THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10834, Thursday 25 Jul 2013, The Phantom

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No 10834, Thursday 25 Jul 2013, The Phantom Jul 25th 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath Some great construction today, e.g., 11D. ACROSS 1   Woman's heart melts; boyfriend's given drip with downer (8) SEDATIVE {ShE}{DAT{IV}E} 5   Celestial body, universal deity of Heliopolis, in physical form rotates (6) URANUS {U}{RA}{NUS<=} Anno not clear 9   Indian car model with electronic display (8) INDICATE {INDICA}{T}{E} 10 Rodent edges away, in trickery, trapped — dead (6) AGOUTI  {mAG{OUT}Ic} 12 Standoffish officer, head of department (4) COLD {COL}{D} 13 Acquisitive search party, nabs son involved in recurring crime as reported (10) POSSESSIVE {POSSE}S{S}IVE Anno pending 15 Order to execute at end of battle cry (5,7) DEATH WARRANT {DEATH} {WAR}{RANT} 18 Model of excellence or average? (4,8) GOLD STANDARD {GOLD} {STANDARD} 21 Short boy, in brief struggle externally with rider on waves (5,5) WATER SKIER {WA{TER S{KIt}E}R} The Phantom has included himself here. 22 Beautiful return of service overwhelms ace (4) FAIR {FA{1}R<=} 24 At home, one in sheep's skin reminisces about arrival of a stream (6) INFLOW {IN}{FLOW<=} 25 Unrehearsed, Bill told tales about Boys' Brigade (2,6) AD LIBBED {AD} {LI{BB}ED} 26 Volunteer for silent revolution (6) ENLIST* 27 Study graph to ascertain power of vision (3,5) EYE CHART {EYE} {CHART} Graph on double duty DOWN 1   Jerk starting to leave after inauguration of stock exchange (6) SWITCH (-t+s)SWITCH 2   Girl on date, led astray to cheat (6) DIDDLE {DI}{D}{LED*} 3   Leaders to address concerns through understanding (4) TACT {T}{A}{C}{T} Definitely not Indian ones!! 4   Expression of appreciation for vet; Khan's foot is healed (4,2,6) VOTE OF THANKS* 6   Rare tigress with depleted energy treated by officials (10) REGISTRARS REGISTRARSe* 7   Problematic report large number in India backed; concerning sailors (8) NAUTICAL (~naughty){NAUTI}{CAL<=} 8   Small knife in the Italian movie, stabbing hapless stot (8) STILLETO {ST{IL}{ET}TO*} 11 Retiring rooms we shared finally with current senator; reverted after a celebration (3,9)  ASH WEDNESDAY  {A}{SH {WE}{D}{NES<=}{DA<=}Y} My my, some construction! 14 Enumeration involving an Indian and American state is very critical (10) CENSORIOUS {CENS{OR}{IO}US} 16 Nutritive breakfast item for instance is good, perhaps with energy (3,5) EGG WHITE {EG}{G} {WITH*}{E} 17 Reluctant, female in most sullen mood is apathetic (8) SLOTHFUL {S{LOTH}{F}ULlen} 19 Meek character's agreement in Russia with Greek character (6) LAMBDA {LAMB}{DA} 20 Praise journalist's article on Rajaji (6) CREDIT {CR}{EDIT} 23 Detect deliveries missing in record (4) DISC DISCover

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