THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10888, Thu 26 Sep 2013, Mover

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

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No.10888, Thu 26 Sep 2013, Mover Sep 26th 2013, 03:00, by Kishore  Interestingly, Mover gives us some pairs today: Godesses Athena and Diana, accoutrements of the Civil Service (Toady and Red Carpet), Balladeer with Idyll, Gesso and Madder, ... ACROSS 1 Strange Stiff alias Dead, couldn't be better (2,3,2,1,6) AS FIT AS A FIDDLE (STIFF ALIAS DEAD)*           Especially if you are Nero 10 Amphibious sycophant? (5) TOADY CD           Yes Sir! 11 Singer read label wrong (9) BALLADEER (READ LABEL)* 12 Coral Sea, perhaps, without a fish (7) ESCOLAR (CORAL SEA-A)* 13 Southern courage, without a whip (7) SCOURGE (S COURaGE)            Aaah! The consequences of lying, with the Captain's daughter on one's back ... 14 Getting old drink in silver container (5) AGING (GIN in AG) Loved this one 16 Card Peter wrongly laid out for big shots (3,6) RED CARPET (CARD PETER)* 19 Shows fatness I'm developing (9) MANIFESTS (FATNESS I'M) 20 Given, me in Paris, topsy-turvy after a kiss (5) AXIOM (MOI< after A X=kiss)           Remembered Moi Avenue in Mombasa and the fake tusks ... 22 Jagged spoiled note replaced by bridge player (7) NOTCHED (BOTCHED-B+N) 25 Urge on the main intellectual (7) EGGHEAD (EGG HEAD) 27 Delaying agent's rant about ill-conceived trade (9) RETARDANT (RANT about TRADE*) 28 Brilliance she takes in (5) SHINE (SHE takes IN) 29 Those forging ahead should be working with these (6,3,5) HAMMER AND TONGS CD   DOWN 2 Supporting post to stop flow reaching particle (9) STANCHION (STANCH ION) 3 Uncharacteristically, Dickens pens uplifting romantic ballad (5) IDYLL (T<) 4 I ram bergs to pieces for perfume ingredient (9) AMBERGRIS (I RAM BERGS)*           Pictured the Titanic 5 Strong man found in a school desk, perhaps (5) ATLAS (CD,DD) Atlas in a rather unusual position, more like the laughing Buddha. Also, stronger than the usual Atlas, able to lift the earth without resting it on his shoulders. You may also see a Catbert lookalike ... 6 Fragrance in a tin wafted about for a loved woman (9) INAMORATA (AROMA in A TIN)* 7 Miserable raise follows poor grade (5) DREAR (REAR follows D)  8 Thoughtful attention to refuge (7) EARNEST (EAR NEST) 9 Goddess soon afterwards transported by American Airlines (6) ATHENA (AA carrying THEN) 15 Confused foresight; an oral examination is not advised if one gets it (4,5) GIFT HORSE (FORESIGHT)*           One must have the foresight to look the gift horse in the mouth and politely refuse it, or pay for the dentures 17 Took exception to insult and dispatched editor (9) DISSENTED (DIS SENT ED) 18 Nothing follows award in boxing venue (5,4) PRIZE RING (RING=0, follows PRIZE)           Like Madison Square Garden 19 Borderland has acting ruler (7) MONARCH (MARCH has ON) 21 Insane to form paint pigment (6)  MADDER (MAD RED*) 23 Tribal emblem starts to take on torrid erotic meaning (5) TOTEM (T O T E M) 24 Was a person of importance in Canadian arts (5) DIANA (T) 26 Painting surface covered in stages sometimes (5)  GESSO (T)           Old timers will remember ESSO !

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