THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10809, Wednesday 26 Jun 13, Sankalak

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10809, Wednesday 26 Jun 13, Sankalak Jun 26th 2013, 03:00  Sankalak is in form and the old format's back again ! ACROSS 1 By the seacoast, I turned up an accomplice (9) ASSOCIATE (SEACOAST I)* 5 More depraved bachelors about to return (5) BASER (BAS RE<) 8 I leave the stormy Caspian with two knights to get a bag (8)  KNAPSACK (CASPiAN KK)* 9 Confront retired accountant with a charge (6)  ACCOST (CA< COST) 11The antenna, say, of a gazelle (5) ARIEL (~AERIAL) 12 The meaning of the position taken under a U-boat perhaps (9)  SUBSTANCE (STANCE under SUB) Unter unterseeboot ? If it's not waterproof, my socks will get wet 13 Relish disturbing guest after dinner starts (6) DEGUST (D GUEST*) 14 A certain dip in the Mediterranean that is deliberate (8) MEASURED (A SURE in MED.) 16 Kind of colour given to a blunder about a quarrel, new (8)  BROWNISH (BISH around ROW N) 18 Inn with permit clipped by the people (6) PUBLIC (PUB LICence) MakkaL in Tamil 22 Broadcaster of a disembodied voice? (9) AKASHVANI (CD,DD) Remember the lilting sound with which it used to wake up, once upon a time 23 A right taken off in the advent of a competitor (5)  RIVAL (a r RIVAL) 24 Officer carrying travel permit in a brood pouch! (6) OVISAC (OC around VISA) This is what a poultry farmer uses to collect eggs, just like a fisherman uses a creel 25 Sponge, could be, a robber's undoing (8)  ABSORBER (A ROBBERS)* 26 Indian gold? Right, for a sound system (5) SONAR (SONA R) Tagore wrote 'Amar Sonar Bangla' 27 What the arbiter reportedly intended to say in his decision (9) JUDGEMENT (JUDGE ~MEANT) Richard mentioned the declaration of Emergency yesterday. It was effective from today 26th June, 1975 and was a direct result of the Judgement of the Allahabad High Court. Kuldip Nayar wrote a book The Judgement on this. DOWN 1 A protégé accepting work foregoing gold — that is embarrassing (7) AWKWARD (WorK in A WARD) 2 Shutting up a marine fish? (7)  SEALING (SEA LING) 3 Daydreams (7,2,3,3) CASTLES IN THE AIR (CD) Is what a 3d-chess player does when he wants to move a rook and a king on the top deck in the same move 4 A measure to exploit and make a charge (6) ACCUSE (A CC USE) 5 A banqueter's cook, let loose, is again where he started, with no progress (4,2,6,3)  BACK TO SQUARE ONE (A BANQUETERS COOK)* This is what always happens on the Penrose stairs, better known to people through Escher's drawing 6 He said "the kinquering Congs their titles take"! (7) SPOONER (GK) A not so young man having heard the daylight saving message on radio 'Time to turn your clock back' went straight to the shoe cupboard and picked up the black shoe polish before retiring to the loo 7 Give new life to the old tyre (7) RETREAD CD Makes sense for people who go bald 10 English baby dressed for church (5) ABBEY (E BABY)* 15 A small, pale city in Africa (5) ASWAN (A S WAN) This is the place where the Nile was dammed 16 Could the warning lights be a cheater's? (7) BEACONS (BE A CONS) 17 Too vain, working for applause (7) OVATION (TOO VAIN)* 19 On the rise, Melba, voluptuous, was somewhat worthy of affection (7) LOVABLE (T<) The voluptous Melba might be lovable, not loved, as discussed yesterday 20 Priest, one housed by a sect, was the one at fault (7)  CULPRIT (PR 1 in CULT) 21 Arab sailor who found wrongdoing wicked (6) SINBAD (SIN BAD) He was the guy who found himself between a roc and a hard place

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