THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10748, Tuesday 16 Apr 13, Afterdark

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10748, Tuesday 16 Apr 13, Afterdark Apr 16th 2013, 03:00 Welcome to Afterdark. Liked the clues for AWARENESS, ARTERY, TITRATE and ROMANIA. I was thrown off by the unsymmetrical grid and had difficulty with 15A and 27A before I spotted my mistake with the grid. I noticed two of my pet peeves too - giving away large parts of the answer for free in the clue and surfaces that aren't wholly convincing. But this is Afterdark's debut, so good luck to him. Onwards and upwards ACROSS 1 Maybe old, you can leave Henry and catch the bird (6) TOUCAN (ThOU + CAN) 4 Rascals living in southern tents (6) SCAMPS (S + CAMPS) 9 Case to hold alien, you and setter (4) ETUI (ET + U + I) 10 Each rendering is a travesty (10) PERVERSION (PER + VERSION) 11 Restriction Nero almost faced to raise flag (6) BANNER (BAN + NERo) 12 Strong Vet hides strong males (8) VEHEMENT (VET outside HE-MEN) 13 Lifer returned with the fish replenishment (9) REFILLING (LIFER<= + LING) 15 Engineer kidnapped the boy inside using a knife (5) BLADE (BE outside LAD) 16 God doesn't play ---, said the Nobel Laureate (4) DICE (GK) 17 Knowledge of a conflict at eastern headland? (9) AWARENESS (A + WAR + E + NESS) 21 Order nothing for the soldier (8) COMMANDO (COMMAND  + O) 22 Envelope // a capital (6) MANILA (DD) 24 Morale went for a toss getting the fruit (10) WATERMELON (MORALE WENT)* 25 Media from the east missing an article is the same in Latin (4) IDEM (MEDIa)<= 26 Charter youngster furnished for the vessel (6) ARTERY (T) 27 Colour displayed when mother hugged a gent (7) MAGENTA (MA outside A GENT) DOWN 1 Analyse bird speed (7) TITRATE (TIT + RATE) 2 One French setter on for a marriage (5) UNION (UN + I + ON) 3 Crumpled paper packed by all endlessly use as clothing (7) APPAREL (PAPER* inside ALl) 5 Credit on oriental revolutionary to start a nursery (6) CRECHE (CR + E + CHE) 6 Mules monk beat up to fetch a fruit (9) MUSKMELON (MULES MONK)* 7 Ron & Edward hauled up by Supreme Court & held in contempt (7) SCORNED (SC + RON* + ED) 8 Gutsy contemporary universe as portrayed by Huxley (5,3,5) BRAVE, NEW, WORLD (BRAVE + NEW + WORLD) 14 At home with corrupt member (9) INCUMBENT (IN + CUM + BENT) 16 Learners miss alternative armadillo 3D model (7) DIORAMA (ARMADIllO)* 18 Listlessly roam in a country (7) ROMANIA (ROAM IN A)* 19 Indian sage accepting lie is important (7) SALIENT (SANT outside LIE) 20 A night, for starters in Rome brought up charm in America (6) ENAMOR (A N inside ROME)<= 23 Immature Evian went back (5) NAIVE (EVIAN)<= LINK TO SOLUTION

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