Saturday 23 March 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 2731, Sunday 24 Mar 13

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
No 2731, Sunday 24 Mar 13
Mar 24th 2013, 03:00


ACROSS
1   Quick exercises after concert (6) PROMPT {PROM}{PT}
4   Child's play? (5,3) PETER PAN [GK]
10 Member blowing hard, trumpet player (9) ARMSTRONG {ARM}{STRONG}
11 Behave badly at college after work (3,2) ACT UP {ACT} {UP}
12 Children's author and poet shortly to be given extremely excellent time (7) BURNETT {BURNs}{ExcellenT}{T}
13 Mimic one friend eating Italian (7) IMITATE {1}{M{IT}ATE}
14 A careless seamstress may forget her train of thought? (4,3,6) LOSE THE THREAD [CD]
17 What a child may have to wear even on train (or coach)? (6,7) SCHOOL UNIFORM {SCHOOL} {UNIFORM}
21 In conflict with commander this month (7) AGAINST {AGA}{INST}
22 Crow put him off? That's about right (7) TRIUMPH {T{R}IUMPH*}
24 Is it possible for a learner to navigate this? (5) CANAL {CAN}{A}{L}
25 Guns lay by sacks (3,6) AIR RIFLES {AIR} {RIFLES}
26 Average speed on way (8) MODERATE {MODE}{RATE}
27 Workmen's tools left in crooked spire (6) PLIERS {P{L}IERS*}

 DOWN
1   Work willingly with others in activity ahead of dance (4,4) PLAY BALL {PLAY} {BALL}
2   Shell daughter removed from window (5) ORMER dORMER
3   Cool case (7) PATIENT [DD]
5   Condiment game colonel put underneath tongue (7,7) ENGLISH MUSTARD {ENGLISH} {MUSTARD}
6   Inspect burst main feeding SW river (7) EXAMINE {EX{MAIN*}E}
7   Drunken do up at pit ended (3,4,2) PUT PAID TO*
8   Quietly he interrupts young relative (6) NEPHEW {NE{P}{HE}W}
9   Mainly intended to reach those people top star harassed (3,3,4,4) FOR THE MOST PART {FOR THE M}{OST PART*}
15 Supported American coming in injured (9) SUSTAINED {S{US}TAINED}
16 Force when entering Tennessee port, leaderless (8) EMPHASIS {mEMPH{AS}IS}
18 Boxer's second name's King (7) HANDLER {HANDLE}{R}
19 First home, one with tail wagging (7) INITIAL {IN}{1}{TAIL*}
20 Powder copper put in malt extract (6) TALCUM {TAL{CU}M*}
23 Children's author's line seen in pit (5) MILNE {MI{L}NE}


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