The Hindu Crossword 12049

July 03, 2017 12:00 am | Updated 12:00 am IST

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Across

  • 8. Inter-town transfer of ruby (4)
  • 9. Accept reel, gaffe and creel, for example (10)
  • 10. Not now! Return and get a dumpling! (6)
  • 11. Carvings on hinges etc. manufactured without use of energy (8)
  • 12. Amish PRO's funny, concise observation (8)
  • 14. Formula to cook rice with a pinch of pepper and some egg (6)
  • 16. Hit and run (4)
  • 17. Bails out Herb, say (5)
  • 18. Lies about garlands (4)
  • 19. Offer nurse to communist revolutionary after 10 (6)
  • 21. Cap distilled murky ale (8)
  • 23. Gypsy loses tail and returns girl's telescope (8)
  • 26. Chuckle, chuckle! First letter scraps hotel uniform (6)
  • 27. Understand idiot consumed ... consumed Indian mother in law initially (10)
  • 28. Not odd, like this number (4)

Down

  • 1. Damaged pool faucet's not in its location (3,2,5)
  • 2. Canine's optical organ as well as tail hurt at first (8)
  • 3. Submariner dumps broken arms and moves to part of Borneo (6)
  • 4. A revolutionary (Ernesto Guevara)'s pain (4)
  • 5. A bit of spirit on the chest (not round) can be ghostly (8)
  • 6. First killer returns without starting to negotiate after man becomes an insane person (6)
  • 7. Go back after lawyer and get an online journal (4)
  • 13. Maybe my sis is a small girl (5)
  • 15. Assassin after father at home gets an analgesic (10)
  • 17. Prohibit drinking place in charge becoming inhuman (8)
  • 18. Laughed when girl left for North Carolina club and threw up (8)
  • 20. Police officer's not out ... takes defensive position (4,2)
  • 22. Musician's chair's moving device (6)
  • 24. Mail clerk, for example (4)
  • 25. Dance, hags, dance (4)
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