Monday 12 August 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10850, Tuesday 13 Aug 2013, Buzzer

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
 
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Aug 13th 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath

 Some enjoyable, though ticky, definitions from Buzzer today.

ACROSS
1   Cold liquor with a hint of barley grain (5) CRUMB {C}{RUM}{B}
4   Group is mostly loyal to ultimate cause (9) COMMITTEE {COMMITTEd}{E}
9   British queen about to appear in slip (7) BLOOMER {B}{LOOM}{ER}
10 Singular burning urge to eat a date or sweet (7) SUGARED {S}{UG{A}RE*}{D}
11 Sign of rickshaw alongside a tree perhaps (9) AUTOGRAPH {AUTO}{GRAPH}
12 In absentia, Ravenclaw's diadem (5) TIARA [T]
13 Rang English church to get reference book (6) ECHOED {E}{CH}{OED}
15 Judas and people he betrayed (8) PEEPHOLE* Never knew that most of us had a Judas at home!!
18 Double check the development of staff (8) STUNTMAN {STUNT}{MAN}
19 Publicity in charge faced backlash temporarily (3,3) PRO TEM {PRO} {TEM<=}
22 After delayed start, talk gas (5) ARGON jARGON
24 Creatively bloody low film industry (9) BOLLYWOOD*
26 Shape or form of carbon (7) DIAMOND [DD]
27 Loads of delays in broadcast (7) WEIGHTS (~waits)
28 Gives out order to send spies (9) DISPENSES*
29 Before time like a nobleman? (5) EARLY [DD]

DOWN
1   Outsiders in China live around land leading to Gobi (7) CABBAGE {ChinA}{B{BAG}E}
2   Regular curbs on anti-German warship (1-4) U-BOAT cUr-Bc On AnTi
3   Please do visit our home (2,2,5) BE MY GUEST [CD]
4   Breakfast item ordered on the phone (6) CEREAL (~serial)
5   Evil description of Bond's boss? (8) MISCHIEF {M}{IS}{CHIEF}
6   Gathered under popular bar (5) INGOT {IN}{GOT}
7   Hill on a front converted to Shivaji's stronghold (5,4) TORNA FORT {TOR}{A FRONT}* Been there twice on a hike while at Pune.
8   Aged men sadly in final stages (7) ENDGAME*
14 Girl under rough training for a figure like this? (9) HOURGLASS {ROUGH*}{LASS}
Which is your shape?
16 Official policy from not so eccentric personality (5,4) PARTY LINE PERsoNALITY*
17 Moving abroad to settle in The Bahamas island (8) BARBADOS   {B{ABROAD*}S}
18 Burnt and dead inside like a fish? (7) SCALDED {SCAL{D}ED}
20 Simplicity in style followed by a primitive dwelling (7) MODESTY {MODE}{STY}
21 Every other cult has more than one fool (6) CLOWNS {CuLt}{OWNS}
23 Rising in honour of a stoned woman? (5) NIOBE {NI<=}{OBE}
25 Distinct feature of hypnotherapy (5) OTHER [T]

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