THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10754, Tuesday 23 Apr 13, Gridman

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10754, Tuesday 23 Apr 13, Gridman Apr 23rd 2013, 03:00 Some really good clues here while the overall puzzle has the Gridman stamp. Liked VEILING, ABOLISHED, ISLE, SEER, SUPPOSE, AT ISSUE and ARROW. ACROSS 1 Advocacy, with the sixth sense, for backward artist to abandon stimulation (8) ESPOUSAL (ESP + ar<=OUSAL) 6 Yell king is out of fight (4) BAWL (BrAWL) 9 Choose one mother for ideals (6) OPTIMA (OPT + 1 + MA) 10 Live wickedly in good covering (7) VEILING (LIVE* + IN + G) 13 Put an end to spilling oil in a second-rate warehouse (9) ABOLISHED (OIL* inside A + B + SHED) 14 For six, it's unusual sojourn (5) VISIT (VI + IT'S*) 15 Retain // stronghold (4) KEEP (DD) 16 Reason with nobody at WTC site in New York (6,4) GROUND, ZERO (GROUND + ZERO) 19 What six of one is of the other, proverbially (4,1,5) HALF, A, DOZEN (E) 21 Piece of land one's almost leased (4) ISLE (1'S + LEt) 24 Top saint's practice (5) USAGE (U + SAGE) 25 Mail raising fear of danger? Not exactly (5,4) ALARM, POST (CD) 26 Collector is more difficult about circle (7) HOARDER (HARDER outside O) 27 "__ not to reason why" (Tennyson) (6) THEIRS (GK) 28 Prophet given some weight in India in the past (4) SEER (DD) 29 How a person looks in wonder (4-4) WIDE-EYED (E) DOWN 2 Imagine spouse, annoyed, keeping quiet (7) SUPPOSE (SPOUSE* outside P) 3 Short grunt about a veda's beginning (6) ORIGIN (OINk outside RIG) 4 Hit Oriental jumper, hit! (9) SMASHEROO (SMASH + E + ROO) 5 Angry as strikingly bright leader makes room for novice (5) LIVID (VIVID with L for V) 7 A complex accumulation is up for debate (2,5) AT, ISSUE (A + TISSUE) 8 Bright times when there's no tension (5,7) LIGHT, MOMENTS (LIGHT + MOMENTS) 11 Penetrate one new Veda rendition (6) INVADE (1 + N + VEDA*) 12 These occur when one is brooding dismally (4,8) DARK, THOUGHTS (CD) 17 Botched up Texan duel not celebrated (9) UNEXALTED (TEXAN DUEL)* 18 Termination where there might be a filter (3,3) FAG, END (CD) 20 What escapes owing to a pipe problem, perhaps (7) LEAKAGE (CD) 22 Standing firm in the rush to plague (7) SCOURGE (CO inside SURGE) 23 I'm deep-set to hinder (6) IMPEDE (I'M + DEEP*) 25 Limited non-nuclear missile (5) ARROW (nARROW) LINK TO SOLUTION

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