Wednesday 10 July 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10822, Thursday 11 Jul 13, Arden

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
thumbnail No 10822, Thursday 11 Jul 13, Arden
Jul 11th 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath

Cakewalk today compared to yesterday.

ACROSS
1   Weapon carried by many a knight (8) LANCELOT {LANCE}{LOT}
5   Time for work, eschewing sin with rubber (6) ERASER {ERA}{SERvile} Not sure if this anno is correct
10 Actor in bed having a smoke (7) CHEROOT {C{HERO}OT}
11 Seminar dealt with ash (7) REMAINS*
12 When was some Kalashnikov last used to return fire? (5) SALVO [T<=]
13 My goodness! model's got into an exotic headgear (5,4) FANCY THAT {FANCY} {T}HAT}
14 Giving a measure of destruction it circles earth crazily (7,5) RICHTER SCALE*
18 Up in the sky top stars assembled here (12) STRATOSPHERE {TOP+STARS+HERE}*
21 Try an overdue work out (9) ENDEAVOUR*
23 Lionel meets regularly at the cove (5) INLET {lIoNeL}{mEeT}
24 Sick having deformed face like in parts of a glacier (7) ICEFALL {I{FACE*}LL}
25 Endless greeting made with a number (7) INTEGER GREETINg*
26 Playful boy got it on time (6) KITTEN {KIT}{TEN}
27 Somehow we agreed to forego right for a high class plant (8) AGUEWEED {WE+AG(-r+u)UEED}*

DOWN
1   Hopper puts copper in a confused state (6) LOCUST {LO{CU}ST}
2   Want central rulers as a pointer (6) NEEDLE {NEED}{ruLErs}
3   An expert gets a clear view following energy business (9) ECONOMIST {E}{CO}{NO MIST}
4   Something spectacular in space (3,2,4,5) OUT OF THIS WORLD [DD]
6   Queer game (5) RUMMY [DD]
7   She has her family nowadays while he has his gang (8) SKINHEAD {S{KIN}HE}{AD}
8   Got up on time to set up windows (8) ROSETTES {ROSE}{T}{TES<=}
9   Ideal suitor could be marching behind royalty (6,8) PRINCE CHARMING {PRINCE} {MARCHING*} My COD
15 Confused setter has to contend with a napkin (9) SERVIETTE {SER{VIE}TTE*}
16 May be star like, tries different cocktail (8) ASTERISK {AS}{TRIES*}{cocK}
17 Inclined to be treading carelessly (8) GRADIENT*
19 Top players before tournament avoiding a player like a bane (6) PLAGUE {P}{LeAGUE} Bridge player East.
20 Looked at 16 with a newspaperman (6) STARED {STAR}{ED}
22 Saying some had a gender bias (5) ADAGE [T]


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