The Hindu Crossword 12191

December 18, 2017 12:05 am | Updated 12:05 am IST

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Across

  • 1. Perhaps I must clue about love with lady extremely carefully! (12)
  • 10. Tactic lacking good scope (5)
  • 11. Get rid of upper class boxed mentality inciting needless argument at the beginning! (9)
  • 12. Beat batsman essentially with a bit of angled flight (6)
  • 13. Gets killed while going around water bodies due to ailments! (8)
  • 15. Diaper designed to trap secretion and leave no trace! (9)
  • 16. Locks with hard beam (4)
  • 20. Book without covers is bound (4)
  • 21. Follow one another, playing Teen Taal interspersed with some Relas (9)
  • 24. He’d sing extraordinarily to gain leading awards/titles! (8)
  • 26. Soldiers returning gold buried in locality (6)
  • 28. Academic expert in favour of capturing English vessel (9)
  • 29. Mindful of a contest with Exa (5)
  • 30. Men outside rushed down to strike upset old relatives (12)

Down

  • 2. Spinner returns, getting ready for hugging! (9)
  • 3. Batting to somehow avert loss by break time! (8)
  • 4. Old dues settled (4)
  • 5. Started to nag editor crookedly to induct setter (10)
  • 6. Basically entered in, evaluated and took over! (6)
  • 7. Pines when knight’s away for long stretches of time (5)
  • 8. Swallows drug on failure (5)
  • 9. Cuts cess on plastic, overcoming resistance (7)
  • 14. Australian opener set to eclipse record asked for forgiveness (10)
  • 17. NASA employee, say, arranged NASA tour on time (9)
  • 18. Spinner’s initial following maybe happier in Spinner’s absence, probably! (7)
  • 19. Become greater with sincere dancing, captivating audience, primarily! (8)
  • 22. Came in running to spot where flicks are played (6)
  • 23. Firstly, Australia smashes hapless English strugglers in battle for the urn! (5)
  • 25. Slam on grass held in between (5)
  • 27. Time rolled back by acceleration in space (4)
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