THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10700, Tuesday 19 Feb 13, Neyartha

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10700, Tuesday 19 Feb 13, Neyartha Feb 19th 2013, 03:00 The usual bag of good tricks from Neyartha in this measured puzzle. ACROSS 1 Fair in the outskirts of the old city has a degree of warmth (11) TEMPERATURE (TEMPERATE outside UR) 9 Visual with current temperature at the wrong place (7) OPTICAL (I + T + PLACE)* E for O in anagram fodder? TOPICAL with T moving ahead  See comments below 10 Significance of the pause in recital (6) WEIGHT (~WAIT) 11 Son's serious about tempo (5) SPEED (S + DEEP<=) 12 Rang for engineer Ken to turn Dell around (7) KNELLED (KEN* + DELL<=) 15 Smart Nigerian leader usurps power to supply rations (4) NOSH (POSH with N for P) 16 Opera breaks brewer's bow (3,7) WEB, BROWSER (BREWERS BOW)* 18 Interpretation of a disregard to the star spangled banner? (2-8) UN-AMERICAN (CD) 20 The windsail is worthless to the auditor (4) VANE (~VAIN) 23 The German's back with a video of the bureaucratic procedure (3,4) RED, TAPE (DER<= + TAPE) WHEN IS RED TAPE USEFUL? 24 Call for ceasefire includes constraint (5) FORCE (T) 26 Size of coil model replaced by Bond's boss (6) VOLUME (VOLUTE with M for T) 27 Expert studies can help one learn about rabbits initially (7) SCHOLAR (Acrostic) 28 Eternal divide bridged in an evening development (5-6) NEVER-ENDING (REND inside EVENING*) DOWN 2 Revolutionary poem about South Carolina University gets old Portuguese money (6) ESCUDO (ODE<= outside S C U) 3 Remove the charm (4) PULL (DD) 4 Rainbow got at sea in a dinghy (6,4) ROWING, BOAT (RAINBOW GOT)* 5 Large number seen in note left on cooked tortellini (8) TRILLION (TORteLLINI)* 6 Fixes a shoe as the northbound man stumbles around (7) REHEELS (HE<= inside REELS) Probably there was no need to reverse HE? 7 Unanimity shown when Rio expelled the disguised connoisseurs (9) CONSENSUS (CONNoiSSEUrS)* 8 Worry and anguish after the princess abdicates (6) STRESS (diSTRESS) 13 Dome's area put at the bottom by man in Michigan (10) HEMISPHERE (SPHERE after HE + MI) 14 Preserve to suspend boring (6-3) FREEZE-DRY (FREEZE + DRY) 17 Baby conceived outside the womb? (4-4) TEST-TUBE (CD) Does test-tube by itself convey baby? 19 Impressive for a Spanish honour to get respect outside (7) AWESOME (ES + OM inside AWE) 21 Ignore trademark military manoeuvre without really thinking (6) AIRILY (mILItARY)* 22 Heavily knitted woollen blanket for the countryman (6) AFGHAN (DD) 25 Soiled letters from a house detective (4) USED (T) LINK TO SOLUTION

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