THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 2750, Sunday 04 Aug 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No 2750, Sunday 04 Aug 2013 Aug 4th 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath ACROSS 1   Greek character, say, heading off to change (6) MUTATE {MU}{sTATE} 4   A late drink that may go to one's head? (8) NIGHTCAP [C&DD] 10 A lubricant cools it, a drop of radiator fluid (6,3) CASTOR OIL {COOLS+IT+A+R}* 11 Oscar goes to silent film (5) DUMBO {DUMB}{O} 12 I deliver cards for model (5) IDEAL {I}{DEAL} 13 Chosen Oxford college, reportedly in photographs (9) PICTORIAL {~picked oriel} 14 Most of film fitting in pocket (14) MISAPPROPRIATE {MISt}{APPROPRIATE} 18 Drop rest on creepy-crawly (4-4,6) TRAP-DOOR SPIDER {TRAP-DOOR} {SPIDER} 20 Girl declared an impostor (9) CHARLATAN (~charlotte){CHARLAT}{AN} 22 Steps taken by one graduate skipping dessert (5) RUMBA RUMBAba 24 Hyperion, for example, Italian cast in bronze (5) TITAN {T{IT}AN} 25 Irishman returned book purchased by post (4,5) MAIL ORDER {MAIL<=} {ORDER} 26 Had nice spread, a ranch (8) HACIENDA {HAD+NICE}*{A} 27 A small seabird behind (6) ASTERN {A}{S}{TERN} DOWN 1   Held in stomach is mostly a show of masculinity (8) MACHISMO [T] 2   A test involved a small sample only (5) TASTE {T{A}{S}TE} 3   See you, likewise, led astray over star (6-3) TOODLE-PIP {TOO}{LED*}-{PIP} 5   Acting as guardians, arranged oral inspection (2,4,8) IN LOCO PARENTIS* 6   After end of March, uncommonly dry round spa resort (5) HYDRO {marcH}{DRY}*{O} 7   Carried out first of chairs left out around centre of chamber (9) COMMITTED {C}{OM{M}ITTED} 8   Dog lead for dachshund found in Dorset resort (6) POODLE {POO{D}LE} 9   Reliable policeman on foot, extremely even-handed (6-8) COPPER-BOTTOMED {COPPER} {BOTTOM}{Even-handeD} 15 Mocking actors in Indian dress, cold (9) SARCASTIC {SAR{CAST}I}{C} 16 High-handed and indifferent? Not very (9) IMPERIOUS IMPERvIOUS 17 Test ladder in rehearsal (5,3) TRIAL RUN {TRIAL} {RUN} 19 Type of egg dish (6) SCOTCH [GK] 21 Cut? Clean wound (5) LANCE* 23 Departs in military aircraft erks initially fly (5) MIDGE {MI{D}G}{E}

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