The Hindu Crossword 12118

September 21, 2017 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Spook not left in marsh (8)
  • 5. Dissertation of the relative is cut by half (6)
  • 10. One takes this to show offence (7)
  • 11. At first tipping lumber off cart (7)
  • 12. Damned — two cards come together (6)
  • 13. Not being attractive, Chennai leader leaves and is quite safe (8)
  • 15. List of tasks of tribal, not ace, getting old (2-2)
  • 16. Full gathering, at 10, has a ball (10)
  • 18. No US goalie would buckle and be smarmy (10)
  • 20. Indian garment — it's trim without borders (4)
  • 23. Fitting — a lawyer's put in large hotel room (8)
  • 24. What may be thrown off one's head as out-of-date (3-3)
  • 26. Gap in job available (7)
  • 27. Caution about a kind of sale (7)
  • 28. Area covered once by the big top (6)
  • 29. Tie great made-up feathery ornament (8)

Down

  • 1. Basically it's laid to start building up (10,5)
  • 2. Such trains arrive at the railway station (7)
  • 3. Vehement, the man pushed date away (6)
  • 4. Flat proceeding stopped short (4)
  • 6. It's plain he's adopted mantra to get dame disguised (8)
  • 7. Gush over one who operates (7)
  • 8. With this, all the commercial pitch fails (5,10)
  • 9. Indignant son joined forces (7,2)
  • 14. Studying race hotly gone wayward (9)
  • 17. Rural city needs rain to fall (8)
  • 19. Clear — vie maniacally to make a bit of progress (7)
  • 21. A primarily terrible crime by non-believer (7)
  • 22. Deposit of soft, soft material at bottom of river (6)
  • 25. Author leads to some atrociously killer instincts (4)
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