THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10736, Tuesday 4 Apr 13, Arden

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10736, Tuesday 4 Apr 13, Arden Apr 2nd 2013, 03:00 Arden continues to dish out puzzles that are easy on the eye but challenging enough for the brain. That apart there seem to be a few problems with clues - incorrect enumeration in 1 across, the & in 29 across makes sense if it was an 's' added to 'politician' ACROSS 1 Being polite Elsie regularly gets, say, Wooster's rights (6,9) CIVIL, LIBERTIES (CIVIL + eLsIe + BERTIE'S) 10 One time going over the colosseum (5) ARENA (AN + ERA)<= 11 In the middle of lunch, retain order if doubtful (9) UNCERTAIN (lUNCh + RETAIN*) 12 Volcanic feature won't start to burn for some time (7) CALDERA (sCALD + ERA) 13 Perch comfortably with an English poet (7) SITWELL (SIT + WELL) 14 Free to imprison soldier who is unyielding (5) RIGID (RID outside GI) 16 Goal front could be a part of a church (5,4) ORGAN, LOFT (GOAL FRONT)* 19 A sporting event on release mode (9) FREESTYLE (FREE + STYLE) 20 Caution with a left hand (5) ALARM (A  + L + ARM) 22 Go back to the hideaway (7) RETREAT (DD) 25 It is often pulled by the oil worker after some time (7) TRIGGER (RIGGER after T) 27 Fight with the lot and refuse to end up here (9) SCRAPHEAP (SCRAP + HEAP) 28 Stretched account of a doctor's tool (5) DRAWL (DR + AWL) 29 Old politician & say small people should be under a tree (5,9) ELDER, STATESMEN (STATE + S + MEN after ELDER) DOWN 2 Theorist places his thought on record, it is said (9) IDEALOGUE (IDEA + ~LOG) 3 Crazy, directionless and dumb (5) INANE (INsANE) 4 Politician backs once F1 champion, full of praise (9) LAUDATORY (TORY after LAUDA) 5 Supports // some players (5) BACKS (DD) 6 A fictitious place? Arranged Iranian tour is a no-no (9) RURITANIA (IRANIAn ToUR)* 7 Angry brigand is beheaded (5) IRATE (pIRATE) 8 Carol allowed a vest (7) SINGLET (SING + LET) 9 American city left an impression with the old sailor (6) LASCAR (LA + SCAR) 15 Girl's composure causing problems to dogs (9) DISTEMPER (DI'S + TEMPER) 17 Is ruined as Nazi police get nothing on time (4,2,3) GOES, TO, POT (GESTAPO outside O + T) How does the A in Gestapo become O? 18 Drink with colour produced minutes away (9) ORANGEADE (ORANGE + mADE) 19 Predict a warning to the church (7) FORESEE (FORE + SEE) 21 As a plaything he has a rook and bishop (6) MARBLE (MALE outside R, B) 23 Placed one above the other and said to be weary (5) TIRED (~TIERED) I thought the homophone word sounds more like TEARED? 24 Not just the birds who do this nowadays (5) TWEET (CD) 26 Works without effort on a river (5) INDUS (INDUStry) LINK TO SOLUTION

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