THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10762, Wednesday 2 May 13, Arden

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10762, Wednesday 2 May 13, Arden May 2nd 2013, 03:00 Typically entertaining puzzle from Arden. GRAMERCY was a new word for me, but easy enough to get from the wordplay. Especially liked the clues for LOLLIPOP, NEVADA, CLOTHES-HORSE, SHOELACE, NORWAY, GARBED and SLAT. The clue for AMARANTH threw me off for a while. There was just way too much padding!  Wonder where did Scintillator's puzzle go. ACROSS 1 Like reviving a small glossy (6) SATINY (AS<= + TINY) 4 Herb was in the team as Obama ran the race for presidency (8) AMARANTH (T) 9 Love and relationship consumed by drug (6) OPIATE (O + PI + ATE) 10 Sound surprised that an Indian city lost a charity (8) GRAMERCY (aGRA + MERCY) 12 Combine internal medicine over a sweet (8) LOLLIPOP (LOOP outside PILL<=) 13 A state in the northeast with an Indian delicacy (6) NEVADA (NE + VADA) 15 Schools there transform a fashion conscious person (7-5) CLOTHES-HORSE (SCHOOLS THERE)* 18 Theatre gossip heard by the audience but not the cast (5,7) STAGE, WHISPER (CD) 21 Getting on with egg in a scrambled form (6) AGEING (EGG IN A)* HANDY GUIDE TO AGEING 22 Makes sweatier so to speak (2,2,4) AS, IT, WERE (SWEATIER)* 24 Scholar almost paralysed in the notorious jail (8) BASTILLE (BA + STILLEd) 25 Porter would loft over cover (6) SKYCAP (SKY + CAP) 26 Representative left in a river opening (8) DELEGATE (L inside DEE + GATE) 27 Combines divisions around a point (6) UNITES (UNITS outside E) DOWN 1 Drunk chose ale, but could hardly tie his own….. (8) SHOELACE (CHOSE ALE)* 2 A number to sing in a charged state (8) TRILLION (TRILL + ION) Is ion a charged state? 3 However it won't alter high status (15) NOTWITHSTANDING (NOT WITH STANDING) 5 Just // a lake (4) MERE (DD) 6 Kremlin puts list out for a fairy tale character (15) RUMPELSTILTSKIN (KREMLIN PUTS LIST)* 7 Country's firm refusal to include republican (6) NORWAY (NO WAY outside R) 8 Said to be feed time when in prime (6) HEYDAY (~HAY + DAY) 11 Study the indication and then commit (7) CONSIGN (CON + SIGN) 14 A question about the girl remains….it is nonsense (7) HOGWASH (HOW outside G + ASH) 16 Part of the shoe torn by the blow (8) UPPERCUT (UPPER + CUT) 17 Forestalls a mere disturbance between pressure points (3-5) PRE-EMPTS (MERE* inside P PTS) 19 Dressed for a B grade version (6) GARBED (B GRADE)* 20 Animal bearing a stand (6) WEASEL (W + EASEL) 23 Initially stopped, later allowed to strip (4) SLAT (Acrostic) LINK TO SOLUTION

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