THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10697, Friday 15 Feb 13, Gridman

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10697, Friday 15 Feb 13, Gridman Feb 15th 2013, 03:00 Once again many good clues in EMBARGO, TOPSPIN, ODDS, AD-LIBBER, SMOKELESS ZONE, SECOND but the best for me is MORTAL ACROSS 1 Hoping for the best, work! Tim is motivated at first (8) OPTIMISM (OP + TIM + IS + M) 5 50-50 chance to secret service in revolt (4-2) TOSS-UP (TO + SS + UP) 9 Mob rage over trade stoppage (7) EMBARGO (MOB RAGE)* 10 Ball bearing? (7) TOPSPIN (CD) 11 Get hot — Reagan too may possibly do so! (2,2,1,4) GO,ON,A,TEAR (REAGAN TOO)* 12 Dazzle with a way-out puzzle (5) AMAZE (A + MAZE) 13 They could be even // scraps (4) ODDS (DD) 14 When you __ __ __ something, you see it for the first time (3,4,2) SET, EYES, ON (E) 17 Makes uneven container in difficult situation (5,4) ROUGH, SPOT (ROUGHS + POT) 19 Restrain no keen beginner in hill-slope (4) BRAE (BRAkE) 23 Balances // alternative to 13 (5) EVENS (DD) 24 If you __ __ __, you must live in it to make it a home (3,1,5) OWN, A, HOUSE (E) 25 Naughty old boy noticed reportedly (7) OBSCENE (OB + ~SEEN) 26 Note Long Island worker showing confidence (7) RELIANT (RE + LI + ANT) 27 Work diligently on the river. Very much! (6) DEEPLY (DEE + PLY) 28 Be ribald, going round as a make-up artist? (2-6) AD-LIBBER (BE RIBALD)* BLEAT IT DOWN 1 Rise above a level beyond destroyed grove (8) OVERGROW (GROVE* + ROW) 2 Label transformation of idol in sensational newspaper (7) TABLOID (TAB + IDOL*) MANUFACTURING NEWS 3 Male tense in exam — like all of us (6) MORTAL (M + T inside ORAL) 4 Where you can't fume… (9,4) SMOKELESS, ZONE (CD) 6 In a rush, Peron had left alone (8) ORPHANED (PERON HAD)* 7 Singer, therefore, belted out no rap (7) SOPRANO (SO + NO RAP*) 8 Boatman — // one in the betting shop (6) PUNTER (DD) 10 A hat could be — or an electoral contest — without a fourth angle (5-8) THREE-CORNERED (DD) 15 Urges the man and learners to get thin porcelain (8) EGGSHELL (EGGS + HE + LL) 16 Device that will find lie, motion or metal (8) DETECTOR (CD) 18 Steer across the diocese (7) OVERSEE (OVER + SEE) 20 Fruit of background conversation on the stage (7) RHUBARB (DD) 21 Inferior // support? (6) SECOND (DD) 22 Pepper country, we hear (6) CHILLI (~CHILE) LINK TO SOLUTION

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