Tuesday 9 July 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10821, Wednesday 10 Jul 13, Arden

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
thumbnail No 10821, Wednesday 10 Jul 13, Arden
Jul 10th 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath

Another humdinger from Arden. Initially found it tough going, due to some very well disguised clues.
ACROSS
9   Brolly like in a polar storm (7) PARASOL {PAR{AS}OL*}
10 Put me out by two points too many (7) UMPTEEN {PUT+ME}*{E}{N}
11 Resistance rankles the soldiers (7) RANGERS {R}{ANGERS}
12 Not able to recollect free men in this part of the world (7) AMNESIA {A{MEN*}SIA}
13 Rule out a timeline, perhaps (9) ELIMINATE*
15 Be upset to figure among the last six employees (5) EXIST [T<=]
16 He lost his shirt for education (7) DIPLOMA DIPLOMAt
19 They raged at sea, while he escaped the calamity (7) TRAGEDY {TheY+RAGED}*
20 Admitted, it was to be a no-frills party (5) BEANO [T]
21 Perhaps Joseph would whine to go in (9) CARPENTER {CARP}{ENTER}
25 A negative puzzle (7) NONPLUS {NON}{PLUS}
26 He is in fact a mad maniac (7) FANATIC*
28 Noisier way to improve air quality (7) IONISER*
29 Number tracking sign like an animal (7) LEONINE {LEO}{NINE}

DOWN
1   Takes a second to analyse something rare (6) SPARSE {S}{PARSE}
2   Second letter one got from the country (6) BRUNEI {B}{RUNE}{1}
3   Evenly dissolves when there is water all around (4) ISLE dIsSoLvEs
4   Almost all spam could be something hot (6) PLASMA {ALl+SPAM}*
5   High class accommodation set up — among the best in the capital (8) BUDAPEST {B{U}{DAP<=}EST}
6   Free to watch the boy inside saying the magical words (4,6) OPEN SESAME {OPEN} {SE{SAM}E}
7   Each dream to follow without a sweat (8) PERSPIRE {PER}{aSPIRE} My COD
8   Soldiers find it extremely risky following one so young (8) INFANTRY {INFANT}{RiskY}
14 I study business revival finally, as one going against conventions (10) ICONOCLAST {I}{CON}{OC<=}{LAST}
16 Chic young girl comes out flying (8) DEBONAIR {DEB}{ON AIR}
17 Aiming to involve many in prospecting (8) PLANNING {P{L}ANNING}
18 Frances ignores father and will attempt to trace her lineage (8) ANCESTRY {frANCES}*{TRY}
22 Draw from service and run endlessly (6) RAFFLE {RAF}{FLEe}
23 A bird gets some of the morsel (6) TITBIT {TIT}{BIT}
24 Perhaps take credit for all the noise (6) RACKET {TAKE+CR}*
27 None switched the light (4) NEON*


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