THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10859, Fri 23 Aug 2013, Textrous

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

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No.10859, Fri 23 Aug 2013, Textrous Aug 23rd 2013, 03:00, by Kishore Keep 'em coming, Textrous ! ACROSS 8 Write home before rough tide (6) INDITE (IN TIDE*) 9 Sailor's observer captured at a remote place (8) SEAFARER (SEER around AFAR) 10 Set off to cycle around platform (8) PEDESTAL (PEDAL around SET*) 11 Find fault with extremely elegant rug (6) CARPET (CARP EleganT) 12 Twist to turn around in speed (6) ROTATE (TO< in RATE) 13 Retiring cadet, autistic partly, offered a position (8) SITUATED (T<) 14 A glass substitute for every gender having power (7) PERSPEX (PER+ SEX having P) 16 Study nice characters assembling in small church (7) SCIENCE (NICE* in S Church of England) 20 Grapple with a popular word game (8) SCRABBLE (2) 23 Discuss grant (6) CONFER (2) 25 Change direction around north-eastern front (6) VENEER (VEER around NE)           Yesterday we had Rishi, today we have Veer 26 Again make intense efforts to hold back (8) RESTRAIN (RE STRAIN) 27 Desire head's image (8) LIKENESS (LIKE NESS) 28 Recover without drug, as a matter of fact (6) REALLY (RALLY without=outside Ecstacy) DOWN  1 Beast to canter after tiny creature with energy (8) ANTELOPE (ANT E LOPE) 2 Picture in camera damaged in the absence of artist (6) CINEMA (IN CAMEra)* 3 The tea's blended by English connoisseur (8) AESTHETE ((THE TEA'S)*E) 4 It's no good to conserve (7) USELESS (2) 5 Reduction in duty time…chop chop (3,3) TAX CUT (T AX=chop CUT=chop)           Chop used in two different senses 6 Union's hurt by one in fury (8) MARRIAGE (MAR+1 in RAGE) 7 Bridge opponents to surrender and withdraw (6) SECEDE (S E CEDE) 15 The basis of altitude measurements (3-5) SEA LEVEL (GK) 17 Bird guaranteed to be brash (8) COCKSURE (COCK SURE) 18 Female wearing cold, short fabric (8) CHENILLE (HEN in C ILLE) Anno not clear 19 Cure is to change one's habit (7) REDRESS (2) 21 Conservative and extraordinarily inert dunce (6) CRETIN (C INERT*) 22 Food brought up hesitation — fast food (6) BURGER (GRUB< ER) 24 Regular girl seen near lake (6) NORMAL (NORMA L)

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