THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10838, Tuesday 30 Jul 13, Sankalak

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10838, Tuesday 30 Jul 13, Sankalak Jul 30th 2013, 03:00, by Bhavan When Sankalak eventually hangs his boots up - and the signs are already here with the reduced runs in recent past - I'm going to miss the elegant simplicity of his puzzles. Today is no exception. Seems like a bit of a mini theme with plants/vegetables. ACROSS 1 Get rid of the girl's motor close to the junkyard (7) DISCARD (DI'S + CAR + junkyarD) 5 Broadcaster right to help in an attack from the skies (3,4) AIR, RAID (AIR + R + AID) 9 What bolsters, spurs us to change? (8,7) BRUSSELS, SPROUTS (BOLSTERS SPURS US)* 10 City that a bovine might cross (6) OXFORD (OX + FORD) 11 A mean thing in reckoning elevation? (3,6) SEA, LEVEL (CD) 13 Southern beer, having enough strength, is in good demand (8) SALEABLE (S + ALE + ABLE) 15 Time to relax for a star — 24 hours (6) SUNDAY (SUN + DAY) 18 One who puts on a costume, black inside, is a plunderer (6) ROBBER (B inside ROBER) 19 Disadvantage for a worker, one with diminished capacity (8) HANDICAP (HAND + I + CAP) 22 Here among our mandarins he is a lover of good fare (8) GOURMAND (T) 24 Passage lined with shops, about 50, in 100 sq.m. of space (6) ARCADE (CA + D inside ARE) Typo for 500? 27 Specialist in hormones and glands is considering tool for treatment (15) ENDOCRINOLOGIST (CONSIDERING TOOL)* 28 A boon for working parents, yes, wheels in the outskirts of Dalhousie (3,4) DAY, CARE (AY + CAR inside DalhousiE) 29 Looking back, there is admiration in two ways for an attendant (7) STEWARD (AWE<= inside ST RD) DOWN 1 People who owe money get sorted out with a bit of browbeating (7) DEBTORS (SORTED* outside B) 2 Resentment caused by powdered tobacco (5) SNUFF (DD) 3 Substance swallowed by Rob abates suffering (9) ABSORBATE (ROB ABATES)* 4 Daughter, sick, gets a herb (4) DILL (D + ILL) 5 A point about Madagascar, say, found in passages (6) AISLES (A + S outside ISLE) 6 Rustic artist, close to denial, goes round old city (5) RURAL (RA + L outside UR) 7 Such medicine as may be a crude ivy preparation (9) AYURVEDIC (A CRUDE IVY)* 8 Show a record cut short by sport (7) DISPLAY (DISc + PLAY) 12 Am I ousted from the ménage by a pest? (3) FLY (FamiLY) 14 A time for toil for workers? No, a day free from work (6,3) LABOUR, DAY (CD) 16 Such meat is rare (9) UNDERDONE (E) 17 An obstacle in climbing the Sierra boldly (3) BAR (T<=) 18 Plant that spread very rapidly around the west and the east (7) RAGWEED (RAGED outside W E) 20 Appeal to accept note that is folded (7) PLEATED (PLEAD outside TE) 21 A source of salad for some women divers (6) ENDIVE (T) 23 A minute measure of a mineral silicate having a trace of resistance (5) MICRA (MICA outside R) 25 The soul of a tailless creature (5) ANIMA (ANIMAl) 26 The master, old German guard, trails unpleasant smell (4) BOSS (SS after Body Odour)

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions