THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 2745, Sunday 30 Jun 13

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THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

No 2745, Sunday 30 Jun 13 Jun 30th 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath ACROSS 1   Fight fire in Bergen? (8) RUCKSACK {RUCK}{SACK} 5   Briefly visit doctor, at home after work (4,2) DROP IN {DR}{OP} {IN} 9   10 intercepted by the French in game (8) LACROSSE {L{ACROSS}E} 10 A bad-tempered over (6) ACROSS {A}{CROSS} 12 Impassive, one cutting incomplete pile of cards after a deal (5) STOIC {STO{1}Ck} 13 Without thinking, I slump lazily in one (2,7) ON IMPULSE {ON {I SLUMP}*E} 14 Substitute in back row (6,6) SECOND STRING {SECOND} {STRING} 18 Actor offering beer (cold), and stout (4,8) ALEC GUINNESS {ALE}{C} {GUINNESS} 21 The oldest service provider? (5,4) PRESS GANG [CD] 23 Girl from fine Hebridean island (5) FIONA {F}{IONA} 24 Fashionable elsewhere, to some extent (2,1,3) IN A WAY {IN} {A WAY} 25 Cast a spell on the way in (8) ENTRANCE [DD] 26 Deal with Italy, ultimately establishing alliance (6) TREATY {TREAT}{italY} 27 Wall hanging records experiment (8) TAPESTRY {TAPES}{TRY} DOWN 1   Portion of mackerel - is hollandaise sauce required? (6) RELISH [T] 2   Protect famous clown willing to participate (6) COCOON {COCO}{ON} 3   Take whisky, for example, before good savoury item (6,3) SCOTCH EGG {SCOTCH} {EG}{G} 4   In a magazine, a cocktail for a man of the world (12) COSMOPOLITAN [MD] 6   Step right up and one may get run over (5) RECAP {PACE}{R}<= 7   Make a public announcement in favour of demand (8) PROCLAIM {PRO}{CLAIM} 8   Gets gen off about Society and savings (4,4) NEST EGGS {NE{S}T EGGS*} 11 Deed Ghandi forged with an ulterior motive (6,6) HIDDEN AGENDA {DEED+GHANDI+AN}* Gandhiji must be turning in his grave to see the new spelling of his name, though I'm sure Everyman had no ulterior motives. 15 Little time to request Church of England to form a working party (4,5) TASK FORCE {T}{ASK FOR}{CE} 16 Trouble concealing blemish? Just the opposite with cosmetics (3,5) WAR PAINT {WAR {PAIN}T} 17 Demote king's English envoy (8) RELEGATE {R}{E}{LEGATE} 19 American hood seen in German city, and in Paris (6) BONNET {BONN}{ET} 20 Only just see under counter (6) BARELY {BAR}{ELY} 22 Small market, well-kept (5) SMART {S}{MART} LINK TO SOLUTION

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