Friday 22 February 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10704, Saturday 23 Feb 13, Scintillator

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
thumbnail No 10704, Saturday 23 Feb 13, Scintillator
Feb 23rd 2013, 03:00

Cakewalk if compared with normal Scintillator standards. Quite a few Anagrams, don't recall so many in his earlier offerings.

ACROSS
1   Summarises engineers' limitations (6) RECAPS {RE}{CAPS}
4   What you get with naive sympathy? (5,3) GREEN TEA {GREEN} {TEA}
9   Can splits deter a guy initially during courtship? (6) DATING {D}{A}{TIN}{G}
10 Depressed practitioner's working for a long time (4,4) BLUE MOON {BLUE} {MO}{ON}
12 Fantastic sea view encompasses fifty fish (8) ALEWIVES {A{L}EWIVES*}
13 Account with tax entry (6) ACCESS {AC}{CESS}
15 Cure dirty linen (4) ECRU*
16 Research on chocolate causing absent-mindedness (5,5) BROWN STUDY {BROWN}{STUDY}
19 Sensational warning for Beckham? (6,4) YELLOW CARD [CD]
20 Reports say ranks took up arms (4) ROSE (~rows)
23 Not quite a colour-blind individual (6) RACIST [CD]
25 Girl's left out request for falafel ingredient (8) CHICKPEA {CHICK}{PlEA}
27 Dream on wildly about love that's abandoned (8) MAROONED {MAR{O}ONED*}
28 Evacuated vehicle with two lives in distress (6) CRISIS {CaR}{IS}{IS}
29 Ancient Israeli lifeboat (5,3) NOAH'S ARK [CD]
30 Hushed voices from champion teams (6) ASIDES {A}{SIDES}

DOWN
1   Bureaucracy not just limited to communist states (3,4) RED TAPE [CD]
2   Car halted around St. Paul's? (9) CATHEDRAL*
3   Least significant digit? (6) PINKIE [E]
5   Some members of revolutionary cartel irritate and annoy (4) RILE <=
6   Leaderless Congress, before start of campaign, is absorbed in a trying task (8) EXERCISE {sEX}{ER{C}{IS}E}
7   Tire of poet regularly coming up with cliche (5) TROPE {Ti}{Re}{Of}{Po}{Et} Why 'coming up'?
8   Discharge from any stem transplant (7) AMNESTY*
11 Support CD broke into pieces (7) BEDROCK*
14 Black opponents of yore are heavily disheartened (7) SWARTHY {SWART}{HeavilY} Not too sure of Anno.
17 Free of rivalry, popes undo conversion (9) UNOPPOSED*
18 Criticisms elevate excellent snaps (8) POTSHOTS {POT<=}{SHOTS}
19 A railway worker or a police officer in London? (7) YARDMAN [DD]
21 Slips by as sleep fades away (7) ELAPSES*
22 Money from unpleasant chores (6) OCHRES* Didn't get the connection to money?
24 This is about Indian government being terminated before conclusion (5) CIRCA CIRCAr
26 Fruit peel, say (4) PEAR (~pare)


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