THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10866, Saturday 31 Aug 2013, The Phantom

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

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No 10866, Saturday 31 Aug 2013, The Phantom Aug 31st 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath Was 'winded' googling and reading the long winded clues.   ACROSS 8   Gratify Henry's ilk no end leaving to fool around (6) PANDER  Anno pending 9   European politician's allegiances; commitments basically are most hollow (8) EMPTIEST {E}{MP}{TIES}{commiTments} 10 Highway 78 perhaps missed out marker (8) MILEPOST {MI}LEPOST Anno pending 11 Prophet and priest on outskirts of Judea, heading for Haifa (6) ELIJAH {ELI}{JudeA}{H} 12 Blonde frayed at the edges, with silver lining; sign of seniority (3,3) OLD AGE {gOLD {AG}En} 13 Resurgences of servitude binding one vassal, beginning to return, as year ends (8) REVIVALS {yR{E{VI}VALS}<= Not sure of Anno 15 Ridicule report about garment and casual wear (1-6) T-SHIRTS {T-{SHIRT}S} I thought ridicule report would be 'tsk', rom tsk-tsk? 17 We declined carnation from a girl, back in USA (7) FLORIDA {FLOweR}{IDA} 20 New independent national character, for instance, reflected in African (8) NIGERIAN {N}{I}{GE<=}{RIAN<=} 22 Mammal in Manila harassed (6) ANIMAL* 23 A road crossing short alley at an angle (6) ASLANT {A}{S{LANe}T} 25 Opera scripts in book, strangely written, without covers (8) LIBRETTI {LIB}{wRITTEn}* Lib from Library? Then it should have been books. 26 Poisonous plants perhaps brought about the end of Socrates? (8) HEMLOCKS [GK] 27 Clears peculiar looking membrane around the eyes (6) SCLERA* DOWN 1   Exceptionally prepared sir, and — voila — see pasta dishes! (8) RAVIOLIS {SIR+VOILA}* 2   Ground stroke featuring Nadal, in the centre, raises excitement levels (10) ADRENALINE {NADAL+IN+REE?}* ? 3   Hollow in wood? Nothing in it! (6) GROOVE {GRO{O}VE} 4   Ultimately length etc., perhaps a measure, couple finally needed, for unit of area (7) HECTARE {H}{ETC*}{A}{measuRE} 5   Turmoil in Indian state; unending happiness cut short by gangster (8) UPHEAVAL {UP}{HEAVen}{AL} Unending and then cut short to remove two letters? 6   Court order with conditional decree, carried by Tunisian (4) NISI [T] 7   Mule revolts, beset by pain and torture (6) ASSAIL {A{SSA<=}IL} 14 Chop removing core and fillet basically into say extremely, long strands of pasta (10) VERMICELLI VERMIC{tELLIf} Anno pending 16 Three panelled artwork showing travel by Greek goddess of fortune, briefly (8) TRIPTYCH {TRIP}{TYCHe} 18 People using drawing boards are mainly designers of roof supports (8) DRAFETRS {D}{RAFTERS} 19 Girl's report announces agenda for expert maybe (7) ANALYST (~anna}{ANA}{LYST}(~list) 21 Rhythmic march on foot (6) INSTEP {IN}{STEP} 22 Is she superior born, to be protected by President's security service? (6) ABBESS {A{B}BE}{SS} Why 'Is she'? 24 Jack, the French expert (4) ABLE {AB}{LE}

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