The Hindu Crossword 11973

April 05, 2017 12:24 am | Updated 12:24 am IST

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Across

  • 1. First letters of words to flow in this clue (8)
  • 5. Choose leader returning with right to buy asset (6)
  • 9. Order to join with old ranger (8)
  • 10. Interfere with democrats breaking fight for the most part (6)
  • 12. Elite group of lions (5)
  • 13. Primarily careless, misplace ring leading to difficult decision (5,4)
  • 14. Prepared to reverse trend on education (6)
  • 16. Ugly house I had destroyed (7)
  • 19. Reclaim building – a wonder (7)
  • 21. Allowance for every American university (6)
  • 23. Doctor, ninety not a small fry (9)
  • 25. Role going around one international country (5)
  • 26. Subtlety in problem is lost (6)
  • 27. Toss trouser in a frivolous manner (8)
  • 28. Facilitate curse to be reversed by the French (6)
  • 29. Operation with power excluding spent rival (8)

Down

  • 1. Bear caught on record interrupting part of play (6)
  • 2. Prompt assuming a balance (9)
  • 3. Free to knock all pins in second attempt (5)
  • 4. Motivated Hindu ceding partly (7)
  • 6. Contestant who has no chance, sore before taking the lead (9)
  • 7. Country not out to return favour (5)
  • 8. Pointer on ship is unnecessary (8)
  • 11. Trendy fashion shop (4)
  • 15. Clean chit doled out for a type of foul (9)
  • 17. Emerge with one soldier, highly decorated all around (9)
  • 18. Importance of oriental treasure, not ordinary in the past (8)
  • 20. Leave short passage essentially with appeal (4)
  • 21. Apply one’s vague record of income (3,4)
  • 22. Joke about hundred missing from that order (6)
  • 24. Old king sheltering unknown antelope (5)
  • 25. Whip possibly restraining animal (5)

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