THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10808, Tuesday 25 Jun 13, Sankalak

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10808, Tuesday 25 Jun 13, Sankalak Jun 25th 2013, 03:00 This is yet another well-crafted puzzle from Sankalak. Felt it was slightly more challenging than yesterday but nonetheless entertaining. The long anagram for PASS ROUND THE HAT was really nice. ACROSS 1 Held in great respect, naval officer tangles with engineer (9)  ADMIRABLE  ADMIRAL & BE enmeshed 5 Father goes around university somewhere in Oceania (5) PAPUA PAPA outside U 8 Water ice served with peaches or better (6) SORBET Hidden 9 Given elaborate treatment, wily, sly editor is confused about time (8) STYLISED (SLY ED IS)* outside T why are two anagram indicators needed? (wily & confused) 11 Confrontleaders of Eastern Europe in Montana (4) MEET E E inside MT 12 Creature, a recluse with backing of nuclear researchers (6,4) HERMIT, CRAB HERMIT + BARC <= 14 Eminentnorthern editor gets hold of the book (5) NOTED N + ED outside OT 15 A talk about the French treatment to contain the onset of tetanus (7) LECTURE LE + CURE outside T 16 Card game for two for which a sly chap has the skill (7) COONCAN COON + CAN My chambers dictionary defines coon: a sly thief, but can't find a reference online 17 Light vehicle removed from the front by railway man (5)  GUARD vanGUARD 19 Sweet, insubstantial stuff in Sweden — fancy! Soldsurreptitiously (5,5) CANDY, FLOSS (S + FANCY + SOLD)* 20 60 minutes on the outskirts of Sivakasi for Mr. Indian (4) SHRI HR inside S I 22 Torporof member, youth leader, crossing Rajasthan desert (8) LETHARGY LEG + Y outside THAR 23 Former Americantennis star in Britain gets a straw hat (6) BASHER ASHE inside BR 24 Thread one's way through a scree very carefully (5) REEVE Hidden 25 Expert on the cup that cheers (3,6) TEA, TASTER CD DOWN 1 Thinkthat there is money in a small enterprise to start with? (6) ASSUME SUM inside A S E 2 Sherecommended cake for those without bread! (5,10) MARIE ANTOINETTE CD 3 The grass to study, say (4) REED ~ READ 4 Scientist, one of the gloomiest, not to be corrected (12) ENTOMOLOGIST (GLOOMIEST NOT)* 5 An aspiring member or already one? (10) POLITICIAN CD 6 Collect contributions in pounds? Hear that'scomplicated (4,5,3,3) PASS, ROUND, THE, HAT (POUNDS HEAR THATS)* 7 German automobile engineer, holding top of loudspeaker, can be heard (7) AUDIBLE AUDI + L inside BE 10 Eminent person showing the way, carefree (7,5) LEADING, LIGHT LEADING + LIGHT 13 It is used to join things with a tough record (6,4) STICKY, TAPE STICKY + TAPE 16 He laughs loudly and caught the king in cleardisarray (7) CACKLER C + K inside CLEAR* 18 But does itreally show how others see you? (6) MIRROR CD 21 Girlin an illusion (4) MAYA DD LINK TO SOLUTION

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