The Hindu : The Hindu Crossword 7556

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Saturday, Dec 28, 2002

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The Hindu Crossword 7556

Across
 1 Stern detectives return to trap evasive star (7)
 5 Measures of young cub, it is added (6)
 9 On the street, I will be quiet (5)
10 Rotten melon: without hesitation, Police Officer dubs fruit rind (5,4)
11 "Wearing underwear": newspaper item (2,5)
12 They are not quitters (7)
13 Ogles at little erstwhile insiders (5)
14 Glib bit A.O. changed are not to be omitted (9)
16 One who is in a state of suspense (4-5)
19 Applies bad U.S. practices (5)
21 Goes back to using a bit of tussore in trimming (7)
23 Henry with fresh lustre is an enterprising individual (7)
24 One who gives up Cato in rabid agitation (9)
25 Speak pompously about retreating sailor in Old English (5)
26 Credit operative with a new novelist (6)
27 Say clasping a nervous fist might convince (7)
Down
 1 One who follows rules as well as enforces them on others (14)
 2 Friendly question to oneself whether one is clever (7)
 3 Films after the silent era (7)
 4 Chilling side of a weather phenomenon (4,5)
 5 University leader leaves college milieu for shanties (5)
 6 Belgian twisted a north-east Indian (7)
 7 She fixes heaters (7)
 8 Branch of medicine that reshapes body parts (7,7)
15 Exclude from consideration diagrams —  diagrams of a kind (3,6)
17 Devi ran into an assailant (7)
18 Turkish wrap for an accountant in a farm building (7)
19 Misrepresent Diana's wrongdoing (7)
20 Transfers data: DOS Paul drafted (7)
22 Alien in wrongdoing became established (3,2)

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