THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10691, Friday 8 Feb 13, Sankalak

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10691, Friday 8 Feb 13, Sankalak Feb 8th 2013, 03:00 Sankalak at his usual entertaining best. ACROSS 1 Would the noted coach lurk about all through night and day? (6,3,5) AROUND, THE, CLOCK (NOTED COACH LURK)* 8 Meaningless commercial carries suggestion of blasphemy ? Almost certainly (6) ABSURD (AD outside B + SURe) 9 Record player with eleven covering match in Middle-east republic (8) DJIBOUTI (DJ + 11 outside BOUT) 11 In readiness to help. Tony's band is distracted (2,5-2) ON, STAND-BY (TONYS BAND)* 12 Estate owner in his den, close to Scotland (5) LAIRD (LAIR + D) 13 Artists return to eat fish (7) SARDINE (RAS<= + DINE) 15 Laid back about deposit holder during the day (7) DIURNAL (LAID<= outside URN) 17 Gratification for British railway carrying rotten bride (7) BRIBERY (B + RY outside BRIdE*?) 19 Challenged by Teddy, reportedly lifeless (7) BEARDED (BEAR + ~DEAD) 21 A sore is a bit of a painful certitude (5) ULCER (T) 23 They are hunted for sport, these willing fliers (4,5) GAME, BIRDS (GAME + BIRDS) 25 Source of reading matter revealed when you reserve a weapon (4,4) BOOK, CLUB (BOOK + CLUB) 26 Calm, dependable good man, getting on in years, has a bit of idiosyncrasy (6) STOLID (ST + OLD outside I) 27 A hat, say, created clumsily for an old movie (1,3,2,3,5) A, DAY, AT, THE, RACES (A HAT SAY CREATED)* DOWN 1 Uncertain what to do, // having had a reverse in business ? (2,1,4) AT, A, LOSS (DD) 2 Expert diggers in a very big facility in the desert (5) OASIS (ASI inside OS) 3 Story by a citizen about the right artist (9) NARRATIVE (NATIVE outside R + RA) 4 Had a good time, finding happiness in renovated Eden (7) ENJOYED (JOY inside EDEN*) 5 Tag given to research area by Spanish (5) LABEL (LAB + EL) Should be "the Spanish" 6 Warned about unusual education (9) CAUTIONED (EDUCATION)* 7 Sailor with money upsets boy (6) TINDAL (TIN + LAD<=) 10 A sharp one in a knife is an advantage (4) EDGE (CD) 14 Nimbus puts sun god in something gloomy (4-5) RAIN-CLOUD (RA + IN + CLOUD) 16 A banal tour arranged in Mongolia (4,5) ULAN, BATOR (BANAL TOUR)* 17 On books, they are aimed at attracting readers (6) BLURBS (CD) 18 Healthy dish for one injured after aborted Indian exercise (7) YOGHURT (YOGa + HURT) 19 Swelling familiar to Indian motorists (4) BUMP (C&DD) 20 Two parties with one square-dance figure (3-1-3) DOS-A-DOS (DOS x 2 outside A) 22 Mountain // full of massive stone (5) ROCKY (DD) 24 A facile rendering turns up to reveal a memorial (5) RELIC (T<=) LINK TO SOLUTION

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