Saturday 2 February 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 2724, Sunday 03 Feb 13

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
No 2724, Sunday 03 Feb 13
Feb 3rd 2013, 03:00



ACROSS
1   Gas let off by a politician (8) FIREDAMP {FIRED}{A}{MP} Plenty available in India!!!

5   A plank on a yacht maybe (6) ABOARD {A}{BOARD}
10 Month in America below zero (5) MINUS {M}{IN}{US}
11 Poverty's end is seen in reform (9) NEEDINESS*
12 Excite them with incredible nursery rhyme (5,5,4) THREE BLIND MICE {THEM+INCREDIBLE}*
14 Tar at sea with sail and ropes (7) LARIATS*
15 Quite a few cut off by a lake (7) SEVERAL {SEVER}{A}{L}
17 Order to desist, so visit cancelled (4,3) CALL OFF [DD]
19 Choice of words found in short stories beginning differently (7) DICTION (-f+d)DICTION
21 Fictional lawyer and policeman row pointing to boundary (5-5,4) MASON-DIXON LINE {MASON}-{DI}{X}{ON} {LINE}
24 Playing air twice (short tune), 'Land of Hope . . .' (9) RURITANIA {AIR+AIR+TUNe}*
25 Stroll back, then head off (5) AMBLE gAMBLE
26 Notice, on inlet, a large number of ships (6) ARMADA {ARM}{AD}{A}
27 Clergyman never terribly overdrawn? (8) REVEREND {RE{NEVER*}D}

DOWN
1   Celebrity in stage musical (4) FAME [DD]
2   Hacienda owner sprinted and caught the woman (7) RANCHER {RAN}{C}{HER}
3   Criminal element mostly after speed abroad (9) DESPERADO {SPEED*}{RADOn}
4   Dog fends tribesman off (4,4,6) MANS BEST FRIEND*
6   Screen idol, at the end, crashing bore (5) BLIND {B{L}IND}
7   A row about the Spanish studio (7) ATELIER {A}{T{EL}IER}
8   Send in lady to reform theme park (10) DISNEYLAND*
9   Son was sent up by barrister, one provoking debate (6,8) DEVILS ADVOCATE {DEVIL}{S}<= {ADVOCATE}
13 Miserable girl in police van (5,5) BLACK MARIA {BLACK} {MARIA}
16 Be unsteady, unwell during leave (9) VACILLATE {VAC{ILL}ATE}
18 Odd having passionate desire over a period of five years (7) LUSTRUM {LUST}{RUM}
20 Soldier taken over impressive base (7) IGNOBLE {IG<=}{NOBLE}
22 Well-known record, Donovan's first (5) NOTED {NOTE}{D}
23 Guide boy round centre of Amsterdam (4) LEAD {L{E}AD}


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