Wednesday 31 July 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10840, Thursday 01 Aug 13, Sankalak

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
 
No 10840, Thursday 01 Aug 13, Sankalak
Aug 1st 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath

This ends another fine round from Sankalak. Gridman from tomorrow.

ACROSS
1   Perfectly groomed? A mute claim exposed (10) IMMACULATE*
7   Pole carried by the schoolmaster (4) MAST [T]
9   New leader of insurgents in the party? Drive him out (6) BANISH {BA{N}{I}SH}
10 Creature that made fall costly, we hear (8) REINDEER (~rain dear)
11 Unpleasant sights? Agreed, among eastern minerals (8) EYESORE {E}{YES}{ORES}
12 Fighter held in before he moved to another land (6) EMIGRE {E{MIG}RE}
13 On cue, vain mob, crazy, sends off men to makeshift camp (7) BIVOUAC {CUe+VAIn+mOB}*
16 Morbidly active and no end ill, going around at that time (7) STHENIC {S{THEN}ICk}
17 Not at work, away from responsibility (3-4) OFF-DUTY {OFF}-{DUTY}
19 Physically fit, rich wife makes way for Henry (7) HEALTHY (-w+h)HEALTHY
22 Directions by the centre for a repeat performance (6) ENCORE {EN}{CORE}
23 Demosthenic, like Edmund Burke? (8) ELOQUENT [E]
26 One great event falsified in a word picture (8) VIGNETTE {1+GT+EVENT} GT for 'great' acceptable?
27 A stretch in a long tongue of land for the ghost (6) SPIRIT {SPI{RI}T}
28 Persistent enmity expected to recoil after onset of famine (4) FEUD {F}{EUD<=}
29 Advice to an insomniac! (5,5) COUNT SHEEP [CD]


DOWN
2   Edible flesh, a bit yellow, is full of substance (5) MEATY {MEAT}{Y}
3   Italian poet who was a riotso funny! (7) ARIOSTO*
4   American girl's guide (5) USHER {US}{HER}
5   Fine note found in deposit once more (6) AFRESH {A{F}{RE}SH}
6   Point of importance in an upheaval (9) EPICENTRE [CD]
7   Dull in retrospect, the spouse was one helpful in labour (7) MIDWIFE {MID<=}{WIFE}
8   The weapon to bring out a marlin (9) SPEARFISH {SPEAR}{FISH}
14 Torture flea in tin? Childish (9) INFANTILE*
15 Genuine, posh article caught in a caper (9) AUTHENTIC {A{U}{THE}NTIC}
18 The physician made an admission and went to a watery grave (7) DROWNED {DR}{OWNED}
20 Here, to sell out is hardly ill-mannered (7) LOUTISH [T]
21 Medium in Hyderabad (6) TELEGU [CD] Topical! But is this an accepted spelling for TELUGU?
24 Beginning in a place of shooting (5) ONSET {ON}{SET}
25 Guileless Scot upset over extremes of violence (5) NAIVE {NAI<=}{ViolencE}

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