The Hindu : The Hindu Crossword 7439

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Saturday, Aug 10, 2002

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The Hindu Crossword 7439

Across
1 It's difficult to be tough by the clock (4,4)
6 Dusky among Corfu scientists (4)
9 Male parent of a kitten (3,3)
10 One who lays out (7)
13 Due date as awaited by a student or expectant mother (3,2,4)
14 Ancient sorceress banishes a learner from the group (5)
15 Support desi revolutionary (4)
16 These may ensure an unrushed admittance to an event (5,5)
19 As said by one who has got one's way by guile (3,1,6)
21 It comes back to us in the chorus (4)
24 Warning siren (5)
25 Such helps work behind the scenes (4-5)
26 As said by one to another when demanding an answer (1,3,3)
27 Stalactite or stalagmite? (6)
28 An artist's bare study (4)
29 More facile than is warranted (8)

Down

2 Eschewed one useless journalist (7)
3 As opposed to "regular" coffee (6)
4 ... ... ... you might open and hold an umbrella (2,3,4)
5 Record on some unfinished town in the U.K. (5)
7 Endure as you transit below the bridge (7)
8 Gain monopoly in rocks — they are important in buildings (12)
11 Cues do help in forging Portuguese coin (6)
12 Drops from hard manual labour (12)
17 When those purple flowers bloom... (5,4)
18 Was around with politician unknown: how miry! (6)
20 It might put you in a lather (7)
22 Holds and rocks lovingly (7)
23 Tower like a steeple (6)
25 -----ian: relating to the system of medicine founded by Dr. John Brown (5)

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