Miscellaneous - Crossword   

The Hindu Crossword No. 2709

Across

 1 Play accommodating husband always backed in US city (10)

 6 Elegant young woman? No end (4)

10 Church dignitary may be caught out soon (5)

11 Standard from the recent past? (9)

12 Qualities nurse displayed making a cocktail (7,7)

14 Have searchers on face of Snowdon (7)

15 Fleeced? Made a bad mistake keeping king (7)

16 Small bomb enraged criminal (7)

19 Whistle found in storage container hospital left out (7)

21 In here, a few used to change, then see you (3,11)

23 Religious ceremony in US city cut short (9)

24 Drinks last drop of orangeade in error (5)

25 Band from Arkansas (Harrison) (4)

26 Desk – score it badly and anger ensues (10)

Down

 1 Discharge rifle (4)

 2 Referee initially infuriates football team (7)

 3 Dare to suggest Paris, say, as a source of high-risk investment (7,7)

 4 Girl in public house, foolish to be upset (7)

 5 Stands up to drunken sisters (7)

 7 Emperor moth finally landing on boy (7)

 8 From Scottish river, leads straying carthorse (10)

 9 Girl, awfully thin, stole, surprisingly, like some bandits? (5-2-3-4)

13 Telescopes enabling one to observe schooners, perhaps (10)

17 Produces the goods(7)

18 Non-stop, but without objective? (7)

19 Keeper’s dog knocked over cycle (7)

20 After opening of Amadeus, I’d help out in a London theatre (7)

22 Bare pond (4)

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

The Hindu Crossword No. 2709
Solution No. 2708
Weather

Copyright © 2007, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu