THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10705, Monday 25 Feb 13, Arden

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10705, Monday 25 Feb 13, Arden Feb 25th 2013, 03:00 Arden, as usual, is entertaining. 24d is my CoD, what with the Finance Minister getting scary growth figures just before the budget ACROSS 1 Abandon and the grand entertainer will die (4-2,3,5) GIVE UP THE GHOST (GIVE UP THE G HOST) 10 Helps the criminal as one gambles (5) ABETS (A BETS) 11 Cricket side is extremely special, anything at all for an attack (9) ONSLAUGHT (ON SpeciaL AUGHT) 12 Mum's the word because every other clue is included (7) SILENCE (SI(cLuE)NCE) 13 Sleep by the hour when most of that is volatile (7) NAPHTHA (NAP H THAt) 14 Cubism represented without black rock, for example (5) MUSIC (CUbISM)* 16 & 19ac. They make a musket completely (4,5,3,6) LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL (CD,DD &LIT) 19see 16 ac. 20 A bag of artist's bones (5) SACRA (SAC RA) 22 Universe without beginning is a chemical phenomenon (7) OSMOSIS (cOSMOS IS) 25 Learned to have posted about a relationship (7) SAPIENT (S(A PI)ENT) 27 In a musical instrument a note is safe (9) INVIOLATE (IN (VIOLA) TE) 28 Failing health without hospital machinery (5) LATHE (hEALTH)* 29 Is precariously poised // at the end of a line (5,2,1,6) HANGS BY A THREAD CD,DD SEE THIS CARTOON DOWN 2 Sailed out going after fish which is very highly regarded (9) IDEALISED  (IDE, a fish+ SAILED*) 3 German city's soul sans the church (5) ESSEN (ESSENce) 4 Support for Catch-22 author from a Cockney will provide thrust (9) PROPELLOR (PROP hELLER) 5 The nosy housekeeper brought up some green tea (5) HYSON (T<=) 6 They are upright with ambitions to get a job (9) GOALPOSTS (GOAL(POST)S) 7 Should an idea lose half of that? (5) OUGHT (thOUGHT) 8 Two-in-one bird (7) TITLARK (TIT+LARK CD) I am sure there could be other two-in-one birds like Merlinhawk, Cranehawk, Hawkowl etc., but this is the one that fits crossings 9 The price one has to pay for freedom (6) RANSOM CD 15 Second question posed during the talks broadcast (4,5) CHAT SHOWS (S HOW inside CHATS) 17 Perhaps acted slow, showing fear (4,5) COLD SWEAT (ACTED+SLOW)* 18 For this group gold is safe with god (9) ORCHESTRA (OR CHEST RA) 19 Do not allow tar and oil mixture on the quiet (7) ABOLISH (AB OIL* SH) 21 Rental accommodation for some hard growth (6) ANTLER (RENTAL*) 23 The expert is in form, avenging defeat (5) MAVEN (T) 24 Finally gets economic data for February which is alarming (5) SCARY (Acrostic of last letters) 26 Cut up with a republican totally opposite in character (5) POLAR (LOP<=  A R) LINK TO SOLUTION GRID

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