THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER: No.10879, Monday 16 Sep 2013, Neyartha

THE HINDU CROSSWORD CORNER

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No.10879, Monday 16 Sep 2013, Neyartha Sep 16th 2013, 03:00, by Kishore Neyartha reminded me of Chesterton's Father Brown's question in The Sign of the Broken Sword: "Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest?" ..."He grows a forest to hide it in" ... N has not only grown a forest but put in some weed and poisonous stuff too. ACROSS 1 Minor accepts Turkish award for a scientific instrument producing regular flashes (6,5) STROBE LIGHT (SLIGHT accepts TR OBE) 9 Conifer found in the auditor's island (7) CYPRESS (~Cyprus) 10 Troubles dismissed lawyer with introductions (6) PROEMS (PROblEMS) 11 Heard of a planting machine for the conifer (5) CEDAR (~seeder)           Ensure that you see der woods and der trees 12 Conifer found by the German returning with timber (7) REDWOOD (DER< WOOD) 15 Peer's gem needs no introduction (4) EARL (pEARL) 16 104 issues in a year? (10) SEMIWEEKLY (CD)           I thought of some potent potentate producing 104 issues a year in his seraglio 18 Idle doctor with thorium meets bachelor in valley retreat (10) MOTHBALLED (MO TH BA DELL<) 20 Unsure after losing opener with malaria (4) AGUE (vAGUE) 23 Walk over to the former U.S. president sent back by the English leader (7) RETRACE (CARTER<,E) 24 Approve play (5) ENACT (2) 26 Arabian peninsula native, one getting behind a dangerous enemy (6) YEMENI (1 behind ENEMY*) 27 Jersey male, expelled by Northern Ireland, finds a coniferous shrub (7) JUNIPER (JUMPER-M+N.I.) 28 Old Ron Clark's arrangement for a popular music genre (4-3-4) ROCK-AND-ROLL (OLD RON CLARK)* DOWN 2 Article on the U.S. tax agency is not ours (6) THEIRS (THE IRS) 3 Get rid of what was concealed by the moustache (4) OUST (T) 4 Curses as ban on student rising by the inhabitants of North America is lifted (10) EXPLETIVES (EXPEL with L rising+naTIVES) 5 Flowering plant found in wrinkle-free coat for bridge partners (8) IRONWEED (W,E in IRONED) 6 Poisonous conifer made famous by Socrates? (7) HEMLOCK (E) 7 Crime case solved for frozen desserts (3,6) ICE CREAMS (CRIME CASE)* 8 Web resident? (6) SPIDER (CD) 13 Deliberation over Edward's ouster of the French leader is a politician's dream (2-8) RE-ELECTION (REFLECTION-F+E)           I first drew a cartoon for this. On reflection, I realised I had drawn a cartoon for reflection and not re-election            and binned it. Will put it up when suitable occasion arises 14 Syd goes up for admission after tucking in the Asian with an intestinal infection (9) DYSENTERY (SYD< ENTRY with E tucked in) 17 Georgia interrupts clumsy rebuke of the skilled computer enthusiast (8) UBERGEEK (GE inside REBUKE*) 19 Adverb in contracts provided by man tucking into baked torte (7) THERETO (HE inside TORTE*) 21 Wrestle with the adult getting rid of the French brandy (6) GRAPPA (GRAPPle A) 22 House for dogs in the street gutter (6) KENNEL (2) 25 Raja realises that the contents are not fastened (4) AJAR (T)           Though AJAR is RAJA*, I think this is the intended anno, since the word contents is used and there is no Aind

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