Saturday 27 April 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 2736, Sunday 28 Apr 13

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
No 2736, Sunday 28 Apr 13
Apr 28th 2013, 03:00


ACROSS
1   Publicity that's sent round to confuse (3,3) PUT OFF {PU{T O}FF}
4   One holding a sword, blackleg confronting poet (8) SCABBARD {SCAB}{BARD}
10 Fancy Lorraine getting behind France, finally, in the past? (7,2) EARLIER ON {E}{LORRAINE*}
11 Jelly shown in a small photograph (5) ASPIC {A}{S}{PIC}
12 Illegal trading in vehicles (7) TRAFFIC [DD]
13 First to tell funny story about king and revolutionary (7) TROTSKY {T}{ROTS{K}Y*}
14 So don't regret getting different dog (6,6) GORDON SETTER*
18 More than one infantryman in base joins one inside (4,8) FOOT SOLDIERS {FOOT} {SOLD{1}ERS}
21 Reveals bit of scandal gathered by the Parisian solicitor (4,3) LETS OUT {LE}{T{S} OUT}
23 Shot a line after private action that backfired? (3,4) OWN GOAL [CD]
24 Stole aboard alien vessel (1-4) E-BOAT {E{-BOA}T}
25 A French composer held in Fleet, ultimately extremely lucky to get free (2,7) AT LIBERTY {A}{T} {Luc{IBERT}kY} 
26 Better money for the most important officials (3,5) TOP BRASS {TOP} {BRASS}
27 Shellfish in Savoy's terrific (6) OYSTER [T]

DOWN
1   Rather charming to look at (6) PRETTY [CD]
2   Danger that must involve sappers (6) THREAT {TH{RE}AT}
3   Goes mad about failure to find sandals (4-5) FLIP-FLOPS {FLIP-{FLOP}S}
5   Round-the-clock work blocking busy line in old city (14)  CONSTANTINOPLE {CONSTANT}{IN{OP}LE*}
6   Vote against party? (5)  BEANO {BE}{A}{NO} 
7   Suitable model brought in by a new Pope (8)  APPOSITE {A}{PPO{SIT}E*}
8   Weed quadrangle in naval establishment (8)  DOCKYARD {DOCK}{YARD}
9   Lines written about race, sign of insincerity (9,5) CROCODILE TEARS {CROCODILE {TEAR}S}
15 One delivering shopkeeper's goods may be confused by an order (6,3) ERRAND BOY*
16 A leader in fashion, elegant and wealthy (8) AFFLUENT {A}{F}{FLUENT}
17 Swallow, initially, a spot of outrageously used flattery (4,4) SOFT SOAP {S}{OFT SOAP*}
19 Left out of main story involving old Irish detective (6) POIROT {Pl{O}{IR}OT}
20 Actor, powerful participant (6) PLAYER [DD]
22 Fur cap removed from scoundrel (5) OTTER rOTTER


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