Tuesday, 4 June 2013

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10791, Wednesday 5 Jun 13, Arden

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER
No.10791, Wednesday 5 Jun 13, Arden
Jun 5th 2013, 03:00

Excellent opener from Arden as solvers have now come to expect of him. Liked SERMON

ACROSS
1 Exhortation during mass: "forgo sin for a day" (6) SERMON (SERVICE with MON for VICE)
4 Study amalgamated at sea (8) CONFUSED (CON + FUSED)
9 A big kill for the bird (6) OSPREY (OS + PREY)
10 Oddly dwells on ….. knowing the state (8) DELAWARE (DwElLs + AWARE)
12 Players are out, discarded (8) CASTAWAY (CAST + AWAY)
13 A man from South Africa went on to propagate it (6) AHIMSA (A + HIM + SA)
15 Frank arrived with the artist for the reality show (6,6) CANDID, CAMERA (CANDID + CAME + RA)
18 Time to say yes for sex (3,2,7) AGE, OF, CONSENT (CD)
21 He is late for a cause (6) MARTYR (CD)
22 Spin out in the centre plot (8) CONSPIRE (SPIN* inside CORE)
24 Learner dropped from height to gain portability (8) APTITUDE (ALTITUDE with P for L)?
25 One gets into muted, peculiar monotony (6) TEDIUM (I inside MUTED*)
26 Micromanaged any outward animosity (8) ACRIMONY (ANY outside MICRO*)
27 Pothead employed in the least onerous job (6) STONER (T) Put STAPLE (P inside LEAST*) first and was stuck for a while.

DOWN
1 Work could start in the capital to stem the flow (8) STOPCOCK (OP + C inside STOCK)
2 A spongier variety for lying down (8) REPOSING (SPONGIER)*
3 Could be tapestries on gym Windows, for example (9,6) OPERATING, SYSTEM (TAPESTRIES ON GYM)*
5 Warning from some fomenting trouble (4) OMEN (T)
6 Often sent here as replacement to make money illegally (7,4,4) FEATHER, ONES, NEST (OFTEN SENT HERE AS)*
7 Point man to lead the fighters is seen as ingratiating (6) SMARMY (S + M + ARMY)
8 River bird to provide some music (6) DEEJAY (DEE + JAY)
11 Being holy, can become tranquil (7) HALCYON (HOLY CAN)*
14 Character active keeping mum mostly (7) OMICRON (ON outside MICRO)?
16 Second version of a crime (8) SEDITION (S + EDITION)
17 Way a machinist makes a banner (8) STREAMER (ST + REAMER)
19 A drink on the way up for the animal (6) IMPALA (A + LAP + M1)<=
20 God expending energy made a hole in the ground (6) CRATER (CReATER)
23 Divine presence in colour coding (4) ODIN (T)


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