8898

Across

1 The least efficient news chief provides suitable yarn (7)

5 A way to sit a horse, to travel (7)

10 Property among the very finest — a tenant pays a high rent (6)

11 I'd lessen construction unemployment (8)

12 He rings church bell with 10 notes as arranged (6)

13 People in charge of wardrobes and cupboards (8)

14 Five need oil input to construct the smallest stringed instrument (6)

15 Little bird with a little morsel of food (6)

18 Takes ages on way to elevated platforms (6)

20 The Princess Royal is retiring to the shade (6)

23 It gets held up when the weather's bad (8)

25 Lime for a lawman is made by her (6)

26 Sternly criticise a Socialist invitation (8)

27 Caught a lie — made up to evoke a response (6)

28 Priests, though put on, carry on doggedly (7)

29 Followed a desired course (7)

Down

2 Uncommunicative type, this native (6)

3 To begin with fish is unexpected (9)

4 Rental `e arranged lasting for ever (7)

6 Able to pay for paint stripper, maybe (7)

7 Rends an opening to hire out (5)

8 Legally seize the goods appearing first in the pipeline (8)

9 Do such steps take one's breath away? (7,6)

16 Moroccan of Argentine extraction (9)

17 Following such a rush, one can be completely out of stock (8)

19 Public cabins, not for the abstainers (7)

21 Pressing a fellow to join the English cricket team (7)

22 To have a high opinion need not be a dream (6)

24 Derives an advantage (5)

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