The Hindu Crossword 12150

October 31, 2017 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 8. Ferocious carnivore's mark of injury (4)
  • 9. Old student's priest gets daggers (5)
  • 10. Hand over money to cover Riddle's penultimate drama (4)
  • 11. Gad! Ron's turned into a legendary creature (6)
  • 12. Housekeeper moulded hard clay (8)
  • 13. Coaches may be found near this dais (8)
  • 15. At home, little sister starts to take a firm stand (6)
  • 17. State's old media (7)
  • 19. Endlessly lunges in Don's prison (7)
  • 22. Rubber found in Riviera seraglio (6)
  • 24. Complicated MIT poser for pretender (8)
  • 26. Attend to clergyman around 1 (8)
  • 28. Elixir container No.1 returned (6)
  • 30. Leaders of explorers prosecuted in China? That's a long story! (4)
  • 31. Trouble prince (5)
  • 32. Evil mutation is still despicable (4)

Down

  • 1. Maple: Initially, a Canadian emblem, right? (4)
  • 2. More intelligent boy's correct English reading (8)
  • 3. Carried nothing to island (6)
  • 4. Gladly receive leading witch and a couple of elves accompanied by tailless space traveller (7)
  • 5. Sweet French friend follows last robber wearing crumpled suit (8)
  • 6. Lists letters of 'Abracadabra', 'Alohomora', 'Riddikulus' and the like (6)
  • 7. For starters, wizard Aditya nullified Draco's magic baton (4)
  • 14. Gallivanting begum left Luxembourg building for Egyptian city (5)
  • 16. Some ships to Netherlands rock (5)
  • 18. Damaged yachts sailing around Costa Rica (8)
  • 20. Vets Goa's fantastic range (3,5)
  • 21. Sign on line in newspaper's morgue, for example (7)
  • 23. Ishan releases first attacker and goes round to capture Gaunt's final college informer (6)
  • 25. Couple of letters from Parvati Patil about an unknown fruit (6)
  • 27. Rascals, I am at police station (4)
  • 29. Billy Bunter's leaves the messengers at Hogwarts? (4)
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