Tuesday, 19 February 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10701, Wednesday 20 Feb 13, Neyartha

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
No.10701, Wednesday 20 Feb 13, Neyartha
Feb 20th 2013, 03:00

A moving puzzle from Neyartha

ACROSS
7 Rewrote annotations after temperature drops in a Texan city (3,7) SAN, ANTONIO (ANNOTAtIONS)*
9 Rip apart the band on the radio (4) TEAR (~TIER)
10 Factory belt? (8) CONVEYOR (CD)
11 Watches for the listener finding the connection between stories? (6) STAIRS (~STARES)
12 Mask of coldness shifts from one bridge player to another (5) FRONT (FROST with N for S)
13 A contract clause to employ aluminium in the coaster design (9) ESCALATOR (AL inside COASTER*)
14 Judge in North Carolina leaves with recommendation (7) REFEREE (REFEREncE)


17 Dance number by darlings in retreat (3-4) ONE-STEP (ONE + PETS<=)
20 Animated representation of triglyphs (9) SPRIGHTLY (TRIGLYPHS)*
22 Former school dentist's selection (5) OLDEN (T)
25 Steps to get the bachelor to move out with a membranous sac (6) LADDER (bLADDER)
26 Kind of hospital care that a South African region adopted for a long time (8) NEONATAL (NATAL outside EON)
27 Pick up dart with force at the wrong place (4) LIFT (FLIT with F misplaced)
28 Directed adaptation after account became official (10) ACCREDITED (AC + DIRECTED*)

DOWN
1 English party // workers (6) LABOUR (DD)
2 The Spanish confiscated your antiknock fluid (5) ETHYL (EL outside THY)
3 Make someone responsible for the hospital department's decline (7) ENTRUST (ENT + RUST)
4 Somehow coax wins out of the helmsman (8) COXSWAIN (COAX WINS)*
5 Fruit-filled pastries placed upside down by the army leader on the tables (6) STRATA (TARTS<= + A)
6 Porcelain almost damaged in a ballet step (8) CAPRIOLE (PORCELAIn)*
8 Proceed with the loan (7) ADVANCE (DD)
15 What bold letters may be used to lay? (8) EMPHASIS (CD)
16 Late write up about a roll-call reply was exquisite (8) ETHEREAL (LATE<= outside HERE)
18 At sea, silly sailor admitted to making plans (7) SYLLABI (SILLY* outside AB)
19 Start off with a precious metal (metal that the Spanish ignored) for Lucifer (3,4) OLD, NICK (gOLD + NICKel)
21 A salt's fuss about the knotted tie outside (6) IODATE (ADO<= inside TIE*)
23 Be late due to being partially ecstatic (6) ELATED (T)
24 Braided ladies get victory over Mark (5) WOVEN (WOMEN with V for M)


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