Tuesday 30 April 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10761, Wednesday 01 May 13, Buzzer

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
thumbnail No 10761, Wednesday 01 May 13, Buzzer
May 1st 2013, 03:00

 Another entertainer particularly liked 24A.

ACROSS
1   Chiefly tropical American perissodactyl is rare (5) TAPIR {T}{A}{P}{I}{R}
4   Complete reversal in a fight at first for champion (5-4) ABOUT-FACE {A}{BOUT}-{F}{ACE}
9   Married men don't begin to show tempers (7) MELLOWS {M}{fELLOWS} Is that so?
10 Wrong to bring out in conversation (7) ILLICIT (~elicit)
11 Going to films if prohibited (3-6) OFF-LIMITS*
12 Foreign currency put together with British pounds in bankroll (5) KRONA bANKROll*
13 Note blunt sword in a primitive dwelling (6) TEEPEE {TE}{EPEE}
15 Small rag isn't inciting bull perhaps (4,4) STAR SIGN {S+RAG+ISN'T}*
18 Box containing three-quarters of game accessories (5,3) CHESS SET {CHES{S} {S}{E}T}
19 They might be for bowling everyone out? Yes (6) ALLEYS {ALL}{YES*}
22 Drive cattle (5) STEER [DD]
24 I for one fight with mail recipient (6,3) LETTER BOX {LETTER} {BOX}
26 Wearing slim pig's tail is the current craze (2,5) IN THING {IN} {THIN}{G}
27 Unsure of French transport carrying ten (7) DUBIOUS {DU}{B{10}US}
28 Courageous behaviour from girl's network hear (9) GALLANTRY (~gal lan tree)
29 Datong, Shanxi houses Chinese secret organisations (5) TONGS [T]

DOWN
1   Break item say (4-3) TIME-OUT {ITEM}*
2   Kapil, a fine selection of course (5) PILAF [T]
3   New moon rises in space (9) ROOMINESS*
4   Strike a deal on the phone (6) ASSAIL (~a sale)
5   Ordinary toy, it is built with ease (8) OTIOSITY {O+TOY+IT+IS}*
6   Discussion about university in collectorate (5) TALUK {TAL{U}K}
7   Divided area using concise trigonometric function (3,6) ARC COSINE {ARea}{C COSINE*}
8   Hospital department taking fall for board (7) ENTRAIN {ENT}{RAIN}
14 Basic description of Aluminium? (9) ELEMENTAL {ELEMENT}{AL}
16 Part of drill, it'll bore right away (6,3) ROLLER BIT {IT'LL+BORE+R}*
17 Stopper on door's beginning to come off (3,5) RED LIGHT {RE}{D} {LIGHT}
18 No hesitation in dressing up estimated price (7) COSTING COSTumING
20 Prejudiced people live within hollow societies (7) SEXISTS {Soci{EXIST}etieS}
21 Unimaginative scriptold, ghastly in the extreme (6) STODGY {ScripT}{OlD}[GhastlY}
23 Article/thing dipped in painter's dish (5) RAITA {R{A}{IT}A}
25 Natural to have major at heart for a tennis player (5) BJORN {B{maJor}ORN}


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