Friday 19 July 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10830, 20 Jul 2013, Lightning

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
No 10830, 20 Jul 2013, Lightning
Jul 20th 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath

 Didn't know Lightning was a Led Zep fan? I am one.

ACROSS
1   Lead actor, embracing independent approach, gets a path that leads upward (8) STAIRWAY {STA{I}R}{WAY}

5   Old lady outside avenue leading to a place of great bliss (6) HEAVEN {HE{AVE}N}
9   Without end, spice and sweeten edible fruit of Morus plant (8) MULBERRY {MUll}{BERRY} To mull, you need to heat it as well.
10 One gets to stay with headmaster in the same place (6) IBIDEM {1}{BIDE}{Master}
12 Dock auditor's charge (5) LEVEE (~levy)
13 In the prime of one's life, man joins thug (9) ADULTHOOD {ADULT}{HOOD}
14 Agent to secure the release of oriental drug (6) BAILEE {BAIL}{E}{E}
16 German sanctions death by hanging (7) GALLOWS {G}{ALLOWS}
19 Sort of keen to get protection for bone (7) KNEECAP {KEEN*}{CAP}
21 Destiny of king is fulfilled (6) KISMET {K}{IS}{MET}
23 Connect burrows providing means to escape (9) LOOPHOLES [DD]
25 Extraordinary king becoming harder to find (5) RARER {RARE}{R}
26 Governor introduced conservative set of principles (6) THEORY {T{HE}ORY}
27 Cover a parachute (8) UMBRELLA [DD]
28 A lie is made up to mediate (6) LIAISE*
29 Send gear to construct bombs (8) GRENADES*

DOWN
1   Test a small quantity (6) SAMPLE [DD]
2   Quell a ridiculously vile tale (9) ALLEVIATE {A}{VILE+TALE}*
3   Officer always upset about engineer (5) REEVE {RE{E}VE<=}
4   Broadcast medium, broadcast signal (7) AIRWAVE {AIR}{WAVE}
6   Deploys troops in measure to combat mutinies at last (9) EMBATTLES {EM}{BATTLE}{S}
7   See old film recorded on cassette (5) VIDEO {VIDE}{O}
8   A rootless lifestyle is no crazy belief (8) NOMADISM {NO}{MAD}{ISM}
11 Seal tap without a bit of necessity (4) BUNG {BU{N}G}
15 What bulls do when embroiled in conflict (4,5) LOCK HORNS [CD]
17 Disallowed by irritated, rude lover (9) OVERRULED*
18 Extremely thin skate dispersed around the French lake (8) SKELETAL {SKE{LE}TA*}{L}
20 Nearly run away from the south to Arctic, say (4) POLE ELOPe <=
21 Rock number on North Indian state (7) KASHMIR [DD]

22 Divides baker's preparation (6) BREAKS*
24 Love big Greek character (5) OMEGA {O}{MEGA}
25 Engineer to manage second broadcast (5) RERUN {RE}{RUN}
 

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