THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10729, Monday 25 Mar 13, Neyartha

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10729, Monday 25 Mar 13, Neyartha Mar 25th 2013, 03:00 Nice opener from Neyartha.  Transportation theme? Tricycle, Locomotion, Road, Ship, Sedan, Sled. Noticed some paired words: Main, Cross (familiar to Bangaloreans); Recruit, Court-Martialled, ACROSS 7 Ron discarded incorrectly built bike for kids (8) TRICYCLE (INCORRECTLY-RON)* 9 Is the moon difficult to sight when here? (6) APOGEE CD 10 Progress in crazy movement? (10) LOCOMOTION (LOCO+MOTION) 11 Speaker's rallied on the way (4) ROAD (ORAD)* 12 Work of the leaders of the Olympic players under suspension (4) OPUS (O P U S) 13 Informal meal with my German-Chinese dish (4,4) CHOW MEIN (Chow is informal word for meal and Mein is 'my' in German) 16 Gaudily dress up Ben after hiding Diana's last letter to Edward (7) BEDIZEN (BE(DI Z E)N) 18 Enlist // a novice (7) RECRUIT 2 The recruit may end up being 5d 20 Oriental excited by exclamation of surprise at the retreat appearance shows high spirits (8) EUPHORIA (E+UP+HO+AIR<) 21 Indiscretion makes Henry replace the apprentice on the steamer (4) SHIP (SLIP-L+H) I almost thought it could be SLIP (SHIP-H=L), which also fits. But thought better of it on second thoughts) 23 Vocally complained about the margin (4) SIDE (~sighed) 24 Sea urchin found in a beach toy in Arkansas (4,6) SAND DOLLAR (SAND DOLL AR) 25 Push the good man left in the shade (6) HUSTLE (ST+L inside HUE) 26 Large eel entertains the English coming back with a liquor constituent (8) CONGENER (CONGER outside EN<, which makes it CONGE(NE<)R. Dropping the coming back, it would be CONG(EN)ER. New word for me. My spell check also underlined it. DOWN 1 Minister needs no introduction to incendiarism (5) pARSON 2 Skills needed to transcribe caliph's comments (15) ACCOMPLISHMENTS (CALIPHS COMMENTS)* 3 Net raised with a desire to capture (7) BEWITCH (WEB< ITCH) 4 The remaining part is the most important (4) MAIN (T) 5 Tried in the armed forces and let admiral free after chase (5-10) COURT-MARTIALLED (COURT+ (LET ADMIRAL)*) My CoD 6 Couple of 50s thrown away by philatelist suffering from a liver disease (9) HEPATITIS (PHILATELIST-L-L)* 8 Start to go over and become angry (5) CROSS 2 Is start necessary? Or am I missing something? 14 Run up debts after trouble with advancing the ball (3) OWE (WOE with O moved up) 15 Being destitute, engineer prunes internal promissory note (9) PENURIOUS (PRUNES+IOU)* 17 Mistake to be king for a long time (3) ERR (ERA-A+R) 19 Flatbread given by the cheating revolutionary employed in a financial institution (7) BANNOCK (BANK around CON<) 21 Type of chair// in a car (5) SEDAN 2 22 Truth without any embellishments? (5) NAKED CD 24 Isle depot hides a North American snow vehicle (4) SLED (T)

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