THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No 10868, Tuesday 03 Sep 2013, Aspartame

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

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No 10868, Tuesday 03 Sep 2013, Aspartame Sep 3rd 2013, 03:00, by Deepak Gopinath A decent second effort from Aspartame, but I have 'few' questions. ACROSS 1   Cutter destroyed relics (6) SLICER* 4   Traitors V Persie finally left in shambles (6) VIPERS {V}{PERSIe}* 9   Some odd accountant involved in scandal (4) SCAM {So{CA}Me} 10 Caught helping heartless pirates pillaging, carrying heavy goods (10) SCHLEPPING {C+HELPING+PirateS}* 11 I had one oak painted as an art form (6) AIKIDO {I'D+1+OAK}* 12 Returning officer beside river carrying one good dress (8) NEGLIGEEE {NEG<=}{L{1}{G}EE} 13 A quick temper hurts foes badly (5,4) SHORT FUSE* 15 Processed raw, low-grade goods (4) WARE {RAW}*}{E} Singular-Plural clash 16 Part of gazebo bought by African people (4) BOBO [T] 17 Doctor and unemployed person promoted one agent (9) MIDDLEMAN {M{(+i)1}D}{(-1)DLE}{MAN} 21 Critical move Bihar makes using money for growth that can fill people's tummies (8) KOHLRABI {KO}{H{L}RABI*} Not sure of anno 22 Sheepish dish? (6) MUTTON [CD] 24 Losses made from extremely useless workforce in thousand years (10) SHRINKAGES {S}{HR}{IN}{K}{AGES} 25 Tailless animal heading west to promenade (4) MALL LLAMa<= 26 Hired depressed chief overthrown by king (6) RENTED (-d+r)RENTED 27 Maybe Santa Clauses are making mole at North Pole (6) MELONS {MOLE}*{N}{S} DOWN 1   Beating No. 1 CSK is hard. It's revolting! (7) SICKISH {1+CSK}*{IS}{H} 2   William "Bill" Gates showcases poetic metres (5) IAMBI [T] 3   A sea to subside? (4,3) EASE OFF {A+SEA}* 5   Were diamonds plentiful during this period? (3,3) ICE AGE [CD] 6   Develop river surrounding wildlife sanctuary where few uguisus ran away (9) EXPLICATE {EX{PuLICAT}E} 'Few uguisus' ran away? Only one seems to be running away here!! 7   Honest mistake by engineers (7) SINCERE {SIN}{CE}{RE} 8   Expressing gratitude to engineer saving knights (13) THANKSGIVINGS* 14 Rising rupee is accompanied by large amount of trading between India and England (9) REBELLION {RE}{B(-i+e)ELLION} 16 Fellow is said to show irritation (7) BROTHER [DD] 18 Estate's river is important, reportedly (7) DEMESNE (~dee main)  With a little help from Google, though I'm not sure if the anno is correct. 19 Jewish saint was worshipped by Greeks and few Sicilians (7) APOLLOS {APOLLO}{S} 'Few Sicilians' for just an 'S'? 20 Endless sizzling sounds are reportedly missing during chatter (6) CACKLE Cr(~are)ACKLEs 23 Time to contain a damaging burst of energy (5) TEMPO {T{EMP}O}

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