THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10766, Tuesday 7 May 13, Mover

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No.10766, Tuesday 7 May 13, Mover May 7th 2013, 03:00 Nice one from Mover. A couple of answers are outside the usual dictionaries - XIMENES, NOSFERATU, but gettable from the wordplay and crossings. ACROSS 1 Victorian quotation regarding lack of entertainment (2,3,3,6) WE, ARE, NOT, AMUSED (CD) 10 Misplaced hat in Long Island club (5) LATHI (HAT* inside L I) 11 He explores caves while punk reels drunkenly (9) SPELUNKER (PUNK REELS)* 12 One embraced by merciful Christian (7) GENTILE (I inside GENTLE) 13 Guided a spirited horse without hesitation (7) STEERED (STEED outside ER) 14 Either Thomas or George could be the Leslie Charteris character (5) SAINT (DD) 16 Routed partisans anxious to advance their position (9) ASPIRANTS (PARTISANS)* 19 Sweet bunch of flowers (9) CANDYTUFT (CANDY + TUFT) 20 Starling sitting in tree gives song (5) PSALM (S inside PALM) 22 Curiously examines a missing grand inquisitor (7) XIMENES (EXaMINES)* 25 Fish for disgusting insects exchanging right for left (7) LOACHES (ROACHES with L for R) 27 Zero distribution for chemical treatment of water (9) OZONATION (O + ZONATION) 28 Habituate one northern river (5) INURE (I + N + URE) 29 Is Rupert Murdoch // old-fashioned? (6,3,5) BEHIND, THE, TIMES (DD) DOWN 2 Past strain could be a stretch (9) EXTENSION (EX + TENSION) 3 Hundred leave ickier alternative healing technique (5) REIKI (IcKIER)* 4 Futons are in disarray in this Dracula adaptation (9) NOSFERATU (FUTONS ARE)* 5 Stories heard about measures (5) TAELS (~TALES) 6 Poor cheese put as more improved! (9) MOUSETRAP (PUT AS MORE)* 7 Small cannon gets the bird (5) SAKER (DD) 8 Desired rotten insults (7) DERIDES (DESIRED)* 9 Justifies busy signal (6) ALIGNS (SIGNAL)* 15 Make an unsuccessful attempt to convict (3,2,4) TRY, IN, VAIN Not sure what convict's role is 17 Preferred union weapon is insolence (9) PETULANCE (PET + U + LANCE) My CoD 18 Shed for tidy bovines (9) NEATHOUSE (CD) 19 Conceited dandy; leader of eight attains crest (7) COXCOMB (COX + COMB) 21 One who makes amorous advances with a kitchen utensil? (6) MASHER (DD) 23 Cadge enthusiastic but pointless kiss (5) MOOCH (sMOOCH) 24 Change // dress (5) SHIFT (DD) 26 Bengali bigamist partly claimed he was elsewhere at the time (5) ALIBI (T) Mismatch between the definition and the answer LINK TO SOLUTION

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