The Hindu Crossword 11785

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August 24, 2016 01:59 am | Updated September 30, 2016 06:59 pm IST

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Across

  • 1. Indian peace beginning to envelop small hovels (8)
  • 5. Sailors regularly upbraid — silly! (6)
  • 10. With the front exposed, female champion's essentially couth (4,3)
  • 11. Nothing to fasten on, taking one's point of view (7)
  • 12. News is finally she's leaving dieting reschedule (6)
  • 13. What an optimist won't see (4,4)
  • 15. Former shahdom one managed (4)
  • 16. Initiative to rise, then leave (3,2,3,2)
  • 18. Almost finished — when the fifth ball has been bowled? (6,4)
  • 20. Forbids graduate Poles (4)
  • 23. Sirens' Indian litany and postscript (8)
  • 24. Ahead of moon mission? (6)
  • 26. Charms with conclusions about listener (7)
  • 27. Each vacuous swamy with one new runaway? (4,3)
  • 28. Most judicious saint taking a very long time (6)
  • 29. Chairperson perhaps is live in public relations (8)

Down

  • 1. Sub having feisty manner runs with assurance of one in a crowd (6,2,7)
  • 2. A car turns to help back in rural setting (7)
  • 3. Tamil leader, calloused, is difficult to deal with (6)
  • 4. Has capacity for limitless refreshments (4)
  • 6. Blunt criticism of brother, so nasty, joining club (8)
  • 7. Whole group, falling short, given food around 1 (7)
  • 8. Where on the road it isn't quite safe to take a turn (9,6)
  • 9. It doesn't tickle me, I am ... ... (3,6)
  • 14. Coed's poem laid threadbare as rot (9)
  • 17. They lead to Rome proverbially (3,5)
  • 19. First class ground not proper and not right for Japanese canine (4,3)
  • 21. A couple of learners still had to pay — let it go (7)
  • 22. Health resort's station masters are in fits (6)
  • 25. Noble look (4)
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