The Hindu Crossword 11917

January 30, 2017 12:00 am | Updated 12:00 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Grasshopper keeps quiet as children play a game (8)
  • 5. Eat hamburger, return to college ground (6)
  • 10. Distance allowed for vehicle to reverse — it's unbelievable (7)
  • 11. Smuggled spirit, no time for resentment (7)
  • 12. Chip able to return home without me (5)
  • 13. Comedian's hugging bishop, does it tickle you? (5,4)
  • 14. He's indispensable? Correct, deal with him (5-4,3)
  • 18. Roberts takes in a sporting event (12)
  • 21. They fight, work in opposite directions (9)
  • 23. Cover for many a crime (5)
  • 24. Correctly undo knot, Stallone will check it (7)
  • 25. Originated in godforsaken catatonia (7)
  • 26. Stick to what he read out (6)
  • 27. Two legs spread out — keep quiet, it's delicate (8)

Down

  • 1. Keen to have morning breakfast (6)
  • 2. Drink claret — at heart agonise (6)
  • 3. Works fine, one could start with conservatives (9)
  • 4. Shoots fedayeen — could be sooner or later (3,2,5,4)
  • 6. To irritate girl boys strip (5)
  • 7. For class, answer is perfunctory (3,5)
  • 8. Endless work? Finally the worker's in the army (8)
  • 9. Some Europeans talking about rejecting bill to cover the Greens (6,8)
  • 15. Barren headland, provides a stark reality (9)
  • 16. Coordinate basic construction on board first (8)
  • 17. On opening round, missing wine (8)
  • 19. Left among a group of people, move to safety (6)
  • 20. Give an account and soldiers will follow (6)
  • 22. Summer resident in the African savannah, perhaps (5)
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